“Mu Qingci is willing to do this too.”

Feng Xingyuan took a clean handkerchief and slowly wiped away the water droplets, “Originally, it didn’t matter if she didn’t want to marry, I didn’t want to marry either. We could have lived peacefully and harmoniously. But if she has other thoughts, then she has to suffer a little.”

Feng Xingyuan recalled the scene in the room just now, the delicate and soft little girl pulling his hand, looking sincere and saying repeatedly—

She and the Crown Prince had no more possibility, and she would treat him well.

Feng Xingyuan suddenly laughed lightly, and casually took out a crumpled letter from his sleeve.

It looked like it had been carefully hidden for a long time.

Unfortunately, when she asked him to help her to bed, he took it out along with her.

How strangely she behaved didn’t matter, it was important to see what she didn’t want him to know.

Opening it revealed the girl’s elegant script.

It also sincerely wrote of sweet girlish feelings.

At the end was a sentence, “Brother Zi Heng, my heart is not a stone, it cannot be changed.”

Zi Heng was the Crown Prince’s childhood name.

Feng Xingyuan lightly tsked, “She likes Brother Zi Heng so much.”

“Then tell me, will she like my fish?”

The rain started falling late at night.

The continuous raindrops fell on the eaves, splashing layers of rain mist, enveloping the vast Feng Mansion in an extremely quiet atmosphere.

There was not a trace of blood at the lake.

Until dawn, no one in Feng Mansion, or in the court, discovered Master Zhang’s mysterious disappearance.

Only the Imperial Observatory discovered that Master Zhang had not appeared at the morning roll call, and only after inquiring and investigating his residence did they know that he had not returned overnight.

When Lu Weimian got up in the morning and sat in front of the mirror to put on her makeup, she heard the servant sweeping the courtyard talking about the court officials coming to ask when Master Zhang had left last night.

They said that a living person had disappeared after attending the wedding banquet.

Lu Weimian asked Mu Yun, “Master Zhang is missing?”

“Yes.” Mu Yun also only heard a little, “I heard that he got drunk last night and disappeared after leaving the mansion. Maybe he got drunk on the road.”

Lu Weimian nodded knowingly; she remembered that this had happened.

But because the emperor valued the Imperial Observatory, they investigated thoroughly, and the final explanation was that because the celestial master leaked the secrets of heaven, he was punished by heaven.

It sounded bizarre, but the emperor believed it, so that’s another story.

Lu Weimian didn’t pay attention, today was the first day of her marriage, according to the rules, she needed to visit Feng Xingyuan’s family relatives and elders.

Feng’s second wife’s maid was already waiting outside.

Feng’s residence was divided into two branches, the main branch and the second branch. Feng He managed the second branch and held a fourth-rank position in the court.

His official position was neither high nor low, but it was still a big gap compared to her father, the first-rank Minister of Works.

Feng Xingyuan’s parents had died early, leaving him to be raised by his relatives. His uncles and aunts always considered him a burden, swallowing his parents’ remaining wealth and trying their best to drive him away.

It happened that the Crown Prince was weak, and even after seeing countless doctors, he didn’t get better. It was the Empress who found a remedy—

To find a healthy peer to be the Crown Prince’s medicine person.

They used Feng Xingyuan to exchange for one hundred taels of gold.

The Crown Prince always told her that although everyone treated Feng Zhen as his servant, he was always grateful to him, they were like brothers, and Feng Zhen obeyed him in everything.

Therefore, it didn’t matter that he knew a little more about Feng Zhen.

At that time, Lu Weimian didn’t understand what a medicine person was, and she really thought they had a good relationship.

Only after Feng Xingyuan’s death did she know that the so-called medicine person was to be regularly used for human testing.

Using his body to cultivate medicine, after it was cultivated, using the medicine person’s heart blood as a medicine guide, drawing blood every seven days.

How could it be harmonious?

The medicine person wasn’t treated as a person.

They were sacrifices who could bear any painful price for the powerful.

In this way, from the age of five to fifteen, Feng Xingyuan was given all kinds of medicine for ten years.

After the Crown Prince recovered, he sent him to the border, saying that he would promote him when he returned triumphantly.

At that time, Feng Xingyuan had no military experience.

The Crown Prince sent him to the border, intending for him to die.

Lu Weimian lowered her eyes and put down the eyebrow pencil, “That’s enough, let’s go to the front yard.”

When the second wife’s maid saw her come out, she smiled and stepped forward, “Master Zhang disappeared after the wedding banquet yesterday, and the fourth young master went to the Imperial Observatory this morning, so Madam will have to go to offer tea alone.”

“It’s alright,” Lu Weimian walked out of the room, her voice soft and gentle, “It’s fine if he has something to do.”

Lu Weimian followed the maid to the hall.

Unexpectedly, Feng’s hall was empty.

The maid was surprised at first, and then quickly apologized, “Perhaps our Madam didn’t expect you to be so diligent, she’s still getting ready. Please wait a moment, I’ll go ask.”

