"Miss!" The person behind her was Wangchuan. Feng Yuheng turned her head and saw Wangchuan quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words in her ear. Her eyebrows were instantly twisted together.
"Go back to the county lady's residence." She did not go to Tianxiang Courtyard again. It was said that Xu Jingyuan had searched the place, and it seemed that all the things related to Kang Yi were gone. Feng Yuheng thought that she could just send someone to the government office.
He Zhong saw Feng Yuheng had just returned, but left in a hurry. He was very curious about what Wang Chuan had said to her. But no matter how curious he was, he had no right to know, so he could only shake his head helplessly and told the doorman: "You guys keep watch, be careful." He hurried to Shuya Garden to report the news to the old lady.
Feng Yuheng took Wang Chuan all the way back to the county lord's mansion, and only asked when he returned to his own room: "You said that the people from Xuan Tianye's ancestral family have already come to the capital?"
Wang Chuan nodded, "Miss didn't come home last night. Once the news of the riots of the Qianzhou people spread, I dared not not be alert. So I sent two secret guards to investigate outside. One of them went outside the city. The news that came back this morning was that Duanmu Qing had arrived at the gate of the capital."
“Duanmu Qing…” She repeated the name, but she had no deeper concept. She only knew that he was from Xuan Tianye’s maternal grandfather’s family, but the rest of the information was still lacking.
Wang Chuan told her: "The current governor of the three provinces in the Northern Boundary is named Duanmu Anguo, the grandfather of the Third Prince. Duanmu Qing is the eldest grandson of that man, and the cousin of the Third Prince."
"How many of them came?"
Wangchuan said: "I don't know the exact number, because if there are other preparations, they must be hidden in the dark. But although Duanmu Qing is only in his early twenties, he is already the deputy governor of the three provinces of the Northern Territory, and he and his grandfather are in charge of the troops of the Northern Territory. Speaking of which, the troops of the Northern Territory are basically recruited from the local area, and most of them are Dashun people with Qianzhou bloodline. In fact, half of the reason why the emperor doesn't like the third prince is because his grandfather once married a concubine with Qianzhou bloodline, and the daughter born to that concubine is the biological mother of the third prince."
"So that's how it is." Feng Yuheng always felt that Tianwu really didn't have a father-son relationship with Xuan Tianye. Not only did he not feel sorry for him at all, he even hoped that he would be unlucky, injured, or even die. But if it was just because of this reason, it might not be the main reason.
"There's one more thing." Wang Chuan frowned and said, "I wonder if Miss has heard of the ghost doctor Song Kang?"
"Ghost Doctor Song Kang?" Feng Yuheng shook his head. "I've never heard of him. Where is he from? Is he also a doctor?"
Wang Chuan said, "He is a famous doctor in the Northern Realm. His reputation in the Northern Realm is almost as great as that of Yao the Divine Doctor in the Dashun Middle Earth Region. Everyone says that the ghost doctor can revive the dead. He has brought countless dead people back to life."
Feng Yuheng was a little confused and kept shaking his head: "How could this be possible? It's too weird. What, do you mean that the ghost doctor Song Kang also came to the capital?"
Wang Chuan nodded, "Yes, Duanmu Qing's team has a ghost doctor named Song Kang. He always wears a black robe and is very easy to identify. I think he should be treating the Third Prince." At this point, Wang Chuan felt a little regretful, "If you had known this, you might as well have killed him."
Feng Yuheng smiled bitterly. If he was really beaten to death, I'm afraid the emperor would not have the same attitude.
"Forget it." She waved her hand. "What is coming will eventually come, just go for it. It's a pity that the plan to go to Xiaozhou may be delayed again. Please explain to mother for me later. I'll sleep for a while first."
Feng Yuheng went back to his room to rest, and Wang Chuan went to explain to Yao why he couldn't go to Xiaozhou for the time being.
Meanwhile, in Feng Mansion, An and Xiangrong could not sleep well. Especially Xiangrong, who tossed and turned on the bed and finally sat up.
Her former maid Meixiang was beaten to death by Feng Yuheng because she teamed up with the Third Prince to murder Yao. Now this girl was bought back from outside the mansion, and her name was Shancha. She didn't know about the chaos in the Feng Mansion. Not long after she was bought back, she followed Xiangrong to the nunnery and just returned to Beijing a few days ago.
Seeing that Xiangrong couldn't sleep, Shancha thought that she was frightened by the sudden change in the mansion last night. She was a little anxious and asked her, "Miss San, if it really doesn't work, please ask a doctor to take a look. Don't be scared."
Xiangrong smiled bitterly, "I'm not that timid. In this family, things happen every now and then, if not every day. I'm used to it. Please help me get my coat. I'll go to my aunt's room and talk."
Shancha waited on Xiangrong and put on her coat, and followed her to An's room. When she pushed the door open, An was chatting with her maid Ping'er. When she saw her coming, Ping'er said helplessly, "The third young lady must have been thinking about the same thing as the aunt, so she couldn't sleep."
Xiangrong took two quick steps, came to An and asked her anxiously, "What are you thinking about, Auntie?"
An pulled her to sit down, sighed, and said bluntly: "The family was so anxious to call you back from the nunnery this time. I always feel that there is something going on."
When Xiangrong heard her bring this up, she also responded, "That's why I couldn't sleep, Auntie. At that time, I thought it might be because my second sister came back, and my family was afraid that my sister would ask about my affairs and cause trouble again, so they rushed to bring me back. But now that I think about it, when Madam Yao got into trouble, my second sister and we were no longer as close as before, so my family shouldn't be worried about this."
