The Eighth Prince brought back twenty carriages when he returned to the capital. Feng Yuheng had to think more when she heard this. Normally, when a prince stationed at the border returns to the capital, unless he has a family or will never return, he will bring more people back. Otherwise, at most, he will have some attendants and masters to follow and protect him. However, attendants and masters usually don't ride in carriages, they all ride horses. Twenty carriages can seat a lot of people.
She was concerned and still pondered. Xuan Tiange beside her whispered to her, "I heard that he brought a lot of carriages into the city, but the carriages he brought back went directly to Prince Sheng's mansion and did not show up outside. But it's not surprising. After all, it's New Year's Day, and those carriages may not be full of people. I think it should be good things brought back from the south. There are a lot of things in the capital that need to be taken care of. Send some to the palace, and then go around outside the palace. It will cost a lot of things."
After hearing Xuan Tiange's explanation, Feng Yuheng felt that it made sense, but after thinking about it again, she still thought it was not that simple. But as to how it was not simple, she could not figure it out for a moment. But at this moment, several ladies were whispering not far away, and they were all talking with their mouths covered. She could not hear or see, so naturally she did not know what they were talking about. But those ladies looked at her from time to time during the conversation. Although they were very careful, she still noticed it. Her intuition told her that what they were talking about must be related to her, but she did not know whether it was the boring gossip in the capital, or something else.
The first few ladies were very active in their conversation, and they were already talking about the first love of girls. One of them said, "The Eighth Prince has become more attractive after his years of experience outside. His skin has become darker and he has a slight beard."
As soon as this was said, someone immediately joked, "Smell? What smell? Do you like smelling that smell? Tell me the truth, are you attracted to the Eighth Prince?"
The woman who spoke earlier blushed, and it was obvious that what she was saying hit the nail on the head. But after a moment of shyness, she bit her lower lip with her upper teeth. After a while, she shook her head helplessly: "My mother said that the princes are of such noble status that we can't afford to marry them. What's more, the Eighth Prince has such a promising future. If we really try to marry him, we may get into trouble in the future and bring trouble to our family."
The voice was not loud, Feng Yuheng could tell by the shape of his lips. She couldn't quite remember what the Eighth Prince looked like, but it was certain that the Xuan family members were not ugly. The Eighth Prince was stationed at the border, and in the southern part of the border, so he would be more wild, and it was normal for these girls to be crazy about him.
The girl's words caused several young ladies around to sigh, and then one of them said, "Don't say that the Eighth Prince doesn't dare to count on it, who else can count on it? My family also said that if you want to live a good life, it's best not to marry into the royal family. Although marrying into the royal family may make you rich and powerful in the future, and help your family win glory. But since ancient times, wealth and honor are sought in danger. We are not a poor family. There is no need to take risks for greater wealth and honor. It is better to live in peace."
These words caused several people to sigh in admiration.
Feng Yuheng, however, had developed some favorable feelings towards these young ladies. After all, since she came to the Dashun Dynasty, most of the people she had met were people of the type that could make Feng Chenyu and Feng Fendai look beautiful, and most of the men were like Feng Jinyuan, who only cared about fame and fortune. But now she found that there were actually quite a few families who could think open-mindedly, and only wanted peace instead of wealth. Such a mindset was indeed rare in ancient times.
She suddenly remembered something. Last time at the Moon Festival, she had promised the eldest daughter of the Lu family, Lu Ping, to help her with her armpit odor. But she was busy with this and that and put it aside. In addition, a lot of things happened during the winter feast, so Lu Ping didn't have time to take care of it. But she asked Wangchuan to send a spray over after the Moon Festival, which should be enough for a while. It just so happened that she had promised Mrs. Lu that she would go to see Lu Yan's poisoning tomorrow, so she would also go to see Lu Ping.
She was lost in thought and didn't say anything for a while. It was Xuan Tiange and the others around her who grabbed her and asked about Bai Furong's condition. She came back to her senses and quickly told them, "It's fine. She's already 90% recovered. The rest has to be slowly taken care of. It takes years to recover, not overnight. Although the disease is not a problem, she can't enter the palace. After all, everyone knows that she is sick. It's better for someone who hasn't shown up for more than half a year not to rush to attend the palace banquet at this time."
After hearing that Bai Furong was fine, the others breathed a sigh of relief and began to discuss when to go to the Princess's Mansion to take a look. Xuan Tiange remembered something, so he grabbed Feng Yuheng and whispered, "I heard that after Bage returned to the capital, his motorcade entered the Shengwang Mansion, and he went directly to the palace. After entering the palace, he did not go to see the Emperor's uncle, but went to Concubine Yuan first, gave her a lot of good things, and the two talked for more than an hour."
Feng Yuheng said: "I have heard that the Eighth Prince and Concubine Yuan have a deep mother-son relationship. Regardless of what kind of person the Eighth Prince is, he is a filial son and is very obedient to Concubine Yuan. He basically listens to whatever Concubine Yuan says."
