Apology
Seeing her turn and leave, Feng Chenyu turned his head to look outside the door which was as dark as ink, and stood there motionless, as if thinking about something.
Fuyao returned to her room and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. When she introduced the eggplant bag to Princess Xiao that day, her expression seemed as if she was giving it to someone close to her.
But she also felt that there should be nothing between the two of them, because they had known each other since childhood, and if there really was something going on, they would not have waited until now.
Even if there is affection, it is one-sided.
When Feng Chenyu finished his work in the study and returned to the bedroom, she had already fallen asleep. He lowered his head and looked at her beautiful face with a smile on his face.
Feng Chenyu was invited to the palace as soon as he entered the Privy Council in the morning.
"Your Majesty."
He lowered his head.
"How's your work assisting Yang Yide with adjusting the personnel at the Palace Front Office going?"
The official put down the memorial in his hand and his face turned pale.
"Your Majesty, it has been basically completed. Yang Yide will present the imperial guards' roster to Your Majesty in due course."
Feng Chenyu replied.
While the two were talking, Song Cangyuan walked in.
"Your Majesty, your son, pays homage."
"You came just in time."
The official stood up from the throne and walked towards the two of them.
"Recently, several people have gone missing in Yu'an City. Prefect Liu Dongxu submitted a letter stating that the matter was not simple and requested the court's assistance in handling it.
Therefore, I have specially ordered you, Deputy Feng Shu, to assist the Crown Prince in investigating this matter, and I hope it will be resolved as soon as possible."
"I will do my utmost to get to the bottom of this matter."
"Your son obeys your order."
After leaving the hall, Song Cangyuan, who was walking in front, stopped and looked back.
"I'll trouble you, Vice Feng Shu, with this matter."
"Your Highness is too polite. I will do my best to fulfill your Majesty's orders."
Feng Chenyu was neither humble nor arrogant.
So the two of them agreed that Feng Chenyu would conduct a preliminary investigation first and then go to the East Palace to discuss it three days later.
In the carriage, Feng Chenyu fell into deep thought. He knew that His Majesty's health was getting worse day by day.
This time he asked him to assist the prince in handling the case, obviously wanting to give the prince a chance to step into the spotlight and make his path to power smoother.
It seems that he has to hurry, because once that person ascends the throne, the deaths of his father and brother will never be revealed.
When Fuyao woke up, Feng Chenyu was no longer beside her pillow. After washing up and eating something simple, she went to the store with Qingning.
As soon as I entered the shop, I saw Zhuo Yunmeng and her daughter Xier sitting in front of the counter, embroidering with their heads down. Suddenly, I remembered the days when my mother asked me to practice embroidery.
That was her least favorite thing to do, but now she no longer had the chance.
"The lady is here."
Zhuo Yunmeng looked up when she heard the noise.
Fuyao smiled,
"Xi'er is ten years old this year, right?"
"Yes."
Zhuo Yunmeng said softly.
"Does Xier like embroidery?"
Fuyao looked down at the little girl with a smile.
Xier nodded obediently.
"Have you ever thought of letting her go to school?"
She turned her head and looked at Zhuo Yunmeng.
The other party was stunned for a moment and then spoke slowly.
"It doesn't matter whether you go to your daughter's house or not."
Fuyao shook his head upon hearing this.
"Girls should also learn to read and be educated.
Although they cannot take the imperial examinations as men, they can read and write, have their own ideas, and make better choices when faced with opportunities.
As the saying goes, reading a book is like crossing a mountain, and you are reading yourself!
Although Zhuo Yunmeng understood her words, she couldn't just go whenever she wanted.
"The school doesn't accept girls."
Fuyao knew she would say this,
"If you want, I can send her to a private school."
"Don't do that. We already owe you too much. How can we trouble you again?"
Zhuo Yunmeng quickly put down the work in her hands and spoke gratefully.
Fuyao reached out and touched Xier's head with a gentle look.
"Do you want to go to school?"
Xier nodded again, then looked at her mother with longing eyes.
"That's settled then."
Fuyao's words were gentle but firm.
Zhuo Yunmeng hurriedly pulled her daughter to kowtow to her.
"I'm afraid we will never be able to repay the lady's kindness in this lifetime."
Fuyao leaned over and pulled the two of them up.
"That's not necessary."
She really felt sorry for Xier, such a well-behaved child.
After counting the goods in the back, Qiu'er and Xianning came to the front of the hall.
"The lady is here."
Qiu'er greeted, and Xianning also looked at Fuyao with a smile.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Fuyao stood up and walked towards Qiu'er.
"I thought you seemed to enjoy working in the store."
She seemed to jokingly say.
“Yes, there are different customers coming every day. I enjoy helping them choose eggplant bags and chatting with them.”
Qiu'er said innocently.
Looking at the light shining in her eyes, Fuyao spoke happily.
"Why don't you just work in the store from now on and don't have to serve me anymore."
"Madam, do you dislike me?"
Qiu'er's face darkened.
Fuyao took her hand and spoke earnestly,
"How could I dislike you?
I just think you are doing a great job in the store and I am very happy, so I should give you a chance to choose.
And now I have Qing Ning by my side, so you can focus on doing what you like."
Seeing that Fuyao cared so much about her, Qiu'er couldn't help crying.
"Silly girl, why are you crying? I just want you to do what you really want to do."
Fuyao comforted her.
Qiu Er wiped the tears from her face and spoke gratefully,
"Madam Qiu'er would like to thank you here. I will definitely help you manage the store properly."
