It is almost time for Miss Feng to come of age. Recently, Miss Feng has been enjoying great popularity due to the favor of the Feng family. Before the seventeenth day, people have come to give gifts to the Feng family one after another.
Because the Feng family had regained the emperor's favor, all those who could read the emperor's expression and those who had some ability and thought they had some inside information came. In order to make Marquis Rongchang happy, they vied with each other to give gifts to the daughter of the Feng family.
But Feng Shuyuan herself couldn't be happy.
There were many rare flowers placed on the roadside. A merchant from the Western Regions heard that Rongchang Hou's sister had reached the age of 15, so he specially collected many famous flowers as a gift.
Because one of the Five Dragons plants was too precious, a large block of ice was specially moved out of the ice cellar and a box-shaped ice cave was chiseled out to hold and preserve it.
Feng Shuyuan was playing on the swing in the backyard with her sisters. She was brave and competitive, so she used all her strength to swing very high and far, with her clothes fluttering as if she was going to fly away with the wind.
She is brave, but the people who serve her are timid.
The maids and servant girls who were serving her turned pale with fear and tried to persuade her to come down.
Even her sisters were frightened and turned pale, and hurriedly shouted at her to stop.
Feng Shuyuan refused to listen. She closed her eyes and tried harder. Her limbs were stretched out like a flying swallow in the sky, her body light and graceful.
Unfortunately, the people below had no mood to appreciate it. They looked up at the dazzling sun and felt dizzy.
It was not until this moment that Feng Shuyuan stopped, slowly slowed down, and then jumped down from the swing when it was not far from the ground and stood firmly on her feet.
This skill certainly made people applaud, but it was even more frightening. The servants such as Nanny Wang hurried over and were relieved to see that she was fine.
After all, she was an old maid who had served her for a long time. Nanny Wang thought about it, tried to hold back, but finally couldn't help complaining softly: "Young lady, this is too bold. How can you swing like this? You almost floated over our courtyard wall! You're going to scare us to death!"
Feng Shuyuan doesn't look much like her sisters.
The sisters all have round faces and almond-shaped eyes, the typical appearance of noble ladies.
But she looked more like her father, with a pair of narrow eyes with upturned corners. They were not entirely phoenix eyes. When she glanced at people sideways, she looked intimidating without being angry, and a little mean for no reason.
When she looked at Nanny Wang beside her, a rare genuine smile appeared on her face: "How can it be that serious? I admit that I am second to none in the capital in swinging. Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Having said that, Nanny Wang was somewhat helpless: "You! We should be prepared for the worst. If something unexpected really happens, will you still hold your coming-of-age ceremony? We have been looking forward to it for so long."
Yes, the Feng family has been in constant trouble.
From being the Marquis of Rongchang who enjoyed great glory during the time of Taizu to being almost wiped out later, and then to becoming glorious again after choosing the right Emperor Longqing and having the merit of following the emperor, and then to the incident with Concubine Feng, the Feng family's situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
From now on, it has been a roller coaster ride.
The smile on Feng Shuyuan's face gradually disappeared, replaced by endless indifference, even her eyes seemed to be cold, she pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled mockingly, and asked her: "Have you replied to the post?"
Everyone lowered their heads, some wiped her hands with a handkerchief, some wiped her sweat, and Nanny Wang replied carefully, "It has been delivered. It was just delivered. They said it would come soon."
She was a little confused, and seeing Feng Shuyuan's smile deepened, she asked her, "Why did you agree to invite Princess Shouning?"
Without outsiders, there was no need to hide what should be said. Nanny Wang whispered, "Why do you have to be like this, young lady? You originally had no grudge against Princess Shouning, but now she must have seen that we are not here with good intentions... Princess Shouning is difficult to deal with. Didn't you also say that she is a rare smart person? In addition, she now has the support of Marquis Pingxi and Young Master Lin. There is no place she can't go."
People who are not close to her would not say such words to her so openly. Feng Shuyuan was not angry. She lowered her head and sneered: "What can we do? One is the noble princess, and the other is the virtuous concubine who is about to enter the palace. Which one can our Feng family afford to offend? Not to mention asking me to offend Wei An and let me be the knife to kill people, even if I am asked to die on the spot, can I not agree?"
Don't be silly. A rank higher than yours can still crush someone to death, let alone one that is so many levels higher than yours.
Nanny Wang couldn't help but sigh and shake her head.
"Princess Yonghe is really... I'm just afraid that you will be implicated in this." Nanny Wang couldn't help but worry: "Marquis Pingxi is not someone you can easily mess with, and there's also Third Young Master Lin. Even if Princess Shouning is really unlucky, I'm afraid we'll be in trouble too."
"What's there to be afraid of?" Feng Shuyuan had all these accounts and relationships clearly calculated in her mind, and said lightly: "Who am I working for? Even if Third Young Master Shen Chenlin doesn't know, is it possible that Princess Yonghe and Empress Defei don't know? Since I have eliminated a major threat to them, they have to protect me, right?"
At least you wouldn't let her be used as a knife to kill someone and then let her go out and die for it.
If this were to happen, how could the Feng family dare to wholeheartedly help Concubine Peng De
Concubine Peng De was aware of this herself, so Feng Shuyuan was not worried about this at all. There was really nothing to worry about.
The swing was no longer moving, and the pomegranate flowers planted beside it were falling in the wind, which made people feel annoyed. Feng Shuyuan frowned and told Wang Ma: "Send another pot of flowers to the Wei family, and say...it was given by Princess Yonghe herself, and I gave it to her. I hope she likes it."
This is a warning and also a threat, telling Wei An not to even think about not coming. Wei An is so smart, he should understand.
There are many ways for smart people to express their love or hostility to each other.
Nanny Wang nodded her head and said yes, then asked her, "The Marquis has also invited his close friends to come, so should we invite the Marquis of Pingxi as well?"
"Please." Feng Shuyuan smiled lightly: "Why please? Have you forgotten how my aunt died? He wanted to avenge his mother and father, so he wanted my aunt and uncle to be disgraced and die miserably. Now I want to avenge my aunt and uncle, isn't it also justified? Let him see how his philandering and romantic life killed the person he truly loved, isn't that great?"
He was willful and first provoked Princess Yonghe, and then abandoned her like a worn-out shoe.
He thought that Princess Yonghe was just a princess after all and would not cause any big trouble. He had no idea what women were like.