Interactions between people, once a foundation is established, are very difficult to change. This was the case with Feng Jingyao and Feng Yun.
Even though Feng Yun has now beco the Princess of Yonghuai, and even though Feng Jingyao now sits on the seat of the Pei Residence, he still inherently considers himself an elder.
In the past, he never took Feng Yun seriously, and now, he also finds it difficult to truly view her with esteem.
Even when he hears Feng Yun address him with the unfamiliar tone of "Minister Feng," Feng Jingyao simply deems her arrogant with favoritism, thinking that with Pei Jue’s support behind her, she can act wilfully.
In his view, this niece of his is arrogantly close to foolishness.
A woman in her early twenties, relying on her husband’s love, not bearing children to carry on the lineage, instead stirring up incidents with so Changn...
She’s even showing off in front of her maternal family, not knowing how to leave a way out for herself.
It’s simply ignorance of the ways of the world.
Flowers do not bloom for a hundred days, and how many years can a man’s favor last?
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Feng Jingyao snorts softly from his nostrils, his gaze at Feng Yun filled with prejudice and arrogance, as well as the condescension and imperiousness ford in the Feng Family.
"After all these years, you still love to make trouble."
Feng Jingyao speaks reproachfully, but his expression softens a lot, sounding like an elder scolding a clueless younger relative––and this, is the face he gives to Pei Jue.
"Shi’er Niang, you’re not young anymore, there are so things that others find inconvenient to ntion, if I, as your uncle, don’t give you a few pointers, then I would be harming you..."
Feng Yun’s eyes brim with mirth––
Since his youth, Feng Jingyao was nurtured to be the head of the Feng Family, quite distinct from Feng Jingteng, steady, resolute, ambitious, proud. He gained early fa and entered the bureaucratic career, having held high positions all his life, his way of thinking already fixed.
Unchangeable.
She chuckles softly, "What advice does Minister Feng have for ?"
Feng Jingyao frowns at her addressing him this way again.
"You have been married for many years without children, has the doctor said anything?"
He speaks bluntly.
His wife, Lady Tao, looks even more straightforward.
The gaze falls so starkly on Feng Yun’s lower abdon, unspeakably strange.
"Indeed, after so many years, even sowing a seed in the ground should have sprouted by now, how co you have not conceived? Have you taken any dicinal broths?"
Feng Yun’s brows lift slightly, "Is Qi Country’s state affairs not enough to keep Minister Feng busy? You even have to worry about my family matters."
Feng Jingyao’s face darkens.
Lady Tao picks up the conversation, "Shi’er Niang, your uncle and aunt ca to see you with good intentions today, don’t take out your anger towards your stepmother on us..."
She glances at Feng Jingyao, her tone indescribably sour.
"Her sins are her own, but as your aunt, I treated you well in the past, and your uncle never mistreated you either. If it weren’t for our protection, you might have been beaten to death the year your mother passed away..."
It would have been better not to ntion this.
Once ntioned, flas seem to crazily burn within Feng Yun’s calm eyes.
But she still smiles, the plain white clothes making her pale and delicate face seem even more fragile and soft, her emotions well concealed.
"Indeed, treated well. But now I have food and drink and a husband’s love, so I no longer need the two of you to stand up for , do I."
Feng Jingyao coughs.
Lady Tao says, "You silly child, do you truly not understand. Your uncle and I are almost anxious to death for you..."
She glances at Feng Jingyao again, lowering her voice, "Do you not know how many eyes your Changn has drawn? Your uncle ca here this ti, and at the banquet, court officials hinted to your uncle to persuade you to disband the Changn Forces and return to the inner chambers to bear and raise children for the Prince of Yonghuai."
Feng Yun smiles and asks, "So, you are here to persuade ?"
This ti Lady Tao shuts up and looks at Feng Jingyao.
"That’s not necessary." Feng Jingyao takes over, "To cripple one’s own business when it has grown so large would be the height of folly..."
Feng Yun’s eyes twinkle with amusent, nodding her head, very curious about this couple’s harmonious interplay and true intentions.
Feng Jingyao says, "With the backing of the Prince of Yonghuai, not to ntion one Changn, even ten Changn would just make the court officials watch helplessly."
Lady Tao says, "Yes, yes, you have to look at the Prince of Yonghuai’s face, don’t you? As long as you win over the Prince of Yonghuai’s heart, what can you not have? But look at you, so many years of marriage and yet nothing to show for it, how can this be good..."
Feng Yun smiles, "The King doesn’t mind. No urging, no hurry."
"You child, why are you so foolish." Lady Tao becos almost endearing, with a loving look, "A man might not say anything, but who knows what he’s thinking. Shi’er Niang, don’t say your aunt didn’t remind you, you always need to plan ahead, otherwise when the ti cos, you’ll have nowhere to cry..."
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