676 The purpose of the visit, the Ninth Prince knelt down
Seeing Feng Qingchen’s silly look, the Ninth Prince knew that even if he sat there until dark, Feng Qingchen would not be able to guess why he came to the Feng Mansion, and might even think he was just passing by!
This woman was extremely stupid when she should be smart, and too smart when she shouldn't be smart. She was able to come up with a sled that could travel on the snow, which greatly increased their speed in transporting grain in the snow, but she didn't think of the purpose of his coming to Feng Mansion, which made him angry and love her at the same time.
Why else would he come to Laifeng Mansion in such a serious manner? Of course it was not to see Xuan Shaoqi. Xuan Shaoqi was not so prestigious that it was worth mobilizing so many troops.
Seeing Feng Qingchen's tangled face, the Ninth Prince did not embarrass her. He put down the teacup in his hand and said solemnly: "This king is here to pay respect to General Feng and Madam Feng today."
The last time he came, he secretly went to pay homage to General Feng and Madam Feng, but no one knew about it, not even Feng Qingchen.
The Ninth Prince looked solemn, dignified and steady. He didn't care what effect his words would have. He stood up and said to the dumbfounded Feng Qingchen, "Qingchen, lead the way."
Although he has no title or status, he is still considered the son-in-law of the Feng family. This son-in-law must meet his father-in-law and mother-in-law eventually.
"You, you want to worship my parents?" Just as the Ninth Prince thought, Feng Qingchen was indeed frightened. He stood up stupidly, pointing at the Ninth Prince, not daring to believe what he heard.
"Is it not possible?" The Ninth Prince asked in a rhetorical manner, but with an authority that could not be refused.
After kidnapping someone's daughter, of course you have to meet their parents openly. General Feng and Madam Feng died young, so it is necessary to pay tribute to them.
Although he had paid homage before, no one knew about that time so it could only be considered a private meeting. This time was an official meeting and he would not fail to observe all the necessary etiquette.
Normally, he should have come to pay homage to General Feng and Madam Feng on the day he left the palace, but his condition was not very good at the time, and the Ninth Prince's Mansion was in a mess, and it was impossible to put on a proper ceremony. To show respect to General Feng and Madam Feng, he waited for two days.
With his attitude, when the snow stops and General Feng and Madam Feng are buried, all civil and military officials will come to mourn. This is the treatment General Feng deserves.
"Of course, Ninth Uncle, please..." Feng Qingchen sniffed and responded quickly, fearing that if it was too late, Ninth Uncle would regret it.
That’s not much.
The Ninth Prince nodded in satisfaction and asked all the accompanying guards to stay. He did not want such a large group of people to disturb the rest of General Feng and Madam Feng.
Just as Feng Qingchen and the Ninth Prince were about to go out, Xuan Shaoqi also stood up. He didn't say anything, but that action told Feng Qingchen and the Ninth Prince that he wanted to go with them.
Feng Qingchen did not stop him, and the Ninth Prince certainly did not say anything. He just glanced at him as he passed by him. The two men's eyes met, but there was still no murderous intent in them, and they looked away.
Xuan Shaoqi followed Feng Qingchen closely, and the three of them walked towards the mourning hall. No one spoke along the way, they just walked forward silently.
The mourning hall was decorated simply but solemnly. When they arrived inside, the three remained silent. Looking at the two coffins placed in the center of the hall, Feng Qingchen and Xuan Shaoqi both had mournful expressions on their faces, and Feng Qingchen's eyes were red.
As for the Ninth Prince? He didn't have any expression, but his deep eyes dimmed a little, making people understand that he was also very sorry for the death of General Feng and Madam Feng, but... the dead cannot be resurrected, and no matter how sad he was, it couldn't change the fact that they were dead. It would be better to live well than to have time to grieve.
Feng Qingchen stepped forward, lit incense for her parents, and then handed it to the Ninth Uncle. Feng Qingchen thought that the Ninth Uncle would bow three times in front of her parents' spirits after receiving the incense, but she didn't expect...
Dong... The Ninth Prince lifted his robe and knelt down solemnly in front of her parents' spirits.
Having done this once before, the Ninth Prince was not at all awkward and knelt down neatly.
Kneel before the heaven, kneel before the earth, kneel before his parents. Feng Qingchen's parents are also his parents, so kneeling is nothing. The Ninth Prince kneels as if it is natural, but he does not know that the two people behind him are frightened by his action.
"Ah..." Feng Qingchen quickly covered his mouth to prevent himself from screaming out.
It is normal to kneel down in front of the mourning hall to pay tribute to the deceased, but Feng Qingchen did not expect that the Ninth Prince would also kneel down in front of her parents' spirits.
You have to know that this man is so proud that he would not even kneel to an emperor unless it was a formal occasion, but at this moment he knelt in front of her parents' spirits. How could she be calm and not shocked...
“Boom boom boom…”
It seemed that the Ninth Prince came today just to scare Feng Qingchen. Not only did he kneel down, he also kowtowed three times sincerely in front of General Feng and Madam Feng.
After the worship was complete, the Ninth Prince stood up. Instead of handing the incense to Feng Qingchen, he stepped forward and inserted the three incense sticks into the incense burner himself. He looked so skilled in his movements, as if he had done it before.
