Feng Chenyu's words made Xu Jingyuan's thick eyebrows twisted together, and he asked in confusion: "What does Miss Feng mean?"
Chen Yu half shouted, "When the Qian Zhou people came to Beijing, they carried a full 10 million taels of gold. The boxes of gold were lined up from the gate of the county lady's mansion to the entire street. Since today our Feng family has carried out all the dowry sent by the guilty woman Qian Zhou for your inspection and confiscation, then, can't you be fair and not keep the gold in her county lady's mansion?"
Xu Jingyuan stared at Feng Chenyu. He didn't understand why the prettier the people were, the more vicious their minds were. No wonder the Princess of Ji'an was guarding against this family like thieves. The Feng family was really shameless!
He turned his head to the old lady and asked, "There are two things I need to clarify with the old lady." Without waiting for the old lady to answer, he said directly, "First, what do you mean by our Feng family? What do you mean by her county lady's mansion? Does the Feng family no longer recognize the county lady Ji'an as their own daughter? Fortunately, His Highness Ninth Prince spared you for the sake of the county lady. If your family members have this attitude, then I will immediately report to His Highness and let him handle the matter impartially. Anyway, since you do not recognize the county lady as your own family, you cannot destroy her even if you exterminate the nine clans. What do you think, old lady?"
how?
The old lady was so angry that her lips turned blue. If there hadn't been so many people around, she really wanted to strangle Feng Chenyu to death.
"You little bastard, shut up!" She felt that she was not strong enough to curse here, so she pulled Cheng Junman and said, "Go! Pull her back to me! If you dare to say another word of nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart!"
The old lady was really angry. It was already this late and the knife was at her neck, but she still had the mind to start an internal fight. She was really short-sighted and had a nice face for nothing.
The Cheng sisters had a very special status in the mansion. Although Kang Yi, the mistress, was above them, they were the nieces of the empress. Just based on this, who would dare to show them disdain? The Dashun royal family had always had a problem of protecting their own shortcomings, and from top to bottom, they were all unreasonable without exception. As concubines in Feng Mansion, the Cheng sisters actually lived a more luxurious life than the mistress.
Especially since Feng Yuheng had given some instructions before leaving, and the two of them came to the Feng Mansion under the pretext that Kang Yi didn't know how to discipline the children and the Queen was afraid of chaos in the inner courtyard of the Feng Mansion, so during the period when Feng Yuheng was away from Beijing, the upbringing of the Fenghuang children was taken care of by the Cheng sisters.
The two sisters seemed gentle and easy to talk to, but who would be a pushover when they grew up in the palace? They didn't even bother to use those torture methods. All they had to do was mention "imperial aunt" from time to time, and the three sisters of the Feng family, led by Feng Chenyu, would not even dare to breathe.
In the past few months, the Cheng sisters have been "disciplining" them a lot, so much so that now Cheng Junman came forward to say to Chenyu: "Miss, what you said was inappropriate, and what you did was even more wrong." Feng Chenyu was immediately startled, and followed her back obediently as if it was a conditioned reflex.
The old lady smiled and asked Xu Jingyuan: "The second thing you want to say is..."
Xu Jingyuan snorted, "Secondly, you took the initiative to request the confiscation of the dowry sent by the Qianzhou people, but I didn't ask you for it! Why do you want me to confiscate the county lord's gold? The gold is naturally her personal property after it is brought into the county lord's mansion. Unless she is willing, no one has the right to touch a single cent!"
The old lady was confused. Was it because she had done something unnecessary? She didn't even want the dowry. She glared at He Zhong. Damn slave, he was the one who started it.
He Zhong was also full of grievances. The old lady was just like that. Once she saw it, she would be blinded. This matter was right in the open. You are now showing it. People say so, but if you don't show it, do you think they will ask you for it? You still want to compete with the second young lady. Who is the second young lady? Can you compare with her?
Cheng Junman gently patted the old lady's hand to comfort her, then let the servant hold an umbrella for her, walked forward, stood opposite Xu Jingyuan, and bowed slightly: "Master Xu, I am honored."
Xu Jingyuan was extremely polite to her. He immediately returned the greeting and called her, "Madam."
This was just a respectful title. Although she was a concubine, the Cheng sisters had different statuses and he couldn't be too disrespectful to them.
But when the old lady heard this, it aroused another kind of reverie in her. Now that Qian Zhou's rebellion was a foregone conclusion, Kang Yi was taken away on charges of rebellion, which was a crime thousands of times greater than the one the Yao family had been convicted of! The Yao family only killed a concubine with medical treatment, but the Feng family had to express their position in a hurry. Now that Kang Yi had such a big thing, the Feng family must also take a stand as soon as possible.
As she was thinking about this, she heard Cheng Junman say to Xu Jingyuan, "The courtyard where the Thousand Zhou criminal woman Feng Zhaojun lives is called Tianxiang Courtyard. Because she is the new mistress who came into the mansion after the New Year, the master has bought a lot of new household items. I hope you can be more considerate when you search."
