Following this sound, the newlyweds who were about to get married were startled. Feng Chenyu frowned, not at all happy that the Queen came to give them a gift.
In her opinion, she had never gained any benefit from anything related to the Queen. She was always punished and had bad luck. It was obvious that the Queen had bad intentions for the wedding today!
She thought so in her heart, and the third prince Xuan Tianye also thought so in his heart. However, the queen sent someone to give him a gift, and he had to accept it. He had to be pushed by the servants to greet him. Then he saw an old nanny who had served in the palace for many years came forward with a smile on her face, holding something covered with a big red cloth in her hand. She bowed to Xuan Tianye and said, "This old servant greets His Majesty the Third Prince."
Xuan Tianye raised his hand and said, "No need to be so polite. I am just taking a concubine. Why bother my mother to send someone to deliver something?" As he spoke, he signaled the servants around him to take the thing from the nanny's hand.
As soon as the maid handed over the things, she immediately reached out and pulled off the red cloth covering it, and then said in a loud voice: "The Queen Mother presents His Royal Highness Prince Xiang with a Wanbi Tian Plate, and wishes His Royal Highness Prince Xiang and Miss Feng to live in harmony and happiness."
"Huh?" Everyone present expressed doubts. How did the Wanbitian Plate get delivered to Prince Xiang's Mansion?
Feng Yuheng was also a little surprised when she looked at the object. In her opinion, there was nothing special about it. It was just a piece of jade with a slightly better texture, made into a plate shape and given a nice name. But other people's reactions were worth exploring.
Her gossipy heart began to stir again, and she stretched out her finger to poke Xuan Tianming: "What does Wanbi Tianpan mean?"
Xuan Tianming asked back: "Do you know what Wanbi means?"
Feng Yuheng understood this at once, and then looked at the nanny who delivered the plate. She thought that it was the one that Princess Xiang had arranged with the Queen in advance. And according to Xuan Tianming, if she explained it separately, she thought that she could give it a new name, "Slap the Face Plate". It seems that women who survived in the palace and still hold high positions are different. They don't use words to scold people, but directly use objects.
Feng Chenyu was covered by her wedding veil, so she naturally couldn't see what was happening outside, but she heard what the nanny said. She had heard people say that the Wanbitian Pan had been used for several dynasties and generations, and it was a symbol of status that the concubines held after the body test when they entered the palace. Anyone who was verified as a virgin would be given a Wanbitian Pan by the nanny in charge to prove that she could pass this round of assessment. Over the past few hundred years, the Wanbitian Pan has also undergone several changes. In today's Dashun, this thing has gradually come out of the palace, and it can also be used by some high-ranking officials.
Generally speaking, before marrying off their daughters, officials of the second rank and above would ask a nanny from the palace to examine their daughters' bodies. If the daughters passed the examination, the empress would give them a Wanbi Tianpan, which the girl would hold in her hands and bring to her husband's house when she got married to prove her identity.
Of course, this was only for the daughter of a legitimate wife, or for the concubine's daughter who had great potential and could marry an official of the second rank or above or a prince as his wife. With Chenyu's current status, she could not get this perfect heavenly plate.
But today, the Queen sent someone to deliver the Wanbitian Plate. What is she doing?
She was still puzzled, but Xuan Tianye had already spoken: "This king is marrying a concubine, I really can't afford this perfect person!"
The maid said, "Your Highness, you are joking. Even if she is a concubine, she will have the chance to give birth to a royal child in the future. It is the highest honor for Miss Feng to have a perfect jade plate. What's more..." She paused, turned around, and took another scroll from the eunuch behind her, "Today, this old servant not only brought the most precious perfect jade plate for a woman, but also the emperor's decree."
Imperial edict?
Xuan Tianye frowned, completely confused by this. The people who came to watch the ceremony were also confused and started to discuss.
Feng Yuheng watched the scene in front of her, her eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold smile subconsciously appeared at the corner of her lips. Although this smile was silent, Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua happened to glance at her, and with just this one glance, they were shocked by the layer of frost slowly rising on the girl's face. Xuan Tianming immediately reached out to hold her little hand, and Xuan Tianhua also knew in his heart that this girl had been secretly harmed by Feng Chenyu again and again, and she was afraid that she could no longer endure it until today.
"Third Prince." The maid saw that Xuan Tianye had not spoken for a long time, so she had to remind him again: "This is a first-rank imperial edict. The emperor has ordered that this imperial edict will be sent to the eldest lady of the Feng family along with the Wanbi Tian Plate. I wonder if Your Highness is satisfied with this gift?"
Xuan Tianye dared not say that he was dissatisfied, and immediately said: "Thank you for your grace, father and mother."
He thanked her, and Feng Chenyu had to thank him too. At this moment, she was a little excited. She had always thought that she would marry into the Xiangwang Mansion as a concubine, and with the pressure from Xiangwang's wife, it would be difficult for her to do anything in a short period of time. But she didn't expect that there would be such a surprise today. As long as she passed the physical examination, the Wanbi Tianpan would be hers, and the first-rank imperial edict would also be hers. With this imperial edict, she would be able to stand in front of the old lady of the Feng family in the future, and she would not have to try hard to curry favor with her.
