The words "what the emperor wants to see" are almost equivalent to announcing Emperor Tianwu's final decision to Feng Jinyuan.
Feng Jinyuan squinted at Feng Yuheng, trying to find the truth of her words from her eyes, but unfortunately, to no avail.
"The factions in the court have long been formed. Do you think you can change the situation with just a little trick?" He scolded Feng Yuheng, "You think the court is too simple."
Feng Yuheng laughed, "Since it has no impact on the court structure, why did father come to tell Ah Heng all this with such anger? You can just sit back and relax and wait for the situation to turn around on its own."
"You——" Feng Jinyuan was so stunned by what he was saying that he was speechless.
He had been neutral for many years, and finally made up his mind to choose the Third Prince's party. They had anticipated many enemies, both explicit and implicit, but they had not counted on his second daughter, Feng Yuheng. Feng Jinyuan cast his gaze towards Xuan Tianye, who was sitting at the opposite prince's table. That person was also looking towards him, with a pair of angry eyes like a giant dragon that could spit fire at any time. As long as he opened his mouth, he could burn him to ashes.
He stood up suddenly and left.
Feng Yuheng raised the fruit in his hand towards Xuan Tianye, made a toasting gesture, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and then he took a plate of fruit and handed it to the maidservant beside him: "Go and deliver this plate of fruit to my father. I saw him take a few glances at it just now, I think he likes it."
The little palace maid didn't understand what was going on, so she agreed with a smile, picked up the fruit plate and went to find Feng Jinyuan.
Feng Jinyuan didn't expect that a palace maid would bring him fruit. He was stunned at first, and then he saw the palace maid say a few words, and he looked at Feng Yuheng. He saw his second daughter smiled playfully at him, like a little girl acting coquettishly with her father, as cute as she could be.
Feng Jinyuan was distracted for a moment. He seemed to see Feng Yuheng when she was a child. At that time, this daughter would also show such an innocent expression, and would secretly avoid the nurse and maids and run to the front yard to throw herself into his arms after he left the court. However, his foundation in the court was unstable at that time, and he was so busy every day that he couldn't tell the east, west, south, and north. Although he liked this daughter, he didn't have the heart to get too close to her.
Later, as the daughter grew older, her temperament became colder and colder, and she gradually became less close to him.
Later, something happened to the Yao family, and the daughter left Beijing and returned, and now she has become like this.
Looking at the fruits sent by Feng Yuheng, Feng Jinyuan's thoughts were churning, and when he looked back, the gaze was gentler than before.
The exchange between the father and daughter was clearly seen by the Third Prince Xuan Tianye. For a moment, the anger in his eyes intensified.
Feng Yuheng patted Xiangrong and said to her, "It's too stuffy in the hall, I'm going to go out for some fresh air. When Zirui comes back later, you keep an eye on him and don't let him run around anymore."
Xiangrong nodded, "Then you should also be careful, second sister, and come back early."
"Okay." Feng Yuheng stood up and said to Huang Quan, "You stay here, I'll go by myself."
Huang Quan was a little worried, "Miss, the palace is not like Prince Yuan's mansion, Ban can't walk in."
She still remembered that last time at Xuan Feiyu's birthday banquet in Yuan Wangfu, Feng Yuheng also left her outside the garden while he was dealing with the Third Prince in the pavilion. She was not worried at that time because she knew that Ban was walking in the dark. But today was different. Ban could not enter the palace. If something happened to Feng Yuheng, she would be guilty of it!
"It's okay. I won't go far. I'll just stand in the open space outside the temple for a while. There are people coming and going here. No one can do anything to me."
"Then...Miss, you must not go far."
Finally, under Huang Quan's worried instructions, Feng Yuheng left the Jade Palace and strolled casually in the square in front of the palace.
This exchange between herself and Feng Jinyuan should have stimulated someone. Now that she came out for some fresh air, she believed that someone would follow soon.
As she expected, not long after she left, the Third Prince Xuan Tianye also came out of the hall. She stopped, and Xuan Tianye quickly walked in front of her.
"Third brother came really quickly."
"My sister-in-law is smart."
"Third brother, you are so kind."
"Tell me! What do you want?"
Feng Yuheng smiled. Could it be that the Third Prince, who had always been calm and patient, finally couldn't hold back anymore?
"Ah Heng doesn't understand what Third Brother means." She looked straight at her, calm and generous, without any girlish shyness. Those eyes were clear and transparent, and no one could imagine how weird a person with such eyes would be.
But Xuan Tianye understood that the second daughter of the Feng family had great wisdom in her heart.
"Feng Yuheng." He carefully lowered his voice and squeezed out her name between his lips and teeth, "Who are you working for?"
Feng Yuheng was puzzled, "Who are you working for? No one?"
"Stop playing dumb with me!"
"Haha." She laughed out loud, "Third brother, you already look very majestic, and now you are so angry that you are even more scary!" She said scary, but she was smiling on the surface, "Ah Heng is just a woman, what are you going to do, third brother?"
