Old Lady Feng was indeed telling a story, but she was not the one doing the telling. Instead, she had hired a storyteller to speak eloquently with the clappers.
What did he talk about? He talked about Feng Yuheng's growth experience in the Feng family, about how Feng Jinyuan had hosted a three-day banquet for her when she was born, about how Feng Jinyuan had hired the best teacher to teach her, and about how much hope the Feng family had placed on this legitimate daughter.
This storyteller was quite talented, he could make even the smallest matters sound moving and vivid, just the fact that Feng Jinyuan personally brought her a bowl of rice made the onlookers cry.
Feng Yuheng lifted the curtain and walked out. She did not get off the carriage, but sat side by side with Wangchuan and Huangquan outside the carriage to watch the excitement. Their imperial carriage was behind the crowd, and the people who were concentrating on listening to the story did not notice it. Old Madam Feng saw it, but she did not say anything. She still sat next to the storyteller, wiping her tears with a handkerchief and sighing.
The storyteller was still talking, and when he got tired, someone offered him tea. Feng Yuheng burst out laughing: "Not bad treatment."
Huang Quan also curled his lips and said, "I don't know how much money the Feng family gave."
Wang Chuan said: "Based on what Old Lady Feng is thinking, it would be at most five taels."
Feng Yuheng shook his head, "This time I think it should be at least ten taels. Look at those onlookers, they are definitely professional actors, crying so sadly, tears falling as soon as they say so, don't they all have to pay!"
The two girls agreed with her analysis.
The three of them were talking happily, but behind them, Yao Xian, who had no place to sit and could only stand, turned pale. He knew that Feng Jinyuan was ruthless and murderous to his second daughter, but he never expected that the old lady of the Feng family would be so shameless. A person of such an old age actually gathered outsiders to arrange and criticize her own granddaughter. This is simply not something a human would do!
He groaned and asked Feng Yuheng: "How on earth have you endured this kind of family until now?"
He clearly remembered that his granddaughter had a bad temper since she was a child. She could beat down three men in the army at the same time. Once she disagreed with her superior, who had some problems of taking bribes. Feng Yuheng got angry and beat up the superior in front of the leader. This girl has never been a tolerant person. She hates evil and takes revenge on the spot. She is also very clear-minded. If you want to play tricks on her, she will be the ancestor of the conspiracy. Why, her temper changes after changing time and space? This won't do!
Yao Xian said gloomily: "If you have concerns and can't do it, grandpa will help you deal with them."
Feng Yuheng looked up at him with a smile, feeling so warm in her heart! This is what it means to have a backer! Her grandfather has always been on her side, even in her previous life. Even if she did something wrong, her grandfather would support her. But as for the Feng Mansion, she shook her head, "No need! Grandpa, why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken? It's just a Feng family, it's not worth it for us two grandparents to fight together."
As she was talking, at the gate of the county lady's mansion, the storyteller was telling the climax of the "Biography of Ji'an County Lady". It seemed that Feng Yuheng was sick in her childhood, and Feng Jinyuan stayed with her for a day and a night. He even sent her to the northwest mountain village because he was afraid that the emperor would punish the Yao family and include her in the list, so he had no choice but to send her out of the capital. Then he changed the subject and began to list all the evil deeds Feng Yuheng had done after returning to the capital.
Feng Yuheng summarized these evil deeds, which basically means: not being good to father, not being good to grandmother, not being good to elder sister, not being good to younger sister, and not being good to aunt.
Finally, the storyteller finally threw out the central idea of today's story - "It would be fine if it was just a commotion in the mansion, but now it has caused Lord Feng to be demoted to the fifth rank and thrown into prison! It is said that Princess Ji'an is the nemesis of the Feng family. Everyone, please analyze this and see if this nemesis is true or not?"
After he finished his last sentence, he waved his hand, and the crowd immediately echoed: "She is so unlucky! She is so unlucky! If she continues like this, the Feng family will be killed by her!"
Others said: "The only solution now is to rescue Master Feng. If Princess Ji'an doesn't want to bear this stigma, she should take practical action to rescue her father!"
As soon as these words were spoken, people started to make a noise: "Save Lord Feng! Save Lord Feng!"
Old Madam Feng probably felt that the time was almost right, and finally turned around and shouted in the direction of Feng Yuheng's carriage: "She's back!"
For a moment, everyone's eyes were cast over here.
Feng Yuheng didn't look at anyone else, but only at the old lady. She saw that besides Aunt Zhao, there was also Feng Fendai, who had no brains and could only bluff. No other members of the Feng family were seen.
The old lady felt a little uncomfortable when she met her gaze, and felt weak in her heart. But this was nothing. Since she had made up her mind to use this method to force Feng Yuheng to come forward to rescue Feng Jinyuan from prison, she was mentally prepared to confront her head-on. But...
The old lady's eyes trembled, and she saw the person standing behind Feng Yuheng at a glance.
Why does it look so familiar?
She squinted her eyes and pondered carefully. No matter how she pondered, she felt that she had seen that person somewhere before. But that was an old man. When did Feng Yuheng have any contact with an old man? Most of the people she had close contact with in the capital were princes, and the Princess Wuyang and the daughters of several other high officials. But she recognized those people! Who was this?
She whispered to Fendai, "Look at the person standing behind your second sister, do you recognize her?"
The old lady arranged this drama, and Fendai helped a lot. Originally, she didn't want to do anything against Feng Yuheng again, but the old lady said that as long as she helped this time, Han's child would be promoted to a concubine as soon as it was born.
