Feng Hongluan even looked down upon her. When he tortured her, even though he said it was to make Fengcheng angry, he showed no mercy.
She hated the Dong family, and naturally, she also hated the second generation of the Dong family in front of her.
"Bitch!" Faced with Fengcheng's cold shout, Feng Hongluan not only did not restrain herself, but her eyes became even colder, "To be with my father, your purpose is nothing more than money, so just speak up."
"Hongluan!" Fengcheng looked angry, "Why are you talking?"
"Hmph!" Feng Hongluan snorted coldly, "It's not enough to betray my mother once. You are not enough to be a Dong family. Now here comes another hypocritical little bitch. Why are you crying and crying? Did I scold you wrong? Humph!"
"Hong Luan, you have gone too far."
Fengcheng looked at Feng Hongluan with a coldness in his eyes.
Feng Hongluan ignored it, and her eyes fell on Lu Ying again. Looking at her tearful expression, her tone was harsh and sharp: "Dad, whoever you choose between me and her, I will tell you clearly that I, she, don't have me."
, with me and without her.”
"you……"
Fengcheng's hesitation stung Feng Hongluan's heart for a moment.
She was forcing herself to be calm, but she didn't expect that she always thought that she was unique in her father's heart, but this uniqueness probably meant that she overestimated herself.
But what's even more cruel is that the woman in front of me, even though it's the first time I've met him, I hate this woman from the bottom of my heart.
That affectation really resembles Mr. Dong's.
Lihua was tearful and pitiful. She grabbed her father's clothes and begged Fengcheng not to quarrel with Feng Hongluan with humble eyes, which made Feng Hongluan feel nauseous.
She didn't know what kind of poison her father had fallen into, so that he would take such great care of such a woman. Isn't a Dong family really not enough?
"Okay, Dad, I will call you Dad for the last time. I finally understand that in your heart, my mother is dispensable. You can betray her again and again and forget her devotion to you. As for me, in my mother's heart,
After death, I will be nothing more than a roadblock that hinders you and the Dong family from cultivating together. Don’t worry, I won’t hinder you and this little bitch, Yang Yun, let’s go!”
"Princess, be careful." Yang Yun didn't know the reason and thought there was a real falling out. Seeing Feng Hongluan's angry and heartbroken look, she worriedly stepped forward to help Feng Hongluan, for fear that Feng Hongluan might
Hong Luan has an accident just in case.
Fengcheng didn't expect Feng Hongluan to have such a temper. Seeing Feng Hongluan throw away his sleeves, he stepped forward and said, "Hongluan, daddy promises you that he will not marry her, and no one will replace your mother."
s position."
He thought that Feng Hongluan would look back, but he heard Feng Hongluan sneer: "It's up to you. If you don't marry her, you won't give up on her. Our fate as father and daughter ends here."
Fengcheng's face instantly turned pale, and he took three steps back. Hearing Lu Ying anxiously call out "Master", although Feng Hongluan felt distressed, she knew she could not be soft-hearted.
"Let's go, Yang Yun, move all the things I left behind in Feng Mansion, and tell the world one day that I, Feng Hongluan, will sever all ties with Feng Mansion."
"Princess!" In fact, there is no need to do this. Just drive the person away. Yang Yun can see that General Feng, if not now called Prime Minister You, in his heart, Feng Hongluan, the daughter of Feng Hongluan, has a more important position.
As long as the princess persists, General Feng will not keep that woman.
But the princess left in a hurry, seemingly determined to sever ties with Feng Mansion, without giving Prime Minister Right a chance to explain or redeem herself.
Watching Feng Hongluan leave with a big belly, Fengcheng's face turned pale and he felt sad.
"Hongluan, Hongluan, how deep are your prejudices against dad? Dad really cares about you."
"Master!" Lu Ying looked at Fengcheng pitifully and cautiously like a child who had done something wrong, "It's all Lu Ying's fault. If Lu Ying dies, the young lady can calm down. Lu Ying will not embarrass the master.
.”
As he said that, he ran towards the courtyard wall. Fengcheng reacted quickly, and his quick eyesight and quick hands dared to block her the moment she hit the wall. He sighed helplessly: "Hey, that's all, that's all. Hong Luan's dissatisfaction with me has been buried since childhood.