Xuan Tiange snorted coldly, "What do you mean by filial or unfilial son? He is only filial to his mother, but I don't see how much respect he has for the emperor uncle." At this point, he sighed and said, "Everyone wants to be the emperor, but what's the good of being the emperor? He is neither a minister nor a son. His own son treats him well, mostly to curry favor with him, and with a purpose. How can he be sincere? Sometimes I think about it, I really pity the emperor uncle. I always want to go to the palace to accompany him more, but sometimes there are too many things to do in the mansion, so I can't leave."
Feng Yuheng advised her, "Life is like this, there are gains and losses, not to mention that our emperor is not necessarily a lonely man, at least the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince treat him sincerely."
Xuan Tiange nodded and said, "Yes, that's why I like my seventh and ninth brothers. Of course, my eldest and second brothers are also good, and there is also my sixth brother. He is actually a filial son. It's a pity that Lady Li is obsessed with her son's future. She thinks that burying oneself in books all day is not what a man should do. After all, the prince doesn't have to take the imperial examination. My sixth brother was so annoyed by her that he went to the northeast." She sighed and reminded Feng Yuheng, "Eighth brother is back, you have to be careful. He has always been scheming. He has been scheming since he was a child. In addition, his mind is also on the throne. Who knows what trap he will set for your ninth brother and you this time he comes back. He is not like the old third brother before. He is the biological son of the emperor's uncle and a general stationed at the border. Ah Heng, I am not scaring you. Once he returns to the court, the court will definitely not be calm again."
Although Xuan Tiange lowered his voice, he did not avoid talking to Feng Tianyu and Ren Xifeng. Ren Xifeng, in particular, quickly joined in the conversation upon hearing this topic: "Not only is the court in chaos, but wherever he is, there is chaos. Two of my father's old subordinates were killed by the Eighth Prince in the south of the border. After hearing the news, my father fell seriously ill and was so angry that he scolded the Eighth Prince for several days at home. When he was furious, he even shouted that my eldest brother should go and take back the power in the south. Of course, he was just talking in anger."
Feng Tianyu also sighed and told the others, "Recently, my father has been saying that the court is going to be in chaos. I don't understand how it will happen, but from what you said, it seems to be closely related to the Eighth Prince. Forget it, let's not worry about it. Ah Heng, don't worry too much. After all, these are men's affairs. Let them handle it themselves."
Feng Yuheng could only nod her head. She could only talk to Xuan Tianming about this matter in private. It was impossible for her to intervene in the court. Moreover, even if she was asked to do so, she would not be able to understand it.
At this time, someone came from the Jade Palace and asked all the women to come over. The Queen then came out of the palace, followed by a group of concubines. The palace maids all held up lanterns to lead the way. It was a very beautiful scene to see from afar.
The Jade Palace was very beautiful at night, with colorful lanterns, but the most creative thing was that there were many luminous cups on the banquet table, which really surprised Feng Yuheng. Grape wine and luminous cups, she had such a poem in her mind, and she always thought that these luminous cups must have been very rare items in ancient times, just like night pearls. Although the royal family could certainly afford them, it was not to the extent that at a palace banquet, several tables where important people sat were filled with such things.
She was shocked and asked Xuan Tiange in a low voice: "Are there many things like luminous cups in the palace?"
Xuan Tiange shook his head, "I haven't heard of them. But we have two in our house. My father treasures them like they are nothing and won't let me touch them easily. I don't think there can be too many in stock in the palace, right? Otherwise, I would have said a lot about my love for them. Why did the emperor uncle love me so much, so he only gave me two?"
What she said made sense, but it also made people feel even more strange. Feng Yuheng pointed at the Jade Palace that was already in front of him and asked, "Why are you so generous now? Where did these things come from?"
Not only Feng Yuheng was surprised, but everyone who came to the palace opened their mouths and gasped. For a moment, there was a "hissing" sound of gasps in front of the palace, and some young ladies who couldn't control their emotions had already rushed to the tables in front. This included Feng Fendai! The girl was greedy for money, and had no resistance to jewels and precious things. She rushed forward with a group of ladies, but was quickly stopped by the palace servants.
Because it was New Year's Day, the palace servants felt a little contempt in their hearts, but they could not show it. They still smiled and said, "The front is where the masters sit. Please don't go forward."
Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tiange naturally sat at the tables with luminous cups. Xuan Tiange immediately pulled her forward and said as they walked, "Where did these good things come from? Uncle Huang, please remember to pack a few for me and Ah Heng to take back later."
Tianwu had already been sitting in the main seat, and the empress and a group of concubines also came forward. They first kowtowed to Tianwu, and then before the emperor could speak, one of the princes spoke first, "If I had known that my little sister liked this thing, I would have packed your portion and kept it. Remember to take it with you when you leave the palace later!"
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