Prince Rui, don't spoil your adopted daughter too much: she will eventually get married

I heard the ministers talking about how Emperor Xing'an had rejected General Shi's resignation after the court was dismissed.

Emperor Xing'an believed that this was the right time to use people, and veterans like General Shi should continue to devote themselves to the country.

General Shi will never come back!

When Feng Chenyi came out of the palace, his face was gloomy and frightened. Everyone in the country knew that General Shi was Feng Chenyi's mentor, and the prince was following in Feng Chenyi's footsteps.

"Although my father did not agree to General Shi's retirement, he also promised General Shi to thoroughly investigate the issue of shoddy workmanship in military equipment. Don't worry, second brother. Once the border is completely stabilized and new generals are available in the court, my father will definitely allow General Shi to retire and return home." The eldest prince tried hard to keep up with Feng Chenyi's pace and persuaded him earnestly.

It was as if he was worried that Feng Chenyi would do something impulsive.

Only Zhai Yun understood what it meant to Feng Chenyi that General Shi could not resign. General Shi was old and had serious internal injuries that often recurred. The conditions in the Northern Wilderness were harsh and there were no good doctors. Every day General Shi stayed would increase the danger.

Although Feng Chenyi was not born to General Shi, he was raised by General Shi. In his heart, General Shi is more than just a mentor.

Feng Chenyi seemed oblivious to the eldest prince's words. Seeing this, the eldest prince could only walk towards Zhai Yun. He looked at Zhai Yun in surprise and asked, "Hasn't it been Guard Qi who has been accompanying the second prince to court these past few days?"

Although the prince lived in the deep palace, he remembered clearly all the guards who attended court every day around Feng Chenyi, and even knew their surnames. This shows how much the eldest prince cared about Feng Chenyi.

Zhai Yun bowed respectfully and spoke slowly, "Guard Qi has something to do, I will take care of everything for you."

In fact, it wasn’t that Qi Nuo had something to do, but that Zhai Yun didn’t want to stay in the mansion.

When the prince saw Zhai Yun, he warmly invited her to sit in the East Palace for a while. Zhai Yun remembered the last time she went to the East Palace and was surrounded by a group of women, so she refused repeatedly.

The prince smiled awkwardly, "It was an accident last time, Guard Zhai, don't mind it. If you are free, I will invite you in person. I still have some tea that my father gave me last time."

By inviting Zhai Yun alone, the prince meant that he didn't even want to invite Feng Chenyi. Zhai Yun really didn't know why the eldest prince was so interested in her.

But when she looked at his face, she just wanted to avoid him. Everything in her previous life was in the past. In this life, she didn't want to have any intersection with him, let alone too much contact.

Zhai Yun bowed respectfully, "Your Highness is usually busy, and I really can't leave. Besides, I am just a humble guard, and I dare not approach you with such high status."

The eldest prince stared at Zhai Yun's eyes and felt that they seemed familiar. Zhai Yun's eyes were clear and bright, as if she could see through everything without being stained by dust, and her eyes were as bright as water.

He was deeply impressed by these eyes. He had seen such eyes outside the Empress Dowager's bedroom before. At that time, the owner of these eyes was a little palace maid. When she first saw him, she was frightened at first, and when she looked directly into his eyes, her eyes were full of crazy hatred.

He was just a teenager at that time and believed that he had never done anything harmful to others. It was the first time that someone looked at him with such hatred, so he remembered those eyes.

The eyes in his memory overlapped with reality. He had also sent people to investigate the young palace maid who had been given poisoned wine and whose body had vanished without a trace.

Because she was just a little palace maid, those who collected the body did not report it.

Zhai Yun looked at the prince's eyes as he looked at her, and a trace of panic appeared in her eyes. The face in front of her was so familiar to her, even every look and every movement of his.

He looked at Zhai Yun with this look, and it was obvious that there was something about Zhai Yun that made him very curious.

Zhai Yun couldn't help but step back, and looked at Feng Chenji with some fear. The scenes of her interactions with him in her previous life appeared in her mind one by one.

When the eldest prince first saw Zhai Yun in his previous life, he was amazed. He stared at Zhai Yun for a long time. When he learned that she was just a little palace maid, his eyes gradually changed.

He found various reasons to get close to her, using courtesy first and then force, but Zhai Yun avoided him. By chance, Zhai Yun was driven out of the palace by the concubines and was not allowed to appear in front of Emperor Xing'an.

Zhai Yun had nowhere to go because of her petite and charming face. The concubines all said that she was a fox and could seduce people. No matter which palace she was in, Emperor Xing'an could not help but take a few glances at her when he saw her.

So the concubines didn't want her to serve them, and several princes asked the eunuch chief to want Zhai Yun to work in their palace. In the end, it was the eldest prince Feng Chenji who took Zhai Yun away.

Ever since Zhai Yun went to Feng Chenji Palace, several princes stayed there every day drinking. Zhai Yun was arranged to serve them. After drinking, the princes looked at Zhai Yun with terrifying eyes.

Feng Chenmu even blatantly teased Zhai Yun and asked her to be his bed warmer. Zhai Yun thought that as long as she could endure it, she could survive until the day she left the palace.

The time she spent in the palace of the eldest prince Feng Chenji was the most relaxing, but also the most daunting. When the eldest prince was happy, he would reward her with some gold and silver, but Zhai Yun didn't like it and gave all the gold and silver the eldest prince rewarded her to other maids.

Because the eldest prince treated her well, she thought she could stay until she left the palace. However, she never expected that on the night she was molested by the third prince, the eldest prince broke into her room under the influence of alcohol.

He muttered to himself, "Because it will be a good thing for someone else in the future, it's better for me to take you now."

Even today, more than ten years later, Zhai Yun still remembers the scene of that night vividly. Even if she were to live again and start over again, the memories of what she experienced would still be clear.

Because these things really happened to her, Zhai Yun only felt heart-wrenching pain. The more she resisted the eldest prince, the more excited he became. Her pleading became a stimulant in his eyes.

From then on, he would come to Zhai Yun's room from time to time. He removed Zhai Yun from the list of those who had never been released, and Zhai Yun became his plaything imprisoned in the palace.

Zhai Yun looked at the handsome Feng Chenji in front of her, and her heart sank to the bottom. She didn't hate him when she didn't think about him, but she hated him when she thought about him. Those days when she was unable to live or die were the darkest days of her life.

Later, she met Su Jin from the Empress Dowager's palace. Su Jin sympathized with her situation and taught her how to gain status. She also found a famous prostitute from the brothel to teach her how to please Feng Chenji and how to use Feng Chenji's favor to gain power step by step.

She was of humble origin, and the highest position she could achieve was only the title of Imperial Noble Consort. However, Feng Chenji was extremely fond of her in his later years. When her power reached its peak, he wanted to help his son ascend the throne.

She poisoned her offspring and made any pretty concubines disappear without a trace. Even the queen, who had the most power in the family at that time, was eventually brought down by her.

The entire harem was under her control.