The master and his two servants returned to the front yard. Feng Yuheng kept his head down and remained silent, with a lot on his mind. Even Wang Chuan Huang Quan was repeatedly thinking about the scene he had just seen.
Just in line with Feng Yuheng's doubts, the two of them also felt that there was something wrong with the brother and sister, but they couldn't tell what was wrong.
As they were walking, a little girl ran towards them in a panic along the path and almost bumped into Huang Quan. Huang Quan frowned and asked, "What happened that made you so anxious? Which courtyard are you from?"
The little girl was startled, and when she looked up, she saw that it was Feng Yuheng, and she quickly spread out her hands hidden in her sleeves, and it turned out that she was holding a few snacks in her hands. She said, "My cousin, I am serving in the eldest young master's courtyard. Just now, the nurse next to the new wife asked me to go to the kitchen to find some snacks, saying that she was afraid that the new wife would be too hungry and would not be able to hold on until the young master returned to his room in the evening. I thought that if too many people saw this, the new wife would be embarrassed, so I hurried back and accidentally bumped into this girl. I hope my cousin will not blame me."
Feng Yuheng nodded. It was reasonable for the bride to secretly eat two pieces of dessert, so he didn't say anything and let the girl go back.
The front yard was still bustling. No matter which table Yao Shu toasted at, she would be asked to stay and drink for a long time. She returned to her seat silently, and just as she sat down, someone suddenly patted her shoulder from behind. She turned around and saw that it was Xuan Tiange.
"When did you come?" She pulled Xuan Tiange to sit beside her, "I didn't see you when I walked to the chapel just now."
"I just got here." Xuan Tiange said, "Something happened at the mansion and I was delayed for a while, so I didn't see the most lively time. How is it? Is the bride pretty?"
Feng Yuheng smiled bitterly, "Can you please have some common sense? The bride will be covered with a veil on this day, how can you see whether she is beautiful or not?"
Xuan Tiange curled his lips, "It's easy to imagine that she's not that good-looking. The descendants of the Lu family are just like that. I really can't understand why the son of your Yao family fell in love with the girl of the Lu family. I heard that the groom was willing to do it himself."
Feng Yuheng couldn't figure this out, so he could only say vaguely, "It's probably because they are attracted to each other."
Xuan Tiange shrugged and stopped talking about this topic. Instead, he asked her, "I saw your fourth sister coming. Why didn't I see Xiangrong?"
Feng Yuheng told her, "She was supposed to come, but she wanted to send someone to tell her in the morning that the Fourth Prince had an embroidery that he couldn't embroider well, so she was summoned to Prince Ping's mansion early in the morning, and now she won't be released no matter what. I'm afraid she won't be able to make it to the banquet."
"Hey!" Xuan Tiange's gossip fire was burning: "Do you think Fourth Brother seems to like Xiang Rong?"
Feng Yuheng was stunned, but he remembered that the last time Xiangrong was insulted by Lu Yao, the Fourth Prince really vented his anger for her. But to say that he likes her... "It's unlikely, right?"
"How is it impossible!" Xuan Tiange was ready to start. "You didn't know that you weren't in the capital a few days ago. Fourth Brother was very serious about learning embroidery. He would call the Third Miss of the Feng Family to the Prince Ping's Mansion to ask for advice from time to time, and even keep her for dinner after the consultation. Not only that, he would take the initiative to go to the Feng Mansion every month to pay the Third Miss's tuition. Although he was thrown out several times, he couldn't resist the Prince Ping's persistence. After this, Xiangrong accepted her. Do you think he would be so attentive if he didn't like Xiangrong?"
Feng Yuheng was puzzled. "He has been imprisoned, and he still has money? Weren't they all confiscated?"
Xuan Tiange curled his lips, "Haven't you heard that a lean camel is bigger than a horse? He is a prince after all. The search is just a show. The emperor will not refuse to give him money. The Prince Ping's Mansion has been established for many years. How can it be destroyed just like that?"
Feng Yuheng smiled bitterly, "But I'm afraid Xiangrong's thoughts are not on the Fourth Prince."
"Hey! This is not something we should worry about. I think Xiangrong at least doesn't resist him. Maybe it will work out." Xuan Tiange chuckled, but after laughing for a while, he became a little worried. "Fourth brother is imprisoned now. I don't know if he is really interested in Xiangrong. Is it good or bad for her? Xiangrong is your sister. If you want her to marry better, there is naturally a way."
Feng Yuheng asked her: "What do you think is better?"
Xuan Tiange was stunned, and after thinking for a while, he said, "The most noble ones are naturally the princes, but the princes..." There are really not many decent princes left. The eldest and second princes are old, and they have many wives and concubines. Rong Ruo doesn't have much capital according to her family status, but with Feng Yuheng's position, no one can look down on her. The third prince is dead, the fourth prince is imprisoned, the fifth prince is going to marry the fourth son of the Feng family, the sixth prince and the eighth prince are all outside, and the ninth prince is Feng Yuheng's. With this calculation, there is only one seventh prince left.
Xuan Tiange stroked his forehead: "It seems that the prince is not very reliable!"
