Granny Zhao never thought that she would be able to see the Bu family's matriarch come out of the imperial palace. Furthermore, she was chatting and laughing with someone. She was also being treated with respect by the palace maids.
This Bu family … wasn't it more or less destroyed? Head imperial concubine Bu had died, and Bu Ni Shang had been sent to the temple. How could the Bu matriarch still be in such a state?
For a while, she could not figure it out. She watched as the Bu matriarch got into her carriage and left. Only then did she quickly walk over to Xiang Rong.
Xiang Rong also saw the Bu matriarch, and her heart, which had already been worried, was raised once more.
Xuan Tianhua stood at her side with his hands clasped behind his back. On such a cold day, he did not even wear a cloak, but he did not appear to be cold. Granny Zhao stepped forward and first called out: "Third young miss." She then knelt on the ground and said to Xuan Tianhua: "This old servant greets his Highness Prince Chun. Long live his Highness."
Xuan Tianhua raised his hand and said: "You may rise."
Xiang Rong went forward and helped granny Zhao up, asking: "Is grandmother worried? His Highness the seventh prince and I have been waiting here the entire time, but second sister has not come out. "
Granny Zhao sighed and said: "Elder madam did not even eat dinner. She was only worried about this place."
Xuan Tianhua looked at the two and helplessly said: "How about I bring you into the palace. If you keep waiting here …" While he spoke, he looked at Xiang Rong's hands, which had turned red from the cold, "You've been frozen to death."
"Can we enter the palace?" The granny felt a wave of nervousness. In this life, she had entered the palace with the matriarch, but it was always for banquets. Today's event was different.
Xuan Tianhua nodded, "If you follow me, you naturally can."
Xiang Rong, however, did not agree: "We cannot trouble his Highness the seventh prince too much. We will just wait outside the palace gates. As for your Highness, it's cold outside. It would be best if you did not wait with Xiang Rong. Now that granny Zhao has come, we can just stay here. "
Xuan Tianhua did not reply. Instead, he pointed towards the palace gates "Nobody needs to wait any longer. They've come out."
The two of them looked in the direction he was pointing. Sure enough, they saw Feng Yu Heng pushing Xuan Tianming out. The two of them, one in white and the other in purple, walked in the snow. It was a stunning sight.
Xiangrong looked at the two and subconsciously muttered: "It seems that they should be fine, right?"
Xuan Tian Hua laughed once more, "I already told you to trust her." After saying this, he stepped forward to welcome her.
"Seventh Brother." Feng Yu Heng called out from afar. "Why are you here?" Looking behind him, she saw Xiangrong, whose face was already red from the cold, and granny Zhao, whose face was full of worry.
Xuan Tianming sat in the wheelchair and explained to her: "It seems that your third sister went to find the seventh sister, and that mama was sent by the old lady."
At this time, Xuan Tianhua had already arrived in front of the two. Nodding, he said: "Ming's guess is extremely correct."
Xiangrong and granny Zhao also caught up. The two quickly saluted Xuan Tianming. When they stood up, they both gathered around and asked: "Second young miss, are you alright? Second sister, did the Emperor punish you? "
Feng Yu Heng smiled, "I am just a young girl. I did not break any of the palace's rules. What is there to punish?"
Granny Zhao carefully looked at Feng Yu Heng then looked at Xuan Tianming. From their expressions, it did not seem like they had been punished. Only then did she let out a sigh of relief.
"That's good. This old servant can also go back and report to the old lady that you are safe. Does second young miss want to go back with this old servant? What about third young miss? "
Xiangrong pointed behind her: "I have a carriage coming. Granny can go back first."
"Alright." Granny Zhao was preparing to leave, but she was stopped by Feng Yu Heng, "We just happened to be going to Refined Deity Building to eat. Granny, come with us. I will have the chef make some dishes, and you can bring them back to grandmother."
Granny Zhao felt that this was a good idea, so she nodded, "It just so happens that the old lady did not have an appetite. Bring back the food from outside for her to change her taste."
