Huang Quan happened to be standing at the door of the tent at that moment, and asked casually, "Whose servant are you? What do you want to bring to our princess?" As he spoke, he lifted the curtain and let the person in.
The visitor was a servant, but because there were many people coming to the winter market, the palace had already established a rule that no matter whose family the servant belonged to, they had to wear a wooden plaque with their family name printed on it around their waist to show their status. The wooden plaque on the servant's body clearly had the word "Lu" written on it, which made Huang Quan suspicious. What was the maid from the Lu family doing in their tent? Didn't the Lu family and the Princess's Mansion always have a bad relationship?
Feng Yuheng was still puzzled, so Wang Chuan asked first, "Servant of the Lu family? What are you doing here?"
The servant stretched out his hands, and he was holding a small exquisite heater in his palms, which was half wrapped in brocade. The embroidery was also very exquisite and beautiful. He bowed to Feng Yuheng, and then answered: "I am indeed a member of the Lu family. The prime minister asked me to send this heater to the third lady, but the third lady said that she would be blind if she used such a good thing, and insisted that I send it to the princess. The third lady said that she hoped the princess would not despise it and accept her small gift."
"The third young lady of the Lu family? Lu Yan?" Huang Quan asked in confusion, "What is she thinking? She actually sent something to my princess? How can she have any friendship with our princess?"
The servant said in embarrassment, "Miss, I usually follow the Prime Minister, so I don't know much about the young ladies. Today, I caught up with her, so I went to see the Third Young Lady. As for why she wanted to give me the heater, I really don't know. I hope the princess won't make things difficult for me. You can take the heater. Even if you don't like it, you can just throw it away. But if I take it back, the Third Young Lady will definitely scold me according to her temper. You know, the Lu family is counting on the Third Young Lady now, and the Prime Minister holds her in his hands and loves her dearly. Princess, please have mercy on me, please."
The boy spoke in a pitiful way, and he knelt on the ground after he finished speaking, with an attitude that said "I won't get up unless you put it down", which made the others feel helpless.
Feng Yu waved her hand, "Forget it, since it's been delivered, just keep it. I think the heater is quite exquisite, it's good to display it for viewing."
When Huang Quan heard that Feng Yuheng had accepted it, he quickly stepped forward to take the stove. The servant kowtowed for a while and said a lot of nice things before he left. Wang Chuan was cautious and also lifted the curtain to walk two steps out. The servant even said politely, "Miss, please stay, please stay." Then he turned and walked away.
Wang Chuan stood at the door of the tent for a while, until he saw the servant walking towards the Lu family's tent, then he turned to the two imperial guards standing outside the tent and said, "If anyone else comes, ask loudly who it is. No matter who it is, you have to make some noise to let the master inside know someone is coming. Do you understand?"
The imperial guards were always arrogant because they only worked in the palace. They didn't take ordinary officials seriously, let alone the women's camp. They were only responsible for guarding, and as for tipping off or something like that, they had no control over such things. However, the tents these two were guarding were different. They knew that this was the tent of Princess Ji'an. Even if they were arrogant, they couldn't neglect her. What's more, the power of the entire imperial guards was actually in the hands of the seventh prince! Even with the relationship between the seventh prince and the ninth prince, Princess Ji'an couldn't afford to offend. So they quickly nodded in agreement, and Wangchuan didn't treat them badly. He reached into his sleeve pocket and stuffed a silver ingot into each of them.
When she entered the tent again, she saw Huang Quan holding the stove and sitting in front of Feng Yuheng, studying it. He flipped through the book and said, "If someone is too attentive to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. Miss, what do you think Miss Lu is thinking about? Why did she send this?"
Feng Yuheng shook his head, "How should I know? Some people's psychology is something that normal people will never understand."
Wangchuan walked forward, took the heater from Huangquan, opened the lid, and looked at it carefully, then shook his head in confusion - "I can't see anything special about it."
Huang Quan also said: "Yes, I have also seen it, there is nothing special about it, but even if we can't see anything special about the things sent by such people, we can't easily believe them. The heater needs charcoal to heat up, maybe it will be different after adding charcoal, come, let's try it."
Huang Quan said he would try it, and he did not delay at all. He immediately picked up a few small pieces of charcoal from the charcoal brazier in the room and put them in the heater. Then he thought about it and moved away from Feng Yuheng. He said to them, "Don't let it burn until it becomes poisonous. Wangchuan, you watch the young lady. Otherwise, why don't you two sit at the door? If this heater has been tampered with, I will definitely not be able to test it out if I take it outside. It's windy outside, and the medicinal gas will dissipate once it blows. We still have to stay in the tent."
Feng Yuheng smiled bitterly, "It's okay, you can try it. Even if someone is poisoned, it won't kill you instantly. There's always a chance for you to escape."
Wang Chuan saw that she spoke so easily, so he asked, "Miss, do you mean that there should be no problem with this heater?"
