Don't act like you're some innocent, harmless little rabbit!
Fu Hanlai's hypocritical demeanor is truly unsettling.
Anticipating Jiang Xuelin's move, Fu Hanlai dodged to the side when she kicked him. Jiang Xuelin was only making a gesture and didn't really intend to kick him; the kick was over in one go.
Back at their residence, the bright moon hung high in the sky. After a brief goodnight, the two bid farewell to Prince Ping and his wife and returned to their courtyard one after the other.
In the following days, many people learned that the Second Prince and the Third Prince were about to leave the palace and establish their own residences. Construction on the two residences had already begun, but no one had moved in yet. Now, the owners were finally going to move in.
Leaving the palace to establish their own residence signifies that they have officially begun performing official duties, just as they did while still in the palace. Furthermore, after marriage, they can freely leave the palace, although it is still not as convenient as living outside.
Therefore, this good news put both the Second Prince and the Third Prince in a good mood, although it wasn't all good news.
The Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet that day made the Third Prince realize that the Ping Prince's lineage held a very special place in Emperor Xuande's heart. Fu Hanlai, a prince's heir, dared to scold him to his face, while Emperor Xuande, his father, favored his nephew Fu Hanlai.
What the Third Prince didn't understand was that Emperor Xuande's favoritism towards Fu Hanlai wasn't just because he was close to his nephew, but also because the Third Prince's methods were truly underhanded.
Knowing that he disliked the Jing'an Marquis's residence and Fu Hanlai and his wife, why was he staring at a woman? This was the real reason why Emperor Xuande was dissatisfied with the Third Prince, and even lowered his opinion of him once again because of it.
This son can be spoiled; you really can't entrust him with too many things.
In short, the Third Prince himself was definitely unable to reconcile with the Prince of Ping's Mansion, and he couldn't bring himself to do it, but he was also unwilling to give up the Prince of Ping's Mansion's support.
Even if you don't support him, you can't target him, or support the Crown Prince and the Second Prince!
He thought of his queen.
The imperial decree conferring titles of princes has been issued. The second prince will be granted the title of Dun, and the third prince will be granted the title of Cheng. Both of them will be county princes, and Fei Qing can now be addressed as a princess consort.
Fu Yunhui, the former Third Prince and now Prince Cheng, recalled what his mother had told him about what had happened in the Empress's palace, and became even more dissatisfied with Fei Qing, his second wife. However, considering Fei Qing's relationship with Jiang Xuelin, he decided to go to Fei Qing's courtyard that night.
Fei Qing has been married to Fu Yunhui for over a month now, and Fu Yunhui has only spent the first three nights in her courtyard. For the next month or so, he has spent all his time with the two concubines and other maids, or in the study, leaving Fei Qing alone in her empty room since the day she married him.
Whether she regretted it or not, no one knows. When she heard from the palace servants that Fu Yunhui was going to spend the night in her courtyard, Fei Qing, who was already used to it, was obviously stunned for a moment, and then happily ordered people to prepare.
The Third Prince never stays overnight at her place, and she already has two legitimate sons. Even if Fei Qing wants more children, there's nothing she can do. She went to the Imperial Concubine, but the Imperial Concubine wasn't too happy with the marriage. She only refrained from criticizing it because Fei Qing was her niece. But since Fei Qing couldn't keep her man, the Imperial Concubine naturally wouldn't help her.
The palace servants in Fei Qing's courtyard were overjoyed to hear that the Third Prince would be coming that evening. They shared Fei Qing's fate, and their fate was intertwined with Fei Qing's. Only when Fei Qing prospered could they prosper even more. Apart from those who were pawns planted by others, everyone else naturally hoped that Fei Qing would gain favor.
However, Fei Qing was overjoyed to see her cousin and husband, only to be stunned by his words, which felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head, leaving her heart completely chilled.
"What, are my instructions making things difficult for you?" Fu Yunhui frowned when he saw that Fei Qing did not respond but remained silent. "Aren't you and Jiang Xuelin good friends? After you leave the palace and arrive at the Prince's residence, you should naturally take the time to strengthen your relationship. It was inconvenient in the palace, but it will be more convenient outside the palace."
"I heard you used to like going to burn incense together?"
Upon hearing the clearly displeased tone, Fei Qing immediately snapped out of her daze and put on a gentle smile. "Yes, thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. Once the manor is opened, I will send an invitation to Sister Xue Lin, inviting her to go out and admire the chrysanthemums together."
Although Fu Yunhui didn't say it directly, Fei Qing wasn't stupid and naturally understood his underlying meaning.
He was trying to use his relationship with Jiang Xuelin to win over the Prince Ping's mansion.
But it was precisely because he understood that Fei Qing felt bitter.
Everyone says that Sister Xuelin is foolish, but she is not foolish at all. She just doesn't like to care about so much. In fact, she knows very well that now, given the relationship between her master, the Prince of Ping's Mansion, and the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion, as well as what she did back then, Sister Xuelin will inevitably distance herself from her.
Didn't we already see that during the Mid-Autumn Festival family dinner a few days ago?
However, this was not what worried Fei Qing the most.
What worried her was that Jiang Xuelin's coldness towards her was not solely due to her relationship with Fu Yunhui. Since they were enemies, it was naturally difficult to maintain their previous relationship.
Because she knew that even though Fu Yunhui was somewhat distant from her, he wouldn't completely ignore her.
Only she knows what she did back then. She would never dare let anyone else know those things, because if anyone else found out, her fate would definitely not be good.
Just in case, she arranged for the maid who had accompanied her that day and the families of the servants who had helped her to be sent to the estate that was part of her dowry.
Even so, she still couldn't be sure if Jiang Xuelin knew about what she had done back then.
In this matter, she admitted that she had let Jiang Xuelin down.
The other party was devoted to her, and even knowing that the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion was plotting against her, they still went there. Afterwards, the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion caused trouble, but they did not take any serious action.
Fei Qing knew then that Jiang Xuelin must have done something behind this.
Her sister Xue Lin is always so soft-hearted.
She even calculated that even if she found out that someone in the Yongchang Marquis's mansion was plotting against Jiang Xuelin, she wouldn't run away, but would go to the scene.
...It was all planned out. Even if the Yongchang Marquis's mansion had schemed against Jiang Xuelin, she had secretly sent the message, so Jiang Xuelin wouldn't hold a grudge against her afterward and become estranged from her.
Because she knew that her sister Xue Lin was very aware of her situation in the manor and felt very sorry for her.
So she won't blame her.
Fei Qing was unsure how much Jiang Xuelin actually knew, and still clung to a sliver of hope.
What if Jiang Xuelin doesn't know anything yet?
"However, now that I have married you, sir, I am your woman. Sister Xue Lin is also married, so she probably won't have much time to come out."
This was merely a reminder to Fu Yunhui that she might not be able to get her to agree to meet, because the relationship between the two families was too delicate.
This can be considered as taking precautions for Fu Yunhui in advance.
If it doesn't work, it's because of Fu Yunhui, not because she's incapable.
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