Feng Yuheng felt that it was a bit difficult to explain the question of "failing to perform", so he just said vaguely: "The general meaning is that you can't lose face at the critical moment."
Xuan Tiange nodded to show her acceptance. As for the young lady of the Grand Secretary Li family, she did not have the slightest sympathy: "These so-called young ladies should be taught how powerful they are and not think that anyone can be provoked. Uncle Huang is right, there is indeed something wrong with the customs of our Dashun. The daughter of a minister dares to provoke the emperor's daughter-in-law? And she is a princess of a country. Who gave them such courage?"
At this time, Ren Xifeng and Feng Tianyu also came over to talk, and Feng Tianyu said, "Ah Heng, it's a blessing in disguise. That university scholar is a member of the Eighth Prince's party, but I'm afraid what happened today was not intentionally directed at you."
"What do you mean?" Feng Yuheng took a sip of tea and said, "I have never met that young lady, and I have never had any contact with the Grand Secretary. Why did she come here like crazy to embarrass me?"
Feng Tianyu said: "Their daughter was not in good health before. She has been living in the Jiangnan area for many years and just came back before the New Year. As for why she is making things difficult for you, I can't figure it out for the time being. Maybe it's just like you said, she's having a seizure!"
"How could he have a seizure for no reason?" Ren Xifeng shook his head helplessly. "But it's strange to say. There are only a few reasons for finding faults. One is for profit, and the other is for love. But if it's about profit, although the Grand Secretary is close to the Eighth Prince, he wouldn't let his daughter come to you so blatantly. With his daughter's little tricks and his mere fourth-rank official rank, it's as easy to crush them as it is to crush an ant. But if it's about love, everyone in Dashun knows that you and the Ninth Prince are engaged. In the past two years, under your dominance, even those women in the capital who originally had some thoughts about the Ninth Prince had to stop. Where did she get the courage? What's more, I heard that the person she likes is the Sixth Prince."
"Yes." Speaking of this, Xuan Tiange also remembered something, "I heard yesterday that the Grand Secretary sent something to Sixth Brother's house, but it was said that he was refused outside and Sixth Brother confiscated it. It's possible that it was sent by that young lady."
"Why, a family of only four members wants to marry into the Sixth Prince's Xianwang Mansion?" Feng Tianyu couldn't understand it at all. For a moment, he was indignant when he spoke: "I don't understand what people are thinking now. They don't even look at their own status and dare to fancy anyone. When my father was still a fifth child, I didn't even dare to think about those high and mighty princes! Everyone knows that if you want to marry a prince, your family must be at least a first-rank official, or a senior official stationed in a certain place. How come any random person is so infatuated with the prince now? How shameless!"
The more she talked, the angrier she got. Feng Yuheng saw that if she continued talking like this, she would probably chase the university scholar's daughter outside the palace and tear her apart. So she quickly suppressed Feng Tianyu's anger and said to her, "So, if you don't know how high the sky is, you will only suffer. Let's not be angry with them." As she spoke, she was thinking about why the university scholar's daughter did this to her. In fact, she should wait and see what the other party had to say before taking any action. Unfortunately, she was in a bad mood after the exchange with the Eighth Prince. Don't blame anything, just blame that young lady for being unlucky! As for the reason why the young lady was looking for trouble, Feng Yuheng didn't care, and actually thought about the young lady sending things to the Sixth Prince.
At this time, the royal family had started singing and dancing, and people were back to the party. The princes' wives were all very perceptive. Xuan Tiange and Feng Yuheng were at this table, and they had invited a few young ladies. Those young ladies were not from ordinary families either. The young ladies from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and the General Pingnan's Mansion were well-known in the whole of Dashun. None of them came back, and they simply stayed with the imperial concubines, leaving this table empty for the maids.
A few people were eating snacks and chatting, and soon, the palace servants brought up the wine and food, and everyone who had not had dinner yet started eating.
Feng Yuheng had just taken two bites of the Four Joys Meatballs when she saw a palace maid walking over and standing beside her. She leaned over and whispered, "Princess, I am from Yuehan Palace. We heard from the palace that the Eighth Prince went to the capital a few days ago and brought back 20 carriages with a group of Persians, both men and women, who looked like dancers. They are coming to the palace now and have already entered the palace gate."
Hearing this, Feng Yuheng's heart skipped a beat, and even the hand holding the luminous cup trembled subconsciously, and some of the wine in the cup spilled out and poured onto the back of her hand. The palace maid who delivered the message did not stay for long, and left quietly after she finished speaking, leaving no trace, and soon disappeared into the crowd.
