Xiangrong stood up, without even raising his head, and bowed to the voice: "Xiangrong greets His Royal Highness Prince Chun, may your Highness live a thousand years. To catch up with the Wilderness Chronicles, you have to be quick."
Xuan Tianhua stepped forward and helped her up, still saying in that warm voice: "Get up, you are in your own home, there is no need to be polite." He could see that Xiangrong was timid, so he did not exchange too much greetings with her, and took the initiative to ask: "Are you here because of your second sister's entry into the palace?"
"Yes." Xiangrong nodded, finally having the courage and reason to raise her head. "Second sister said that she was going to the palace to apologize. My family was worried, so grandma insisted that Xiangrong come to ask His Highness. Xiangrong knows that this is a bit rude, but it's grandma's order, I... I dare not disobey."
"It's okay." Xuan Tianhua motioned for her to sit down, and he also sat down in the main seat. "It's not impolite. Ming'er and I are brothers, and you and Ah Heng are sisters. It's only natural for you to come to me to inquire." Xuan Tianhua seldom called himself the king in front of others, unless he intentionally reminded the other person of his identity. Most of the time, he would just chat with them like a casual conversation, and he would quickly dispel the other person's nervousness.
Xiang Rong also felt a little relieved by his words. She was no longer nervous, but her worry about Feng Yuheng immediately came to her mind - "Your Highness, will the second sister be okay? Will the emperor be angry? Will he punish her? Your Highness, this is not the second sister's fault. The ninth prince's leg injury is too serious, and it has been so long, even if it cannot be cured, it is reasonable! Your Highness, can you plead for the second sister? Please... don't punish her! Or, fine her some silver?" The more she spoke, the more uncertain she felt. How could the emperor be so angry and just fine her some silver?
Xuan Tianhua laughed and didn't say whether he would help or not. He just told her: "You should trust your second sister."
"Ah?" Xiang Rong was slightly startled. "What do you believe? Second sister said with her own mouth that the Ninth Prince's leg cannot be cured!"
"Whether the treatment is effective or not is one thing, and whether or not you are punished is another. There are many times when what you see and hear is not the truth, and there are many times when what has happened is not what it should have been."
Xiang Rong was completely confused. She found that she could not understand what Xuan Tianhua was saying at all. She usually envied her second sister for chatting and laughing with them. But now she knew that being able to communicate like that required more than just courage. It also required... brains. She must be too stupid to even understand what was being said. With such an answer, how could she learn from the old lady when she returned?
Seeing her annoyed look, Xuan Tianhua couldn't help but shook his head, "You are still young, it is normal for you not to understand, blame me for saying this to you. Anyway, remember, no matter what time it is, just trust your second sister, that's all."
"But Your Majesty..."
"Father may be unhappy, but it won't be too difficult."
"Alas." Xiangrong sighed softly, stood up, bowed to Xuan Tianhua and said, "Thank you, Seventh Prince, for clearing up my doubts. Although Xiangrong doesn't quite understand what he heard, I will be able to remember it after I return home later and repeat the original words to my grandmother."
Xuan Tianhua was puzzled, "Later? Where are you going?"
"Xiangrong, let's go to the palace gate and wait for Second Sister."
"... That's all." Xuan Tianhua shook his head helplessly and stood up as well. "Let's go. I'll go with you."
When leaving Prince Chun's mansion, Xiangrong took Xuan Tianhua's carriage, and the Feng family's carriage followed silently behind.
Along the way, Xiangrong's heart was in a mess. Sometimes she thought about Xuan Tianhua, sometimes she thought about Feng Yuheng. Her little face was tangled, which made Xuan Tianhua laugh several times.
At this moment in the Feng Mansion, everyone's heart was in turmoil. No one knew when Feng Yuheng would be able to return, and what kind of disaster he would bring to the Feng family when he returned.
It was not until the evening that a maid hurried to Shuya Garden to pass on a message. Before she could open her mouth, the old lady asked in a trembling voice, "Is there someone coming from the palace?"
The girl was stunned, "How did the old lady know?"
"It's over!" The old lady dropped a tea bowl in her hand to the ground with a "bang", and her tone of voice changed, "I knew it! How could the emperor, who hated the Yao family so much in the past, change his mind and be so good to Ah Heng? Now it seems that everything is for the Ninth Prince's leg! The emperor only gave Ah Heng so much kindness because he wanted Ah Heng to cure the Ninth Prince's leg. Now that the leg can't be cured, Ah Heng is useless, and disaster will follow!"
Seeing the old lady like this, Aunt Zhao hurried forward to persuade her. The maid who came to deliver the message was stunned by the old lady. She was stunned for a long time before she asked again: "What is the old lady talking about?"
Aunt Zhao sensed something was wrong and immediately asked, "You said someone came from the palace, who is that person?"
The little girl replied, "Two maids came. They said they were invited by Madam Zhou and ordered by the Empress to come to the mansion to set rules for the Fourth Young Lady."
"Hmm?" The old lady's originally sad face suddenly calmed down, "What did you say?"
The girl continued, "The maid from the palace has come to teach us etiquette. She has been led here. She said we should pay our respects to the old lady first, and then go to see the fourth young lady."
The old lady then remembered that Fendai had offended the Ninth Prince yesterday, and he had said that he would ask a nanny to come and teach Fendai the rules.
When she heard that the person coming from the palace was about this matter, the old lady finally felt relieved and quickly said to the maid, "Go and bring the fourth young lady here."
The girl responded and left. While tidying up the old lady's clothes, Madam Zhao said, "Old lady, please don't scare yourself. Doesn't the Second Miss have His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu with her? Even if the Emperor wants to punish her, he's just venting his anger. With His Royal Highness here, there's no way he'll let the Second Miss suffer any loss."
