Chapter 329 (1/2)

The Cheng sisters were helped up then took half a step back. They then bowed once more: “This concubine pays respects to madam.”

Kang Yi smiled calmly and kindly, “Good, younger sisters are young and beautiful, and you are also well-educated and sensible. With you two at husband’s side taking care of him, elder madam and I will be able to feel at ease.”

Seeing that Kang Yi had expressed her opinion, the matriarch quickly said: “That’s right! Being able to have the two…” She was a little confused over what to call the two. She could call them princesses, but they were not princesses. But if they were not considered princesses, they were still the Empress’ nieces that had been raised in the imperial palace for ten years, so what should they be called?

The more elegant one was the elder sister, Cheng Jun Man. Seeing that the matriarch was hesitating, she put on an elegant smile and said: “Jun Man and younger sister Jun Mei are concubines. We do not have the standing to call elder madam mother, but in our hearts, we will be very close with elder madam. If elder madam does not dislike it, please call us by our names.”

Cheng Jun Man spoke very slowly, and her voice was very beautiful. Because she had been raised in the imperial palace, she also had the same noble temperament as Kang Yi, but she was younger than Kang Yi, and it seemed that she had a calm and harmonic aura. This gave people a positive feeling, even the matriarch was no exception- “Good, good! Jun Man, Jun Mei.”

“Hahaha!” Xuan Tian Ming began laughing, “The Feng family is enjoying successive fortunes. If elder madam is this happy, this prince will have an easy time reporting to father Emperor.”

Feng Yu Heng leaned against the wheelchair and also began smiling, “Her Highness the Empress is a great person. Since you are her nieces, you definitely will not be lacking.” She suddenly became very happy and even began bouncing. Grabbing Xuan Tian Ming’s hand, she said: “Xuan Tian Ming, this is too great! They are her Highness’ relatives, so they definitely will not bully me!”

Xuan Tian Ming dotingly pinched her cheeks, “Right, they definitely will not bully you.” He then pinched her a little more, “How have you become even thinner? Is the Feng family so poor that they cannot afford to allow you to eat meat? Didn’t I give you a bunch of money? Do you not know how to spend it?”

“I was already in charge of my own food.” Feng Yu Heng reminded him, “I live in Tong Sheng pavilion. The food I eat and the things I use are all bought using the money you gave me. Oh right, there is also the salary from being a county princess.”

“Hm?” Xuan Tian Ming felt that something was off, “You don’t eat with them, but they don’t give you money?”

Feng Yu Heng shook her head, “They haven’t.”

“This is a wrongdoing on your party!” Xuan Tian Ming suddenly looked to the people of the Feng family, “You can’t choose to not give it to her because she doesn’t ask for it. They are all daughters of the Feng family, and Heng Heng is also the daughter of the first wife. We don’t ask that you give her more than the daughters of concubines, but at least give her the same. But why…”

“Your Highness.” Kang Yi quickly said: “Your Highness is mistaken. Although this humble woman just entered the manor, I also heard mother speak about it yesterday. Mother said that although county princess does not eat with us, her portion has been saved as money that can be given to county princess to use at any time.”

“Oh.” Xuan Tuan Ming nodded, “If that’s the case, then that’s good.” He then no longer looked at her and turned to Feng Yu Heng: “You also need to be more attentive. Don’t just smile stupidly at whoever you meet. Don’t get cheated without knowing about it. Alright, I should be returning. If you have any problems, come to the Yu Palace to find me.”

“Fine.” Feng Yu Heng nodded then personally pushed Xuan Tian Ming out of the manor.

Only after everyone saw Xuan Tian Ming get in the carriage did they all let out a sigh of relief. The matriarch was leaning on granny Zhao, completely unable to exert any strength. But she still remembered to order Fen Dai and everyone else present: “Quickly! Quickly help Han shi back and invite a doctor to examine the fetus. Quickly!”

Fen Dai also knew that this matter could not be delayed. Han shi was fragile, and the ground was cold. Her complexion was already not too good. Although she really wanted to continue watching the play unfold, she also knew how to evaluate what was important. No matter how important other things may be, Han shi’s belly was most important. They had to return.

She stomped her feet and reluctantly left while supporting Han shi. Feng Yu Heng also returned from outside the manor. The matriarch and Kang Yi watched her small frame walk step by step. For a while, they did not know how they should talk to her, but it was the Cheng family’s sisters that reacted first, quickly walking over to receive Feng Yu Heng- “This concubine greets county princess.”

Feng Yu Heng smiled and said: “You are father’s concubines, and you are also her Highness’ nieces. There is no need to salute me when you see me. From this day forward, since you have entered the Feng family, take good care of father and do your best to help grandmother and mother. In a few days, I will need to focus on producing steel, so you will need to handle some more work at the manor.”

The two said in unison: “This concubine will abide by county princess’ teachings.”

Once this was said, Kang Yi and Chen Yu subconsciously looked at each other and saw the alarm in each other’s eyes.

The Feng family suddenly had two more concubines entering the manor. For a while, things really were busy. However, Feng Jin Yuan still did not return from having gone into court. The matriarch thought long and hard before simply decided that Jin Fu courtyard that was originally meant for Ru Jia would be emptied out for Jun Man. She then had servants clean up Ri Yue pavilion that was the closest courtyard to Jin Fu courtyard, so that Jun Mei would be able to move in that night.

The courtyards were assigned by the matriarch, while Kang Yi personally took care of directing the servants to take good care of cleaning up the two courtyards. As for the two sisters that just entered the manor, they simply accompanied the matriarch for a chat in Shu Ya courtyard. This chat continued for the entire day, as they even ate lunch together. When the two courtyards were cleaned up and Kang Yi headed to Shu Ya courtyard covered in dust to report to the matriarch, she found that the matriarch and the two concubines were getting along very well. She was especially interested in the idle gossip that came from the palace.