"As for the Fourth Prince, we believe he didn't know Feng Yuqin's true nature. If he did, he definitely wouldn't have sided with her."
"Feng Yuqin is so vicious. She even sent Second Young Master Ji to the yamen. You'd better not let her back into the mansion to cause more trouble."
These people were eager to step forward and drive Feng Yuqin out of the imperial city to prevent her from harming their beloved Lotus Flower, Second Miss Feng.
"No, Second Sister wouldn't harm me. She didn't mean to send Second Cousin to the yamen either." Feng Qing felt secretly delighted but put on a Lotus Flower act on the surface.
Feng Yuqin cast a mocking glance at Feng Qing and sneered, "It wasn't me who sent Second Young Master Ji to the yamen. It was our father."
"Aqin... I sent Wenjie to the yamen because of you." A flash of disgust crossed Feng Pingqiu's eyes.
"Because of me? Wasn't it because he tried to hire a killer to kill me and got exposed, which made Father do the right thing and send him to the yamen? Or is there something else behind this? Is there someone else involved in hiring the killer to kill me?" Feng Yuqin raised an eyebrow.
"There's no one else." Feng Pingqiu quickly replied.
"Sister, don't push Father like this. He did the right thing for you and sent Second Cousin to the yamen. Your pushing him like this will make us feel so sad." Feng Qing looked delicate and weak, once again stepping on Feng Yuqin in the public opinion.
"I'm pushing Father?" Feng Yuqin suddenly burst into laughter. "Feng Qing, since you showed up, you've been stepping on me again and again. You wish everyone in the imperial city would scold and bully me. Now you even want to blame me for Second Young Master Ji's being sent to the yamen. Do you really think I'm still the old Feng Yuqin who let you manipulate me?"
By the end, Feng Yuqin's aura changed, making Feng Qing unconsciously take a step back.
How could this be?
Feng Yuqin was just a good-for-nothing.
How could she have such a cold and fierce aura?
"And you guys." Feng Yuqin pointed at those lackeys of Second Young Master Ji. "Do you really think everyone is stupid? If you didn't get any benefits, I have no grudges against you. Why do you spare no effort to label me as a bad luck charm?"
"We didn't." One of them retorted.
"You know best in your hearts whether you did or not." Feng Yuqin snorted. "I'm the one who was attacked by the killers. I'm the real victim, not the mastermind you're talking about!"
"Yes, Feng Yuqin is the victim. How did these people manage to label her as a bad luck charm?"
Those onlookers who had been silent before started to speak up.
"Feng Yuqin's bodyguards were all killed during the killer attack. After returning to the city, she didn't even dare to go back to the mansion. It seems that she might have guessed that the mastermind is related to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Otherwise, why didn't she just go back to the mansion?"
"This Second Young Master Ji is a relative of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Isn't that related?"
"I remember just now Feng Qing seemed to subtly blame this on Feng Yuqin. It seems that Feng Qing wasn't just bullied by Feng Yuqin as the outside world said."
"The one in charge of the Prime Minister's Mansion now is the Second Lady. The First Lady hasn't shown up for a long time. How could she have the ability to bully the powerful Second Lady and Feng Qing?"
"So it seems that we've all been deceived by Feng Qing's performance. She's just stepping on Feng Yuqin to build her own reputation."
Hearing these words, Feng Qing was furious.
She originally wanted to pull Feng Yuqin down. Even though Feng Yuqin had Mo Xuanye's support now, she shouldn't be able to get a good reputation.
How did it turn out to be her fault in a blink of an eye?
She really shot herself in the foot.
"No, it's not like this. I didn't step on Sister." Feng Qing said with tears in her eyes, looking extremely anxious.
Those people arranged by Second Young Master Ji also started to speak up for Feng Qing. "Second Miss is the kindest woman in the imperial city. How could she step on Feng Yuqin?"
Unfortunately, not everyone present was a fool.
Even though these lackeys tried their best to build a good reputation for Feng Qing, the way the onlookers looked at Feng Qing had changed.
After all, from the very beginning, Feng Qing's words had been quite suspicious.
Finally, Feng Pingqiu stepped forward to relieve some of the public pressure on Feng Qing, which made the crowd stop discussing.
Feng Yuqin glanced at everyone's expressions and a faint smile curled up on her lips.
Although these people wouldn't say much because of Feng Pingqiu's status as the prime minister, they would definitely discuss it in private.
Feng Qing had always built a good reputation with the help of the Second Lady because she had her eyes on the position of the Crown Princess.
But after today's incident, Feng Yuqin believed that this would soon reach the Crown Prince's Mansion.
This was the first step of her revenge.
Feng Qing had walked right into her trap today. She wouldn't kill her directly, but she knew that what Feng Qing cared most about were her reputation and strength so that she could compete for the position of the Crown Princess.
And she would destroy step by step what Feng Qing cared about.
As soon as they returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and the gate closed, the expressions of Feng Pingqiu and Feng Qing changed at the same time.
Gone was the submissive look they had shown at the inn before.
"Feng Yuqin, don't be ungrateful. Do you have any idea why I let you back into the mansion? You're still putting on airs. You're just a wretch and should have died outside." Feng Pingqiu angrily scolded.
"Father is right. You shouldn't have come back. If you hadn't come back, Second Cousin wouldn't have had to go to the yamen, which has left a stain on his future life." Feng Qing no longer had the delicate and affected look on her face. Instead, her expression was twisted with hatred.
Feng Yuqin had already known the true nature of these two people from the original owner's memories.
So she calmly looked at Feng Pingqiu and said, "I'm your daughter. If you call me a wretch, then what are you?"
Then she turned to Feng Qing and said, "And you said that Second Young Master Ji's future life would be stained. He won't even have a future. What does the stain matter?"
"What do you mean?" Feng Qing asked subconsciously.
Feng Pingqiu's face had already looked ugly when Feng Yuqin said he was also a wretch. Now hearing this, his face became even uglier. "Feng Yuqin, what do you want to do? No, what can you do? You're just a good-for-nothing. Even if you can practice now, you're still just a first-level Soul Practitioner. A good-for-nothing like you can't stop Wenjie from getting out of the yamen. Do you think the relationship between the Prefect of the Capital and me is just a piece of paper?"
"Well, how about we make a bet and see if the alliance between you and the Prefect of the Capital is just a piece of paper?" Feng Yuqin said calmly.
"What shall we bet on?" Feng Pingqiu asked.
"Sister, everyone in this mansion knows you have nothing. What can you use as a bet with Father?" Feng Qing looked as proud as a peacock at this moment. "Or are you going to drag Mo Xuanye out again to help you with the bet?"
Hearing this, Feng Yuqin's gaze at Feng Qing became even more mocking.
Feng Qing had said this just to cut off her way of asking Mo Xuanye for the bet.
But unfortunately, she never intended to ask Mo Xuanye in the first place.
"A bet is just a bet. I don't need to ask anyone for help. I can handle it myself." Feng Yuqin said distantly and indifferently.
"Really? Then what do you plan to use as a bet, Sister?" Feng Qing felt relieved when she heard that Feng Yuqin wasn't going to ask Mo Xuanye.
This bitch. As long as she didn't ask Mo Xuanye, she was still at her mercy.