Seeing that Feng Jinyuan was about to vomit blood, Feng Yuheng pinched the needle between his fingers and quickly stabbed it into his throat. The fishy and sweet smell that had already surged through his throat was swallowed back in an instant, choking Feng Jinyuan and causing him to cough for a while.
The palace maids and eunuchs all gave Feng Yuheng a look of disdain, then said goodbye and left.
The servant kneeling on the ground hugged Feng Jinyuan's thighs and cried, "Master, the second young lady took you out of the prison to go home for the funeral! The old lady... left."
"What?" Feng Jinyuan swallowed a mouthful of blood, his vision still a little dark, and the words "the old lady is gone" almost scared him to vomit blood again. Fortunately, Feng Jinyuan understood this time, and grabbed the boy and asked, "What's going on?"
Feng Yuheng had already walked towards the mansion, and as he walked, he asked the servant: "Have the imperial physician and coroner from the palace come?"
After weighing the influence of Feng Jinyuan and Feng Yuheng on this family, the servant chose to answer Feng Yuheng first, and then heard him say loudly: "I have been here, and I have told the two ladies all the important matters."
Feng Yuheng nodded and led the two maids into the mansion. The servant turned around and told Feng Jinyuan everything that happened during the day.
When he was speaking, he specifically emphasized that it was the old lady who took the initiative to cause trouble. She bribed a group of thugs to frame the second young lady. The second young lady just returned to Beijing today and didn't know what was going on. The old lady was beaten by the mob and died after being carried back to the mansion.
But even though he said it clearly, Feng Jinyuan didn't understand what he was saying. To him, the old lady was killed by Feng Yuheng, and it was Feng Yuheng who instigated the mob to commit the crime. A life for a life, Feng Yuheng must pay with blood!
His anger surged, and he pushed the boy away, almost rushing after Feng Yuheng, with the aura that seemed to tear his second daughter apart to avenge the old lady.
Unfortunately, Feng Jinyuan always overestimates himself. For a civil servant like him, fighting with a girl who knows martial arts is just courting death.
Feng Yuheng didn't even turn her head, and even her two maids didn't pay attention to the situation behind her. Just when Feng Jinyuan's hand reached the base of her neck, she suddenly turned around and went behind Feng Jinyuan in the blink of an eye like a ghost.
So, the position of the strangling changed, and it became Feng Yuheng who strangled Feng Jinyuan.
She was short and had to stand on tiptoe to reach it, but she stood very steadily and did not shake at all.
Feng Jinyuan's anger had not subsided at this moment, but fear had already arisen. Feng Yuheng's cold fingers pinched the back of his head. He had no doubt that if he went against her wishes again, the girl would directly break his neck.
He stood there motionless, with cold sweat dripping down his forehead. The Feng Mansion was filled with sorrow, with spirit flags scattered everywhere. All the servants were wearing plain clothes and mourning belts, and they looked extremely sad in the middle of the night.
But Feng Yuheng's words were even more profound. She said, "I have no intention of doing anything to you, but if you really miss your grandmother, I will send you down to accompany her."
Feng Jinyuan didn't dare to say another word, and stood trembling in the middle of the courtyard. In his mind, there was the old lady's face, and then Feng Yuheng's face, each of which made his heart tremble.
At this time, the Cheng sisters walked out from the direction of the Peony Courtyard. When they saw this scene, the two sisters looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
Cheng Junman took two quick steps and came to Feng Jinyuan. She ignored his strangled neck and said, "Master, mother was beaten by a mob. Fortunately, the second young lady stopped them in time and escorted them to the government office. I have already reported to the government. But..." She paused and continued, "Those mobs were only guilty of beating the family members of the court officials. Mother's illness... was caused by someone poisoning the medicine."
Feng Jinyuan's eyes widened. He didn't dare to speak, fearing that Feng Yuheng would strangle him to death if he moved his neck, but there was still doubt in his eyes.
Cheng Junmei said, "Housekeeper He Zhong took the Second Miss's badge to the palace to invite the imperial physician and coroner. According to experience, the last medicine my mother took was poisoned. The cause of death was poisoning." She looked at Feng Jinyuan and said, "Master, please remember the Second Miss's kindness, otherwise my mother will really die with regrets."
Feng Jinyuan had no idea in his mind. The grief and anger over the old lady's death finally hit his heart, and tears rolled down uncontrollably.
Feng Yuheng said nothing more and let go of her hand. Almost the moment her hand loosened, Feng Jinyuan rushed out to the Peony Courtyard.
The Cheng sisters did not leave. Cheng Junman looked around and saw that no one was around. Then she stepped forward and lowered her voice and said, "The imperial physician said that the poison is very strong and does not seem to be the poison from the Central Plains."
Feng Yuheng had heard this twice before. It seemed that it was indeed a foreign poison, but... "Has anyone in the mansion come into contact with foreigners recently?" There had been heavy rains these days, and it was not impossible for someone with ulterior motives to take advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the capital.
