Feng Fendai's stubbornness made the Fifth Prince Xuan Tianyan very helpless. There were many times when he wanted to give up on this girl to ensure his own safety in life, but he could not let go of the Snow Plum Dance that Fendai had performed.
Forget it, it was destined to be ruined by that plum dance, the first half of his life was like this, and the second half of his life would be like this. Then he might as well just accept his fate and let this girl torment him. At worst, he would be dragged into the hell and die with her. That was nothing. Because even if Feng Fendai didn't appear, he would still live a life of drunkenness and dreams like before, surrounded by women like her, partying every night, making the emperor feel disgusted even looking at him. At least his life is better now than before, it's just a woman who tormented him a little, it's nothing.
Xuan Tianyan smiled and reached out to touch Fendai's head. "Okay, it's up to you. Do whatever you want. My life is yours."
Feng Fendai was young after all. She could see Xuan Tianyan's love for her, but she couldn't see the other party's thoughts behind this love. After hearing Xuan Tianyan say that he would do whatever she wanted, she thought that he could finally face reality and the throne. However, she didn't know that Xuan Tianyan was determined to die and let her play this game. Not only would he die, but Feng Fendai would also die.
"Oh, right!" Fen Dai suddenly remembered something. "Feng Yuheng has severed ties with the Feng family, so she has no reason to keep her subordinates in the Feng family. The little bastard that Han left behind, and the wet nurses, maids, and old women around him, are all Feng Yuheng's people. I will drive them away when I go back."
Xuan Tianyan smiled and nodded, "Okay, drive them all away."
"That little bastard has no one to take care of him. If Feng Yuheng doesn't want to see him starve to death, he must take him away immediately. From now on, the mansion will be peaceful and quiet."
The winter siege lasted for another three days. In fact, Emperor Tianwu wanted to go back as early as the first day Xuan Feiyu was injured, but the imperial physician and Feng Yuheng shook their heads, saying that Feiyu's wound had just been sutured and he could not withstand the fatigue of traveling. If the wound was shaken open, all the sewing would be in vain. Tianwu had no choice but to stay for another three days.
Three days later, Xuan Feiyu's wounds healed well in the early stages, and Tianwu finally announced his return to Beijing. Everyone immediately began to pack their bags, and Feng Yuheng put the little white tiger in Huang Quan's arms and told her, "Hold it tight, don't make any mistakes again."
Huang Quan nodded. They all knew how important Feng Yuheng's instructions were. The little white tiger was stolen and hurt Feiyu. If it happened once, it would probably happen again. If it hurt Emperor Tianwu the second time, the consequences would be disastrous. Huang Quan carefully held the little white tiger in her arms. Even Wang Chuan followed her to watch over it, just in case. When the things were almost packed, the voice of the imperial guards came from outside the tent, saying, "Princess, Princess Wuyang is here and wants to see you."
Feng Yuheng personally went over to open the curtain and pulled Xuan Tiange in. As soon as Xuan Tiange came in, he said directly: "Ah Heng, as soon as I arrived at the camp, I sent someone back to the capital to investigate the matter of the palace carriage. Unfortunately, the person in charge of the palace carriage in the mansion has disappeared. I heard from the servant who feeds the horses that not long after we left the capital, the person used the excuse of going out of the mansion to buy things and never came back."
Feng Yuheng patted her shoulder and said helplessly, "It's as expected. The imperial carriage was tampered with. It's most likely that it was broken when it was still in the mansion. It's obvious that it was stolen. But now the person has run away, and it's been so many days. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack to find it. It's difficult."
Xuan Tiange also said: "Yes, the secret guards would have been back soon, but I was unwilling to give up, so I searched for a few more days in the capital, but couldn't find him, so I hurried to report this morning." As she spoke, she let go of Feng Yuheng, paced twice in the tent, and said worriedly: "What should I do? If the palace is not safe, then where else can I stay? The enemy has moved into my house. It's a small matter if he only attacks me in the palace carriage. What if he wants to take my life one day, then I won't be..."
"You think too much." Feng Yuheng hurried to comfort her, "You are a princess, and there are so many secret guards around you. If they really want to take your life, it won't be so easy for them to do it. Also, you don't have to take this matter too seriously. In my opinion, it's unclear whether they want to harm you. Maybe they are coming for me. When we go out in winter, I am very likely to ride in the same palace carriage with you. If I do something to your carriage, it won't just be you who will fall, but me as well."
"You mean they originally wanted to harm you?" Xuan Tiange thought about it, but shook his head and said, "But the hope of tampering with my imperial carriage just to harm you is too slim. Hey! You arrested Concubine Li before, but did you make sure that it was not her who did it? Or, can you believe her words? What if she doesn't dare to admit it?"
"No." Feng Yuheng was quite sure about this. She told Xuan Tiange, "Based on what Concubine Li did that day, she would be sentenced to death even if you didn't add this charge. Adding this charge would still mean death, there is no difference, so there is no need for her to hide it from us. Tiange, you are right. It is too slim to destroy your palace carriage just to harm me, so you have to be on guard. After all, you are the only princess of Dashun. Some people with ulterior motives have their eyes on many places, and they may have their eyes on you. No one can predict such things, so it is always better to be more careful."
