At night, Feng Yuheng brought Xiangrong and Zirui to the Feng Mansion as usual to keep vigil. Before leaving, they passed by Yao's yard and casually asked the servant what Yao was doing. The servant told her, "Madam is chanting in the Buddhist temple. She said she was chanting for the old lady of the Feng family."
Feng Yuheng stopped, glanced into the yard, then put Zirui's hand into Xiangrong's: "You take Zirui there first, I'll go see mother and will be there soon." After saying that, he took Huangquan Wangchuan and walked straight to the Buddhist temple.
The maid said that whenever Yao had free time these days, she would recite sutras. Doctor Yao had said it several times but to no avail, so he stopped talking. While Yao was reciting sutras, Doctor Yao would go to Zirui's study, and the two did not communicate much.
Feng Yuheng knew that Yao Xian was not very close to this Yao, so she did not force him. When they entered the Buddhist hall, just as Yao finished reciting a sutra, she turned around and looked at her.
She left the maids outside and went in to help Yao up. She gently advised, "Mother's health is not very good. Please do less chanting in the future! The most important thing for a person is to have a good heart. Only by living with a clear conscience can you avoid going to the eighteenth level of hell after death, instead of relying on the living to chant scriptures every day."
Yao sighed, took Feng Yuheng's hand and said, "She and I were mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the past. She was just a little greedy. Apart from driving us to the northwest, she didn't do too many things that were harmful to the world. Ah Heng, the past is in the past. Now that she is gone, you should stop arguing with her."
Feng Yuheng looked at Yao, still with a faint smile on her face, but sighing softly in her heart. She knew that Yao was enjoying her current life, especially with Yao Xian back, she felt more at ease. She did hate the Feng Mansion, but after all, Yao was different from her, not as hateful as she was. At the beginning, she was able to take the imperial edict to divorce Feng Jinyuan, which was the greatest courage she could muster. Now that things have changed, she feels that her life is better, so she no longer holds a grudge.
But Yao didn't know that it was those three years in the northwest that destroyed her real daughter's life. The real Feng Yuheng would never come back.
But she couldn't tell Yao this, and couldn't persuade her to continue hating Feng Mansion. Since Yao chose to forget and forgive, then let her do as she pleased. Although Feng Yuheng never agreed that "forgiveness is the greatest virtue", she didn't want to influence Yao's thoughts with her own thinking. She could only persuade her a few more times before leaving the temple and rushing to Feng Mansion.
Many young people came to the funeral hall today, even Fan Dai came. Although her wounds had not healed yet and she needed two maids to help her walk, and she couldn't even kneel straight in front of the old lady's coffin, she still kowtowed to the old lady three times in all seriousness, and then the maids helped her light three incense sticks.
Feng Jinyuan was also there tonight, standing by with his hands behind his back, watching Fendai nod repeatedly. After Fendai finished burning her incense, he spoke, "Your grandmother was beaten to death by the mob, and at the last moment you stood in front of her. These injuries were inflicted to protect your grandmother, and the Feng family will always remember this."
As soon as these words came out, except for Fendai, everyone else almost vomited. Not to mention the young master and the young lady, even the servants who were guarding the body raised their heads and looked at their master with an incredible look, and all of their eyes reflected three words: shameless.
But soon, Feng Jinyuan's next words made them realize another realm of "shamelessness" - especially shamelessness. Feng Jinyuan said: "Being able to sacrifice yourself to protect your grandmother is the most important virtue for a descendant. The Feng family is proud of you, and your father is also proud of you."
When Fendai heard Feng Jinyuan say this, her whole body was shaking. Of course, she was shaking because of excitement. As a concubine's daughter, the youngest concubine's daughter, and the concubine's daughter with the lowest status in her biological mother, Feng Jinyuan had never looked at her straight in the eye except for beating and scolding her. But today, in front of all the children of the Feng family and in front of the old lady's spirit, he gave her such great affirmation that she almost couldn't bear it.
She knew in her heart that this affirmation came entirely from the engagement with the Fifth Prince, but no matter what the reason was, this was Feng Jinyuan's attitude, which showed that from now on, her status in the Feng family had been completely improved, and she would even have a place in the heart of this father who always looked down on others.
With the help of her maid, Fendai knelt in front of Feng Jinyuan again, suppressing her excitement and said, "Thank you for the compliment, father. This... this is what a daughter should do. Grandmother loved us sisters very much when she was alive. I can't bear to see her being beaten by the mob. It's a pity that my body is too frail and I can't block all the punches for my grandmother. This hurts my heart!" She wiped away her tears as she spoke.
At this time, Xiang Rong, who was kneeling in front of the brazier burning paper, said in a muffled voice: "Wasn't grandma poisoned to death? Lord Xu, the Jingzhao Yin, is still investigating the matter, so why did father and fourth sister conclude that they were beaten to death?"
Her words reminded everyone, and Feng Jinyuan was also shocked. Yes, there was something strange about the old lady's death, and he must get a result from this matter.
When he thought of this, the anger on Feng Jinyuan's face surfaced again. He turned his head to look at Feng Yuheng and asked, "Is there any news from Jingzhao Yin?"
