"So, since she insists on seeking her own death, we might as well give her a little push. It's just a piece of cake."
"What does mother mean?" Feng Manshu leaned forward and lowered her voice.
"Send her to her doom."
The First Lady's face was cold and gloomy. She turned to look at Feng Manshu. "Didn't His Highness the Crown Prince invite you to go boating on the lake today?"
Feng Manshu nodded. "Yes, just thinking about it makes me angry! All the hard - work I put into my makeup this morning was ruined!"
"Don't be impatient. There's still time. Later, go back and change into a beautiful dress. Let Baojuan do your makeup properly."
"Yes, mother. Don't worry. Daughter knows what to do."
"Mother has one more thing to tell you."
"What is it?"
"When you see His Highness the Crown Prince, casually reveal the matter between Feng Yunshu and that vixen. Don't tell the Crown Prince directly. Just drop a hint. He'll know what to do when he hears it."
Feng Manshu was stunned for a moment after hearing this. "Mother means... to use His Highness the Crown Prince's hand to deal with Feng Yunshu?"
The First Lady hooked her lips and smiled confidently. "Manshu, you should learn from this. In the future, when you marry the Crown Prince and become the Crown Princess, you won't be able to gain a foothold in the Eastern Palace without sufficient means. Do you understand?"
"Mother, daughter will surely learn more and keep it in mind!"
Only then did the First Lady's expression soften a bit. Looking at her beautiful and young daughter, she couldn't help but sigh.
"Manshu, your mother will rely on you in the future. The future of the entire Prime Minister's Mansion also depends on you. You must win over His Highness the Crown Prince as soon as possible and get the Emperor to arrange your marriage."
"Mother, don't worry. His Highness the Crown Prince has his heart set on daughter now. The wedding day is just around the corner. The position of Crown Princess will surely be mine!"
...
At this moment, Feng Yunshu was happily and comfortably taking a bath in the room. She was extremely content.
As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest. Now that she was in this place, she didn't need to worry too much. She just had to cross the bridge when she came to it.
Xiaoling, who had just woken up, leaned over to Feng Yunshu. "Master, I didn't expect that after all these years, your acting skills have become even more superb! I almost believed your words..."
"This is what I call the immersive acting style. Don't you know? And as the saying goes, speak the language of humans when among humans and the language of ghosts when among ghosts. When dealing with such shameless people like the First Lady and Feng Manshu, of course your master has to thicken her skin!"
"Yes, yes, yes. Master is right! But master, just now you told Prime Minister Feng and the First Lady that you were abused by His Highness the Prince of Helan. If your father really goes to confront the prince about this, won't your lie be exposed?"
Mentioning Helan Yanting, Feng Yunshu curled her lips in annoyance. "So what if it's exposed? Compared to him, my little trick of lying is nothing. He's the real old fox, okay?"
"Besides, it's true that I said he bullied me. He's taken advantage of me several times..."
"That's true, but master, Xiaoling has noticed a problem."
"What?"
"Although master says you dislike His Highness the Prince of Helan, when you knew that something was going to happen to him, you still stood up to protect him right away."
Feng Yunshu blushed. She looked around evasively. "What are you, a little kid, talking nonsense about? I wasn't protecting him. I just ate and lived at his place, so I have to repay him. If something really happened to him, wouldn't I become a young widow?"
"Oh... so that's how it is." Xiaoling nodded half - understandingly.
At the same time, the atmosphere in the Prince of Helan's Mansion was still extremely gloomy.
"My lord, the princess... the princess lied to the others in the Prime Minister's Mansion. She said... she said that she was bullied and abused by you, my lord. Her words were full of resentment, and she even showed the bruises on her arm..."
"Abused by this king? Are you sure there were really bruises on her arm?"
As he spoke, Helan Yanting was bending over to practice calligraphy. After hearing Yan Liu's report, he exerted too much force on the writing brush. The brush snapped with a crack, and the ink splashed down, leaving a large black blot. The whole calligraphy work was ruined.
Yan Liu nodded timidly. "Yes, this subordinate saw with his own eyes that there were indeed... some bruises on the princess's arm."
"Humph, she's becoming more and more capable."
...
After taking a comfortable bath and changing into clean clothes, when Feng Yunshu returned to Yunshu Courtyard, the courtyard was completely new and had been cleaned spotlessly.
For this, Feng Yunshu smiled in satisfaction. "The work efficiency is quite high."
When it was time for dinner, the people from the First Lady's side didn't come to invite Feng Yunshu to dine. Feng Yunshu also had no interest in sitting in front of those annoying faces to eat.
"Miss, it's already this late, and the First Lady still hasn't sent someone to invite us to dinner. Most likely, it's on purpose." Ziyuan felt indignant for her young lady.
"Moreover, there are no provisions for food, clothing, or daily necessities in our courtyard. Just now, I went to ask the steward. The steward said that he couldn't make the decision on this matter. The First Lady said that you, Miss, have to take care of everything yourself. The mansion doesn't support idlers."
Seeing Ziyuan, a young girl, always frowning and looking worried, Feng Yunshu reached out and tapped her on the forehead. "Ziyuan, you're still so young. You should frown less. You'll easily get forehead wrinkles. You should smile more! What you just said doesn't matter to your miss at all."
"Miss, it's this serious, and you're still so optimistic."
"When you're in a bad mood, you should eat delicious food. Come on, you carry Xiaoling. Miss will take you to have a good meal!"
Feng Yunshu wasn't someone who didn't want to eat. Her stomach was growling with hunger at the moment. However, she already had a plan for what to eat for dinner.
Yunshu Courtyard was quite remote. The First Lady was afraid that Feng Yunshu would cause trouble, so she specially sent a servant to watch the courtyard gate. But this was not a difficult thing for Feng Yunshu.
Feng Yunshu walked into the room and took out a few paper figurines she had prepared. She tried to release the little spiritual power she had accumulated during this period. She just wanted to give it a try, but unexpectedly, it really worked!
The two paper figurines in front of her swelled up with the stimulation of the spiritual power and turned into two human - like figures.
Ziyuan, standing beside her, was stunned on the spot. Her jaw almost dropped to the ground.
Feng Yunshu already regarded Ziyuan as one of her own, so she didn't intend to hide the fact that she was practicing spiritual power from Ziyuan.
"Miss, you... you..."
Feng Yunshu smiled at Ziyuan. "You should know that I came back to life once, right?"
Ziyuan nodded, full of confusion.
"Your miss is lucky. Not only did I come back to life, but I also gained some special abilities. What you just saw is only known to you and me. This will be our secret from now on. It mustn't be known to a third person."
Only then did Ziyuan come to her senses. She quickly nodded. "Don't worry, Miss! Ziyuan knows. As long as you're okay, Miss, Ziyuan will surely keep this secret and won't let others know!"
"Okay, then let's go."
From a distance, these two paper figurines didn't look suspicious at all. Feng Yunshu then took Ziyuan and climbed out of the window.