"But his leg can't be healed. Can he still treat Ah Heng the same way as before?" The old lady just couldn't believe that there was a man who could be so devoted to a woman.
But Aunt Zhao didn't think so. She reminded the old lady, "You saw with your own eyes how His Royal Highness treated the Second Miss at Tongsheng Pavilion yesterday. How could there be any estrangement between them?"
The old lady thought about it carefully and felt that it was just as Aunt Zhao said, so she felt a little relieved.
At this time, someone outside the door announced, "Madame Liu and Madame Wang are here to pay their respects to the old lady."
"Please come in."
Following the invitation, two ladies in palace dress came in. They were about forty years old, tall, and stern. They walked with a straight posture and did not look sideways. They stopped five steps away from the old lady and knelt down to salute. "This old servant greets Old Madam Feng. We are here on the orders of the Queen to teach the fourth young lady the rules. We hope that the old lady will take good care of us."
"What are you talking about, Madams? Please stand up, please stand up." The old lady wanted to stand up and help her herself, but her waist was too old to do so, so she had to ask Madam Zhao to do it for her. "Fendai is young and ignorant, so please bear with her, Madams."
"Don't worry, old lady. We old servants dare not disobey the Queen's order." There were stern looks in the two maids' eyes when they spoke, which made the old lady nod repeatedly.
Soon, Feng Fendai was brought from the Buddhist temple to Shuya Garden. She knelt for a day and a night. She was already exhausted, her hair was disheveled, her face was pale, and she staggered every three steps. When she saw the old lady, she didn't even bother to greet her. She said, "Grandma, please spare Fendai. If Fendai dies, what will you say to my father when he comes back?"
The old lady ignored her and said to the two maids, "This is my fourth granddaughter."
The two stood up and first gave a very standard greeting to Fendai, saying, "This old servant greets Miss Feng Si."
Fendai frowned: "Who are you?"
One of them, Madam Liu, said, "We are the palace's teaching maids. We are here under the order of the Empress to teach the Fourth Young Miss the rules and regulations."
"Learn the rules? What rules?"...
Fendai was confused. "I'm not going to the palace, why do I need people from the palace to teach me the rules? Grandmother, what do they do?"
"How dare you!" The old lady slapped her chair. "You two maids came to Feng Mansion on the orders of the Empress. How can we tolerate your nonsense?"
"But, why?" As soon as she said this, she immediately remembered Xuan Tianming's words yesterday. She didn't know what she was thinking, but her eyes lit up and she turned to ask Aunt Liu, "Did His Highness the Ninth Prince tell the Queen?"
Madam Liu nodded, "That's right."
"Ha!" Fendai laughed out loud, "I was saying that His Highness the Ninth Prince has feelings for me, otherwise why would he specially invite maids from the palace to teach me the rules? Maids, rest assured that Fendai will study hard and will never embarrass His Highness the Ninth Prince in the future."
Fendai's words made Old Lady Feng not know where to put her face. The two maids were also at a loss. Nanny Wang said, "I don't know what the Fourth Young Lady meant by saying this. I only know that when His Highness the Ninth Prince talked about this with the Queen, he said, 'The Feng family has a Fourth Young Lady who is always rude and disrespectful, and has no sense of etiquette and shame, which makes this prince upset.'"
"Hmph." The old lady snorted, "Did you hear that? The Ninth Prince only thinks that you have no sense of shame, so how can he have any feelings for you?"
Madam Liu also nodded. "It is well known that the Ninth Prince's favorite is the Second Miss of our mansion. Speaking without restraint is also a bad habit that we old servants want to help the Fourth Miss correct."
"Impossible!" Fen Dai screamed, "How could he say that about me? You must be lying. You must have been sent by Feng Yu Heng to punish me. Get out! Get out now!"
Fendai went crazy and rushed forward to push the two maids. Madam Liu was pushed sideways by her. Madam Wang became furious and reached into her sleeve, took out a small whip from her sleeve, raised her hand, and whipped Fendai on the back.
In the palace, people have developed a knack for beating people. They can beat the wood underneath through tofu and still keep the tofu from breaking, let alone beating through clothes.
Fendai only felt a burning pain on her back and cried out for a while, but she did not get any sympathy from the Feng family.
Nanny Wang held the whip in her hand and said coldly, "This Phoenix Whip is used to beat concubines and punish female officials. The Fourth Miss of the Feng Family should feel honored to receive this whip today."
Old Madam Feng also nodded and said, "Madam is right. I hope you can teach my fourth granddaughter a good lesson. Beat her when she deserves to be beaten, punish her when she deserves to be punished, and don't show mercy."
"I obey your orders, old slave."
No matter how reluctant Fan Dai was, the two stern-faced maids were still sent to her yard.
As soon as they left, the old lady said to Aunt Zhao, "It's getting dark. Hurry up and go to the palace gate yourself. Ah Heng and Xiang Rong are not coming back. I'm really worried to death."
Nanny Zhao had no choice but to leave the house in a hurry and get on a carriage to the palace gate.
When she arrived, she saw Xiangrong, who was also waiting outside the palace gate, and the seventh prince Xuan Tianhua who was with her. Just as she was about to go over and say a few words, she saw someone coming out of the palace gate.
In the middle, an old lady in fancy dress was smiling and chatting with a maid who was accompanying her. The maid was so polite to the old lady that Zhao Ma couldn't help but take a closer look. It would have been fine if she hadn't looked, but when she did, she was shocked. "Is it her?"
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