Lu Song did not dare claim friendship, so he spoke the truth: "This old official came to apologize to imperial daughter. This old official's daughter was not sensible and used her temper to bully the Feng family's third young miss. This old official only found out about this matter after the fact. My daughter, Lu Yao, has already been locked up at home by this official. If this official did not personally come to apologize to imperial daughter, I truly would feel uneasy."
Feng Yu Heng did not respond to this topic. She just smiled and asked Lu Song: "This imperial daughter heard that the marriage between the prime minister's manor's second young miss and the top scholar of the Yao family was something that you requested from father Emperor many times. Is there such a thing?"
Lu Song was startled and became even more cautious with his words: "It was indeed this old official that requested it from his Majesty. Speaking of, this old official is not afraid of imperial daughter laughing, but by chance, my daughter and the top scholar met a few times. Both of them have feelings for each other. Only then did this old official thicken my skin and request this marriage from his Majesty."
The members of the Ge Clan also interjected: "That's right. This marriage is said to be an arranged marriage, but it's something that the children themselves wanted. It's a beautiful thing."
Her face was filled with joy, as she wanted to use this marriage to get closer to Princess Ji An. However, who knew that Feng Yu Heng would say: "The girl has not yet been married, nor has she been engaged. It would be best if it was not done in private. Father Emperor has already agreed. If he does not agree, would it not ruin the life of the Lu Family's young miss?"
Her words were calm; however, they caused the two members of the Lu Family to feel their hearts skip a beat. They did not know what they should say.
At this time, Qing Yu was walking over with an unfamiliar servant from the yard outside. The sky had become a little dark, and a maidservant had brought out a lantern to light up the two.
When they arrived in front of the door, Qing Yu saw that there were guests inside, thus she retreated to the door and waited for a while. Not long later, Huang Quan came out from inside and whispered a few things into Qing Yu's ear. He then entered the hall to quietly report to Feng Yu Heng. Feng Yu Heng was startled then loudly said: "Oh? There's actually such a thing? " Then, he looked outside the door, "Qing Yu, come in. Prime Minister Lu is also here. Let's see how we can resolve this matter."
Lu Song's heart trembled, thinking to himself that something shouldn't have happened again, right? Turning around, she saw that of the two people that had walked in, she recognized one of them. She did not have an impression of that girl's name, but she was indeed a first-rate maidservant at her second daughter of the first wife, Lu Yan's side.
The members of the Ge Clan could still remember the name, so they blurted out in confusion, "Ruyi? Why are you here? "
The servant girl named Ruyi obviously didn't expect the Lu Family's Master and Madam to be present. She was so scared that she fell to her knees with a plop.
At this time, Qing Yu had already stepped forward, bowing towards Xuan Tiange and Feng Yu Heng, then turned around and bowed towards Lu Song and the Ge Clan: "This servant, Qing Yu, greets Prime Minister and Madam." She was neither servile nor overbearing. Regardless of whether it was her temperament or aura, she was who knew how many times stronger than the kneeling servant girl, Ruyi.
Feng Yu Heng asked her: "What Huang Quan said just now, is it true?"
Qing Yu nodded and stood up to open the wooden box in her hands: "Young Miss, please take a look. This is the jewelry that the Lu Family's second young miss requested for. Our Phoenix Pavilion accepted this business and delivered the finished product today. As a result, the Lu Family's young miss did not come. Instead, they sent a maidservant from the manor. When the maidservant from Phoenix Pavilion delivered the jewelry box, the two's wrists interlocked, causing the box to fall to the ground. Some of the jewelry inside fell out, and two of the jade pieces broke. That's not a problem. We can just compensate. Unfortunately, this maidservant lost her footing for some reason and stepped on the jewelry that fell out. With this, 80% of the finished product was ruined. "
Qing Yu's words carried a look of pity, as she glared at the maidservant with a look of displeasure. Feng Yu Heng, however, was a little sensitive to the words Phoenix Pavilion. The final resting place of Qian Zhou's ruler was Phoenix Pavilion. This sort of coincidence made her feel a little uncomfortable. It seemed that she would need to change the name of the jewelry shop in the future.
Just as Qing Yu finished speaking, the maidservant kneeling behind her began to explain: "No, no! It wasn't this servant that dropped it. The box was still in the hands of the Phoenix Pavilion's maidservant. It wasn't even handed to this servant. This servant stepped on it because a manservant suddenly came forward and bumped into this servant. Qing Yu girl, you must not speak nonsense! "
She directly accused Qing Yu of framing her. Qing Yu, however, laughed upon hearing this, "Lu Family's maidservant, it's just a box of jewelry. Not to mention Phoenix Pavilion, even if this girl used my own money, I would still be able to pay for it. The jewelry that your family's second young miss ordered was not that expensive. All of these things added up to less than 300 taels of silver. Using them to make wedding jewelry is truly a little shabby. This girl already said it in the shop. We will pay for all of the damaged items, and we will replace them with more expensive and better designs. We will not charge any extra, but you won't do it. You must bring this matter to imperial daughter. Then tell me, how do you want to resolve this matter? "
The maidservant was a little startled. Originally, she had already thought of what to say when she came. She wanted the exact same things, but with the current schedule, there was not enough time. Like this, she would be able to deal a blow to Phoenix Pavilion and indirectly cause Princess Ji 'an to suffer a loss. But she never thought that the master and madam would also be present. Perhaps the master and madam would be able to see through her third young miss' scheming.
