Enduring humiliation in order to seek honor for one's ancestors

  When Wan Yin tried to curry favor with the new master but ended up being deceived and humiliated, Feng Qingchen was taken into the imperial palace by the Imperial Guard.

  There's no way around it, Feng Qingchen's identity is too special.

  No matter how much the Feng family has fallen, in the imperial court, before the emperor speaks, Feng Qingchen is still the fiancée of the Seventh Prince.

  Even if the Imperial Guard knew that Feng Qingchen would be met with severe punishment, they did not dare to take action against her easily, as this matter concerned the imperial family's reputation.

  Anything, big or small, as long as it's related to "royal", can be either magnified or diminished.

  In the palace, the only one who can handle this matter is the mother of the Seventh Prince, the Empress Dowager.

  At this time, Feng Qingchen was kneeling in front of the empress's bedroom, waiting for the empress to make a decision.

  The red gauze on her body had long been torn and could no longer cover her, with large areas of purple bruises exposed in front of everyone. Most people didn't dare to look directly at her, only using the corner of their eyes to steal glances.

  The cold Hanbai jade stone touched her skin, and the chill entered her body. Feng Qing's lips turned purple with cold, and her teeth chattered, but she didn't dare make a sound or move, lest someone find an excuse to deal with her.

  Feng Qingchen didn't raise her head, but she knew that the palace maids who came and went looked at her with disdainful and scornful eyes.

  Those eyes seemed to regard her as if she were some foul thing, too filthy to look at, yet couldn't help but size her up.

  A group of extremely hypocritical women.

  Dislike me for being dirty, but how much cleaner are you than I am?

  The women in the palace are not like prostitutes waiting for the emperor's favor, but for power and influence, they cling to eunuchs and dine with "useless" men.

  Compared with you, I am much "cleaner".

  Hehe......

  Feng Qingchen's lips lightly touched his, covering up the bitter smile at the corner of his mouth.

  The sky was gloomy and frightening, with a damp air permeating the atmosphere, as if it were about to rain...

  Feng Qingchen looked at the thin gauze that couldn't even cover her body, and secretly thought to herself, I wonder if the Empress will give me a set of clothes when I leave the palace?

  She remembered asking several people for clothes before, but was met with their cold ridicule...

  Feng Qingchen originally thought that this matter would at most result in a broken engagement, but it seems that someone does not want her to live.

  In a world where a woman's chastity is more important than her life, a woman with even a little bit of shame cannot survive.

  But she wasn't someone else, she was Feng Qingchen.

  She follows the rules of this era, but also maintains her own principles.

  Nowadays, Feng Qingchen will absolutely not seek death, no matter how bitter or difficult it is, she will live on. In Feng Qingchen's eyes, nothing is more important than life.

  Not to mention that she didn't lose her innocence, even if she did lose it, what's the point of paying with her own life because of someone else's mistake...

  Everyone's life is only once, she will never sell her own life to cater to others or conform to social norms.

  Time slipped away quietly, Feng Qing's heart was calculating that she should have been kneeling for more than two hours.

  The queen had breakfast and used some heart, from time to time there were ladies-in-waiting coming in and out, when passing by her side, they whispered a few words.

  "Phoenix family's precious daughter, how shameful! If she were my daughter, I would have strangled her to death with a white silk cloth long ago, just to avoid the shame of her being alive..."

  "A child without a father or mother to care for them is just like this, what shame, such a thing, if it were me, I would have smashed my head to death long ago..."

  ……

  All sorts of unpleasant words reached her ears, Feng Qingchen forcibly suppressed her own murderous impulse.

  Humiliating her is one thing, but what right does he have to humiliate Feng's parents?

  Feng Qingchen lost her mother at a young age and her father was often away fighting wars, but she received the upbringing of a noble lady without lacking anything.

  If it weren't for Feng Qingchen being too bound by conventional rules and weak in the past, how would she have died...

  "Bang......" A tear fell from the corner of her eye.

  Feng Qingchen didn't know if it was his own or this body's.

  She didn't cry after going through so many things today, but now she's so wronged that she wants to cry.

