The drooping shoulders blocked her view, so she couldn't see the maid's lip movements and couldn't tell what she said. Om just turned back and happened to meet Xuan Tianye's eyes. The habitual angry eyes stayed on her face for only a moment, and then stared at the gourd on her waist.
Feng Yuheng pulled the corners of his lips and smiled, stretched out his hand to pat the gourd, then raised the teacup in his hand and toasted Xuan Tianye from afar.
Xuantian did not avoid the coming night and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.
At this time, the singing and dancing had already begun. The beautiful dancers blocked the view of both sides of the banquet hall. All that could be seen was their graceful dancing moves and colorful clothes fluttering in the wind. Occasionally, people on the opposite side could be seen toasting each other. It was nothing more than the usual scene at a banquet, and there was not much novelty.
As the birthday boy, Xuan Feiyu naturally couldn't leave the main stage and was being passed around by his uncles to play.
Feng Yuheng's gaze swept across the venue, and finally returned to the small world in front of him.
The ladies on the left who were so humiliated had already moved away. On the right, Fendai moved over little by little and sat next to Xiangrong, but her eyes could not help but look at Chenyu.
Chenyu spoke a few more words to the ladies around her, and then everyone dispersed and she sat down as well.
Fendai didn't want to get too close to her and wanted to move away, but she couldn't bear to look at those crystals.
Chenyu didn't think much about it. Under Fendai's scorching gaze, she raised her hands and took off her pair of white crystal earrings.
"Sis, I see that Fourth Sister likes this thing. If you don't mind, you can take it."
This action not only shocked Fendai, but even Feng Yuheng frowned.
What is going on?
A lady who was close by heard what Chen Yu said and couldn't help but blurt out in shock: "You want to give away such a valuable thing?"
Chenyu smiled at the person who was talking and said kindly, "This is my fourth sister. I am the elder sister. Even if I have something very good, as long as my younger sister likes it, I will give it to her. But this set of headwear was also given by a noble person. It is not good to give it all away. Otherwise -" She looked at her powdered face, "I will be happy to give all this set of crystals to my younger sister."
The young lady almost cried when she heard this, and she sighed, "It's so good to have a sister like you." Then she stood up and went to gossip with other young ladies.
Feng Yuheng sneered in his heart, fearing that after this banquet, the news about how the eldest lady of the Feng family was friendly and loving to her sisters would spread like wildfire for a while.
But she didn't think that was why Feng Chenyu was willing to give up the earrings. You know, the reason why this set of crystals is so amazing is that it is a complete set. Without a pair of earrings, the effect would be greatly reduced. If she gave up such a thing just to gain a good reputation, Feng Yuheng felt that with Chenyu's mind, she would never be willing to give it up.
And the reason why the things were transferred to Fendai...
Her eyes narrowed even more, and she saw Chenyu had already started to replace the crystal earrings for Fendai. While changing them, she said to Fendai, "Although the earrings that my sister gave you last time were also beautiful, they are still far inferior to these." After the earrings were replaced, Chenyu looked at Fendai and couldn't help but admire, "Fourth sister is getting more and more beautiful. In two years, when you grow up, I'm afraid that the big sister will be outdone by you."
Feng Fendai was originally so annoyed with Chenyu that she didn't even bother to look at her. But now it was different. The white crystal earrings that she was attracted to were put on her ears in an instant, and the girl was so surprised that she almost hugged Chenyu and kissed her.
Feng Yuheng was too lazy to pay attention to the two sisters showing their affection, but instead, he looked at the graceful figure of the dancer on the field and cast his eyes towards the prince's throne.
There were not many princes present today, but the Fifth Prince, who usually did not show up at such banquets, was invited by the Second Prince. At this moment, the Fifth Prince's gaze had shifted from Chen Yu to Fen Dai, staring at the earrings, leaning forward, his eyes almost popping out.
