The sound of Feng Chenyu instantly made her the focus of the audience.
Princess Ding'an realized early on that her limelight had been stolen by Chenyu. Now seeing her attacking again, her expression could not help but darken even more.
Princess Qingle, who was sitting next to her, twisted her fingers and muttered viciously, "The Feng family is really full of bitches."
Besides, the fat woman who was scolded by Chenyu couldn't hold back her face anymore. She pinched Chenyu's waist and said, "You are the eldest daughter of Feng Mansion, but my husband is also a third-rank official in the court. I saw that you are good-looking, so I wanted to find you a good marriage out of kindness. My son who always ranks in the top 50 in the Yunlu Academy exams every year may be able to get the top prize in the next year's imperial examination. By then, you will not want to marry into our family!"
Feng Chenyu was so angry that her face turned blue. Just thinking that your son can barely squeeze into the top 50 and wants to get the top prize? Even if he gets the top prize, my father is still the prime minister, and your family will never be able to turn over in this life!
But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he glanced and saw a figure in a white robe walking over from the corridor connecting the garden and the front yard. He swallowed the words back, and his face was filled with deep grievance, with tears welling up in his eyes: "This kind of thing requires the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. Although the lady has good intentions, Chenyu is still an unmarried girl. How can I put my face down when the lady brings up this matter with me?"
As soon as Chenyu's Bodhisattva face showed tears in the rain, she immediately captured everyone's sympathy.
People thought about it and thought, yes, she is a grown-up girl. If you want to be a matchmaker, you should go to her house and talk to the adults. It is not in accordance with the rules to talk about this directly with a girl.
Moreover... a lady who loves to stand up for the weak spoke up for Feng Chenyu: "Madam Tian." She called the fat woman: "It is still unknown whether your son can get the first place in the imperial examination. Miss Feng is the daughter of the prime minister. Aren't you a little ignorant for a third-rank official to want to marry a first-rank official?"
"Pah!" The fat woman was unhappy. "You are the concubine of a fourth-rank official. What qualifications do you have to look down on my low-ranking official?"
"Oh!" The lady who was standing up for the injustice said, "Madam Tian, you have forgotten that my husband was promoted to the third rank by the emperor yesterday, which is much higher than your third rank!"
Princess Ding'an couldn't stand the noise below anymore. With a "bang", she slapped the table in front of her, causing the fruits to scatter all over the floor. The singing and dancing also stopped because of the princess's anger. For a while, the scene was silent.
"What on earth are you doing here?" Princess Ding'an glared at Feng Chenyu with a dark face, "Miss Feng, I advise you to cover your face when you go out in the future, so as not to attract people's attention." Without waiting for Feng Chenyu to respond, she turned to the two quarreling women and said, "If your master wants to make trouble in the officialdom, go home and make trouble, don't show off in front of me in the Ding'an Palace!"
Seeing Princess Ding'an angry, the two wives lost their temper and stood up to apologize: "Princess, you are right."
Chenyu also saluted to Prince Ding'an with her tearful eyes: "It's all Chenyu's fault. Please punish me, Princess."
But at this moment, a gentle and elegant voice was heard saying, "How can you talk about punishment on Princess Ding'an's birthday?"
People looked in the direction of the sound and saw a handsome young man with two guards walking along the path in the garden. He was wearing a white robe and a white jade crown on his head. He had a gentle smile on his face, so elegant and gentle that at first sight, people's hearts calmed down.
A glimmer of longing flashed in Feng Chenyu's eyes, but Princess Ding'an had already stood up and was pulling Princess Qingle to step down from the main seat.
But the man waved his hand and said to Princess Ding'an: "I am here on behalf of the royal family to congratulate Princess Ding'an on her birthday. Princess, you don't have to be polite."
Princess Qingle also tugged at Princess Ding'an's sleeve and whispered, "Your position is not lower than his, why do you have to lower your posture?"
Princess Ding'an finally calmed down and said to the visitor with a smile: "Thank you, Your Highness Prince Chun, for your visit. It really brings honor to the Ding'an Palace!"
The person who came was none other than Prince Chun Xuan Tianhua.
Feng Yuheng looked at Xuan Tianhua, then at Feng Chenyu, and felt that Feng Chenyu finally had some of the shyness that a fourteen-year-old girl should have, and it was not forced like before.
I can't help but sigh. Feng Chenyu has a crush on Xuan Tianhua. I wonder what Feng Jinyuan would think if he found out about her feelings. Chenyu's mission is to be the queen, but does Xuan Tianhua... have anything to do with the throne?
No matter how you look at it, it's irrelevant. How could a man who is so refined and elegant covet the throne?
Feng Yuheng shrugged, picked up another fruit and took a bite.
At this time, all the ladies present stood up again and began to salute Xuan Tianhua.
She had no choice but to put down the fruit in her hand and stand up, saying along with everyone else: "Long live His Royal Highness Prince Chun." Then she glanced sideways and seemed to see the hearts of young girls and young women captured by Xuan Tianhua.
Xuan Tianhua had long been accustomed to such scenes, and was not moved at all. He just raised his hand slightly and said in a gentle tone: "Everyone, get up."
People then stood up, and those ladies who were usually very reserved no longer cared about their faces, and cast their scorching eyes on Xuan Tianhua. Some bold ladies also joined in the fun, flirting with Xuan Tianhua.
