Concubine Li had always been resistant to Feng Fendai. Feng Fendai was the first one to approach her, and it was during the winter siege when she was at her lowest point. Her words had moved her, but as her current status was different, and with the fact that Xuan Tianfeng liked Feng Yuheng, she no longer wanted to have any contact with Feng Fendai, and she even sneered at what Feng Fendai said.
But Feng Fendai was not willing to be at ease like this. Even though she knew that she could no longer influence Concubine Li, she was still very happy to cause trouble for Concubine Li. She walked forward and sat next to Concubine Li very unceremoniously. The first thing she said was: "Your Majesty has such thoughts in your mind. I wonder if my second sister, who is very smart, has already seen it. But I see that Your Majesty is very enthusiastic, but my second sister's attitude is very indifferent."
Concubine Li shuddered, feeling a little panicked, and couldn't help asking, "What are you talking about? What could this palace be thinking?" Although she said so, her eyes were evasive and nervous, and she even glanced in Feng Yuheng's direction, receiving a mocking look from Fendai in return.
"Your Highness, please stop hiding it. Your thoughts are all written on your face! Only a fool can't see it. If things go as expected, I'm afraid I'm not the only one in this hall who can see what's going on, right? Your niece is so smart, I don't think she doesn't know anything. I really doubt whether you are the Sixth Prince's biological mother. Why don't you think about your son at all when you do things? Don't blame Fendai for not reminding you. If you continue like this, the Sixth Prince will be harmed by you sooner or later!"
Feng Fendai was very angry because Concubine Li changed her mind. Although she knew that Concubine Li was stubborn and had a single-minded mind, she was just like that. She had to say what she had in her mind. If she didn't, she would feel uncomfortable. Concubine Li made her unhappy and failed in her plan, so she had to make things difficult for Concubine Li, even if it was just with words.
In fact, Concubine Li was indeed blocked by her, but Fendai also ignored the ladies in the flower hall. Not only were they all the Eighth Prince's party, but most of them had been extremely unfriendly when she entered the flower hall. Just now when she walked towards Concubine Li, she handed her brother Xiaobao to Dongying's care, but she didn't expect that the place where she was originally sitting was too far away from Concubine Li, and she was busy talking to Concubine Li, so she didn't notice what happened on Xiaobao's side.
Beside the seats at the entrance of the flower hall, three young ladies from some unknown family were chewing on irregularly shaped fruits. They were very unpalatable, but they decided not to eat them. However, they didn't know what to do, so they just took a small bite and played with the fruits in their hands.
One of them, for some unknown reason, stared at Xiaobao who was sitting alone, rolled his eyes, and threw the fruit he had already taken a bite of to him. The fruit rolled on the ground for several times until it stopped beside the chair where Xiaobao was sitting.
Xiaobao was small, and his feet couldn't even reach the ground when he sat on the chair. He stared blankly at the fruit that rolled over, with a look of confusion on his face. But then he heard the lady say, "You little bastard, what are you looking at when I give you the fruit? Pick it up and eat it!"
Xiaobao didn't understand what was going on. He looked at the lady, then at the fruit on the ground. He wanted to get down from the chair, but he was too scared to reach the ground. Dongying hurried to help him, turned her back to block the lady's sight, and whispered to Xiaobao, "Be good and sit still. Sister will be back soon."
The young lady who was looking for trouble was not going to give up. She simply stood up and pulled Dongying away, saying tartly: "Get out! Who do you think you are? Just a servant! I'm talking to this child, what does it have to do with you?" After that, she stretched out her hand and directly reached out to Xiaobao, pulling the child off the chair. At the same time, the other two young ladies in her group also stood up, but they stood side by side, directly blocking the only line of sight between Xiaobao and Fendai.
But in fact, even if they didn't block it, Fendai didn't notice it. She was so focused on making fun of Concubine Li, and there were so many people in the hall, laughing and joking, all of them were women chattering and making a lot of noise, unless Fendai turned her head to look, it would be impossible to notice it.
The lady who threw the fruit pulled Xiaobao off the chair. Xiaobao stumbled and fell, right next to the dirty fruit. The child was lying on the ground, with the fruit next to his mouth. Dongying wanted to help him, but was stopped by another lady. "Humble servant, stand away." After saying that, she pushed Dongying far away with force.
Xiaobao cried with his mouth pursed. Dongying knelt down anxiously and begged, "Ladies, he is still young and knows nothing. Please show some mercy!"
It would have been better if she hadn't begged. But when she begged, and the child started crying, the ladies became even more upset. One of them took the lead and slapped Xiaobao in the face. Another pinched the child's arm hard. Finally, the one who threw the fruit came up with another idea. She simply stepped forward and hugged Xiaobao in her arms, turned around and walked out of the flower hall, saying as she walked, "This child is too noisy. Don't disturb the palace banquet. Let's take him outside for a walk."
The other young ladies were also in high spirits, and followed them out with a smile. This made Dongying very anxious! She chased after him for a few steps, and shouted, "Hurry up and return the young master to me! Whose family are you from? How can you do this? If the Fifth Prince finds out, he will not let you off!"
