The royal carriage of the king changed direction and headed all the way to the county lord's mansion.
Xuan Tianming held his already asleep wife in his arms, stroking her hair. At the same time, Ban Zou beside him was telling him what had happened in the Princess's Mansion in the past few days...
Two sticks of incense later, the gate of Princess Ji'an's mansion was kicked open again. The imperial guards guarding the gate wanted to cry but had no tears. They had finally repaired the door after it was half broken by the emperor's kick. The Ninth Prince's kick would probably destroy it. The leader hurriedly ordered: "Order a new door and have the craftsmen make it overnight."
As soon as they finished giving the order, they looked into the yard and found that their Ninth Prince had already disappeared.
Xuan Tianming came to the Princess's Mansion tonight to look for someone, Yao. Ban Zou had inquired in advance, because Yao Xian said that today was not a good day to move, so Yao was still living in the Princess's Mansion.
He walked with the wind, and there was a murderous aura around him. As he walked, the grass and trees more than ten steps away from him began to sway with the wind. The servants in the princess's mansion who were not very afraid of him suddenly recalled the legends about the Ninth Prince's bloodthirstiness that they had almost forgotten.
No one tried to stop him, and no one dared to scream until Xuan Tianming rushed into Yao's yard and whipped open the bedroom door.
The servants knelt on the ground, from the entrance of the mansion to the open bedroom door, and they dared not stand up again. Everyone was wondering the same thing: Would the Ninth Prince kill his wife?
In the past two days, there have been some conflicts between the Madam and the Princess. It seems that the Madam has said some very harsh words to the Princess. Occasionally, a few of those words were heard by them, and those who heard them felt unfair for the Princess. The Ninth Prince loves the Princess so much, and tonight... is he here to settle accounts with the Madam?
When Xuan Tianming opened the door, Yao was embroidering lace on Zirui's autumn sleeves. Frightened by his behavior, the embroidery needle pierced her fingertips fiercely, and the emerald green bamboo was immediately stained with a layer of blood.
Yao had always been timid, and Xuan Tianming's fierce momentum frightened her so much that she slid down from the chair and knelt on the ground. The maids around her also knelt down, not daring to breathe.
The whip was dragging on the ground, and the barbs on it almost frightened Yao to death. The broken door panel hit the ground straight away, and it was just a little bit away from hitting a girl who happened to be walking by. Yao immediately realized that if she treated Ah Heng like that, the Ninth Prince would not let her go.
The room was deathly silent. Xuan Tianming didn't say anything, and Yao and the others didn't dare to speak either. The two sides just faced each other, Yao looking at the ground, and Xuan Tianming staring at Yao's head.
It was unknown how long it had been, but finally, the whip dragging on the ground moved, and Yao instinctively dodged behind Qinglan. However, the whip that she feared did not fall on her, and it did not even swing. Xuan Tianming just moved his arm and lifted the whip a little higher.
Yao's face was pale, and she stared at Xuan Tianming in a daze. She felt that the face covered by the golden mask was extremely angry. Even with the mask, it was impossible to cover up the anger that had seeped into the gold. She was even more frightened, but she finally heard Xuan Tianming speak - "Besides hiding behind others, what else can you do?"
As soon as the topic was opened, Xuan Tianming could no longer suppress his indignation. He pointed at Yao and accused this woman of being a mother in every word. He said, "Do you know when and where I first met Heng Heng? It was in the mountains in the northwest. Your daughter was drugged by a villain and thrown into a mass grave in the mountains. If she hadn't met me, she would have died long ago. If she had died at that time, I ask you, do you have the ability to settle this account?
? Do you have the ability to avenge this grudge? If not, what right do you have to let her call you mother? Do you doubt her medical skills? She did learn it from Master Persia, because she wants you and your son to have a good life in the future and not starve to death or die of illness. Do you doubt her kung fu? This king taught me, because this king has taken a fancy to that girl and is willing to devote his life's knowledge to help her grow. Do you doubt that she is not your daughter? That's right, she is indeed not the former Feng Yuheng, but the Phoenix after Nirvana, the Phoenix who is extremely disappointed and hates the Feng family. She came from the mountains in the northwest. She was reborn from the fire, just to spread her wings and fly back to the capital, and ask for back all the pain that was inflicted on you three. Unfortunately, her mother didn't understand, and even spoke for those who caused her death once. Yao, how many lifetimes of blessings have you cultivated to be able to be her mother? And how many lifetimes of blessings have you cultivated to let her suffer so much grievances and speak for you?"
Xuan Tianming tried his best to control his emotions and resisted the urge to whip people. He didn't want to look at Yao's face anymore. He was confused. Was Feng Jinyuan's annoying nature contagious? Yao had lived with him for many years and was infected? Why did he see the look of Feng Jinyuan on Yao's face?