This benefit was so attractive to Fan Dai. Now the mistress of the Feng family could not be relied upon, not to mention that it was not easy to be a mistress. She and Han had already given up the idea. However, this noble concubine was really tempting. First, she did not have to bear the heavy responsibility of the mistress. Second, among all the concubines, the noble concubine must be the first. The children born by the noble concubine must be much better than those of ordinary concubines. They needed such a status.
So, when the old lady put forward this condition, Fendai agreed without hesitation.
It just so happened that the Cheng sisters entered the palace today, so they chose this opportunity to rush out of the mansion. Fen Dai thought that this matter would basically be accomplished, and no matter how much Feng Yuheng said, he could not overcome the pressure of the public, but she did not expect... She opened her mouth, her voice trembling a little, "If my granddaughter remembers correctly, that person... should be my grandfather, Yao Xian."
The children of the Feng family all called Yao Xian "grandfather" because Yao was the legitimate mother and the Yao family was the only family recognized by the Feng family. All the children born to concubines had to call him "grandfather" as well. Therefore, when Fendai saw Yao Xian, she subconsciously called him "grandfather".
The old lady finally reacted, the two words Yao Xian gradually formed a real impression in her mind, and then quickly overlapped with the old man behind Feng Yuheng. She finally realized why she felt that person was familiar, because it was Yao Xian, Feng Yuheng's grandfather, but she could not think of why Yao Xian, who was demoted to the deserted state, suddenly appeared in the capital.
"Didn't you say that no one from the Yao family would be allowed to come back?" she asked Fendai in a low voice, feeling unsure.
But Fendai's words made her even more uncertain: "Grandma forgot that the emperor had long ago issued an order that all the children and grandchildren of the Yao family could go to Beijing to take the imperial examinations. That demotion order should be revoked, right?"
The old lady's heart was trembling. If the demotion order was annulled, it meant that the Yao family would surely make a comeback. And considering that Feng Jinyuan was demoted and imprisoned, would the Yao family want to avenge their daughter?
People were still urging Feng Yuheng to save her father, but after a while, they found that the county lady on the imperial carriage and the old lady sitting here did not speak, but just looked at each other. One was smiling, and the other was terrified.
Gradually, people stopped shouting. Everyone could see that under the stalemate between the two sides, Old Lady Feng, who had paid money to hire them to cause trouble, had become discouraged.
People were a little worried. Old Lady Feng was not as imposing as before! If the person in charge fell down first, would their accomplices be able to survive?
Some were unsure and discussed with each other. Finally, someone began to regret and kept saying, "I have advised you a long time ago not to go against Princess Ji'an. She has the Ninth Prince behind her. If the Ninth Prince knew that so many of us forced his wife, wouldn't he chop off our heads?"
Someone said something even more frightening: "Beheading is nothing, they will probably kill our whole family."
As soon as these words were spoken, people's calves began to tremble.
At this time, Feng Yuheng's imperial carriage also moved forward step by step, passed through the crowd, and stopped in front of Old Lady Feng.
Feng Yuheng didn't say anything, but Yao Xian said, "Old Madam Feng, long time no see!"
He used to call the old lady in-laws, but that was in the past. Now that Yao is no longer the daughter-in-law of the Feng family, the relationship between the two families naturally ended.
The old lady stood up with the help of Fendai and responded, "Mr. Yao, long time no see." She was obviously lacking in confidence when she spoke, and her voice was trembling.
Yao Xian snorted and said nothing more. He just glanced at the people below, his brows furrowed, a look of dissatisfaction written all over his face.
Feng Yuheng was sitting cross-legged on the palace carriage at this time, her long skirt covering her knees, looking relaxed and contented, not at all moved by the previous arrangements.
But she still set her eyes on the storyteller who was preparing to escape with his clapperboard in hand. The man was being stopped by two imperial guards. He couldn't run left or right, and was sweating profusely in anxiety.
Feng Yuheng shrugged and smiled: "The rainstorm just passed, and instead of hanging the wet quilt at home, you came to the door of my county master's mansion to gossip. Tell me, who gave you such courage?"
She asked casually, but it sounded very oppressive to the man's ears. The storyteller glanced at the old lady and blurted out, "County Lady, it was your grandmother, the old lady of the Feng family, who paid me to say this!"
Feng Yuheng smiled even more, "For a few taels of silver, you are going against the current county lady. Do you have pig brains? You keep threatening this county lady to beg for mercy and release Feng Daxueshi. Very good, this county lady will give you some face today and beg for mercy, so that you can smoothly earn the money from the Feng family." After she finished speaking, she stood up from the palace carriage and pretended to go back into the palace carriage, but as she turned around, she threw out another sentence: "By the way, you all just follow the crowd, do you know what crime Feng Jinyuan committed?"
How could the people know? They stared at Feng Yuheng in a daze, and then they heard her say, "You will have to bear the consequences for the people you plead for. You can go to plead for mercy today, but you all must follow me, no one can be left behind!" She turned around again, with a stern look in her eyes, "Imperial Guards, surround these people for this county lady! Follow the imperial carriage, and let's go into the palace!"
People were stunned. "Enter the palace?"
Feng Yuheng nodded, "Of course he went to the palace. Since you don't know, I will reveal a fact that Old Lady Feng didn't tell you. The reason why Feng Jinyuan had to go to the palace to ask for mercy is because the crime he committed does not count at all according to Jingzhao Yin's words. I tell you, his crime is - deceiving the emperor!"......
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