Chapter 297 (2/2)

Feng Jin Yuan’s nose nearly became crooked from the anger, as he thought to himself, this fifth prince was acting shamelessly? He could handle reasoning with him; however, when faced with acting shameless, there was nothing he could do.

For a while, the hall was in a deadlock, and the silence carried on for a while.

When someone finally spoke up once more, the one who spoke was Feng Yu Heng. They heard her say: “Yesterday when eldest princess Kang Yi begged for fourth sister’s forgiveness, she mentioned that practically all the dancers in Qian Zhou know how to perform this sort of dance. A-Heng will give fifth brother an idea. If you really like this type of dance, how about taking a trip up to Qian Zhou. Or, perhaps eldest princess can arrange for some dancers perform for you. What does fifth brother think?”

When Feng Yu Heng spoke, for some reason, the fifth prince felt a little guilty, and he did not dare meet her eyes. He only vaguely said: “This prince only wants fourth young miss Feng.”

Fen Dai became annoyed by her statement and pointed at Feng Yu Heng, loudly shouting: “Feng Yu Heng, you have a vile heart!”

Slap!

Feng Jin Yuan threw a vicious slap, dropping Fen Dai to the ground. Even some blood trickled out from the corner of her mouth. But he still felt that it was not enough. He raised his hand and was about to hit her again. Xuan Tian Yan was distressed and rushed forward to stand in front of Fen Dai to protect her. Even faster than him was Princess Kang Yi. She had practically squatted down at the same that Fen Dai had fallen.

Thus, Feng Jin Yuan’s slap did not stray and landed on Kang Yi’s shoulder. This slap was extremely forceful.

“Ah!” Kang Yi let out a coquettish scream. Gritting her teeth, it was clear that the hit had hurt.

Feng Jin Yuan was embarrassed. Letting out a surprised shout, he rushed forward. Reaching out, he held Kang Yi’s shoulder and used an extremely concerned and warm voice to ask her: “I didn’t do it on purpose. Are you hurt?” The feelings he had for Kang Yi were immediately made clear. The two looked at each other for a long time.

The matriarch felt more and more than something was off. She could not help but softly clear her throat. Only then did the two turn around, with Kang Yi quickly saying: “I’m fine. Prime minister Feng, do not get angry. Fourth sister miss is still just a young child. There are some things that she just does not understand.”

What did an eleven-year-old child know about love, this was something that Feng Jin Yuan naturally understood. He definitely did not believe that Fen Dai truly loved the fifth prince, but could he tell Kang Yi that Fen Dai was vain and was entirely devoted to making friends in higher social circles? Could he tell Kang Yi that this girl originally wanted the ninth prince, but the ninth prince did not care for her. When she finally managed to have the fifth prince take the initiative to come forward, that was when she refused to let go?

Of course, he could not. That was why he could only helplessly say: “I have allowed eldest princess to see something unseemly.” He then personally helped her up, but the hand that was on her arm was a little reluctant to let go.

The interaction between the two was seen by An shi, Han shi and Jin Zhen. Who was incapable of understanding what was happening! An shi did not think much of it, only shaking her head helplessly, as she only viewed as entertainment. But Han shi and Jin Zhen became infuriated. One angrily trembled while hugging Fen Dai, and the other lowered her head and wiped away tears.

Feng Yu Heng, however, had wandered over to the matriarch’s side at some point, quietly saying: “If the eldest princess enters the manor, perhaps the most important person will become her, right?”

The matriarch froze then coldly said: “The Feng family definitely will not bring in a foreign princess.”

Feng Yu Heng nodded, “That’s right. The previous madam, Chen shi, only passed away half a year ago. Normally, no matter who father chooses, he will need to wait one year.”

“Correct.” The matriarch’s faith was even more firm. Although the feelings between Feng Jin Yuan and Kang Yi were very clear, this one was not a daughter-in-law that she could control, thus she would not want her.

The fifth prince, Xuan Tian Yan did not notice these things. He was still focused entirely on Fen Dai. Now that he saw Fen Dai get hit, his heart began to ache, as she sat on the ground and wailed loudly.

“Fifth brother.” But at some unknown time, Feng Yu Heng had actually arrived at Xuan Tian Yan’s side. Being called fifth brother, Xuan Tian Yan completely froze.

“Yo-younger sister.” He spoke up and called her; however, he did not dare look at Feng Yu Heng at all.

Feng Yu Heng asked him in confusion: “A-Heng has not offended fifth brother before, right?”

“Hm?” Xuan Tian Yan became even more afraid. He had always known that his ninth bro’s wife was not someone to offend lightly. Especially after breaking iron essence and promising to provide the method for producing steel at the banquet, the Emperor now had to give all that he had to protect people, but he… “Yo-younger sister, what are you saying? This… fifth brother does not understand.”

“Hehe.” She suddenly laughed, “My meaning is, why does fifth brother look away whenever you look at A-Heng? Is it A-Heng that is too ugly? Ugly to the point that fifth brother is afraid just from seeing me!” The last phrase came with a sudden change in tone, as it was said with a frigid tone.

Xuan Tian Yan subconsciously retreated a few steps. When he was finally willing to look at Feng Yu Heng, he stared straight at her, trying to find an answer from her gaze.

Unfortunately, Feng Yu Heng’s eyes did not express her true feelings. The earlier frigid tone was only used for an instant. In the blink of an eye, she returned to her normal state.

“Fifth brother, don’t worry about it too much. A-Heng does not have any other meaning. You came today for Fen Dai, so we will talk about Fen Dai. As for other things, we can slowly sort them out later.” She glared over, her sharp gaze appearing like a scorpion, which caused Xuan Tian Yan’s heart to freeze. But in a quick turn, Feng Yu Heng’s poisonous gaze had already been replaced with a concerned expression. He heard her say: “Doesn’t fifth brother feel that this matter is a little doubtful? Fourth sister is nothing more than the daughter of a concubine from a government official’s family, and she has not entered the palace many times. How could she manage to have the palace’s eunuchs and palace maids put in so much work for her dance? It must be known that just transporting all of that heavy snow is quite a great deal of work.”

Xuan Tian Yan was stunned, rushing to ask “Your meaning is?”