"Your Highness the Fifth Prince!" Qi Fang moved closer to Xuan Tian Yan's side and even placed a hand on Xuan Tian Yan's arm. Seeing that he did not refuse, she was very happy. "Your Highness, did you know? It's not just Fang 'er who feels that you have suffered a loss. Right now, all of the citizens of the capital are speaking up for you! When you married a secondary princess before the end of the year, many citizens ran over to Feng Fen Dai's courtyard to curse her. I heard that they cursed her for a full two days and two nights. That Feng Fen Dai knows that she is guilty and did not dare leave her room. She did not even dare show her head. Say, if she is not guilty, what is she? "
Qi Fang vividly described the day that the citizens of the capital had cursed Feng Fen Dai. When she got to the part where she was agitated, she even imitated the way that the citizens cursed. It was truly a beautiful scene.
While she was speaking happily, her father, Qi Huai, who was sitting among the officials, was about to be scared out of his wits. It was not as though he did not know what his daughter was thinking. That girl had always been arrogant. If he had not been suppressing her, he feared that she would have caused a scene long ago. Fortunately, he did not like interacting with too many people. Qi Fang also did not interact much, so she had been safe for many years. But today … He watched as Qi Fang and the Fifth Prince chatted more and more passionately and warmly. Both of Qi Fang's hands were already on the Fifth Prince's arms. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The Fifth Prince was still smiling at the start, but later on, who knew what Qi Fang said, but the smile on his face slowly disappeared. By now, his face was icy cold, and it looked as though he wanted to kill someone.
Qi Huai's face was pale, and the hand holding the wine cup trembled. However, the colleague next to him was still joking with him, loudly saying: "Lord Qi! Who knew that your daughter would be so motivated, chatting so happily with His Highness the Fifth Prince! Lord Qi, you must prepare yourself. Based on His Highness the Fifth Prince's personality, it's possible that he will go to the Qi manor tomorrow to send the betrothal gifts. You are a standard third rank assistant minister. If the negotiations go well, you might even be able to obtain the position of official princess! Congratulations, congratulations! "
Qi Huai was so angry that he could not speak. He stared fixedly at the madam sitting across from him. The two had been married for over ten years. That madam immediately understood what her master meant. But what could she do? As a woman, she couldn't possibly rush in front of the prince and drag her daughter back. Thus, he could only shake his head helplessly, indicating that there was nothing he could do.
At this time, Qi Fang was still speaking. Not only was Feng Fen Dai completely worthless, she was even worse than a servant. In her words, she was "a lowly life. She finally managed to get engaged to a prince, but she does not know how to cherish it. She actually dares to be so arrogant. This sort of person should be thrown into a pot of boiling oil."
She spoke energetically, and her eyebrows danced. She felt that she was an envoy of justice. As long as she trampled on Feng Fen Dai, she would definitely be able to obtain the fifth prince's favor.
However, she did not expect a slap to land on her face all of a sudden. That slap was extremely strong. Qi Fang, who was talking excitedly, felt something fly out of her mouth. Only after three breaths did she feel the pain. When she looked again, it was one of her own teeth.
She let out a loud "ow" and raised her hand to cover her face. She looked at Xuan Tian Yan in disbelief. Blood was still flowing from the corner of her lips, dripping onto the dress that she had carefully prepared. She cut a very sorry figure.
This slap and loud shout attracted the attention of everyone present. Even the dancers stopped dancing and looked in the direction of the princes. Qi Fang sobbed, continuously asking Xuan Tianyan: "Why? Why did Your Highness the fifth prince hit me? Could it be that what I said was wrong? That Feng Fen Dai is a shameless little demon. She's just a slut. She just doesn't cherish Your Highness the fifth prince. I helped you get justice, so why did you still hit me? "
Once these words came out, her father Qi Huai's heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself that it was over. Sure enough, Xuan Tian Yan's slap landed once more. Striking from both sides, Qi Fang was beaten until her face was swollen.
Everyone was shocked. Some people were speechless. This fifth prince really did not hold back when hitting a woman! Such a narrow-minded person really was a disgrace to the imperial family.
But there were also people that held a different view: "As I see it, she should be hit! Did you hear what that young miss said? No matter how bad that Feng family's daughter is, she was someone that had a proper marriage agreement with Your Highness the fifth prince. She is the rightful official princess of Prince Li. Regardless of whether her temper is good or bad, that marriage was something that Your Highness the fifth prince personally requested from the Emperor and the Feng family. As the saying goes, one is willing to be hit and the other is willing to be hit. When the two quarreled, how could it be her turn to make irresponsible remarks. "
These words received everyone's approval: "That's right! If it's speaking of the imperial family's reputation, hah, it doesn't matter. The fifth prince is unable to inherit the empire and cannot sit on the throne. He's just an idle prince. What sort of reputation is there? Whether he is magnanimous or narrow-minded is unrelated to the country. As long as it is unrelated to the country, it is not a big deal. "
Qi Fang heard what everyone was saying and looked at Xuan Tian Yan with an unreconciled expression, asking him: "Does Your Highness the fifth prince really think this way? One is willing to be hit and the other is willing to be hit? Even if that Feng Fen Dai slapped your face, would you still be willing? "
"Shut your mouth!" Xuan Tian Yan finally spoke up, his eyes so cold that they could freeze a person to death. He told Qi Fang and also told everyone that was listening attentively: "No matter how bad Feng Fen Dai is, it is not up to others to say."
Thus, everyone understood what the fifth prince was thinking. Regardless of how many women were married into the Li Palace, in his heart, the Feng family's fourth young miss was the most important one. Just as he said, no matter how bad she was, he was clear that it was fine if the two of them quarreled behind closed doors. But others could not say it. If others said a single word, the outcome would be the same as the Qi family's young miss. The fifth prince would not hesitate to become hostile and would not hesitate to be called narrow-minded to beat her until her parents could not recognise her.
