"Second Miss, Second Miss, wake up! This is His Highness the Crown Prince! Wake up!"
"Stay away! All of you stay away! You all want to harm me. If my mother and father find out, they'll surely make you pay!"
Feng Manshu's voice from inside grew more and more intense, followed by the sound of porcelain shattering on the ground.
"Manshu, snap out of it!"
"Slap!"
Feng Yunshu took a few steps forward and heard the First Lady's angry scolding, followed by a clear sound of a slap.
At this moment, the Fengxia Courtyard was in a complete mess and utter chaos.
Feng Yunshu curled her lips and turned to look at Ziyuan behind her. "Well, Ziyuan, isn't this show quite exciting?"
Thinking of the humiliation and grievances her eldest lady had suffered in the past, and seeing Feng Manshu in such a state now, Ziyuan felt extremely gratified.
"Yes, it's really exciting!"
"Haha, come on, let's go in and take a look."
Feng Yunshu smiled, and the mistress and maid walked straight into the room.
As soon as they entered the room, a teacup flew straight towards the door. Feng Yunshu was quick - witted and reached out to catch it, thus avoiding the danger of being hit.
Feng Yunshu held the cup and slowly paced forward. "What a special day today. Even His Highness the Crown Prince is here. The mansion is really bustling now."
When everyone saw Feng Yunshu coming, especially the First Lady's face sank instantly. "Feng Yunshu, what are you doing here? Isn't it chaotic enough? Get out quickly. This is not a place for you."
The Crown Prince, Dongfang Qi, was dressed in a dark - green regular robe today, looking more low - key than before. His expression when looking at Feng Yunshu was also rather unpleasant.
"Feng Yunshu, why are you in the Prime Minister's Mansion? Have you been divorced by that sickly prince, Helan Yanting?"
Dongfang Qi started with an insult, staring coldly at Feng Yunshu.
Hearing the word "sickly" from his mouth, Feng Yunshu's fiery temper was about to flare up.
"Oh, Your Highness the Crown Prince, your injuries on your face have healed quite quickly. Yunshu remembers seeing you in the main hall a few days ago. Your eyes were all black, looking like a bear. Yunshu almost didn't recognize you."
"Feng Yunshu, how dare you be so outspoken in front of this Crown Prince? Are you defying your superior?!"
"Your Highness, you've misunderstood. Yunshu is just telling the truth. With your 'eloquence', there might be more bruises on you next time. What if you get disfigured? That would be terrible, right?"
After saying that, Feng Yunshu deliberately touched her own face with a scared look. "Yunshu feels her face hurting just looking at Your Highness..."
Dongfang Qi's anger soared. He was almost driven mad by Feng Yunshu's few words, and his face turned green.
Before he could say anything, Feng Manshu, who was in a daze on the bed, saw Feng Yunshu and became even more panicked. She hurriedly hid in the corner of the bed and covered herself with the quilt.
"Ghost! A fierce ghost is coming! The ghost is here to claim my life! Help me, save me!"
"First Lady, what's wrong with my second sister? I heard from the servants that Manshu has been in a daze since she came back from the nunnery. I thought it was just one - sided talk from the servants, but now that I've seen it with my own eyes, it's really true."
Feng Yunshu looked at Feng Manshu, who was trembling and huddled in the quilt, with a surprised look on her face. Then she pretended to be concerned and looked at the First Lady. After that, she turned to look at Ziyuan behind her.
"Ziyuan, give the amulet I specially fetched from the temple and the tonics I prepared to the First Lady."
Ziyuan nodded and handed the tray covered with a red veil to the First Lady's maid, Granny Chang.
Granny Chang didn't reach out immediately but looked at the First Lady for permission.
The First Lady glanced at the thing covered by the red cloth, unable to hide her disgust. "A big Prime Minister's Mansion has everything. Who needs your useless things? Take your junk and get out of the Fengxia Courtyard right now!"
"First Lady, this is at least Yunshu's kind intention. How can you call them junk? Yunshu knows she's not as powerful as you, but she did put in a lot of effort to get these. Don't you really want to see what it is?"
Feng Yunshu frowned deliberately as if wronged, and then ordered Ziyuan, "Take off the red cloth and let everyone have a look."
Ziyuan nodded and was already prepared. She quickly pulled off the red cloth on the tray.
"Ah!" When the First Lady saw what was on the tray, she was so shocked that she took several steps back. Even Dongfang Qi beside her was startled. His face turned pale, and he frowned, covering his nose and mouth with his sleeve.
There was already a smell of medicine in the room, and the "treasure" Feng Yunshu brought made the air in the room even more pungent.
Almost everyone in the room was frightened by what was on the tray, with complex expressions on their faces, except for Feng Yunshu and Ziyuan.
There were two items on the tray. One was a carved wooden ghost mask. The mask had a ferocious face, especially with its vivid appearance, wide - open eyes, and slightly blood - red lips, looking as if it was about to devour someone.
The extremely pungent smell came from a lump of "unknown object" beside it. This unknown object looked like a lump of meat, dark green in color, quietly emitting a very pungent stench.
"Feng Yunshu! What on earth are you up to? Take your ghostly things and get out of the Fengxia Courtyard right now!"
This time, the First Lady was really angry. She pointed at Feng Yunshu's nose and scolded, her chest heaving violently as if she was about to be angry to death in the next second.
Dongfang Qi also stared at her fiercely and said in a deep voice, "Feng Yunshu, you're really out of control. You're just a little princess consort, yet you dare to challenge this Crown Prince?"
After saying that, Dongfang Qi gave a solemn order, "Come here, arrest this venomous woman and this arrogant maid and give them twenty heavy blows with the cane!"
As Dongfang Qi's voice fell, several sword - wielding guards quickly rushed into the room and stepped forward in unison to detain Feng Yunshu and Ziyuan.
Ziyuan probably didn't expect the situation to turn so serious. She was a little flustered at the moment and quickly looked at Feng Yunshu. "Eldest Lady—"
Feng Yunshu looked at these sword - wielding guards but remained calm. She even curled her lips and sneered. "Your Highness the Crown Prince, as the saying goes, when beating a dog, one should also consider its master. Have you asked my prince's opinion before ordering them to do it?"
"Hehe, your prince? That sickly prince? Feng Yunshu, your audacity really surprises this Crown Prince. You're just a concubine of a hostage prince. Who gave you the courage to challenge this Crown Prince?"
Dongfang Qi frowned and waved his hand. "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and do it!"
The sword - wielding guards came to their senses and drew their swords to forcibly arrest them. But at this moment, several sharp arrows flew in from outside the room. With a few quick and accurate strikes, the knives in the hands of these guards were knocked to the ground.
"The Crown Prince has quite a big mouth. Do you really think those under my protection are easy to bully?"
Following this was Helan Yanting's deep voice. Feng Yunshu was a little surprised. She suddenly opened her eyes and turned to look outside the room.
Actually, when she said those words just now, she just deliberately refuted the Crown Prince because she disliked him. She didn't expect Helan Yanting to really come. She had already prepared her own countermeasures, but unexpectedly, he actually showed up at this critical moment!