Han chuckled again, "Yes, I went to court before dawn. I originally thought that I would be able to show up at noon at least, but I didn't expect to be back now."
An stood there for a long time, figuring it would be a bad idea not to speak anymore, so he added: "The master went to change his official robes. Hearing that we were all here to pay our respects to the old lady, he asked us to wait here for the time being. He
Come this way soon."
When the old lady heard this, she frowned and said, "I'm afraid there's something going on in the court."
Mrs. Shen sat down on the chair, waving the handkerchief in her hand, drank half the bowl of tea served by the maid, and then said: "If something happens, it's none of our women's family's business. I must be here to say hello to the old lady."
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There is nothing wrong with what you say. No matter how big the issue is in the court, it has nothing to do with the women in the backyard.
But the old lady vaguely felt that when Feng Jinyuan came to Shu Yayuan today, it might not be as simple as saying hello.
She turned her gaze to Feng Yuheng, guessing in her mind that it was probably related to this girl. After all, she suddenly decided to keep her in the house yesterday, and she had to explain it to everyone.
After everyone waited for a while, Feng Jinyuan, who had already changed out of his official robe, walked in.
First, he greeted the old lady and then sat down next to Mr. Shen. When the maid offered tea, he only took a small sip. As expected, his eyes soon fell on Feng Yuheng.
Feng Yuheng suddenly felt a little nervous. This nervousness was not brought about by Feng Jinyuan, but she vaguely guessed that the other party was only afraid of talking to her, and this matter was 100% related to the Ninth Prince.
Although she already knew that something happened to the man last night, she didn't get any further information after all. This was another morning, so maybe something else would happen.
She was vaguely worried, and she couldn't figure out the reason for it at first. After thinking about it for a while, she suddenly realized that what she was worried about was... Could that person break off the engagement with her?
Here, Feng Jinyuan has already spoken: "It just so happens that Aheng is here. I have something to tell my father. Aheng, don't be too sad."
Feng Yuxing stared at Feng Jinyuan closely, her eyes unabashedly falling on his mouth that opened and closed, and anyone with long eyes could see the tension.
But no one has any doubts about this. After all, this is how a girl who is engaged should behave. Or in the eyes of everyone, this kind of Feng Yuheng is normal and in line with what they think.
think.
Feng Jinyuan was tired of being stared at by her, so he raised his hand casually, and finally got to the point: "This morning, some courtiers discussed the matter of establishing a prince, but the emperor rejected it."
The old lady asked at the right time: "Isn't it said that the day when the Ninth Prince returns to the court is the day when the Crown Prince is established? The Ninth Prince came back yesterday, why not only did the Emperor make no move, but he also dismissed the minister's petition today?"
"Alas!" Feng Jinyuan sighed: "My son just learned about this. It turns out that the Ninth Prince did retreat from the enemy army and defended the territory, but he himself was seriously injured."
Everyone was stunned.
The old lady asked again: "How much is the injury?"
Feng Jinyuan glanced at Feng Yuheng and said: "Both legs are completely disabled, appearance is completely ruined, even the heir... is hopeless."
There was an uproar!
Mrs. Shen held Feng Chenyu's hand with a scared look on her face. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's okay, it's okay."
The old lady stared at her and tapped her cane on the ground. Shen finally knew how to restrain herself, and just pulled Feng Chenyu and whispered in a low voice: "No wonder your father kept them here yesterday, he must have heard the message then.
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Chen Yu nodded and whispered, "Father still loves and protects Chen Yu."
Mrs. Shen was very satisfied with what Feng Jinyuan did this time, and for the first time she agreed with the Yao family and the other three to stay in Feng Mansion.
When Feng Jinyuan finished speaking, he looked at Feng Yuheng. Seeing that the girl had no reaction and was looking at him blankly, he couldn't help but frowned: "Aheng?"
Feng Yuheng was startled, "Huh?"
"Don't be sad." He didn't feel sorry for his daughter, and his words of comfort were not painful.
Feng Yu Heng blinked and asked him: "Father said before that there is something for me not to be sad about. Is this it?"
Feng Jinyuan was puzzled: "Otherwise, what do you think it is?"
Feng Yuheng shook her head: "It's nothing." But she was secretly relieved.
Everyone just said that she couldn't accept this fact for a while, and it was normal for her to be a little dazed. The third aunt, Anshi, walked up to her, patted her shoulder comfortingly, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, Ah Heng. Everyone has their own differences."
People's lives are still three years away from you, so don't be in a hurry."
Feng Chenyu also stepped forward and comforted her with a face like a Bodhisattva: "Second sister, don't be too sad. Although he is disabled, he is still a prince after all, and he will never treat him badly.
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The old lady also expressed her position: "You are all my granddaughters, and the palms and backs of your hands are all flesh. Even if the person you want to marry, Ah Heng, has an accident, the Feng family will always be your natal family, and they will pay more for you in the dowry."
Prepare a copy." He said while looking at Mr. Shen.
When Mrs. Shen heard that she had to prepare an extra dowry, she was about to get angry, but Feng Jinyuan beside her coughed hard and suppressed her anger.
"My wife will take care of it." She deserved it, unwillingly.
Fendai was happy, so what if she was a legitimate daughter? So what if she married a prince? In the end, it would be better to marry an ordinary royal child, and be a normal person at least. Then the ninth prince has no hope of having any heirs, so what hope does he have in the future? The throne
There was no one to inherit. But thinking that Feng Yuheng could get an extra dowry, her face fell again.
