Chapter 293 (1/2)
“Master.” The hidden guard naturally understood what Feng Jin Yuan meant; however, he had to remind him, “Master, think before taking action. We absolutely must not be disrupted by second young miss.”
Feng Jin Yuan took a deep breath. It was as though there were two small voices in his head that were fighting, one favoring Xuan Tian Ye and the other favoring Feng Yu Heng. One was his own daughter, and the other was the prince that he had chosen to support after many years of neutrality. Feng Jin Yuan was unable to decide and began to stomp around his study once more.
But the hidden guard reminded him at this time: “Based on the current situation, there is no hope for his Highness the ninth prince to become the crown prince, so the one that second young miss is helping should be his Highness the eldest prince. But if that relation disappears, who can guarantee what will happen to his Highness the eldest prince after he is appointed.
“You are advising this prime minister to continue standing on his Highness the third prince’s side?”
The hidden guard quickly kneeled: “This servant is a hidden guard and is only responsible for protecting master’s life, but since master wanted this servant to carry letters to and from his Highness the third prince’s side, this servant said a little too much.”
Feng Jin Yuan nodded, “Get up. This prime minister had no intention of blaming you.” He said this then picked up the pieces of the letter that he had ripped, “This matter requires further consideration.”
That night, Feng Yu Heng slept better than ever before. It was as she had said to Huang Quan, now that there were so many hidden guards and imperial guards, not even a bird could fly in, let alone a living person.
But Huang Quan was not so optimistic. After taking care of Feng Yu Heng falling asleep, she slept for a while on the sofa in the outer room. There was nothing Feng Yu Heng could do about her, thus she accepted it.
In truth, she had thought about it. As soon as the information about the steel-making process was leaked, she would definitely become a target for the entire world. Not to mention the people from other countries coming to target her, even the people within Da Shun’s borders would make attempts at her at all times.
But she did not need to worry at all! The method for producing steel was in her head. If they wanted the method for producing steel, they would need to capture her alive. For her, so long as she was alive, she could enter space at any time and any place. How could she be in any danger.
What she worried about right now was not her own safety from external forces. It was the danger that came from within the Feng manor…
The next day, she woke up extremely early. After washing up, she brought Zi Rui and went to Shu Ya courtyard.
When she arrived, the matriarch had not yet finished eating breakfast. Seeing that Feng Yu Heng had come so early, she thought that something had happened, causing her mind to become panicked. But when Feng Yu Heng said to her that she had just come to pay respects, she immediately felt at ease.
“A-Heng is the most sensible. This is something that grandmother knows.” The matriarch smiled and stopped eating. Pulling Feng Yu Heng’s hand, she began expressing her thoughts: “This time, not only did you gain face for the Feng family, you even gained face for Da Shun. Who knows how his Majesty will show his gratitude! In truth, you were always the most important granddaughter in grandmother’s heart. Hah, but your sisters are all unreasonable. Sometimes, in order to calm them, it is inevitable that you will suffer some grievances. A-Heng, do not take it to heart.”
Feng Yu Heng smiled and said: “What is grandmother saying. A-Heng is the Feng family’s daughter of the first wife. How could I argue with my sisters of concubines. But many things happened before the end of the year, so I did not have too much of a chance to worry about what happened at home. I hope grandmother would please excuse me for that.”
The matriarch listened to her very reasonable words, and she could not help but smile even more.
Feng Yu Heng half turned and received something from Huang Quan’s hands, “This is something granddaughter prepared for grandmother before the new year but did not have a chance to give. I originally wanted to give it after the palace banquet on the first day of the new year, but who knew that that sort of thing would happen. Only bringing it to grandmother today, grandmother won’t blame A-Heng, right?”
She said this while opening up the item. It was outerwear made of silk. Things made of silk were thin and cool. They could not be worn in the Winter, but it would look very pretty when worn on the outside in the Spring and Summer.
The matriarch only felt that this sort of silk was extremely high quality. Its dark green color looked completely natural and did not look like it was dyed. When she reached out to touch it, it was as though she could not feel anything. She poked it a few times before feeling that she did indeed poke the material. Other fabrics would at best feel extremely high quality, but this thing was like nothing else. This caused her to feel surprised.
The matriarch stared at this garment and felt a little cold. It was granny Zhao, who was at her side, that cried out in shock “This is… moon palace silk?”
“What?” The matriarch was dazed, “What silk did you say?”
Granny Zhao said: “Moon palace silk! Elder madam, it’s moon palace silk! Second young miss sent a garment made of moon palace silk to you!”
“It really is moon palace silk?” The matriarch’s chin nearly dropped from the shock. No wonder this thing looked so good that it should not be worn by people. But she did not think that it would be moon palace silk, one of the five national treasures. She could not help but look at Feng Yu Heng for verification.
Feng Yu Heng smiled and nodded to her: “It is indeed moon palace silk. A-Heng has been back in the capital for half a year. Thanks to grandmother for looking after me, but there was not much suitable as a gift, so I found someone to make a garment using moon palace silk. Although it cannot be worn during Winter, when the flowers bloom in Spring, it will feel most comfortable for grandmother to wear it then.”
The matriarch practically laughed herself silly. If it were not for Feng Yu Heng still being before her, she definitely would have kissed the moon palace silk a few times. She had lived a long time, and she already had half a foot in the grave, but she never thought that she would receive clothes made from one of the five national treasures. Thinking about it, there was nobody in this world that could be more generous than Feng Yu Heng.
“Good granddaughter, grandmother’s efforts were not in vain.”