The old lady, who had been sitting here with an awkward look on her face, waiting for someone to talk to her, was no longer in the mood. All she could think about was Feng Yuheng shaking his head and apologizing to Madam Zhou, and her statement that she would go to the palace to plead guilty to the emperor tomorrow. The old lady felt that this was a losing deal, and the doctor was not omnipotent. How could the leg be healed in an instant after being broken for so long?
"Ah Heng." She opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Feng Yuheng smiled and looked at the old lady. He did not mention Xuan Tianming anymore, but chatted with her about family matters: "I haven't had time to take care of grandma's waist these days. Has grandma been using the medicine Qingshuang sent?"
The old lady said with a bitter face: "It's being used, it's being used. It's getting better. Look, you can even go out now." She was anxious to ask about the Ninth Prince. Without waiting for Feng Yuheng to speak again, she took the initiative to ask: "Ah Heng, the Ninth Prince's leg... is it really incurable?"
The old lady's words made everyone nervous, even Wangchuan Huangquan.
Feng Yuheng looked at everyone and shook his head helplessly, "It has been delayed for too long, and there is really no way to save the situation."
"No hope at all?"
"My granddaughter is incompetent."
"You are incompetent!" Feng Fendai yelled, pointing directly at Feng Yuheng and said, "If you don't have the ability, don't show off. Do you think you can handle the consequences of delaying His Highness the Ninth Prince's leg?"
Feng Yuheng had no intention of arguing with a child, but this Fen Dai was so persistent that she was really upset. She couldn't help but stare at her coldly - "I heard that you went to Prince Yu's Mansion to ask Madam Zhou to catch the adulterer? I really troubled my fourth sister to worry about me. When the tutor comes to Feng Mansion tomorrow, I will remind her to teach my younger sister well."
The old lady was also very angry with Fendai, and she ordered the servants loudly: "Drag her to the Buddhist temple and make her kneel down. You are not allowed to eat today!"
Following the old lady's order, two servants immediately came forward, grabbed Fendai and dragged her out.
Fen Dai yelled, "Let me go! Let me go! Grandma, Fen Dai doesn't want to kneel in the temple! Grandma!"
Unfortunately, no one would listen to her shouting. The old lady was only busy explaining to Feng Yuheng: "Fendai ran to Prince Yu's Mansion by herself. Grandmother didn't know about this beforehand."
Feng Yuheng comforted her, "Don't worry, Grandma, Ah Heng understands."
"Hey, I'm glad you understand." The old lady breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to ask a few more questions about the Ninth Prince, but Feng Yuheng didn't really want to say more, so she had to give up. "You've been busy these days, and you're tired. Take a rest. Grandmother will go back first."
"Okay." She nodded, and then told Wangchuan, "See grandma off."
"No need." The old lady waved her hand, "Everyone take a rest."
After saying this, he signaled to the servant who was carrying the chair, and the group ran towards the small gate of Willow Garden.
Chen Yu also followed behind, lowering her head, not knowing what she was thinking about, but she didn't know that Feng Yuheng behind her was looking at them with a sneer.
After passing the moon gate of Liuyuan, Chenyu said goodbye to the old lady, changed direction and went to her own yard first.
Yilin noticed that she was in a bad mood and couldn't help asking, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Chenyu frowned and thought for a while before instructing Yilin, "Go and inform my third uncle and ask him to find an experienced nanny from outside to check me out again after I have Feng Yuheng finish his treatment."
"Miss, do you not believe in the Second Miss's medical skills?" Yilin saw the clue and said, "But if we ask Mammy to come again, will this matter get out?"
"No." Chenyu's face was grim. "Uncle has his own way to make her keep the secret forever. Just do it."
After the incident with the Ninth Prince, Chen Yu doubted Feng Yuheng's medical skills for the first time. She once thought that Feng Yuheng's medical skills were omnipotent, but only today did she realize that there were times when she was unable to do so. So, was she sure that what she promised herself would be successful?
While Chenyu was worried, the old lady who was heading to Shuya Garden was also worried. Her face had never brightened up during the whole journey. Aunt Zhao couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Old lady, what's wrong with you? The matter with the second young lady has been clarified. What else do you have to worry about?"
"Alas." The old lady sighed, "That's not what I'm worried about. Did you see Madam Zhou's face when she left? She was obviously unhappy that the Ninth Prince's leg couldn't be cured."
"But His Highness the Ninth Prince's leg has been broken for so long, it's understandable that it can't be cured!"
"We say it's reasonable, but the royal family doesn't think so." The old lady analyzed to herself, "I used to wonder why the emperor was so good to Ah Heng. I also gradually relaxed about what happened in the Yao family. Now I have figured it out. I'm afraid it was all because of the Ninth Prince's leg injury. The emperor thought that our Ah Heng was a good doctor, and he hoped that she could cure the Ninth Prince's leg, so he showed some favoritism to her. But now... Alas!" She sighed again, "I'm afraid Ah Heng's good days are over."
Aunt Zhao shuddered: "No way?"
"Why not?" The old lady felt that her analysis made sense. "The Emperor has always doted on His Highness the Ninth Prince. Although there were rumors before that His Highness might have no hope of having an heir, after a few months, it seems that the Emperor is not completely hopeless. If Ah Heng can cure His Highness's leg, the position of Crown Prince might still be his, and the matter of an heir is probably just a rumor. But now that his leg can't be cured, I'm afraid the Emperor's heart will really turn cold."
