Feng Yunshu's words made the First Lady tremble. She quickly shook her head and denied, "You're talking nonsense! There's no such thing!"
After saying that, the First Lady pointed directly at Feng Yunshu and shouted, "It's you, right? It must be you who did all this! You set the fire that killed the head steward, and you also put the poison in the food!"
"Me? What would be my motive for doing such a thing? I'm the princess of the Helan Prince's Mansion now. Do you think I'd harm my own husband?"
Feng Yunshu sneered and then turned to look at Prime Minister Feng. "Father, now that things have developed to this point, I wonder how you view this matter?"
Prime Minister Feng's face was as cold as ice. He glanced at the First Lady beside him. After a long moment of silence, he frowned and scolded, "Rulan, Rulan. I really didn't expect you to do such a stupid thing!"
"My lord, I really didn't do this! I've been wronged!"
The First Lady panicked and quickly began to defend herself. At this time, Feng Manshu, who was in a sorry state, finally came to her senses and immediately spoke up.
"Father, my mother would never do such a thing! This whole thing was clearly planned by Feng Yunshu and the Helan Prince together just to frame my mother. I hope father can see clearly and find out the truth!"
While Prime Minister Feng was silent, Feng Yunshu added fuel to the fire.
"The First Lady and her precious daughter have done so many dirty things, haven't they?"
"Father, everyone knows that the prince and I came back to visit today. But if word gets out that the prince was poisoned in the mansion, what will people think?"
"First, you married the out - of - favor legitimate daughter to the Helan Prince, and then you poisoned the prince when he came to visit. These two things happened not long apart. Is there some inevitable connection between them?"
"Feng Yunshu! Don't go too far! You ungrateful girl! Your mother died when you were young. Since I started managing the mansion, when have I ever treated you badly in terms of food and clothing? How could you say such heartless words!"
"Who's the ungrateful one? Whether it's me or the First Lady with evil intentions, people do things and the heavens watch. I've said that it's not that the retribution won't come, it's just that the time hasn't come yet."
"Feng Yunshu, you bitch—"
Seeing that the First Lady was easily overpowered by Feng Yunshu, Feng Manshu was extremely annoyed and the curse word blurted out.
Feng Yunshu just looked up and glanced at her faintly, remaining calm.
At this moment, Prime Minister Feng turned around and slapped Feng Manshu hard across the face.
"Shut up! What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and take the young lady back to her room! If you keep talking so recklessly, the Feng family will be ruined by you sooner or later!"
"Father, you actually hit me? You hit me because of Feng Yunshu's nonsense?"
Prime Minister Feng said sternly with a dark face, "I've been too lenient with you on weekdays, which is why you've become so arrogant and willful. Go back to your room immediately and reflect on your mistakes!"
"Father, you..."
Feng Manshu covered half of her face and cried aggrievedly. She glared at Feng Yunshu bitterly and said, "Feng Yunshu, you wait for me! This matter won't end so easily today!"
After saying that, Feng Manshu turned around and left.
Feng Yunshu glanced at her departing back faintly and sneered in her heart. Can't she even take this? This is just an "appetizer".
"My lord, what did Manshu do wrong that you hit her like this? You've never beaten or scolded her once since she was a child!"
The First Lady always regarded Feng Manshu as the apple of her eye. Seeing her being beaten and scolded by Prime Minister Feng today, she was both heart - broken and angry.
Prime Minister Feng's face became even colder. "Do you think you're not responsible? If you hadn't doted on her since childhood, how could she have become so arrogant and unreasonable today?"
"My lord, since I married you, I've been busy with all the affairs in the mansion. I've never had a single day of leisure. I've also given birth to children for you. Now I've become an old hag, and yet I get such blame from you?"
The First Lady questioned with a red face and raised her handkerchief to wipe away her tears, looking extremely aggrieved.
Prime Minister Feng was silent for a while. After sighing, he turned to look at Feng Yunshu.
"Yunshu, although you're already married now, I know you didn't want to marry the Helan Prince at first. But seeing that the Helan Prince treasures you so much, it shows that the marriage arranged by me and the First Lady for you was really for your own good!"
Feng Yunshu raised her eyebrows and looked at Prime Minister Feng leisurely, wanting to see what more absurd things he could say.
"Anyway, you're still a member of the Feng family. Don't forget that this is your natal family and your backing! If something happens to the Feng family, you won't be able to stay out of it either."
"Regarding today's matter, I think it must be the head steward and others who acted recklessly and on their own initiative, which is why they committed such a heinous crime! But now that the head steward has been burned to death, he has also received his punishment. I think we should just let this matter go today. What do you think?"
Feng Yunshu looked at Prime Minister Feng and slowly curled her lips. She thought it was extremely funny. This cheap father really knew how to play his cards right, and his nice words were so well - rounded.
But the purpose of coming here today was basically achieved. There was Helan in the room, and there was Ziyuan waiting for her to check on the situation in the Helan Prince's Mansion. She didn't want to waste any more time.
"Father, I think what you said makes sense. But..."
Feng Yunshu turned to look at the First Lady, frowned, and there was a cold glint in her eyes.
"The First Lady kept saying that Ziyuan seduced the head steward. I've already secretly sent someone to investigate. It's just an excuse from the First Lady. Ziyuan was severely humiliated by the First Lady, and the First Lady even sent someone to drag Ziyuan to the mass grave to be buried alive!"
Feng Yunshu spoke word by word, as if a judge was passing a sentence. Every word pierced people's hearts.
"As the saying goes, when you beat a dog, you have to look at its owner. Moreover, Ziyuan and I are like sisters. Father, if you want me to let this matter go, it's not impossible, but I have a condition."
Prime Minister Feng's face was as cold as ice. "Tell me. What do you want?"
"The First Lady must immediately take out Ziyuan's indenture and give it to me, and compensate me with two hundred thousand taels of gold. And—"
Feng Yunshu narrowed her eyes slightly. Today was the time to let out the first grudge for the original owner. "The First Lady must kneel and kowtow three loud - sounding heads towards the west to comfort the souls of those who were killed by the First Lady in the underworld."
The First Lady was shocked and furious. She pointed at Feng Yunshu's nose and cursed, "Feng Yunshu, don't push your luck! How dare you say such a rebellious thing? Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning? You're just a bastard!"
"My lord, this dead girl said such things to humiliate me. My lord, you—"
The First Lady thought Prime Minister Feng would stand by her side. She turned to look at him, trying to ask him to teach Feng Yunshu a lesson. But when she turned around, she saw him looking at her with a very complicated expression.
At this moment, the First Lady suddenly felt her heart break.
"Rulan, if we continue to pursue this matter today, the whole Feng family will suffer, and I might even lose my official position... If you can give in and do as she says, it's just a matter of closing your eyes. And this matter was caused by you in the first place..."
The First Lady trembled all over. She stared at Prime Minister Feng with a pale face and said, "Fine, fine! After all these years of our marital relationship, you can actually say such heartless words..."
"Rulan, now that things have come to this, if we can calm it down quickly, everything will be fine. Otherwise, Manshu will surely be involved too."