From that day on, Hua Sanniang came to Feng Hongluan and expressed her relief that she no longer wanted children, so there was no need to worry about this matter.
I thought my father and Hua Sanniang were quarreling, but I saw that their relationship was better than before.
No matter what, as long as they are good.
As for Jiang Nanzi, the news about Ying Rufeng has been released. He may be on his way to the capital. He hasn't seen him for a long time. Even if he came here on purpose, it would be good to meet him once.
After living in Feng Mansion for half a month, the afternoon sun was a little hot, scorching the earth, indicating that summer was approaching.
Feng Hongluan was wearing a refreshing summer clothes, and Shang felt a thin layer of sweat on her back, so she asked Xiaofu to get some ice to eat.
When Xiaofu came back from getting the ice, he complained to Feng Hongluan.
"Really, Master, the beauty from the Japanese country who lives in the house behind me is afraid of the heat and has almost all the ice in the kitchen. I managed to get this bowl of ice for Master with great difficulty."
The crystal clear ice cubes were sprinkled with some crushed fruit. When Xiaofu said this, Feng Hongluan just chuckled: "Just ask someone to bring it back later. This thing is not a precious thing. If you eat too much, it will be fine."
She was afraid of spoiling her stomach, but she really dared to eat it. If she ate it later and her body was damaged, she would have to call a doctor."
Xiaofu thought that Feng Hongluan was also scolding the beauty, and echoed: "Who says it's not? It's not a tonic. What's the point of eating it desperately? You have to waste money to hire a doctor. Master, I saw her out in the garden last time.
I have walked around and found that she is not that beautiful, and she is said to be not as beautiful as one ten thousandth of you, master. No wonder the emperor did not like her and gave her to our general."
Feng Hongluan just listened to Xiaofu's comments about whether he was beautiful or not and did not make any comments.
The loss of beauty is nothing more than the passing of time, and the beauty will eventually wither and become nothing more than a mirror.
But thinking of these women who were sent here, Feng Hongluan felt quite sympathetic. These women were afraid that they would be here as slaves, maids, and concubines for the rest of their lives, leaving their homes and dying in a foreign land.
There are very few people as good as her father who take care of the beauties gifted by the emperor as if they were young ladies.
Maybe most of them have become concubines and spent their good years fighting and letting down old men one after another.
The better ones will meet the adults they like and stay together forever, but this is definitely just one person out of millions.
For women sent from such a small country, the men only regard them as snacks for tribute and will not eat them as dinner.
Therefore, it is not easy for the beauty who lives in the backyard of the house.
The people in Feng Mansion, after receiving orders from Feng Cheng, all served her well and never made things difficult for her.
But Fengcheng was afraid that Hua Sanniang would be unhappy, so he ordered the beauty to only move around in the backyard and not to come to the front.
It's strange that she actually came out front to stroll in the garden.
"When did you see her walking in the garden?"
"It was the evening before yesterday. Master, you asked me to help the princess get fruit. I saw it at that time. I was originally wondering who it was. She was dressed like a lady, and there was a maid behind her. After thinking about it carefully, I guess
She’s the beauty in the backyard.”
"Oh, I'm probably bored in the backyard."
Feng Hongluan laughed, didn't ask any more questions, and just kept her head down eating ice.
After finishing the bowl, I really felt a lot better. Most of the summer heat had dissipated, so I asked Xiaofu to take the bowl back to the kitchen.
This time when Xiaofu came back, his face was full of complaints: "Miss, that beauty took away our little princess's fruit milk."
"The kitchen didn't say it was rice dumplings?"
Xiao Tangyuan drinks fruit milk every day. If she doesn't drink it for a day, she will cry and become restless.
Xiaofu conveyed the words from the kitchen: "I told you, but she came in person, and ordered the kitchen to prepare another fruit milk for the princess. The general has given instructions, and the kitchen should not neglect it. I can only endure it and watch her prepare it.
