readx(); This palace banquet had been unpleasant from the beginning, and now this incident had happened. Concubine Li actually said she wanted to continue. How should she continue?
Everyone had a question in mind: Concubine Li was unwilling to end the palace banquet.
But they just couldn't understand why such an embarrassing banquet was going on? Why didn't they want it to end? If it were someone else, they would probably want it to end sooner rather than later. Was Concubine Li mentally ill?
However, even if they were complaining, Concubine Li, as the head of the palace, had issued such an order, so it was not easy for people to leave immediately. Moreover, they also wanted to wait for news to see if the three people could survive. If they died accidentally, how would they settle the account with Feng Yuheng?
Zhu Kongshan walked in the crowd, surrounded by many sisters, all of whom asked her what she thought about this matter. But what could she think about this matter? This was the situation. Even if Yuan Guiren came in person, she couldn't get any benefit from Feng Yuheng. How much ability could she, a little woman of no rank and no rank, have to turn the tide? She was thinking now that she must not make things too awkward with Feng Yuheng. According to Feng Yuheng's almost arrogant and completely unyielding style of doing things, it would definitely not be good for her to make things too awkward.
Zhu Kongshan had his own thoughts, but Fen Dai, who was walking behind, pulled Xiao Bao and walked a few steps to catch up with Feng Yuheng. She said awkwardly, "Second sister, thank you."
Feng Yuheng glanced at her and shook his head, saying, "No thanks. I see that you really love this child. Since you love him in your heart, you should take more care of him and don't throw him aside just for your own pleasure. Someone with ulterior motives may not dare to embarrass you in person, but they can do something to a child behind your back. Your behavior will always affect Xiaobao."
Fendai nodded and said, "Thank you for your teaching, second sister. I have my own brother and I know how to protect him." After saying that, she didn't look at Feng Yuheng again, took Xiaobao and walked a few steps quickly, and followed him into the flower hall.
Feng Yuheng walked slowly, and deliberately told Xuan Tiange and the others not to wait for him. It was not until the crowd gradually entered the gate of Changning Palace that Huang Quan asked in confusion, "Miss, are you staying behind? Is there anything else?"
Feng Yuheng didn't say anything, but just twitched her chin. Huang Quan followed her gaze and saw two maids standing on the left side of the Changning Palace gate, five or six steps away from the gate. They were standing with their hands behind their backs, stamping their feet, looking very cold and complaining. Huang Quan recognized them and said, "Aren't those the two maids who followed Miss Zhu into the capital? Why don't they go in and stand outside the gate?"
Feng Yuheng said, "Just look at them following Zhu Kongshan into Ruimen, and then being thrown outside. Tell me, if it were you and Wangchuan, would I let you freeze outside in such a cold weather?"
Huang Quan shook his head: "Young lady treats me and Wangchuan like sisters, there is no way she would abandon us outside." After saying that, he chuckled, "But I and Wangchuan have inner strength, even if we stand outside to guard the door for young lady, we won't be as cold as they are."
"How could she be guarding the gate?" Feng Yuheng analyzed, "Look at the two maids, they are complaining and unhappy... Oh, they are saying that she is just a concubine's daughter, but now that she has a backer in the capital, she is getting more and more arrogant. Sooner or later, when she returns to Pengzhou, she must talk to the Madam about what happened in the capital and see how the Madam and the young lady will deal with her." She hadn't approached yet, so of course she couldn't hear the conversation between the two, but she could tell it through lip reading.
Huang Quan was immediately amused: "Oh! So you are in the same group?"
The two said nothing more. Feng Yuheng quickened her pace and soon arrived in front of Ah Huan and Ah Ruo. The two maids looked at her, startled at first, and then quickly knelt down: "This servant greets Princess Yu."
Feng Yuheng nodded, "Do you know me?"
Ah Huan was also smart: "There is a portrait of the princess in Baicao Hall. I have been to Baicao Hall."
Feng Yuheng had no intention of dealing with them on this matter. She just raised her hand and said, "Get up. The ground is cold. This is not a formal occasion. You don't need to kneel down." Seeing the two maids getting up with some fear and trembling, she couldn't help but sneer in her heart. I still remember how arrogant they looked when I saw them at the door of the embroidery shop! The Sheng Palace is indeed a place that can raise people. The arrogant maid has been trained to be like this not long after she came in. She asked the other party, "Aren't you the maids of Miss Zhu's family? Why don't you go to the palace and stay here?"
Ah Huan and Ah Ruo looked at each other, and then Ah Huan said, "I came here with Miss Zhu, but she only asked us to wait outside and didn't let us enter Changning Palace."
"Oh? Why is that?" Feng Yuheng deliberately showed confusion, "A personal maid should be kept close to the master. How can the master leave the maid outside after entering? Come on! I'll take you in. I think you must have done something to make Miss Zhu unhappy. This princess will go and plead for you, so that you don't have to stand in the ice and snow in such a cold day. It's not good to freeze to death."
Ah Huan quickly said, "No, no, no, thank you for your kindness, Princess. We will just stand here. We really won't go in." What a joke. How dare they go in? Zhu Kongshan was accompanied by a maid from the Sheng Palace, who was assigned to her by the Eighth Prince himself. With that maid, if they were a little disobedient, it would soon reach the Eighth Prince's ears. The means of dealing with servants in the Sheng Palace were very clever. They still wanted to return to Pengzhou alive!
