The Baicaotang case was finally solved, and Feng Jinyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
The situation in the court is unclear now. The emperor favors each prince, punishes or demotes them, but the favored Ninth Prince is still a useless person, which makes the ministers speculate privately.
What is even more unclear than the situation of the ministers in the court is his Feng family. He has two daughters, one is rewarded repeatedly, and the other is punished continuously. Even he, the prime minister, is confused.
However, Feng Jinyuan has always been cautious. Even if Feng Yuheng gets more rewards, he doesn't want this incident to end in vain. Feng Yuheng has the support of the lawless Ninth Prince, but his Feng family has nothing.
Feng Jinyuan bowed deeply to Xuan Tianhua and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Prince Chun, for upholding justice for the Feng family."
Xuan Tianhua still looked calm and composed, he raised his hand slightly and said: "Prime Minister Feng, please stand up. It's just a small favor, and it's also for the sake of giving justice to my sister-in-law." His words told him implicitly that he was only here to help Feng Yuheng.
Feng Jinyuan had long been accustomed to the brothers' bullying of the Feng family, so he didn't mind. He thanked them again, and then said to Feng Yuheng, "We have been delayed for quite a while, it's time to get going."
Feng Yuheng nodded and said to Xuan Tianhua, "Thank you, Seventh Brother, for helping me out. Ah Heng will go back to Fengtong County with his family to worship their ancestors today. It will probably take at least a month before he can return to Beijing. Please tell Xuan Tianming when he returns from the camp."
“Okay.” Xuan Tianhua took two steps back. “Be careful on the road, and take care of yourself when you get there. I will greet Ming’er, so you don’t need to worry.”
Feng Yuheng smiled and glanced at him, then took a few steps back and returned to the old lady, "Grandma, let's go."
The Feng family members bid farewell to Xuan Tianhua again and got on the carriage one after another.
Feng Chenyu suddenly tripped when passing by Xuan Tianhua, and her body tilted and was about to fall on Xuan Tianhua. But he suddenly dodged, and Chenyu was caught off guard and fell to the ground.
Yiyue was so scared that she rushed to help him. The old lady was also very scared and kept asking, "Did you fall?"
Chenyu was so aggrieved that she kept crying, but she didn't have the courage to look up at Xuan Tianhua. She lifted her skirt and hurriedly got on the carriage.
Feng Yuheng, who was already sitting in the car, took in all of this when she lifted the curtain. Seeing Xuan Tianhua looking at her, she couldn't help but smile softly, which made Xuan Tianhua shake his head helplessly.
Finally, the carriage started slowly. After tossing and turning for a whole morning, the people were exhausted and fell asleep in the carriage one by one with their eyes closed. Feng Yuheng was no exception.
The journey was uneventful until twelve days later when Fengtong County was within sight. Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with fear: "I was always worried that something might happen on the way."
Feng Yuheng comforted her: "Don't be afraid, we will fight back." But she knew in her heart that the seemingly peaceful journey was just a way to gather strength for the storm that was about to come. Feng Chenyu went through so much trouble to return to Fengtong County, it couldn't be that she really came here to worship her ancestors.
She narrowed her eyes, lifted the curtain and looked out the window. The distant Fengtong County was like a big net that had been woven, with its arms open, waiting for her arrival.
When the carriage stopped in front of the Fengtong County boundary stone, it was noon on September 22. The sun was still strong in late autumn, and when the Feng family members were asked to get off the carriage, they were so dazzled that they could not open their eyes completely.
Han was sitting in the last carriage, swaying on the road in a daze. As soon as she got off the carriage, she cried out without even looking up: "Why do you have to get off so early? Aren't we home yet?"
Her voice expressed everyone's thoughts. Everyone thought that the carriage should not stop at the county monument.
But they had to stop. After passing the stone boundary marker, there was only a small road leading to Fengtong County. Now that road was blocked by a group of people. Not to mention a carriage, even a single person would find it very difficult to squeeze through.
Yao frowned as she stared at the people blocking the road, leaning over to whisper in Feng Yuheng's ear, "They are from the Shen family."
She then remembered that the Feng family and the Shen family were both native families of Fengwu County. It was because of this that when Feng Jinyuan took the imperial examination, the Shen family had the opportunity to take care of Old Lady Feng in their hometown. But what was the purpose of the Shen family blocking the road?
For a while, the Feng and Chen families formed an opposing trend on this path.
Feng Jinyuan stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the group of people from the Shen family with a gloomy face, and shouted coldly: "Get out of the way!"
The Shen family didn't respond, nor did they give way. Instead, they took a few steps forward.
Old Madam Feng felt that this family was simply rogues - "What are you doing? Do you want to occupy the road and be the king? Is there still justice and law?"
Feng Yuheng walked to the old lady and said softly, "Grandma, don't be angry. Peace is the most important thing in everything."
As soon as she stepped forward, the Shen family members became excited. Two elderly men who looked to be in their seventies stepped forward tremblingly, staring at Feng Yuheng and asked, "Are you the girl from the Feng family?"
Feng Yuheng asked back: "Which girl?"
Feng Chenyu quickly stepped forward, grabbed the hands of the two old men, and tears welled up in her eyes - "Third uncle, fourth uncle, Chenyu missed you so much!"
When the two old men saw Chenyu, their expressions immediately relaxed. They patted Chenyu's back and wiped their tears.
The old man called the third uncle asked her: "Your brother said that the second daughter of the Feng family killed your mother, but this?"