An nodded and asked again: "I thought of that, too. Now it seems that the family must have made other arrangements."
This is what Rong Chou was thinking about. "What arrangements will they make? After such a big incident, they probably... won't think about me anymore, right?"
Mrs. An didn't think so. "I think it's probably for the eldest lady's coming-of-age ceremony. The coming-of-age ceremony at the age of fifteen is a big event, and everyone in the family must be present. You are also eleven years old, so there is something you must be mentally prepared for."
Xiangrong was shocked. The thing she was most worried about and least willing to mention was stuck in her throat. She had to work very hard to squeeze out the words: "Are you going to arrange a marriage for me?"
An didn't say anything, just nodded, and then she didn't say anything else.
She grew up in Feng Mansion, so how could she not understand all the intricacies here? For a family, a concubine's daughter is used to build relationships and cultivate power. The Feng family would have put more effort into her and Fendai, and bringing her back was already for this purpose. After what happened last night, it is probably normal to use her to win over a certain power! But, which power could it be?
The mother and daughter just sat quietly in the room, and no one spoke.
It was a peaceful day, the women slept peacefully in the mansion, and in the court, Emperor Tianwu only said that he would leave the matter of Qian Zhou to Prince Yu and Princess Ji'an, and then changed the subject and never mentioned it again. Even to Feng Jinyuan, he was as usual, not affected by Kang Yi at all, which made Feng Jinyuan worry in vain.
However, on this day, a major event also occurred in the capital. Duanmu Qing, the deputy governor of the three provinces in the northern border and the cousin of the third prince Xuan Tianye, came to the capital and lived directly in Prince Xiang's mansion.
Everyone thought that Duanmu Qing would rest for a day and would go to court to kowtow to the emperor the next day. However, after a morning court session, all the ministers stared with wide eyes but could not find Duanmu Qing.
Feng Jinyuan still felt very strange after leaving the court. He thought that Duanmu Qing was really bold. It was obvious that he had no respect for the emperor. Could it be that he wanted to learn from Qian Zhou and break off relations with the emperor?
Unexpectedly, when he returned home from court, just after entering the gate and before he could even walk back to Songyuan, someone from the gatehouse hurriedly chased him and said to him, "Sir, there is a man who calls himself Duanmu Qing, who is here to visit you."
Feng Jinyuan stopped in his tracks, his heart skipped a beat, thinking that what he feared would come true. Duanmu Qing didn't enter the palace or attend the court, but came to Feng Mansion instead. What was he doing there?
But no matter how doubtful he was, the person had already entered the door, so he couldn't chase him out. He turned around and walked back, saying, "Please invite the person into the hall of the Peony Garden."
The doorman added, "The other party also specifically requested to see the eldest and second young ladies."
"Hmm?" Feng Jinyuan's brows furrowed even tighter. "Why did he see them?"
The doorman shook his head and thought, how would I know?
Feng Jinyuan didn't ask any more questions and strode towards the front yard.
When he arrived, Duanmu Qing had already been led by He Zhong to sit in the hall of the Peony Courtyard. A maid brought tea. He took a sip and shook his head repeatedly, "The taste is far inferior to the tea brought down from the north in the snow and frost."
Feng Jinyuan had some friendship with Duanmu Qing, especially when he went to the north to suppress the disaster for more than two months and received a lot of help from the Duanmu family. But at that time, he and the third prince Xuan Tianye were in the same team. As the most important civil servant of the dynasty, Feng Jinyuan not only contributed a lot of brainstorming to Xuan Tianye, but also provided a lot of money. The Duanmu family also attached great importance to Feng Jinyuan.
But now, the Third Prince has become a useless person, and the attitude of the Emperor really makes Feng Jinyuan feel cold, and makes him understand that without the support of the Emperor, even if the Third Prince has great power outside, he will only get half the result with twice the effort. If he wants to get the throne, there is almost no other way to go except for forcing the emperor to abdicate. But once he forces the emperor to abdicate, even if he succeeds, he will not be able to sit on the throne legitimately, and he may not be able to turn over for decades.
What's more, he can only lie in bed now, and there is no chance for him to be the emperor.
When Feng Jinyuan thought of this, his heart tightened again. Xuan Tianye's injury was caused by Feng Yuheng. Could Duanmu Qing come here to avenge his cousin?
He gritted his teeth, destined to fail to form an alliance, so there was no need to exchange false pleasantries. He strode into the hall and continued Duanmu Qing's words: "Tea has always been the best in the Central Plains, especially in the Jiangnan area. Why does the deputy governor hold the snowy cold tea so highly?"
Duanmu Qing laughed loudly upon hearing this, turned his head, and said to Feng Jinyuan, "When I came here, I was still wondering what attitude Prime Minister Feng would have when greeting me. Now that I have heard your words, I know that there is no point in saying more. Prime Minister Feng, at this point, our two families have gone from being relatives to being enemies."
Feng Jinyuan sneered and sat on the main chair, "What is the deputy governor talking about?"
"Prince Feng, don't you understand?" Duanmu Qing said slowly, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand. It doesn't matter if we are relatives or enemies. Even if we are enemies, we can turn into relatives again."
As he spoke, he took out a note from his bosom and asked the servant beside him to pass it to Feng Jinyuan, saying at the same time: "Prime Minister Feng, I am here today to propose marriage to the eldest lady Feng Chenyu on behalf of my cousin the prince—"
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