  The queen seemed to have forgotten her usual dignity, leaving her exposed here, allowing those ladies-in-waiting and palace maids to come and go, gazing at her as if she were a dog, kowtowing in front of the palace.

  Empress, isn't this your way of trying to drive me to death? I, Feng Qingchen, will never let you have your way...

  Dead old witch, stinky old witch, if it weren't for Feng Qingchen's mother sacrificing her life to save you back then, would you have the honor of being the empress today?

  A group of ungrateful bastards, Feng Mu risked her life to save you, and this is how you treat her daughter.

  The imperial family is indeed heartless, and it's true that they have no qualms about being ruthless to their own kin, let alone outsiders.

  The Feng family has been blinded, Feng Bo died in battle to protect this country, Feng Mu died to save you the Empress, and Feng Qingchen died because of your ruthless and heartless son.

  The Dongling royal family, take a look, how much do you owe the Feng family?

  A belly full of resentment, let Feng Qingchen stiffly prop herself up, her limbs were all numb, but she still remained motionless on her knees, still keeping herself awake...

  She would rather die than submit to the will of the Empress!

  Before I knew it, it was noon, the sky was still gloomy and overcast, but that rain just wouldn't fall...

  Inside the Queen's chambers, Her Majesty dismissed the ladies-in-waiting who had come to pay their respects and asked aloud of the palace maid beside her: "Is she still kneeling there?"

  "Yes, Your Majesty!" The palace maid stepped forward and knelt down at the empress's feet.

  "What did you say?" The queen raised an eyebrow, unexpectedly a young girl had such physical strength, kneeling for a whole morning and still holding on.

  "No, the maid looked at Miss Feng and seemed to be in a daze." The palace maid thought that Feng Qingchen would expose her skin like this outside, and still fight with a big man, she couldn't understand it no matter what.

  It's crazy!

  "Has she been charmed? Hmph... even if she has, this palace still wants her to wake up. It's not that this palace doesn't remember the life-saving kindness of the Feng family, it's just that the Feng family is so muddled that they can't be helped." The Empress Dowager slapped the table heavily.

  How could his imperial son marry a woman who doesn't have any power or influence?

  These years have been repeatedly hinted at, but that Feng Qingchen seems to be pretending not to understand, and is unwilling to take the initiative to divorce, which is really excessive.

  If it weren't for the sake of the imperial family's reputation, and considering that Madame Feng had saved his life, if the imperial family were to call off the engagement, people would gossip... this marriage would have been called off long ago.

  "The empress has spoken." The entire harem of eunuchs and palace maids immediately knelt down in front of the empress, each face filled with caution and reverence.

  The eunuch's panic slightly improved the queen's mood, but thinking that she had been looking for Feng Qingchen for an entire morning and he still hadn't gone to seek death made her irritable. She spoke in a not-so-gentle tone:

  "Is there any news from the Emperor regarding this matter?"

  The eunuch replied, "His Majesty, King Luo, has sent a message saying that he will have lunch with Your Highness." A small eunuch hastily stepped forward.

  "Hmm..."

  Just then, a palace maid came in and knelt down: "Your Highness, the King of Luo has arrived..."

  "The queen smiled: 'Go and inform the imperial kitchen to prepare Luo Wang's favorite dishes.'"

  "Yes, Your Ladyship..."

  The palace maidens filed out one by one, and as they passed by Feng Qing's side, they would occasionally give her a measuring or sympathetic glance.

  Watching Feng Qingxue's skin exposed outside, several young palace maids blushed and covered their faces as they left...

  Feng Qingchen was already used to such scrutinizing gazes and didn't mind them at all.

  Kneeling quietly, eyes closed, silently counting in her heart, the 207th, the 208th...

  Just as a steady and vigorous footsteps approached, Feng Qingchen was taken aback. The sound of the footsteps didn't seem like that of a woman's light steps, nor did it resemble the softness of an eunuch's footsteps. At this time, there was actually a man coming? What did the Empress mean by this?

  Who is coming again? Could it be that this matter has alarmed the Emperor?

  Feng Qingchen was right, this matter indeed shocked the Emperor, but the visitor wasn't the Emperor himself. She didn't have enough status to be granted an audience with the Emperor...