Feng Yuheng shook his head, "No." Then he added, "I thought my father had forgotten about it."
"Hmph!" Feng Jinyuan got angry when he spoke to her, and the place on his forehead where Yao Xian had thrown him began to hurt again. He simply didn't look at Feng Yuheng, but stepped forward and personally helped Fendai up from the ground. He chose to forget that he had kicked his daughter, and just held Fendai's hand and said earnestly - "There are many things to do at home. Although you are still young, the Fifth Prince promised you the position of the principal wife. When you marry into the family, you will have to take care of the affairs of the mansion. This is not a one-day or two-day job. So, Fendai, from now on, you have to learn more about how to manage the household and how to worry about the affairs of the family."
Fendai nodded, "Father's efforts are well understood by the daughter, daughter..." She wanted to say that now there are two mothers running the family, and there is also a legitimate daughter who will interfere, so there is no place for her. She even wanted to take this opportunity to see if Feng Jinyuan would give her the position of legitimate daughter, but a girl named Dongying who accompanied her understood her thoughts and was startled. She quickly pinched her arm to remind her. Fendai quickly regained her sanity and abandoned her previous thoughts, and instead said: "My daughter will definitely learn how to manage the household from her two mothers, and will also learn from my second sister how to be a qualified princess."
Zi Rui asked in confusion: "Could it be that Fourth Sister also knows how to make steel? And also knows military tactics and archery?"
Fendai was stunned, and didn't react for a moment, and said casually: "No!"
Zi Rui added: "If you don't know these, how can you be a qualified princess like my second sister?"
Fendai felt embarrassed.
Feng Jinyuan couldn't stand it anymore and scolded Zirui: "What do you know, little kid? Shut up!" Then he said to Fendai: "You don't need to learn from her. She hasn't even married yet, so how can she know how to be a princess. What's more, a woman's job is to manage the household. If she runs around outside all day, how can she be worthy of the title of princess!"
Zirui didn't want to argue with him. He just said at last: "But senior brother once said that my sister is the girl who is most worthy of His Majesty the Ninth Prince." Then he said no more.
But it was this sentence that made Feng Jinyuan feel so depressed. He was most afraid of his second daughter calling him "father" all the time, and he was also most afraid of his only son calling him "senior brother" all the time, because every time this happened, no matter how angry he was, he had to suppress it immediately.
Now, the elder sister didn't say anything, but the younger brother inherited all her skills of blocking her mouth and blocking her heart. Feng Jinyuan felt that he was becoming less and less important in front of these two siblings.
He didn't want to discuss this topic any further, so he simply pretended not to hear it, then turned around and said to Feng Fendai, "It's right to learn more from your mother. They know the rules of the palace better, and you must learn from them. As the prince's principal wife, you will have many opportunities to enter the palace in the future, so you can't be negligent in the slightest." Seeing Fendai nod obediently, Feng Jinyuan's self-esteem finally recovered a little. He coughed twice and said, "Learning to manage the household can't wait until later, you have to start now. Your grandmother was poisoned to death, so you should represent the Feng family in this matter and go to ask His Highness the Fifth Prince to see if there is any progress on the Jingzhao Yin side. Please also ask His Highness to help urge them to give our family an explanation."
Fendai was very excited. She was excited because she could finally represent the Feng family and do something for them. You know, this kind of thing used to be done by the mistress or the legitimate daughter. How could a concubine have such an opportunity? But now Feng Jinyuan gave her this task, which meant that Feng Jinyuan regarded her as a legitimate daughter, and even that she was really the hope of the Feng family in the future. A family of a fifth-rank official could produce a prince's wife. Feng Fendai could almost see that in a few years, even her father would kneel down to her.
The second reason why she was so excited was that she could finally meet the Fifth Prince openly. He was the one who would change her destiny, and she had to hold him firmly in her hands and never give up.
Fen Dai suppressed her ecstasy and said to Feng Jinyuan, "Don't worry, father. I will go to Prince Li's mansion to see the Fifth Prince tomorrow morning. I will never let my grandmother die in obscurity."
Feng Jinyuan nodded, then looked at Fendai and said, "You should also take good care of yourself. Your grandmother will be buried the day after tomorrow, and you will be there to carry the coffin."
Fen Dai was stunned, "Carry the coffin?" Then she saw her father nodded again, and she couldn't suppress her excitement. Fortunately, her girl Dong Ying pinched her hard again, so Fen Dai controlled herself from laughing out loud.
Carrying the coffin is a right that only legitimate sons and daughters can enjoy!
She glanced at Feng Yuheng and saw that Feng Yuheng was looking at Feng Jinyuan in confusion, and asked, "Father, are you sure you want Fourth Sister to carry the coffin?"
Feng Jinyuan snorted, "Of course I'm sure."
But at this moment, they heard footsteps coming hurriedly outside the mourning hall. Everyone turned their heads to see that the housekeeper He Zhong rushed in with an anxious look on his face. When he arrived in front of Feng Jinyuan, he didn't even bother to show his courtesy and said, "Master, it's bad, that eunuch Yuan from the palace is here again!"
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