Feng Chenyu looked at these people, and she almost shouted out something in her heart - "You are so shameless!" She was unwilling to accept this, and took two steps forward, bowed slightly to Xuan Tianhua, and said in a delicate voice: "It's been a long time since we last met, how is your highness Prince Chun?"
As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted a lot of jealous looks.
To others, such ambiguous words would imply that the two people were already familiar with each other and had met not long ago.
Everyone in the capital knows that His Royal Highness Prince Chun is the most gentle and elegant of the nine princes. In the eyes of these ladies, he is like a deity in heaven, who can be admired from afar but not touched. How dare you, Feng Chenyu, blaspheme the deity?
While everyone was secretly criticizing Feng Chenyu, Prince Chun Xuan Tianhua was looking seriously at the woman who was talking to him opposite him with an inquiring look, and he actually looked at her for a long time.
Xiang Rong couldn't hold back any longer, and secretly pulled Feng Yuheng's sleeve, worryingly saying, "Could it be that the Seventh Prince has taken a fancy to my elder sister?"
In fact, it was not only Rong You who had such thoughts, the other ladies were also worried. Although the Seventh Prince was kind, he had never heard of studying a girl for such a long time.
Feng Yuheng shook her head at Xiangrong: "Impossible. From what I know about the Seventh Prince, although he looks harmless, you must not confuse what he shows on his face with what he actually says and does. If you don't believe me -" She pointed her chin at Xuan Tianhua, "Look."
As expected, Xuan Tianhua's inquiry soon yielded results. He then asked Feng Chenyu in confusion, "Excuse me, which family are you from? Have I ever met you before?"
puff!
I was so happy that I burst into laughter.
Her elder sister said such vague words, and she thought that Prince Chun would at least give the beauty some face, but she didn't expect that he didn't even remember who she was.
The other ladies also breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Feng Chenyu with some sympathy in their eyes.
Feng Chenyu was a little embarrassed, but she couldn't get angry with Xuan Tianhua, so she could only try to control her emotions and said, "I am the legitimate daughter of the Left Prime Minister Feng's family. My name is Feng Chenyu. His Royal Highness Prince Chun came to the mansion a few days ago, and we met."
As soon as she mentioned this, people remembered, yes! Prince Chun had visited Feng Mansion a few days ago, but he went with Prince Yu, as if he was sending Prince Yu's fiancée home.
Xuan Tianhua also remembered, so he smiled and nodded, "Miss, now that you mention it, I remember that Miss Feng is also here to celebrate Princess Ding'an's birthday today?"
Feng Chenyu was very happy when she saw Xuan Tianhua chatting with her. She couldn't help but take two steps forward and said warmly, "Yes! I didn't know that His Highness would come here today. Chenyu should have gone to greet His Highness earlier."
Xuan Tianhua simply said, "Miss Feng, you are so polite." Then he looked around and asked doubtfully, "Is the eldest lady from the Feng family the only one here? Has my brother's wife come to visit?"
When she heard Xuan Tianhua mention Feng Yuheng, Chenyu's face turned cold, but she still said: "Second sister and third sister are here too." After all, she was unwilling to shift the topic to Feng Yuheng, so Chenyu quickly invited Xuan Tianhua: "Your Highness, since you are here to celebrate Princess Ding'an's birthday, please take a seat!"
Princess Ding'an was very satisfied with what she said, right? She is the protagonist today, and you Feng family members should get out of the way!
Xuan Tianhua also nodded and said to Princess Ding'an, "Every year, my father would send one of us brothers to celebrate the princess' birthday. This year, I came here with the same birthday gifts that my father and mother personally prepared. I have handed them over to the front yard to manage. I wish the princess a long and healthy life."
Princess Ding'an's face was blooming with laughter. Her face, which was already full of wrinkles, became even uglier now, but she was completely unaware of it and just kept laughing with wrinkles on her face. "Thank you, Your Majesty, and Your Majesty, and thank you, Your Highness! Your Highness, please take your seat!" As she spoke, she moved sideways to give her seat to Xuan Tianhua.
Xuan Tianhua did not step forward, but only said politely: "The princess is the birthday girl today, so she should take the seat. This prince was originally sitting at the same table with the prince in the front yard. I came here to wish the princess a happy birthday, ask for some tea and then go back. Princess, please sit down, and this prince will chat with my brother and sister-in-law below." After he finished speaking, he turned his head and accurately found where Feng Yuheng was, walked over, and said as he walked: "Before coming here, my ninth brother told me that he would bring you some snacks made by the new imperial chef in the palace. When I left, I asked the servants to deliver them to your Tongsheng Pavilion."
This sentence not only expressed that he and Feng Yuheng were truly familiar with each other, but also told everyone how much his ninth brother valued this princess who had not yet married. He even thought of bringing her delicious snacks made by the new chef in the palace.
Feng Yuheng also smiled and replied to him: "Thank you, Seventh Brother." The call of Seventh Brother brought the relationship closer.
The jealousy of these ladies instantly shifted from Feng Chenyu to Feng Yuheng, but after a while they felt that the two were actually relatives. The Ninth Prince and the Seventh Prince were both raised by Concubine Yun, and they had a brotherly relationship, so naturally they would be closer to Feng Yuheng.
So the jealousy that had just been transferred shifted back again.
But at this moment, Feng Chenyu shamelessly left her original position and moved towards Feng Yuheng with an excited and shy face.
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