Feng Yu Huan suddenly felt a big headache. What kind of devil is Seventh Prince?

  Take another look at this little girl in front of her, she organized some ancient knowledge in her mind. Since it's in the palace, this should be a palace maid. No wonder the etiquette is done much better than the servants in Fengfu.

  Xiaogong girl seemed to understand Feng Yuexiang's thoughts, and still wore a faint professional smile on her face, giving her a general knowledge of the royal family: "The birth mother of the Seventh Prince is Zhaofei, but unfortunately, she died of blood loss when giving birth to the prince. Yunfei Niangniang then took the Seventh Prince to Yuehan Palace to raise him until he came of age and established his own residence."

  She nodded, understanding. It seemed that Seventh Prince and Xuān Tiān Míng were both like children to Cloud Empress, one owed her a debt of birth, the other a debt of nurture.

  "When was I sent to the palace?" She got up and walked to the window, pushed it open and looked out. The sky had already darkened. "Was I the only one who entered the palace?" She missed Huang Quan and wondered if Xuan Tian Ming knew about her entering the palace, so she quickly asked another question: "Where is Your Majesty?"

  The little palace maid patiently explained to her: "Miss, you entered the palace at noon, and the Seventh Prince brought back two people with him, including Huang Quan's daughter and a carriage driver. The Crown Prince also came to see Miss, leaving a message for me to tell you when you wake up, he will handle things outside, please rest assured."

  Feng Yu put down her mind, since Xuan Tian Ming said he would handle it, he must be able to handle it properly. She wouldn't have to go back to the mansion and face another round of interrogation. The mindset of these ancient people was really too much, if placed in the 21st century, playing till midnight wouldn't be a big deal.

  As they spoke, a young palace maid walked in quietly, holding a pair of shoes in her hands. She bowed to her and put down the shoes, saying: "Please, miss, change into these shoes and head to the Moon Viewing Pavilion, Her Majesty the Empress has invited you." Then she retreated.

  "Let the young lady try it on to see if it fits." The little palace maid helped Feng Yuexue put on her shoes, "The left shoe is newly made. When the Seventh Prince gave the order, he specifically said not to use too new a fabric, so as not to make it look too conspicuous."

  Feng Yu's eyes narrowed as she walked through the dark corridor, thinking that Seventh Prince was indeed meticulous. The new shoes fit perfectly, and the floral patterns on them were so lifelike that if you didn't take a closer look, it would be hard to tell whether they were real or fake. It was truly remarkable that he could produce such craftsmanship in just one afternoon.

  "Just in time." She stood up and took the initiative to pick up the clothes that had been washed and dried, "Help me prepare water for washing, I'll change after that, and we'll go see Concubine Yun immediately. By the way, call Huang Quan over."

  The little palace maid nodded in agreement, curtsied and left.

  Before long, Huang Quan rushed in and saw Feng Yu Heng putting on her clothes, so she hurried over to help.

  "Miss really scared me to death." Huang Quan still has lingering fear until now, "You can't even swim, why did you jump into the river!"

  Feng Yu Huan rolled her eyes, "Not jumping into the river means waiting to be shot dead by poisonous arrows?" As she mentioned poisonous arrows, a sharp glint flashed in her eyes again.

  Who is going to kill her?

  "By the way," she asked Huang Quan in a low voice, "what's with that Seventh Prince? Why did he save us?"

  Huang Quan patted his chest, "It's a coincidence, the Seventh Prince left for another province several months ago and returned to Beijing today, taking the water route. When we escaped to the riverbank, we didn't notice there was still a boat on the river. Luckily, we met the Seventh Prince, otherwise... I'm afraid it would have been impossible to escape today." Huang Quan said, lowering his head, his voice becoming softer and softer.

  She was the master's servant sent to protect Feng Yu-Huang, but Feng Yu-Huang was driven to jump into the river right under her nose. If the master were to investigate this matter, she would be hard put to escape a death sentence.

  Feng Yu comforted her by gently patting her shoulder, saying: "It's okay, don't blame yourself. I'll go talk to the prince myself, you don't have to worry about it."