Cheng Junman sighed softly, "I checked and found nothing unusual. But that person chose to poison at this critical moment. He was probably targeting the county lady. The county lady should be careful in everything."
She nodded, "I understand. You guys should take care of the Feng family's funeral. I still have to go to the palace tomorrow, and I might not be able to come back until later. Besides..." She hesitated for a while, and simply asked the two sisters, "You know a lot, so help me think about this matter. Should Zirui come back to attend the funeral?"
The Cheng sisters didn't know much about Zirui, but they knew that he was the only young master of the Feng family and the brother of Feng Yuheng, so they naturally couldn't neglect him. Cheng Junman also had some opinions on returning to the mansion to attend the funeral: "It is said that the young master, as the only grandson and the legitimate grandson, should have returned after the old lady passed away. But the recent floods have almost destroyed the road from the capital to Xiaozhou. Even if we send a letter now or send someone to pick him up, the round trip will definitely not be in time for the funeral."
Cheng Junmei said: "That's the truth, but I don't know if anyone will use this to make excuses."
Feng Yuheng waved her hand: "It doesn't matter, whoever wants to say it can say it, I don't believe that the people who I risked my life to save would listen to those words and become estranged from me. Zirui won't go back, and you two can handle the rest." She said to Wangchuan: "Go back to the mansion to get 500,000 taels of silver notes. There is not much silver in the Feng Mansion, at least it can help with the emergency."
The Cheng sisters didn't bother to be polite with her. Just when they were about to ask Feng Yuheng to go back and rest, a maid ran over from the direction of the Peony Courtyard and said in a hurry, "Madam, Second Miss, go and have a look. Aunt Han and Fourth Miss are making a scene in the mourning hall."
Feng Yuheng frowned slightly, and asked the girl as he walked towards the mourning hall: "Is the fourth young lady's injury okay?"
The girl said: "Her face is still swollen and her eyes are squeezed together, but she can walk. She insisted on coming to the old lady's wake, but she burst into tears when she saw the master coming back."
As they were talking, they had already reached the Peony Courtyard. As soon as they left the corridor, they heard Fendai yelling, "Father! That was grandma's last wish. If you don't obey, grandma won't be able to close her eyes in the afterlife!"
Han's wailing could also be heard, she cried and said, "Before she passed away, the old lady was most concerned about the child in my belly. She said that she never even saw her eldest grandson until she died, and she asked the master not to mistreat the three of us."
"How dare you!" Suddenly, a loud shout came from Cheng Junman. She quickened her pace and came to Han in a few steps. She said sternly, "You don't even know whether the baby in your belly is a boy or a girl. How can you say it's a grandson? And, even if it's a grandson, it's definitely not the eldest grandson. Han, don't talk nonsense!"
Cheng Junman seldom gets angry, but that doesn't mean she never gets angry. Which woman trained in the palace doesn't have some tricks? She suddenly got angry, and Han Shi couldn't even hold back her tears.
Feng Jinyuan was kneeling in front of the old lady's spirit at the moment. He was furious when the two quarreled. He didn't dare to hit Feng Yuheng, but Feng Fendai let him do whatever he wanted. He immediately stood up and kicked Fendai without saying a word. After kicking his daughter, he wanted to kick the concubine, but when he raised his foot, it was against Han's belly, so he could only put it back obediently.
But once she was released, Fen Dai was in big trouble. Her father had no place to vent his anger, so he directed it all at her. During the day, she was beaten into a pig's head, and at night, she was beaten up by Feng Jinyuan and fainted immediately.
Han was crying so hard that she couldn't move. She wanted to go up and pull him, but Cheng Junman had already ordered the servants to stop her. Feng Jinyuan finally got tired of beating her and stopped, but Han said again without knowing the consequences: "Master, the old lady's last wish was to make me a concubine. This is what the old lady said herself!"
An, who was also standing by the casket, was speechless. She felt that if she didn't say something fair, Han would really treat her as if she was dead, so she opened her mouth and said loudly, "I was guarding the old lady's bedside before she passed away. How come I didn't hear such a last wish?" After she finished speaking, she looked at Feng Jinyuan and said, "Master, in fact, the old lady didn't say a word. She died as soon as she drank the bowl of medicine. How could she have the time to say any last wishes?"
Jin Zhen also echoed: "What Sister An said is true."
Han was unwilling to accept it, and continued, "That's what the old lady said to the fourth young lady before, it's absolutely true! Master, you can't disobey the old lady's words! Otherwise, the old lady will not let you go even if she becomes a ghost!"
Everyone in the room was speechless. Was Mrs. Han crazy? Who was she cursing?
Feng Jinyuan was already so angry that he almost died. He simply ignored everyone, turned around and knelt in front of the old lady's spirit again, shut up, and said nothing.
Cheng Junman glanced at Han, then at the unconscious Fendai, and her anger finally reached a peak. She took a few steps forward, stared at Han and said loudly: "Our Feng family is now only the family of a fifth-rank official. Who gave you the courage to want to be a concubine? Who approved that a fifth-rank official could take a concubine?"
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