The Feng matriarch was indeed telling a story, but she was not the one telling it. Instead, she had invited a storyteller to tell it to her.
What was she talking about? She talked about Feng Yu Heng's experiences growing up in the Feng family. She talked about how Feng Jin Yuan had invited guests for three days when she was born. She talked about how Feng Jin Yuan had invited the best teacher to teach her. She talked about how much hope the Feng family had placed in this daughter of the first wife.
This storyteller also had some ability. Even a small matter as small as a sesame seed could be described with great emotion. Just the fact that Feng Jin Yuan had personally brought her a bowl of rice was enough to cause tears to flow down the faces of the onlookers.
Feng Yu Heng lifted the curtain and walked out. She did not get out of the carriage, as she sat with Wang Chuan and Huang Quan outside the carriage to watch the liveliness. Their imperial carriage was at the back of the crowd. The people that were focused on listening to the story did not notice it. The Feng matriarch did notice it, but she did not make a sound. She continued to sit at the storyteller's side. While holding a handkerchief, she wiped away her tears and sighed.
The storyteller continued to speak. When he grew tired, someone would bring him tea. Feng Yu Heng let out a "pft" and laughed: "The treatment is pretty good."
Huang Quan smirked and said: "Who knows how much money the Feng family gave."
Wang Chuan said: "Based on the Feng matriarch's thoughts, at most five taels."
Feng Yu Heng, however, shook her head, "This time, I feel that it should be at least ten taels. Look at those onlookers. They're all professional actors, yet they're crying so sadly. Tears are falling just like that. Don't they all need to be paid! "
The two servants expressed their agreement with her analysis.
The three spoke happily, but behind them, Yao Xian, who had no place to sit and could only stand, had a pale face. He already knew that Feng Jin Yuan had no feelings for this second daughter and even wanted to kill her; however, he never thought that the Feng family's matriarch would be so shameless. She was already so old, yet she actually gathered outsiders to talk about her own granddaughter. This was truly inhumane!
He snorted and asked Feng Yu Heng, "How did you endure this kind of family until now?"
Feng Yu Heng clearly remembered that his granddaughter had a bad temper since she was young. She could take down three men in the army at the same time. There was one time when she disagreed with a senior officer. That senior officer had a small problem of eating and drinking too much. Once, Feng Yu Heng was so angry that she beat up that senior officer in front of the higher-ups. This girl had never been someone who could endure. She abhorred evil as if it were her personal enemy. If there was a grudge, she would take revenge on the spot. Moreover, she had a clear mind and wanted to play tricks on her. She was the ancestor of plotting. Why did her personality change in a different time and space? That won't do!
Yao Xian said with a gloomy face, "If you can't do it, Grandpa will help you deal with them."
Feng Yu Heng giggled as she looked up at him. Her heart felt warm! This was what it meant to have a backer! Her grandfather had always been on her side. In her previous life, it was also like this. Even if she caused an enormous problem, her grandfather would always support her. But this Feng manor, she shook her head, "No need! Grandpa, there's no need to use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken. It's just a lowly Feng family. There's no need for grandpa and granddaughter to take action together. "
While she was speaking, the storyteller at the entrance of the county princess' manor had reached the climax of "County princess Ji An's biography." It seemed that he was talking about how Feng Yu Heng had fallen ill when she was young, and Feng Jin Yuan had watched over her for a day and a night. Even the reason for sending her to a mountain village in the Northwest was said to be fearing that the Emperor would punish the Yao family and include her in the list. Only then was there no other choice but to send her out of the capital. Following this, the topic changed and began to recount the various evil deeds that Feng Yu Heng had done after returning to the capital.
Feng Yu Heng summarized these evil deeds. The general idea was: Not good to father, not good to grandmother, not good to eldest sister, not good to younger sister of a concubine and not good to concubine mother.
