"Sister, don't you want my second cousin to enter the yamen? Do you think he won't be able to get out once he's in there? You really underestimate Father and Uncle's abilities." After Feng Qing finished speaking, she laughed proudly.
"After all, the eldest miss spends most of her time in the mansion. It's normal for her not to understand these things." The maid Qiuping beside her continued to chime in.
Feng Qing nodded. "That's right. So I'll explain it to you in detail today, sister." Feng Qing nodded again. "Sister, you may not know this, but your reputation has become really bad outside. Do you think the Fourth Prince of Dongyuan Kingdom will still support you if he finds out?"
"Miss, the Fourth Prince definitely won't support her. Otherwise, if he would, why hasn't he said a single word for the eldest miss by now?" the maid Qiuping said with a smile.
"This shows that the Fourth Prince is sensible enough to avoid suspicion at this moment." Feng Qing said with a smile. "But sister is going to be in trouble. The yamen has said that my second cousin will be out by noon. By then, sister and Lady Yan will have lost. It's really a pity to think about it. The great lady and the eldest miss of the prime minister's mansion will be kicked out of the mansion."
Feng Qing stared at Feng Yuqin and her mother, hoping to see panic and fear on their faces. However, Feng Yuqin remained calm, and even Yan Aoyun beside her showed no expression. Even Lin Xuan and the other two standing not far away only looked angry and showed no other emotions.
Lin Xuan and the others were angry because Feng Qing was really too much. She pretended to be so nice outside, but in fact, she was so arrogant in the mansion.
That's why they showed angry expressions. But regarding this matter, they had accompanied Feng Yuqin to the trading house themselves, so they knew exactly what had happened.
"Sister, don't you think I'm lying?" Feng Qing wanted to see a change in Feng Yuqin's expression, just like before, with fear and panic in her eyes. Such an expression would greatly improve her mood. "Sister, I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, you don't need to go far. Just take a stroll on the street outside the prime minister's mansion, and you'll know whether I'm telling the truth or not."
"Are you done?" Feng Yuqin still looked at Feng Qing with a cold, aloof, and a bit lazy expression.
Feng Qing frowned. "Sister, you've been in the mansion for too long and don't know the situation outside. My second cousin will be out of the yamen at noon."
Feng Yuqin sneered and said mockingly, "Why choose noon to leave? Don't they know that executions are usually carried out at a quarter past noon?"
"Executions at a quarter past noon?" Feng Qing thought she had heard the biggest joke in the world. "Sister, don't tell me you think my second cousin is going to be beheaded when he leaves the yamen at noon? I thought you had become smarter after your marriage alliance, but it turns out you're still so... stupid."
"You're the stupid one." Yan Aoyun couldn't bear it any longer and pointed at Feng Qing angrily. "Feng Qing, you're just a concubine's daughter. So what if your mother later became a co-wife? According to the laws of Xisong Kingdom, a co-wife is still a concubine. Unless I'm gone, your mother will always be a concubine."
Feng Yuqin laughed. "Yes, mother is right. Unless Lady Zhao becomes the stepmother, she'll always be a concubine no matter how much she struggles."
Suddenly, a line from her past life came to her mind: As long as I don't abdicate, you're all concubines.
As long as her mother doesn't abdicate, Lady Zhao will never be able to get rid of the status of a concubine.
Thinking of this, Feng Yuqin felt much better for some reason.
Feng Qing came here to watch the joke of Feng Yuqin and her mother, but she didn't expect to become the one being laughed at. She stared at Feng Yuqin with a sinister look and said, "It's true that my mother is a co-wife now, but after tonight, there will be no great lady in the prime minister's mansion. There will only be my mother, and she'll be the legitimate wife of the prime minister's mansion."
Feng Yuqin shook her head. "No, you're wrong. There's only one lady in the prime minister's mansion, and that's my mother. Lady Zhao will be a concubine until she dies. Don't believe it? Let's wait and see."
But in Feng Qing's eyes, Feng Yuqin was just struggling desperately at this moment.
Until a maid rushed in and whispered a few words in Feng Qing's ear. Feng Qing's expression changed greatly. She roughly grabbed the maid's collar and asked, "Is what you said true?"
The maid nodded fearfully. "It's true. Lady Zhao has gone to handle it."
Feng Qing casually threw the maid aside. A look of panic flashed across her eyes, and she turned around and ran out.
Feng Yuqin waved her hand and said to Lve'e, "Remove all these things."
"Yes, mistress." Lve'e and the other two stepped forward together and quickly removed the things.
"Aqin, is your plan starting?" Yan Aoyun sat across from her and looked at her daughter.
Feng Yuqin glanced at the time. "It should be. I guess just after this incident was exposed, they'll still need some time to investigate and then figure out how to get Ji Wenjie out."
"Your father has quite a lot of influence now, and there's also the Ji family." Yan Aoyun was worried that Ji Wenjie would be rescued. If that happened, she would really be divorced.
She didn't really care about the position of the prime minister's wife, but for the sake of her daughter, she had to keep this position.
Moreover, she didn't want Lady Zhao to get what she wanted.
Over the years, how many times had Lady Zhao framed her and her daughter secretly?
Even the Yan family was in a relatively low state now, and the Ji family was also involved in this.
Why did the Ji family target the Yan family? Wasn't it because of Lady Zhao?
Thinking of this, Yan Aoyun felt secretly resentful.
So she hoped that Ji Wenjie would be successfully beheaded today.
After all, there were only two male descendants in the Ji family. Once Ji Wenjie died, there would only be one left.
"Mother, you should also trust the strength of the Meng family. Although the prime minister's mansion is not bad, its foundation is far inferior to that of the Meng family. Otherwise, why did I approach the Meng family in the first place? It's because I knew that even if the prime minister's mansion and the Ji family were united, they couldn't do anything to the Meng family." Feng Yuqin said calmly.
She never did anything without confidence.
Since she had done it, it meant that this thing would succeed.
If she had to do something without confidence, she would also plan her escape route.
"Hearing you say that, I'm relieved." Yan Aoyun said.
"Mother, you stay in the mansion. I'll go out first." After Feng Yuqin finished speaking, she got up and left. She thought she needed to add fuel to the fire.
...
Time passed quickly, and it was soon noon. There wasn't much time left until Ji Wenjie's execution at a quarter past noon.
Ji Wenjie originally thought he would be released because his family members had come to see him last night and said he would be out today.
He was still dreaming of catching Feng Yuqin after he got out and torturing her to make her regret offending him.
But he was knocked unconscious in the yamen. When he woke up, he found himself in the execution ground. The scene in front of him instantly stunned him.
"What are you doing? Are you making a mistake? Why did you bring me here?" After Ji Wenjie reacted, he started shouting. "Let me go quickly, or my father and my uncle won't let you off."
In a teahouse opposite the execution ground, Feng Yuqin saw this scene and a faint smile appeared on her lips. "You did a good job. This sudden change may cause Ji Wenjie to have an emotional breakdown, and he may expose some interesting things."