"Hahaha..." Feng Jingxuan suddenly burst into laughter, breaking the momentary stalemate and silence. He looked at Bai Zheng with great interest, but his eyes were cold and emotionless.
"So this is Miss Bai San. What a sharp tongue! Chu Feng, no wonder the matter of your engagement annulment was misrepresented. People thought it was because of your promiscuity and lack of virtue."
Bai Zheng's face remained unchanged. After what happened last time, neither Bai Di nor Feng Jingxuan would let her off easily.
She restrained her previous momentum and lowered her eyes. "Thank you, Your Highness the Third Prince, for your compliment. It's just that the world has discerning eyes and can see the essence."
Feng Jingxuan was rendered speechless by her words. He had never seen a woman so bold. Most other young ladies of noble families would have been too frightened to say a word.
He was used to taking control of the situation with just a few words, but he had never encountered someone so persistent.
Seeing that Feng Jingxuan looked unhappy, Feng Jingyi quickly said, "Speaking of which, Miss Su is also family to Third Brother. For Third Brother's sake, I naturally won't haggle with Miss Su. Even without Third Brother here, as a man, I've always disdained to argue with a young woman."
Although Feng Jingyi's words seemed to be about Su Muxiao, in fact, he was severely stepping on Chu Feng, who had been arguing with Bai Zheng. Chu Feng's face darkened, but he didn't dare to say a word.
Bai Zheng smiled slightly. "Your Highness the Fifth Prince should be more careful next time. After all, Lord Chu is the uncle of His Highness the Crown Prince. Don't let your conflict with Lord Chu because of me cause any unhappiness again.
Your Highness the Third Prince is right. It's because I've been living in seclusion in the inner chambers and have a narrow vision. I was impulsive and forgot Lord Chu's status for a moment. Your Highness's reminder is well - taken. I'll apologize to Lord Chu right away."
Recently, Feng Jingxuan's ambition to seize the throne had become more and more obvious, and the surface harmony between him and the Crown Prince Feng Jingye had begun to break.
Bai Zheng's words put Feng Jingxuan, who had originally come to help his sister - in - law, in the position of helping Chu Feng out of fear of the Crown Prince, making it a bit awkward for Feng Jingxuan.
"Forget it. I just came to ask because Miss Su and Miss Bai San looked wronged. Since Miss Su calls me 'brother - in - law', I naturally have to speak for her. Since you, Fifth Brother, don't mind today, that's that. Lord Chu's matter is actually Miss Bai San's private affair, and it's none of my business."
After saying that, he gave Bai Zheng a meaningful look and left with a flick of his sleeve.
Seeing Feng Jingxuan leave, Su Muxiao glared at Bai Zheng angrily, then pulled Bai Di and walked towards the third floor.
Chu Feng took a few steps forward. When he passed by Bai Zheng, he suddenly stopped. He stared at Bai Zheng and whispered in her ear, "You've done all this, don't you just want me to regret?"
Bai Zheng was stunned for a moment, thinking she had misheard. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Chu Feng continue, "Last time I saw you determined to annul the engagement and even bet with my father. I thought you had really changed. But after today's show, I finally understand your intention. Bai Zheng, do you think this trick of playing hard - to - get can arouse my interest in you? You're wrong!"
Bai Zheng's face showed a look of disbelief. She watched Chu Feng's departing back and couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth twice.
Seeing everyone leave, Feng Jingyi looked at Bai Zheng and said somewhat embarrassedly, "I didn't expect that just talking to Miss Bai would cause such a big misunderstanding. I'm really sorry, Miss Bai."
Bai Zheng came back to her senses and smiled sweetly. "My cousin has always been like this. Even if it wasn't Your Highness today, it would be someone else. It has nothing to do with Your Highness."
Feng Jingyi sighed. "Miss Bai has suffered grievances."
Bai Zheng said indifferently, "This little thing is nothing." Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she then said, "However, I do have something I'd like to ask Your Highness to help with."
Because of the previous misunderstanding, Feng Jingyi already felt sorry. Now seeing Bai Zheng asking for help, he immediately said generously, "Miss Bai, you don't have to be polite. Just tell me what it is."
"I've been living in seclusion in the inner chambers and don't know many powerful and noble people in the Great Zhou. I've heard that the Song family is very good at business. I wonder if the head of the Song family is here for the auction today? If so, could Your Highness introduce me to them? I have something important to discuss with them."
Feng Jingyi lowered his head and thought for a while. Then he remembered that Bai Zheng needed to raise silver now, and perhaps she wanted to ask the Song family for help.
He was a bit hesitant. He could help with other things, but his friendship with the Song family was shallow. If Bai Zheng made any excessive demands on the Song family, he was afraid that the Song family would blame him.
"Your Highness the Fifth Prince can rest assured. I just want to do business with the Song family. Since the Song family is good at business, their minds must be better than others. The matter I want to discuss with them today will bring them a lot of benefits. The Song family will also thank Your Highness the Fifth Prince for today's introduction." Bai Zheng seemed to have seen through his mind.
Feng Jingyi looked at Bai Zheng. Her clear black - and - white eyes clearly reflected his hesitant appearance. He suddenly felt a bit ashamed and smiled. "It's just a simple favor. Of course, I'll help. Please follow me."
Bai Zheng curtsied and followed Feng Jingyi towards the third floor.
Unlike the second floor, where the doors and windows were wide open and the noise was bustling, the third floor was much quieter. Each private room had its rosewood door tightly closed. The corridor floor was paved with dazzling gold bricks, and beautiful round lanterns were hanging on the ceiling. Under each lantern, there was an embroidered ribbon made of colorful glass beads. Everywhere one looked was full of luxury.
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Song Yiqing, who had witnessed everything on the third floor, closed his folding fan and looked at Feng Linyuan, who was dressed in a blue robe and had a calm appearance, with a smile. "This girl really won't suffer any losses. It seems that even Feng Jingxuan has been defeated."
"This girl will only make others suffer losses." Feng Linyuan looked thoughtfully at Bai Zheng, who had disappeared at the stairway.
As if he had thought of something, he then turned to Song Yiqing, stared at him intently, and the corner of his mouth curled up.
Song Yiqing felt a chill down his spine under his stare and asked uneasily, "What do you mean? Are you talking about me? I've never met her before, and I definitely won't provoke her on my own. How could I suffer losses under her?"
"I hope... Cough! Cough cough..." Just as Feng Linyuan was about to say something, he suddenly felt a chill choke his throat and couldn't help coughing heavily. His face, half of which was exposed, turned deathly pale.
The white wolf lying on the ground jumped up as soon as it heard the coughing sound. It anxiously circled around Feng Linyuan, whining.
Song Yiqing was also startled. He quickly rushed to Feng Linyuan, patted his back, and shouted, "Go and call Uncle Zhu!"
The door creaked open, and an old man with white beard and a medicine chest rushed in in a hurry.
When the old man saw Feng Linyuan's appearance, without saying a word, he grabbed his wrist to feel his pulse. Then he skillfully opened the medicine chest, took out a small white bottle, poured out a pill, and fed it to Feng Linyuan.
"What's going on? Didn't you say that he had recovered a bit recently?" After seeing Feng Linyuan's face gradually regain its color after taking the pill, Song Yiqing then asked.
The old man stroked his beard and frowned tightly. "Now that the heavy snow has started to melt, it's the coldest time of the year. I'm afraid the young master has caught a cold."
At this time, the white wolf suddenly arched its body towards the door. All its hair stood on end, and there was a sound of grinding teeth from its mouth.
Seeing this, Song Yiqing quickly walked in front of Feng Linyuan and shouted sharply, "Who's outside!"