The fruit milk was taken away. The fruit milk was made from the squeezed orange juice of tribute oranges given by the emperor. It is such a precious thing."
Fruit milk is not a thing. No matter how precious the orange is, it is just a fruit. You can also use strawberries to make strawberry fruit milk.
The crux of the matter is that this beauty seems restless.
After eating a bowl of ice, fearing that her intestines couldn't bear it, she stood up and said, "Let's go and see that beauty."
She wasn't going to warn the other person, nor was she going to scold him, she just wanted to talk to him about something.
Xiaofu hurriedly stepped forward to help her: "Master, it's time to teach her a lesson. Let's go."
Feng Hongluan smiled and said nothing.
*
The backyard, which used to be overgrown with weeds, was used to store the strange wines left by her grandfather. Now because Feng Mansion has annexed the two official residences on the left and right, the wines have also been moved to a large wine warehouse in the official residence on the left.
After tidying up the backyard, past the Moon Cave Gate, there is a unique scene, very elegant.
There are all kinds of flowers, trees, pavilions and pavilions. The more than ten transplanted seedlings are also growing lushly. The flowers and trees are blooming with gorgeous flowers, exuding a faint fragrance of flowers.
Compared to the front yard, the backyard is more elegant and quiet. There are only three maids arranged to serve here, clean, trim flowers and trees, and take care of the beauty.
Feng Hongluan has heard of her name, but because no one has mentioned this person again, she can't remember it exactly now. She seems to call her Yanyu, Xu Yanyu.
The name is very beautiful and poetic.
When Feng Hongluan arrived at her house, waves of elegant piano music came from the house. She knocked politely on the door, and the music stopped. Shaoqing heard footsteps approaching the door.
The person who opened the door was a maid. She was a little scared when she saw Feng Hongluan, and lowered her head to say hello.
"Princess Princess."
"Well, go down, Xiaofu, and you'll be waiting outside."
Feng Hongluan gave the order and walked in. The aroma of mint balls filled the room, which was very refreshing.
Behind the piano stand, a woman with long hair like a waterfall sat. When she saw Feng Hongluan, the woman's eyes showed a touch of respect.
Xu Yanyu glanced at the door, stood up, walked to Feng Hongluan, and suddenly knelt down. She was obviously a weak and delicate woman, but her kneeling posture was very rigid, with her hands clasped in fists and one knee on the ground, which quite surprised Feng Hongluan.
surprise.
"you……"
"Mother, you are finally here."
Feng Hongluan was very puzzled, but she heard Xu Yanyu lower her voice: "Mother, you don't remember me, we have met before."
Seen it!
Feng Hongluan racked her brains and couldn't think of where she had seen this woman.
Xu Yanyu probably saw through her thoughts and said spontaneously: "Zizhulin, the master invited the mistress to have a drink there. Can't the mistress remember what happened in Kangding for two years? The woman who played the piano to entertain you and the master.
, that is, a subordinate."
"It's you!"
As soon as she said that, Feng Hongluan naturally remembered that there were indeed two women playing the piano in the pavilion that day. She still misunderstood Hong Yan at that time. When she saw those two beauties, she even slandered Hong Yan. This was really rumored by the outside world.
If you are not knowledgeable and have no skills, you just know how to indulge in beauty.
Although she couldn't remember the appearance of the two women, Feng Hongluan had an impression of those two people.
She couldn't help but be shocked: "How could it be you?"
Xu Yanyu was still kneeling on the ground and said in a suppressed voice: "Mistress, it is difficult to speak here, please come down with me."
After saying that, he stood up.
Feng Hongluan followed her in. She took Feng Hongluan into the inner room and climbed onto the bed. She piled on the bed gently, and the bed board opened, revealing an underground passage underneath.
Feng Hongluan was even more shocked.
"Mother, please, I'm sorry that my subordinates dug this tunnel for convenience and destroyed the homestead."
Feng Hongluan shook his head hurriedly: "It's okay, go down and talk."
