Feng Yuheng felt that she was too soft-hearted. How could she be so foolish as to feel a trace of pity when looking at Feng Jinyuan? How could she think that this person had the heart to repent after going through the storm?
, this is the most appropriate description of people like Feng Jinyuan.
Zi Rui didn't know what happened in front of the princess's mansion early in the morning, so he couldn't help but ask, "Which girl?"
Feng Yuheng said: "It's the one you saw on the street just now."
"Oh." Zirui nodded, but still confused, "Why did father ask him to do that?"
Feng Yuheng snorted coldly, "What do you think?"
Feng Zirui was very smart and knew his father very well. He immediately understood what his sister said and remembered what she said on the street before. So he said to Feng Jinyuan: "Whether you look at people or things, you can't just look at the appearance. For example, the woman you saw could be a man."
This was perfectly normal, and the original intention was to say that Feng Jinyuan was short-sighted and mistook Feng Zhaolian for a woman. But the words took on a different meaning when Feng Jinyuan heard them. He felt that this guy was mocking him and using his body to make a point. What he wanted to say was not "women are men," but "men are women."
Feng Jinyuan wanted to turn hostile on the spot, thinking that this son was born simply to humiliate him, and such a child would be better strangled to death.
But his anger was suppressed immediately after it rose up. He still had some rationality after all, and knew why he came here today. He had already asked for help, and if he had a conflict with Feng Zirui now, he would probably wait in vain.
So he suppressed his anger and wanted to talk to Feng Yuheng about the main topic, but he heard Feng Yuheng speak first: "Father has been squatting in front of the Princess's Mansion for half a day and a night. Is he looking for me for something?"
"Ah!" Feng Jinyuan responded subconsciously.
But Feng Yuheng said again: "Could it be just to find out about that woman?" As he spoke, his face was full of contempt.
Feng Jinyuan shook his hands repeatedly, "No, no, of course not."
She nodded, "That's good." Then she walked into the mansion and said, "Come in, I have something to discuss with my father."
Feng Jinyuan was stunned. You want to discuss something with him? That's a good idea! Since Feng Yuheng has something to discuss with him, it is equivalent to giving him room for bargaining. Of course, it can't be called bargaining, at least he is not too passive this time.
Thinking of this, he felt a little more energetic. He followed Feng Yuheng all the way to the main hall of the courtyard. They sat down and the servants served tea. Feng Jinyuan was anxious and asked, "What do you want from me?"
"Hmm?" Feng Yuheng was stunned, "Please?" Then he laughed, "Father, are you kidding me? What can I ask you for? Besides, even if I beg you, what can you do?"
Feng Jinyuan was speechless. If he wasn't begging him, then what did he mean by wanting to discuss it?
Before he could ask, Feng Yuheng threw another word at him: "It is true that there is something, but it is not a request, so it can be regarded as a notice." As she spoke, she embraced Zirui, who was squeezed in a large chair with her, and said to Feng Jinyuan: "Zirui is the legitimate son of the Feng family. Father has not forgotten this matter, right?"
Feng Jinyuan was puzzled, "How could I forget this?"
"That's good." She nodded and continued, "As a father, it is my responsibility to make corresponding contributions to the growth of my children. I think you have no objection to this, right?"
Feng Jinyuan still didn't understand, but he knew that what Feng Yuheng said made sense, so he said again: "This is natural."
"Yes." She was very satisfied with this and finally got to the point: "In that case, please ask father to prepare Zirui's tuition for the year from this autumn to next autumn. Zirui will be going back to Xiaozhou to go to school soon."
"Hmm?" Feng Jinyuan finally reacted and said, "What did you say?"
Feng Yuheng repeated, "I said, let father prepare Zirui's tuition."
"Tuition?" Feng Jinyuan's mind buzzed, and he finally understood what Feng Yuheng meant. Zirui was the legitimate son of the Feng family, and he was the head of the Feng family. It was normal for him to prepare tuition for the legitimate son, but... but where did he get the money?
Feng Jinyuan was very embarrassed. Feng Mansion didn't have a penny in the public account now. Every month, they lived on the little money sent by the Fifth Prince. But the Fifth Prince didn't know how to calculate it. Apart from the expenses for servants and the normal food and clothing expenses of Feng Mansion, the money sent by the Fifth Prince was not even half a tael left in a month. Often, the money for the current month was just used up and the money for the next month was just delivered. It was just the right time to receive it. Now he was asked to prepare a tuition fee for Zirui, which was really difficult for him.
He was confused for a moment, not knowing how to answer. Then he looked at the two children who were staring at him eagerly, waiting for him to speak, but they were so ashamed that they couldn't even raise their heads.
Feng Yuheng knew what was going on, and sneered in his heart, but said nothing. But Feng Zirui was not happy, and frowned and asked him: "Father, don't you want to give Zirui this tuition? Does father think Zirui is a burden to the Feng family?"
