"Third brother, who is it?" Yu Jingyang's handsome eyebrows slightly frowned.
Feng Lingyan had just returned to Beijing not long ago and had been hiding in the General's Mansion, without having much contact with outsiders, yet she had been subjected to such a deliberate assassination.
It must have been someone he once knew. This also meant that Feng Lingyan's identity had aroused suspicion among some people, and his situation was likely very dangerous...
"It was a man named An Ning who served An Rongjun. He seemed to be his dowry servant." Feng Lingyan looked leisurely as she carefully recalled the situation of that year.
"Lord An Rong? That is now Lord An Huang..." Yu Jingyang's face darkened when he heard that.
Feng Lingyan had fallen from the Cliff of Oblivion due to a scheme by someone with ulterior motives, leaving him with no clear answer as to whether he was alive or dead. The motive behind his death could have been a harem vying for favor, an ambitious courtier seeking to consolidate their power, or perhaps a conspiracy between the harem and the court officials.
"Um."
Feng Lingyan nodded slightly, but there was some confusion in his eyes.
"What's wrong, third brother?" Yu Jingyang asked in confusion.
"Brother-in-law, if it was said that Ouyang Yuming did it, Ling Qian would believe it without hesitation, but this An Rongjun..."
Feng Lingyan couldn't help but think of An Zihao, the soft-natured, taciturn, non-competitive and submissive man back then, but he shook his head slightly.
"Brother-in-law, as far as Ling Qian knows, this An Rongjun has always had a very good personality. He only knows how to plant grass and water flowers, embroider and make clothes every day. He has no royal daughter and has no desire to fight for power. What's more, he is now the most favored in the six palaces and is honored as an imperial noble. Why would he want to harm me?" Feng Lingyan seemed puzzled.
"My dear third brother!" Yu Jingyang held his forehead helplessly. "You come from the strict family traditions of the General's Mansion, so you don't know the dirty things going on in the imperial harem. But you've been in the imperial palace and suffered greatly from it. How can you still be so naive?"
Yu Jingyang said earnestly, "Times have changed. Sixteen years have passed. Can you guarantee that An Zihao will remain the same innocent An Rongjun as before?"
"What's more..." Yu Jingyang's eyes suddenly turned cold. "Some people are good at disguising themselves. Is there a possibility that he is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing?"
Yu Jing felt that An Zihao, who could be bullied by others and still survive in the harem, and even climbed to the status of an imperial noble, was not as simple as he seemed.
"My brother-in-law has a point. But Lingyan is dead. Whether it is a fight for power or favor, Ling Qian will not pose a threat to him now. What is his motive?" Feng Lingyan was very confused.
"Third brother, sometimes being more beautiful than others is considered a heinous crime in the eyes of some people, which is enough to make people want to kill you a thousand times! Little men also have their own terrible side. The person who harms you may not be trying to fight for power, but may be out of love for the emperor, or... just out of jealousy!" Yu Jingyang analyzed calmly.
After all, Nalan Yunzhi was a striking young woman, skilled in martial arts, and a ruler of a nation. It wasn't surprising that the servants in her harem would develop real feelings for her.
Feng Lingyan's face turned slightly pale when she heard this, but she saw him raise his hand and gently stroke her face, tears flashing in his eyes, and there was a lot of loss in his eyes.
It was because of this face that he was favored by the Emperor and ascended to the throne of Empress. It was also because of this face that he was framed by Ouyang Yuming. Now, it was also because of this face that An Zihao was hunting him down...
"If beauty is the original sin, then I will destroy it with my own hands!"
Feng Lingyan narrowed her eyes slightly, a tear sliding down her cheeks. Then she saw him suddenly pull out the jade hairpin on his head and wave his hand, ready to strike her face...
A beautiful face—that's what so many men dream of, but for Feng Lingyan, it brought him endless disasters. First, his daughter was snatched away at birth, then he fell off a cliff and was trapped in the deep valley at the bottom of the Forgetful Cliff. Since then, he's been separated from his mother, father, and biological daughter for sixteen years...
"Third brother, don't!"
Yu Jingyang was startled upon seeing this and quickly raised his hand to block the blow, preserving Feng Lingyan's beautiful face. However, the hairpin pierced the back of his right hand, and blood immediately flowed out.
“Brother-in-law!”
Feng Lingyan was terrified and hurriedly wrapped Yu Jingyang's bleeding hand with a handkerchief, and ordered Fang Xian (Kang Fulai) to call the palace doctor over.
"Third brother, I'm glad you're okay. Jingyang was really scared just now! If you were injured, how would Jingyang explain to our mother, father, the general, and Qingcheng?" Yu Jingyang said with lingering fear.
"I'm sorry, brother-in-law. Ling Qian knows he was wrong and will never do anything stupid again."
Feng Lingyan couldn't help crying.
His family protects him so much, even for their sake, he has to protect himself.
"Third brother, it's not your fault that you are beautiful. You are the world-famous Young Master Feng, so it is natural that you will attract the jealousy of some villains." Yu Jingyang comforted him.
Soon, the court doctor came to Yueting Nanshe with a medicine box to bandage Yu Jingyang's wound.
"It's not a serious external injury. Although the wound is a bit deep, fortunately the bleeding stopped in time. I have just cleaned the wound and applied medicine for the master. As long as you keep applying the medicine, it will heal in seven or eight days. But... I'm afraid it will leave scars in the future." The court doctor lowered his head and said timidly.
"Leave a scar?"
Feng Lingyan immediately blamed herself when she heard this.
"Stand back."
"Yes, Master Husband."
After Yu Jingyang sent the court doctor away, he comforted Feng Lingyan, "It's just a scar on her hand. Could it be that the general would divorce her and marry someone else, or even take her as his concubine, just because she has a scar on her hand?"
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