Diverting trouble to others? She understood this principle, but how did Chenyu come up with this idea?
Last time in Xianya Tower, the three princes talked about how the Fifth Prince had taken in a new concubine, and also said that the eyebrows and expressions of those concubines were somewhat similar, so she had some idea in her mind.
These days, under the pretext of reflecting on his mistakes, he met Xuan Tianming several times and got detailed information about the Fifth Prince.
It turned out that the man had fallen in love with a concubine in the harem a few years ago. After being discovered by the emperor, he drowned the concubine in a water dungeon and sent the fifth prince to a desolate state to suffer for many years.
Later, when the Fifth Prince returned to the capital, he changed his character completely. He brought concubines into his mansion one after another, and each of them looked like the drowned concubine.
Of course, these alone were not enough to persuade the eldest prince to send Feng Chenyu a set of crystal headwear. The reason why they had this set of crystals was because Xuan Tianhua said something - it was said that when the concubine drowned, she only had a pair of white crystals on her ears, and no other jewelry, and the white crystals were the dowry from her parents before she entered the palace.
Feng Yuheng remembered it in her heart and discussed this idea with Xuan Tianming. First, by giving gifts, she wanted the eldest prince to show his favor to Chenyu, who was rumored to have a phoenix fate. Second, since the fifth prince could marry so many concubines who looked like the concubine, she didn't believe that such a set of crystals would not attract the other party's attention. If the fifth prince came out again to take part in this muddy water, it would be even more lively.
But...how could Feng Chenyu pick out the earrings so accurately as to give them to Fan Dai?
She thought of the girl who whispered to Chenyu before, and her nerves trembled. She subconsciously looked at the third prince Xuan Tianye. She saw that man was smiling at her and raising his glass, and he drank a glass of fine wine again.
Feng Yuheng's heart was moved, and he regretted that he had persuaded Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua not to come today, so that he didn't even have anyone to discuss things with.
Huang Quan was with Feng Yuheng, and seemed to feel that she was in a bad mood, so he moved closer and asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Feng Yuheng was thinking about something, and didn't answer for a while. Chenyu and Fendai saw the deep sisterly love, and always felt that something seemed to be wrong.
She placed her hand on the big gourd. She originally thought that she had the upper hand in this matter, but now it seemed that she was just about to tie.
"This banquet hall is too stuffy. Come with me for a walk." Feng Yuheng stood up and pulled Huang Quan away from the table. As she walked, she seemed to see someone leaving the prince's table. In a blink of an eye, he walked faster than her.
The two of them strolled all the way to the small garden of Prince Yuan's mansion. It was the coldest time of winter and the garden was full of winter plum blossoms. The snow had hit the red flowers, and the beauty was amazing.
But she was not in the mood to appreciate the plum blossoms. Even though the plum blossoms here were much more beautiful than those in Fengfu Plum Garden, she was not in the mood at the moment.
Huang Quan saw that she was upset and couldn't help but say, "If you don't like it here, why don't we go back home first."
Feng Yuheng shook her head. "If I go back now, wouldn't that be a waste of my third brother who has been waiting for me here for so long?" As she spoke, she quickened her pace and walked straight to the center of the Plum Garden.
Sure enough, in the pavilion in the center of the garden, the third prince Xuan Tianye was standing there with his hands behind his back, waiting.
Huang Quan was startled, and out of habit rushed to Feng Yuheng to protect her, but she pulled him back, "It's okay, wait for me here, I'll go talk to the third brother."
Huang Quan was about to remind her to be careful, but before he could say anything, Feng Yuheng had already walked in.
Xuan Tianye looked at her and couldn't help clapping his hands, "The county lady is so brave."
Feng Yuheng smiled, "You are His Royal Highness Prince Yu's third brother, and Ah Heng can also call you third brother. We are all family, so what's there to be afraid of?"