, it has nothing to do with you, just live here peacefully and don’t worry about it."
Lu Ying burst into tears and buried herself in Fengcheng's arms, crying sadly: "I know, I'm just a village woman, not worthy of you, master."
Fengcheng looked a little sad, sighed, and slightly distanced himself from Lu Ying: "I only hate me for making Hongluan feel that I don't value her. She is still pregnant. What if she gets angry?
"
A flash of displeasure flashed in Lu Ying's eyes. At this time, all he could think about was his precious daughter.
She thought that her "dedication" had already taken a deep place in Maple City's heart. She thought that she could become the general's wife and enjoy the glory. However, she didn't expect that she was completely inferior to his daughter's status.
"Master!" Although she is smart and has understood that she has no way to compete with Feng Hongluan, someone has taught her that to be a general's wife, the most important thing to know is to be willing to shed tears. The last thing Fengcheng can't do is
Women's tears.
Before the words were spoken, two tears fell down: "Master, don't blame yourself, it's all my fault, it's all my fault. Now, I really want to die so that my father and daughter can be reunited. I
I just want to follow the master for the rest of my life, that’s all. I don’t have to give up my reputation, status, or money. You can kill me, master, but don’t abandon me, okay? I can’t live without you.”
Looking at Lu Ying who was crying heartbrokenly, Fengcheng finally relented and patted Lu Ying's hand: "Don't worry, I won't kill you, nor will I abandon you. You almost died for me, how could I be so ungrateful?"
people."
"Where's the lady?"
"Hey, maybe what I did was really inappropriate. I will talk to her about it. Hongluan is not an unreasonable child."
Fengcheng just hoped that Feng Hongluan would listen. He was not sure whether Feng Hongluan was still willing to listen to him.
The look of Feng Hongluan flinging her sleeves away made him feel heavy. There were really too many things going on in the past few days, which made him feel exhausted mentally and physically.
*
When I returned to Feng Mansion tiredly, I heard Butler Lan say that the lady had moved the things she brought from the Prince's Mansion, and ordered people to send back the dowry and the things taken from Feng Mansion.
These words really hurt Maple City's heart.
"You said Hongluan sent back all the dowry and things taken away from the house?"
"Yes, even Liu Xiang's clothes and jewelry were sent back. They said that Liu Xiang is from Feng Mansion, and the dowry and the deed of prostitution are still in Feng Mansion."
"Hongluan..." Fengcheng shouted towards the door, staggered, his vision went dark, and he fell down.
Fengcheng fainted with sadness and anger, and Feng Hongluan also had a hard time.
Although he had been ready to "break" with Fengcheng for a long time, in just a few days, it was really difficult to turn Fengcheng from his dearest father to a stranger or even an enemy who had suppressed dissatisfaction for more than ten years.
When she came back from Feng Mansion, she didn't dare to inquire about the news about Feng Mansion. Hong Yan told her that there were eyes everywhere around her, and she had to be meticulous in everything she did, even if it was acting.
Therefore, even if she was sad, she did not show any signs of it after returning to Prince Jin's Mansion.
When Hong Yan came back and the two closed the door, she finally couldn't help but threw herself into Hong Yan's arms and started sobbing.
"What should I do? It's so difficult, it's really difficult."
"Be obedient and be patient. It's all for your father's good."
"But it's really hard. I don't know how angry I am with my father. My father has been in a bad mood these past few days. Hong Yan, what should I do?"
His gentle palms caressed her back, and his warm thin lips landed on her smooth forehead: "I won't make you sad for too long, Hong Luan, you believe me, I will let me
Brother Emperor, return the power to your father. Not only that, I will also let your father sit on the position of general."
"I don't think about this now. I just want to explain to my father how bad my attitude has been these days!"
Feng Hongluan was very upset. She really did her trick well, and Fengcheng was easily deceived by her.
In the broad embrace, Hong Yan's strong heartbeat came.
"No need to explain, your dad will understand naturally."
"Hey, I wonder how my dad is doing now?"
"I received a secret report..." He hesitated for a moment and then spoke, "It seems that he fell ill."
