mtl008 Chapter 372: Feiyao in the Dark City (2)
Chapter 372: Feiyao in the Dark City (2)
Not long after An Yi left, he received a message from Princess You, asking him to attend a family dinner in the evening.
Lu Feiyao returned to his usual well-behaved self, "I understand. Thank you for taking the trip, Madam."
The maid handed over the wallet, and the nanny left with a smile on her face as she thanked him. Since he came back, he was like a boy giving away money, giving tips to everyone who came. In view of his generosity, everyone in the mansion had a good impression of the new young master.
This was also the method his sister taught him. Using money to pave the way would make it easier for him to gain a foothold in the palace. Thinking of his sister who was far away in Zhuocheng and was still worried about him while pregnant, Lu Feiyao felt warm in his heart.
Another family banquet was held in the mansion, and all the clan members gathered together. Except for those who were not in Youcheng, almost all the branch members were present.
"Father, Mother!" After Lu Feiyao greeted his parents, he sat down in his seat obediently.
Seeing that he ignored her again, Concubine Yun showed obvious displeasure on her face, "Your Majesty..."
King You certainly knew why his son was like this. He looked at her coldly and asked knowingly, "What's the matter?"
Concubine Yun looked aggrieved, but she said nothing more and shook her head awkwardly.
Princess You thought that with so many people present, her son's behavior was a bit rude. Just as she was about to say something, Lu Feifeng, who had just walked in, saw the scene. With a bit of displeasure in his eyes, he immediately spoke out to stop her, "Fei Yao, how are you today?"
Lu Feiyao looked at him, called him "Big Brother" sweetly, and nodded, as if he liked this brother very much. When he sat next to his father, he lowered his head at the table, not knowing what he was thinking.
Lu Feiqi, who was standing next to him, saw the whole scene and asked with concern, "Third brother, are you feeling unwell?"
"Thank you for your concern, second brother. I'm fine!" I replied him and then lowered my head and stared at the table in a daze without smiling at all. The difference was too obvious.
"Fei Yao, don't you like second brother?" Concubine Yun, who was sitting on the right, suddenly spoke.
As if he didn't expect her to talk about this, Fei Yao looked a little surprised. He thought for a while before slowly speaking, "Excuse me, concubine, why should I like my second brother?"
After hearing his words, Concubine Yun was stunned for a moment, then her smile widened. She said softly, "You are the younger brother of the second brother. Although you have always been closer to your eldest brother, the three of you are brothers. If you isolate the second brother like this, he will be sad..."
Her voice, with a hint of tears, echoed in the hall, which had become somewhat quiet, and everyone looked over there.
Concubine Yun's beautiful face looked a little weak, helpless and pitiful at this moment. People would always be more tolerant towards beauties, but in the eyes of the uninformed audience, she was bullied by someone.
He blinked in confusion and turned to look at Lu Feiqi, "Second brother, did you say that we should isolate you?"
Seeing his expression suddenly become stiff and helpless, Lu Feiyao sneered in his heart. He asked in front of everyone, just to see if you dare to admit it.
As expected, he immediately forced out a slightly hypocritical smile and said, "How could that be? Of course I didn't say that, I just..."
Lu Feiyao didn't even wait for him to finish. He nodded and said with an exaggerated expression of relief, "I was saying it. How could Second Brother spread rumors about me and Big Brother like this? It's good that you didn't say it. It's good that you didn't say it. Otherwise, I would have thought that you were hysterical."
After saying that, he turned around and looked at Concubine Yun with a condemning expression, and then complained to him, "Then why did your mother suddenly look like she was about to cry when she was fine?"
Then he came closer, and said in a whispering voice, "Could it be that your mother is suffering from hysteria? She just said that my eldest brother and I are closer, and that we isolated you? I am confused. My eldest brother specially went to Los Angeles to pick me up, so I must be close to him. You and I are not familiar with each other, right? Normally, you and I don't have any contact, right? But you said you didn't complain to her, so why would she say that? And she's crying... Today is a family dinner, and she laughs one moment and cries the next. It really looks like hysteria. Second brother, do you want to help your mother find a doctor?"
Lu Feiqi and Concubine Yun's expressions changed.
Concubine Yun's hands were tightly clenched on the handkerchief, the veins on the back of her tender white hands were exposed, and her face instantly became gloomy, with both embarrassment and anger at being exposed on the spot, as well as shame and indignation at being slandered as having hysteria.
She immediately retorted, "Don't talk nonsense! I didn't!"
"How could there be nothing?" Lu Feifeng spoke this time.
He had always been merciless to Concubine Yun, especially in the past few years after his brother's disappearance. He even often bullied her in public. King You knew that his eldest son was upset, so he let him do what he wanted and did not condemn him.
Lu Feifeng deliberately said in surprise, "Didn't you say those words just now, Concubine Yun? You said Feiyao is the younger brother of the second brother. Although he has always been closer to me, the eldest brother, the three of us are brothers. Feiyao and I isolate the second brother like this, he will be sad... Didn't you say these words? Isn't it obvious that you are deliberately isolating him? If you didn't say it, then it might not be Concubine Yun who has hysteria, but all of us who heard it here are hallucinating... Concubine Yun, what do you think?"
His words were extremely sarcastic, but the people listening were terrified. It seemed that the return of the Third Young Master did not ease the relationship between the Crown Prince and the concubine.
But then again, it was obviously the Yun family who did that thing back then. Even if my brother is found, it doesn't mean that the murderer deserves to be forgiven. There's nothing wrong with that!
Prince You had his eyes closed the whole time, and it was unclear whether he was resting or deliberately avoiding the situation. Instead, the Princess You who was sitting next to him frowned and said, "Fei Yao, don't be rude!"
Lu Feiyao lowered his eyes slightly, as if he didn't hear anything, and stared at the table in a daze, as if the eloquent person just now was not him.
"Mother, isn't it Concubine Yun who is being rude?" Lu Feifeng felt a headache when he saw that she couldn't figure out the situation again.
After her brother came back, he didn't show any attachment to their mother, which bothered her a little, so she kept finding fault with him... But in the current situation, it was obviously Concubine Yun who was causing the discord. Not only did her mother not help Fei Yao, she also said that he was rude?
Princess You glanced at her eldest son, and seeing him gently shaking his head at her, she reluctantly replied, "Hmm!"
Concubine Yun smiled and whispered, "It seems that I misunderstood. The three brothers have a good relationship. Sister Princess, don't blame Fei Yao. The child is still young... You'd better not blame him in public."
For a moment, it was Princess You who was to blame. She looked at her eldest son, then at her youngest son, and for a moment she seemed to not know what to do.