She stood there in a daze, not daring to make a sound. Lu Song, however, snorted. Just as he was about to scold her, he heard Feng Yu Heng say: "The maidservant is right. This matter is indeed Phoenix Pavilion's fault. Regardless of the value of the things, it's something that young miss Lu Yao likes. I fear that this girl's request is that we can restore the jewelry, right?"
The maidservant nodded in a daze, as Feng Yu Heng continued: "Then it will be as you wish. But this sort of work is too difficult, and the schedule is too short. My Phoenix Pavilion is unable to do it. How about this, since we were in the wrong first, and young miss Lu Yao marries into the Yao family, she will also be my cousin-in-law. This imperial daughter will make a special trip to the palace for this matter. I will personally ask Father Emperor to invite craftsman Bai, who has been making jewelry for the imperial concubines, to come out. I will have him personally remodel the jewelry for my cousin-in-law. Lord Lu, what do you think of this arrangement? "
Lu Song was a little dazed. Feng Yu Heng had suddenly changed from her earlier fierce attitude to acknowledging him. Why did he feel that there was something going on? But no matter how he thought about it, he could not figure it out. Seeing that he was asked, he quickly stood up and said: "Imperial daughter is so concerned. This official thanks imperial daughter for the grace on behalf of my daughter."
The Ge Clan was also filled with joy. After all, craftsman Bai's reputation was too great. It was not easy for the imperial concubines in the palace to have a piece of jewelry personally made by him, but Princess Ji 'an had said that craftsman Bai would remodel the jewelry. Just how much virtue had Lu Yao accumulated in her previous life? Wearing jewelry personally made by craftsman Bai when getting married, even her maternal family would be honored.
Seeing that the Lu Family had agreed, Feng Yu Heng smiled and nodded, "Since that's the case, this matter will be settled like this." She exchanged a look with Xuan Tian Ge, and Xuan Tian Ge immediately understood what she was thinking.
After sending off Lu Song and his wife, Qing Yu was filled with dissatisfaction and said to Feng Yu Heng: "Young miss, it's clear that their family did it on purpose."
Feng Yu Heng smiled and said: "It's fine. It's even better that they did it on purpose. It's exactly what I wanted. Don't take this matter to heart. Just do what you need to do. Thinking about it, the Lu Family will not dare to cause trouble for our shop in the future. You just need to pay a little more attention. "
Qing Yu did not say anything else. It just happened that Xuan Tian Ge also needed to leave, thus she followed Feng Yu Heng and sent Xuan Tian Ge out of the manor. The two agreed that once this matter was resolved, Feng Yu Heng would go to the Wen Xuan Palace to visit. Only then did Xuan Tian Ge leave with satisfaction.
Looking back, it was An shi who had come out with Xiang Rong.
Once Xiang Rong saw Feng Yu Heng, she immediately ran forward and tugged at her sleeve, unwilling to let go. Feng Yu Heng laughed at her: "You're one year older this year. You're already a big girl. Why are you still so clingy to your elder sister? Even Zirui is more successful than you. "
Xiang Rong stomped her foot in embarrassment and asked Feng Yu Heng: "Second sister, can I still come and live here in the future?"
She said: "Of course you can." But looking at An shi, she said: "You're also a big girl now. The days that you can spend at home with your mother are getting fewer and fewer. You should spend more time with concubine mother An."
An shi raised a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, thus Xiang Rong did not bring up living here again.
Feng Yu Heng smiled and said: "There are many people in the manor today. When elder sister has finished making arrangements for them, I will go and pick you up to live here. It's getting late. Quickly go back. I will have the imperial carriage send you back. "
She deliberately had An shi and Xiang Rong sit in her imperial carriage. Like this, it would be a shock to the Feng family. She could not allow the mother and daughter to continue being bullied.
Finally sending everyone off, she let out a sigh of relief; however, she still needed to order Qing Yu: "There is a prince from Qian Zhou that came back with me. Bring him out tomorrow to look around. Help him find a residence and have him buy it with his own money. It's not good for him to continue living in the imperial daughter's manor."
Huang Quan heard this and laughed, "If Prince Lian knew that young miss was in such a rush to chase him out, he would definitely cry."
Feng Yu Heng smiled bitterly. Right now, she did not have time to deal with the one surnamed Feng. The reason that she had such an attitude towards the jewelry store was that she wanted to use this opportunity to get craftsman Bai out of the palace. Regardless of whether or not he would be brought back, there were some things that she could ask about. If there really was a hidden danger in Dashun's imperial palace, this matter would truly be terrible.
The early Autumn nights were always exceptionally bright. Inside the imperial palace's workshop, craftsman Bai's pair of gold earrings had just been washed. They could be considered finished. His colleague at his side could not help but praise: "Craftsman Bai's craftsmanship really is something that we would not be able to catch up to even if we tried for another 100 years! These small earrings were actually able to be carved with such fine designs. Not only that, but after the gold was washed, how is it that it looks so much better than the ones that we make? "
Craftsman Bai smiled but did not speak. Polishing gold was his specialty. He dared to guarantee that there was nobody in the world that could do it as well as him.
Handing the finished earrings to his disciple, he stood up and walked out of the workshop with his hands clasped behind his back. He then entered the yard.
This time, he had already been in the palace for close to a year. It was longer than any other time that he had been in the palace. Speaking about it, it was quite strange. Every time that he wanted to leave the palace, there would be a new task that would be given to him. With this delay, it had been delayed until now. He did not know how that child, Fu Rong, was doing. It had been such a long time, yet he had not come into the palace to see her. It was truly worrying.
At the same time, in the inner palace, a crippled eunuch whispered a few words into the ear of a guard. A look of shock appeared in his eyes …
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