"Hua Qingcheng?"
Feng Jingyun was slightly stunned when he heard this, and looked at the woman in red and black clothes in front of him with an incredible look on his face.
That's right! Feng Cang had indeed come to report that Hua Qingcheng was coming to Qingrong Courtyard. This was indeed correct. However, she had never expected that Hua Qingcheng would actually be 80% similar to her Ling Yan.
A hint of doubt flashed across Feng Jingyun's piercing, deep eyes. Ling Yan had given birth in the winter of sixteen years ago. The day after the birth, he sent a message from the imperial physician, saying he had given birth to a daughter who had been abducted by masked men in black. He requested the General's Mansion to help find her.
After receiving the news, Feng Cailan rushed to the palace, but was stopped at the palace gate by the Yulin Army. The eunuch general Guo Dongbing came out to inform her that Empress Feng had unfortunately given birth to her youngest child and was in urgent need of rest and recuperation, and would not be receiving visits from her father's family for the time being.
Lingyan is kind and honest and never lies. Neither she, Mulan, nor her daughter Cailan believe the eunuch's words.
The next morning, Feng Jingyun, Mulanjin, and Feng Cailan, three generals of the Feng family, gathered in the Golden Throne Hall to present a petition to the Emperor, requesting that Empress Feng be taken back to the Grand General's Mansion for recuperation. Cavalry General Ouyang Yiqin incited the officials, arguing that this action was against ancestral rules and urging the Emperor to reconsider. Ultimately, Nalan Yunzhi rejected the Feng family's request.
At the time, the north was suffering from a snowstorm, rebels were rising in the southwest, and the Lengyue Kingdom in the northeast was also eyeing the situation covetously. Not only was the Feng family's three generals' memorial rejected by the emperor, but General Feng Cailan was even dispatched to the northeastern border to suppress the Lengyue Kingdom's harassment.
Nalan Yunzhi, who had personally led the army to the southwest to quell the rebellion, returned to the imperial city because Empress Feng gave birth. Before leaving, he entrusted the task of quelling the rebellion to his deputy general Xiahou Jing. Xiahou Jing was also awarded the title of King of Pingxi by the emperor for his contribution in quelling the southwestern rebellion.
The last time Feng Jingyun and Mulanjin saw Feng Lingyan was seven days after his birth, the winter solstice. With the Imperial Guards leading the way, the Emperor's palanquin and Empress Feng's emerald carriage rode in front, followed closely by carriages of civil and military officials of the third rank and above, arranged according to rank, as they made their way to the imperial mausoleum.
On the way to the imperial mausoleum for the ceremony, the emperor ordered only one rest stop. It was at that moment that Feng Lingyan and Mulanjin caught a glimpse of him from afar as he emerged from the emerald carriage. Though only a distant sight, his distraught expression, his gaze fixed on the heavens, his despairing gaze, his desolate figure like a walking corpse, deeply wounded Feng Jingyun and Mulanjin.
Feng Jingyun would never forget the scene when the sacrificial procession passed the Cliff of Forgetfulness and the Yulin Army generals cried out in shock as the Empress's carriage fell off the cliff. She and Mulanjin broke free from the Yulin Army's hold and lay on the edge of the cliff, gazing at the bottomless, icy abyss below, weeping and wailing...
"General Feng?"
"General Feng?"
Seeing the old man holding her face with a distant look in his eyes and stunned for a long time, Hua Qingcheng couldn't help but speak to call her back to consciousness.
"Are you Hua Qingcheng?"
Looking at the person in front of her, whose appearance and temperament were exactly the same as her Lingyan, and also looked very much like her own girl when she was young, Feng Jingyun's deep eyes suddenly widened slightly, and an inexplicable expectation arose in her heart.
"Yes, I am Hua Qingcheng, who sent a visiting card to the General's Mansion yesterday. I came here just to ride on the wind."
"Good boy, tell me quickly, how old are you this year?" Feng Jingyun held Hua Qingcheng's hands tightly. Because he was too excited, his fingers were trembling slightly.
"I am sixteen years old this year. I am from Huaqiao Village, Fufeng County. I was born ten days before the winter solstice in the second year of Tianze."
Although she feared disappointing him, Hua Qingcheng answered truthfully. She had learned the original owner's birthday from her father during her wedding to Mu Lige. Her own birthday in modern times was seven days before the winter solstice.
"Sixteen? That's right. Ten days before the winter solstice? No, it should be seven days before the winter solstice..."
Watching Feng Jingyun mutter to himself, Hua Qingcheng felt a flicker of sympathy. It seemed that General Feng, like Old Man Mu, had mistaken himself for Feng Lingyan's tragically deceased child.
"Come on, follow me to the hall."
When Hua Qingcheng felt sympathy for Feng Jingyun, the other party suddenly took her hand.
"General Feng, what are we going to do?" Hua Qingcheng looked puzzled.
"Of course, it's to discuss your marriage with Chengfeng." Feng Jingyun looked at Hua Qingcheng meaningfully.
No matter what, we must keep him here first. Birth dates can be faked, but the Feng family's bloodline heritage cannot.
"Xiao Yunyun, you guys..."
Mulan Jin was surprised to see his old wife coming back, and she even brought Hua Qingcheng with her.
"Hmph! Mulan, you old fool! I'll settle the score with you later!" Feng Jingyun glared at Mulan Jin, making the latter feel creepy.
Feng Jingyun was both delighted and angry. This old man hadn't said a word about Hua Qingcheng before. Perhaps he had insisted on staying in Huaqiao Village because of Hua Qingcheng, who looked so similar to Lingyan.
This girl was most likely Ling Yan's daughter, who had been kidnapped by the masked men in black. Her Ling Yan wouldn't lie. Now all that remained was to uncover the truth about why Ling Yan's daughter had been abducted. However, before that, verifying whether Hua Qingcheng was Ling Yan's daughter was paramount.
"Miss Hua, I'm so sorry. I was so rude just now."
After Hua Qingcheng and Feng Jingyun arrived at the Qingrong Courtyard hall, Feng Cang, who had just gone to the restroom, also returned. Seeing Hua Qingcheng being pulled by Feng Jingyun to sit next to him, Feng Cang, though slightly surprised, quickly calmed down and apologized to Hua Qingcheng.
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