Only then did the group get into the carriage. Because Xuan Tianming's carriage was large enough, everyone sat together. Even Xiangrong, granny Zhao, Huang Quan and Qing Shuang got in together. The rest of the empty carriages followed behind, and it was quite a sight to behold.
Inside the carriage, whether it was on purpose or not, Xuan Tianming pulled on Feng Yu Heng's hand and said to her: "It's fine. Don't take it to heart. I never wanted the throne."
Others did not have much of a reaction to these words, but granny Zhao's heart skipped a beat when she heard it. She could not describe what it was like, but her heart that had just calmed down became a little more tense.
Throne? Could it be that the Emperor had originally planned to give the throne to the Ninth Prince? Now that his legs could not be treated, did he finally give up on this idea? If it was like this, then the second young miss' crime was too great!
She really hoped that Xuan Tianming would say a little more. When they returned, she could analyze it with the matriarch. Unfortunately, Xuan Tianming did not say anything else after that. The group sat in the carriage in silence until the carriage stopped at the lake outside Refined Deity Building. Only then did the guard driving the carriage say: "My Lord, we've arrived."
Everyone got out of the carriage, and boats immediately came to receive them. The boats were not large, with two people per boat. Feng Yu Heng naturally went with Xuan Tianming. Xiangrong was also helped onto his own boat by Xuan Tianhua. Huang Quan and Qing Shuang were naturally together. Granny Zhao could only sit in the last boat with Xiangrong's servant, Mei Xiang. This allowed her some time to ask the servant: "When third young miss went to the Chun Palace, did his Highness the seventh prince say anything?"
The servant thought for a bit, "His Highness the seventh prince only said for third young miss to trust second young miss." As for the rest, she really did not understand.
"Hah." Granny Zhao let out a heavy sigh, "How can they trust each other!"
At the entrance of Refined Deity Building, the third prince, Xuan Tian Ye, was standing there and talking with the shopkeeper. Seeing Xuan Tianming's group, the third prince could not help but laugh: "Your shopkeeper even said that there were no more private rooms. I was worried that I would have come for nothing, but I just happened to run into seventh brother and ninth Brother. How about I freeload a meal with you?"
Xuan Tianhua continued to smile like a spring breeze, "Being able to receive third brother's honor is our honor."
Xuan Tian Ye waved his hand, "We are brothers. Let's not talk about this." While saying this, he reached out to push Xuan Tianming's wheelchair, "I heard that Ninth Brother's legs are a little troublesome. I don't know what third brother can do to help."
Xuan Tianming had a leisurely appearance and did not speak. Instead, it was Feng Yu Heng who said with a smile: "Third brother stole this job from me. This makes Heng Heng seem even more useless."
"What sort of thing is younger sister saying. Third brother will return it to you." Saying this, he returned the wheelchair pushing to Feng Yu Heng.
The group went up to the third floor and sat down in a private room. Only then did Xuan Tianming speak: "Third brother came alone? Then why did you book a private room. Aren't there still quite a few empty seats on the second floor? "
Feng Yu Heng nearly suffered internal injuries from laughing. She just thought to herself that the other side clearly wanted to have an "unexpected chance meeting." How could he not even give him a chance.
"Third brother doesn't like sitting in the main hall." Xuan Tian Ye had steeled his heart to remain here, "We brothers have not been able to get together for a long time. Today, we managed to get together. This is also heaven's will."
"Un." Xuan Tianming nodded, "Indeed, it is heaven's will."
Not wanting to see these brothers go against their conscience and curry favor with them, Feng Yu Heng simply brought granny Zhao to a waiter. Picking out a few dishes, she ordered the waiter to prepare them and have granny Zhao wait in the main hall. They would return directly to the manor.
Granny Zhao wanted to ask a few more questions, but she saw that Feng Yu Heng did not have any desire to speak. She could only helplessly nod and comply.
When they returned to the private room, Xuan Tian Ye was talking about the fifth prince, Xuan Tian Yan, taking in another concubine: "Apparently, that was the younger sister of his fourth concubine. As a result, when she was carried into the manor, the older sister was so angry that she killed herself right in front of them. That younger sister, however, held her nose and felt that it was unlucky."
