Xiangrong stood up, without raising his head, and bowed down to the voice: "Xiangrong has met His Royal Highness King Chun. His Highness is a thousand years old."
Xuan Tianhua stepped forward to help her, and said in the same warm voice: "Get up, there is no need to be polite in your own home." He saw that Xiangrong was timid, so he did not exchange too many greetings with her, and took the initiative to ask: "
But are you here because of your second sister’s entry into the palace?”
"Yes." Xiangrong nodded, finally having the courage and a reason to raise his head, "Second sister said that she went to the palace to plead guilty, but the family is worried. Grandma must come to Xiangrong to ask His Highness. Xiangrong knows that it is rude.
Yes, but I...I dare not disobey my grandmother's orders."
"It's okay." Xuan Tianhua motioned for her to sit down, and he also sat down on the main seat, "It's not rude, Ming'er and I are brothers, and you and Aheng are sisters, so it's right for you to come to me and inquire.
." Xuan Tianhua rarely calls himself the king in front of others, unless he intentionally reminds the other person of his identity. Most of the time, he just chats like a normal person, and can quickly remove the other person's nervousness.
Xiangrong also felt slightly reassured by his words. She was no longer nervous. Then her worries about Feng Yuheng came to her heart - "Your Highness, will the second sister be okay? Will the emperor be angry?
?Will she be punished? Your Highness, this matter is not the fault of Second Sister. Your Highness Ninth Highness’s leg injury is too serious, and it has taken so long, even if it cannot be cured, it is reasonable! Your Highness, can you intercede for Second Sister?
Please, Your Majesty... don't punish her! Or, fine her some money?" The more she spoke, the more unsure she became. How could she be punished with only a small amount of money if she was so angry?
Xuan Tianhua laughed and didn't say whether he would help or not. He just told her: "You should trust your second sister."
"Ah?" Xiangrong was slightly startled, "What do you believe? Second sister said personally that His Highness Ninth Prince's leg cannot be cured!"
"Whether it is treated well or not is one thing, but whether it is punished is another. There are many times when what you see and hear is not the truth, and there are also many times when what has happened is not what it should have been.
face."
Xiang Rong was completely confused. She found that she couldn't understand what Xuan Tianhua was talking about. On weekdays, she was just envious when she saw her second sister chatting and laughing with them freely. But now she knows that being able to communicate like that is not just a matter of light.
Courage is all you need, but you also need... brains. She must be too stupid to even understand what she is saying. With such an answer, how can she learn from the old lady when she goes back?
Seeing her annoyed look, Xuan Tianhua couldn't help but shook his head, "You are still young, so it's normal for you not to understand. I blame you for not telling you this. Anyway, remember, no matter when the time comes, as long as you believe in your
Sister, that’s it.”
"But the emperor..."
"Father may be unhappy, but he won't be too embarrassed."
"Alas." Xiangrong sighed softly, stood up, saluted to Xuan Tianhua and said, "Thank you, His Highness Seventh Highness, for clarifying the confusion. Although Xiangrong doesn't quite understand what I heard, I will tell you when I return home later.
Even if I learn the original words from my grandmother, I can still remember them."
Xuan Tianhua was puzzled, "Later? Where are you going?"
"Xiang Rong wants to wait for the second sister at the gate of the palace."
"...That's all." Xuan Tianhua shook his head helplessly and stood up, "Let's go, I'll go with you."
When leaving Prince Chun's Mansion, Xiangrong got into Xuan Tianhua's carriage, and the Feng family's carriage followed silently behind.
Along the way, Xiangrong's heart was in a mess. Sometimes she thought about Xuan Tianhua, and sometimes she thought about Feng Yuheng. Her little face was tangled, and she made Xuan Tianhua laugh several times.
At this moment, everyone in the Feng Mansion was in a state of anxiety. No one knew when Feng Yuheng would come back, or what kind of disaster he would bring to the Feng family when he came back.
In the evening, a girl hurried to Shu Yayuan to deliver a message. Before she could speak, the old lady asked in a trembling voice: "Is there someone from the palace?"
The girl was stunned, "How does the old lady know?"
"It's over!" A tea bowl in the old lady's hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and her tone changed as she spoke, "I knew it! How could the emperor change his original intention all of a sudden when he hated the Yao family so much?
Ah Heng is so good. Now it seems that everything is for His Highness Ninth Prince's legs! The emperor just wanted to let A Heng cure His Highness Ninth Prince's legs, so he gave him so much kindness. Now the legs can't be cured, Ah.
Heng will be of no use, and disaster will follow!"
Seeing the old lady like this, Aunt Zhao quickly stepped forward to persuade her. The girl who came to deliver the message was told by the old lady that she was stupid. She was stunned for a while and then asked again: "What is the old lady talking about?"
Aunt Zhao sensed something was wrong and immediately asked again: "You said there was someone coming from the palace, who was it?"
The little girl replied: "Two nuns came, saying that they were invited by Mrs. Zhou and ordered by the Queen to come to the house to set rules for the fourth young lady."
"Huh?" The old lady suddenly recovered from her crying face, "What did you say?"
The girl said again: "The nun who teaches the rules has come to the palace. She has been led here. She said she would pay her respects to the old lady first, and then go to see the fourth young lady."
The old lady then remembered that Fendai had offended the Ninth Prince yesterday, and he had said that he would ask his nanny to come over and teach Fendai the rules.
As soon as she heard that this was the reason for the visitor from the palace, the old lady felt relieved and quickly said to the maid: "Go and bring the Fourth Miss over."
The girl responded and went, and Aunt Zhao said while arranging the old lady's clothes: "Old lady, please don't scare yourself. Isn't the second lady still having His Royal Highness over there? Even if the emperor wants to punish her,
It's just to vent your anger, and with His Highness here, there is no way that the second lady will suffer."
