Shen screamed miserably, not caring about the old lady's status in the mansion, and yelled, "Why did you hit me?"
The old lady was shaking with anger, "Shut your mouth!"
Madam Zhou shook her head and said loudly, "It seems that Lord Feng is very good at guessing the emperor's intentions. I don't know if it is just a false guess."
Feng Jinyuan was overwhelmed, and his annoyance towards Shen reached its peak.
"Madam." Feng Yuheng took over the conversation, "Ah Heng believes in father and will definitely not do anything that presume on the emperor's will. In fact, these are also private matters of the Feng family. Ah Heng's current mother had done a great favor to the Feng family many years ago, and my father is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty. I think all of this... is probably my father's personal emotional issue."
Feng Jinyuan clenched his fists. Why did he dislike the words "loyalty and loyalty" from Feng Yuheng? If he said that, wouldn't it be true that he favored his concubine over his wife?
"Ah Heng, stop talking nonsense." He warned.
Feng Yuheng was stunned, and quickly bowed down, "Ah Heng misunderstood father. Then... could it be that father really made a false assumption..."
"When did my father make such a false assumption?" Feng Jinyuan didn't understand why he couldn't speak clearly today?
"That's enough." Madam Zhou interrupted the conversation of the Feng family, "I am only here to propose marriage to the Feng Mansion. As for the fact that these personal betrothal gifts must be kept by the Second Miss Feng personally, it was really specially ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince. If Madam wants to talk about the rules, please talk to His Royal Highness the Prince." She smiled, "But then again, when has our His Royal Highness the Prince ever talked about the rules since he was a child?"
Madam Zhou straightened up and continued in a clear voice: "When the prince was three years old, he climbed onto the dragon throne and played with the jade seal for an entire afternoon, and finally broke a corner; when he was nine years old, he kicked a fierce horse that was tributed to him by a foreign country to death; when he was twelve years old, because Concubine Yun was excluded by the favorite concubine, he whipped the favorite concubine to death with a whip, and the emperor only asked if the whip hurt your highness; on his fifteenth birthday, the emperor hosted a banquet for all the ministers, and the emperor was willing to be the second one even though the prince sat on the main seat; more recently, three years ago, the only daughter of the Ding'an family fell in love with your highness, and the Ding'an prince personally asked the emperor to arrange a marriage, but our prince was not happy and burned down the Ding'an prince's mansion; well, just yesterday, your highness returned to the capital, and when he entered the palace, a soldier in the imperial guards stared at his injured leg for a long time, and the prince raised his whip and killed 31 people on the spot. Madam, do you still want to talk about rules with my prince?"
Shen's face turned pale when she heard this. Feng Jinyuan also remembered that he heard people talking about the bloody incident in the palace yesterday during the court this morning. It was said that the emperor did not blame Prince Yu at all.
The Feng family members were sweating profusely, thinking that the Ninth Prince, Prince Yu, was not unruly at all, but was clearly absurd, too absurd.
Almost immediately, Fen Dai's mind flashed back to the miserable life Feng Yu Heng led after her marriage, and she couldn't help but regain some of her balance.
But Feng Yuheng found it interesting and smiled subtly with her lips pursed.
Madam Zhou was very happy to see her little appearance. She had heard Bai Ze talk about seeing the second Miss Feng in the deep mountains of the northwest before she came. At first, she didn't quite believe that Feng Yuheng, who was so young, could get such a high evaluation from Bai Ze, who was always arrogant. Now it seems that she is neither humble nor arrogant, neither sad nor happy, and has a clear mind and eyes. The most important thing is that through her words, she has made it clear that she has a clear boundary with the Feng Mansion. Yes, she nodded in her heart. Only such a girl is worthy of the Ninth Prince's heavy engagement.
Madam Zhou's words made Shen feel scared. She was just greedy for money, not desperate. How could she forget that His Royal Highness the Prince was the Ninth Prince! He was the most willful and unconventional of the princes of the current emperor, and the one who was most favored by the emperor. Who told her that the Ninth Prince fell out of favor because of a broken leg? How could she think that the emperor no longer favored the Ninth Prince because he no longer mentioned the issue of establishing a crown prince?
At the same time, Feng Jinyuan's thoughts coincided with Shen's, but he thought more than Shen - who told him that if the emperor demoted the Yao family, his Feng family must demote the Yao family?
While the couple was thinking it over, Feng Yuheng felt that the show had not yet reached its climax and she had to add fuel to the fire.
He looked down at the box in his hand, and a look of embarrassment instantly appeared on his face. He took two steps towards Madam Zhou and said cautiously, "Madam, if we give these banknotes to Ah Heng, can Ah Heng use them as he pleases?"
Mrs. Zhou nodded, "Of course."
Feng Yuheng breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great, then Ah Heng can use these banknotes to make some nice clothes for the relatives in the mansion, and add some good ingredients to the big kitchen."
Everyone who had witnessed Feng Yuheng's determination to get clothes in Shuya Garden this morning rubbed their foreheads.
Madam Zhou was puzzled: "Why do you want to make clothes for everyone?" Looking at Feng Yuheng's ill-fitting old clothes again, Madam Zhou's face turned ugly again.