Xuan Tianhua helplessly shook his head, "Father Emperor has spoken about fifth brother's problem a few times, but he still can't change it."
Xuan Tianming coldly snorted, "Taking in this and that, the concubines all look more or less the same."
"Un." Xuan Tianhua nodded, "Especially the eyes. They are strangely similar."
Feng Yu Heng listened to the three speak and could not help but facepalm, "When men start gossiping, they really do not lose out to women in the slightest."
Nobody present understood what she meant by "gossiping," but Xuan Tian Ye was able to guess a bit, thus he said: "Either way, it's just idle chatter. Let's just pick the most interesting things to talk about."
Xuan Tianming smirked and suddenly said: "It seems that more than one imperial concubine should have been beaten to death in the inner palace."
This topic came to an abrupt end, and everyone tacitly agreed not to continue. Xuan Tian Ye gently coughed a couple times and took the initiative to ask Feng Yu Heng: "I only heard about it after court was dismissed this morning. Is it true that Ninth Brother's legs can't be treated?"
Hearing him ask about this, a lonely look appeared on Feng Yu Heng's face. With a bit of an apologetic look, she looked at Xuan Tianming before replying: "It's Sheng Heng who is incapable. I have already asked father Emperor for forgiveness."
"Hah." Xuan Tian Ye sighed heavily, "When leading soldiers into battle, it is inevitable that there will be injuries and deaths. At that time, we advised Ninth Brother not to go to the Northwest, but he refused to listen."
Xuan Tianhua continued: "Third brother also knows about Ming's temper. When he wants to do something, when has he ever listened to anyone else's advice."
While they spoke, Feng Yu Heng paid attention to Xuan Tian Ye's eyes a few times. She felt that this person had always been filled with anger, but today, he seemed to have slacked off a bit. On the surface, it looked as though he was sighing over Xuan Tianming's leg; however, he could not help but occasionally reveal a bit of greed. It was very difficult for a normal person to notice, but Feng Yu Heng had done a detailed analysis of the dilation of the human eye's pupils through clinical trials.
As they expected, Xuan Tianming's leg injury was definitely good news for Xuan Tian Ye. And this person had appeared today most likely to personally investigate the truth of the matter. Feng Yu Heng knew that at the same time that she was sizing up the other party, he was also sizing her up. It was just that she was confident that her disguise was better than his. The details that she was able to capture were things that Xuan Tian Ye might not be able to do.
"Father Emperor said that he is very disappointed in me." Feng Yu Heng suddenly added this sentence, her face filled with grief. Looking towards Xuan Tianming, her gaze was filled with endless guilt.
"What are you listening to him for?" Xuan Tianming still had the same demonic and lazy appearance. Holding a cup of wine in one hand, he patted Feng Yu Heng's head with the other, "The one that wants to marry you is me, not an old man."
Xuan Tian Ye laughed loudly, "In the end, it's still Ninth Brother who is open-minded."
Xuan Tianhua also shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Only Ming would dare to say this sort of thing."
Feng Yu Heng reached into her sleeve and felt around for a while. She then pulled out a small, exquisite box. It was fortunate that winter clothes were made of thick material, and the sleeves were large. If this small box was placed in her sleeve during the summer, perhaps people would feel that something was wrong. Winter clothes were fine.
She opened the small box. Everyone took a look and inhaled sharply. Inside the box was the phoenix hairpin that Feng Yu Heng had won at the Mid-Autumn Festival's banquet.
They then heard Xuan Tianming say: "You either wear this thing on your head or leave it at home. What are you putting it in a box for?"
Feng Yu Heng said: "I originally wanted to return this phoenix hairpin to father Emperor, but I was too nervous and scared just now and forgot."
As she spoke, her gaze faintly turned towards Qing Shuang, who was standing at her side. Her sharp eyes noticed that Qing Shuang's fingers twitched out of habit when she saw the phoenix hairpin.
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