Compared to Han's enthusiasm, Fendai's attitude was not so good. She even pushed Han with some disdain, then walked through the gate of the mansion with a haughty manner and walked a few steps inside until she was closer to those who came out to see her. Then she stopped.
The little girl raised her chin and glanced at everyone with an arrogant look. Finally, her eyes fell on Feng Chenyu.
I heard her snort coldly and roll her eyes without even saying hello.
Chenyu glared at Han. Her intuition told her that Han must have told Fendai about what happened in Fengtong County.
Han, who followed Fendai into the mansion, became immediately displeased when she received such a gaze from Chenyu - "Miss, why are you glaring at me for no reason?" Now that her daughter had returned home, she became more confident in what she said.
Feng Chenyu was filled with anger. "What kind of world is this now? I am the legitimate daughter of the Feng family, and you, a concubine, dare to talk to me like this?"
"What did I say?" Han asked her back, "You are the legitimate daughter, but you can't glare at others and accuse them. I just brought the fourth young lady into the mansion, and before I could say a word, you got angry at me. Who can I go to for justice?"
Feng Chenyu said with a gloomy face: "You know what you did! Don't think I can't see it!"
"What did I do? What did I do?" Han shouted at the top of her voice, "Everyone, please judge for yourself. What did I do? Miss, you are of noble status, and we all respect you and give in to you, but if you want to make trouble, then let's make things clear. You said that I did something behind your back, so you should tell the truth and let everyone hear it. If it was really me who did it, I will admit it, but if I didn't do it, and you are accusing me so wrongly, I will ask the master and the old lady to make the decision!"
Feng Chenyu was so angry that her legs were shaking. How could she say this? That incident had become the most taboo topic in the mansion. She herself hoped that it would all turn out to be a dream. Now she was asked to use this to reason with Han, could she say it?
She turned her head away and swallowed the loss in silence.
At this time, Feng Fendai spoke. She looked at Chenyu and suddenly laughed, then said, "Big sister, it's been a while since we last met. It seems that you look much better than before! Tsk tsk, I don't know how you keep your face so well-maintained. It's so tender that I can squeeze water out of it."
Actually, there was nothing out of the ordinary about these words. If other young ladies heard them, they would just take them as compliments. But it was different for Feng Chenyu. She felt that Fen Dai was saying something else, making fun of her and poking at her heart.
"Han!" She gritted her teeth and said, "My father has long told everyone in the mansion to keep silent. You are spreading rumors so maliciously, which shows that you have evil intentions. I will definitely tell my father and let him make the decision for me!" After saying that, she turned around and left.
But she heard Han shouting behind her: "You can ask whoever you want to make the decision! You want to drag others into this good deed? Daughter of the family! Bah!"
Now Han's behavior is no less frenzied than Shen's in the past. Seeing her like this, An pulled Xiangrong, turned around, and followed her. Even Jin Zhen didn't want to stay any longer.
Fen Dai rolled her eyes at everyone, and finally turned to Han and said, "I've been away from the mansion for so long, and you still have such a bad reputation. How come you haven't won over a single person in such a big Feng Mansion? How can this work? If something happens in the future, there won't even be anyone to speak up for you."
Han had her own opinion on this: "What's the use of winning people over? Look at the relationship between Yao and An, right? But if Feng Yuheng gets into trouble, what good will it do even if An speaks for her?"
Fen Dai thought about it and it made sense. The Feng family has always been indifferent to favors. She can only rely on herself for everything and can't count on anyone else.
"Oh, right." Han came forward and whispered to her, "You must not spread the news about what I sent someone to tell you. If it gets out, it won't just be Chenyu who will be ruined, but your father will also be in trouble. If he collapses, we won't be able to count on anything."
Fen Dai snorted coldly, "I'm not that stupid. Feng Chen Yu, hum." She rolled her eyes and ran towards the mansion.
Han followed behind for a while and realized that they were going in the wrong direction, so she quickly reminded her: "We have to go to Shuya Garden. You just returned home and you have to go to pay your respects to the old lady."
"No." Fendai refused bluntly, "I got up very early today, packed up and took the carriage, I'm so tired. Ask the servants to prepare water for me to bathe, and after I'm done I'll take a nap, and we'll talk after I wake up!" After saying that, she quickened her pace.
Han felt that the child seemed to be more rampant than before she left the house, and she felt a little uncomfortable. On the one hand, she was afraid that her behavior would anger the old lady again, and on the other hand, she felt that Fendai's attitude was justified given the Feng family's treatment of her.
In such a conflict, the mother and daughter returned to their own courtyard. Han ordered the servants to wait for Fandai to bathe and rest, and also sent someone to Shuya Garden to inquire about the old lady's movements. Fortunately, the servants who came back told her that the old lady was still asleep, so she was relieved.
Fendai slept until dinner time. After waking up, she dressed neatly and was taken directly to Shuya Garden by Han.
When they arrived, Chenyu and Xiangrong were already sitting beside the old lady's bed, and the servants were arranging some new winter clothes for them.
As soon as Fendai entered the room, she smelled a strong smell of medicine. The old lady had been drinking medicine for a long time, so the room was definitely filled with a strong smell of medicine. In addition, she had applied the plaster sent by Yao yesterday, so the smell of the plaster and the medicine mixed together, making the smell even stronger.
