"Feng Yuqin, I will never let you go." Feng Qing never expected Feng Yuqin to be so decisive. This was completely different from the Feng Yuqin she used to know.
The Feng Yuqin who came back after the marriage alliance seemed unpredictable to her. Every time they met, she would end up at a disadvantage.
"Second Miss, if I were you, I'd leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, later on, you might not even have the chance to leave," Yan Aoyun stared at Feng Qing and said coldly.
Hearing this, the maid Xianghe quickly stepped forward to pick up the severed finger. Together with the other maids, she quickly took Feng Qing away.
After Feng Qing left, as expected, she went to see the Second Lady again.
The Second Lady was in a bad mood because she had sent out too much silver.
Hearing her daughter's sobbing, she frowned slightly. "Qing'er, what's wrong with you again?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the Second Lady saw her daughter walk in with a blood - covered hand, and her right index finger was missing.
She suddenly stood up and asked, "What's going on? Where's your index finger?"
The maid Xianghe immediately stepped forward and said, "Madam, the Second Miss's finger is here. It was broken off by the Eldest Miss."
"Feng Yuqin!" The Second Lady gritted her teeth and roared, "How dare she!"
"Mother, I told you last time to send someone to kill Feng Yuqin, but you didn't agree. If you had agreed back then, would I have lost my finger today?" Feng Qing hated Feng Yuqin, but at this moment, she also resented the Second Lady for not agreeing to kill Feng Yuqin before.
The Second Lady looked at her daughter's severed finger with heartache. She immediately sent someone to invite the doctor and then said to Feng Qing, "Feng Yuqin is, after all, the eldest miss of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Even if she is to die, we need to come up with a proper reason. Do you think it's that easy to just kill her?"
"What about me? Did my finger get broken for nothing?" Feng Qing was so angry that she had lost her rationality. "Mother, I don't care. You must stand up for me in this matter today."
How could the Second Lady not hate Feng Yuqin for breaking her daughter's finger?
However, she thought about how many killers and secret guards they had sent out, but none of them had been able to kill Feng Yuqin. How could she act rashly?
She also knew her daughter's personality. If she hadn't suffered any setbacks before, she might have been able to stay calm. But after losing to Feng Yuqin several times recently, her rationality had completely disappeared. How could the Second Lady tell her about the failed attempt to assassinate Feng Yuqin?
She could only sigh and say, "Qing'er, you are my beloved daughter. I'd be willing to do anything to make Feng Yuqin end up badly, but not now."
"Why?" Feng Qing roared angrily, "If it were your other daughters, would you still say such things?"
"Your younger sisters are not as impulsive as you." The Second Lady was also angry at her daughter's lack of sense. "If you had half of your younger sister's scheming, you wouldn't have gone there to make a scene today even though you knew the silver was sent by me personally."
"Here we go again. In your heart, my younger sister is always more outstanding than me." Feng Qing was already angry because of her injury, and then her mother said such things.
The look in her eyes when she looked at the Second Lady changed. There was no longer the respect from before, only resentment. "If mother won't avenge me, I'll find a way myself."
The Second Lady frowned when she saw Feng Qing like this.
Just then, the doctor came.
Since Feng Qing's finger had been severed for a short time, after it was reattached, although it wouldn't be as flexible as before, there wouldn't be any major problems.
After Feng Qing returned to her room, she called Xianghe in.
"You were arranged by my mother to be by my side. I want to ask you, now do you side with my mother or with me?" Feng Qing looked at Xianghe with a crazy look in her eyes.
Xianghe immediately knelt down and kowtowed. "Second Miss, since I was arranged by the madam to be by your side, of course I'm your maid."
"Then if I tell you not to tell mother something, will you tell her?" Feng Qing asked.
Xianghe immediately shook her head. "No."
At the beginning, the Second Lady arranged for her to come here to watch over the Second Miss and prevent her from acting impulsively. But when it really came to a conflict, she still had to side with the Second Miss.
Feng Qing was satisfied with Xianghe's answer. "Since that's the case, go and do something for me."
"What is it?" A bad feeling suddenly rose in Xianghe's heart.
"Come here," Feng Qing covered her injured hand and said to Xianghe.
Hearing this, Xianghe stepped forward. Feng Qing whispered a few words in her ear.
"Second Miss, if Madam finds out about this..." Although Xianghe was a maid, her mind was sharper than Feng Qing's.
As soon as Feng Qing said this, she could foresee a series of consequences.
"What? Are you going to inform on me?" A hint of killing intent flashed in Feng Qing's eyes. "Xianghe, I might as well be straight with you. I'm very dissatisfied with what my mother is doing now. If you don't listen to me and still expect to return to my mother's side safely, do you think it's possible? So this is your last chance to pledge your loyalty. If you don't side with me, you won't have this chance in the future."
Xianghe was extremely conflicted in her heart. She felt that whether she did this or not, she was doomed.
But the most urgent problem was the current one. If she didn't do as the Second Miss said, she might not survive the night. On the contrary, if she did, not only could she save her life, but there might also be a turning point.
Who would want to die if they could live?
"Okay, I'll do it." Xianghe said with a look of sacrifice. "Second Miss, don't worry. I'll definitely handle this properly and won't let the Second Lady know."
Finally, a smile appeared on Feng Qing's face. "Good. I'm looking forward to your good news."
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The next day, after Feng Yuqin finished breakfast, she told Lv'e and Xiahe to take good care of her mother, and then she went out to the Yan Mansion with Lin Xuan.
The Yan Mansion's gates were always closed. Feng Yuqin asked Lin Xuan to knock on the door, and soon the gatekeeper opened the door.
"Who are you? The Yan Mansion doesn't receive guests," the gatekeeper didn't recognize Feng Yuqin because the last time Feng Yuqin came here, she was less than five years old.
Ten years had passed, and the guards had been replaced several times, so they didn't know Feng Yuqin's identity.
"I'm Feng Yuqin from the Prime Minister's Mansion. I'm here to visit my grandfather and uncles. Could you please help me pass on the message?" Feng Yuqin looked at the gatekeeper and said.
The gatekeeper didn't expect the visitor to be Feng Yuqin. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Then wait here. I'll go and inform them."
Feng Yuqin didn't wait outside for long before the butler of the Yan Mansion came out.
The butler of the Yan Mansion was an old servant. Although he hadn't seen Feng Yuqin for many years, Feng Yuqin looked somewhat similar to Yan Aoyun, so the butler immediately stepped forward and bowed. "This old servant greets the cousin miss."
"Uncle Butler, please get up quickly," Feng Yuqin stepped forward and helped him up.
Seeing Feng Yuqin like this, the butler's eyes suddenly turned red. "Cousin miss, you've finally come. Please come in quickly."
Feng Yuqin nodded. As she followed the butler into the mansion, she asked, "Uncle Butler, how are my grandfather and uncles? Why are the gates closed during the daytime?"