After so many years, this palace banquet was a rare harmony. Feng Yuheng watched Xuan Tiange and the others laughing together, holding each other's arms. Even Fendai and Xiangrong were happily playing with them. Many young ladies from official families also came forward. Girls of similar age were talking and laughing. The scheming in the past seemed like a passing cloud.
Looking across, during the princes' banquet, a group of princes grabbed Fan Tianli and forced him to drink, making the ancient Shu king so drunk that he was swaying in his seat. Li Kun, as Dashun's son-in-law, was also forced to drink, but when he couldn't drink any more, he hugged Fan Tianli and shouted, "Let's run! They are too scary!" This made people laugh.
The Sixth Prince also stepped down from the throne and sat with his brothers, like an elegant scholar, sometimes chatting and laughing, sometimes quietly thinking. No one knew what he was thinking, even Ren Xifeng whispered to Feng Yuheng: "I think the Sixth Prince doesn't like me in other ways. He chose me because he thought I was the most suitable one! But the most suitable one is not the most beloved one. To him, I am at best not rejected by him."
Feng Yuheng didn't know how to respond to this, and she covered it up with a smile, but her thoughts on leaving Jing became stronger. Looking across, Xuan Tianming was also looking at her, his lips moved slightly, and he said silently: "Don't worry, it will be soon."
People were sighing with emotion. Some said, "It seems like everything has returned to the way it was before. Look, the three sisters of the Feng family are actually sitting together. I remember the last time I saw them sitting together was many years ago."
Some people also said, "This is not the same as before. Back then, things were not as peaceful as they are now. Not to mention the sisters of the Feng family, even the nobles in the capital were fighting each other. Do you still remember the Bu family?"
"Remember, remember! Bu Nishang once competed with Princess Yu in archery. What a pity! She really overestimated her own abilities."
More and more past events were recalled by everyone, so a palace banquet became a reminiscence meeting, and people rushed to say what they remembered, and most of the things they remembered were related to Feng Yuheng. There was no way, someone sighed: "After all these years, Princess Yu has left us with such a deep impression, and brought us too many surprises."
Someone listed all the things Feng Yuheng had done, and if there were any omissions, someone would immediately fill in the blanks. What's more, a young lady who was quite knowledgeable in poetry and literature got some paper and pen from somewhere and actually wrote down all the things Feng Yuheng had done. People discussed that they would take the bookstore tomorrow and find a scholar to write down these things, and then make a book to sell, which would definitely be very popular.
Feng Yuheng twitched his lips as he listened to what was happening nearby. These people were too scary.
However, Xuan Tiange clapped her hands in agreement, and even declared that after she finished making the booklets, she would bring some back to Ancient Shu and sell them there.
Feng Tianyu even suggested: "Ordinary writing is not enough. It is better to write it as a story, a long one. That way it will be more enjoyable to read and will sell better."
"Then we have to find a talented person to write it. An ordinary scholar won't be able to do it. If it doesn't write well, it will be an insult to our Ah Heng."
"Who are you looking for..." Xuan Tiange's eyes darted around in the crowd, and after a few turns, they finally landed on the Sixth Prince. "My Sixth Brother is the most suitable!"
"Stop making trouble." Feng Yuheng stroked his forehead, "Sixth brother still has to supervise the country!"
"Let Uncle Huang take over for a while. Let's talk about it after he finishes writing the book."
"But writing a book doesn't take just a few days! I think given the emperor's intentions, waiting for another month would be too much, not to mention waiting for a book to be published." Feng Tianyu analyzed, "The person who wrote the book must know Ah Heng very well, and not just start to know her later, but must be with her from the beginning." As he spoke, he looked at Xiangrong, "Xiangrong, you are the most suitable."
Rong was shocked, "I know everything, but I can't write a book!" Then she thought again, "There is a person..." She lowered her head halfway through her words and said in a very light voice, "If he is here, it would be the most suitable."
Everyone was silent. They all knew who Xiangrong was talking about, but where was that person? How badly was he injured?
Xuan Tiange shook Feng Yuheng's hand and asked her, "Ah Heng, I can't stay too long, at most a month or so. Can I see Brother Seven before I leave?"
Feng Yuheng lowered her head without raising it. This was a very difficult question to answer. She went to the space almost every day to check Xuan Tianhua's condition. Under the control of later medical science, Xuan Tianhua's condition had already changed a lot. However, this change was still only at the survival stage. Whether he could wake up or not might depend on Xuan Tianhua himself.
Seeing Feng Yuheng remained silent for a long time, Xuan Tiange sighed and stopped asking. She knew Feng Yuheng was in trouble, and she also knew that Xuan Tianhua's injury was probably very serious. But, how serious was it? She closed her eyes slightly, and Xuan Tianhua's fairy-like demeanor was still in front of her, but she couldn't touch it.
After a long while, Ren Xifeng said, "Tian Ge, can you go back later? The emperor said that my marriage with His Highness the Sixth Prince will be directly registered and held after the ceremony, I hope you all will be there." After saying that, he looked at Feng Yuheng again, his eyes full of expectation.
But who can tell for sure? Who knows when the grand ceremony will take place? We can't force Emperor Tianwu to give up his throne, can we?
