Feng Yuheng startled the three of them, especially Yu Qianyin who was talking about the crispy fried pigeon. She had no idea why she had angered the Ji'an County Lady and looked at Xuan Tianhua in confusion.
Xuan Tianhua raised his head slightly and called out, "Sister-in-law."
Feng Yuheng came back to his senses instantly, and then felt a little embarrassed.
What is she doing?
Xuan Tianming quickly pulled the person back and put him in front of him, then said: "Be good, if there is anything, we can talk about it later."
The meal was not a happy one, and even a bit boring. Later, Yu Qianyin couldn't eat any more, so she put down her chopsticks and sat quietly on the chair.
Xuan Tianming took the initiative to stand up, pulled Feng Yuheng and said to Xuan Tianhua: "Seventh Brother, I will send Hengheng back."
Xuan Tianhua also stood up and said, "Let's go together."
So, four people and two imperial carriages rushed all the way to the county princess's mansion.
Feng Yuheng tightly grasped Xuan Tianming's arm and said, "Don't you think there's something fishy going on here?"
Xuan Tianming naturally understood what she meant by "strange", but after all, this was Old Seven's own business, and he himself didn't want to say more, so what could he do even if he was worried? So he patted the back of Feng Yuheng's hand and comforted him, "Seventh Brother is not a person with shallow thoughts, believe him."
What else could she say? If she talked too much about this kind of thing, it would not be good for any of the three of them. Some things were tacitly understood, so there was no need to bring them out in the open.
Soon, they arrived at the county lady's residence. When she got off the car, she saw a girl standing at the gate. The imperial guards at the gate said to the girl, "Miss Third, you can either go in and wait, or go back to Feng Mansion first! We don't know when the county lady will be back, and you will be left exposed in this hot weather."
The man was thinking about Rong, but she shook her head and said, "I'd better wait here. Second sister should be back soon."
As they were talking, the imperial guard turned his head and saw their imperial carriage coming back. He quickly said, "Oh! They're back."
Xiangrong turned around happily and was very happy to see Feng Yuheng getting off the car. But when she saw Xuan Tianming following behind, she became a little nervous again.
She was about to kneel down to salute, but Feng Yuheng helped her up: "No, there are no such rules between us sisters."
Xuan Tianming was very considerate of the people Feng Yuheng liked, and he nodded to Xiangrong immediately, which made Xiangrong feel frightened.
At this time, someone got off the imperial carriage behind. Xiangrong looked over subconsciously and saw Xuan Tianhua's fairy-like figure getting off the carriage calmly, and gave her a kind smile.
She was caught off guard and never expected to see Xuan Tianhua so suddenly. She was a little at a loss for a moment.
But Xuan Tianhua's smile to her did not last long. Xiangrong watched helplessly as he turned around, stretched out his hand, and led a woman out of the palace carriage.
Her heart suddenly clenched and hurt. She didn't want to see such a scene, but she couldn't take her eyes away.
The girl was very lively. When she got off the car, she almost jumped down with her arms around Xuan Tianhua's neck. She then pulled Xuan Tianhua's sleeve and wiped the sweat off her forehead.
Xiang Rong frowned slightly, feeling a little reluctant, but she found that Xuan Tianhua did not feel the slightest bit of rejection, he even rolled up his sleeves and helped the girl wipe it twice again. Everything happened so naturally, it felt like the relationship between her second sister and the Ninth Prince, she had also seen her second sister wipe her face with the Ninth Prince's sleeves, and she had also seen the Ninth Prince's eyes reveal that kind of indulgence.
Xiangrong's heart began to beat wildly, and she stood still, unable to move her eyes away. It was not until Yu Qianyin looked in her direction that she realized she had lost her composure and quickly turned her head away.
What could Feng Yuheng say? She was in a bad mood today, so she immediately pulled Xiangrong to the county lady's residence and said to Xuan Tianming, "I'm going back first." Then she waved her hand behind her, saying goodbye to Xuan Tianhua.
Xiang Rong looked back again without giving up, and saw Yu Qianyin pulling Xuan Tianhua's sleeve and saying, "Seventh Brother, let's go horseback riding tomorrow, okay?" Her heart was pinched again, and it hurt so much.
Feng Yuheng pulled her into his room and asked her, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Xiangrong nodded subconsciously, then shook his head and murmured, "Nothing, it's just... just..."
"I just missed me." She deliberately made the atmosphere light, then patted Xiangrong's arm and said to her, "Today, His Highness the Ninth Prince sent a cook from Xianya Tower to the mansion. You should stay here tonight. I'll ask someone to call Aunt An over later."
Xiangrong finally came back to his senses. Seeing that Feng Yuheng was still treating him kindly, his nose felt sore and all the grievances in his heart turned into tears and flowed out.
Feng Yuheng hugged the child helplessly and patted her back. She understood that when she left, An's snacks indirectly harmed Yao, and the mother and daughter felt guilty. The Feng family took this opportunity to treat the little girl harshly, and even sent the little girl to live in a nunnery. In addition, Xuan Tianhua today... That's it. She was responsible for this matter from the beginning. If she hadn't intentionally or unintentionally arranged for Xuan Tianhua and Xiang Rong to have more contact, the little girl's heart would not have been so deeply trapped, and her desire in her heart would not have been so great. In the end, it was all her fault.