Xuan Tiange nodded, "I understand, don't worry. By the way, we will be returning to Beijing soon, will you still sit with me?"
Feng Yuheng shook her head, "No, I have to stay with Feiyu. I'm afraid the car will be too bumpy and his wound will split. You should check more before getting in the car. It's best not to take the arranged car. Change the car temporarily, just in case."
The two discussed for a long time before Xuan Tiange left with peace of mind. At this time, the tents in the camp had been almost all closed, and everyone was packing their things to load onto the carriages they were going to ride. Feng Xiangrong was alone with her maid Shancha, and they were sweating profusely from the back-and-forth, even in the cold weather.
They didn't have much stuff when they came, just some clothes for Xiangrong to change, which was very light. But it was different when they left! In the past few days of winter hunting, Xuan Tianyi, as the prince who had been deprived of the throne and had the most free time, went to the hunting ground every day when he had nothing to do. In the past few days, he really hunted a lot of animal skins, and sent them all to Xiangrong, saying that she could take them back to make winter clothes.
Xiangrong originally didn't want it, but the Fourth Prince's kindness was too good to refuse. If she didn't accept it, he would hang around outside her tent every day. Hanging around was not enough, he would also shout at the top of his voice. Xiangrong had no choice but to accept whatever he gave her, and he took half a carriage.
Shancha smiled and said to Xiangrong while moving the leathers, "The Fourth Prince is really good to the young lady. We can make several cloaks with these leathers when we get home, and we can also make one for Aunt An. The one that the Fifth Prince made for the Fourth Young Lady looked so elegant in her clothes that she even wore it around the mansion several times."
Rong Bujian didn't want to be happy, so he just said calmly: "She wears her own clothes, whoever wants to envy her can envy her, let's not compare."
"Yes, we won't compete." Shancha said cheerfully, "Anyway, we can make a lot of them. When the young lady wears them, she will definitely see them. Who knows how angry she will be. Haha, it's fun to think about it." The little girl was often bullied by Feng Fendai in Feng Mansion, but she was very happy to see her young lady being in the spotlight. "Alas, it would be great if the Fourth Prince was still a prince. With his affection for the young lady, it is a foregone conclusion that you will be on equal footing with the Fourth Young Lady in the future."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Xiang Rong glared at Shan Cha, frowning, "What do you mean by Fourth Prince or not? He and I are just a master and a disciple, so where does the relationship come from? Don't talk nonsense. It's a capital crime to make up stories about the prince."
Shan Cha stuck out her tongue and stopped mentioning the Fourth Prince, but she couldn't help but asked, "Miss, are you still thinking about the Seventh Prince?"
Xiangrong paused for a moment, but soon calmed down. He stuffed the animal skin in his hand into the carriage, then climbed up without anyone's help, sat in the carriage and said nothing more.
Shancha knew that she had made the young lady unhappy, so she didn't dare to say anything more and followed her up to serve.
Soon, everyone was ready and the team heading back to Beijing slowly moved forward.
Feng Yuheng sat in the imperial carriage with Xuan Feiyu and the Second Prince. Xuan Feiyu pestered her to tell him stories, so Feng Yuheng picked up some fairy tales from later generations that she could still remember, and the child was amazed. Feng Yuheng said helplessly: "How old are you? Why are you still listening to stories? Shouldn't you be studying the Four Books and Five Classics?"
The second prince also said, "Did you hear that? You should pay more attention to your studies in the future, and stop playing around all day. Yesterday, your grandfather tested you on your homework and you didn't answer it well. He did it because he thought you were injured, otherwise he would have punished you first."
Xuan Feiyu rubbed against Feng Yuheng and said unwillingly: "It's not like I haven't learned anything. My studies are not very advanced, but my martial arts are highly praised by the master!"
"How could you be bitten like this by such a small thing?" The second prince did not know whether to laugh or cry. He could not understand why his son, who was not small in size and strong, and had learned martial arts from Master Wu, was bitten by a cat?
Xuan Feiyu answered as a matter of course: "That's a tiger!"
"But it's not even as big as a cat!"
"No matter how small it is, it's still a tiger!" Xuan Feiyu was not convinced. "Besides, I was bitten suddenly without any defense. How could I care about fighting? And even if I could fight, Master only taught us how to beat people, not how to beat tigers?"
The child's words made Feng Yuheng and the Second Prince laugh. It was not until Feng Yuheng advised Xuan Feiyu to focus on his studies that Xuan Feiyu told her, "I will go to Xiaozhou after the New Year and enroll in Yunlu Academy like Zirui. Don't worry about your studies, sister."
Feng Yuheng was relieved and comforted Xuan Feiyu, saying that the injury on his arm would heal within a year and would not affect his studies.
The team traveled for several hours, and it was already midnight when they arrived in the capital. The officials and their entourage went home after entering the capital. The princes sent Emperor Tianwu to the palace gate and kowtowed to say goodbye. As for Feng Yuheng, as soon as she returned to the Princess's Mansion, she heard Qingyu tell her a piece of news: "Miss, Madam Yao and Feng Jinyuan are both missing."
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