"What?"
He didn't want to hide it from her, just because he knew that this kind of thing would reach her ears sooner or later, and it would be the same if he told her earlier.
Feng Hongluan's heart was as sharp as a knife, and she sneered from the bottom of her heart towards Mrs. Dong, towards He Jixiang, towards Ling Chexu and Wei Snake.
But lying to her father made her feel unspeakably uncomfortable.
"Hongyan, what should I do?"
Hong Yan looked at Feng Hongluan with pity in his eyes. He didn't want her to suffer or feel uncomfortable. Every drop of her tears was a huge torture to Hong Yan.
Kissing the corner of her eyes, the game was already open, and all he could do was to make a quick decision.
He has arranged everything, it just depends on whether it goes smoothly or not.
*
Prince Huai's Mansion.
Ever since the poisoning and assassination incident of Xizi, Hongzhi has been paying special attention to it.
There was a suspicion in his heart towards the emperor. Although he was not sure whether Xizi's poisoning or drawing the sword at him was instigated by the emperor, one thing Hongzhi could be sure of was that the emperor had always been suspicious and even his own brothers were on guard against him.
For a person who knows so many secrets of the Emperor, it is possible for the Emperor to burn bridges across rivers.
Once the general is eliminated, all the major worries are gone.
Now all that is left is the edict that has disappeared without a trace.
However, the imperial edict has not been released for a long time. It is probably because the general died suddenly and there was no time to tell where the imperial edict was placed, so no one got the imperial edict to blackmail the emperor.
If the imperial edict has not yet come out, he is the only one left in the world who knows the true content of the imperial edict. It is possible that the emperor wants to silence him.
Although there were always things he couldn't understand, such as why the emperor used such a stupid method, Xizi was a gift from the emperor, and the dagger was the emperor's dagger, so how could he let Xizi do it.
And he couldn't understand that, apart from knowing the true content of the imperial edict, he posed no real threat to the emperor. Over the years, his body seemed to be getting weaker and weaker. Even if he had the intention, he would not have the strength to compete for the throne. The emperor would get rid of him.
, it’s just a lot of effort.
The last thing is that after that time, everything was calm and nothing happened again. When he entered the palace to meet the emperor, the emperor looked as usual. Even when he heard the news of Xizi's death, his eyes did not show anything strange.
All this made Hongzhi wonder if there was something else going on?
He didn't believe that the emperor would do something to him. It wasn't because he believed in brotherly love and he had seen too many fights between his brothers, but because he had An'er.
The diplomatic relations between Hong Dynasty and Korea depended on him to maintain the friendship. An'er was the most beloved daughter of the Emperor of Korea.
His death will do no harm to the emperor.
He is alive and poses no threat to the emperor, because if he wanted to betray the emperor, he would have done so long ago. Why wait now?
Naturally, he didn't tell An'er about Xi'er because he was afraid that she would be worried. Besides, she was not in good health. Worrying in vain would make her condition worse.
He doesn't love this princess, but he pities her.
She had been married to him for so many years, but he was unable to have children because of his cold body, but she took the blame for his infertility and did not let his life be stained in the slightest.
In this regard, Hongzhi owed An'er.
Therefore, in these years, he never thought about taking a concubine.
Firstly, it was for An'er, and secondly, of course, it was because he had already thought about it. He would fall in love with such a woman all his life, and he would never be able to extricate himself. In his eyes, the Yan next to her was thin, fat, tall, short, and fat.
It's just the withered bones of a beautiful woman.
There is only one woman he wants, and that is Feng Hongluan.
A full moon passed through the octagonal pavilion and shone in the garden, casting a clear glow.
The shadows of the trees were dancing and the cool breeze was blowing. He stood by the bed with his hands folded, looking up at the stars and the moon. What came to his mind was the memory of a bunch of candied haws on a stick many years ago.
"Mother and concubine, I feel so uncomfortable."
"Good boy, my father gave my concubine some hawthorns, and she will make you some candied haws. If you eat it, you won't feel any pain."
"Mother, are the candied haws delicious?"
"Of course it's delicious, and it won't hurt you after eating it."
