The news that Yao and Feng Jinyuan were missing made Feng Yuheng stunned for a moment, but she soon understood. She walked back to her room with a gloomy face. Qingyu, Wangchuan Huangquan, and Banzou were all there, all looking at her and waiting for her orders. But after staring at her master for a long time, she didn't see any surprising reaction from Feng Yuheng. Huangquan couldn't help but ask, "Miss, what should I do?"
Feng Yuheng came back to his senses and asked, "What can I do?"
Huang Quan was puzzled, Ban Zou and Wang Chuan frowned, but Qing Yu spoke up, "I got the news two days ago that Madam Yao was no longer in the other courtyard. But it is said that she actually disappeared three days ago, because we withdrew the secret guards in the other courtyard before, so the news is not as well-informed as before. Speaking of which, the disappearance was first reported in the Yao family's other courtyard, and then our secret guards who stayed in Feng Mansion to watch over the young master said that Feng Jinyuan also did not return overnight. Until the young lady came back, the two were still missing."
"If they are missing, then they are missing. Why are they together?" Huang Quan was puzzled. "They are not close to each other! Aren't they enemies? Or...they are missing just by coincidence, but they are not in the same place?"
Wang Chuan snorted coldly, "How can there be so many coincidences? In my opinion, they are in the same group." After that, he asked Xiang Feng Yuheng: "Miss, what should we do about this? Should we intervene or not? If the two of them conspire to make trouble together, it is still a small matter, but what if one of them is kidnapped by the other..."
"Are you afraid that Feng Jinyuan will kidnap Madam Yao?" Huang Quan waved his fist. "Don't say that Feng Jinyuan doesn't have the courage or the strength. Even if he does, it's Madam Yao who deserves it. Our young lady has severed ties with her, so whoever wants to kidnap her can do it. Young lady, I don't care. I'll prepare water for you to bathe. You can have a good sleep. Let them do whatever they want outside. It doesn't matter to me."
Wang Chuan stamped his feet, stopped Huang Quan for a moment, and then advised Feng Yuheng: "Miss, don't listen to Huang Quan. You still need to think about this matter carefully. In my opinion, could it be related to Noble Yuan?"
After Wang Chuan said this, Feng Yuheng finally laughed and praised, "Finally someone has come to his senses. If the situation is true, and the two of them really disappeared at the same time, then there is a great possibility that they were secretly sent to the Southern Realm by Yuan Guiren's men, and met up with Fu Ya in Biannan. Or maybe they didn't even need to wait until Biannan, and they might have met up halfway."
"Should we chase him?" Ban Zou asked her, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "It's too late to chase him. After so many days, we don't know where he has run to. There is only one official road from the capital to the southern border, but there are many small roads. We don't have much chance of winning."
"No, what can we pursue?" Feng Yuheng shrugged, took a sip of tea handed in by the servant, and then said: "Noble Yuan is trying to create the illusion that Princess Ji'an has arrived in the Biannan area, so naturally he has to make a good show. How can Fu Ya alone be enough? How can people be convinced? After all, Princess Ji'an is not married yet, and she can't hold the scene alone. If you bring your own parents over, Feng Jinyuan and Yao will stage a reconciliation over there, that would be a great show, and that would make Fu Ya's identity more solid."
"If that's the case, why don't we chase them?" Huang Quan was puzzled. "Miss, you have analyzed what kind of impact they will cause in the southern part of the border, so why don't you send people to chase them? If one person can't catch up, then send two people. We have enough manpower. Send more people out and go every way. Even if they reach the southern border, we can find a way to bring them back. We can't just let them develop their power like this!"
Huang Quan's words also expressed the thoughts of others. Even Qingyu and Wangchuan couldn't understand why Feng Yuheng said he would not pursue her.
Feng Yuheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've said it before, Fu Ya's life in Biannan won't be so peaceful." Then he asked Ban Zou, "Have you given the order to Baicaotang?"
Ban Zou nodded, "Everything has been ordered. Our liaison station has been activated. Baicaotang can transmit news very quickly."
Feng Yuheng said "yeah", and then said: "Besides that, the reason why I said I won't chase her is because someone will chase her for us."
"Who?" everyone asked in unison.
Feng Yuheng replied: "Feng Fendai! Think about it, Feng Jinyuan and Yao, plus that Fu Ya, this top-notch family of three went to the Southern Realm, who were they helping? Obviously the Eighth Prince! But what about Feng Fendai? She is the future principal wife of the Fifth Prince, and all her plans and calculations are used on the Fifth Prince, including joining forces with Li Guiren, all of which are paving the way for the Fifth Prince to achieve great things in the future. But Feng Jinyuan, as her father, ran to the South at this critical juncture to help the Eighth Prince, and also combined with Yao. Do you think that with Feng Fendai's personality, she will not go crazy?"
"That must be crazy." Huang Quan finally understood this time, "Miss, what you mean is that Feng Fendai will definitely ask the Fifth Prince to send people to chase after him? But how does she know where Feng Jinyuan went?"