She was very wary, but she was not defensive about the woman in front of her, because the respect and loyalty in the woman's eyes made her very convinced that this person was from Hongyan.
She wanted to know something about Hong Yan, but she had no way of asking before. Now, she finally had someone she could ask.
When they got down to the tunnel, Xu Yanyu was really a powerful character. He actually dug such a big hole under the bed not even half a year after moving in. Xu Yanyu took a lantern, lit all the tents on the wall, and knelt down respectfully.
He knelt down on the ground with his fists clasped.
"Mother, I can't take the initiative to find you. The emperor's spy is indispensable in this house, so I can only use such childish methods to attract you."
Feng Hongluan was a little embarrassed and hurriedly explained: "I'm not here to punish you for drinking my child's fruit milk. I just want to ask you whether you want to stay here by walking around the front yard and going to the kitchen in person.
I'm feeling bored. If you want to leave, I will help you."
As she spoke, she hurriedly helped Xu Yanyu: "Get up, the ground is wet."
Xu Yanyu stood up, and Feng Hongluan asked almost impatiently: "Hongyan, how is Hongyan now and where is he?"
Xu Yanyu clasped her fists and said respectfully: "The master is just afraid that your mistress will worry, so once we have the opportunity to get close to the mistress, we must tell the mistress that he is fine now, and let the mistress and the young master wait for him for a while longer.
, he will definitely come back."
Sure enough, he didn't break his promise.
Sure enough, the body washed away by the flood was not his.
At this moment, Feng Hongluan almost burst into tears.
Sobbing, "Do you know where he is?"
Xu Yanyu shook her head: "I don't know, I am also waiting for the master's order."
"Do you want to..."
She actually knew in her heart that the emperor wanted Hong Yan to die, so how could Hong Yan swallow his anger any longer.
However, these two words, regicide, still make people panic.
Xu Yanyu understood what she was going to say and nodded firmly.
"Raising an army for a thousand days and using it for a while, all the subordinates will follow the master. If the master gives the order, we will not hesitate to go to hell."
Is this loyalty the personality charm of Hong Yan?
Hong Yan secretly raised a group of women with strong martial arts skills.
Could it be that Hong Yan had already started planning to seize the throne?
No, Hong Yan is not an ambitious person.
He respects the emperor and is willing to hide all his edge for the sake of the emperor.
But he is also a very manipulative person. He may have predicted his future from the death of the second prince, so he took precautions and recruited a bunch of masters outside the palace just to one day fight with the emperor.
Even if they turn against each other and become enemies, they will not be like a turtle in a urn with no room for resistance.
Feng Hongluan wanted to do something for him, but suddenly, she thought of Crescent Stone.
Hua Sanniang said that if the two pieces of crescent stone were combined, she could order Lulin to give the two stones to Hongyan, but she didn't know where Hongyan was now, not even Xu Yanyu.
This was difficult, but at least there was one thing she could do for him.
"I know what he wants, and I will definitely help him at all costs. If you have a chance to see him, tell him that Tangyuan and I are fine, and let him not worry."
"Mother, I'm afraid that half of the people in your house are the emperor's spies now. You have to be careful in everything you do. If possible, stay in the general's house for a while, or take the young master to stay in a separate garden.
For a while, the master was not afraid of anything except that the mistress and the young master would fall into the hands of the emperor."
"Don't worry, I won't hold him back or become a burden to him. I have long known that there are many spies of the emperor in my house, so I deliberately returned to my parents' house to stay for a while this time."
"Feng Mansion is not safe either, but there are several of us. If anything happens to you in the future, please ask Mother Miao to come to me. Mother Miao is also one of our own."
Feng Hongluan was startled, but she should have thought of it earlier, right?
During the He Jixiang incident, she had seen traces of Miao's mother interacting with Hong Yan many times.
Unexpectedly, Hong Yan's network is so wide. Miao's mother has been in their Feng Mansion for many years. She has no idea who the real master behind Miao's mother is.
"I see."
"Mother, someone is coming, let's go out first."