She laughed, "What could be the problem? If Lu Yan wanted to harm me so blatantly, then she must have a problem with her brain. But we should still try, what if the item was not sent by Lu Yan? The servant just now only claimed to be a servant of the Lu family, and with the badge hanging on his waist, we also thought he was a servant of the Lu family. But who can know if the badge was stolen, and if the Lu family servant's words are bullshit. Let's try, we must make sure there is no chance of error."
Huang Quan carefully lit the stove again and again, and did not notice anything unusual until he added charcoal for the third time. He had to agree with Feng Yuheng's first reason: "It seems that Lu Yan is not stupid and did not tamper with it."
Wang Chuan was more cautious, and still did not let Feng Yuheng hold the heater. "Let the servants keep it. We can just put it on display as we said before. There is no need to give her face by holding it every day. This thing is beautiful, but if the young lady likes it, we can find a better one after we go back. This one must not be used."
Feng Yuheng agreed with her and ignored her. He just watched Wang Chuan put the heater on the stool. Then the little white tiger that had been wandering around on the ground watched and fiddled with it a few times before pushing it to the ground and rolling away.
When they saw that they could give the little white tiger a toy, they felt that it was worth the money.
That night, everyone slept peacefully, and only the guards outside the tent walked back and forth from time to time to ensure the safety of the camp. As for the rumors that many ladies had said before that they could hear the calls of wild beasts in the dead of night, Feng Yuheng actually paid special attention to listen, but did not hear anything, which caused Huangquan and Wangchuan to laugh at him.
When she had nothing to do, Feng Yuheng was used to getting up early to practice. The East Suburb Hunting Ground was in the mountains, and the air was very good, so she didn't want to miss such a good opportunity. So, at dawn, she urged the two maids to get up, wash, and change into the short clothes they usually wore when practicing, then lifted the curtain and walked out.
The guards at the gate saw that she was going to go far away, so they asked if they wanted to accompany her for protection, but they were left at the edge of the tent. Wangchuan told them: "Just keep an eye on the tent, no one is allowed to enter." After giving them some instructions, the three of them started jogging to warm up, and gradually ran to the outskirts of the camp.
The East Suburb Hunting Ground is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the only entrance and exit is now guarded by a large number of imperial guards to ensure the emperor's safety. Feng Yuheng ran to a mountain path, where the population gradually thinned out and the air became better. In addition, the sky was whitening, and the first ray of morning light peeked out, making people feel very good. She simply took out the whip and waved it, competing with Huangquan Wangchuan from time to time, but it was never as exciting as when she fought with Xuan Tianming. After a few rounds, she lost interest, so she stopped, wiped the sweat, and looked into the woods on the left side of the path for a while, seemingly unintentionally, then suddenly raised the corner of her lips and said, "Come out! You followed this princess to run such a long way, you are so tired and panting, so loud, how can you expect anyone not to hear it?"
Huang Quan and Wang Chuan were not surprised at her words. It was obvious that the two maids were proficient in martial arts and had already discovered that someone was following them and hiding in the woods. However, they did not say anything because they knew that the other party's ability was not enough to hurt Feng Yuheng. Now that Feng Yuheng said this, the two maids also laughed, and then they heard Huang Quan say: "Some people are just smart and don't think about whether they have the brains."
After saying that, the three of them looked towards a place in the forest. There was a very thick tree there. It was as if they all had X-ray vision and they were very sure that the other party was hiding behind the tree.
As expected, a person came out from behind the big tree. It was none other than the third daughter of the Lu family, Lu Yan.
She delivered a heater yesterday and she is following her today. Huang Quan looked at Lu Yan and was too lazy to even say anything. She just rolled her eyes. She didn't want to pay any attention to such a stupid, dumb and unpopular person.
It was Lu Yan who spoke first, smiling at Feng Yuheng, "My princess has a good ear, it's all Lu Yan's fault for showing off. My princess is a master of martial arts, how could she not know someone was following her." As she spoke, she stepped forward and bowed to Feng Yuheng very seriously, then said, "Please don't be offended, my princess. Although Lu Yan followed me here, she has no ill intentions. She just wanted to have a chance to chat with me, so she followed me."
"Oh?" Feng Yuheng smiled and said, "Then Miss Lu's opportunity is really a coincidence. This princess has dressed up and left the tent at dawn, and Miss Lu also dressed up and left the tent. If it weren't for me, where would Miss Lu be going to get up so early?"
Lu Yan was obviously prepared for this question, and immediately answered with a smile: "My father always said that there is a lot of spiritual energy in the mountains, especially in the morning. If you can get up early and take a few breaths, you will feel refreshed all day long. So I got up at this time specifically, just to feel the fresh air in the mountains."
"I see." Feng Yuheng responded calmly, then looked at Lu Yan without saying another word.
Lu Yan was a little embarrassed. She coughed lightly and finally brought the topic of her coming here - "Princess, Lu Yan followed you today mainly to... discuss a deal with you."
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