"Stupid." Ban Zou rolled his eyes at her. "Why don't we find a chance to tell her about it?"
"That's right." Huang Quan accepted the criticism. "Then don't worry about this matter, young lady. Just pass the message on and leave it to us. I guarantee that Feng Fendai will send people to chase her south tomorrow. No matter if we can catch her or not, once the young lady starts making trouble, there will be no peace in the south."
"Okay!" Feng Yuheng sighed, "After so many years, give her a chance to find her father."
Feng Yuheng guessed correctly. When Feng Fendai heard that Feng Jinyuan had not returned to the mansion for several days and was suspected of being missing, she almost exploded with anger and shouted loudly, "Why can't he make people worry less! What is he doing now?" After shouting, she grabbed the housekeeper He Zhong who reported the news to her and asked in a shrill voice, "Where is Feng Jinyuan going? Where did he go?"
He Zhong looked bitter: "Fourth Miss, if I knew where the master had gone, I would have found him long ago. There would be no need to wait for the young lady to come back to report."
"Teahouses! Brothels! Red-light districts! Have you ever looked for these places?" Feng Fendai knew her father well, so she listed a few places on the spot.
But He Zhong shook his head and said, "It's impossible to go to that kind of place. The master has no money, how can he go there?"
"I asked you to look for him because I'm penniless!" Feng Fendai said, "It's probably because he had no money and was beaten to death in there. He didn't dare to report it to the police, so he was buried in a hurry! Damn old man, he has brought shame to the Feng family!"
Fendai was raging in the front yard, and since Rong came back with her, she naturally heard everything clearly. She was also clueless about Feng Jinyuan's disappearance, but she was not as angry as Feng Fendai, so she reminded He Zhong: "Let's look for him as the fourth young lady said. Regardless of whether it is what the fourth young lady said, it's not that father has never secretly taken money and property from the mansion before. If he wants to spend money, he can find things from any courtyard and resell them. Maybe he will have money again."
After hearing this reminder, He Zhongdao felt that it made sense, so he quickly took people out to look for it again.
Fendai stood in the yard, still angry, her mind kept turning, trying to think of where Feng Jinyuan could run to. Xiangrong felt bored, and said nothing more, walking back to her yard with her maid. As for the leathers she brought back, they had been sent to the embroidery shop after entering the capital. Now, this Feng Mansion was just a temporary resting place for her. She could leave at any time, and she could be driven out at any time. Home didn't feel like home, there was no sense of security, and no family affection. She had even begun to save money secretly, thinking of a way to buy a yard for herself in the future and take An Shi over to live a good life.
"Miss, where do you think the master will go?" Shancha asked her in a low voice, "Will he really go to a brothel?"
Xiang Rong snorted coldly, "Who cares? Let him go wherever he wants. It has nothing to do with us."
As she was talking, the small courtyard came into view. An was standing at the gate of the courtyard. When she saw her coming back, she hurried over to greet her and asked considerately, "Are you tired? You didn't bring extra clothes after being gone for so many days. Is it cold in the hunting grounds? Is the winter hunting lively?"
Xiangrong felt warm in his heart, and holding An's hand, he finally found some sense of home. "Mom, I'm fine."
An looked around and whispered, "Just call me Auntie."
Xiang Rong shook her head firmly, "No, mother is mother, there is no aunt. Mother, don't be afraid, the Feng family is living like this now, do you want to set some rules here? Who will listen to whom? We just come back to this broken place to sleep, and we will move out sooner or later."
After hearing this, An no longer insisted. She was happy that her daughter could call her mother. With this happiness, she even began to feel fortunate that the Feng family had fallen. If the Feng family had not fallen, she would probably never have heard the word "mother" in her life.
The two of them went to An's room together. Shancha followed behind and said cheerfully, "Don't worry, Madam. Miss is doing well in the hunting grounds. With the Fourth Prince taking care of her, she didn't suffer any harm and brought back a lot of animal skins. We will send them to the shop when we enter the capital. Madam, go and take a look tomorrow. There are many cloaks made there. They are all made by the Fourth Prince specifically for Miss."
Hearing that the maid had also changed her tone and called Xiangrong "Madam" instead of "Auntie", she could no longer hold back the words that she had been holding in her heart for a long time. She pulled Xiangrong and said, "In my opinion, we should just not live in this Feng Mansion. The business of the shop has been good in the past two years. Even if we can't afford such a big mansion, we can still buy a courtyard that is big enough for the two of us and a few servants. You keep calling me "Mother" and "Madam" all the time. If you continue to live here, I'm afraid there will be trouble again. The temper of the fourth young lady is also a headache. It's better to have less trouble than more. Just endure it for a few more days. Don't call her anything careless in front of her. After we move out, we can live our own lives and no one can control us."
Xiangrong nodded and immediately agreed to the decision. He was about to talk to An about Feng Jinyuan's disappearance and discuss when to go to see the courtyard. At this time, a servant came running in and whispered to the two of them, "Aunt, Miss, the fourth lady suspects that the master has gone to the Lian Mansion next door and has already stood at the door of the Lian Mansion and scolded him."
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