Seeing the sisters' embarrassment, Ren Xifeng sighed slightly and said, "It's okay. I know your hearts are with you. That's all."
"I'll stay." Xuan Tiange said, "Let Fan Tianli go back first, I'll stay and attend your wedding ceremony. Don't we still have Furong? Ah Heng told me that Bai Ze has already gone to Ji'an County to propose marriage, so it should be soon. I'll stay in the capital for a few more days and spend more time with my uncle the emperor and my father and mother." As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Feng Yuheng. Everyone knew that Xuan Tiange stayed behind, probably because she wanted to wait to meet the Seventh Prince.
Everyone kept their thoughts to themselves and no one mentioned it again. Xuan Tiange said to Fendai, "Fourth girl, since you are sitting with us again, let's write off the past. I, Xuan Tiange, am not a sentimental person, nor am I a petty person. Ah Heng can forgive you, so I don't blame you. I will call you Fourth Girl for the last time, and you should be Fifth Sister-in-law from now on. Your name has been included in the Xuan family's genealogy, and we will be a family from now on. I am Xuan Tiange, and you are Xuan Feng. You can't write two Xuan characters with one stroke. Everything will be fine in the future. In the past, everyone was young and ignorant, but now we have experienced so much and we have all grown up..." She choked up as she spoke, but still suppressed her sadness and said, "For this so-called growth, we have paid too much price and taken too many detours. Now looking back... In fact, I still hope that those people can still exist."
Unable to hold back her tears, Xuan Tiange wiped her face with a handful of tears. Today, she applied some waterproof mascara that Ah Heng had given her. It is said that crying can make you look beautiful and won’t make your face blurry. She wiped her face with confidence and then continued, “Fifth sister-in-law, ninth sister-in-law, and Xiangrong, do you know? When I first went to Gushu, I missed home very much, especially Dashun, and you. Then I kept thinking about what I had experienced over the years. I even thought of Feng Chenyu and Feng Jinyuan several times. To be honest, I regret that Feng Jinyuan died. If he hadn’t died, the Feng family would still exist even if it fell into ruin. If he died, you would have no home. Fifth sister-in-law and ninth sister-in-law married into their husband’s family, but it was hard for Xiangrong. Silly Xiangrong, I heard that Concubine Yun went to Ji’an County to propose marriage. Why didn’t you agree?”
Xiangrong couldn't bear to mention this, as she would want to cry when she did. However, ever since she woke up from her last serious illness, she had seriously thought about what happened between her and Xuan Tianhua. After thinking about it over and over again, she felt that everything that had happened was just a dream, and that person was always a fleeting immortal, whom she could neither hold nor catch.
So she suppressed her sadness and smiled bitterly. She told Xuan Tiange: "That was my obsession when I was a child. Now thinking about it, I was too selfish. A person like him, like a fairy in a painting, should not be involved in the mundane affairs, but because of my obsession, I almost dragged him into this reincarnation. Fortunately, I stopped in time, otherwise, I am afraid I would have hurt him even more. I couldn't figure it out before, and I always got stuck in a dead end. Every time I faced him, I was so sad that I almost died. I felt that I loved someone so much, but there was such a big distance between him and me, and I might never get it in my life. Every time I think of this, I feel very sad. But not now!"
Xiangrong sighed, and wiped her face with Xuan Tiange's expression, then said with a smile: "Now I just want to see him recover and come back, then he will be him and I will be me, everything will go back to the way it was before, and there will be no intersection. He will continue to be his god, and I will still be a little concubine of the Feng family, living my own life. I have paid for my obsessions and emotions in the past, and I have no regrets. From now on, I will keep them in a small corner in my heart, and this life will not be in vain."
As she spoke, she looked towards the princes' table. Over there, the fourth prince Xuan Tianyi was looking at her. Their eyes met, and Xuan Tianyi raised his wine glass and gestured at her. Xiangrong laughed, then turned back and said, "There are indeed people who are more stupid than me. I have obsessions, and so does he, but I have let them go, but he can't."
She stopped talking and just looked at the sisters around her and smiled faintly. There was too much pain hidden in that smile, but there was also a hint of brightness.
Feng Yuheng was very happy. She could feel that her sister had gradually come out of the obsessions of her youth. Soon, the rain would stop and the sky would clear up, and there would be a new world.
The palace banquet lasted for more than three hours, which was quite long, but the atmosphere at the scene did not drop at all, and even reached a climax. Some people even raised their glasses to toast Emperor Tianwu.
The old emperor drank a lot today, and he never refused anyone who offered him a toast. After so many years, he was finally happy to see that the people around him were all people he liked.
The emperor was happy, so he naturally had something to say. The singing and dancing stopped, but the Tianwu Emperor coughed lightly and said to the audience in a loud and excited voice: "Listen, everyone. I will pass the throne to the sixth brother soon. I want to tell you something here. You must help him well in the future and not bully him. Don't think that you can rebel because I don't care about the world, and don't do anything because you think the sixth brother is easy to bully. Let me tell you, no matter where I go, these eyes are watching you in the Qiankun Palace. Be careful."
(Although there are many negative reviews and it is very long-winded, but as the end draws near, I still want to say: I am reluctant to let go)
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