"Would Your Highness like to go out for a stroll? I've heard that it's the perfect time for spring outings in Lingcheng," the maid asked softly as she fastened the hair ornament for her.
Fei Qing looked at herself in the mirror and felt that her complexion was a bit poor. She asked someone to bring her lip rouge and added some blush to both sides of her cheeks, which made her look a little better.
"No need. I'm not one to go out much anyway. The scenery in this courtyard is quite nice, and I'm going to see my mother later." Fei Qing looked around and thought it was alright, so he said casually.
She and Jiang Xuelin had different personalities; she was quieter and could stay put anywhere. Besides, the Imperial Concubine was not someone to be trifled with.
Even though she was the Imperial Concubine's niece, she was not the ideal daughter-in-law in the Imperial Concubine's eyes, so she could not help Fu Yunhui and did not receive much favor from her.
If her surname wasn't Fei, her situation might have been even more difficult.
"Is the beauty-enhancing soup I prepared for Mother ready?"
"It has been prepared as you instructed."
"Um."
As the two were talking, Fu Yunhui, who had left early in the morning, returned with a fierce expression and a gloomy face.
He had been full of vigor when he left home in the morning, but now he was in a sorry state. The hem of his brocade robe was stained with dirt, and his knees were also quite dirty from being forced to kneel. When Fu Yunhui saw Fei Qing, who had tidied himself up, his face immediately turned even uglier.
"Get out!"
The maids serving in the room were frightened by Fu Yunhui and immediately knelt down. Only Fei Qing's two dowry maids hesitated, worried that Fei Qing would be taken advantage of if she were alone with Fu Yunhui.
"All of you may leave. What's wrong with Your Highness? What happened? Why are you so angry?"
He gestured for them all to leave, lest they incur bad luck at this time, before Fei Qing asked Fu Yunhui.
The atmosphere in the main courtyard has been strange these past two days. Ever since Princess Consort Jiang Xuelin of the Prince of Ping was found to be pregnant, Fu Yunhui has never given her a kind look. However, Fei Qing doesn't care about this, since she doesn't love Fu Yunhui anyway.
Before arriving in Lingcheng, Yao Yufang, the youngest son of the Duke of Yao's family, had contacted him and mentioned that Jiang Xuelin's maternal family lived in Lingcheng. At that time, Fu Yunhui was prepared to teach Jiang Xuelin, who had been causing him countless troubles, a lesson.
In this day and age, filial piety is highly valued, but Jiang Xuelin ignores her maternal family. If she accepts her maternal family, it will not be a good thing for the entire Jing'an Marquis's Mansion, since Xie Mingshun and Xie Li are not good people. If she does not accept her maternal family, then she will be unfilial.
Fu Yunhui never intended to use this incident to suppress Jiang Xuelin and Fu Hanlai. He only wanted to leave a grudge in Emperor Xuande's heart and cause them some trouble. However, he did not expect Jiang Xuelin to be so bold.
What he didn't expect was that his and Yao Yufang's actions were reported to Emperor Xuande by Marquis Jing'an, resulting in him receiving a severe reprimand.
Moreover, he could sense that the Xuande Emperor was very dissatisfied and disappointed with his actions against Jiang Xuelin and Fu Hanlai.
Thinking of this, Fu Yunhui felt extremely annoyed.
It wasn't him targeting those two good-for-nothing idiots!
Those two people are vindictive and won't let him go!
As the son of a noble concubine, Fu Yunhui was born a chosen one. Apart from the Crown Prince, whose status was more noble than his? Even the Crown Prince was only benefiting from his status. He never thought he was inferior to the Crown Prince. However, he never expected that his desire to marry Jiang Xuelin would be so humiliating.
For Fu Yunhui, his willingness to marry the eldest daughter of the Jing'an Marquis's family, whose reputation wasn't exactly stellar, was an honor for the family. Shouldn't they have happily agreed? But what was the result?
The entire Jing'an Marquis's mansion showed their contempt for him, avoiding him like the plague.
Then Jiang Xuelin ruined the people he had painstakingly recruited. Later, at the family banquet, Fu Hanlai showed her no respect whatsoever. He sent Fei Qing to try and build a relationship with Jiang Xuelin, but Jiang Xuelin completely ignored him.
All of this deepened the hatred between the two sides. He was just teaching Jiang Xuelin a lesson this time. What was wrong with that? What was excessive about it?
It was just a small matter, but Emperor Xuande made a big deal out of it and became disappointed in him.
What angered Fu Yunhui even more was that Jiang Xuelin found out she was pregnant at this time!
Fu Yunhui and Fu Hanlai got married around the same time, only a little over a month apart. Now Jiang Xuelin is pregnant, but Fei Qing's belly shows no signs of pregnancy.
Because of the special nature of the Prince Ping's mansion, once Jiang Xuelin had a child, not only would the entire Prince Ping's mansion not hold it against her, but even Emperor Xuande would not care about her at this time. Even if Jiang Xuelin committed a serious crime at this time, it would be minimized!
Even when his first wife was pregnant and gave birth to their son, she did not receive as many rewards from the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and Emperor Xuande!
In short, Fu Yunhui is now really angry and wants to vent his anger.
"You know that Jiang Xuelin is pregnant, right?"
"Yes, I found out yesterday. My mother even sent someone to deliver a congratulatory gift." Fei Qing raised an eyebrow, having more or less guessed what Fu Yunhui wanted to say.
Sure enough, Fu Yunhui's questioning came the next moment.
"You two got married one after the other, only a month apart. Why is she pregnant while you haven't shown any signs of pregnancy?"
Fei Qing immediately laughed upon hearing this.
"Your Highness's words are truly laughable. Why is there not a single good sign about my belly? Shouldn't you be asking Your Highness yourself about that?"
"What do you mean?"
"We've been married for half a year, and perhaps because Your Highness has always treated me like a younger sister, you've only visited my courtyard a handful of times. I wonder how Your Highness wishes to bring me good news?" Fei Qing said this with a smile on her face, as if Fu Yunhui was saying something funny.
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