"But if his leg can't heal, can he still treat Ah Heng like before?" The old lady didn't believe that there were men who could really be devoted to a woman.
Aunt Zhao didn't think so. She reminded the old lady: "Yesterday at Tongshengxuan, you saw with your own eyes His Royal Highness's attitude towards the second young lady. Is there any sense of estrangement?"
When the old lady thought about it carefully, she felt that it was what Aunt Zhao said, and she felt a little relieved.
At this time, someone outside the door announced, "Mother Liu and Grandma Wang are here to pay their respects to the old lady."
"Please."
Following the invitation, two women in palace clothes walked in from outside the door. They were about forty years old, tall and stern, with a stern face. They walked with an upright manner and looked straight away until they stopped five steps away from the old lady.
They all bowed down and saluted: "Old slave, I would like to send my greetings to Mrs. Feng. We are here to teach the fourth young lady the rules on the order of the empress. We hope that the old lady will take care of you."
"What are you talking about, please get up, please get up." The old lady wanted to get up and help her in person, but she didn't have the ability to do so, so she had to ask Aunt Zhao to do it for her. "That kid Fendai.
I'm young and ignorant, so please take care of me, two nuns."
"Don't worry, old lady, the old slaves dare not disobey the Queen's will." When the two nuns spoke, their eyes flashed with sternness, which made the old lady nod her head repeatedly.
Not long after, Feng Fendai was brought from the Buddhist hall to Shu Yayuan, where she knelt for a day and a night. The girl had lost her energy, her head was scattered, and the color on her face was gone. She walked unsteadily every step of the way. When she met the old lady,
Without even bothering to say hello, he said: "Grandma, please spare Fendai. If Fendai dies, what will you do to your father when he comes back?"
The old lady ignored her and said to the two nuns, "This is my fourth granddaughter."
The two stood up, first gave a very standard greeting salute to Fendai, and said: "I have met Miss Feng Si."
Fendai frowned: "Who are you?"
One of them, Mother Liu, said: "The old slaves are the teaching mothers in the palace. They are here to teach the fourth young lady the rules on the orders of the Queen."
"Learn the rules? What rules to learn?" Fendai was confused, "I don't go into the palace, why do I need people in the palace to teach me the rules? Grandma, what do they do?"
"How outrageous!" The old lady slapped the chair, "The two nuns came to Feng Mansion on the orders of the Queen, how can you tolerate your nonsense?"
"But, why?" As soon as the words came out, she immediately remembered what Xuan Tianming said yesterday. Fendai didn't know what to think, but her eyes lit up and she asked Aunt Liu, "Did His Highness the Ninth Prince tell the Queen?
"
Aunt Liu nodded, "Exactly."
"Ha!" Fendai immediately became happy, "Let me just say, Your Highness the Ninth Prince is interested in me. Otherwise, why would you specially invite a nanny from the palace to teach me the rules? Aunts, don't worry, Fendai will definitely learn it hard, and in the future
I will definitely not embarrass His Highness Ninth Prince."
Fendai's words made Mrs. Feng not know where to put her old face. The two nuns were also at a loss. Aunt Wang said: "I don't know what the Fourth Miss means by saying this. I only know that His Highness Ninth Prince and
When the Queen Mother talked about this matter, she said this - 'There is a fourth young lady in the Feng family who is used to being rude and ignorant of etiquette and shame, which makes me upset'."
"Hmph." The old lady groaned, "Did you hear that? His Highness the Ninth Prince only thinks that you have no shame, so why do you care about you?"
Aunt Liu also nodded, "The person that His Highness the Ninth Prince likes is the second young lady in the house. Everyone knows this. He speaks without restraint, which is a bad habit that the old slaves have to help the fourth young lady correct."
"Impossible!" Fendai screamed, "How could he say that about me? You must be lying. They must be sent by Feng Yuheng to punish me. Get out! Get out of here!"
Fendai went crazy and rushed forward to push the two nuns. Aunt Liu was tilted by her push. Aunt Wang was so angry that she reached into her sleeves, took the same small whip from the cuffs, and whipped it.
He raised his hand, hit Fendai's back and pulled it away.
The people in the palace had a knack for beating people. They could smash the wood underneath through the tofu, and they could still make sure that the tofu wouldn't break, let alone through the clothes.
Fendai felt a burning pain in her back and screamed for a while, but she couldn't elicit the slightest pity from the Feng family.
Grandma Wang held the whip in her hand and said coldly: "This phoenix whip is used to beat concubines at the top and punish female officials at the bottom. The fourth young lady of the Feng family should feel honored to receive this whip today."
Mrs. Feng also nodded and said: "What you said is right, I hope you can teach your fourth granddaughter well. Beat her when she deserves it and punish her when she deserves it. There is no need to be merciful."
"Old slave, take your orders."
Even though Fendai was reluctant, these two stern-faced nuns were sent to her yard.
As soon as she saw them leaving, the old lady quickly said to Aunt Zhao: "It's getting dark. Come on, go to the palace gate yourself. Ah Heng won't come back, and Xiang Rong won't come back either. I'm really worried to death."
Already."
Nanny Zhao was so urged that she had no choice but to leave the house in a hurry, and drove to the palace gate in a carriage.
When she arrived, she immediately saw Xiangrong waiting outside the palace gate, and the seventh prince Xuan Tianhua who was accompanying her. She was about to go over and say a few words, when she saw someone coming out of the palace gate.
In the middle, an old woman dressed up was smiling and chatting with a palace maid who was accompanying her. The palace maid was so polite to the old woman that she couldn't help but take a closer look. It didn't matter if she didn't look at it.
Grandma couldn't help being shocked, "Is it her?" [End of Chapter]