Feng Yuheng shook her head helplessly and sighed, "I think your young lady is also a strict person, so if you don't want to go in, then don't go in! Tsk tsk, look at these little girls, each one is more beautiful than the other, it's a pity for them to be maids. Speaking of Miss Zhu, she is really a wonderful woman! Not only did she do a lot of good deeds after coming to Beijing, she even did not ask for any benefits from the Zhu family after doing good deeds. She is really selfless and admirable." She threw down a sentence casually, turned around and left with Huang Quan. When she was about to step through the threshold to enter Changning Palace, she pretended to chat with Huang Quan and said, "You said that with two such beautiful girls, Miss Zhu is afraid that they will steal her limelight? Otherwise, why would she be willing to leave them in the ice and snow?"
These words were spoken loudly, making a loud noise, enough for Ah Huan and Ah Ruo to hear. The two girls looked at each other, and the resentment in their eyes deepened.
Of course, this resentment was directed at Zhu Kongshan. Since entering the Sheng Palace, no one knew what Zhu Kongshan had said to the Eighth Prince. Under the Eighth Prince's arrangement, the two of them were increasingly alienated, and he even arranged for the servants of the Sheng Palace to serve Zhu Kongshan. Whenever the two of them showed any disrespect or obedience to Zhu Kongshan, the girl would glare at them and threaten to tell the Eighth Prince, which made the two of them lose their temper.
They had been feeling so depressed and aggrieved, without even anyone to complain to. They wanted to send a letter to the Zhu family but couldn't. The Sheng Palace was like a prison, with strict security. Until today, Ah Huan and Ah Ruo finally heard someone say something fair, and the person who said it was Feng Yuheng, who was said to be against the Eighth Prince. This made the two girls feel very happy, and at the same time, they despised Zhu Kongshan's actions even more.
Aruo said, "What Princess Yu said is absolutely right. She is the daughter of the Zhu family after all. But she did good deeds and was rewarded, but the one who benefited was her aunt, Concubine Li. What kind of thing is this? Shouldn't the Zhu family reward the daughter of the Zhu family for doing good deeds?"
"That's right!" Ah Huan was also indignant. "She never considers the Zhu family in her actions and is unwilling to say a good word for the Zhu family. The master is only a sixth-rank official now, but she, a concubine's daughter, can already enter and leave the palace. How can there be such an unfilial daughter?"
The two girls secretly complained about Zhu Kongshan again, and the seeds of hatred between the master and servant grew deeper.
Feng Yuheng had already returned to the flower hall. The three half-dead ladies were said to have been carried to the side hall. Concubine Li kindly invited the imperial physician. Zhu Kongshan was also busy in the side hall. Everyone in the flower hall couldn't sit still and wanted to leave, but Concubine Li asked someone to change the hot tea, saying that it would warm everyone up before continuing the palace banquet.
Feng Yuheng shook her head slightly, walked to Xuan Tiange's side, and said to the sisters: "Let's go! There is no need for us to stay any longer. We have given all the face we should give. As for what Concubine Li wants to do, that is her own business."
She had just finished speaking, and before her sisters could say goodbye to Concubine Li together, Feng Fendai raised her voice and said, "If Concubine Li is interested and wants to continue, then go ahead. But I have to go back! My brother is frightened and is not feeling well. I will take him to Prince Li's Mansion and ask the Fifth Prince to invite an imperial physician to the mansion to take a look." After saying that, she left without looking back.
She started this, and other ladies followed suit. For a while, there were only a few people left in the flower hall. But Feng Yuheng was the last to leave!
Concubine Li was indifferent to the departure of those people. Seeing that Feng Yuheng did not leave, she felt relieved. She stood up and walked to Feng Yuheng in person, and said, "Ah Heng is still the most considerate and understands my thoughts the most. Stay and have dinner with us! I heard that you like to eat pork elbows, so I specially asked the kitchen to prepare some. Stay and let us have dinner together."
Feng Yuheng looked at her, frowned, but said bluntly: "No, thank you for your kindness. In addition, although you are the biological mother of the Sixth Prince, it is not polite to address me as mother and daughter. After all, the only mother in this palace is Concubine Yun, and the one who can barely be called a mother is the Empress. So, please be careful with your words. In addition, I also invited Princess Wuyang and the two young ladies of the Feng and Ren families to come with me for today's visit. It is indeed to support you. Including the one hundred taels of silver notes I gave, the reason I did this is just because the Sixth Prince helped me in Yuzhou, and I just gave him a gift. It's not settled today. From now on, I will not ask about Concubine Li's affairs, and I will not come to Changning Palace without special reasons. You can take care of yourself, Madam."
After she finished speaking, she started to walk away. Concubine Li wanted to stop her, but was stopped by Xuan Tiange. "Take care of yourself. Don't you understand these four words?" Xuan Tiange was even more impolite. "Ah Heng said that he was just repaying Sixth Brother's debt of favor. Now that he has repaid it, there is no need for you to entangle with him anymore."
The crowd left in a hurry, and the Changning Palace, which had been bustling before, suddenly became deserted. Only the three unconscious people in the side hall and Zhu Kongshan who had not left were left.
Concubine Li was so angry that her whole body was shaking, and she didn't know how to vent. At this moment, Feng Yuheng, who had just stepped out of Changning Palace, heard a piece of news from the palace people who hurriedly came to report...
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