Xuan Tianye felt that he couldn't hold back his anger, or he would be hurt! The drama between Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianming forced him to withdraw his troops to the northern border, and he also swept away most of the forces in the court, including many of his key figures who had been trained for many years. The most fatal thing was a man named Ke An, who provided so much food and grass for his army that he had to be courteous to him. However, the sudden rise of the eldest prince changed Ke An's attitude.
When he looked at Feng Yuheng, he felt that her eyes were particularly annoying. He wanted to reach out and dig them out, but when he raised his hand, he changed direction and pinched her neck instead!
Feng Yuheng had noticed something as early as when Xuan Tianye raised his hand. She instinctively wanted to dodge, but she chose to stay where she was and was strangled by Xuan Tianye, almost suffocating her.
But she was still smiling, her eyes were still fixed, and she was even saying, "Third brother has overstepped the mark, let go quickly." But the other party kept pinching her tighter and tighter, until her face turned red. When she was about to fight back, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her. Feng Yuheng, who was ready to take action, put her slightly raised hand down again.
The footsteps behind him were getting faster and faster, and in the end, they almost rushed forward like a sprint. A pair of hands with white jade rings suddenly grabbed Xuan Tianye's wrist, and the five fingers closed. The force was so strong that even Xuan Tianye couldn't bear it, and subconsciously loosened the hand that was pinching her neck.
"Third brother! What kind of man are you to bully a girl?"
Feng Yuheng recognized the voice as the seventh prince Xuan Tianhua.
She frowned slightly, a little surprised.
When she heard the footsteps just now, she thought it was someone passing by, or a palace servant, or someone who came out to look for her. The reason why she didn't resist was just to let others see the moment when the third prince lost his composure. But it was not until the footsteps turned from slow to fast that she realized something was wrong. The person who came was obviously a master, and his martial arts was even better than Xuan Tianye. Not only that, he was not afraid of a head-on conflict with Xuan Tianye.
Now that he thought about it, the person walking could not be Xuan Tianming, whose legs were not fully healed yet, so the person could only be Xuan Tianhua.
"Is anything okay?" Xuan Tianhua turned around and asked her, his voice returning to its original gentleness, completely different from when he was talking to Xuan Tianye just now.
Feng Yuheng shook his head, coughed twice, and said, "It's okay."
Xuan Tianhua then looked at the Third Prince whose wrist he had held. The Third Prince tried several times to free his wrist from the other's hand, but failed. He shouted in anger, "Seventh Prince!"
Xuan Tianhua swung his hand violently, pushing the Third Prince far away. "You are really capable of bullying a girl, Third Brother!"
"Okay! Hello you guys!" Xuan Tianye was so humiliated that his face turned red. He would not gain anything by staying any longer, so he simply flicked his sleeves, glared at the two of them, and strode back to the Jade Palace.
Feng Yuheng's neck was really hurt by being pinched. She raised her hand to rub it and muttered helplessly: "Your hand is really strong. Do you want to kill me to silence me?"
Unexpectedly, Xuan Tianhua used a rare reprimanding tone to say to her: "You knew he wanted to kill people, but you still went to provoke him? You didn't even stay in the hall, and you ran out as soon as I turned around, without even taking the maid with you. Feng Yuheng, do you know how dangerous this is?"
Feng Yuheng was stunned, staring at the angry Xuan Tianhua in a daze. This was the first time she saw this usually gentle man angry, and he was angry at her. This... "This is so rare!"
"What did you say?" Feng Yuheng said this without any context. Xuan Tianhua was helpless. "I just asked you, do you know how dangerous it was just now?" As soon as he said this, he returned to his original appearance, gentle and elegant, like an immortal. However, the sadness in his eyes could not be concealed no matter what, and gradually, it became a knot in his heart.
"Seventh Brother." She finally became serious, but like a child who had done something wrong, she lowered her head, put her hands in front of her, and twisted her fingers. "I know I was wrong."
"You..." Unexpectedly, she admitted her mistake right away. Xuan Tianhua was stunned for a moment, but then he sighed heavily. "Ming'er hasn't come yet, I have to...watch you for him."
"Seventh Brother, what happened to you?" She couldn't help but ask the question in her heart, "When I saw you in Yuehan Palace, I felt that you were worried about something. Can you tell me?"
Xuan Tianhua shook his head, "You think too much, Seventh Brother is fine." He raised his hand and patted her shoulder gently, "Remember, you are a girl after all, some things should be done by men, let men do them, you are in such a good time, you should live happily. This incident will give people a sense of achievement, but Seventh Brother would rather see you smile happily because you got a beautiful dress, rather than fall into an endless fight because of calculating a thing or a person. In short... you and Ming'er should be fine." He looked up at the square. Because the palace banquet was about to start, more and more people gathered here. "There are many people outside now. If you want to take a breath, it's okay. Seventh Brother is going back." After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.
Feng Yuheng was almost dumbfounded. Xuan Tianhua's words were full of hidden meanings. Why did these words sound like a last will? Was she overthinking it?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Looking at the background walking away in front of him, Feng Yuheng suddenly took a step and was about to chase after him, but he heard a voice suddenly raised behind him - "Heng Heng!"
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