That year, he was just a four-year-old baby. The cold syndrome he was born with made him miserable. The candied haws cooked by his mother-in-law became the most beautiful taste in his memory.
He is so small that he is easily satisfied with just one candied haws.
The first time I saw Feng Hongluan, I was moved by the pink and jade-carved baby. It was because of the memory of a small candied haws.
"As long as daddy buys me candied haws, I won't cry."
She sniffed, and her tearful words lingered in her ears for a long time. With the night wind, they drifted to every corner of the house, and they were all missed.
I haven't seen her for a long time and I wonder how she is doing.
"It's cold, why are you standing here, worried?" Behind him, a gray-blue fox fur-trimmed cloak fell on his broad shoulders.
He turned around and saw An'er standing behind him with a reproachful look on his face.
He calmed down his thoughts and smiled faintly: "No, I can't sleep, so I just want to see the moonlight."
"Be careful if you catch the cold, let me tell you something. Although I don't want to mention that person, I know that in your heart, she is irreplaceable. I am tired and don't want to argue with her anymore.
After many years, hey, with you by my side, I am not too miserable after all."
Hearing this, Hongzhi's first reaction was not to comfort An'er, but to ask: "What's wrong with Feng Hongluan?"
An'er's face looked a little lonely, and she raised her head with a forced smile: "Do you want to hear good news or bad news?"
Hongzhi's eyebrows tightened: "What's wrong with her?"
"The good news is that her father may want to take a concubine. She is a young and beautiful woman. She is frustrated in officialdom but happy in love. She has scored twice."
"What about the bad ones?" Hongzhi doesn't care about this.
"You haven't gone out in the past few days. You really haven't heard that Feng Hongluan and Fengcheng have broken up? They are the kind of people who never interact with each other until they die."
"What!" Hongzhi was half-convinced by this statement. Based on his understanding of Feng Hongluan and Fengcheng, how could the father-daughter relationship, which was stronger than gold and stone, be broken for nothing.
"I've checked, and it's true. It seems that the foster lady of their family died. Feng Hongluan was afraid of the contamination caused by Hualiu Syndrome, so she torched the foster lady and her residence without her father's permission.
It was all burned to the ground.”
Hongzhi frowned.
An'er continued: "General Feng really feels sorry for his adopted daughter. For this matter, he slapped Feng Hongluan."
As she spoke, she raised her eyes to look at Hong Zhi, but was disappointed to see the distressed expression on Hong Zhi's face.
She could only comfort herself with relief. She should have gotten used to it long ago, right?
She knew a long time ago that there was a woman living in Hongzhi's heart, a woman that she simply could not defeat.
At this time last year, the matter of Miss Feng's breaking off their engagement was aroused. Hong Zhi secretly asked the emperor to marry Miss Feng to him. Others may not know about it, so how could she not know about it.
Later, Hongzhi went to Feng Mansion, and when he came back he was out of his mind. It was a cold day, the snow was falling heavily, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of snowflakes. He stood alone in the yard, looking at the piles of snowflakes piled up by his servants.
The snowman's smile is as gentle as water.
He must have seen someone. An'er's heart ached all night.
It was also that night when Hongzhi stood in the yard with a fever and kept calling the woman's name - Feng Hongluan.
She had been competing with the woman in his heart, always thinking that the one closest to the water would win first, and she even took the blame for infertility because of Hongzhi. Finally, that night she realized clearly that she was completely defeated.
That woman didn't need to do anything, she was just a snowman, and she could capture Hongzhi's heart.
And even if she sent it to the whole world, she was afraid that Hongzhi wouldn't be able to see her.
Hongzhi treats her like a guest.
But this isn't what she wants.
What he wanted was for Hongzhi to show her a distressed expression at the moment, even just a little bit.
"Are you distressed? She was beaten?"
Hong Zhi's thick eyebrows furrowed: "An'er..."
"Forget it, let's not talk about this." She was afraid of hearing more hurtful words, so she changed the subject urgently, "What really caused the break between the Feng family and his daughter was the concubine his father wanted to take. I don't know that person.
After asking around, I just heard that Fengcheng brought it back from the military camp and saved Fengcheng's life. I didn't expect that Fengcheng would even give up his daughter for a woman."