Looking at the two coffins in the mourning hall, the Ninth Prince once again promised in his heart: "General Feng and Madam Feng, rest in peace. I will protect Qingchen on your behalf and love Qingchen. I will also love Qingchen with your love."
Whoosh, whoosh... The cold wind blew, and the white cloth in the mourning hall fluttered back and forth, as if responding to the words of the Ninth Prince.
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After the worship, the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen did not stay in the mourning hall for long. They had already said what they needed to say to General Feng and his wife.
The two returned to the hall again, but this time Xuan Shaoqi did not follow them. Xuan Shaoqi stood in the mourning hall, staring at the two coffins in a daze, until Feng Qingchen discovered that he was not there and sent someone to find him, he came to his senses.
The Ninth Prince really had no other ideas this time. He just came to pay tribute to General Feng and Madam Feng, and to declare his sovereignty. After finishing the two things, he chatted with Feng Qingchen in the hall. They were all about unimportant things. After all, this occasion was not suitable for discussing serious matters.
It was not until Xuan Shaoqi came back that the Ninth Prince said something serious: "Qingchen, after you finish taking care of General Feng and Madam Feng's affairs, go to Xuanxiao Palace."
This was not to seek Feng Qingchen's opinion, but to tell Feng Qingchen that some things should be resolved. Delaying it any further would only be disadvantageous to them and allow their opponents to gain the upper hand.
The eye drops in Xuanxiao Palace have almost been applied. The Palace Master's wife is on the verge of collapse, and the Palace Master also begins to doubt his wife, with whom he has slept in the same bed for more than twenty years.
The reappearance of Feng Qingchen at this time was the last straw that broke the camel's back. The Palace Master and the Palace Master's wife of Xuanxiao Palace both lost their minds, and Xuanxiao Palace was no longer a threat.
"Qingchen, are you going to Xuanxiao Palace?" As soon as Xuan Shaoqi came in, he heard this shocking news and immediately put down the pressure brought to him by the Ninth Uncle.
Yes, pressure.
The Ninth Prince's kneeling in the mourning hall made Xuan Shaoqi feel unprecedented pressure. At that moment, Xuan Shaoqi clearly felt the Ninth Prince's possessiveness and importance towards Feng Qingchen.
There was nothing wrong with ordinary people kneeling in the mourning hall, but the Ninth Prince was not an ordinary person. He had looked up the Ninth Prince, and was shocked by the fact that the Ninth Prince condescended to pay homage to General Feng and Madam Feng, not to mention kneeling. If the Emperor knew about this, he would surely be so angry that he would vomit three liters of blood.
You know, except for the great sacrifice on the first day of every lunar month, when the Ninth Prince had to kneel at the orders of the civil and military officials, he usually did not even kneel to the late emperor and his empress, but just stood there to salute. Of course, the late emperor's empress was not the Ninth Prince's mother.
Feng Qingchen nodded: "Some things must be resolved. Xuanfei's face that looks like mine can't appear out of nowhere. I want to know about my mother's previous life."
The mother in her memory was a noble and generous woman. Such a woman could never be a pariah. Just like Zhou Xing, even if he was branded with the word "pariah" and deliberately restrained his aura, it could not change his unique aura.
Innate pride and dignity are not so easily erased.
"It's better to check. That woman has lived under the identity of Aunt Mo for more than 20 years and enjoyed the happiness that should have belonged to Aunt Mo. It's time to return it." Xuan Shaoqi's face was full of disgust when he mentioned that woman.
Everyone who knew him understood that what he hated was not the woman becoming his stepmother, but the woman pretending to be Aunt Mo, whom he respected the most.
Xuan Shaoqi was right in saying this, but Feng Qingchen was not satisfied. She said anxiously, "Young Palace Master, that is not my mother's happiness. Only my father can give my mother happiness. That woman used my mother's identity, but what she got in return was just a false happiness. My mother doesn't want that kind of happiness. She used my mother's identity to love a man my mother doesn't love, which makes me sick." If her mother really liked that Palace Master of Xuanxiao Palace, she would not have said that she would marry her daughter to Xuan Shaoqi.
From the beginning to the end, her mother never regarded the Palace Master of Xuanxiao Palace as a good man.
After hearing what Feng Qingchen said, Xuan Shaoqi realized that he was wrong and apologized immediately: "I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing. You are right. That is the happiness that Aunt Mo doesn't want. Aunt Mo has never thought of staying in Xuanxiao Palace."
"Yes, my mother has never thought of staying in Xuanxiao Palace. If my mother wanted to stay in Xuanxiao Palace, that woman would have no way to survive. She could never survive in Xuanxiao Palace using my mother's identity. Fake is always fake. No matter how similar she looks or pretends to be, it is useless." Feng Qingchen said proudly.
She was certain that her mother must have known what the woman was thinking and went along with it, otherwise how could the woman have lived in peace for twenty years? If her mother had just kept a trick up her sleeve, the woman would have been exposed.
This was really arrogant, but they couldn't refute it. The Ninth Prince and Xuan Shaoqi nodded at the same time as if they had agreed...
Lu Yimo was definitely not a woman who would not fight back when being plotted against. You have to know that Lu Yimo was still alive at the time. If she wanted to take revenge on the wife of the Palace Master of Xuanxiao Palace, that woman would not have been able to live peacefully for so long...