Feng Jinyuan quickly said: "No, no, how can you say that."
"If not, then why did father feel so embarrassed when my sister mentioned my tuition? You have also been a prime minister and a champion in the imperial examination. Doesn't father know what studying means? Doesn't father want the Feng family to make a comeback? Oh--" He was talking and suddenly realized, "I forgot that father's hope for the Feng family has never been on boys. In father's view, boys can at most pass the imperial examination and become champions, and at most become officials. But girls are different. Girls have unlimited possibilities to climb to the top, so that countless officials have to look at their faces. Similarly, the power of her family will also rise with the tide, second only to one person, and above ten thousand people. Father, am I right in my analysis?"
In just a few words, Feng Jinyuan's previous thoughts on Feng Chenyu were explained so thoroughly that Feng Jinyuan was a little confused. When did his youngest son start to understand so many great principles?
Thinking of this, Feng Yuheng immediately came to mind. Yes, it must be Feng Yuheng who instilled these concepts into Zirui, otherwise, given Zirui's age and the fact that he was away from home all year round, how could he have analyzed it so thoroughly?
When he thought of this, his eyes involuntarily turned to Feng Yuheng, and his attitude became opposed to hers.
Feng Yuheng didn't feel anything, but Zirui was very angry. He asked Feng Jinyuan: "Why is father looking at my sister like this? There is one thing that Zirui has always found strange. Since father is determined to rely on his daughter to gain power, why does he treat my sister so badly? Not to mention that my elder sister is no longer alive, even if she were still alive, with her ability, it would be impossible for her to achieve the same success as my elder sister. What's more, can't father really see the current situation? Who does the emperor want to hand over the world to? Does father really have no idea in his mind? Zirui really can't figure it out no matter how hard he tries. Why does the Feng family treat my elder sister like this when she is so outstanding?"
Feng Jinyuan was scolded by his son so much that he almost wanted to find a hole to hide in. At this moment, he heard Feng Yuheng sneer, and then saw her stroke Zirui's head and said, "It's useless for you to tell this to your father. He doesn't even want to pay for your tuition. With a father like this, even if we have great achievements in the future, we can't think about him at all. Just treat him as a stranger."
"No, no! Absolutely not!" Feng Jinyuan was anxious, "Ah Heng, what are you talking about? Blood ties cannot be severed, how can you treat them as strangers?"
Feng Yuheng asked him: "You treat us as enemies, and we treat you as strangers. Isn't that considerate enough? What else do you want?"
Zi Rui also said, "Yes! Father spent a lot of money to get rid of me and my sister. This money should be enough to pay for the tuition of several sons, right? Father is really generous."
Feng Jinyuan directly denied it - "That's not true! This is a rumor, all a rumor!"
Feng Zirui was so angry that his face was puffed up, but Feng Yuheng had long been accustomed to Feng Jinyuan's face, so he just hugged Zirui to let him calm down, and then asked again: "What does father mean?"
"Zi Rui is the legitimate son of my Feng family. His tuition is naturally paid by his father. I wonder how much money it will cost to study at Yunlu Academy for a year?"
Feng Yuheng smiled secretly in her heart. This was not the first time that Zirui went to school. The old lady took the initiative to pay for the tuition from the public treasury, and she also subsidized a lot of money herself, so it was not that Zirui was poor when he went out for the first time. But Feng Jinyuan had no such concept. Now that she came to ask for tuition, the other party agreed to it under provocation, but she didn't know how he would react when he heard the tuition amount.
"One hundred and fifty taels." Feng Yuheng said calmly: "This is just the tuition. If you add in food, accommodation, expenses, etc., two hundred taels of silver is a tight budget for a year. But we also know that the Feng Mansion is not what it used to be, so it's not good to let father prepare everything. Father only needs to pay one hundred and fifty taels of tuition, and I, as your elder sister, will subsidize the rest."
She said it easily, but Feng Jinyuan took a breath.
One hundred and fifty taels?
You have to know that the fifth prince only gave the Feng Mansion fifty taels of silver a month, which was used to support the servants and his own food, clothing and daily expenses. As for the Cheng sisters, An, and Xiangrong Fendai, they were all out of his reach. The fifth prince would certainly not let Fendai down, An and Xiangrong had their own shops, and the Cheng sisters mostly lived in the palace to accompany the queen.
But even so, he would have to save for three months without eating or drinking to earn 150 taels. How could he possibly come up with that?
Feng Jinyuan's forehead was gradually sweating. The Fifth Prince's money was given once a month. He couldn't save it now. One hundred and fifty taels was not a big sum. If it had been in the past, he would have ignored it and just taken it out of the public treasury.
However, the Feng Mansion is now different from the past. How can he come up with the one hundred and fifty taels?
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