Lu Weimian understood.

In her previous life, she hadn’t come to offer tea at all, and they certainly wouldn’t have waited for her.

But this time, since she planned to live a good life in Feng’s residence, she had to get to know the people here.

Waiting here for a while wouldn’t hurt.

Lu Weimian clasped her hands gently, exhibiting the etiquette and rules of a noble lady, waiting quietly.

One quarter of an hour passed, then another.

Lu Weimian’s feet were aching from standing.

Even the slow-witted Mu Yu noticed something was wrong and went to find someone to urge them.

But inside and outside the hall, there was not a single servant.

Mu Yu didn’t dare to leave Lu Weimian alone in the hall, “What does this mean?”

Lu Weimian took a deep breath and gently moved her feet, “What else could it mean, they’re giving this new wife a hard time.”

Mu Yu said unhappily, “What do you mean ‘they’, they dare to give us a hard time, Madam, let’s go find them together.”

Mu Yu was about to pull Lu Weimian to find someone.

Laughter came from the back yard, “Oh, we’ve kept you waiting.”

A large group of people came in from the back yard, looking at the slender and delicate figure standing in the room from afar.

She had a red coral phoenix hairpin hanging on one side, with light makeup. To match Feng’s status, she only wore two pearl earrings, without much decoration.

But her every move was the elegant grace of a lady raised in a wealthy family, her eyes as bright as a deer’s.

It was clear that she was well-raised by her family, with a round face and deer-like eyes, and a touch of redness from the cold, like a strawberry-filled glutinous rice ball.

Almost as soon as they entered the room, they were involuntarily attracted to her.

Feng’s second young master paused, staring blankly at the person in the room.

Feng’s second wife, seeing her son’s useless appearance, secretly patted him.

Feng He greeted them cheerfully and apologized, “We didn’t expect you to come to offer tea, so we quickly called everyone in the family to greet you.”

Lu Weimian couldn’t refute anything, she could only bow and greet them.

Feng He, as the head of the family, spoke some irrelevant pleasantries, completely ignoring Lu Weimian who was still standing in the hall.

He reminded them from time to time, “Since you’ve married into our Feng family, you’re one of us.”

“But you are indeed the daughter of the Minister of Works, your etiquette and rules, and your respect for your elders are indeed not inferior to others, you don’t need us to remind you, you can do it very well.”

Lu Weimian heard this and knew that he was showing off.

Lu Weimian took a deep breath and smiled, “Second Uncle is praising me too much, it’s the emperor’s decree after all, it’s said that this marriage is beneficial to the national fortune, and I am willing to sacrifice for the sake of the country, but fortunately, Uncle and Auntie in Feng’s residence seem to be kind people.”

“By the way, tomorrow I will go to the palace to report, and I will also report to His Majesty how Uncle and Auntie treat me.”

Feng He immediately fell silent.

The people in the room looked at each other, unexpectedly, she looked soft and weak, but she was actually quite capable.

Madam Luo smiled and smoothed things over, “This marriage is also to our advantage, and it’s only right for our family to look out for each other in the future.”

“Since you’re going to the palace tomorrow, you should go back to rest early today.”

Feng He awkwardly rubbed the armrest of the chair and took over the conversation, “If you need to prepare anything for your return home in a few days, just tell the family.”

After a while, Lu Weimian came out of the hall and simply adjusted her sleeves.

Mu Yu was unhappy with Feng He’s attitude, “Those uncles and aunts who are not related by blood, still want to show off.”

Lu Weimian signaled Mu Yu to keep her voice down, so that the family wouldn’t hear.

Sure enough, when they reached the lake in the back garden, footsteps came from behind them, and a voice called from a distance, “Madam, please wait.”

Lu Weimian stopped and looked back.

The person was unfamiliar, wearing a gray-blue servant’s uniform, short and stout, with a flattering smile on his face.

After calling Lu Weimian, he carefully looked around, making sure no one was around before running up to her.

Lu Weimian looked at his attire, he was probably a third-rank guard in the mansion.

He was probably a servant from the young master or young lady’s side, no wonder she didn’t see him in the room just now.

The servant stepped forward and bowed, “This servant greets Madam.”

Lu Weimian asked, “Whose servant are you, do you have important business?”

The servant smiled mysteriously and said with clasped hands, “To be honest, this servant is from His Highness’s side in the palace, and I’m here to help Madam.”

Lu Weimian laughed silently, “I don’t need any help, tell your master, there’s no need to keep an eye on me.”

She turned to leave.

The servant followed Lu Weimian, “Madam needs someone to look after her, His Highness is also worried.”

Mu Yun and Mu Yu heard that this was someone sent by the Crown Prince, and didn’t know whether they should stop them.

“Feng Zhen is a lowly servant, vulgar and dirty, how can he be your husband? With this servant’s help, you can quickly escape from this misery.”

Lu Weimian stopped, “Did he say that?”

“Ah?” The servant reacted, “Does His Highness need to say it himself, everyone in the palace knows what Feng Zhen is like.”