"It was given by Uncle," Feng Chi immediately stepped forward and said. "Previously, we sent a letter back to Mother. Since our sect had a quota to send us to the Central Region, we needed some pills and travel expenses. When we just got back, Mother said there was no silver in the mansion. This ten million was borrowed from Uncle. After we go to the Central Region, we'll find a way to bring better pills for Father and Mother."
One had to admit that Feng Chi was quick - witted.
Hearing this, the Second Lady and Feng Yao both heaved a sigh of relief. However, Feng Qing stared at Feng Chi with a look that seemed to want to devour him.
"Is what Chi'er said true?" Feng Pingqiu looked at the Second Lady and asked.
"Of course it's true," the Second Lady looked at Feng Pingqiu with a wronged expression. "Does my lord not trust me?"
Seeing her like this, Feng Pingqiu didn't know what else to say. He stepped forward, took her hand, and said, "How could I not trust you?"
"Father, that's not what happened at all," Feng Qing tried to speak up.
"Nanny, the Second Miss has been in an unstable mood recently. Send her to the ancestral hall to reflect," the Second Lady immediately winked at the nanny standing not far away.
Soon, two nannies stepped forward. "Second Miss, please."
"No, I'm not going. I'm not wrong," Feng Qing refused. She wanted to expose that the ten million was the Second Lady's private money.
But the nannies were old servants in the mansion and were also the Second Lady's people.
Of course, they didn't want the Second Lady to fall from power, or their own lives would be hard.
So when the nannies saw that Feng Qing was about to say something, one of them quickly covered her mouth with her hand, and then they quickly dragged Feng Qing out with the other nanny.
...
With such a commotion in the mansion, how could the others not know?
Feng Pingqiu's concubines had been suppressed too much over the years. None of their children had survived, so they always quietly lived in their own yards and didn't care about anything else.
To put it bluntly, they were just waiting out their days.
When Feng Yuqin and Yan Aoyun heard from Xia He what had happened in the Second Lady's courtyard, they weren't surprised.
After all, with the Second Lady's personality, it would be strange if the children she raised were normal.
However, when they heard from Xia He that Feng Yao and Feng Chi had their eyes on the storage bag in her hand, Feng Yuqin curled her lips into a sarcastic smile. She said to Yan Aoyun, "Mother, come with me to Grandfather's house tomorrow morning and stay there for a few days."
"Is that... okay?" Yan Aoyun hesitated for a moment. "Although it's really not good that the mansion is in such a mess, I'm still the wife of the prime minister. If I go back to my natal family to stay for a few days, I'm afraid others will gossip, which might affect your marriage."
Speaking of the marriage, Yan Aoyun remembered Feng Yuqin's attitude when she mentioned Mo Xuanye today. She stared at her daughter and asked, "A Qin, what's your relationship with the Fourth Prince of Dongyuan Country..."
"Mother, even though you're the wife of the prime minister, Grandfather and Grandmother are in poor health. It's okay for you to go back and stay for a few days. After all, there's still the Second Lady in the mansion," Feng Yuqin said. "As for Mo Xuanye, Mother, I've heard him talk about the Central Region. I'm sure I'll go there one day. Do you think the Central Region is farther and more dangerous than Dongyuan Country?"
Yan Aoyun immediately understood. "So you're going to accept him?"
"Who knows what will happen in the future? But since the moment he didn't hesitate to jump off the cliff to save me when I was in danger in the Cloud Peak Forest, I've decided to give it a try. This time, my mindset is different from when I was going to be married off. Mother, I know what I'm doing. Don't worry. This mansion is too unsafe. After you're cured of the poison, your body will go through a weak period. I'll feel at ease if you're at Grandfather's house," Feng Yuqin said.
"Can my poison really be cured?" Yan Aoyun asked in surprise.
Feng Yuqin nodded. "Not only yours, but also Uncle's. From now on, you can both live a good life without being tortured by the virus and injuries."
"I've really made you suffer. You're so young, yet you have to worry about all these things," Yan Aoyun said guiltily.
"I'm not that young," although Feng Yuqin couldn't say that she had lived for 29 years in her previous life, she could only use the common saying in this era. "If it weren't for the accident, I would have been married to Dongyuan Country by now."
"In Mother's eyes, you're still a child," Yan Aoyun said with a smile.
"Yes, I'm a child in Mother's eyes. So this child still needs your care. After you're in good health, you need to practice hard and become strong to protect me."
Feng Yuqin took the opportunity to express her thoughts. "I definitely won't stay in Xisong Country forever. If I leave one day, you and Grandfather's family will be the ones I'm worried about. So I hope you can practice hard. Then you can leave with me."
Hearing this, Yan Aoyun was in a dilemma. "Actually, I was thinking that after you get married, I'll ask for a divorce and then return to the Yan family."
"As long as you can let go of this prime minister's mansion, I support you. But this doesn't prevent you from staying by my side, does it?" Feng Yuqin finally had the feeling of having a family, and they all loved her so much. For the first time, she had something to worry about.
"I don't have a problem, but your grandparents are old. And you know that at their age, it's very difficult to improve their strength. One day, they will..." Yan Aoyun didn't dare to go on because she had never dared to think about those things.
"Mother, I have some talent in medicine. I'll definitely develop a medicine to increase their lifespan when Grandfather and the others get old," Feng Yuqin said.
Actually, after reading the books collected by Xiaojin, Feng Yuqin knew that there was a kind of pill that could change a person's cultivation talent.
However, she hadn't fully researched it yet. After she did, once Grandfather and the others' strength increased, their lifespan would naturally be extended.
...
The next day, Feng Yuqin directly asked Xia He to inform the mansion and then took Yan Aoyun to the Yan family.
Yan Aoyun hadn't seen her parents for many years, so she had been very excited since she got up in the morning.
When they arrived at the mansion gate, Yan Aoyun was so nervous that her voice trembled. "A Qin, do you think they'll blame me for bringing so many disasters to the family?"
Not long after she married Feng Pingqiu, she had noticed that the situation was slowly changing.
After giving birth to a child, the situation became more serious.
In the end, Lord Yan had become a Duke of Ding with no real power.
Such a situation was unique on the entire continent.
"How could they? You're Grandfather and Grandmother's daughter. They won't blame you," Feng Yuqin said. "Just like me, no matter what I do, will you always treat me as your most beloved daughter?"
After this example of putting herself in someone else's shoes, Yan Aoyun really felt more at ease.
Seeing that Yan Aoyun was in a better state, Feng Yuqin immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door.
Soon someone came to open the door, and it was the butler.
The butler was an old servant in the Yan mansion who had watched Yan Aoyun grow up.
So after he saw clearly who was outside the door, he was so excited that tears welled up in his old eyes. "Miss, you've finally come back to see the master and the mistress."