"Um!"
The two of them hurriedly came out of the underground passage, and when they went up, they heard a knock on the door from outside. It was a maid named Rouxiang who was serving in the backyard.
"Miss Xu!"
"Well, come in!"
The maid came in and quickly closed the door. She was surprised to see Feng Hongluan there, but soon, like Xu Yanyu, she knelt down respectfully and bowed to Feng Hongluan: "Subordinate
See the mistress, Yanyu, you really have a way to attract the mistress."
Feng Hongluan was shocked. This Rouxiang had been here for seven or eight years, and she was actually from Hongyan.
It was not difficult for her to think of why Hong Yan would arrange people in Feng Mansion. Hong Yan probably thought that if he rebelled, Fengcheng would be his big enemy, so he had to put so many informants in Feng Mansion first.
Feng Hongluan now has no choice but to hand over the crescent stone to Hong Yan, but the only thing she can do for Hong Yan is to restrain her father's loyalty.
"Get up, Rouxiang, I didn't expect you to be from Hongyan too."
Rouxiang smiled: "The subordinates used to be the subordinates of the master, but now they are the subordinates of the master and mistress."
Feng Hongluan smiled knowingly.
Seeing Rouxiang saying to Xu Yanyu, "Miss Xu, Mr. Jiang has come to Beijing."
Probably because she was afraid that people outside would hear her, Rouxiang resumed her maid tone when speaking.
Mr. Jiang.
Feng Hongluan was overjoyed and said in a lowered voice, "Could it be Jiang Nanzi?"
Rouxiang nodded.
Ha, it seems that Brother Feng is very effective. Just after he released the news that he was in the capital, Jiang Nanzi pounced on him like a wolf that had smelled the scent.
*
After returning from the backyard, Feng Hongluan felt a little excited.
She always knew that Hong Yan was doing something big, but she didn't expect it to be such a big thing.
Hong Yan was strategizing, but the emperor held a heavy army. Feng Hongluan couldn't help but worry that Hong Yan was still refusing to fight, probably because he was not a match for the emperor yet.
Before Hong Yan raises his troops to Beijing, she must protect herself and Xiao Tangyuan.
She knew that to Hong Yan, she and Xiao Tangyuan meant the world.
If they fall into the hands of the emperor, Hongyan's world and even their lives will be surrendered to the emperor.
She instantly felt that the burden on her shoulders was extremely heavy, but thinking that Hong Yan must have secretly sent countless masters to ambush her and Xiao Tangyuan to protect their mother and daughter, she felt at ease again.
She believed that Hongyan would never let anything happen to their mother and daughter.
Returning to Hongyan Pavilion, Xiaofu asked insinuatingly: "Master, did you scold her?"
Feng Hongluan smiled: "No."
"Then Master, you have been in there for so long."
"It's just a few words. It's just a bowl of fruit milk. I don't want to scold you so harshly, lest I say it out and make people think that our Feng family is such a stingy family."
Xiaofu was obviously a little dissatisfied, but she also knew that she had no right to be dissatisfied, so she muttered.
"This time it's fruit milk. I'm not sure what she'll be more aggressive about next time. I think she's just a tsundere."
"Okay, stop talking. You have to be merciful and merciful. She left her hometown and was ignored by her father in the backyard. It's desolate enough."
Xiaofu muttered again: "Master, you are so kind-hearted."
"If you have the time to mutter, why not go to the kitchen and prepare a new fruit milk for the little glutinous rice balls? By the time the meal is over, she will definitely be clamoring for a drink. Also, prepare some for Wuhen."
"Master Wuhen doesn't like drinking. He always gives his wet nurse an advantage."
"You girl." Feng Hongluan raised her head and looked at Xiaofu. This girl is good at everything but loves to complain.
Xiaofu took a step back, a little frightened: "I know I was wrong, I won't say anything anymore."
"Go ahead, if you like it, you can make yourself a bowl. It's not a very precious thing, so don't worry about it."