Unfortunately, no one listened to her, and the title of the Fifth Prince could not intimidate anyone. Instead, those young ladies walked faster and faster, and someone even helped to pull her back.
Dongying was at a loss. Seeing that she could not catch up, she simply stomped her feet, turned around and ran into the flower hall to ask Feng Fendai for help.
Feng Fendai had stopped threatening Concubine Li, and glanced at Feng Yuheng and Zhu Kongshan with a pair of eyes, sighing in her heart. She planned for the fifth prince, Zhu Kongshan planned for the eighth prince, and Feng Yuheng represented the ninth prince. The three forces had three thoughts. It was said that she and her second sister were now hostile to Zhu Kongshan, but unfortunately, the enemy of the enemy was not a friend.
Just as she was thinking about it, Dongying ran forward crying, not even bothering to greet Concubine Li, and said directly to Fendai: "Miss, something bad has happened, the young master has been taken away!"
Fendai was stunned, and then she saw Dongying crying like this, and immediately realized that something was wrong. She didn't think much about it, and immediately glared at Concubine Li, and said coldly: "If anything happens to my brother, Concubine Li will give me an explanation!" After that, she took Dongying and left quickly.
Concubine Li was also angry. She pointed at Fendai and said to Zuo'er beside her, "She herself doesn't think highly of her brother. If something happens, why should I be held responsible?"
Zuo'er stamped her feet and said, "Your Majesty, this is a palace banquet held by our Changning Palace. Although Miss Feng came uninvited, she came under the guise of presenting gifts to the Fifth Prince. If something really happens to her brother and the Fifth Prince investigates, Your Majesty, we will be to blame!"
Concubine Li frowned, feeling so angry! Feng Fendai either made her angry or caused trouble for her, and now something like this happened again... She glared at Zhu Kongshan, and she also felt resentful that the people he brought with him were really restless.
Everyone in the flower hall noticed what happened between Feng Fendai and Li Fei. They saw Feng Fendai run out first, and then Li Fei hurriedly followed. Both of them looked nervous and serious, so they knew something had happened.
Zhu Kongshan asked the people around him in confusion: "What happened?" But no one knew what happened.
On Feng Yuheng's side, Ren Xifeng figured out what was going on. She said to the others, "It seems that the child that Feng Fendai brought is missing." She pointed to the seat at the entrance of the flower hall and said, "Look, it's gone."
Feng Yuheng stood up and said, "Let's go out and take a look." No matter what Feng Fendai thought, she had raised Xiaobao for some time and she couldn't just watch anything happen to the child.
Xuan Tiange also said helplessly: "Why does something go wrong every time there is a palace banquet? Big banquets and small banquets always cause trouble, how can it be peaceful? I will suggest to the emperor uncle later that the palace is not allowed to hold palace banquets anymore. Anyone who wants to have fun can go outside the palace, and don't come back after leaving!"
Princess Wuyang was angry, and she spoke loudly, so much so that Concubine Li, who was walking in front of her, heard it clearly. She was startled, but she didn't dare to refute anything.
All of a sudden, everyone in the flower hall followed Concubine Li out. Feng Fendai was at the front, asking everyone she saw like crazy if they had seen a child. Dong Ying also asked anxiously, "It was the child that was taken away by the young ladies. He's over two years old."
After leaving Changning Palace, a palace servant finally pointed out a road: "I saw three young ladies with their servants and a child in their arms going in that direction. The child was still crying."
Concubine Li was startled, looked in that direction, and subconsciously said, "Isn't that an artificial lake over there?"
When Fendai heard this, she became even more frightened and ran in that direction, carrying the people following her as well.
Concubine Li was a little scared. She grabbed Zhu Kongshan who was running over and asked loudly, "Did the people you brought take the child away? And they took him to the lakeside. What are they doing?"
Zhu Kongshan didn't expect such a thing to happen, and quickly replied: "Aunt, don't worry, let's go over and take a look first. Kongshan doesn't know what's going on!" After that, he supported Concubine Li and walked forward.
When everyone reached the artificial lake, they saw several women standing by the lake, laughing and saying, "Look at that little bastard! He cries so ugly! He's as black as a piece of charcoal. If you give him to someone, they won't be able to sell him!"
In the middle of the lake, a child's cry was heard, and people realized that the child brought by Fendai had been pushed to the center of the lake. This artificial lake was not big, and it was not flowing water. It froze in winter, with a thin layer of ice. The child was light and did not fall in the middle. However, the bone-chilling ice was also very cold, which made people feel scared and distressed.
Fendai almost went crazy. She pushed Dongying away and ran straight to the lake. Fendai was so scared that she shouted from behind: "Miss! Miss, come back quickly! The ice can't bear your weight!" After shouting for a long time, she saw that Fendai didn't stop, so she simply said: "If Miss falls in, the young master will fall in with her. He is still too young. Such cold water will kill him!"
Fendai then stopped at the lakeside, one foot already on the lake surface, but she stopped abruptly. She looked at Xiaobao in the center of the lake, then turned around and glared at Concubine Li, saying viciously: "What are you doing standing there, Concubine Li? Are you here to watch the fun?"
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