Xiang Rong had been beaten. When Feng Yu Heng heard this news, she could not help but feel irritated. The banquet had not yet officially begun, so why were the madams and young misses outside already unable to hold back? Everyone that could come to the banquet today was from a respectable family. Even if it was Fu Ya, who had obtained an invitation through special means, she still had Yao shi behind her. Even like this, there was someone that dared to beat someone outside Rui Gate …
"What is the identity of the person that beat her?" She asked Fang Yi, "Do you know why she was beaten?"
Fang Yi quietly said: "The person that came to report said that the person that beat her was the daughter of the first wife of Luo Province's prefect. If this old servant has not remembered incorrectly, her surname should be Mu."
"Luo Province?" Feng Yu Heng frowned. In her memories, Luo Province was to the South of Dashun, and it was adjacent to Lan Zhou. "It seems that quite a few people from the South came this time."
Fang Yi continued: "As for why, that person did not say it clearly, and this old servant was in a rush to chase after Imperial Daughter. That's why I am not clear on the specifics."
Feng Yu Heng nodded, "Thank you for the trouble, aunty. I will be going to Rui Gate to take a look." After saying this, she said to Xuan Tian Ge: "Bring Feng … Miss Lian to the imperial garden first. I will be back in a while."
Xuan Tian Ge pushed Feng Zhao Lian toward her maidservant, "Have a servant bring him over. Either way, I have nothing to do and will go with you. I really want to see just how arrogant the daughter of the first wife of Luo Province is to actually dare to bully our Xiang Rong. "
Feng Yu Heng saw that Xuan Tian Ge's fighting spirit had been aroused and knew that she could not stop her. She could only do as she said and hand Feng Zhao Lian over to a servant. The two brought along Huang Quan and quickly rushed toward Rui Gate.
Feng Zhao Lian did not mind. He and Xiang Rong did not have that good of a relationship. He really wanted to go to Dashun's imperial garden to take a look. Moreover, if he remained in the imperial palace, what if he had the chance to run into the seventh prince?
This was what he had in mind. On the other side, Feng Yu Heng and Xuan Tian Ge quickly walked. While walking, Xuan Tian Ge recalled something: "I entered the palace early today and saw the two madams from your Feng manor in Her Highness the Empress' palace. Hah, speaking of which, they used the excuse of taking care of Her Highness to stay, but now that Her Highness, Her Highness' health, and she can even take care of the palace banquet. Shouldn't they go back? " The more Xuan Tiange spoke, the more she felt that something was off, "In the past, I didn't feel that those two were good, at least they helped you quite a bit in the Feng family. But now, he has returned to the palace. What does this mean? "
Feng Yu Heng did not have any special feelings about this. She just told Xuan Ge: "There's no need for us to worry about this matter. The Cheng shi sisters have their own way of doing things. They have a reason for staying in the palace. Since they still haven't told me, that means they can't say anything. Or perhaps there's nothing special to say. They just feel that the Feng manor is not good to stay in. Either way, Her Highness the Empress will give an explanation to the Feng family sooner or later. I will just wait. "
Xuan Tian Ge heard her say this and did not continue to harp on this matter. The topic turned back to the seventh princess of Gu Shu, as she said: "That princess from the Southern Border came to Dashun during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she came so quietly. To say that she does not have any other intentions, I do not believe it." She leaned closer to Feng Yu Heng and quietly said: "I heard that Gu Shu wants to enter Dashun through a political marriage to get rid of the negative effects caused by their prince proposing marriage to the eldest princess of Qian Zhou. I just don't know who Gu Shu's princess has taken a fancy to."
Feng Yu Heng was not surprised by a political marriage. It was just that if a princess of Gu Shu wanted to marry into Dashun, she would definitely be marrying into the imperial family or a relative of the clan. Who exactly she had taken a fancy to was something worth guessing.
While she was guessing, the two had already arrived at Rui Gate. A palace servant saw the two arrive and wanted to quickly salute; however, he was stopped by Feng Yu Heng, quietly saying: "It's fine. Don't make it public. Princess Wu Yang and I just came to take a look."
The servant tactfully retreated and whispered a message to the guards. As a result, everyone pretended not to see the two of them and allowed them to wander out as if nothing had happened.
Rui Gate was a bit of a mess. Xiang Rong stood in front of the gate with her face covered. At her side was a tall girl who looked to be around 15 or 16 years old. She had one hand on her hip and was looking at Xiang Rong with an air of arrogance. The people in the line had all squeezed to the front to watch the commotion. The madams and young misses were all gathered together, and there was not a single person that noticed whether Feng Yu Heng and Xuan Tian Ge had walked out or if they had been in the back of the line.
Feng Yu Heng saw that the side of Xiang Rong's face that she was covering was slightly swollen, but this child stubbornly did not cry. She just glared back at the tall girl. Faced with the other party's cold words, she replied: "This place is the imperial palace's gate. Young miss, please think a bit more for your family. You did not distinguish right from wrong and attacked me. If this sort of thing were to spread into the imperial palace, what sort of benefit would it bring you?"
Xuan Tian Ge said to Feng Yu Heng: "It's her. The one surnamed Mu, look at the plate hanging from her waist. It has the character Mu written on it."
Only then did Feng Yu Heng notice that the girl had a wooden plate hanging from her waist. On it was written her family's surname. Only then did she remember that the people that were attending the banquet would all have this sort of wooden plate hanging to indicate their status. And with her and Xuan Tian Ge's status, they were naturally exceptions.
