This person was none other than Wang Zhuo, the soldier who had gone with Feng Yuheng to rescue the Seventh Prince Xuan Tianhua.
Seeing that he finally recognized her, Feng Yuheng smiled and raised her hand to signal him: "Get up."
Wang Zhuo stood up and looked at Feng Yuheng, who was different from before. He had heard that Princess Ji'an had joined the Northwest Army Camp and became the instructor of the 30,000 soldiers.
The Northwest Army of the Ninth Prince Xuan Tianming was originally the most valiant among the four generals' armies. The 30,000 soldiers he brought back could be regarded as the elite of the Northwest Army. Everyone knew that if one wanted to become a general in the Northwest Army, one had to pass five strict tests, and even Xuan Tianming was no exception.
Now Feng Yuheng has also passed the test, what does that mean? It means that the Ji'an County Lady has special skills, and she must not be treated as an ordinary lady in the boudoir. As a soldier, he admires Feng Yuheng who has passed five tests and killed six generals. So his eyes are full of admiration, and there is also a hint of yearning.
Wang Zhuo's kneeling really stunned Fusang and Tiandong, especially the name of Ji'an County Master, which reminded them of the woman who gave away warm tea at the entrance of Baicao Hall during the winter disaster. Looking at the handsome young man in front of them, they felt that his eyebrows and eyes were very similar to that of the county master, and they couldn't help but ask, "Are you Ji'an County Master?"
Feng Yuheng smiled, "Yes, I am."
"Is it really the Princess Ji'an?" Fusang and Tiandong almost screamed with joy. Tiandong turned around and shouted to the children, "She is the Princess Ji'an! Not the young master! She is the Princess Ji'an who made us drink warm tea for several days to get through the winter disaster!"
Upon hearing this, the children cheered. Shui Ling squeezed to Feng Yuheng's side, grabbed her hand and said, "Sister Fusang said that the county lady is a great benefactor. I was sick during the winter disaster. Baicaotang thought that we were too far away, so they specially packed a lot of unboiled warm tea for her to bring back, so that she could boil it for us in the yard. If it weren't for your warm tea, Shui Ling would have frozen to death."
Feng Yuheng didn't remember such details, or she didn't know about it at all. It was probably Wang Lin who asked someone to do it, but she didn't expect that these children would have such an encounter with her today.
"Silly girl." She stroked Shui Ling's head and said to Fusang Tiandong, "No one has lived in this manor for a long time. I usually arrange people to come and clean it up every once in a while. Now that you are here, the task of taking care of the manor is left to you."
Tian Dong said happily: "Don't worry, County Lady, we will definitely take good care of the manor."
"Yes." She nodded. "Take the children and clean up first. I want to talk to Wang Zhuo for a while."
"Hey!" The two agreed, thanked him again and then left with the children.
Wang Zhuo couldn't help but get nervous when he saw Feng Yuheng had something to say to him, but he was also a little excited. He didn't know what Feng Yuheng was going to say, but his intuition told him that it was definitely not a bad thing.
The two of them walked towards the pavilion in the courtyard, and heard Feng Yuheng ask him: "You said that your boss abused his power for personal gain and worked for Jingzhao Yin. Then let me ask you, if it were you, faced with your friend's request and these children, who would you choose?"
Without even thinking, Wang Zhuo said, "Of course I have to consider the children's lives! Even if I can't change their final fate, at least I won't give them a push out of personal preference."
"Okay!" She stopped and turned to face Wang Zhuo, "Then you just wait and take his place."
"What?" Wang Zhuo's eyes widened in disbelief, and he couldn't help but remind Feng Yuheng, "That's the Admiral of Jingmen!"
Feng Yuheng smiled, "So what if he's an admiral? Since he can't be a good official, then he shouldn't be one. This matter will take three days at most. You go back and wait. I will give you an explanation in three days."
"Thank you, County Lady, for your promotion!" Wang Zhuo knelt again and sincerely thanked Feng Yuheng. He was just a small leader guarding the city gate. The governor of the capital gate was a high-ranking official who could see the emperor and attend the morning court. If he relied on his own efforts, he would never be able to climb to such a position in his lifetime. But now he has such an opportunity, how can he not be shocked!
"Go back." Feng Yuheng said lightly: "I give you this opportunity, firstly to thank you for helping me find the Seventh Prince, and secondly to live up to your compassionate heart. From now on, I hope you can keep this heart as always, and don't let it gradually become dusty due to the change of official position, which would be a great disappointment to my painstaking efforts."
"Please rest assured, my subordinate will not let you down."
Wang Zhuo returned to the capital with excitement, and Zhuangzi had already cleaned up the house very neatly. The children were very happy to have a new home, and under the leadership of Fusang and Tiandong, they kowtowed to Feng Yuheng.
Feng Yuheng accepted their gifts, and then said: "I didn't bring you here to let you enjoy a leisurely life, but you don't have to do the rough work of washing clothes anymore. I will invite a teacher to teach you how to read and write tomorrow, and I will also invite a doctor from Baicaotang to teach you some basic medical knowledge. Whoever among you learns the best or has a little talent for medical knowledge will have the opportunity to enter the county lord's mansion, and I will teach you personally. Is that okay?"
"Okay!" The children responded in unison, each with an extremely excited expression.
Fuso said: "These children have never been to school, but they are very smart and will definitely not let the county lady down."
She nodded and thought to herself that this was a great idea. What she wanted was a child who had never been to school. By training him from scratch, he could be raised to be what she wanted him to be.