What he said was half true and half false. He deliberately took all the reasons that Feng Yuheng was unwilling to say on his own shoulders, just to let this woman know how difficult it was for her daughter to save her life.
He took a few deep breaths, but he had not finished speaking yet. He had to continue. He told Yao--"The Feng family is courting death. Ah Heng has cleaned up so many messes for them. Do you think that without Ah Heng's achievements, the Feng family could have escaped so easily based on the assassination of the emperor by the Qian Zhou people? Feng Jinyuan ruined the entire Feng family. Ah Heng paid for the old lady's funeral! The coffin worth six million taels of silver was made by Ah Heng. Isn't that enough? What else do you want her to do? Feng Jinyuan has killed your children time and time again, but your daughter is soft-hearted and spared him again and again for the sake of her biological father. Yao, have you ever thought about the scene of the killer hired by Feng Jinyuan holding a long knife to chop your son and daughter? Calling you Madam is... If you don't want the respect for you, then you are no different from the Feng family. You think you won't be bullied if you return to the Feng Mansion now, right? This king tells you that it's because your daughter has paved the way in advance. Don't think that this king doesn't kill people much now, and you are all fearless. This king tells you that not wanting to kill does not mean that I won't kill. A good child lives in the county lord's mansion that she earned with her merits, but is looked down upon by her own mother all day long. Yao, you are so brave! Don't recognize your daughter? Okay, then listen to this king clearly now, Feng Yuheng is no longer your daughter, she is this king's princess, and the daughter-in-law of the current emperor. You, in front of her, are nothing! You, know yourself."
After saying the last sentence, Xuan Tianming didn't want to look at this woman any more, so he turned around and strode away.
Finally, Yao could not kneel any longer and collapsed to the ground. She wanted to find a maid to support her tired and frightened body, but when she raised her arm, she found nothing.
There was no maid to help her, and even Qinglan, who usually served her personally, just knelt and looked at her, unmoved.
Yao saw a hint of alienation in Qinglan's eyes. She was shocked and felt abandoned by everyone. She couldn't stop it. But she still stubbornly believed that Qinglan was disrespecting her as a servant, and even thought that all this was instigated by Feng Yuheng. She pointed at Qinglan and shouted, "You are also hers, right? She arranged for you to come here! What do you want to do? Do you want to kill me?"
Qinglan was about to burst into tears. She grabbed Yao's wrist and begged, "Madam, please wake up! As long as you are willing to wake up, life will go on as before. How could the young lady want to kill you? She loves you and protects you so much! When Madam was poisoned by the Soul-Separating Powder, the young lady beat the third prince severely to avenge Madam. After she came back, she didn't tell you anything, but Madam, do you know? Because of that incident, she knelt in the palace for a whole day and night! Her knees were swollen from kneeling."
Yao listened to Qinglan's words in a daze. Her face seemed to fluctuate, but she kept shaking her head. She said, "But I can't fool myself. She is not my daughter. She really is not."
Qinglan was furious. If the person in front of her was not the Madam, she really wanted to raise her palm to wake her up. But she couldn't do it. As a servant, all she could do was to persuade her earnestly. But Qinglan didn't understand: "Why did the Madam say that the young lady is not your daughter? Does she look different from before?"
Yao shook her head, "Exactly the same."
"Then why do you say no?" Qinglan was speechless. Is this woman mentally ill?
But Yao patted her chest and said over and over again: "I can feel it! I just can feel it! That's my daughter who I carried for ten months and gave birth to. I can feel every little change in her!"
Qinglan thought of what Xuan Tianming said before, and said to her again: "If Madam means that the young lady's temperament has changed drastically, then the Ninth Prince is right. After experiencing such a tragic fate, it is normal for people to change. On the contrary..." She looked at Yao and gritted her teeth and said: "On the contrary, she survived a desperate situation, but still did not change at all. Madam, people like you are strange." Qinglan looked at Yao with a cold face and reminded her for the last time: "If you insist on making trouble like this, then she will really no longer be your daughter."
Yao was startled and subconsciously asked, "Who is she?"
"It's Princess Yu."
Yao was a little scared. If Feng Yuheng really no longer recognized her as his mother, then... would she really have lost her daughter? "Let me think about it. Let me think about it."
Xuan Tianming's imperial carriage was still moving forward on the streets of the capital, but it was getting farther and farther away from the Princess's Mansion. The little girl in his arms woke up dazedly, pulled his sleeve and wiped her face, then raised her hand to grab his face.
He held the little hand helplessly, and then listened to the man walking by and asking, "Your Highness, are you going to take the master back to Prince Yu's Mansion?"
Xuan Tianming raised his eyebrows: "What else?"
The girl in his arms suddenly laughed when she heard this, and said in a daze: "Okay! Let's go to Prince Yu's Mansion and find Xuan Tianming. He is the only one who doesn't bully me."
Someone's nose felt sore, and he hugged the person in his arms tighter, "Follow me, I will never let you leave my side again."
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