Chapter 134 (1/2)

An shi looked at Chen Yu and helplessly shook her head: “Eldest young miss wanted to enter the palace is understandable, but why do you want to harm husband? It must be known that they were before the Emperor and the Empress! If there were the slightest mistake, then the punishment would have been death!”

Everyone followed along and nodded. Feng Jin Yuan knew deep down that Chen Yu originally wanted to harm Feng Yu Heng. Unfortunately, her ideas were simple and were seen through by Feng Yu Heng.

“It was father that misplaced things. Do not falsely accuse your eldest sister.” Feng Jin Yuan said this and originally wanted to glare at Feng Yu Heng, but he recalled the fear he felt at Shu Ya courtyard and lowered his gaze.

Feng Yu Heng put on a troubled face and looked at Feng Jin Yuan, saying: “Why does father such things? A-Heng is just the daughter to a concubine. How could I have the courage to falsely accuse eldest sister? Where does father want to send A-Heng to?”

“You…” Feng Jin Yuan felt it was harder and harder to understand the words coming out of this daughter’s mouth. This daughter was somehow very similar to the ninth prince, being able to say black is white and a square is a circle all without blinking a single time.

Feng Yu Heng looked at her father’s ever-changing face and felt that this was quite funny. The dignified prime minister willfully continued to manage the affairs of the family poorly. He believed that a husband devoting himself fully to the country was good, but he did not know that if the family was unhappy, nothing was possible.

Yao shi stood next to An shi and watched as her daughter went blow for blow with Feng Jin Yuan. As though she had not seen anything, she would occasionally say something quietly to An shi, completely ignoring this matter.

An shi also found this surprising. It seems that three years in the Northwest had not just changed Feng Yu Heng, it had also changed Yao shi.

“Father.” Chen Yu, who had been sitting on the bed, finally spoke. The black make up had been removed from her face, leaving just a pale white. “Recently, mother is no longer on the mortal coil. Chen Yu’s position as daughter to the first wife does not really matter. Would father give this position to second sister. Chen Yu… Chen Yu will not fight for it.”

When she said these words, a couple of tears slowly dripped down her face and fell to her blanket. This sight caused Feng Jin Yuan to truly hold her dear.

The matriarch sighed and said: “What sort of things are you saying? The daughter to the first wife is the daughter to the first wife. What sort of logic is there in changing it all the time?”

The matriarch felt regret the instant these words came out. She knew that she had made a mistake, as she looked around the room. Aside from Chen Yu and Feng Jin Yuan, everyone looked towards her, their gazes all saying the same thing: Is the Feng family’s daughter to the first wife something that is changed all the time?

The matriarch turned her away from everyone. Chen Yu paused for a while then took a deep breath and spoke loudly: “Father, Chen Yu no longer has anything. This position as daughter of the first wife, it is fine if I do not have it.”

“Nonsense!” Feng Jin Yuan became furious: “You are the Feng family’s daughter to the first wife. This point will never change!”

“But…”

“There are no buts!” Feng Jin Yuan warned Chen Yu, “You have not lost anything. Remember, however it was in the past, it will continue to be in the future! Everything you have lost, you must seek to gain it back!”

A light flashed in Chen Yu’s eyes, as she looked at Feng Jin Yuan with expectation: “Then the phoenix hairpin…”

“Hmph!” Feng Yu Heng sneered impolitely. So she was waiting for this chance.

Chen Yu continued, every word she said sounding reasonable: “Everyone knows what the phoenix hairpin represents. That hairpin was fine while it remained in the palace, but now that it has come out of the palace… what would it make the third prince think?”

Saying it like this, Feng JIn Yuan could not help but ponder.

What Chen Yu had said was not wrong. What the phoenix hairpin represented was something everyone knew. Feng Chen Yu had the aspect of the phoenix, and this was not some secret. Although it was not fully disclosed, there were plenty of people in a small group who knew about it.

Now that the phoenix hairpin had landed in Feng Yu Heng’s hands, what would the third prince, whom the Feng family had decided to support, think about it?

Feng Jin Yuan subconsciously looked towards Feng Yu Heng and happened to see her taunting gaze looking over at him. Not waiting for him to speak, Feng Yu Heng took the initiative and said: “Father shouldn’t be wanting me to give the phoenix hairpin to eldest sister, right?”

Yao shi could no longer endure watching this and said: “That is something the Emperor personally award. How could it be transferred to someone else?”

Feng Jin Yuan did not dare glare at Feng Yu Heng, but he did dare glare at Yao shi: “As a woman, what do you understand? When did you get a turn to speak?”

“At the time when the Feng family carried my mother into the manor on her palanquin. Has father forgotten?” Feng Yu Heng’s face revealed a gloomy look once more.

Feng Jin Yuan did not dare look at her, but he was still angry, so he could not help but shout: “That time was that time.”

“What?” Feng Yu Heng was angry, “It seems that in the future, when father says something, just listening to it for the moment is enough. Later on, it can’t be taken as truth.”

“A-Heng.” The matriarch could not longer endure watching, “Don’t get angry with your father.” Her voice was not loud, and it clearly was without much confidence.

Feng Yu Heng smiled towards the matriarch, “Then give us a judgement, grandmother.”

“What judgement?” Feng Jin Yuan sat next to Chen Yu’s bed. As he comforted Chen Yu, he said in a self-serving manner: “It is in your hands, so it is yours. You can obviously transfer it to someone else!”

“Is father going to come steal it?” Feng Yu Heng took a couple steps forward and looked at Feng Jin Yuan. She felt this matter was very funny, “Father stealing daughter’s things. It truly would be a fantastic tale! Like this, everything belonging to A-Heng has been gifted by someone. Even the courtyard was a gift from someone else. Father, if you are going to persist with this way of thinking, you may as well steal it all!” As she said this, she looked towards Chen Yu: “Eldest sister, simply wanting a phoenix hairpin is no fun. That Tong Sheng pavilion of mine is much better than this courtyard of yours. How about you steal that as well?”

“Impudent!” Feng Jin Yuan was so angry that his lungs were on the verge of bursting, “How did I end up having a daughter like you?”