It had been a long time since the Li Palace had a female master. Ever since Xuan Tian Yan became infatuated with Feng Fendai, all of the women in the palace had been dismissed by him, and he treated Feng Fendai wholeheartedly.
In the beginning, the people in the palace felt that this was very good. Finally, there was no need for outsiders to criticize the Fifth Prince behind his back for being an absurd prince. Their Master could finally live a normal life. Even the granny who had raised him from a young age was moved to tears because of this … …
But as time passed, the people gave up on their original beautiful thoughts. They even began to miss the Li Palace's former glory. All of this was because Feng Fendai was too pretentious! She was really too pretentious!
Nobody thought that this girl Feng Fendai would be so suicidal. Time after time, round after round, she caused the Fifth Prince to suffer a crushing defeat. He even caused the Emperor to hold a grudge against him because of her. This was worse than in the past! At least in the past, when things were peaceful, the Fifth Prince only cared about enjoying himself and was happy all day. But ever since Feng Fendai was born, the servants of the Li Palace rarely saw Xuan Tian Yan smile. He had a bitter expression all day long. There were even people who heard that Feng Fendai wanted the Fifth Prince to fight for the throne because she wanted to be the Empress.
When the servants of the Li Palace thought about these things, they felt a lingering fear. Once the Fifth Prince heard Feng Fendai's words, he would be consigned to eternal damnation if he was not careful! How big of a crime was fighting for the throne? How much hatred would be formed when fighting for the throne? The Fifth Prince was not made for that. If he was forced to fight for it, they feared that he would lose everything in the end.
Thus, after the initial joy, the people began to hope day and night that the Fifth Prince would quickly get tired of Feng Fendai, and the two would quickly cancel the engagement. They would rather have the Li Palace that was happy every night than have Feng Fendai as the head wife of the family, who could cause the entire Li Palace to be executed at any time.
Finally, the Fifth Prince and Feng Fendai broke off their relationship. When the people heard this news, they nearly bought a few bundles of firecrackers and set them off at the entrance of the palace. There were also people who were worried that the Fifth Prince would never be able to recover from this setback. However, the Fifth Prince quickly brought a girl into the family and even gave her the title of Secondary Consort. Only then did people feel at ease.
It had to be said that this new secondary concubine was very beautiful. It was said that she was the daughter of a merchant family in the capital. Although she was a concubine's daughter, because of her beauty, the merchant had always thought highly of her. He wanted to use his daughter's beauty to marry into a better family. From then on, he wanted to use his daughter's power to raise his family's status slightly. After all, Dashun was particular about scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen. Businessmen had the least status.
Xuan Tianyan brought this girl in and conferred her the title of secondary princess. That girl's maternal family's status naturally rose as a result. Although it was not as high as the court officials, because they were related to the Fifth Prince, they had a lot of face among the merchants. And Xuan Tianyan treated this girl quite well. Once she entered the family, he gave her the best courtyard to live in and even bought her a lot of nice things. This made the owner of a jade shop very happy.
Everyone was saying that the Fifth Prince had gotten tired of Feng Fendai and had taken an interest in another girl. However, they did not know that in the Li Palace, that girl's days were completely different from what the outside world had described and what she had imagined.
Did Xuan Tianyan treat her well? Good, he was indeed very good! He gave her whatever she wanted and bought whatever she wanted. She could spend however much money she wanted. She had the final say in everything in the palace, but only Xuan Tianyan, forget about favours, it was hard to even meet him. It seemed that she was just brought into the palace as a decoration to let people know that the Li Palace had a secondary princess. But she had been in the palace for almost two months and was still a virgin. The Fifth Prince had not even touched her once.
This secondary princess was puzzled by the Fifth Prince's actions, but she did not dare to ask because someone in the palace told her: "You are given food and benefits, so you should just obediently be a secondary princess. Don't say things that you should not say, don't ask things that you should not ask, there are some things that you cannot know just because you want to know, and there are some things that you do not have the right to know. Rather than returning to your maternal family and continuing to be sold off by Father, it would be better to be a secondary princess in name in the Li Palace. As for you having face, your family will also have face. "
She was also a smart woman, so she immediately understood what was going on when she heard this. The Fifth Prince only wanted a secondary princess in name and did not truly become interested in women again. And the reason why she was brought into the palace, she guessed that it was most likely to anger the Feng family's Fourth Young Miss!
In reality, this secondary princess' guess was correct. Xuan Tianyan hurriedly brought this girl into the palace and even conferred her the title of secondary princess for the sake of fighting with Feng Fendai. Of course, he did not just want to anger Fendai in the beginning. He also had thoughts of giving up on himself and wanted to return to the past. He wanted to let Feng Fendai see that he, Xuan Tianyan, did not have to have her. He wanted to let Feng Fendai see how lively the Li Palace was after it became prosperous again and how arrogant he, Xuan Tianyan, could be.