Feng Yuheng dismissed the children and handed a fifty-liang silver note to Fusang, "After returning to Beijing, I will have someone deliver food and vegetables to you, and leave a carriage for you. These silver notes are in your hands for emergency use. If there is anything urgent, you can come to the county lady's mansion to find me. I will greet the servants in the mansion, and you can go in directly when you come."
Fuso and Tiandong were so moved that they didn't know what to say and could only express their gratitude over and over again.
Feng Yuheng did not stay here for long. On the way back, she told Huang Quan: "You should do what I promised them after returning home. You must keep a close eye on this place. If there are any talented children, bring them back to the mansion immediately. Also, send someone to the government office to register them. I will write a letter to my seventh brother later, and you can also deliver it."
The two of them were thinking about today's affairs all the way to Tongshengxuan. When they passed the gate of Feng Mansion, the carriage slowed down and the driver asked her, "Miss, should we go back to our own place or get off at Feng Mansion first?"
Feng Yuheng wanted to go back to Tongshengxuan directly, but she lifted the curtain and took a look inside the Feng Mansion. This look made her change her mind - "Stop! I'm going to the Feng Mansion."
She lifted the curtain and got out of the car, and saw several maids throwing things out of the Feng Mansion. There were cloths, ornaments, and various small toys.
Along with these things, a strange maid was also driven out of the house. The maid was so angry that her face turned blue. She pointed at the servants of the Feng Mansion and shouted, "Don't be ungrateful!"
The servants of the Feng Mansion were not to be outdone and replied, "We are just following orders. If the young lady has a temper, she should go and tell the fourth young lady. It will be useless to get angry at us."
The maid stood outside the mansion, put her hands on her hips and pointed over, saying loudly: "Then tell your fourth young lady not to be too arrogant. The last thing the Prince of Li lacks is women, and he has concubines one after another. She really shouldn't take herself too seriously. The Prince of Li is praising her now, and who knows when he will get tired of her. How dare she throw out the things sent by His Highness? If she throws these away and has no chance of getting them in the future, she must not regret it!"
After saying this, she waved to the coachman who was waiting outside the mansion. The coachman hurried forward to pick up the things and put them back into the carriage. The maid also got on the carriage and left in a hurry.
Huang Quan was shocked, "How did the fourth young lady become so courageous?"
Feng Yuheng shrugged, "Who knows! It's probably because Prince Li didn't do something that she wanted, so she got angry." Suddenly, she remembered that day when Feng Jinyuan went back to the mansion to prepare medicinal food. At that time, it was Fendai who took over the job that she had turned down. Wasn't she talking about asking the Fifth Prince to help her invite Mo Bufan and the imperial chef? "I think there was a problem with Feng Jinyuan's welcoming banquet."
She smiled, turned around and walked towards the gate of the county mansion with Huang Quan.
The servants of the Feng family looked at each other in bewilderment, thinking that it was indeed better to have one's own territory. They stepped one foot into the mansion and then retreated. Only the second young lady could do such a thing.
At that time, in the Magnolia Garden, Feng Fendai was sitting on the snow putting on her shoes. Her little face was frozen purple. As she put on her shoes, she shouted, "I don't want to learn anymore! Never again! I learned this deadly dance just to please him. What about him? He didn't even help me hire a royal chef. Why should I work so hard to please him?"
The person standing in front of her was Hongyun, who was still wearing a thin shirt in the middle of winter. But compared to her pink and blue face, Hongyun seemed to be very adapted to the snowy environment. At this moment, she was walking barefoot in the snow, but she didn't feel the slightest bit of cold.
"When dancing this kind of dance, you need to be calm and not impatient. Even if you encounter a terrible event, your heart should be as steady and cold as ice and snow."
"I can't keep still!" Fendai couldn't learn the grace of the woman in red clothes, so she shouted, "I don't want to learn anymore, leave the house now! I will give you double the money, and you don't need to come here again!"
"Does the Fourth Miss mean it?"
"Of course I take it seriously!"
"Okay then." Hong Yun nodded. "I don't live in the capital anyway, and I won't be back this time. If Miss Four regrets one day, she won't be able to find Hong Yun anymore. I'm the only one in the world who can dance the Plum Blossom Dance in the Snow, so Miss Four, please don't regret it."
As she spoke, she walked out of the garden without any hesitation. Fendai didn't expect that this person didn't even try to persuade her or ask her to stay. She stood there in shock for a moment, not even bothering to put on her shoes, thinking about what Hongyun had just said.
If she were to let her go, she would never be able to learn this dance again. Then the Fifth Prince...
"Wait a minute!" She changed her mind. "I still want to learn to dance, but I'm not in a good mood today, so I'll take a day off."
Hong Yun actually laughed when she heard this, and turned around to ask her, "When has the fourth young lady ever been at peace?"
"You..." Hong Yun was getting more and more presumptuous. "After all, I am still the fourth daughter of the Feng family. How dare you, a dancing girl, speak to me like this?"
Hong Yun was not frightened by her at all. Her face was still as ruthless as ice and snow, but she still walked back step by step, staring at Fendai and asked, "Fourth Miss, do you think it's nice or not for me to walk barefoot in the snow wearing a thin shirt?"
Fendai was stunned, not knowing why she asked this, but she nodded truthfully: "It looks good."
"Then think about it, even if the ideal match in the future is not the Fifth Prince, if you have learned this skill, which man can resist it?"
Hongyun's words made Fendai's eyes light up, and a sense of hope rose in her heart again.
At this time, Hongyun took out something from an embroidered bag on her waist and handed it to her - "This is for you." [End of this chapter]
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