Chapter 3 Seeking only marital autonomy
Early the next morning, the old prince took Feng Tianhua to the ancestral hall in the Xuanji Courtyard, and specially withdrew his subordinates, and only brought Feng Tianhua into the hall alone.
"Grandpa..."Feng Tianhua was about to say something, but the old prince stopped her, "Hua'er, grandpa wants to take you to a place, don't be afraid of anything you see, you know?" The old prince looked serious, and he didn't seem to want to face anything.
"Good!" Feng Tianhua felt the suppressed sadness of the old prince, and couldn't help but shake the old prince's hand, wanting to give him strength.
"Grandpa is fine." The old prince clapped her hands, stepped forward alone, and groped for something by the candlestick next to the Buddha statue. Suddenly, the Buddha statue began to turn, revealing a hole that could accommodate the width of a person.
The old prince took the candlestick, "Hua'er, let's go!" ”
Feng Tinghua was not surprised, such an institutional design seems to have appeared in every costume drama, and the Fengfu is a century-old family, and the only two kings with different surnames in the Xileng Kingdom are from the Fengfu, one is Feng Xuan, Feng Tianhua's grandfather; One is Feng Lie, Feng Qianhua's father. So even if such a family has no sons in her generation, it is still not comparable to ordinary small families, which is why the old prince Feng Xuan dares to talk to the prince like this.
In such a family, it is normal to have some unknown secret passages and secret rooms. But what kind of secret is hidden in this, and why did Grandpa bring her here when they were about to go to the saint? Feng Tianhua silently followed.
This secret passage is a little low, Feng Tinghua can walk through it easily, but the old prince has to keep hooking his back to walk, Feng Tinghua is faintly strange, isn't this secret passage cultivated by grandpa? How can you not notice the height?
Just when Feng Tianhua was secretly puzzled, the secret passage came to an end, and the secret passage was connected to a very small secret room, and there was nothing in it, except for - an ice coffin!
The old prince pulled Feng Tianhua and walked to the ice coffin, there was a woman lying inside, with a beautiful face, dressed in a bright red uniform, looking heroic and gentle and lovely, and there was a sword next to her.
This is... It's grandmother!
"This is your grandmother, she was less than 30 years old when she died, in order to block the poisonous arrow for her grandfather......" The old prince's eyes were full of sadness and nostalgia, even after so many years, grandfather never forgot his grandmother.
Feng Tianhua didn't know how to comfort the old man in front of her who had lost her beloved, she died at the age of 18 in her previous life, and she only had tasks in her short life, and rarely felt family affection, so she was a little overwhelmed. I could only stand there quietly, grieving with my grandfather.
"Hua'er, grandpa brought you in today to get something very important." The old prince glanced at the woman in the ice coffin again, Wanwan, this is our granddaughter, for her, I only have this way.
As if he had made up his mind, the old prince opened the ice coffin with his hands, wanting to touch the face of the woman in the coffin with his hand, but finally gave up, and then took out something wrapped in bright yellow silk cloth from the woman's hand, and pushed the ice coffin back.
"Hua'er, it's time for us to go back!" The old prince beckoned Feng Tianhua and walked to the dark passage.
"Grandpa, wait a minute." Feng Tianhua turned to the direction of the ice coffin again and knelt down solemnly, "Grandmother, please rest assured, Hua'er will definitely take good care of Grandmother and Xi'er." "I will never let my Feng family lose. Feng Qianhua silently added this sentence in his heart.
The old prince looked at Feng Tianhua at the secret entrance, at this moment, he really believed the words of Master Zhikong: Hua'er will definitely soar like a phoenix for nine days in the future! The Feng family is hopeful!
Feng Tianhua and the old prince came out of the ancestral hall and walked to the main hall, and told the housekeeper to prepare a car and go to the palace to face the saint. Along the way, the old prince just held the yellow silk cloth tightly, and didn't tell Feng Tianhua what it was, and Feng Tianhua didn't ask much, she knew that the old prince wouldn't hurt her!
In the Fengyi Hall of the Imperial Palace, Concubine Xian sat on the phoenix seat with an ugly face; "Qi'er, how many times has the queen mother told you, no matter how many women there are, your crown princess must be Feng Qianhua, only by marrying her can you get Feng Xuan's support, which will be very helpful for you to inherit the throne in the future! Look at what you have done, you actually went to provoke the concubine of the Feng family, do you want to be angry with the queen mother! ”
Nangong Qi didn't react, it was not the first time that the queen mother taught him a lesson because of this incident, as long as he said a few good words later. But this Feng Tianhua is really damned, she actually dared to say that she would withdraw from the marriage, even if she wanted to retreat, it would not be her turn to say first, "The queen mother doesn't have to worry, that Feng Tianhua has always loved Erchen, you don't know, don't worry, later, I will pretend to apologize to her, and never interact with Yu'er again, she will definitely be soft-hearted!" "When this is over, see how he cleans her up!
Concubine Xian thought about Feng Tianhua's usual appearance towards Nangong Qi, and secretly relieved, "You remember, in front of your father and the old prince later, you must pretend to be sincere!" ”
Nangong Qi nodded, but she was a little unimpressed in her heart, thinking that Concubine Xian was too cautious, how could such a vain woman be willing to give up the noble status of the crown princess. He was reluctant to be his crown princess with such a person, but the queen mother insisted on marrying her by herself, if only the daughter of the god of war was Yu'er, such a kind and weak woman would not be able to protect herself, I don't know what would happen, it would be better to ......