Chenyu was surprised: "Why did you say that, brother? Although my second sister doesn't hang out with us often, the fact that she killed our mother... this is a serious crime, uncle, you dare not say anything."
"Hmph!" The old man snorted coldly, "Chenyu, you have always been good-tempered since childhood, but you don't know that good people are often bullied! Your mother was the only girl of that generation in our Shen family. How can we swallow this anger when she died at the hands of an outsider?!"
Feng Yuheng found the two old men funny and couldn't help but turn his head to ask Feng Jinyuan beside him: "Father, does the Shen family have the right to settle accounts with our Feng family? Isn't it said that a daughter-in-law belongs to her husband's family after she marries into the family? Why does the Shen family keep saying that the Shen family is an outsider to us?"
Without her reminder, Feng Jinyuan felt uncomfortable listening to that and turned hostile on the spot: "Shen has entered our Feng family, and our Feng family will judge her merits and demerits. Even if she dies, the Feng family will arrange her funeral according to the standards of the mistress of the house. What, the Shen family wants to take their daughter out of the Feng family's ancestral tomb? Okay, I will go back to the ancestral house to write a divorce letter, and I can send someone to dig the grave tomorrow!"
Feng Jinyuan had been the prime minister for many years, so he was very powerful when he spoke. How could the Shen family, a family of merchants, withstand such intimidation? If Shen's coffin was really taken out by the Feng family, what would that be?
The two old men who were shouting happily stopped talking immediately, but Feng Chenyu fixed her eyes on Feng Yuheng and said in a soft and pleasant voice: "Second sister, come and meet the third and fourth uncles. They are elders, you should greet them politely."
Before Feng Yuheng could speak, the two old men snorted angrily. One of them pointed at Feng Yuheng and said, "Just stand there. Don't come over to salute us! We can't accept your gift. It will shorten our lives."
Feng Yuheng wanted to laugh very much, but he felt that since the other party was old, he should at least give him some face, so he had to hold it in and almost got hurt internally.
The old lady couldn't stand it anymore, she glared at the Shen family and said, "Get out of the way!"
The old man of the Shen family shook his head: "You can enter the county if you want, but this girl and the aunt who gave birth to her cannot enter."
Feng Yuheng said "Huh" and asked Feng Jinyuan: "Is the county magistrate of Fengwu County a member of the Shen family?"
Feng Jinyuan shook his head: "How is that possible?"
"Then why do they have to decide whether to enter the county or not?"
Feng Jinyuan didn't understand this either, "Don't go too far, Shen family."
"Too much?" The old man was angry again, "We carried our good daughter into...
Your Feng Mansion, you held a funeral at the age of thirty, who is the one who is going too far?"
"Life and death are determined by fate. Who can she blame for her poor health?"
"Feng Jinyuan!" The old man was so angry that he was shaking. "You know exactly why. I'm going to make this clear today. If you want to enter the county, you must leave the mother and daughter to us!"
Feng Yuheng's face was filled with gloom, and a fierce look suddenly appeared in his eyes, which made the old lady Feng beside him shudder and subconsciously took two steps back. Then Feng Yuheng said, "You won't let my mother and I in? Good! I want to ask, which of the seven reasons did my mother commit? What reasonable reason does the Feng family have to drive my mother out of the house? The Shen family's concubines are promoted to wives, which is shameful. You Shen family got the advantage, but you don't just find a corner to enjoy it secretly, and now you dare to make such a big fuss? What good will it do to you if the Feng family is ruined?"
As she spoke, she walked forward, emitting a strong, oppressive aura, which forced the two old men and the Shen family to retreat step by step.
Feng Yuheng hadn't finished speaking yet, "Do you Shen family really think that you will be fine if you withdraw your business from the capital? Over the years, the Feng family can find out how many officials you have bribed and how much gold and silver you have given away just by moving your fingers. Have all the Shen family members had enough of living? Do you want to go to jail?"
She leaned over and stared at an old man with a pair of eyes that seemed to come from hell, scaring the old man so much that he fell to the ground with a thud.
How could a man in his seventies with old arms and legs be able to withstand the fall? He sat on the ground and was unable to stand up for a long time.
The other old man was so angry that he stamped his feet and pointed at Feng Jinyuan——"Is this the family education of your Feng family?"
The person who answered him was Old Lady Feng: "It is not your Shen family's turn to say how my Feng family teaches our daughter. If it weren't for Chenyu, would your Shen family still be here today? You want an explanation? Okay! Isn't Zihao guarding the mausoleum? Let Chenyu go with him!"
The old lady's words frightened Shenyu so much that her face turned pale, and she half opened her mouth but couldn't make a sound.
The Shen family didn't expect that Old Lady Feng could say such words. They were silent for a moment, and the arrogance that had originally clamored to avenge the Shen family gradually disappeared.
In fact, they were frightened by Feng Yuheng's words. The Shen family was a merchant family. After so many years of doing business, it was common for them to bribe officials. Especially since they had been imperial merchants for many years, the gold and silver transactions with the ministers in the court were countless. If they really broke off relations with the Feng family, it would be easy for a first-rank prime minister to crush a merchant family.
At the signal of the fourth uncle, the Shen family made way. The two old men, one sitting on the ground and the other standing, watched the Feng family's mighty convoy enter Fengwu County. Finally, their eyes fell on Feng Yuheng, who had been accompanying Old Lady Feng.
How long has this concubine's daughter returned to Beijing? She is so favored by the old lady. She is about to threaten Chenyu's position. She can't stay any longer. She can't stay any longer!
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