"Don't worry, Xiangrong. I will give you an explanation." She said this to comfort Xiangrong, but she didn't know how to give her an explanation.
After that, An's mother and daughter stayed in Tongshengxuan for dinner, and Yao naturally came along. During the meal, An told Feng Yuheng a piece of news: "For the coming-of-age ceremony and the wedding, the master hired an embroidery artist for the eldest daughter. When I left, the artist had already arrived at the mansion to embroider the eldest daughter's face."
Xiangrong continued, "It should be the scar on her forehead where she was bitten by a goshawk."
Feng Yuheng didn't quite understand some of the weird things of this era. She analyzed that face embroidery should be similar to tattoos in later generations, right?
But unexpectedly, Yao said, "The embroidery artist hired by the Feng family must be extraordinary. Miss Feng is extremely beautiful. The one she hired this time... is probably bead embroidery, right?"
Feng Yuheng was completely confused, "What is bead embroidery?"
Yao explained to her, "There are several types of embroidery. The most common is color embroidery, which uses a special needle to pierce colored dyes onto the surface to create beautiful patterns. The middle level is silk embroidery, which can embroider silk or even brocade onto people's bodies, which is very beautiful. The best is bead embroidery, which directly embroiders precious objects such as pearls and gems, which is beautiful and noble."
Feng Yuheng grinned when he heard this. Beautiful? Would it really not cause any harm if cloth and jewels were embedded into a person's body?
Of course, she understood that there are always people who are better than you, and many ancient craftsmanship has been lost in later generations. In terms of medical level and equipment, later generations are naturally more advanced, but in terms of craftsmanship, the machine assembly lines of later generations are completely inferior to the pure manual production of the ancients.
She made no comment on what she hadn't seen before, but just smiled faintly, and her anticipation for the wedding increased a little.
Two days later, Feng Chenyu turned fifteen and came of age.
For girls in ancient times, the age of jigui means becoming an adult, which means that the girl will bid farewell to her girlhood and can tie her hair up and get married. Generally speaking, girls from wealthy families will arrange marriages before the age of jigui. After the jigui ceremony, the two families will start discussing the wedding date, and the girl will get married in a year or so.
This was also the plan for Chenyu's marriage. Feng Jinyuan and Duanmu Qing had already discussed it and planned to marry Chenyu to Prince Xiang's Mansion five days after she reached the age of 15.
Due to the tense situation and the deep involvement of the Feng family, the coming-of-age ceremony, which was supposed to be very lively, was held in a very low-key manner. The Feng family did not even invite any outsiders, and the old lady took a hairpin that she had worn when she was young and personally tied up the bun for Chenyu.
The moment her head was lifted up, even a woman as beautiful as Chen Yu couldn't help but shed tears.
She felt wronged and unwilling. She knew she had a stunning face from childhood to adulthood. Her mother told her that this face could make her get everything she wanted. She didn't believe it at first, but later, her father told her that he would train her according to the standards of a queen. One day, she would enter the palace and take the position of the mother of the country. By then, the entire Feng family and the whole world would respect her. She would be the Feng family's support and the only supporter of the Feng family.
She had always thought that she would be able to smoothly marry a prince who would be capable of ascending the throne. She had always thought that her coming-of-age ceremony would be the most glamorous in the entire capital. She had always thought that this day would be very lively and that all the noble ladies and young ladies in the capital would come to congratulate her and give her gifts. The Feng family would be proud of her and her sisters would all surround her, their eyes full of envy and jealousy.
However, all this was in vain. When Feng Yuheng returned home, everything about her had changed. Even the coming-of-age ceremony was so shabby. The old lady said some bland auspicious words, but it seemed perfunctory. That broken hairpin was probably not worth even ten cents, but they had the nerve to put it on her head.
Feng Chenyu has always believed that all this was caused by Feng Yuheng. She will wait and assist her husband well after marrying into Prince Xiang's Mansion, and ascend to the throne of Queen smoothly in the future. By then, she will make everyone in this mansion kneel at her feet!
The bun was finally pulled up, and the old lady tied a neat bun at the back of her head. The forehead embroidered with colorful gems was also exposed at this time, it was in the shape of a phoenix, and people would have a strong sense of oppression at the first glance.
Fendai was a little jealous. She had thought that Chenyu's face was ruined, but she didn't expect that her father would be willing to spend so much money to hire a pearl embroidery master to embroider a phoenix on her forehead. This not only did not disfigure her, but actually added color to her face. How could she be willing to accept this?
Feng Yuheng was also sitting at the side watching the ceremony. When the colorful phoenix appeared, she almost laughed out loud.
The phoenix is always reborn from the ashes, with dazzling gold all over its body. But what on earth is this thing now? A mixed-feather chicken?
She smiled bitterly and shook her head. Feng family, oh Feng family, you have put all your ambitions out in the open.
The long hair was tied up, and the coming-of-age ceremony was successfully completed. Feng Chenyu stood up, knelt down and kowtowed to the old lady, Feng Jinyuan, and the Cheng sisters, and then she said: "Grandmother, father, mother, please rest assured that Chenyu will live up to your expectations. One day I will become the support of the Feng family."
The old lady nodded, and a hint of anticipation rose in her heart.
At this time, someone at the doorway sang loudly: "The Prince Xiang's Mansion has proposed to the eldest young lady——"
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