Xiaofu stuck out his tongue: "Master, you made Xiaofu seem to be a glutton. I don't want it, I'm going down."
He is really becoming more and more bold.
Compared to Yang Yun, Feng Hongluan felt more at ease with Xiao Fu by her side.
Xiaofu is careless, has no scheming, and speaks openly. All emotions are written on his face, so there is no need to guess too much.
Yang Yun is different, deep and elusive. The only thing Feng Hongluan can be sure of is that Yang Yun is absolutely loyal to her heart.
After all, she was kind to Yang Yun, and Yang Yun was also a grateful person.
At this moment, she only felt that Yang Yun was a loyal person, but she probably didn't expect that it was Yang Yun's sincerity that almost harmed her.
Of course, this is something for later.
At this moment, everything is calm, Jiang Nanzi has entered the city, and from what Xu Yanyu and Rouxiang say, Jiang Nanzi seems to be one of them. I wonder if I can leave it to Jiang Nanzi about the crescent stone.
As soon as Xiao Fu left, Feng Hongluan found the two sparse and ordinary-looking full moon stones from the drawer, one was a waxing moon and the other was a waxing moon.
Holding two stones in the palm of your hand, they are the command symbols of Hong Chao's bandit army. When two stones are combined, you can command an army of six thousand.
These bandits are not the same as the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. Each of these bandits are masters of the green forest. With one against a hundred, Feng Hongluan knows that what Hongyan lacks most is military strength.
Even if Hong Yan could raise a pair of female subordinates under the guise of extravagance and prostitution, it would still be difficult to train soldiers secretly.
It takes at least a year and a half to train an army, not to mention it has to be done in secret.
Hongyan is now using "death" to recruit troops from nowhere and gather talents to rebel. If he can give him these six thousand bandit troops, it will save him a lot of trouble and make him even more powerful.
She was lost in thought when a milky voice sounded at the door.
"Wuhen, let's go, let's go find mother."
Looking outside the door, Xiao Tangyuan looked innocent and old-fashioned.
Feng Hongluan smiled, she finally learned the news that Hong Yan was safe and sound today. Seeing the little glutinous rice balls, she was looking forward to Hong Yan coming back to see their mother and daughter as soon as possible.
Wuhen followed Xiao Tang Yuan, his steps still a little unsteady.
"It's your mother."
Feng Hongluan felt very unhappy after hearing these three words.
Although the little doll's tone was childish, these three words carried an uncomfortable hostility.
Did Wuhen really understand what Han Jia said and take it to heart?
There was a flash of coldness in Feng Hongluan's eyes. Seeing Wuhen's unkindness when he shook off Xiao Tang Yuan's hand, the coldness in Feng Hongluan's eyes became even stronger.
She is only afraid of herself, raising a tiger to cause trouble.
Xiao Tangyuan, however, held Wuhen's hand again nonchalantly: "Come on, come on!"
Wuhen shook off Xiao Tang Yuan's hand again and looked at Xiao Tang Yuan seriously: "Please call me uncle, I am your uncle."
(Off-topic: I'm very sorry about this title. I made a mistake before. Wuhen would not call her Aunt Feng Hongluan, but her cousin. Sorry, everyone didn't pay attention at the time and continued to ignore it. At that time, I felt uncomfortable.
Now I will sorry to give you an explanation and continue coding.)
"You are younger than me!" Xiao Tangyuan argued, "You should call me sister."
Feng Hongluan's gloomy heart was relieved by Xiao Tangyuan's old-fashioned words. She put the crescent stone into her purse. She walked out and stood in front of Wuhen and Xiao Tangyuan. She knelt down and looked at the two people lovingly: "Tangyuan
, Wuhen is your uncle, you have to be polite, how did mother teach you?"
"But he is younger than me."
"You are just over a year younger, but in terms of seniority, Wuhen is older. Do you have to ask your uncle to know in the future?"
Xiao Tangyuan seemed a little unconvinced: "Then why doesn't Heitan call me aunt?"