Hongzhi's heart ached even more. How painful would it be for Feng Hongluan to be abandoned by his father for a woman of unknown origin?
She must have been crying, right?
"I didn't expect that such earth-shaking things have happened in the past few days."
"You don't go out, or even leave your room, and you don't go to court because you are sick. Naturally, you don't know anything about the outside world. You don't want to go hunting, so you deliberately pretend to be sick, right?"
Hongzhi nodded: "Pei Suanzi has looked at the stars. Something big will happen this autumn hunting."
"So, you want to live peacefully at home and be alone?"
"That's right."
An'er nodded: "That's a good plan, but did Pei Suanzi say what the big deal is?"
"I didn't think about it. I just said that this hunting was so unpredictable that I was told not to go."
"It's always right to listen to him. His calculations are accurate in all likelihood. Feng Hongluan, I know you are worried. Don't worry, you don't have to come forward to avoid incurring criticism. I will help you and keep an eye out."
Her understanding of others was actually accompanied by incomparable pain. Now, she could only use this method to please Hongzhi.
As long as Hongzhi likes her, even if Hongzhi wants to marry Feng Hongluan, she will find a way to do so, not to mention bringing the news about Feng Hongluan to Hongzhi who is reclusive and unconcerned with worldly affairs.
To love someone is to humble yourself to the dust.
But she was willing to turn into dust for him.
She gently hugged Hongzhi's waist from behind.
His body stiffened for a moment. In fact, the couple had not been so intimate for a long time.
Ever since Feng Hongluan came to stay in his villa temporarily, An'er couldn't help but feel aggrieved and had a big quarrel with Hongzhi. The two became more and more estranged. They never performed the rituals of husband and wife, and even such intimate gestures were rare.
.
"Your Majesty! Promise me something, please?"
Hongzhi nodded.
"you say."
"Don't ever leave me."
Hongzhi was startled, but nodded firmly: "Don't worry, you will always be my concubine and my wife."
The hands around his waist became heavier, and from behind came an almost choked whisper: "I love you, Hongzhi, I love you, even if you don't love me, I still love you."
"An'er..."
"It's okay, I'm okay!"
She sobbed, let go of Hongzhi, and turned her back: "I'm fine, I'm fine. Since Pei Suanzi said that this hunting trip is going to be a hunting trip, don't go out. I'm leaving without delaying you."
It’s time to rest, it’s cold, don’t stand by the window all the time, you’ll catch the cold.”
That thin back suddenly made people feel distressed.
He owed her more than he could ever repay in his lifetime.
He took a step forward and hugged her slender waist. His kiss fell on the back of her neck, as warm as the tears on her face.
"Today, don't leave, just stay here."
The petite body in his arms trembled, motionless, but gently, happily, and naturally snuggled into his chest.
As long as he still cares about her, even if it's not love, just compensation, or pity, she'll be happy with it.
*
With a series of events, the incident in Feng Mansion spread throughout the government and the public, and the break between Feng Hongluan and Feng Cheng was seamless.
After all, it was right for Fengcheng to be angry about He Jixiang being crushed to ashes.
Fengcheng slapped the pregnant Feng Hongluan for this matter, and it was in full view of the public that Feng Hongluan should be angry.
After all, she was doing it for the good of Feng Mansion and was afraid that bad diseases would spread.
Then the concubinage incident was described vividly, and everyone thought that Fengcheng did not want his daughter because of a woman. It was natural that Fenghongluan would break up with Fengcheng, and it was reasonable.
Everyone knows that a former concubine in Fengcheng paid a murderer to kill Feng Hongluan. Feng Hongluan hated Fengcheng for having a concubine, and it was natural for him to do so.
What's more, such a young woman can be Feng Hongluan's sister.
Therefore, the breakup between Fengcheng and Fenghongluan was not questioned by many people.
As for who is right and who is wrong, everyone has their own opinions.
Some of those discussions reached Feng Hongluan's ears, and she tried her best to listen calmly, because whether they were saying she was wrong or Fengcheng was wrong, they all sounded harsh to her.
She couldn't show too many emotions. Hong Yan said that the emperor had arranged a lot of details in Prince Jin's Mansion, so she had to control her temper and mood.