But when she was brought into the palace, when he wanted to walk into the courtyard that the girl lived in, he found that he no longer had the same thoughts as before. Even if that girl was very beautiful and there were some similarities between her appearance and that person's, he still did not have any thoughts of favoring her. He was not even willing to enter the courtyard. His mind was filled with Feng Fendai's figure, his mind was filled with how Feng Fendai looked when she danced the Snow Plum Dance.
Xuan Tianyan finally understood that he had lost. Over these years, he had already lost without realizing it. That damn girl Feng Fendai actually occupied his heart like this, causing him to not even have any thoughts of touching other girls. What the hell was this?
The secondary princess in the Li Palace became a decoration, becoming a bargaining chip for Xuan Tianyan to observe Feng Fendai's reaction. But it had been almost two months, but there was no reaction from Feng Fendai's side. The scout that came to report said, Fourth Young Miss Feng would play with her younger brother in the courtyard every day, teaching her younger brother how to read and write. In the afternoon, when Xiao Bao went to sleep, she would also sleep. Every afternoon, if it was not a bowl of plain noodles, it would be a normal person's lunch. Meat and fish were rarely seen, her days were like those of a poor commoner's family.
Xuan Tianyan felt a little heartache when he heard this, thinking that Feng Fendai did not have much money and was still using the money that he gave her in the past. But after moving to Crystal courtyard, he did not give her much money because Feng Fendai did not need it. The expenses of Crystal courtyard were all paid by him directly. He also bought a lot of Feng Fendai's clothes and accessories, never needing that girl to worry about them herself. Like this, other than buying some small items for herself, Feng Fendai did not spend much money. Like this, after a few times, she no longer asked him for money. As a man, it was inevitable that he would overlook this and did not think of giving her money often.
Thinking about it now, the money that Feng Fendai had was almost spent. The reason why she was living a poor life was because there was no other choice. Therefore, he thought about sending some money to Feng Fendai, but every time he prepared the money, he felt that there was no reason to send it. Sending it to her like this would make him lose too much face, so he gave up.
Like this, Feng Fendai's life continued to be poor.
Of course, Xuan Tianyan was even angrier about Feng Fendai's attitude. The matter of him bringing a secondary princess into the palace was known by the entire capital, why did that girl not have any reaction at all? Every day, she acted as if nothing had happened, could it be that she really planned to not interact with him for the rest of her life? That engagement between them, was it really canceled just like that? After so many years, that Feng Fendai did not have any feelings or nostalgia for him at all? She was not familiar with him at all?
The more he thought about it, the more depressed he felt, but he did not know that Feng Fendai was not someone without feelings. How could she not be grateful for the good that Xuan Tianyan had treated her well over the years? It was just that she was afraid of mixing into that circle again and being together with those people would cause the vanity and unwillingness in her heart to swell more and more, to the point that she would do many crazy things. That heart that was higher than the heavens would find it hard to settle down.
Therefore, Feng Fendai was not heartless. She was hiding, using the method of hiding to calm herself down.
Feng Fendai was calm, but now, the person who was not calm was Feng Yu Heng. She would go out on the streets every day to search for that person. Sometimes, she would bring along Wang Chuan and Huang Quan. Other times, she would leave the manor alone. Every corner of the streets and alleys of the capital had her footprints. She had even entered brothels and taverns, causing quite a stir.
However, that girl still did not appear. It was as if she had suddenly disappeared. No matter how she searched, she did not surface.
Wang Chuan had thought that that person was no longer in the capital and suggested to leave the city to search. But Feng Yu Heng could feel that that person had not gone far. She was still within the boundaries of the capital and had not left the city. Therefore, she removed the net once again. This time, not only did she use the hidden guards of the three manors, she even asked Wang Zhuo to transfer a portion of the soldiers to help search for that person.
The weather in the beginning of winter was already very cold. The citizens changed into winter clothes. Under the arrangements of the Sixth Prince, the court also started to distribute resources from the capital to various places in Dashun. This was to help the victims of the disaster and the poor citizens get through the winter successfully.
On this day, Feng Yu Heng was walking alone on the streets. Her eyes were vigilant as she looked around. Wang Chuan and Huang Quan had been sent to another place to patrol by her. Even though the two servant girls were worried about her going out alone, they could not resist Feng Yu Heng's persistence. Thinking about the people they had sent out on the streets, including soldiers and hidden guards, no matter where Feng Yu Heng was and what happened, there would definitely be people to help at the first moment. They were slightly relieved.
Feng Yu Heng had gone out on the streets like this more than once or twice. But each time, she did not have any results. Sometimes, she was in a daze. She wondered if she was too sensitive. That person, that matter did not exist. But today, she was walking on the streets. After passing through two alleys, she finally reached the bustling main street with shops. A peddler walked by her and almost brushed shoulders with her. He said in a small voice, "Wang fei, pay attention behind you. There is a person wearing a blue robe and looking like a scholar following you … …"
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