After a while, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, Feng Tianhua let Yishu and Yihua stay in the carriage, these two little girls grew up with her since childhood, yesterday because they wanted to find someone to save Feng Tinghua, they were locked in the firewood room by Feng Yuer. Fortunately, Feng Tianhua released them with the memories here. The place of heaven is no better than other places, ordinary people can't go in at all, Feng Tianhua didn't think about letting them in, the fewer people the better. Although Yishu and Yihua both wanted to accompany her in, they still held back, Miss was right, they couldn't help with this kind of thing, and they felt that the current Miss was a little different, as if she had become more confident and more beautiful. They can't say the specifics, so they unconsciously want to believe Miss.
The old prince took Feng Tianhua to the Tianju Palace, the emperor's residence, and when Gonggong Li at the door saw the ancestors and grandchildren of the Feng family coming, he immediately brought them in, it seems that they have been waiting outside for a long time, and the emperor should know their intentions.
"Chen Fengxuan and his granddaughter Feng Tianhua visited Your Majesty." The old prince pulled Feng Tianhua and knelt down, in fact, the old prince didn't have to kneel, after all, the credit of the Feng family was there, and the emperor was not worried about the Feng family's rebellion, after all, the Feng family now has a daughter left, and there is no son-in-law. Therefore, the emperor is still willing to give him some dignity and honor to such a non-threatening hero.
But now Feng Xuan is coming to withdraw the marriage contract between Feng Tianhua and Nangong Qi, so this posture naturally can't be too high.
Without waiting for the old prince to signal, Feng Tianhua followed the old prince's example and knelt down: "The little girl Feng Tianhua sees the emperor, may the emperor live forever!" ”
The emperor behind the Qinglong Imperial Case didn't seem to expect Feng Tinghua to come, could it be that Feng Tinghua agreed to this matter? How so? But the emperor still reacted quickly and couldn't let the old prince continue to kneel, "Hurry up, the old prince doesn't need to be polite for his hard work, come and give the old prince and Miss Feng a seat." ”
"I don't know what happened when the old prince brought the old prince here?" The people of the royal family are good at acting, he doesn't know why, he just wants to prevaricate this matter, so that the Feng family can dispel the idea of retiring from marriage, but unfortunately, the old prince was not optimistic about Nangong Qi, thinking that he was not worthy of being in the middle palace, and he was not optimistic about this marriage.
"Back to the emperor, today the old minister asks to see the emperor, just for one thing, I hope the emperor can cancel the marriage contract between the granddaughter of the old minister and His Royal Highness the Prince." That serious look was not negotiable.
"This ...... Lord, since the holy decree has been issued, how can there be a reason to take it back, and besides, Tianhua has known Qi'er since he was a child, and the relationship between the two is also very good, how can he say that he will retreat? The emperor disagreed, Feng Tianhua was given to the prince as soon as he was born, at this time, if he canceled the marriage contract, wouldn't it be a slap in the mouth, and there was also the prophecy of the phoenix's fate, whether it was true or not, such a woman could only stay in the palace.
Back then, Feng Qianhua's life was said by Master Zhikong, and the emperor was still very convinced.
The old prince seemed to have expected the emperor to say this, he knelt down again, and raised the bright yellow silk cloth with both hands, "Your Majesty, the old minister has never remarried since his wife's death, and his only son has also died on the battlefield, the minister is already old, Xi'er has been raised in the palace since he was a child, so he doesn't have to worry, the only thing that can't be let go is the minister's eldest granddaughter Feng Tianhua, this child has been lonely since he was a child, and he has no relatives by his side, originally the minister thought that His Royal Highness the prince could take care of Hua'er for a lifetime, but the matter of marriage could not be forced, Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not like the granddaughter of the minister, he begged the emperor to cancel the marriage. The old prince opened the yellow silk cloth and slowly unfolded it, "This is the blank holy decree given by the emperor to the inner son back then, and promised the Feng family one thing, originally the minister didn't want to take it out, but now, for the sake of the minister's granddaughter, the minister only hopes to use this promise in exchange for the granddaughter's marriage autonomy, and in the future, whether it is Hua'er or Xi'er, she can marry the person she likes." Ask the emperor to fulfill it" The old prince kowtowed heavily, and Feng Tianhua also knelt down and kowtowed.
Looking at the original place of this blank decree, we know that my grandfather's original intention was to never give this gift, but now he took it out so that she could get rid of the royal family and marry someone who truly loved her. How much this loves herself, Feng Tianhua lowered her head and tears swirled in the frame, and she tried her best to hold back.
The emperor and Gonggong Li and others were stunned, it turned out that the emperor had given the princess of the Feng family a great gift - a blank holy decree. And the emperor knows very well that if it weren't for Feng Tianhua this time, the old prince would keep this secret forever, it seems that the prince really loves Feng Tianhua, can he really only withdraw from the marriage now?
Suddenly, the emperor saw Feng Qianhua, who had been kneeling in the place but did not speak, and looked at her expression, as if she was crying. Wouldn't she want to cancel the engagement? That's right, Feng Tianhua has always liked Qi'er, as long as she doesn't agree, she can justifiably keep this marriage.
"Lord Wang, please, the marriage of children must always be in love, although we are elders, but we always love our children, so let's do it, I called Qi'er and asked him to talk to Qianhua, if Tinghua also agrees to withdraw from the marriage, I will cancel the marriage." What do you think? The emperor believes that as long as he sees his son, Feng Tianhua will definitely not want to withdraw from the marriage.
Feng Tianhua, who was kneeling below, knew what the emperor's idea was after listening to these words, it seems that everyone knows that the original owner likes Nangong Qi, but it may disappoint the emperor next.
Whether it is for herself, or for her grandfather, who does not hesitate to fight with the saint in order to love herself, she will never enter the palace in this life!