The next morning, Feng Yuheng and Feng Zirui had just finished paying their respects at Shuya Garden, and before they even walked out of the courtyard, the Feng family received a big piece of news—the cousin Shen Qing was arrested and thrown into the Jingzhao Yin prison after getting drunk and molesting a decent woman. [ads: This site has changed its URL, shorthand method:,..]
The news quickly spread throughout the Feng Mansion. When Chenyu learned the news, she was shocked. She had clearly told Shen Qing not to go out, not even to leave the house, so why did he go outside to drink?
Feng Jinyuan was also furious. He knew Shen Qing's character very well. He would believe anyone who flirted with women, but he didn't believe Shen Qing could do such a thing. He immediately sent someone to inquire at Jingzhao Yin's place. The servant reported back that "the young master had been studying hard for many days, and suddenly said he wanted to eat duck from Qingliangzhai, so he went out with his book boy, and then drank some wine, and then..."
"So, it's true that he flirts with women?"
"My Lord, it is true."
Feng Jinyuan was so angry that his nose was crooked. It was almost spring after the Chinese New Year, and if Shen Qing got into trouble at this time, wouldn't it affect the imperial examination? His intuition told him that there must be something fishy about this matter, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.
"Have you mentioned the relationship between Shen Qing and my Feng family to Jingzhao Yin?" He asked the servant who went to get the news. Although Jingzhao Yin was newly appointed, he should know what's good for him. He was the prime minister, but he was just drunk and causing trouble. Since he had spoken up for this little thing, Jingzhao Yin should give him some face no matter what.
But the servant nodded, but told him: "The newly appointed Jingzhao Yin Lord Tong said that if a prince breaks the law, he will be punished the same as a commoner, not to mention an official's relative. He also said that although you are the prime minister, if this matter is brought to the emperor, I am afraid we will not get any benefits."
Feng Jinyuan was speechless. This was clearly a show of force. He waved his hand to let the servant leave and decided to think about it carefully.
But before he could think about it any further, another piece of news came the next day—a cousin of the Shen family who was in charge of the business of three prefectures accidentally fell off his horse and died on his way home;
On the third day, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice offended his immediate superior, the Minister of Justice, and was dismissed from his post. He got drunk out of frustration and set fire to his own house. Fortunately, he ran away quickly and was fine, but the huge mansion was burned to ashes. This alone was not enough. The fire spread to the neighbor, who was a fourth-rank official and not a good person. He immediately reported to the authorities, so the dismissed doctor of the Ministry of Justice was also arrested by the Jingzhao Yin and thrown into the dungeon. The ninth concubine of this doctor of the Ministry of Justice was the concubine of the eldest master of the Shen family and a concubine sister of Shen Qing;
On the fourth day, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites was accused of corruption and was also imprisoned in the dungeon of Jingzhao Yin. His seventh concubine was the illegitimate daughter of the second master of the Shen family.
From a fifth-rank doctor to a third-rank right assistant minister, Feng Jinyuan suddenly realized that it was most likely the Ninth Prince who had been in the camp and had returned to the capital. Only he could move so quickly and catch people off guard.
The third-rank Right Vice Minister was the highest position the Shen family had ever held, except for himself, of course. Feng Jinyuan felt that he suddenly understood something.
The person who had the same idea as Feng Jinyuan was Chen Yu. The news came one after another in the past few days. She was too late to cry. Isn't this going to kill the Shen family? The Shen family has been doing business for so many years. Finally, there is Shen Qing who is committed to his official career, but now he is ruined by an inexplicable drunkenness. Those concubines who were sent to the officials' homes have also caused trouble for their husbands' families one after another. She suddenly remembered Feng Yuheng's words. If Wangchuan doesn't come back one day, she will send them in one by one.
This is revenge!
On the fourth night, someone suddenly knocked on the door of Tongshengxuan. The concierge went to open the door in a daze, but found no one outside. He looked down again and found a large sack on the ground.
He quickly asked someone to untie the sack, only to see Wang Chuan tied up and gagged inside. Several people quickly reported to Feng Yuheng, and then hurriedly helped Wang Chuan inside.
Wang Chuan was seriously injured, his body was covered in blood, either from knife wounds or whip wounds, and his face was covered with bloody marks. Huang Quan looked distressed, tears kept falling, and even Feng Yuheng was so angry that his whole body was shaking.
Fortunately, Wangchuan was still conscious. Seeing that she was finally sent back, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Miss, I'm fine. I'm lucky to be able to come back alive. I think Miss must have spent a lot of effort to save me."
Feng Yuheng put his hand on her wrist, pinched her pulse and said, "My efforts are nothing compared to your injury. You used your life to exchange for Zirui's safety. I have to thank you."
"Miss, you must not say that." Wang Chuan's eyes were red. "My mission is to protect you. I will do whatever you ask me to do. By the way, is the young master okay?"
"You protected him and Qingyu very well." Feng Yuheng released her wrist and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Wangchuan only suffered external injuries and did not hurt his internal organs. "Don't worry, I'm here, your injuries will heal soon."
Wang Chuan certainly believed in Feng Yuheng's medical skills. After thanking him repeatedly, she felt a little tired. She said embarrassedly: "I haven't slept for these days. Can I get some sleep first..." Before she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Huang Quan felt more and more upset. The other party tortured Wangchuan like this. One day she would definitely kill the people from the Shen family with her own hands to vent her anger!