The sky gradually darkened, and after Feng Chenyu finished his work, he planned to go to the store to pick up Fu Yao and take him home.
Qiu Er saw him coming to the counter and hurried forward to greet him.
"Deputy Chief."
"Where's Fuyao?"
His eyes searched.
Fu Yao, who had just walked out of the back room with others, saw him at a glance, but she did not say anything and just stopped while the others greeted them one by one.
"You take this to everyone."
Feng Chenyu glanced at Qing Ning and extended his hand, which had just been behind his back, towards her.
It turned out to be candied haws, and Qingning couldn't help but laugh.
Her eldest wife loves to eat this the most, and Deputy Shu just brought six skewers.
So she consciously took five strings and distributed them to others, leaving only one string in Feng Chenyu's hands.
Feng Chenyu walked towards Fuyao cautiously with the string of candied haws in his hand. At this moment, she was leaning over the counter looking at the account book in her hand.
"Would you like to try it, Madam?"
Feng Chenyu said in a low voice.
"No need."
Fu replied without even looking up from his head.
Feng Chenyu smiled helplessly. He glanced at the people behind him who were eating candied haws and bowing awkwardly.
"Please tell me how I have offended my lady."
Seeing this, the others tried hard to suppress their laughter, eating the candied haws with relish while looking at the two from time to time.
Fuyao turned around and saw him looking at her with a pious face, so she put down the account book in her hand, leaned over and took out an eggplant bag from the counter.
"Does this look familiar?"
Feng Chenyu understood the meaning instantly.
"So the princess bought it from here?"
"Of course not."
Fuyao folded her hands in front of her chest, looked up and carefully examined the handsome face.
"If you were a woman, you would probably bring disaster to the country and the people."
Feng Chenyu lowered his head and chuckled.
"Thank you for your appreciation, my lady."
"The princess said that this is a gift for someone very close to her because that person's birthday is coming soon."
Seeing him so powerful, I was furious.
I'm really out of breath when I say you're fat!
She turned and walked towards the back room unhappily.
Feng Chenyu turned around and saw that everyone was looking at him as if he was a fool. Didn’t I just follow what my wife said?
He quickly raised his foot and followed in.
Everyone couldn't help but shake their heads. It seemed that the general who was so powerful on the battlefield was really not very good at making his wife happy!
When he pushed the door open and saw Fuyao standing by the window, Feng Chenyu didn't care about anything else and walked forward to hug her from behind.
"what?"
She said coquettishly.
"Are you really angry?"
His voice was extremely gentle.
"snort!"
Fuyao turned and looked at him,
"Why didn't you tell me you were having a birthday?"
Oh, so this is why she was angry.
Seeing her pouting little pink mouth, he couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her.
But just as he touched her, he was pushed away by the lady in his arms.
"Don't fool me."
"How dare I!"
Feng Chenyu stepped forward again and held her in his arms.
"Today is my birthday, but I rarely celebrate it so I didn't tell you."
Because Feng Yin was often away leading troops in battles, and Madam Feng didn't care much about him, almost no one celebrated his birthday except Concubine Feng every year.
After a long time, he no longer cared.
Listening to him tell the reason, Fuyao felt sad and distressed.
Although he rarely mentioned his family, she felt that this family did not bring him much warmth.
Seeing the pity in her eyes, Feng Chenyu chuckled.
"Feeling sorry for me?"
Fu Yao didn't respond but stretched out her arms to wrap around his neck, then stood on tiptoe and kissed him like a chicken pecking at rice.
Probably not expecting her to do this, Feng Chenyu was stunned at first but then took the initiative and increased his strength.
Three days later, Feng Chenyu went to the East Palace as promised and told everyone everything he had learned.
It was a street clinic that specialized in treating various women's diseases, especially infertility.
Therefore, many people come here to visit, so those who are missing are all married women with outstanding appearance.
The family of the missing patient went to look for the person, and the clinic said that the person had indeed been there, but had left on his own after the consultation.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he has been sending people to investigate the matter secretly.
Song Cangyuan sat at the table with a frown on his face.
"In that case, it would be best to find a woman to act as an informant and take advantage of the opportunity to go deeper."
Feng Chenyu had certainly considered this method, but where could he find the right person?
Song Cangyuan tapped the table with his right hand a few times, then looked up at Feng Chenyu.
"Madam Shangguan is very beautiful, and I heard she is also very skilled in martial arts.
Isn't she just right?"
Hearing this, Feng Chenyu of course wanted to object at first. How could he let Fuyao put herself in danger?
So I kept silent,
"This matter is dangerous. I need to discuss it with her."
"Too."
Song Cangyuan smiled.
Because today is the Qiqiao Festival, Song Cangyuan agreed to accompany the Crown Princess out of the palace to go shopping in the market, so the two of them only chatted for a few sentences and then ended the conversation.
In fact, the person Song Cangyuan liked had always been Princess Xiao, but as a royal child, he had no say in his marriage. In addition, the princess had no interest in him, so he finally married Qu Qingyang, the daughter of Ji'an King Qu Zhan, as the Crown Princess.
When His Majesty learned that the Crown Princess was pregnant, he was extremely happy, as the royal family had always had very few offspring.
Apart from the crown prince, no other prince was born in the entire harem.
Several concubines were either still childless or had already given birth to princesses, so His Majesty was very happy to hear that the Crown Princess was pregnant. He wanted to abdicate the throne to his son Song Cangyuan even more.
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