Feng Yuheng was stunned on the spot, and finally understood why she was always uneasy in her heart all day, and even her eyelids were twitching. It turned out that she was waiting here. She came to Dashun for so many years, and her personality was completely different from before, which eventually made Yao leave her hometown. Suddenly, she mastered all the skills and methods, and pushed them all to a non-existent Persian master with a lie. Now, has someone finally questioned this? Of course, she never expected that she would never have doubts about this in her life, but she didn't expect it to happen so soon. She didn't expect that the first person to question it was not someone close to her, but a powerful opponent. Moreover, this opponent chose to openly expose this matter on such an occasion, but she didn't know what kind of crime the other party would accuse her of if she was exposed.
"Ah Heng." Xuan Tiange tugged at her sleeve and asked, "What's wrong? Where is that palace maid from? What did she say to you?"
Feng Yuheng came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's from Yuehan Palace, my mother told me to go see her when I have time."
When Xuan Tiange heard that it was from Concubine Yun, she felt relieved and started chatting with her sisters about all sorts of things.
Feng Yuheng was really a little nervous. This happened suddenly. Although she had always been worried that this lie would be exposed one day, it happened so suddenly that she had not thought of a plan to deal with it. At this time, thinking about the Eighth Prince asking about the pen, she finally understood what the other party meant. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it's really hard to deal with a snake! This method, this routine, is really much better than the Third Prince Xuan Tianye. Others say that they make a fortune in silence. In her opinion, the Eighth Prince is just sulking and doing bad things. He is also wild. It is clear that he is full of evil.
Feng Yuheng was not someone who would give in easily. Worry flashed through her mind, and then she was relieved. Sooner or later, this day would come. It would be better to deal with it sooner rather than later, and save herself from being worried all day. Thinking about it again, had she been too low-key recently? Was she too polite to others? To the point that some people thought she had returned to the soft persimmon she was a few years ago, a little girl who could be sent away casually by a father like Feng Jinyuan without even saying a word?
It seems that human beings are really like branches. If they are not trimmed regularly, they will grow crooked. If she doesn't come out to knock them down from time to time, there will always be people who think they can easily step on her head.
Forget it. I'm doomed to have no peaceful life, so I'll just counter the opponent's moves. However, I can't waste the counterattack. I have to fight back with every move. This is called reciprocity.
After the two dances, the Eighth Prince spoke up and said to Emperor Tianwu, "Father, I have prepared a special gift for you when I return to the capital this time." When he said this, he glanced at Feng Yuheng and said, "I'm sure Princess Ji'an will like this gift too."
Tianwu was not curious about gifts or not. He was the emperor and had seen many good things. To be honest, he really didn't care about anything except Feng Yuheng's things. He just complained about the words used by the Eighth Prince: "Eighth Prince, even if you haven't been in the capital for many years, you shouldn't be alienated from your brothers. Why do I feel like you are an outsider when I hear you talking?"
The Eighth Prince was stunned, not understanding what the Emperor Tianwu was talking about. But the eldest prince beside him spoke up, "Eighth brother may not have been back to Beijing for many years, so he is unfamiliar with this place and has not had much contact with Ah Heng. Eighth brother, what father meant is how can you call Ah Heng Princess Ji'an all the time? We brothers all call her sister-in-law."
The eldest prince was easy-going and had been doing business for many years, so he was quite smooth. It was natural for him to smooth things over. But as soon as he finished speaking, Xuan Tianming spoke again, saying directly: "How can I be so embarrassed to ask for a relationship with him? My dear Eighth Prince is such a noble man. Besides, Heng Heng asked me a few days ago whether she should call him My dear Eighth Prince or Eighth Prince. I said you should just call him My dear Eighth Prince! She said no, My dear Eighth Prince, it sounds like calling a bird, it's really disrespectful, it's better to call him Eighth Prince. You see, girls are more modest, so let her be!"
Everyone knew that Xuan Tianming was not only cruel and ruthless but also had a sharp tongue. He was good at telling lies. He could speak in a set without even thinking. Even the Eighth Prince, who always had a smooth expression, had a gloomy face, and was obviously embarrassed. But at this moment, the calm Seventh Prince Xuan Tianhua added another blow: "Well, don't say it. Ming'er, I don't think it's nice to hear you mention it like that."
Xuan Tianmo almost vomited blood, but at least he remembered that his next bowel movement was to embarrass the girl, so he suppressed his anger and finally adjusted his mentality. Then he said, "Father, you are too worried. I have little contact with the county...oh, my younger brother and sister-in-law, so it is not easy to call them for the time being, but I am thinking about my brothers and sisters-in-law. So, this gift I mentioned is for you to see something new, and also to relieve my younger brother and sister-in-law's thoughts."
Tianwu was surprised when he heard this and asked, "What is it?"
The eighth prince Xuan Tianmo then laughed: "Father, it's not an object, but a dance. It's just that the dancers are quite special, they... are from Persia!"
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