Feng Yuheng shook his head helplessly and said, "I never think that marrying someone of noble status is a good marriage. Just like your ninth brother, if he insists on taking a concubine, I will not marry him."
"Hmm?" Xuan Tiange was stunned. "You mean, you want Xiangrong to find a man who will love her wholeheartedly and marry her alone for the rest of his life? Ah Heng, you have to know that such a man is hard to find in the world!"
"It's not that harsh. After all, everyone has different ideas. But it's up to her to marry the one she loves." She patted Xuan Tiange, "Okay, don't study others. But you are a few years older than us. Even if the emperor loves you, I'm afraid he can't keep you any longer, right? You'll become an old maid."
Xuan Tiange felt depressed when she mentioned this, and said unhappily, "I don't want to get married yet." As she spoke, she sighed, "I'm afraid it's not that the emperor wants to keep me, but he really hasn't figured out how I should get married. After all, I'm the only princess in the Dashun Dynasty, so it's inevitable that I have to go the route of marriage. But how and where is it still unknown."
The topic became heavy, and neither of them wanted to talk about it anymore. They deliberately teased Zirui and Xuan Feiyu, and talked about Bai Furong for a while. Seeing that Yao Shu was about to toast this side, at this time, they suddenly heard a panic coming from the path leading to the inner courtyard. Several servants ran out in a panic, looked around, and finally cast their eyes on the table where Feng Yuheng was.
The people at this table were all the Yao family's masters. Two maids came running over, their faces full of fear, and one of them even started crying.
At this time, Xu was sitting there, and she couldn't help but frown and scold: "On such a happy day, what are you doing?"
Because of the sudden shouting, most people in the field looked over here, and one of the maids who could still speak said to Xu: "Madam, there's someone dead in the garden!"
"What?" Xu was shocked. The sudden news made her unable to control her emotions. She spoke louder, attracting the attention of those who had not noticed just now.
Feng Yuheng heard the news clearly, frowned slightly, and seemed to have guessed something. She quickly told the maid beside her: "Wangchuan, follow them to take a look." After that, she gently placed one hand on the back of Xu's hand and said calmly: "Aunt, don't worry, we will tell you after we check it out." After that, she waved to the servants who screamed before, and two more servants came over. She asked one of them: "Tell me carefully, what happened?"
The servants were braver than the maids. When Feng Yuheng asked, they quickly told him everything they saw: "The servants were walking around the mansion as usual, and found a body in the small garden on the way to Xiyuan. It was a male body, and he looked unfamiliar. He was not from the mansion."
"Oh?" She had already guessed it, but she didn't expect that if it was that person, how could he die in the blink of an eye? "Are you injured?"
The servant nodded, "There is blood in the throat, as if the throat was stabbed."
"What happened?" At this time, the eldest master Yao Jingjun also came forward. The servant told the story again. Yao Jingjun was furious and turned around and walked towards the direction of the accident.
Feng Yuheng saw that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he simply helped Xu and the others to get up and follow them over there.
When the guests at the banquet heard that something had happened, they naturally joined in the fun. Except for the timid ladies and children, everyone else followed and headed to the backyard.
On the way, Wangchuan came back and nodded at Feng Yuheng, and she had an idea in her mind.
Soon they arrived at the scene of the incident. As expected, the man who had come to find Lu Yao before had become a dead body, lying quietly on the grass, with blood constantly flowing out of his throat.
The Yao family members came forward to check. Xuan Tianming came close to Feng Yuheng and asked in a low voice: "Do you know this person?"
Feng Yuheng also whispered to him: "If my guess is correct, it should be the eldest son of the Lu family."
"The eldest son of the Lu family?" Xuan Tianming had no impression of this person. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and asked in confusion: "Why is he here? And he died in the Yao family?"
People were also pondering this question in their minds and discussing it one after another, while Yao Jingjun had already opened his mouth to ask everyone: "Excuse me, do you recognize this person?"
The brave man came forward and carefully identified the body. Finally, he pointed at the body and said in surprise: "This... This is Lu Cuo, the eldest son of the Lu family!"
"Lü Cuo?" Yao Jingjun had heard of this person. After all, the Yao and Lu families were married, so they were very familiar with each other's families. However, Lü Cuo lived in other provinces all year round, so he had never met him. Seeing someone identify the deceased as Lü Cuo, he was even more confused. "Come here." He ordered in a deep voice: "Go to the wedding courtyard and invite the servants that the new wife brought from the Lü Mansion."
Soon, two maids and a wet nurse around Lu Yao were invited over. When they saw the corpse on the grass, they were all horrified and one maid almost fainted from fright.
Yao Jingjun asked in a deep voice: "Do you recognize this person?"
The nurse was the most prudent, so she quickly stepped forward and said, "Master, this man... is the eldest son of the Lu family, named Lu Cuo."
Upon hearing that the Lu family had confirmed the identity of the deceased, Yao Shu became a little anxious and couldn't help asking, "Didn't they say that the eldest son of the Lu family was out of town and couldn't come back? He wasn't on the guest list today, so how come he suddenly appeared here?"
The Lu family servants were unable to answer for a moment, but the nurse lowered her eyes and turned her attention to Feng Yuheng...
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