  The Yellow Spring's voice was a little choked, and he said in a low voice: "Thank you, miss."

  Feng Yu finished tidying up and followed the little palace maid to the Guanyue Pavilion to meet Yun Fei, accompanied by Huang Quan.

  As soon as he came out of the bedroom door, he heard a piece of piano music that was elegant and refined, with a clear and crisp tone, free from vulgarity.

  Feng Yu Huan didn't understand music theory very well, but she could still tell what was good or bad. The sound of the guqin that entered her ears was so moving that it seemed to tug at people's heartstrings, and with just a bit more effort, it would be enough to make those who listened become completely enchanted.

  Huang Quan was apparently no stranger to such a sound, and he slowly opened his mouth to say: "It's the Seventh Highness."

  She slightly hesitated, following the sound to search, and indeed, under the old locust tree in the courtyard, a man sat cross-legged playing the zither, wearing a green robe with black hair that was neither tied nor bundled, yet somehow gave off an air of elegance and refinement.

  It seemed as if someone was watching him, the man gradually calmed down, composed himself and finished the melody with a clear tone, then put down the zither, stood up, and smiled faintly at Feng Yu Heng.

  Like a picture, like the lotus flowers blooming on the ground of the bedroom, calming the mind and soothing the soul.

  Feng Yu Xiang knelt down and saluted: "I have seen the Seventh Prince, thank you for saving me."

  The Seventh Imperial Highness, Huatian Hua, the seventh son of Emperor Tianwu, was also raised by Queen Yun, but grew up with a completely opposite personality to that of Ninth Imperial Highness, Huatian Ming.

  Xuántiān Míng is arrogant and isolated from the world, whereas Xuántiān Huá is gentle, elegant, and kind to others.

  The two were not biological brothers but were like close brothers. Xuan Tian Hua's doting and indulgence towards Xuan Tian Ming was in no way inferior to that of their father, the Emperor, and mother, the Empress.

  "It's just a small effort, no need to be overly polite." Xuan Tianhua spoke in a leisurely tone, his voice as warm and gentle as a clear breeze. "It's rare for Ninth Brother to have thoughts of taking a wife, I'm happy for you both."

  This Xuan Tian Hua was made King of Chun by Emperor Tenmu many years ago, but he rarely referred to himself as a king and still habitually called himself "I".

  "Let's go, the empress is still waiting. I'll go with you." He said one sentence and turned around to walk ahead, Feng Yu Heng brought Forgetful River along behind him, only feeling that the elegant and refined figure in front of them was really out of place with this imperial palace.

  Guanyuetai is the highest point in the entire imperial palace, and it is said that Emperor Tianwu built it specially to welcome Queen Yun into the palace. It was built right here in Yuelan Palace for Queen Yun to appreciate the moon.

  When Feng Yu Heng arrived, the cloud empress was leaning on the moon stage eating fruit. Although she was clearly thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, she looked as though she had maintained her youthful appearance to the point where even a twenty-five or twenty-six year-old woman would feel inferior upon seeing her. Feng Yu Heng couldn't help but sigh in admiration of the ancient methods for maintaining one's beauty. It seemed that not every skill was becoming more advanced with time.

  Xuan Tianhua took a step forward and knelt down on one knee in front of Yun Fei, respectfully yet intimately saying: "Your son greets you, Mother."

  Feng Yu Huan hastily led Huang Quan to kneel down together, and then said: "Commoner girl Feng Yu Huan, pays respects to Cloud Empress, may the Empress be safe and sound."

  She glanced sideways and saw Shen's family kneeling beside the pillar in the main hall, with a straight waist and a trembling body.

  "Get up, the ground is cool, don't keep kneeling." Yun Fei's voice was crisp and clear, completely unlike her current lazy appearance leaning against the Guan Yue platform eating fruit.

  Xuantian Hua stood up first, Feng Yu Han followed closely and also got up, Huang Quan also rose to his feet and retreated a few steps to stand aside.

  Yunfei walked down from the high platform, her magnificent palace attire trailing a long skirt hem, covering layer upon layer of steps, beautiful enough to make one's heart drunk.

