Chapter 662 (1/2)
Lu Yao’s request seemed preposterous, but the two had already bowed to heaven and earth. They were already a properly married couple, and it could not be considered too improper.
Yao Shu had a kind heart. Seeing that the culprit of Lu Cuo’s death had already been found, and although he felt a bit uncomfortable about Lu Yao’s people framing Feng Yu Heng, she was now his wife. They had concluded the proper rituals, and it was already properly filed with the government. In any case, he should provide his wife with some protection. Thus he did not say anything and helped Lu Yao while guiding granny Gui to the bridal courtyard.
With such a thing happening at the wedding, nobody was in the mood to continue. But the people enjoyed gossipping. The results of Lu Yao’s body examination had not yet come out, thus there was nobody in a rush to leave. They just slowly sipped on the tea brought up by the servants. At the same time, they wanted to laugh at the expense of Lu Song, who was still kneeling at the feet of the seventh prince.
Feng Zi Rui was at his elder sister’s side and quietly said to her: “Cousin-in-law looks really fierce. I really don’t know what eldest cousin sees in her.”
Feng Yu Heng laughed and said: “You’re still young, but you seem to understand quite a bit.” But after thinking a bit, didn’t most children mature earlier? Thinking back to when she had just returned to the capital, Xiang Rong and Fen Dai were no more than ten years old. Xiang Rong was still a little more innocent, but that Fen Dai even knew to try and seduce Xuan Tian Ming. Looking back around at the nine-year-old Zi Rui, she did not dare treat him as a young child any further.
Looking over again at Lu Song, who was kneeling there with his head down, he felt that he could not show his face. A dignified standard-first rank official was kept kneeling like this in front of so many people. If this was in court, it would be fine, but this was just a family’s residence. What sort of situation was this?
But the complaints in his heart and the feelings of shame were pointless. The person that had him kneeling was the seventh prince, Xuan Tian Hua. Normally, he was kind and gentle to all; however, everyone knew that he was the one person that must never be angered. Today, the Lu family had fallen into this situation. Lu Song thought to himself that this trial would most likely not be easy to pass.
Feng Yu Heng tilted her head shifted herself slightly to say to Xuan Tian Ming: “Take a guess. How will seventh brother mess with prime minister Lu?”
Xuan Tian Ming shrugged: “I don’t know, but it will be enough suffering. Offending this prince just results in being whipped, but offending seventh brother can result in any number of outcomes. Let’s take a look at Lu Song’s luck and the results of the body examination.”
Xuan Tian Ge also came over at this time and began to gossip with the two: “Say, if that Lu Yao does not have a pure body, how should this matter be handled?” While she spoke, she looked toward Feng Yu Heng seriously, “A-Heng, would the Yao family acknowledge that granddaughter-in-law?”
Feng Yu Heng sneered, “If she really does not have any shame and lost her purity before marriage, this imperial daughter cannot do without cleaning house for the Yao family. Even if eldest cousin ends up hating me, this would be something that I must do.” At the very least, she could not allow Yao Xian to look at this sort of disgusting person every day. She did not have too many deep feelings for the other people of the manor. After all, the time that they had spent together was short. They were all good people, but when it came to feelings, it all relied on the blood relations with the body’s original owner. It had to be the case that Yao shi was incompetent and caused these blood ties to become a bit weaker. But with Yao Xian present, everything was different. The two were close. He was an existence that could not be replaced by anyone.
“I like this bit of your personality!” Xuan Tian Ge praised her sincerely, “Only someone like this will not be bullied by others.”
Xuan Tian Ming snorted coldly, “You think that you’re any better than her? This prince heard that when we were in the North, the son of lord Liao’s family went to inquire about marriage, and you threw all of the gifts that they had brought out of the palace’s entrance.”
“Tsk.” Xuan Tian Ge expressed her disdain, “Wasn’t it all learned from you guys. I wonder which elder brother it was that taught me to not hold back against the people that I do not like but still come to visit. Just hold them down and give them a beating first before talking. In any case, I gave them some face and did not really beat them.”
Xuan Tian Ming smiled bitterly. Was this not what he had taught her from a young age. In this generation, the old Xuan family only had this one little girl. There were nine grown boys that would occasionally conflict in their official business, but they all doted on this single younger sister. After thinking a bit, Xuan Tian Ge had reached the marrying age, but with her status as a palace princess and the only palace princess in Da Shun, how much room did she have to make her own decisions?
In an instant, all three thought of this, and the atmosphere became a bit gloomier. Zi Rui noticed that something was off and went to tug on Xuan Tian Ge’s hand, quietly saying: “Elder sister Tian Ge, how about you marrying our cousin! We still have so many cousins, and they are all good boys. The Yao family is really good. You won’t be bullied if you marry into the family.”
Xuan Tian Ge let out a “pft” then laughed. Pinching Zi Rui’s small cheeks, she said: “How could this palace princess be bullied.”
Feng Yu Heng also laughed, “It’s already good enough if she doesn’t bully others.”
While they spoke, Feng Fen Dai stomped over to their side. Following this came the fifth prince with a worried expression.
Speaking of, the fifth prince, Xuan Tian Yan, had been quite worried about Fen Dai, especially when he saw Feng Fen Dai heading over with a provocative look. Xuan Tian Yan even thought of pulling her back. But there were many people nearby and could not really charge forward.