Feng Xiangrong felt sad for Feng Yuheng and looked at her and wiped away her tears.
But just now, Feng Yuheng, who was thought to be somewhat normal by everyone and was weakened by the unexpected incident, was revived with full health in the blink of an eye. She was heard saying to the old lady: "Grandma, why do you want to do this?"
Prepare an extra dowry for Ah Heng?"
The old lady wondered if her granddaughter was stupid. She had to comfort her: "You are a girl from the Feng family. Marrying someone like that... Grandma was afraid that you would live a poor life in the future, so she thought of preparing more for you."
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Feng Yu Heng leaned over: "A Heng appreciates my grandmother's kindness, but she forgot that A Heng is the daughter of the Feng Mansion, and the Ninth Prince is also the son of the emperor. The Feng Mansion wants to treat their daughter well, how can the emperor not treat her badly?
Remember to take good care of your son!"
Upon hearing what she said, Mrs. Shen immediately nodded in agreement: "That's right, the old lady is really worrying too much. How can our Feng family compare with the royal family." For Mrs. Shen, taking money from the public account is like taking out her own money.
Private money is a concept. It is easy to say that it is easy to prepare an extra dowry, but it is a lot of money. Why should Feng Yuheng be given the advantage?
But Feng Yuheng obviously didn't want what she wanted. As soon as Shen's words came out of her mouth, she said to the old lady: "Although Aheng only accepts the extra dowry, my grandmother's kindness cannot be refused."
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"What do you mean?" Mrs. Shen is just a useless person who just lights up and doesn't understand the twists and turns.
Feng Yuheng added: "What Aheng means is that since my grandmother has given the gift, Aheng will do a favor and divide the extra dowry equally between Xiangrong and Fendai. As for the eldest sister...
She glanced at Chen Yu and said, "I guess you must be like me and won't compete with the little sisters."
After putting on a tall hat, Feng Chenyu could say nothing else. She could only show her usual generous smile and said in agreement: "That's natural."
Although Anshi is low-key, she is smart. As her daughter, although Xiangrong is a little timid due to the rules in the house, she is by no means unable to see clearly the appearance of her eyebrows. In addition, Anshi had a relationship with Yao in the past.
Xiang Rong has always been close to Feng Yu Heng since she was a child. Naturally, she has to help him push the plot to the top of this drama.
Therefore, An passed it over with a look, and Xiangrong immediately knelt down in the middle of the ground with joy on his face: "Xiangrong, thank you grandma, thank you mother, and thank you eldest sister and second sister."
Feng Fendai is a bargain hunter. In the final analysis, she just hates the so-called legitimate daughter in the house who is weighing on her, not Feng Yuheng and Feng Chenyu. So compared to Feng Chenyu,
Her second sister, her former legitimate daughter, especially now that she is about to marry a good-for-nothing prince, has no sense of superiority at all to her, not to mention that she is now given such a huge favor. You know.
, as a concubine, the dowry she can get is much less than that of a legitimate daughter, and if she shares the dowry of another concubine equally, for her, the original dowry is half as much as for nothing.
So Fendai immediately knelt on the ground and thanked her loudly and happily: "Thank you grandma, mother and two sisters!"
Xiangrong thought for a while, then turned sideways and added: "Thank you, father."
The two girls thanked her and completely blocked the old lady's mouth.
Mrs. Shen stood up and wanted to resist, but Mrs. An and Mr. Han walked to the middle at the right moment and leaned down to salute, saying in unison: "Thank you, old lady and eldest lady."
Han rolled her eyes charmingly and said softly to Feng Jinyuan, "Thank you, sir."
An even increased his efforts to silence the old lady: "Everyone in the capital knows that our old lady in Feng Mansion always loves the younger generation and has never treated the third and fourth young ladies harshly just because they are concubines. This is really praised by everyone."
model."
As soon as these words came out, regardless of whether they were true or not, the image of the old lady was immediately established, and even she herself felt a little arrogant. She supported her waist with one hand and leaned on the stick with the other and nodded with a smile: "I just said it,
The palms and backs of my hands are all flesh.”
Shen felt like her heart was bleeding, but after looking at Chen Yu who shook his head slightly at her, and Feng Jinyuan who looked approvingly, she had to swallow this sigh of relief no matter how unhappy she was.
Zuo Xiangrong and Fendai were only ten years old, so it was still early for them to get married.
Seeing Mrs. Shen nodding dryly, the two children kneeling on the ground stood up. Xiangrong still looked downcast, but the joy on Fendai's face could not be concealed.
Mrs. Shen glanced at her and felt that this girl, at such a young age, had somehow developed Han's charm, which made her feel even more disgusted.
At this time, Aunt Zhao, who had gone out to look for a trap for the Yao family, came back in a hurry. She accidentally stumbled when she crossed the threshold. Fortunately, there was a little girl at the door who helped her, so she didn't fall.
Aunt Zhao was an old lady who had been serving the old lady since she was a child. The old lady naturally knew that if something big had not happened, she would never let Aunt Zhao behave like this, so she quickly asked: "What happened?"
Aunt Zhao took a few deep breaths, and when she saw Feng Jinyuan was there, she hurriedly saluted, and then said to everyone: "The people from Prince Yu's Mansion are here to pay the betrothal gift."