While she was thinking, that Young Miss Mu's voice came over. It was sharp and ear-piercing: "Spread into the imperial palace? Tsk! Even if it spread into the imperial palace, do you think that there will be anyone that will speak up for you? Although my Luo Province is not at the southernmost border, it is the last province in the South. Go and ask around. Luo Province is very important to Dashun. Also ask around about how important my father is to His Majesty. Who do you think you are? If this was in the past, the young miss of the left prime minister's family, even if you were a concubine, I would still give you some face. But now, that worthless father of yours is nothing. He's just a commoner, yet you still want to use your former status to contend with me? "
Xiang Rong frowned: "I never had any intention of offending you. It was you that came knocking on my door."
"I hit you? Me hitting you is going easy on you! This is also a good thing that we are in front of the imperial palace's gates. On such a good day, it would not be good to see such an ominous sight. Otherwise, I would definitely have someone beat you to death on the spot. Let's see if you still dare to talk back to me! "
At this time, someone reminded Young Miss Mu: "Although the Feng family has been defeated, there is still Princess Ji 'an!"
Young Miss Mu's expression changed a little; however, she immediately sneered, "Princess Ji 'an? What sort of thing is an imperial daughter? She's just relying on a man to climb up. Do you really think of her as some sort of amazing character? She was just lucky when she was young and was engaged to the Ninth Prince. It can also be considered His Highness' bad luck to have such a declining family's official wife. But it's fine. He's a man. When the time comes, marrying a few more wives and concubines is quite normal. I really want to see just how long that Princess Ji 'an can remain arrogant for. "After saying this, she glared at Xiang Rong," You really rely on that elder sister of yours, right? What a pity, why did she not come out to save you today? Why did she not come to help you out? I heard that Princess Ji 'an knows how to use a whip. I really want to experience it! "
Once the Mu family's young miss said this, the onlookers no longer said anything. Although they had privately discussed Feng Yu Heng, those were just words that came from a girl's jealousy. It was not a big deal. But the Mu family's young miss had cursed too harshly. Who would dare agree with her? It really was because Luo Province was too far from the capital, and news was too lacking. It was such that the dignified Luo Province's prefect's young miss of the first wife actually had such a superficial understanding of Princess Ji 'an. At this time, there were already people that had quietly returned to their original positions and continued to line up. They did not want to continue watching. They could already foresee that this matter would very quickly reach Feng Yu Heng's ears. After that, that imperial daughter would definitely whip the Mu family's young miss until her parents could not recognize her.
There were many people that had these sorts of thoughts. The Mu family's young miss felt that the people around her were gradually becoming fewer and fewer. The people that had supported her and wanted to see the Feng family's girl become a joke all shut their mouths and stayed far away from her. She just could not understand, "She's just an imperial daughter with a different surname. Is there a need for you to be so scared?" Seeing that nobody replied, she felt that she could not keep her face, thus she vented her anger on Xiang Rong. She then took a step forward and raised her hand. Without holding back in the slightest, she slapped Xiang Rong's other cheek.
Perhaps it was because the Mu family's young miss knew a bit of martial arts, as she moved quickly and used a lot of strength. By the time Xiang Rong reacted, the wind from the palm had already arrived. There was no place for her to dodge. She subconsciously closed her eyes and waited for the slap to land.
But she did not wait for the pain to arrive. Instead, she suddenly heard the person that had attacked her let out a loud "ow." The wind from the palm suddenly stopped. When she opened her eyes again, she found that the Mu family's young miss had lost her balance and fallen to the ground. Fortunately, there was a servant to the side that helped her up. Only then did she not fall to the ground.
But the Yu Family's young miss screamed endlessly. Aside from this, Xiang Rong clearly saw that the hand that she had just raised had begun to bleed for some unknown reason. It was a ghastly sight to behold.
At this time, another girl's voice came from the direction of Rui Gate. She first sighed then said: "A top-quality pearl from the Eastern Sea. It was brought back from the East by my Seventh Brother a few days ago. It was wasted just like that."
Everyone turned their heads in surprise. Xiang Rong was pleasantly surprised to see that the person that had spoken was none other than her second sister, Feng Yu Heng. And standing at Feng Yu Heng's side was Princess Wu Yang, Xuan Tian Ge.
She immediately calmed down. With these two present, today's matter should be resolved. But when she thought about the insults that young miss Mu had just hurled at Feng Yu Heng, who knew how much of it Feng Yu Heng had heard. If she had heard it all, would young miss Mu not be beaten to death by her second sister?
The little girl began to worry once more. If someone died in front of the palace on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it would be inauspicious.
But it was very clear that Feng Yu Heng's thoughts were not on the same line as hers. It was even more impossible for them to be on the same point. She was only thinking about not causing too much trouble, but Feng Yu Heng was twisting a hairpin in her hand and continued to speak pitifully: "Tian Ge, look, such a good pearl hairpin was wasted. What a pity."
Xuan Tian Ge nodded, "That's right. Apparently, although the pearl on this hairpin is small, there is only one. It came from a thousand-year-old Mussel King in the Eastern Sea. Seventh Brother could not bear to give it to me and gave it to you. Instead, you actually broke off the pearl and used it as a stone to hit people. Tsk tsk, it really is a waste. "
Feng Yu Heng helplessly said: "I originally wanted to throw the hairpin out together with it, but this thing is a sharp weapon. What if it accidentally blinded young miss Mu's eyes or took her life. It would not be good on a holiday like this."
"But the pearl was stabbed into her palm by you. It's too disgusting. Even if it was dug out, it can't be kept." Xuan Tian Ge supported her from the side. It was as though the two were performing a crosstalk, going back and forth.
Feng Yu Heng thought for a bit then said: "Even if it's disgusting, it still needs to be dug out. After digging it out, I still have other uses for it! Servants, dig out the pearl in young miss Mu's palm for this imperial daughter! "
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