In the end, the storyteller finally brought out the main idea of the day's story, "It's fine to cause a ruckus in the manor, but now, it actually caused Lord Feng to be demoted to fifth rank and sent to prison! Everyone says that county princess Ji An is the bane of the Feng family. Everyone, analyze it. Is this saying that she is the bane of the Feng family true? "
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the crowd immediately began to echo: "Bane! Too bane! If this continues, the Feng family will be completely destroyed by her! "
There was another person that said: "The only thing we can do now is to save Lord Feng. If county princess Ji An does not want to carry this infamy, she should use her actions to save her father! "
Once these words were said, everyone began to shout, "Save Lord Feng! Save Lord Feng! "
The Feng matriarch probably felt that the time was right, as she finally turned her head and shouted in the direction of Feng Yu Heng's imperial carriage: "She's back!"
For a while, everyone's gazes turned in her direction.
Feng Yu Heng, however, did not look at anyone else. She only looked toward the matriarch's side. She only saw that aside from granny Zhao, there was also the brainless Feng Fen Dai, who only knew how to cause a ruckus. None of the other members of the Feng family had come out.
The matriarch met her gaze with a bit of unease, and her heart began to feel weak. But this was not much. Since she had decided to use this method to force Feng Yu Heng to come out and save Feng Jin Yuan, she had already prepared herself to oppose her. But …
The matriarch's gaze trembled, as she immediately saw the person standing behind Feng Yu Heng.
Why did he look so familiar?
She squinted her eyes and pondered carefully. No matter how she pondered, she felt that she had seen that person somewhere before. But that was an old man. When had Feng Yu Heng interacted with an old man? In the capital, most of the people that she interacted with were princes. There were also imperial daughter Wu Yang and the daughters of the other officials' families, but she recognized all of those people! Who was this?
She quietly asked Fen Dai: "Look at the person standing behind your second sister. Do you recognize him?"
The matriarch had arranged this play, and Fen Dai had helped out quite a bit. Originally, she did not want to do anything to oppose Feng Yu Heng, but the matriarch had said that as long as she helped this one time, once Han shi's child was born, she would immediately be promoted to the position of head concubine.
This benefit was truly too attractive to Fen Dai. Presently, she could not rely on the Feng family's head wife. Moreover, the position of head wife was not that easy. She had already given up on Han shi. But this position of head concubine was truly enticing. First, she did not need to bear the responsibility of being the head wife. Second, of all the concubines, a head concubine would definitely be number one. The child born from a head concubine would definitely be much stronger than a normal concubine. This was the position that they needed.
Thus, when the matriarch brought up this condition, Fen Dai agreed without another word.
It just so happened that the Cheng shi sisters had entered the palace today, thus they chose this time to charge out of the manor. Fen Dai originally thought that this matter would basically succeed. No matter what Feng Yu Heng said, she would not be able to withstand the pressure of the crowd, but who knew … She opened her mouth, her voice trembling slightly, "If granddaughter has not remembered incorrectly, that person … should be grandfather, Yao Xian."
The children of the Feng family all called Yao Xian grandfather because Yao shi was the head wife, and the Yao family was the only family that the Feng family recognized. All of the children born to concubines had to call him grandfather along with the daughter of the first wife. Thus, when Fen Dai saw Yao Xian, she subconsciously called him grandfather.
Only then did the matriarch manage to react. The two words Yao Xian formed a solid impression in her mind. She then thought of the old man behind Feng Yu Heng. She finally realized why she felt that person was familiar. It was because that was Yao Xian. He was Feng Yu Heng's grandfather. But no matter what, she could not think of why Yao Xian, who had been demoted to Huang Zhou, would suddenly appear in the capital.
"Wasn't it said that the Yao family's people would not be allowed to come back?" She quietly asked Fen Dai, her heart feeling uncertain.
As a result, Fen Dai's words caused her to feel even more uncertain: "Grandmother has forgotten. His Majesty had already issued a decree that the Yao family's children and grandchildren could enter the capital to take the imperial exam. That demotion order should be nullified, right?"