But Qi Fang was unwilling to accept this. Even if her mouth was so swollen that she could not open it, she still struggled to say: "There were even people that cursed at Feng Fen Dai's door on the day you took in a secondary princess! Why did I not see Your Highness the fifth prince take care of those people? Didn't you also give your silent consent? If it was not for your silent consent, how could those people have the courage to curse for two days and two nights! "
Xuan Tian Yan heard this and had a question in his heart. Someone went to curse at Feng Fen Dai? And he actually did not know about this? Two days and two nights, if there really was such a rumour, how could it have reached his ears? Thinking a little more, he had been pestered by the secondary princess that had just entered the palace and did not enter the bridal chamber, but he had accompanied that woman to watch the singing and dancing for two days. Like this … … his gaze became cold, as he stared straight at the woman that he had personally brought into the palace.
That woman felt guilty and shrunk her neck in fear.
Xuan Tian Yan understood. It turned out that his actions had brought so much harm to Feng Fen Dai. He had wanted to anger that girl at first, but he had forgotten that the people at his side needed to do things with heart. If the people in the manor wanted to hide it from him, if someone thought of ways to seal the mouths of the servants, preventing him from knowing anything about the outside world, wouldn't this sort of action be seen as him being heartless and allowing Feng Fendai to live and die on her own?
But the heavens knew, if he knew that someone had blocked Feng Fen Dai's door and cursed for two days and two nights, he would definitely … … "You reminded I." Xuan Tian Yan looked at Qi Fang, saying coldly: "Tomorrow morning, I will send people to investigate. Those people that went to curse Feng Fen Dai will all have to pay the price for their mouths."
After Xuan Tian Yan said this, he did not say anything else, lowering his head and quietly drinking wine. The Qi family's Madam gathered her courage and walked over to receive her daughter, and the singing and dancing continued. It was as if what had just happened did not happen. Everyone was still drinking and chatting, occasionally glancing at the Qi family's Young Miss who had been beaten until her face was swollen like a pig's, then laughing for a while, it went very well with the wine.
Zhang Yuan had just filled Emperor Tianwu's cup with wine, advising him to drink less while asking: "His Highness the Fifth Prince's matter, are you not going to do anything about it?"
Emperor Tianwu glared: "What is there to care about? I care about them when they fight for power and disregard court matters, what is there for me to care about when they talk about love? Knowing how to dote on his own woman is a good thing, as I see it, Old Fifth should have that Feng family's Young Miss properly teach him a lesson, otherwise, does he think that he can pick and choose all the women in the world? He should also understand that not all women are worthy of his status as a prince, there is also Feng … … Feng what was it again? "
Zhang Yuan smirked: "Feng Fen Dai."
"Yes, Feng Fen Dai. There are also people like Feng Fen Dai who do not like him, occasionally cursing him and kicking him a few times. As We see it, that Feng family's Fourth Young Miss is really not bad, some men just need to be taught a lesson, but this lesson needs to be done in the right place, if that Feng family's Young Miss does it with bad intentions, it is not worth feeling sorry for. "
In reality, Xuan Tian Yan understood, if he spoke from his heart, what Qi Fang said was not wrong. Feng Fen Dai had a death-seeking personality, having a good day, she just had to cause trouble, causing trouble again and again, and in the end, she did not treat her unjustly at all.
But it was as he said, no matter how bad Feng Fen Dai was, it was not up to anyone else to say.
Every year, because she had the status of the Fifth Prince's future official princess, Feng Fen Dai would participate in the banquets in the palace. In addition, she had also entered the palace in the past because of her relationship with the Feng manor, so calculating it, this was a rare occasion where she missed out on a banquet in the palace.
Although it was the new year, Feng Fen Dai's small courtyard did not have the atmosphere of a new year. There were not many servants to begin with, and two were sent away by her before the new year. The reason was very simple, she did not have any money.
Indeed, she did not have much money left, when she moved out of Crystal courtyard, she took some silver, which was given to her by Xuan Tian Yan, and she did not return it. But all along, she had been sitting and eating, the servants needed to be spent, the courtyard also needed to be spent, she still needed to eat and buy clothes, no matter how much money she had, it was not enough to spend.
This new year was a little miserable, Dong Ying calculated the remaining silver and bought some meat, and also bought rice and noodles, thinking that she could make some dumplings on the new year's eve, but Feng Fen Dai said, if those meat were eaten separately, she could make a few stews of red braised pork for Xiao Bao, so she kept them. On the new year's eve, she only ate a few pancakes, on the first day of the new year, she only ate a bowl of noodles. But for Xiao Bao, she instructed Dong Ying to make steamed meat for that child alone, and he did not feel wronged at all.
In regards to the scolding from those people outside a few days ago, Feng Fen Dai could already ignore it, her current state of mind was unprecedentedly good, only closing the door and living her own days, the voices of the outside world were the sins she had committed in the past, she did not want to argue with people, arguing did not have a position, so she allowed those people to scold her, and even consoled Dong Ying, saying: "If they are tired of scolding, then disperse, once we pay attention to it, it might not end, embarrassing us for no reason."
Dong Ying had never seen Feng Fen Dai like this and was not used to it, but she also felt that this was very good. She thought, if it had always been like this in the past, she would not have ended up in this situation with His Highness the Fifth Prince, right?
Master and servant did not speak much, the small courtyard was very desolate on the new year's day, Xiao Bao did not mind this kind of desolation, occasionally giggling, it was very heart-warming.
They both thought that this new year would continue to pass peacefully, but on the night of the first day of the new year, after the banquet in the palace ended, a guest came to the small courtyard … …
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