After hearing what the old lady said, Aunt Zhao also felt a chill all over her body. If it was really as the old lady thought, I'm afraid the Feng Mansion would also be in turmoil again.
"Old lady," she asked tremblingly, "Shouldn't we make some plans in advance?"
The old lady thought for a moment and said, "No hurry, wait until Ah Heng comes back from the palace tomorrow."
There is a large Buddhist temple in Feng Mansion, which is built at the back of Jinyu Courtyard. It was built by the Shen family when they were in power.
In fact, she had not entered the Buddhist temple many times after it was built, but she saw that other people's houses had one, so she built one as well as a standard feature.
In fact, only the old lady in the mansion often cares about Buddhism. No matter which courtyard she lives in, she is willing to keep a room in her courtyard as a small Buddhist temple. She would never go to the one built by Shen. Especially after Shen's death, no one used the Buddhist temple anymore. Later, the servants stopped cleaning it. As a result, the Buddhist temple in the mansion was almost the same as the dilapidated temple outside the city with dust and dirt.
The old lady punished Fendai to kneel in the Buddhist temple, so the servants could not send her to the small Buddhist temple in Shuya Garden. After much deliberation, they could only send her to Jinyu Courtyard. When Fendai saw that they were heading to Jinyu Courtyard, she immediately started crying and refused to go there no matter what.
But the man was too strong, and there was no way a ten-year-old girl like her could beat an adult. She was dragged over there.
When they arrived, there was a man standing at the entrance of Jinyu Courtyard with his hands behind his back, facing inside, looking lonely.
Fendai's eyebrows twitched, and she immediately recognized the man and shouted, "Cousin! Cousin Shen Qing!"
The person at the door was Shen Qing. When he heard someone calling him, he quickly turned around and saw Fendai being dragged by the servants. He was shocked for a moment - "What happened to the fourth young lady? Why do you servants treat the young lady of the mansion like this?"
Although the two servants were polite to Shen Qing, they did not show much respect. They only answered his questions in a procedural manner: "I am following the old lady's order to take the fourth young lady to the Buddhist temple."
"Cousin! Cousin, it's all Feng Yuheng who harmed me!" Fen Dai saw that the two servants did not stop even when answering Shen Qing's questions, and she was about to be dragged into the yard, so she hurriedly shouted: "Feng Yuheng not only harmed me, she also harmed big sister! Big sister is having a hard time in the mansion now, cousin! You must help big sister!"
The shouting became more and more distant...
After the two servants dragged Fendai into the yard, they walked around the corridor and disappeared in just three or two steps.
Before Shen Qing had the time to ask more questions, he wanted to chase after her, but he felt that it was not in line with his status. However, Fendai's words made him worried.
He had seen with his own eyes what kind of life Chenyu had lived in Feng Mansion. Now that a fourth young lady could be treated like this by servants, how much suffering had his beloved cousin Chenyu endured? Being demoted from a legitimate daughter to a concubine's daughter, how sad was that? Could a delicate person like her bear it?
Shen Qing thought about it and decided to go to Shuya Garden in person. Now that his aunt and cousin were gone, Chenyu was all alone. If he, as her cousin, didn't step up, wouldn't Chenyu be bullied to death?
Thinking of this, Shen Qing no longer hesitated and strode towards Shuya Garden.
When he arrived, the old lady was sitting in the hall, worrying over a bowl of bird's nest. This was her favorite tonic, but today she couldn't eat a single bite. There was always a knot in her heart that she couldn't untie no matter what.
A little girl came outside to report that the young master of the Shen family had arrived. Before the old lady could react, Zhao Ma reminded her again: "It was the young master of the Shen family who the master asked to take extra care of him."
The old lady finally understood what he said, but she frowned and asked back, "What is he doing here? Isn't he just here to study?"
Aunt Zhao said, "The person is outside. Why not call him in and ask him?"
The old lady nodded, "Then let him in."
Only then was Shen Qing allowed to come into the house.
The old lady has never been happy with the Shen family. Although Shen Qing is closer to Feng Jinyuan, his last name is Shen after all, and he always makes people feel distant.
Shen Qing was very polite. He bowed deeply to the old lady and greeted her. After he stood up again, he said, "Shen Qing has not greeted the old lady for many days. Please forgive me."
The old lady waved her hand and said, "You don't have to come to greet me all day long. Waking up at dawn and dusk is something the Feng family does. It has nothing to do with your Shen family."
Shen Qing showed a trace of embarrassment on his face. He had heard something about the grievances between the Shen family and the Feng family, but he didn't expect that the old lady was unwilling to even put in some superficial effort. Did she hate the Shen family to such an extent?
"I wonder what business has the young master of the Shen family come here for?" Seeing that the old lady was reluctant to speak, Nanny Zhao had to take on the responsibility of asking on her behalf.
Shen Qing calmed himself down, took a few deep breaths, and as if he had made a great decision, he lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, saying loudly - "Shen Qing is here today to propose marriage. I want to marry Feng Chenyu, the eldest daughter of the Feng family! Please grant my wish, old lady!"
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