"Well said." Xuan Tianye nodded, "Why doesn't the county lady want to watch the singing and dancing inside and come out to stroll around the garden?" He simply sat on the stone chair and looked at Feng Yuheng solemnly.
"...
It's a very normal thing for a girl to visit a garden, why is Third Brother making such a fuss?" She walked up to the pavilion and untied the gourd from her waist. "I came here in a hurry, did Third Brother bring any wine?"
Xuan Tianye also took out a small wine flask from his waist and placed it on the table. "It's not much, but it's enough for the two of us to have a couple of sips."
"Ah Heng is a doctor, and he is best at making wine from medicine. Today, he just happened to get a good snake. I heard that making wine from snake venom is the best for health. Are you interested in trying it, Third Brother?"
She raised her eyebrows and looked at him. That expression didn't mean "I'm interested in trying it" at all, it meant "Do you have the courage to try it?"
As he spoke, he took the gourd from his waist, unscrewed the top, and poured out the bamboo leaf green spirit with a flip of his hand.
Xuan Tianye was slightly surprised by her action. The emerald green snake was now placed on the stone table between the two of them. It looked quiet as if it was asleep, but it was not dead.
He naturally understood the poison of this thing, but now he saw Feng Yuheng holding the snake in his hand, stroking it again and again, as if it was not a snake, but a kitten or a puppy, which made him stunned.
"This snake is called Bamboo Leaf Green Snake. It is extremely poisonous. If a person is bitten by it, let alone seeking medical treatment, he will probably die before he can even shout for help." She held the snake in her arms, as if she was telling a story, but the gleam in her eyes was like that of a poisonous scorpion, which made people feel cold all over. "But the more poisonous the snake, the better the wine made from it. I have always wanted to find a Bamboo Leaf Green Snake to make wine, but unfortunately I have never had the time to look for one. I don't know who was so kind today and sent a gift to my carriage, and I didn't even have time to say thank you."
She smiled and stood up, holding the snake by the neck with her left hand, and reached into her left sleeve with her right hand, pulling out a wooden nail and a dagger. She looked around, picked up a big tree in the garden, picked up a piece of gravel, and actually put the wooden nail directly at the snake's head, raised the stone, and nailed it into the tree trunk with a few bangs.
Xuan Tianye originally didn't know what she was going to do, but Feng Yuheng's move really frightened him. He felt that this little girl was so evil that it almost made him feel cold. Even though he was a grown man, he couldn't help but frown when he saw what she did.
But Feng Yuheng's actions obviously had not stopped. After the snake was nailed to the tree trunk, she picked up the dagger in her hand and directly cut a hole on the snake's head. Then, without pulling out the dagger, she pulled it down the snake's body. The knife did not deviate and the depth was just right. In just a blink of an eye, she peeled off the entire snake skin.
"Find a leather craftsman who can make a nice snakeskin bag for you." She smiled and threw the snakeskin to Xuan Tianye, as easily as throwing a piece of cloth.
The skinned snake's nerves were still trembling. She took the snake off and walked back to the pavilion. She pointed the snake's mouth upside down at the mouth of the wine jug, tightened her hand, and forced her to squeeze out a few drops of juice.
The snake was then put back into the gourd, sealed and placed on the table, never to be used again.
"Third brother, would you like to try this snake juice wine?" She shook the wine pot in her hand, "It's very nutritious."
Xuan Tianye's sword-like eyebrows were squeezed together. He felt that the girl in front of him was like a ghost. Nothing she did seemed like something a normal person would do.
Being remembered and plotted against by such a person, he really didn't know whether he should be afraid or feel honored.
"Third brother doesn't dare to drink?" Feng Yuheng laughed crisply, "Yes, I am inviting you to drink, of course you have to drink first as a sign of respect." As he said that, he tilted his head back and poured a mouthful of wine from the wine pot into his mouth, then swallowed the poisoned wine neatly in front of Xuan Tianye's horrified eyes that could no longer be concealed.
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