The matriarch's heart trembled. If the demotion order was nullified, that meant that Yao shi would definitely make a comeback. It also came at the same time that Feng Jin Yuan was demoted to prison. The Yao family should not want to get revenge for their daughter, right?
The people were still cheering for Feng Yu Heng to save her father, but after shouting for a while, they found that the county princess in the imperial carriage and the matriarch sitting on the side did not speak. They only looked at each other. One was full of smiles, while the other had a look of horror.
Gradually, the shouting stopped. Everyone could see that with both sides in a deadlock, the Feng matriarch, who had spent money to hire them to cause a ruckus, had already become dejected.
The people were a little worried. The Feng matriarch's current state was not as imposing as before! If the person in charge became dejected first, would they, the accomplices, be able to do well?
Feeling uncertain, they discussed with each other. As they spoke, someone finally began to feel regret, repeatedly saying: "I advised you long ago that you could not oppose county princess Ji 'an. Behind her is the Ninth Prince. If that Ninth Prince knew that so many of us were forcing his wife, wouldn't he have our heads chopped off?"
Someone said something even more frightening: "What's the point of having our heads chopped off. I figure he would kill our entire families."
Once these words were said, everyone's legs began to tremble.
At this time, Feng Yu Heng's imperial carriage continued forward. Passing through the crowd, it only stopped when it arrived in front of the Feng matriarch.
Feng Yu Heng did not make a sound, but Yao Xian said: "Elder madam Feng, long time no see!"
He had originally called the matriarch in-laws, but that was a matter of the past. Now that Yao shi was no longer the Feng family's daughter-in-law, the marriage between the two families was naturally canceled.
The matriarch stood up with Fen Dai's support and replied: "Sir Yao, long time no see." When she spoke, it was clear that she lacked confidence, as her voice trembled.
Yao Xian snorted and did not say another word. He just swept his gaze over the people below. Furrowing his brow, his face was filled with dissatisfaction.
At this time, Feng Yu Heng was sitting cross-legged in the imperial carriage. Her long dress covered her knees, and she had a leisurely appearance. She did not seem to have been affected in the slightest by the people earlier.
However, she still turned her gaze to the storyteller who was about to escape with a clapper between his fingers. The storyteller was stopped by two imperial guards. He could not run to the left or the right. He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
Feng Yu Heng shrugged and smiled: "The heavy rain just passed, yet you are not at home drying your damp blankets. Instead, you've run to the county princess' manor's entrance to gossip. Speak, who exactly gave you the courage to do so?"
She asked this in a relaxed manner, but to the storyteller, it was filled with pressure. The storyteller looked at the matriarch and rushed to say: "County princess, it was your grandmother. It was the Feng family's elder madam who paid money to have me say this!"
Feng Yu Heng's smile became even brighter, "For the sake of a few taels of silver, you went against the current county princess. Do you have pig brains growing on your necks? You keep threatening this county princess to go and beg for the release of Official Feng. Very good, this county princess will give you a bit of face today and will go beg for mercy. I will allow you to smoothly earn the Feng family's money. " After she finished speaking, she stood up from the imperial carriage and moved to return to the imperial carriage. But at the same time she turned around, she threw out: "Right, you only know how to join in the commotion. Do you know what crime Feng Jin Yuan committed?"
How could these people know. They all looked blankly at Feng Yu Heng, as they heard her say: "Pleading for mercy on behalf of a certain person will result in certain consequences. Today, going to plead for mercy is fine, but you will all come with me. Not a single person can be missing! " She turned around once more, and a cold light appeared in her eyes, "Imperial Guards, surround these people for this county princess! Follow the imperial carriage. We are going into the palace! "
The people were immediately dazed, "Going into the palace?"
Feng Yu Heng nodded, "Naturally, we are going into the palace. Since you do not know, this county princess will reveal a truth that elder madam Feng did not tell you. The reason that Feng Jin Yuan needs to go to the palace is because the crime that he committed is something that the governor's words do not count. I will tell you that his crime is deceiving the ruler! "
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