Chapter 239 (1/2)

She did not have time to worry about the people on the street pointing and talking about them. Seeing Fen Dai enter that shop, Han shi became anxious, as she thought to herself that this was not good. Fen Dai’s personality would lead to a conflict with that person.

As she expected, she saw Feng Fen Dai rush into the store. Upon seeing the concubine, she did not say a word before raising her hand and to slap her.

But this hand was unable to connect, as the concubine’s maidservant caught the slap early. The granny then reached out and firmly grabbed hold of Fen Dai’s wrist.

The concubine glared at Fen Dai. Licking her lips, she smiled maliciously, “Let her hit me. Ever since I entered the palace, I have received his Highness’ love every night. It’s quite likely that this belly has already conceived a child. If she dares swing at me, I will immediately kneel at the palace’s gates to make an imperial report, saying the young miss of a concubine from the Feng family dares to hit the Emperor’s grandson. Let’s see how the Emperor will react to this case!”

Han shi was given a fright and quickly went forward to pull Fen Dai back, quietly saying: “You must not. If this were in private, it would be fine if you did it, but if you absolutely must not injure her in front of a big crowd.”

“Why can I not?” Fen Dai was so angry that smoke could be seen rising from her head, “She is just a concubine. Even if she gives birth to a child, it is one that has no standing.”

The concubine did not show any weakness, as she stared at Fen Dai and said: “Whether or not it has any standing will be determined by his Highness and his Majesty. I have lived 17 years, yet this is the first time I’ve heard that the daughter of an official had any say in the matters of a prince’s family. Well, young miss of a concubine, haven’t you overstepped your bounds?”

Fen Dai gritted her teeth and glared at her, “I am saying this as the secondary princess of Prince Li!”

“Oh!” The concubine let out a shrill laugh, “Not to speak of what worth a secondary princess has in our manor, even if their worth was great, how is that related to you? Aren’t you still unmarried? Don’t believe that exchanging proposal letters is anything worthy of note. You don’t even bother inquiring around a bit about just how many his Highness gives out each year. You still treat it as some sort of treasure!”

The woman rolled her eyes, and Fen Dai felt her all of the blood in her body rush towards her head. She was on the verge of exploding with rage, as she struggled to break free from Han shi. Raising her hand, she slapped towards the concubine’s face.

This time, the opposition did not dodge. Fen Dai was not weak when she went crazy. There was also the dread that the maidservant and granny felt because for better or worse, she was still the young miss of the prime minister’s manor. Even if his Highness Prince Li did not have the heart to displease his beloved concubine, the servants did not have any guarantee of protection. Thus, they merely went through the motions of blocking it, but they still allowed Fen Dai to connect, her palm strike the concubine’s face.

The concubine never thought that she would be hit. Glaring with her phoenix eye, she raised her hand to return the slap; however, at this time, the sound of a voice came from outside, saying “Which family’s young miss is bold enough to strike the young miss from the prime minister’s manor?”

Everyone turned their heads and saw a girl in a purple Winter coat walk in with her maidservant. She appeared to be just past ten years old, but she also had a pair of nimble eyes.

Feng Fen Dai did not even need to turn around to recognize this voice. If it was not her second sister, Feng Yu Heng, who else could it be. But she was in agreement with what Feng Yu Heng had just said. That’s right, what right did a concubine have to hit her?

“Did you hear me? What sort of thing is a concubine? You truly believe yourself to be mighty!” With Feng Yu Heng present, Fen Dai’s confidence rose, “Do you dare to try and hit me?”

That woman was quite smart, not arguing with Fen Dai. Instead, she put down her hand and stared at Feng Yu Heng, asking: “Who are you?”

She did not recognize Feng Yu Heng, but this did not mean that the citizens on the street would not recognize her. At the time of the snow storm, Feng Yu Heng spent multiple days in a row at the entrance of Hundred Herb Hall, handing out hot tea. A large portion of people in the capital had received her grace. Now that they saw Feng Yu Heng had come, they all knelt, saying in unison: “Greetings to county princess!”

Seeing them kneel, even the Li Palace’s granny and maidservant knelt on the ground. The maidservant then tugged on the concubine’s dress, quietly saying: “This is county princess Ji An. She was personally conferred the title by his Majesty. She is also the daughter of the first wife of the prime minister’s manor, and she is the future official Princess Yu.”

These three titles were thrown out, with each of them having substance.

The concubine was dazed. The first and last titles caused her heart to be shocked, but the middle title “daughter of the first wife of the prime minister’s manor” was what truly hit home.

The daughter of the first wife of the prime minister’s manor meant that she was the little girl’s elder sister. This was good. She had managed to gain the upper hand with great difficulty with the younger sister, but her older sister had arrived.

The concubine was smart and also knelt on the ground, saying: “This concubine pays respects to county princess.”

“Hmph.” Feng Yu Heng coldly snorted, “You are paying respects along with the imperial grandson, so how could this county princess afford to accept it.” She said this while walking forward to go through the motions of helping her. But she then reached down and grabbed hold of her wrist. In an instant, she developed an understanding “Fourth sister.” She turned her head and called to Fen Dai: “Don’t worry and hit her. Your second sister is a doctor. This woman is not pregnant with a child.”

Fen Dai heard this and became spirited, happily saying: “Second sister, this was you telling me to hit her.”

“Un, she should be hit.”

Seeing Feng Yu Heng nod, Fen Dai did not wait any longer. Walking over, she slapped the concubine five or six times.

Huang Quan had already moved to hold up the concubine when Feng Yu Heng spoke. Feng Fen Dai did not meet any resistance when she began the beating. Only after her palms began to feel numb did she stop, but she did not forget to curse the woman, saying: “Cheap slut!”

None of the civilians watching said a word. Although Feng Fen Dai appeared very arrogant, if they truly began to discuss this matter, it was truly the concubine from the Li Palace’s fault.

For the sake of a puppy, they had frightened someone else’s horse, nearly causing injury, yet she was still complained about it. She was nothing more than a concubine, so what face did she have to swagger about in the streets? Moreover, she was one of the Li Palace’s concubines, so she was even more worthless.

County princess Ji An reprimanding her was correct!