Chapter 207 (2/2)

But no, Feng Fen Dai did not believe the two were phoenixes. They were nothing more than toys for people to mess with.

“Hmph.” She glared at Jin Zhen and snorted. When a servant managed to fly to a branch, she was nothing more than a crow. If she wanted to become a phoenix, there was no chance.

Han shi suddenly came up with a distasteful idea “Jin Zhen, do you know how to sing?”

Jin Zhen was stunned then shook her head, “I do not.”

Fen Dai rolled her heads, “If you don’t know, then you can learn! Concubine mother Han loves watching these plays. Yesterday, father also said to her that we can invite acting troupes to the manor to perform. Today, the entire troupe just happens to be here. How about having the performers teach you. After you have learned, you can perform for us.”

Jin Zhen felt a wave of humiliation surge forth. No matter what, she was Feng Jin Yuan’s woman, yet Feng Fen Dai wanted her to learn how to act from these performers? How could she learn such a low profession?

Seeing that Jin Zhen stood there without moving, Han shi put on a stern expression, “What is it. Do you dare ignore fourth young miss’ orders?”

Jin Zhen was troubled and looked at Fen Dai: “If fourth young miss and elder sister Han want to watch a play, there are performers to perform. Jin Zhen truly…”

“I told you to perform, so you will perform!” Fen Dai suddenly exploded with her shouts. These shouts caused even Han shi to tremble. “What are you still standing there for? Go up on stage!”

The maidservant Pei’er saw that her master had become angry and quickly tugged at Jin Zhen. Putting in some strength into her hands, her pinch caused a great deal of pain in Jin Zhen’s arm. “Fourth young miss told concubine mother to go on stage, so quickly go up!”

Jin Zhen shook her head, “Fourth young miss, you can not do things like this.”

“Why can I not?” Fen Dai looked at her provocatively, “A concubine actually dares tell a proper young miss of the manor that she can not do something? Do you have that right?”

Pei’er intervened in a timely manner: “Concubine mother, think it through carefully. Fourth young miss has the surname Feng, while you are just a concubine who can not even use her own family name.”

With these words, Jin Zhen was sobered up.

That’s right. What right did she have to say no to Feng Fen Dai? Even if she clearly bullied her, what could she do?

Thinking like this, she no longer fought back. Turning around, she glanced at the stage where the play had stopped. Gritted her teeth, she walked up.

The performer moved to the side and gave Jin Zhen some space. He then gave Han shi a sweet smile and asked: “May I ask what this madam who has come up on stage is doing?”

Han shi giggled, “What madam. She’s nothing more than a concubine.”

Man Xi glared at Han shi and thought that this woman had already reached a certain extreme level of shamelessness. She was also a concubine, yet she actually said such a thing.

Jin Zhen had already lost interest in arguing with Han shi, only saying: “Younger sister truly does not know how to act. Elder sister, please do not continue troubling me.” In her heart, however, she prayed that Feng Yu Heng would come to the flower-viewing garden at this time. Feng Jin Yuan had left the capital, so the only one who could protect her was the second young miss.

Feng Fen Dai had picked up a new cup of tea and was looking towards the stage. With her eyes squinted, she asked Jin Zhen: “Everyone is a well-raised young lady and has some skill in the four arts. Even if you are not proficient in all of them, you should still be skilled in one or two of them. Which one of them can you do? You do not know any of the four arts, and you do not know how to act. What exactly can you do? How could it be that our Feng manor was able to raise such a good-for-nothing who does not know how to do anything?”

Feng Fen Dai’s words became uglier and uglier. Jin Zhen could only stand stunned on the stage. She felt that she had already been thoroughly insulted, but she did not have any power to resist.

Han shi waved to the performer: “Continue the performance. Change the tune to something that will suit the occasion.”

The performer was also quite good at catering to the desires of the crowd, as he sang about a servant who became a master, which caused Han shi to roar with laughter.

Fen Dai also laughed, but she also reminded Han shi: “You can not laugh too hard. Be careful not to cause complications with your pregnancy.”

Han shi let out another burst of laughter then patted Fen Dai’s head, “How could it be that fast! Fourth young miss is too young. It’s normal to not understand such things.” Although she said this, she was worried deep down about whether or not she could get pregnant. It had been so many years. When Feng Jin Yuan had favored her previously, she had only been able to give birth to Fen Dai alone. How could it be possible that this one time would cause her belly to take action? But if she truly did not get pregnant, not to mention Fen Dai’s continued complaints, even she would not feel reconciled.

Below the stage, the mother and daughter pair were extremely arrogant, while on the stage, Jin Zhen could not hold back a couple of tears while the performer continued his act. She did not know how long she would need to stand on this stage, as the second young miss did not appear as she had hoped. In fact, nobody else within the manor came towards the flower-viewing garden. She began to realize that she had been too impulsive and too nosy. It was impossible for such a loud act to take place without anyone else noticing, but they were able to pretend it was not happening, so why did she rush over? In the end, it was still a lack of ability.

Meanwhile, at this time, Feng Yu Heng was in her pharmacy space, making preparations to examine Xuan Tian Ming’s legs.

She could already determine that a type of comminuted fracture, but she had to wait for an x-ray before she could determine the severity.

None of the things in the pharmacy had an issue with their shelf life. In fact, even the medicine used for surgery would remain in their best moments. Her scalpel would not rust, and the cotton swabs would not become dry. Dust would not even land on her operating table. Yet, she still carefully cleaned the scalpel and other surfaces.

On the first day she arrived in this world, she had treated Xuan Tian Ming’s legs. At that time, she believed it had already been treated; however, she did not think that the legs she had personally treated would be injured once again at the hands of the officers from Qian Zhou. How should she feel reconciled by that?