Thinking of this, the person under the veil finally spoke: "Chenyu, please ask Madam to examine your body."
The nanny nodded, then looked at Xuan Tianye, and seeing that Xuan Tianye also nodded, she said to Princess Xiang: "Then please make the arrangements, Princess!"
Soon, Feng Chenyu was taken to the back hall, along with the nanny and Princess Xiang. People in the front hall began to talk again, but most of them were congratulating Xuan Tianye.
Xuan Tianming raised his lips and said in a sarcastic tone: "A concubine has a first-rank imperial decree, which shows how much the emperor values my third brother. My third brother must not let my father down."
The fourth prince thought about it and asked, "My third sister-in-law doesn't have an imperial decree, right? That's right, she is already a princess, and imperial decrees are given to the families of officials."
This one sentence made Xuan Tianye feel irritated again.
The imperial edict was given to the family members of officials, but now it was given to the concubine of a prince. Isn't this a mess? But Feng Chenyu thought that the imperial edict was a good thing and asked someone to check it. It was really embarrassing for him.
Xuan Tianye was so angry that he didn't know what to say. He could only sit in the wheelchair and wait silently for the results of the physical examination.
Fortunately, they didn't have to wait too long. Feng Yuheng had only finished half of the tea in her hand when she heard a scream from the back hall. It sounded like the voice of Princess Xiang, followed by the words of the old nanny: "How...how could this happen?"
People were shocked, no one knew what happened, but no matter how curious they were, they couldn't break in because the woman was being examined in the back hall, so they could only stand outside and worry. Fortunately, a little girl ran out soon, and when she came to Xuan Tianye, she said in horror: "Your Highness, something happened."
Xuan Tianye frowned, and was about to order the servants to push him to the back hall. At this time, Princess Xiang had already come out in a hurry. She did not come out on her own. In her hands, there was a person who was grabbed by the collar and dragged directly on the ground. Although the person being dragged was crying and shouting, Princess Xiang had a face full of anger and had no mercy at all.
When people looked carefully, they found that the person who was dragged out from the ground was wearing a bright red wedding gown. Although his face looked terrified, his appearance was extremely beautiful. At this moment, there were tears hanging on his face, which made people feel even more pity for him.
Xuan Tianye was furious and shouted, "What are you going to do?"
Princess Xiang finally stopped and threw Feng Chenyu to the ground. Feng Chenyu fell directly to Xuan Tianye's feet. She grabbed the corner of Xuan Tianye's robe as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw and refused to let go. She kept saying, "Your Highness, save me. The princess said she wants me to kill you!"
Everyone watching the ceremony was puzzled. Would the competition for favor between the principal and concubines of the Prince Xiang's mansion be staged at this time? The Princess of the Prince Xiang was too anxious.
But the maid who came out later spoke up at this time, saying: "Third Prince, this girl cannot be kept!"
Xuan Tianye's chest was burning with anger. He stared at the two people in front of him and asked fiercely, "Why?"
Princess Xiang snorted coldly: "Left Prime Minister Feng Jinyuan is really going too far! He stuffs all kinds of people into my Princess Xiang's backyard. What does he think this palace is?"
Xuan Tianye was startled, and looked down at Feng Chenyu crying at his feet. He suddenly realized what Princess Xiang's words meant. He asked the girl at his feet in complete disbelief, "You, can't even keep a woman's chastity?"
Feng Chenyu shook her head desperately, "No! I really didn't! Your Highness, I am innocent, I am really innocent!" Feng Chenyu's mind was blank at this moment. Apart from denying and begging for mercy, she didn't know what to do at all, or rather, she didn't know what happened at all. She was just going for a body check, and she had asked a nanny to check her body before. The nanny said that she was indeed virgin, but why did the nanny in the palace and Princess Xiang scream in unison when they checked again?
Could it be that...
She cast a doubtful look at Feng Yuheng, and saw that the girl was sitting leaning against the Ninth Prince, playing with a teacup in her hand, leisurely and contented. Feng Chenyu's first reaction was: she was deceived by Feng Yuheng.
But what about the nanny who had experienced her before? She was a little confused. What happened here that she didn't know?
Xuan Tianye was already fed up with Feng Chenyu at this point. A woman who had lost her virginity had made it public in front of so many people. He couldn't keep such a woman anymore, even if she really carried the life of Feng!
When Xuan Tianye thought of this, he shuddered, and suddenly he understood why the wife who hated him so much had made such a fuss about arranging this marriage. Could it be that she was waiting for him here?
He raised his head and glared at Princess Xiang. After a while, he turned his gaze to the nanny and asked in a sinister tone, "You mean, after checking your experience, are you sure that Miss Feng is not Wanbi?"
He thought the maid would nod, but she actually shook her head and said, "Your Highness, it is true that Miss Feng is a perfect woman, but..."
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