Chapter 452 (1/2)
Meeting With the Relatives by Marriage
The Feng matriarch was indeed telling a story, but it was not her that was telling it. Instead, she had invited a storyteller that was speaking quickly and eloquently.
What was eloquently being told? The story of Feng Yu Heng being raised in the Feng family from a young age. They spoke of how Feng Jin Yuan had thrown a grand banquet for three days when she was born. They spoke of how Feng Jin Yuan had brought the best teacher to teach her. They spoke of how the Feng family had once placed a great deal of hope in this daughter of the first wife.
This storyteller was quite skilled. Something as insignificant as a sesame seed could be made to sound amazing. Even something like Feng Jin Yuan bringing her a bowl of food could cause the spectators to become emotional.
Feng Yu Heng lifted the curtain and walked out but did not get down from the carriage. She sat with Wang Chuan and Huang Quan to watch the play. Their imperial carriage was behind the crowd and to the side. The people that were focused on listening to the story did not notice. The Feng matriarch had seen them but did not say anything. She continued to sit at the storyteller’s side. While holding her handkerchief, she wiped away tears and sighed.
The storyteller continued, and when he grew tired, someone gave him some tea. Feng Yu Heng let out a “pft” sound and laughed: “The treatment is pretty good.”
Huang Quan smirked and said: “I wonder how much the Feng family paid for this.”
Wang Chuan said: “Based on the elder madam’s feelings, at most five taels.”
Feng Yu Heng, however, shook her head, “I feel that this time, it must be at least ten taels. Look at the surrounding crowd. They are proper actors. They look so heartbroken when crying. The tears fall on command. They all must be paid!”
The two servants agreed with this analysis.
The three people chatted and laughed, but behind them, Yao Xian, who had no place to sit and could only stand, had become livid. He already knew that Feng Jin Yuan felt no love for his second daughter; however, he never thought that the Feng family’s matriarch would also be so shameless. She was already so old, yet she still actually went out and assembled outsiders to draw attention to her own granddaughter. This was truly not something a human could do!
He snorted and asked Feng Yu Heng: “How exactly did you endure this family until this point?”
He was able to very clearly remember that his granddaughter had a very explosive temper from a young age. She was able to take down three men in the military at the same time. There was a time when she disagreed with the opinion of a chief. That chief had a bit of a problem with abusing power, and Feng Yu Heng had once lost her temper and beaten that chief up in front of their commanding officer. This girl had never been one capable of enduring anything. She hated evil, and she would immediately seek revenge. She also kept a clear mind. When it came to playing tricks, she was the ancestor of scheming. How was it that her personality had also changed with the change in the era? This was no good!
Yao Xian’s expression sank as he said: “If you feel that you cannot bring yourself to do anything, maternal grandfather will help take care of them.”
Feng Yu Heng looked up at him with a smile. Her heart was so warmed! This was what it meant to have support! Her paternal grandfather had always been on her side. In her previous life, this was the case. Even if she had caused an extremely large incident, her paternal grandfather would still support her. But when it came to the Feng manor, she shook her head, “No need! Maternal grandfather, why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken. A lowly Feng family does not require grandparent and grandchild to work together to take care of.”
While she was speaking, the storyteller sitting beside the county princess’ manor’s entrance had reached the climax of “The Biography of County Princess Ji An”. It seemed that Feng Yu Heng had fallen ill when she was a child, Feng Jin Yuan had watched over her throughout the day and night. Even the reason for sending her to the Northwest had become them fearing that the Emperor would also implicate them in the Yao family’s crimes, thus they had no choice but to send them out of the capital. As the events progressed, it became about Feng Yu Heng’s turn to evil after returning to the capital.
Feng Yu Heng summarized these evils. The general idea was: Treated father poorly, treated grandmother poorly, treated eldest sister poorly, treated younger sisters poorly and treated concubine mothers poorly.
In the end, the storyteller finally brought the main theme of today’s story forth, “Just messing around inside the manor would be fine, but it has caused Lord Feng to get demoted to fifth rank, and he has been locked up! Everyone says that county princess Ji An is the star of disaster for the Feng family, and everyone should think about it. Is this title accurate or not?”
After he said this, he waved his hand, and someone immediately shouted from the crowd: “True! Too true! If this continues, the entire Feng family will be brought to ruin by her!”
There was someone else that said: “Starting from today, we must get lord Feng out. If county princess Ji An does not want to live in infamy, she should use her own power to help get her father out!”
Once this was said, everyone followed suit, “Save lord Feng! Save lord Feng!”
The Feng matriarch naturally felt that this was quite good and finally turned toward the imperial carriage and shouted; “She has returned!”
In an instant, everyone turned their attention toward them.
Feng Yu Heng, however, did not look at anyone else. She just looked at the matriarch. She saw that aside from granny Zhao, there was only Feng Fen Dai, who did not have the brain to orchestrate this sort of thing. The rest of the Feng family did not seem to have come out.
The matriarch received her gaze and was a little unnatural. She felt a little apprehensive, but this was not much. Since she had made up her mind to use this method to force Feng Yu Heng to save Feng Jin Yuan from prison, she had prepared herself to oppose her, but…
The matriarch’s gaze trembled, and she immediately saw the person standing behind Feng Yu Heng.
Why was he so familiar?
She closed her eyes and thought about it carefully. No matter how she thought, she felt that she had seen this person before. But that was an old man. When had Feng Yu Heng ever met with an old man? The people that interacted with her in the capital were mostly princes. There were also imperial daughter Wu Yang and the daughters of the large families, but she recognized those people! WHo was this?