Feng Yuheng explained, "To be honest, although my father is the current left prime minister, and although our Feng Mansion looks very impressive, we are actually quite poor. Yesterday, Aunt Yao brought Ah Heng and my brother back to the mansion, and my father specifically said that we would be settled according to Aunt Yao's share, but the clothes sent to us, one was faded, one was made of gauze as hard as a blade, and one had a collar that was very abrasive, and it was really impossible to wear them. This morning, Ah Heng saw that the first-class maid next to my mother was also wearing faded clothes. Well, and, don't be afraid of being laughed at by the lady, my Liuyuan has already eaten the leftovers of the ingredients in the big kitchen for two meals. I think the economy of the mansion is probably stretched to the limit, otherwise we would never be treated like this. As a daughter of the Feng Mansion, Ah Heng has some silver in her hands, so naturally she has to subsidize us."
These words slapped Shen's face so hard that it made a loud slapping sound!
Her father clearly said that she should be settled as a concubine, but you, the mistress of the house, wear that kind of clothes? And let her eat the leftovers?
The people in Feng Mansion lowered their heads one by one. No matter who Feng Yuheng was talking about, they all felt ashamed.
Shen didn't feel embarrassed, but she was a little worried that Madam Zhou, who was afraid of Feng Jinyuan and the old lady, would punish her. If the people in Prince Yu's Mansion were as willful as Prince Yu, wouldn't she be in big trouble?
However, this time she really thought too much. Madam Zhou didn't have the time to get involved in the quarrels in the mansion. She had already pointed out Feng Jinyuan before. If he was smart, he wouldn't go against the wind to embarrass Feng Yuheng and his mother. People just followed Feng Yuheng's words and chattered--"Second Miss Feng is really kind-hearted. Don't worry, the most famous cloth shop in the capital is owned by our Prince Yu's Mansion. Since the second lady has something to say, I will send someone to measure and tailor clothes for the masters of the Feng Mansion tomorrow and send each person a set of clothes."
After she finished speaking, she waved at the eunuch who was reading the gift list.
When the people in Feng Mansion saw this, they all shuddered. What they feared most at this moment was that Madam Zhou and the eunuch would have a conversation, because every time they had a conversation, it was unsurprisingly heartbreaking!
Sure enough, the eunuch did not disappoint everyone this time. He shouted at the door: "Bring him in!"
Immediately, someone carried two more boxes into the yard.
Shen gritted her teeth and squeezed out a sound from between her teeth: "What is this?"
Chen Yu sighed imperceptibly beside him and replied in a low voice: "Let's wait and see. I don't think it will be as bad as before."
She guessed correctly, the last two boxes that were moved in were the hardest slaps in the face today, and then she heard Madam Zhou say sternly: "Since the Feng Mansion is poor, then we in the Yu Palace will prepare clothes for the future princess.
The chief eunuch followed up by singing, "His Royal Highness the Prince has gifted Miss Feng the Second with four pieces of Guanghan silk, four pieces of Liangren brocade, four pieces of Shuiyun duan, and four pieces of Ruoye yarn. He has also gifted Miss Feng the Second with ten pieces of soft smoke silk to make curtains!"
This time, even An, who had always stayed calm and not participated in the struggles in the mansion, was no longer calm.
There is a small country on each of the four borders of Dashun. Although these four countries are small, each country has a national treasure. These four national treasures are Guanghan Silk, Liangren Brocade, Shuiyun Forging, and Ruoyesha.
It is said that when the four small countries presented their national treasures to Dashun, the concubines in the palace fought to the point of bloodshed in order to compete for them, but in the end, they could only get one horse. This was because the four treasures were extremely rare. The four small countries could only get one horse every three years, and some countries had to save up for ten years before they could finally get four horses to send to Dashun.
As for the soft smoke silk, it takes ten years to weave one piece of it in Dashun. His Royal Highness Prince Yu actually spent ten pieces at once and said that they were just for Feng Yuheng to make curtains.
Feng Chenyu felt like she was going to vomit blood. If it was the head ornaments and jewelry before, she could still tolerate it, but when these five treasures appeared, she really couldn't bear it!
She was so jealous! Screw the female ring, screw the three obediences and four gains. If she could exchange one of the treasures, she would really be willing to give up the position of the legitimate daughter to Feng Yuheng.
No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Shen, who was standing beside her, clearly felt that her daughter's body was shaking violently, and she almost guessed what Feng Chenyu was thinking at once.
Everyone loves beautiful fabrics, not to mention the five treasures that are fought over by the ladies in the palace.
Shen held Feng Chenyu's hand tightly and whispered in her ear, "Chenyu, think about your future. One day, you will be the mother of the country, and everything will be yours."
Finally, the four words "Mother of the World" brought Feng Chenyu back to her senses. The madness in her eyes flashed away, and then she returned to calm in an instant, as if nothing had changed.
Only then did Shen feel relieved.
Feng Chenyu has always believed that she is the mother of the country. Since the three Yaos left the mansion, the Feng family, from the old lady to Feng Jinyuan, and then to Shen, have instilled these four words in her the most. She knows that she is extremely beautiful, and this beauty far surpasses all the women in the capital. Therefore, Feng Chenyu is confident that this belief will not be in vain. It is only a matter of time for her to become the mother of the country.
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