  Feng Yu Huan thought, the Emperor must have been extremely fond of this concubine, even if she was used to seeing Feng Chen Yu's stunning beauty, she couldn't help but exclaim that there were people beyond people.

  "Empress Dowager, please come and sit here." Xuan Tianhua naturally stepped forward to replace the palace maid, supporting Yun Empress to a nearby soft chair, then placed the fruit platter held by the palace maid onto the crystal table in front of her.

  Yunfei stretched out her hand, pinched a peeled grape and put it in her mouth, then opened her mouth again, but asked Xuantian Hua: "Let you teach me this future daughter-in-law to play the piano, how did you teach?"

  Feng Yu Huan heard this and immediately had an idea, hastily taking a step forward to make a curtsy: "I'm so sorry, Your Highness, I'm really stupid, from noon till now, I haven't even learned half of the Seven Palace's etiquette." Yun Fei found a good excuse for her disappearance that afternoon, how could she not know what was good for her.

  Xuān Tiān Huá still had a faint smile on her face, and she said: "It's not that my brother and sister are foolish, it's just that my music is too casual and doesn't follow any rules."

  Feng Yu Huan was speechless. Is this the traditional rules of the Xuan family? Are they all acknowledging their relatives like this? On one side, they call her Princess Wang, and on this side, she's either the future daughter-in-law or younger sister, completely not treating her as an outsider!

  Yun Fei carefully sized up Feng Yu Huan, her face not showing any expression, neither cold nor hot, but the words that came out were completely biased towards her side: "You don't have to keep calling me 'Minu' all the time. Since I've acknowledged you as my daughter-in-law, you can just follow Ming Er and Tian Hua's lead and call me 'Mother Fei'. And with Tian Hua, just call him Seventh Brother."

  Feng Yu hurriedly knelt down to the ground, "I dare not." This was a great kindness for ancient people, she had no merit but received such treatment, why would they be so good to her?

  "There's nothing to be afraid of." Yunfei's voice was still crisp and clear, and she deliberately raised her tone a few notches so that everyone in the hall could hear her, including Shen Shi. "Once I accept Ming'er's betrothal gift, I will acknowledge you as my daughter-in-law. I don't care if you're the granddaughter of some guilty official or if your ancestors were traitors who committed treason - as long as Ming'er is happy, I'll treat you like one of my own children."

  Feng Yu's heart surged with gratitude, knowing that Yun Fei's words were meant for Shen Shi to hear. It turned out that standing behind her was not only the mighty Xuan Tian Ming's royal palace, but also his mother who could protect him to such an extent; having such a family member made this life worthwhile.

  "The daughter-in-law kowtows to thank her mother-in-law's great kindness." With a single kowtow, her forehead touches the ground, with utmost sincerity.

  Yun Fei nodded in satisfaction, Xuan Tian Hua personally helped her up, and Feng Yu Han said again: "Thank you, Seventh Brother."

  Xuántiān Huà merely smiled and did not speak.

  Yun Fei only carefully examined Feng Yu Heng from head to toe, finally stopping at her face and studying it seriously for a moment before saying: "Ah, yes. You're the child of the Yao family." She pointed to another chair beside her, "Sit."

  Feng Yu Xiang expressed her gratitude and sat down elegantly, neither servile nor overbearing, with a dignified and composed demeanor.

  Yun Fei's heart was slightly more satisfied.

  "How's life at home?" Suddenly, Yunfei said something like that, as if chatting about everyday things.

  She smiled and replied: "The house Your Highness gave to your daughter-in-law, she named it Tong Sheng Xuan, and it's very nice to live in."

  The queen's eyes showed approval, and she asked again: "Are brothers and sisters still harmonious?"

  She replied: "My younger brother Zi Rui is already six years old and is very clever and considerate."

  Yun Fei leaned forward slightly: "Are all the relatives at home doing well?"

  Feng Yu's face showed a hint of desolation: "Far away in the wilderness, it has been many years since we last met."

  Yun Fei suddenly stood up, a smile spreading across her face as she looked at Feng Yu Heng, nodding repeatedly and saying "Good! Good! Good!" three times.