"Ah?" What theory is this?
But I heard Little Tangyuan say: "He is more than a year younger than me, so I want to call him uncle. I am also more than a year younger than Heitan, why doesn't Heitan call me aunt?"
When Feng Hongluan heard this, the corners of her mouth twitched.
What theory is this.
But immediately, he burst into laughter uncontrollably, stretched out his hand to rub the little glutinous rice ball's head, and burst into tears from laughter.
Should this child be said to be smart, knowing how to draw inferences from one case to another, or should she be said to be stupid, without an uncle, how could she have an aunt?
The sun sets in the west, the warm breeze blows slowly, and Feng Hongluan's smile is warmer than the warm breeze of spring.
Wuhen's cold little face couldn't help but show a bit of softness, but the moment he looked at the little glutinous rice balls, his eyes became unfriendly and indifferent.
He seems to hate the dumplings.
Feng Hongluan only hopes that as he grows older, Wuhen will forget what happened that day and the cause of his parents' death.
She also hoped that Wuhen was young and didn't understand the so-called death. It was only when Han Jia said bad things about her in front of Wuhen that Wuhen showed such a cold face that was so terrifying and unbecoming of a child.
*
Feng Hongluan firmly believes that Jiang Nanzi will be attracted by Brother Feng.
Just like she firmly believed that once Jiang Nanzi came to Beijing, he would definitely come to see her.
Jiang Nanzi came under the moonlight three days later. The night was quiet, everything was silent, and the midnight sky was bright with stars. When he climbed over the wall and entered, he was really startled by the people under the wall. After seeing it clearly, he was shocked and said: "
How will you be here?"
"Wait for you!"
"How did you know I would come in from here."
"You don't have any martial arts skills. Do you want to climb over the walls? I brought you here to steal wine before, so I guess you will come back here again."
He actually laughed: "It seems you know me very well."
Feng Hongluan hurriedly stepped forward and gestured to be silent: "Keep your voice down and come with me."
She led Jiang Nanzi through a forest of flowers and trees, and soon a small wooden house appeared in front of her. There was a light in the wooden house. She and Jiang Nanzi went in. There was another person in the house, and it was Xiao Tangyuan who was asleep.
"I knew you would come at night and wanted you to take a look at the child, so I brought Tangyuan over. This child was killed by you and saved."
Jiang Nanzi walked to the bedside, his eyes fell gently on Xiao Tang Yuan's chubby cheeks, his fingertips gently stroked Xiao Tang Yuan's face, and his tone was rare and gentle: "She looks a lot like Xiao Yan."
After saying that, he was surprised to realize that there was something wrong with his title, and hurriedly said: "I mean, Prince."
Feng Hongluan only thought that he and Hong Yan were doing big things together, so they called her so affectionately. She didn't take it seriously. After making a cup of tea, she greeted: "Come over and drink tea. Don't wake her up, otherwise you will
I just climbed over the wall in vain."
Jiang Nanzi chuckled, walked over, sat down, took a sip of tea, and said, "The news about Ying Rufeng is false. In fact, when I thought about it later, there were only about two people who would do such an immoral thing."
"Haha, I confess, it was what Hua Sanniang and I thought."
Jiang Nanzi just smiled helplessly because she didn't do it on her own initiative: "Thanks to my hard work, I have to rush to the capital day and night and risk my life. You really know how to make me happy."
"Otherwise, why would you come?"
"Okay, now that you've caught the fish, let's talk about what happens next."
He really knew her very well and knew that she must be looking for him with something.
It's just that Hua Sanniang said she doesn't want children anymore, so there's probably no need to talk about it.
But it goes without saying that there is another thing that is even more important.
"Are you and Hong Yan together?"
Jiang Nanzi took a sip of tea and nodded: "We meet occasionally."
"Please help me give this to him."
When he pushed the crescent stone in front of Jiang Nanzi, his eyes were full of disbelief.
Obviously, he knows this thing.
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