When she heard Feng Jinyuan mention the one million taels, Chenyu was stunned on the spot.
It’s over, she forgot!
She was so focused on getting rid of the baby in her belly that she forgot that she had already promised to give out the one million taels to please Feng Jinyuan. But where was the silver now? It had all been squeezed out by Feng Yuheng.
Seeing that Chenyu looked a little strange, Feng Jinyuan's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Chen Yu didn't dare to raise her head, her eyes were fixed on the ground, her mind was racing. She was considering whether to tell Feng Jinyuan the truth. If she told the truth, what would be the consequences for her?
But it would be better if she didn't think about it. The more she thought about it, the more scared she became. Originally, Feng Jinyuan treated her worse than before. Now she didn't even have the status of a legitimate daughter. She barely relied on the legendary phoenix life to survive until now. If people knew that she had beaten a child, would her father be completely desperate for her?
She knew that Feng Jinyuan was secretly looking for the medicine that could restore her young girl's physique, but she had been looking for it for so long and there was no progress. If she couldn't find it, she would become a useless person.
But if you don’t tell me, how can I get through today?
Chenyu had a headache, and then she heard Feng Jinyuan ask again: "That day you said you had a million silver notes from the Shen family, and you could ask for it when your father needed it. Chenyu, your father needs that money right now, do you have it with you?"
Chenyu sighed, knowing that she could not avoid this test, and shook her head helplessly: "Father, the money...is no longer there."
"What did you say?" Feng Jinyuan almost didn't dare to believe what Chenyu said, and kept suspecting that he had heard it wrongly, "Say it again?"
Chen Yu gritted her teeth and said again: "The money is no longer there."
"Nonsense!" Feng Jinyuan was furious. "One million taels! Do you think it's one hundred taels? You just said it's gone and it's gone?"
Chen Yu already had an idea in her mind, so she simply blamed the Shen family: "My uncle had some problems with his business recently, so I took the money back to make ends meet. My daughter has no other choice." Anyway, the relationship between the two families was so bad now, and Feng Jinyuan would never ask the Shen family about this.
"Can you take back what you gave away?" Feng Jinyuan cursed the Shen family a thousand times in his heart, "Your father has long said that it's no good for you to get too close to the Shen family, and now you've done something like this. Do you know that your father promised the one million taels of silver to the Third Prince after the court was dismissed today? The Third Prince also cared about your health and asked if you were okay. Chenyu, your father is planning all this for you!"
Chenyu was somewhat moved when she heard that the Third Prince took the initiative to ask about her. Although Qi Zao had someone in her heart, that person was just a moon in the water and a flower in the mirror to her. She could see him, but she could never touch him. The most important thing for her now was to cooperate with Feng Jinyuan to win over the Third Prince. As long as she could secure the Third Prince's trust, everything in the future would have a direction to plan. Otherwise, everything would be in vain.
"Do you know how serious this matter is?" Feng Jinyuan felt his head buzzing. He cursed Chenyu and warned himself at the same time: "I have made a promise as a father. If I cannot fulfill it, how will I explain to the Third Prince? How will you deal with it in the future? Have you ever thought about these things?"
Seeing Feng Jinyuan angry, Chenyu quickly stood up and knelt down, tears streaming down her face. "I understand everything. I have seen and remembered my father's painstaking efforts. It was not my intention to make things like this. I was really... framed!" The more she thought about what happened in Fengtong County, the more she hated him. She hated Feng Zihao, Feng Yuheng, and Bu Nishang.
"What's the point of you saying this now?" Feng Jinyuan looked at his daughter disappointedly, "You don't have the ability, but you still want to frame others, Chenyu, the Feng family's training of you over the years is really in vain!" He turned his head and stopped looking at Feng Chenyu, but in his heart he kept thinking about where the one million would come from.
When Feng Chenyu walked out of the pine garden, her calves were shaking. At that moment, she saw the same expression on Feng Jinyuan's face as when the incident happened in Fengtong County.
That was the prelude to abandonment. After killing Feng Zihao, sooner or later, he would also abandon her. As long as she did not contribute to the Feng family, as long as her existence affected her father's careful plan, she believed that Feng Jinyuan would not hesitate to throw away this half-wasted chess piece.
"Feng Yuheng!" Chen Yu gritted her teeth and fiercely squeezed out the name, "You have hurt me to this point, sooner or later, I will double my revenge on you. As long as I am alive, you will never have a good life!"
Yi Linping, who was accompanying her, shuddered. Chenyu's overwhelming hatred made her feel more and more that this young lady's mind had begun to twist. She actually wanted to remind Chenyu not to always think about revenge against Feng Yuheng. In the past six months, she had set up one scheme after another. Which one really took Feng Yuheng into account? Not only did she not take him into account, but she also shot herself in the foot. Why did a good girl get tossed into this state?
But she didn't dare to say this, because she knew Feng Chenyu's temper too well. If she said it, she would be beaten to death. She sighed in her heart and lowered her head silently.
The two of them walked on the snow, step by step, towards their own courtyard. Just when they were about to reach the gate of the courtyard, Yilin suddenly pulled Chenyu's sleeve and whispered, "Miss, it's the cousin."
Chen Yu looked up and saw Shen Qing standing under a big tree outside her courtyard gate. He was wearing a dark blue robe with snow on the corners, and he kept stamping his feet on the ground, obviously he had been waiting for a while.