"What's that smell?" Fendai fanned her nose with her hand in disgust. "It's disgusting."
Han nudged her with her elbow and said, "The old lady's back pain is acting up."
"There's no need to make the whole house look like a pharmacy!" Fendai kept complaining until she came to the old lady's bedside. Then she put on a smile, leaned forward, and said, "Fendai greets grandma. How are you these days?"
The old lady turned her head and frowned at her: "Are you blind? If I were fine, would I need to lie on the couch?"
Fendai was choked by her first words and couldn't help but get angry, "Fendai was just saying a few words of greeting, why is it so important, Grandmother?"
"What did you say?" The old lady couldn't believe her ears. "Say it again?"
Fendai was about to speak, but Han pinched her hard and said, "Fendai means that she misses the old lady very much!"
"I'm not deaf!" The old lady yelled angrily, "You two don't have to put on a show for me. My back hurts, not my ears!"
After she yelled like that, she became emotional and tried to stand up, panting heavily. Aunt Zhao quickly stepped forward to hold her down, saying repeatedly, "Old lady, please don't get angry. Your waist has just gotten better, you can't hurt it again!"
Xiangrong also said, "Grandma, the most important thing is to recover from your injuries. Fourth sister has just come back, and there will be plenty of time to talk in the future!" While saying this, she winked at Han, meaning that she should take the person away quickly.
Han didn't respond to her gesture at all, and actually looked at the clothes held by the servants beside her: "Oh! Are these newly bought clothes? Tsk tsk, they look good, but ready-made clothes are not as good as those made by yourself. If you look closely at the material, it's not very exquisite."
Fendai ignored the old lady and went forward to flip through the clothes.
The old lady lay on the couch, panting heavily, and kept shouting, "Get them out! Get them all out!"
Madam Zhao turned around and said to Han: "Madam Han, you should take the fourth young lady back first. The old lady is also tired and needs to rest."
Chen Yu, who had been silent all this time, stood up, took a look at the clothes, and then told the people around her...
The maid Yilin said: "I want all these clothes, take them and follow me."
Yilin nodded and was about to go forward to get the clothes, but Fendai stopped her with a hand: "Big sister, we all have a share of the palace banquet, and there are three pieces of clothes in total. Why do you take them all?"
Feng Chenyu snorted coldly, "Just because I'm the legitimate daughter of the Feng family!"
"Oh!" Fendai gave her a sarcastic look, "You are so shameless to flatter yourself, Grandmother!" Regardless of whether she had just had a quarrel with the old lady, she turned around and asked the old lady, "Do you want me, your granddaughter, to enter the palace wearing my old clothes from the farm? Fendai is just a concubine's daughter, so she doesn't mind this. But if she steals the Feng family's reputation, Grandmother, you must remember to settle the score with Big Sister, and don't put it on me."
The old lady closed her eyes, unwilling to even look at the children. Although she hated Fendai, she was still more disgusted by Chenyu than what she had done.
So he said, "Everyone should take one piece of clothing, and no one can take more than what is needed."
"Thank you, grandma." Fendai replied happily, then picked out a light green dress and grabbed it. "It looks very plain no matter how you look at it, but considering that someone just died in the mansion, I'll just have to wear it! After all, I don't want to wear a bright red dress like my elder sister did last time at the lady's funeral." After saying that, she pulled Han and walked out.
Chenyu was so angry that her face turned pale, but she hated the old lady even more. This old woman was clearly trying to trip her up, but she couldn't do anything about it for the time being. She only hoped that Feng Jinyuan could make good arrangements for her future. After all, in a few months, she would be fifteen years old and have a coming-of-age ceremony, and it was time to officially talk about marriage. When she had a chance to be proud, all those who had hurt her would die a miserable death!
She angrily tore off a piece of clothing, and without even bothering to say goodbye to the old lady, she took Yilin and left the house.
For a moment, Xiangrong was the only lady left in the room.
Xiang Rong never expected that Fendai, who had lived in the manor for a while, not only did not repent, but acted even more perversely than before. And Feng Chenyu, after that incident, could no longer pretend to be a bodhisattva. This family made her hate it more and more.
"Grandma." She stepped forward lightly, bent down and whispered, "It's important to recover from your illness. Just pretend you didn't hear those unpleasant words."
The old lady sighed, a tear welled up in the corner of her eye. Looking at Xiangrong, she always felt that she could see some traces of Feng Yuheng on this granddaughter's face.
"When your second sister was still alive, she treated you the best. Now you are the only one left in this mansion who is close to her... Don't worry, Grandmother will take extra care of you even for Ah Heng's sake. We really don't have enough time to make clothes this time. After the palace banquet is over, Grandmother will open the warehouse and take out the best materials for you."
Xiangrong didn't care about this, but when he heard the old lady mention Feng Yuheng, he missed her so much that he nodded and said, "Thank you, grandma."
She was about to say goodbye and go back, when she saw a little girl come in with a tray in her hand. On the tray was something, wrapped in paper, neatly placed.
The girl came closer and said to the old lady and Xiangrong, "Someone from Prince Chun's Mansion sent a set of clothes, saying it was for the third young lady."
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