"Absolutely not!" Feng Jinyuan immediately turned his face, "After all this talk, are you thinking about Feng Mansion? Have you ever counted how many people live in the mansion? If you take Feng Mansion, what will happen to them? Your grandmother loves you so much, why don't you ever think about her?"
Feng Yuheng looked at his father, whose neck was red with excitement, and asked him in confusion, "So father doesn't plan to pay back the one million?"
"Why am I not going to pay it back? When did you say you wouldn't pay it back?"
"Since the money is being repaid, why are you still worrying about the Feng Mansion? When the time comes, father will return the banknotes and I will return the land deeds. We will be even, so what's there to worry about?"
"This..." Feng Jinyuan was blocked by her words. After thinking about it carefully, it made sense. To see the first recommendation, go to Yankuai Reading. But no matter what, he still couldn't accept the Feng Mansion's land deed as collateral. "Change the conditions. The land deed really won't work."
Feng Yuheng sighed softly and said, "It seems that father still has no intention of paying back the money, otherwise he wouldn't be so fussy. Grandmother loves Ah Heng so much, how could Ah Heng let her live without a house? But I'm just afraid that if His Highness the Ninth Prince asks about it one day, I have to give him an explanation."
Feng Jinyuan stopped talking, looked in the direction of Feng Mansion, and began to think.
One million taels is not a small amount. Although the Shen family has given more silver than this before, Feng Yuheng cannot compare with the Shen family. The Shen family is a businessman and is already rich. And Feng Yuheng's silver, as she said, all came from the Prince Yu's Mansion. If they add up the money, it would be difficult to explain. Moreover, once things get out of hand, he can't say that he borrowed one million to give it to the third prince, right?
After thinking this way, he made up his mind. When he looked away, he nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you, but you must promise to return the land deed on the day the silver note is returned."
"It's a deal!" Feng Yuheng smiled, "If father is worried, you can take the loan agreement to the government for record."
"No need." Feng Jinyuan waved his hand and turned to go into the house. "I will write you a loan agreement right now. The deed is in Songyuan. I will pick it up for you later. You can give me the banknotes when you get there."
"Of course." Feng Yuheng watched Feng Jinyuan sign the loan agreement and put his fingerprint on it, then nodded, "Then I will wait here for my father to bring the land deed."
Feng Jinyuan didn't say anything else, but he put the IOU away and left in a hurry with the servant.
Seeing the two of them walking away, Wang Chuan began to praise with admiration: "I really admire you, young lady. The one million used to suppress the disaster was Feng Chenyu's money. Now you have borrowed one million from Prime Minister Feng, and you also used Feng Chenyu's money. After all these spending, young lady not only did you not spend a penny, but you also made a profit?"
Feng Yuheng nodded, "Yes, I made a profit."
"Why does the young lady need so much silver?" Wangchuan didn't understand. Tongshengxuan was not short of money, and the Prince Yu's Mansion was even less short of money?
Feng Yuheng smiled helplessly, "Because the emperor gave me a piece of land, and I asked my seventh brother, that Ji'an County is extremely poor. Unless I don't plan to care about that place in my life, otherwise, I can only use a lot of money to fill that hole." As he said, he remembered something, "The mine given by the third prince, we have to arrange for someone to go and take a look in the near future. I don't understand those things. When Xuan Tianming comes back, you can remind me to tell him and ask him to send someone to take care of it."
Wang Chuan nodded: "I'll take note of that. Actually, you don't have to worry too much about that jade mine lady. The Third Prince has been running the business for so many years, and it has already formed a certain scale. Even if no one is in charge, as long as the wages are paid, there will be people working."
Feng Yuheng finally felt relieved.
An hour later, Feng Jinyuan returned again and personally handed the Feng Mansion's title deed and the IOU to Feng Yuheng. Feng Yuheng also handed him a silver note of one million taels.
The two agreed to return the gifts to each other on the day of Feng Yuheng's coming-of-age ceremony.
The next day, Qingshuang stood in front of Feng Yuheng early in the morning and said to her, "Someone from the Feng Mansion asked Miss to go to Shuya Garden. He said that Master Feng summoned everyone there and had something to discuss."
Wang Chuan quickly took out a thick cloak and put it on her. "It's getting colder outside, Miss, please don't catch a cold."
The two of them left Tongshengxuan one after the other. Because Tongshengxuan was far away, they were thought to be the last to arrive. However, unexpectedly, Han and Fendai were almost an incense stick's time later.
Old Madam Feng was already sitting on the chair, but she still needed Nanny Zhao to support her and two hard pillows behind her.
The old lady now disliked all her granddaughters except Feng Yuheng. She could barely tolerate it, but she looked at Chenyu and Fendai with disgust. Even when Chenyu personally served her tea to show her courtesy, she turned her face away and ignored them. Others did not find it strange, but Shen Qing was full of indignation.
He didn't expect that his cousin was living this kind of life in the Feng family. The Shen family also said that Chenyu was the hope of the Feng family, and the Feng family would treat her well no matter what. But now it seems that this is not the case at all.
"Oh my! The old lady can even stay here? It seems that the second young lady has really relieved the old lady's worries since she came back to the mansion!" Han said this in a pretentious tone as soon as she entered the main hall. Then, she looked at Chenyu who returned to her seat with a wronged look on her face, smiled proudly, and pushed Fendai to sit next to Chenyu. "I always thought that the eldest young lady was high and mighty and difficult to approach, but now that she is also a concubine's daughter, she makes people feel much closer to her."
When Han spoke, she had a smile on her face, and it seemed that she was trying to get close to Chenyu, but no matter how she listened to her words, she made people feel uncomfortable.