She was slightly startled, then she remembered that Shen Qing was living in Feng's house. Yilin remembered that Chen Yu had just mentioned the banknotes in front of Feng Jinyuan and the Shen family wanted them back, so she couldn't help but worry: "Will the master ask the cousin about the banknotes?"
Chen Yu thought about it, then shook her head: "No, my cousin has been studying abroad, and he has not had much contact with the Shen family. Moreover, the banknote was given by my third uncle, and it is not certain whether my eldest uncle knows about it. He is not bad." As she spoke, she walked forward a few steps and walked straight towards Shen Qing. "Why don't you go in and wait, cousin?" As soon as she spoke, she returned to her original appearance, smiling sweetly, absolutely beautiful and stunning.
Shen Qing has had a special liking for Chenyu since he was a child, especially when Chenyu spoke to him so gently, which made him blush and feel at a loss.
In the past, the Shen family had proposed marriage to Shen Shi, wanting them to marry cousins, but Shen Shi refused, which Chen Yu also knew. Now looking at Shen Qing's appearance, even a fool could see that he still had her in his heart, and the vanity that had been dormant for a long time jumped up again.
"Cousin, you're back?" Shen Qing tried to calm himself down and bowed to Chen Yu. "Shen Qing came to the mansion without any hesitation and didn't even come over to say hello to my cousin. It's really a rude gesture."
"What are you talking about, cousin? Please come inside and sit down." Chenyu said as she pushed Shen Qing into the yard.
Shen Qing took two steps back and shook his hand, saying, "No, no, no, you can't just enter my cousin's room. I just came over to say hello and then... I'll go back."
Chenyu looked sad, looked at Shen Qing for a while, and then lowered her head. She sighed softly, and then said, "Cousin, you hate Chenyu too, right? It doesn't matter, Chenyu doesn't blame cousin."
Shen Qing was stunned and asked in surprise: "What are you talking about, cousin? How could I hate my cousin?" Seeing Chen Yu like this, he couldn't help but get anxious, "What's wrong with my cousin? Why does she look so bad? Are you not feeling well?"
Chenyu didn't say a word, but Yilin beside her spoke for her, "Cousin, you don't know that my young lady has suffered a lot in the past six months!"
When Shen Qing heard this, he was not surprised. He immediately thought of the second young lady of the Feng family who had treated him. He subconsciously asked, "Did the second young lady of the Feng family bully my cousin?"
Chen Yu's eyes lit up: "Why did my cousin say that?"
Yilin asked, "My cousin has also heard about this?"
Shen Qing frowned: "So, it's all true?"
Chenyu felt wronged, and she pursed her lips, and two lines of tears squeezed out. She raised her handkerchief to wipe her tears, sobbing softly. Then Yilin sighed and said, "Since the second young lady returned home, the eldest young lady's life has been getting worse and worse. The lady and the eldest young master passed away one after another, leaving our young lady alone and helpless. But she is still not satisfied, and even took away the eldest young lady's position as the legitimate daughter. Cousin, how can the lady be at peace in the afterlife!"
When she mentioned Shen, Shen Qing also sighed. No matter what, she was his biological aunt, and he was studying far away and couldn't even attend her funeral. How could he feel at ease?
"Cousin, don't cry." Shen Qing took a step forward and wanted to raise his hand to wipe Chenyu's tears, but he felt restrained by etiquette, and his hand froze halfway.
Chenyu raised her head, stared at Shen Qing with tearful eyes, her eyes full of encouragement.
Yilin tactfully avoided them, leaving only the cousins. Shen Qing finally couldn't stand Chenyu's temptation, and he stroked her cheek with one hand, gently wiping away her tears. His heart was beating like a rabbit, and he was both afraid and secretly happy.
"Cousin, don't worry, I will never let you suffer any injustice again." He expressed his attitude to Chenyu, but he didn't know how to prevent her from suffering any injustice. He just couldn't understand how someone could have the heart to bully such a beautiful woman like Chenyu? Shouldn't such a person be held in the palm of your hand and protected?
Chen Yu listened to Shen Qing's words, with endless gratitude on her face, but she laughed in her heart. She thought Shen Qing was really a nerd, and didn't even look at her character. How could she possibly like him? It was just that having one more person by her side was better than fighting alone.
Facts have proved that Shen Qing is really a nerd. After returning from Chenyu, he went straight back to the guest house where he lived, plunged into a pile of books and began to study hard. The only way he could think of to protect Chenyu was to pass the imperial examination in the spring of next year. At that time, he would ask his uncle to make the decision and ask the emperor to arrange a marriage for Chenyu to marry him. He would take her out of the Feng family in a grand manner, away from Feng Yuheng, and live a good life.
At this time, Feng Jinyuan was in Shuya Garden, sitting beside the old lady's bed, telling her about today's court affairs: "The emperor has appointed his son as an imperial envoy, and he will go to the northern border in three days to command the disaster relief."
The old lady nodded and said, "Okay, it's a good thing that the emperor has placed great importance on you. You must work hard, think more about the disaster victims in the northern border, and complete your mission perfectly."
Feng Jinyuan nodded and continued, "Today, all the officials in the court have pledged to donate money for the winter disaster. My son, General Pingnan, and the Right Prime Minister will each donate 50,000 taels of silver, and mother will have to support us with some money from the household expenses."
The old lady was not ambiguous: "This is what I should do."
Unexpectedly, Feng Jinyuan immediately said, "I wonder if there is any surplus in the mansion? My son wants to... take out another one million taels."
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