Reborn as the Regent's Beloved

Feng Xingye stopped and handed her the Sanqi Bagua Water. "Yes, your master gave it to me. Apply it three times a day, and it will quickly reduce swelling."

"Will applying it three times reduce the swelling?"

Xiao Fengyi took the Sanqi Bagua Water handed to her by Feng Xingye in astonishment, not to apply the medicine, but to study the ingredients of the medicine when she got back.

Before long, the carriage drove into the Xiao State Duke's mansion.

Ignoring her leg injury, Xiao Fengyi jumped out of the carriage and hopped home.

Feng Xingye stood at the edge of the carriage, looking down at her like a giant, somewhat uneasy. "Are you alright? Slow down."

While shaking the medicine bottle in her hand, Xiao Fengyi said to Feng Xingye, "I'm fine, you don't need to worry."

After she finished speaking, she walked into the Duke of Xiao's mansion, and as she walked, she could still hear the man's voice behind her.

"Xiao Fengyi, please consider my suggestion. I think the Seventh Prince won't let you off the hook; he'll definitely come looking for you."

She paused, then bowed slightly to Feng Xingye and said, "I know."

After seeing Xiao Fengyi go inside, Feng Xingye also got back into the carriage and said, "Let's go back to the manor."

He returned to Prince Zhao's residence, and Xiao Fengyi also returned to Qingya Courtyard.

Zi Hua waited at home for a long time before finally seeing her young lady appear before her, completely unharmed.

At that moment, she finally got up from the prayer mat, put down the Guanyin Bodhisattva in her hand, and asked, "Miss, are you alright? Did the Imperial Concubine and the Seventh Prince make things difficult for you?"

Xiao Fengyi was grateful to see Zi Hua so worried about her, and replied nonchalantly, "I'm fine, I'm just a little hungry."

Zi Hua knew she was hungry, so she didn't ask any more questions.

"Miss, I made some xiaolongbao tonight, let me get them for you."

When Xiao Fengyi heard the words "xiaolongbao" (soup dumplings), she practically lit up. "Quick, go get me some xiaolongbao!"

After she finished eating, she told Zihua everything that had happened in the small garden that day.

After hearing the whole story, Zi Hua was furious. "What are the Seventh Prince and the Imperial Concubine doing? Why are they using a fake sachet to frame you?"

After taking a few bites, Xiao Fengyi said to Zi Hua beside her, "He probably has his eye on my Phoenix Fate!"

Indeed, Feng Ming's relentless pursuit of her was the absolute reason for his obsession with her.

After telling Zihua not to worry and to go to sleep, she began to study the method of making the Sanqi Bagua Water and whether the recipes were in the Ling Su Yao Shu.

As she watched, Xiao Fengyi fell asleep.

Before waking up the next day, she had a dream about her grandmother.

"grandmother!"

When she woke up, Zi Hua came in and said, "Miss, the servants from Baoguo Temple just came back and said that the old lady has a persistent high fever."

"I gonna go see."

Xiao Fengyi immediately took Zihua to Baoguo Temple.

When she went out, she felt strange because she did not see Shen Shi and Xiao Qingyin, mother and daughter.

Could it be... these two?

Zi Xiang was like a mind reader to her; she could understand the meaning in his eyes with just a glance.

"The Imperial Concubine kept the Lady and the Second Miss in the palace, saying that they got along very well."

Are these guys plotting something bad to do to me again?

Xiao Fengyi ignored all of that and had Ye Liu take her to Baoguo Temple.

When she arrived at Baoguo Temple, the abbot said that the old lady did not have a high fever. He wondered where Xiao Fengyi had heard this news.

"Oh no, we've been scammed!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Fengyi immediately realized that Zi Hua had definitely been deceived by the servants in the manor.

This servant must be someone from the Shen family and Xiao Qingyin.

Zi Hua was somewhat puzzled, "Young Miss, why did they trick you into coming here?"

Xiao Fengyi was unaware of this, only concerned about the safety of the old lady, because she did not see Shen Shi inside the temple.

"Host, where is Grandma?"

The host replied, "The old lady went up the mountain to exercise her legs, but strangely enough, she hasn't come back for a long time."

When Xiao Fengyi heard the abbot say this, her heart skipped a beat. She told Zihua to wait for her grandmother in the temple while she went up the mountain herself.

She was afraid, afraid that Feng Mingjing would become so ruthless that he would arrest her grandmother and lock her up in a secluded corner.

That's how he treated himself in his past life.

"Zi Hua, if the old lady returns, set off this signal flare!"

Before going up the mountain, Xiao Fengyi gave her a signal flare, which shot into the sky as a purple rose.

Xiao Fengyi said firmly, "As long as I see the sound of purple roses in the sky, I will know that my grandmother has returned."

Zi Hua sobbed, "Miss, I will follow your instructions. As soon as the old lady returns, I will set off smoke bombs. But... Miss, are you going up the mountain alone, deep in the forest? Isn't it dangerous? What if... Or if you encounter something, should I set off smoke bombs too?"

Xiao Fengyi thought the maid's suggestion was feasible.

"I happen to have some Blue Jasmine smoke grenades here. I'll show them to you if I need anything!"

After speaking, she showed the maid the blue jasmine pattern drawn on the smoke bomb.

Zi Hua imprinted the image of blue jasmine in her mind. "Miss, please go and return quickly."

"Ah."

After nodding emphatically, she pushed open the door of her quarters and rushed up the mountain.

On this day, Xiao Fengyi wore a white dress with colorful butterfly patterns. Her skirt fluttered as she ran back and forth on the stone path shrouded in mountain mist, resembling a butterfly.

Butterflies are free and beautiful, but they are targeted by people.

After she left, the abbot ordered the other monks to tie up Zi Hua and pocket the purple rose fireworks.

Zi Hua was incredibly clever and immediately realized that the host was in cahoots with the bad guys to frame the young lady.

Who is the mastermind behind this?

While she could still speak, she looked at the kind-faced abbot and asked, "Who bribed you? Why are you framing our young lady? And...where did you take the old lady?"

Before she could finish speaking, someone next to her covered her mouth.

"Ah... Waaaaah..."

On the winding mountain road, Xiao Fengyi, walking alone, was unaware that the abbot had deceived her, nor that Zi Hua had been kidnapped.

She just wanted to find her grandmother as soon as possible and didn't have time to think about how strange this was.

As the saying goes, concern leads to confusion; otherwise, given her shrewdness from her second life, she would not have been deceived.

Crows circled overhead as Xiao Fengyi leaned against a rock to rest, panting heavily, gazing at the oppressive sky, her eyes glazed over.

Looking back at the towering, long mountain path, Xiao Fengyi realized that she had already climbed to such a high place, no wonder she felt so cold and tired.

Thinking of her grandmother, she couldn't stop resting any longer; she had to go find someone!

quack-

The bad guy's hand landed on her like a crow's feather, catching her completely off guard.

"Ah—" With a scream, Xiao Fengyi was grabbed by the throat and dragged into the cave.

Before she lost consciousness, she smelled a familiar scent of ambergris.

She was absolutely certain that the flavor was Feng Mingjing.

Xiao Fengyi sighed. Even though she was so familiar with Feng Mingjing, she still couldn't guard against him.