Chenyu was so angry that she twisted the handkerchief tightly with both hands, and tried her best to control herself and not to conflict with Han, because she knew that she must not make mistakes in front of the old lady and Feng Jinyuan again, and she must be the Feng Chenyu of the past, so that people would gradually forget those things.
The old lady didn't like to listen to Han's talk. When she saw that the mother and daughter didn't even say hello to her when they entered the house, one sat down next to Chenyu, and the other chattered nonstop, she couldn't help but feel irritated. She snorted and scolded, "You have no manners at all. I really don't know how people like you can enter my Feng family! Jinyuan!" She glared at Feng Jinyuan, "She is your concubine, you have to take care of her."
Feng Jinyuan nodded at the old lady, then looked at Han with a gloomy expression. Where was the doting look like before?
"Han, you are ungrateful for being able to enter my Feng family, and you are still making trouble like this. Do you really think I can tolerate you forever?" Feng Jinyuan glanced at Feng Fendai while speaking, and then said, "The rules in our house are relatively relaxed. We don't take the children born by concubines to be raised by the stepmother. But look at what you have raised Fendai to be like."
Han was scolded by Feng Jinyuan and felt aggrieved, but she did not dare to say anything back. Instead, she bowed to the old lady and said, "I pay my respects to the old lady." Then she walked to the side and sat down.
Fen Dai was young and arrogant, and she didn't agree with Feng Jinyuan's words, but she didn't dare to refute him too blatantly. She just muttered to herself, "Fortunately, I didn't give them to my stepmother to raise. Look at what kind of crap these two kids she raised are."
No one else heard what she said, but Feng Chenyu, who was sitting next to her, heard it clearly. What happened in Fengtong County came back to her mind, and she was so angry that her teeth were chattering.
Shen Qing stood beside Feng Jinyuan, respectfully, without even sitting down. He came as a guest, first to greet the old lady, and second to meet everyone in the mansion. He saw all the grievances that Chenyu had suffered this morning, and he was anxious, but facing a room full of women, he couldn't get a word in.
Feng Yuheng looked at Chenyu's appearance. Actually, think about it, she was also quite pitiful. She lost her mother at a young age, and her brother had such an incident. In such a family, people are scheming against each other all day long. Even if she was killed by someone one day, she might not even know who did it.
But she would never pity Feng Chenyu. As the saying goes, there must be something hateful about a pitiful person. If she hadn't done so many evil things in the past, how could she have ended up like this? Moreover... Feng Yuheng never thought that Chenyu would live a good life from now on. She was just waiting for herself to heal her innocence and start over. By then, the first person she would target would probably be herself.
The old lady looked at the young people below. Each of them had his own thoughts. There was a knife hidden in each of their eyes and they all disliked each other.
Her heart was in a knot. They were all descendants of the Feng family and were related by the same bloodline. Why did they act like enemies?
Jin Zhen sat at the bottom of the concubines, looking at the old lady's expression, and then looking at Feng Jinyuan's angry face, she felt that it was time for her to speak. So she coughed lightly and said, "This winter disaster, because the second young lady took the lead in donating tea and silver to quell the disaster, the master was praised by the emperor in the court and was appointed as an imperial envoy. Tomorrow he will rush to the disaster area in the northern border to personally provide disaster relief. This is an honor, and we should congratulate the master."
The old lady finally heard something decent, and quickly nodded and said, "Jin Zhen is right, this time our family has indeed been praised by the emperor. Jin Yuan was specially allowed by the emperor to not attend court today, and he is fully preparing to go to the northern border. If we talk about the credit, we have to thank Ah Heng!"
The old lady looked at Feng Yuheng happily, and she liked her more and more. This granddaughter was not only skilled in medicine, but also had a good sense of the overall situation. When there was a winter disaster in the capital, she actually took out her own money to help the victims, which was simply the most direct way to help the emperor solve his problems. I heard that the emperor specifically praised Feng Jinyuan for having a good daughter in the court. The old lady felt that this was the demeanor that the legitimate daughter of the Feng family should have.
He couldn't help but look at Chenyu again and couldn't help saying, "You have been a legitimate daughter for a few years. Look at what your second sister is doing now. This is what a legitimate daughter is!"
Chenyu was so angry that her face changed. Yilin, who was standing beside her, quickly poked her arm and winked at her. Chenyu finally sobered up and said quickly, "Grandma is right. In the past, I was too ignorant."
Feng Chenyu had actually always spoken like this for so many years, but ever since Feng Yuheng returned to Beijing, she had become increasingly uncontrollable, frequently revealing her true nature in front of others. Coupled with what had happened in Fengtong County, the old lady had almost forgotten her original bodhisattva face. Seeing her suddenly return to this state, she could not help but be stunned.
Not only was the old lady stunned, Feng Fendai also looked at Chenyu in confusion, wondering if this elder sister had taken the wrong medicine? Was this a sign of giving in to Feng Yuheng?
Chenyu lowered her head and kept silent. Yilin was right to remind her that she couldn't be pushed into a desperate situation like before, and she couldn't fall out with Feng Yuheng at this critical moment. She had to get through this month. As long as that thing was accomplished, she wouldn't be afraid of anyone.
At this time, Jin Zhen took the lead and stood up, saying to Feng Jinyuan: "I congratulate you on getting this honorable mission, and I hope you will have a smooth trip and return with honor."
The others also stood up and bowed, wishing Feng Jinyuan a safe trip, which made the old lady and Feng Jinyuan finally smile.
Feng Yuheng raised his head slightly and looked at Feng Jinyuan. He felt that there seemed to be something hidden behind his father's smile. The sense of conspiracy that he had sensed yesterday became even stronger.
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