[COMPLETE] Beauty Feng Vol. 1

Chapter 80: The Youngest Uncle

"But Ting'er had great ambitions. He was not satisfied with your Grandfather's rules. And so he said since the Feng family doesn't want to soar, then I am no longer Feng." Su Jian could still recall the sorrow of that day.

Being the eldest sister-in-law, Madam Feng took care of her husband's youngest brother as though he was a son. Feng Ting was a sweet child but he seemed to mature overnight because of some tragedy in the past.

There were things she still couldn't say to Feng Yanyan. But this was enough for now.

"But of course even though the father and son had a falling out, Father still kept an eye out for Ting'er's whereabouts. He cut off all connections with the family but after a while, we still learned that he was stationed here in Suliang."

Realization dawned on Beauty Feng's face. "Wangye got to know him then."

"That's right but the heavens are cruel. After toiling for recognition for years, just before Ting'er received his medal from the palace, he passed away during his duty. He didn't even get to build a family before he was gone."

She couldn't tell the specifics of that year. To say that Feng Ting died on duty was a bit of a white lie. He was already in the capital, escorting the King for an Imperial visit. It was rumored that Wan Li Wang depended a lot on this general. There were a lot of other colorful hearsays about the two's ambiguous relationship.

A villain must have spread these. But it was not a lie that her Highness had an open friendship with Feng Ting. In Suliang, who didn't know about this general who was treated like a brother by the King?

That was why when the Imperial Palace wanted to honor Feng Ting's heroic deeds, Wan Li Wang accompanied him.

It was just tragic that the villa they stayed in the suburbs was attacked in the middle of the night by countless men. As Danwan army was not allowed to enter the capital, the King only brought a few people. Feng Ting protected Wan Li Wang until the first light of dawn.

Her Highness was tainted by who knew how many catties of blood. But this time, it was the blood of her comrades. Who could mobilize that much man power in the capital?

Furious, she entered the palace without cleansing the traces on her body. Even if the Imperial Guards saw her, who could move against her when she reported violence that happened at the foot of the Emperor?

Driven by words of justice, Wan Li Wang's arguments seemed heroic. That was the day the Imperial Palace saw King Wan Li's might. She was alone but imposing. The blood that was still dripping from her body and clothes, the arrows that was still pierced her body, the calm expression on her face as though she felt nothing. All of these left a deep impression.

All the eunuchs and matrons that saw her that day would even have nightmares every now and then.

Prime Minister Yao swallowed the mouthful of scolding he wanted to release. He thought the female King would throw a tantrum in the court and wildly ask for justice.

But her Highness coldly exposed all the loopholes of the attack that happened. If she wasn't standing there caked with dried blood, one would think she was a bystander. However, her rhetoric was merciless and left no chance to escape.

King Wan Li didn't directly say the culprit of the attack. But the facts she identified were only short of pointing at Prime Minister Yao. That day, Prime Minister Yao knew that Wan Li needed to be killed no matter what.

However, after that incident, he exhausted all kinds of means but the King stood tall like a cypress tree.

Meanwhile, the small Feng family that the unknown general left behind refused any kind of compensation from the King and even the Imperial Palace. Their stance was that the son had been disowned long ago.