Xu Jingyuan understood what she meant and said, "Don't worry, Madam. We will take away all the suspicious items. As for other irrelevant items...for Madam's sake, we will not touch them."
When the old lady heard this, she thought again. Face, the face of the Cheng sisters is equivalent to the face of the queen. It was all her fault that she was bewitched by Kang Yi. The Cheng sisters are the best candidates for the mistress of the Feng family!
The soldiers searched the house for less than half an hour and brought back a lot of things. The old lady looked carefully and found that most of them were Kang Yi's daily things in Tianxiangyuan. Although there were also valuables and two or three things that were added by the Feng family later, overall, there was no major loss, which made her very satisfied.
Xu Yuan actually bowed to the old lady and said, "Madam, I'm sorry to bother you. I'll take my leave now."
The old lady remembered something and hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, sir. I have something else to report to you." She took two steps forward and continued, "The Qianzhou rebellion, the eldest princess Feng Zhaojun is not unrelated. My Feng family is a citizen of Dashun, and we cannot keep a mistress of an enemy country at home. Today, I will announce that Kang Yi and Jin Yuan's marriage is immediately cancelled. Please cancel their marriage certificate at the government office!"
Xu Jingyuan nodded, "Prime Minister Feng also said so when I came here. The old lady is a reasonable person. I will do it as soon as I return home."
The old lady finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After seeing them off, everyone went back to the main hall of the Peony Courtyard. As soon as the old lady sat down, she didn't even bother to let the maids wipe the water marks for her with a dry cloth. She just waved her hand to send the servants away, then looked at everyone and said, "You all saw what happened today. Qian Zhou was in turmoil. Kang Yi will definitely be sentenced to death if she goes there. We may hear that she has been beheaded tomorrow. Although our Feng Mansion has been pardoned, this pardon is not a golden ticket to immunity from death. We can't just do nothing. We must show an attitude."
An's mind turned and she immediately understood what the old lady meant. "The master has said something, and the old lady has also told Lord Xu that the marriage certificate should be annulled. Next, it's time for the Feng family to appoint a new mistress."
After these words came out, no one in the main hall reacted unusually. After all, Han was not here, An did not like the position of mistress, Jin Zhen knew that her status and position could not be promoted, and the Cheng sisters knew that the old lady would definitely promote them to a high position at this time.
People knew the outcome well, but they still listened patiently to the old lady continue: "I will make the decision. From now on, Cheng Junman, the concubine, will be promoted to Jin Yuan's principal wife, in charge of... the household." When she said the word "household", she felt distressed for a while, but she still pretended to be calm and continued: "At dawn tomorrow, I will send someone to the government office to register. Junman, from now on, you are the mistress of my Feng family."
Cheng Junman stood up neither humbly nor arrogantly, and bowed to the old lady gracefully: "Thank you, mother, for your kindness." The address has been changed to mother.
This was not over yet. The old lady cast her eyes on Cheng Junmei again and said surprisingly: "Raise it again... Cheng Junmei is the co-wife, assisting the mistress in handling all affairs in the mansion."
Cheng Junmei didn't look very happy. She also stood up like her sister and knelt in front of the old lady: "Thank you, mother."
An looked at the two people kneeling in the hall and felt emotional. One was the principal wife and the other was the concubine. With their status, it would be no problem for them to suppress the noisy concubines and young ladies of the Feng family. If the two of them could always keep the same mind with Feng Xinheng, the Feng family would be able to live in peace for a while.
But Feng Chenyu was always unwilling to accept it. She reminded the old lady, "When Yao was convicted, the Feng family handled it too hastily. What was the result? Three years later, she made a comeback. Not only did Yao get the first-rank imperial decree, but she was also able to get the emperor to personally issue a divorce decree. Feng Yuheng was even more promising. Grandmother, why don't you think more about it? What if one day mother... no, Kang Yi, what if Kang Yi can also come back to life, what should we do?"
The old lady shouted, "Shut up! How can that criminal woman be the same as Yao?"
The Cheng sisters had already stood up. Cheng Junmei went to comfort the old lady, while Cheng Junman turned around and said to Feng Chenyu with a sullen face, "Chenyu, remember, assassinating the emperor is a serious crime. Kang Yi is a member of the Qianzhou royal family, and half of the assassins are her close relatives. Not to mention that a war between Dashun and Qianzhou is inevitable, even if there is no war, she will not survive."
Chenyu gasped. Cheng Junman was different from before. Although she was strict in disciplining her sisters before, she generally abided by her duties and called her "Miss". But now she called her by her name, and she had to call her mother.
Cheng Junman's words left Chenyu speechless.
The masters of the various courtyards of the Feng family gathered in the main hall of the Peony Courtyard, and even Fendai, who had sent Han back to rest, came back. Although everyone was gathered together, there was a dead air, no one was willing to go back to sleep, and no one knew what to say, so they just sat there in silence, which was a bit desolate.
At this time, Xuan Tianming, who was far away in Yuehan Palace, pinched Feng Yuheng's little face and said to her slyly: "Wife, come on, let your husband take you out to play——"
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