Simply, he ignored all the rumors and rumors and lived his life lightly.
However, this calmness was instantly disrupted after hearing that Fengcheng really wanted to take a concubine.
"What are you talking about, my father actually..." Hong Yan said it himself, there is no mistake.
Feng Hongluan was extremely heartbroken. She never expected that the woman her father would choose in the end was actually that woman.
Hong Yan didn't think so: "I always feel strange, your father shouldn't be like that!"
"Huh..." Feng Hongluan took a deep breath: "That's it, that's all, I know my father well, let alone you."
"The spies are here to report that Wuming has been walking around Feng Mansion very diligently in the past few days. I wonder if it has anything to do with him?"
"Nameless?" Feng Hongluan asked in surprise, "You mean, he was the one who instigated my father to truly break with me and take Lu Ying as his concubine."
"Let's wait for news from the spies. I think there should be more news."
"Um!"
Feng Hongluan nodded.
Right now, that's all.
Hong Yan stayed with her all afternoon. In the evening, a cold light entered the room, and a small silver needle stared steadily at the beam.
The silver needle penetrates three-thirds of the wood without breaking. This skill is extraordinary.
Looking at the window paper, it was in good condition. If it weren't for the candlelight in the room falling on the silver needle, flashing a silvery light, she wouldn't have noticed this hidden weapon.
"Who!" she asked warily.
However, Hong Yan calmly patted her on the shoulder: "It's my man. The messenger has arrived. Just wait."
After saying that, he flew onto the beam and pulled out the silver needle. The tiny silver needle was actually engraved with strange words.
Feng Hongluan couldn't understand. Hong Yan glanced at it, but nodded meaningfully: "That's it."
"What's wrong?"
Hong Yan hesitated a little and said to Feng Hongluan, "Don't be angry, Lu Ying is pregnant with your father's child."
"What!!!"
Not angry, just shocked!
My father is really amazing. He has been sleeping with Mr. Dong for many years without having any children. Now, is he going to have a family full of children and grandchildren?
Lu Ying is pregnant and Hua Sanniang is pregnant.
Ha, Feng Hongluan was a little bit dumbfounded, even speechless.
Hong Yan looked a little embarrassed: "I think your father probably took her as his concubine because he didn't want his own flesh and blood to be lost outside."
Even so, she also knew that her father was a responsible man, but she still felt uncomfortable.
When Hua Sanniang said she was pregnant, she was quite happy and felt that she had a younger brother, but it would be different if it was Lu Ying.
"You said, my father's love life is really prosperous." There was obvious helplessness in his tone.
Hong Yan consoled him: "Perhaps this is fate. Then I investigated Lu Ying's whereabouts and found out that she is from an innocent family. You may be overly concerned."
"Hey!" She also hoped that she was overthinking, but maybe it was a woman's sixth sense, but she always saw the shadow of Dong in Lu Ying.
"Let's have dinner, you're hungry!"
I was hungry, but I was in a very bad mood.
Suddenly she looked at Hong Yan: "Tell me, why is Wuming so worried about my father taking a concubine? I remember that he was the one who persuaded me to agree to my father taking a concubine. He seemed to be very concerned about my father taking a concubine.
?”
Hong Yan raised his thick eyebrows slightly: "I find it strange too."
"Maybe I'm too worried." Feng Hongluan frowned and shook his head, "Recently, I've always been a little suspicious."
"Leave everything to me. Autumn hunting will be in two days. You are inconvenient and I can't push you away. We can live peacefully at home for a few days. Don't worry, I will give you some after the autumn hunting."
A satisfactory result for you.”
With deep eyes and a meaningful smile, he looked out the window.
Night is gradually falling, and the day in the cold weather is always so short. The sun sets, the moon rises, and the shadows of the trees are dancing. In the yard, street lamps are lit, and the shadows are scattered, lengthening the shadows of the surrounding trees, making it eerie.
The forest swayed with the wind, and it was strange.
——Digression——
I’m too lazy to divide it into chapters. Every time I divide it into chapters, it’s the most troublesome. Let’s read it after one chapter! Hahaha!