Feng Yuheng stood up, covered Wangchuan with a quilt personally, and called the little girl outside to come in to keep watch for Wangchuan, and then took Huang Quan out of the house.
"Go to the government office and meet the Jingzhao Yin in person." Her eyes were almost spitting fire as she spoke, her hands were tightly clenched into fists, and her words seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, and every word was as cruel as a saw. "Tell the Jingzhao Yin to beat the people who are arrested severely, until their parents can't recognize them!"
Huang Quan nodded vigorously, turned around, and flew out using his Qing Kung Fu.
Feng Yuheng looked up at the sky. "Shen family, you killed me, killed my brother, and hurt my girl. I, Feng Yuheng, will never forgive you! I will not stop until your family is destroyed!"
The next day was New Year's Eve, but Feng Jinyuan came to the door in person early in the morning.
At that time, Feng Yuheng was sitting at the stone table in the yard drinking porridge and eating buns. It was cold outside, but the beef and egg porridge was steaming. She liked this feeling the most.
Seeing Feng Jinyuan coming, he didn't even stand up to greet him. He just lowered his head to drink porridge and eat vegetables without even looking at him.
Feng Jinyuan cleared his throat twice to show his presence, but found that his second daughter still ignored him. He couldn't hold it in any longer, so he simply took a few steps forward and called her, "Ah Heng."
Feng Yuheng then responded, "Yes." He did not stop eating.
Feng Jinyuan was confused. Hmm? What does "hmm" mean? She just said hmm. What does it mean?
He became angry, "Feng Yuheng, I'm your father, how come you don't have any manners at all?"
She was also angry: "I was sent to the mountains in the northwest to fend for myself when I was less than ten years old. How can my father expect me to be well-mannered? Who can I learn manners from? Also, this is the county lady's mansion. Although you are a first-rank official and I am only a second-rank county lady, I have never heard of a first-rank official not even notifying someone else when he visits their home!" As she spoke, she asked Xiang Huangquan: "Who is the person guarding the gate at Liuyuan today? Give me twenty lashes of the board and drive him out of the mansion!"
Huang Quan nodded: "Yes, I will go and give the order when I get back."
Feng Jinyuan stamped his feet in anger and pointed at Feng Yuheng: "Look at you, what do you look like? Ah? I am your father after all, do I need to inform you before I go to my daughter's yard?"
"The emperor and the prince are still father and son. Go ask the emperor, if he leaves the palace to visit the prince's residence, does he go through the front door or the back door? After he arrives, does he wait in the outer courtyard or go directly to his son's inner courtyard?"
"How dare you!" Feng Jinyuan shouted, "You are so bold as to say anything without restraint. It's really outrageous!"
Feng Yuheng didn't respond to him, he put down the spoon in his hand and said, "Speaking of you being a father, I have never seen a father who can be so calm when facing the constant assassination of his legitimate son and daughter. You have been back for so many days, why didn't you ask Zirui if he was afraid when he was being chased? Why didn't you ask him how his studies in the academy were going? Zirui said that Ye Shanzhang promised that he could try to take the provincial examination when he was eight years old. Such a big thing, did you know about it, father? Also, we have reported this matter to the police, have you gone to the government to ask about the progress of the case? You haven't done anything, right? You still say you are a father like this?"
Feng Jinyuan was speechless after hearing what she said. It seemed that when he thought about it this way, he realized that he was indeed wrong. Not only was it wrong, but just like Feng Yuheng said, he felt that he was not worthy of being a father.
I felt a little awkward for a moment and didn't know how to respond next.
Feng Yuheng ignored him and continued to eat. Feng Jinyuan wanted to say, "Are you a starving ghost or something? Can't you put down your bowl and chopsticks and talk properly?" He felt choked up when talking to this daughter. He said, "How could Yao, who is so gentle, give birth to such a daughter?"
"Today is New Year's Eve." After holding it in for a long time, he finally said this.
"I know." Feng Yuheng still didn't look up. She had been angry since she saw Wangchuan last night. Just like she said, Feng Jinyuan was so biased as a father that he could suppress the assassination of his own children to protect Chenyu without saying a word. What's the point of having such a father? Sometimes she really hoped to be as free and easy as Xuan Tianming and burn down the Feng Mansion. Unfortunately, she was not Xuan Tianming after all, and such a big family could not be burned down just by saying so.
"Ah Heng, what do you want?" Feng Jinyuan had no choice but to soften his attitude. "Shen Qing has been locked up in jail for a few days. I don't want to say anything to those two people. They deserved to die in jail. But Shen Qing has been with me since he was a child. It's really..."
"Father." She raised her eyebrows. "There are rules in the palace that say the harem cannot interfere in government affairs. Ah Heng is just a girl. Do you expect me to go to court to fight for Shen Qing? Or do you expect me to grab a knife and break into the prison to get Shen Qing out? If it's the former, I don't have the skills. If it's the latter, okay, your daughter has learned some skills over the years. Father, wait, your daughter will go and sharpen the knife. I'll go and kill Jingzhao Yin, and Shen Qing will definitely be rescued for you."
After she finished speaking, she stood up and went back to the house, leaving Feng Jinyuan dumbfounded!
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