The events that transpired on their wedding night still made Chu Chenyi want to seek out Feng Jin and fight him.
How dare he teach Lin Yuwei to drug him! Everyone in the royal mansion knew he was drugged by Lin Yuwei on his wedding night and tossed out. These were all thanks to Feng Jin, and he would never forget it.
Ling Mohan couldn't help but laugh out loud, "You're really useless. A little bit of anesthetic like that could take you down."
"Ye Qi, throw him out for me."
Chu Chenyi's lungs were about to explode with anger. These two, husband and wife, were in cahoots, and he had fallen into their hands more than once.
"Your Highness..." Ye Qi looked conflicted. How could he be the young general's opponent? He was powerless in this matter.
"Just admit defeat. It's your own uselessness, don't blame anyone else. I have other matters to attend to, so I'm returning to my residence. Your Highness, too much anger is bad for your health."
Ling Mohan offered a couple of words of comfort and left Jing Wang Mansion directly.
Upon returning to Ling Mansion, Feng Jin was not in the room. As soon as he took off his clothes and lay down on the bed, the door opened from the outside. Feng Jin entered, holding a bowl of medicine.
Glancing at the man on the bed, she said lightly, "The young general is back. Drink the medicine first."
Ling Mohan was slightly taken aback. He took the medicine bowl and drank it in one gulp, a bitter taste filling his mouth. He snatched a candied fruit from Feng Jin's hand and put it into his mouth.
"You knew I went out?"
"This is the only place in the young general's mansion. How could I not know if you went out?" Feng Jin looked at Ling Mohan as if he were an idiot.
"I also know you went to Jing Wang Mansion."
Feng Jin's casual statement struck Ling Mohan like a blow. How did she know?
"You don't need to suspect me of following you." Feng Jin first cleared herself of suspicion before revealing the truth: "The medicine bottle you have was given by me to Lin Yuwei, and it was coated with the scent of the skin-nourishing lotion."
That was her exclusive secret recipe, and she was all too familiar with the scent.
The medicine bottle was in Ling Mohan's hand, so Chu Chenyi must have found out and specifically came to question him.
"Tell me, how did that medicine bottle get into Chu Chenyi's hands?"
Ling Mohan recounted the entire incident to Feng Jin.
"Hahaha..." Feng Jin burst into laughter after hearing it. Lin Yuwei was truly remarkable. For a man like that, there was no need to be polite; throwing him out directly was the clearest message.
"You can still laugh?" Ling Mohan said speechlessly. This incident had caused a stir throughout the entire royal mansion.
On their wedding night, the bride drugged her husband and tossed him out, and the person involved was Prince Jing, Chu Chenyi. If this spread, Lin Yuwei would likely face gossip.
"Why can't I laugh? Lin Yuwei is truly amazing; she has avenged countless sisters."
Feng Jin truly felt that Lin Yuwei was a material worth nurturing. For a scummy man who was not obedient, she should be dealt with.
"You really are..." Ling Mohan shook his head and sighed, unable to help but foresee his own future.
"If it were a woman being thrown out by a man, there would certainly be people mocking her for not being liked by her husband. Now that it's the other way around, the woman is called indecent and shrewish. I've seen it clearly: no matter what, it's the woman's fault, and it has nothing to do with you men. This world is truly unfair. What do you think, Young General?"
Ling Mohan's expression froze, and he suddenly didn't know how to answer Feng Jin.
Since ancient times, the superiority of men over women was predetermined. No one had ever discussed fairness.
"The laws of heaven and earth are thus; how can one go against nature?" Ling Mohan said in a low voice. He felt Feng Jin's ideas were somewhat extreme.
"Since heaven and earth created men and women, it signifies that they are equal beings. Neither is a subordinate to the other."
Feng Jin detested the notion of male superiority in ancient times. Why should women be subordinates to men?
"A man with three wives and four concubines is considered dashing and romantic, but if a woman has three husbands and four husbands, she becomes promiscuous and violates human ethics."
"How can a woman have other husbands!" Ling Mohan retorted instinctively without even thinking.
"Why not? Why should the laws of heaven and earth only be used to restrain women? If women are required to be loyal to one person, then why can't men be loyal to one woman and not take another wife?"
Ling Mohan was rendered speechless, not knowing how to refute.
"My husband can only have me as his wife and must belong to me completely. If he takes concubines or marries another, I will definitely divorce him."
"If I only marry you, can you not divorce me?" Ling Mohan blurted out his thoughts.
Feng Jin was slightly startled. Was he running a fever? How could he say something like that?
Seeing that she remained silent for a long time, Ling Mohan became anxious, "I promise I will never take concubines and will only marry you as my wife. Can you stay, and not divorce me?"
"You..." Feng Jin was inexplicably touched.
After all, this was ancient times, and their ingrained mindset was three wives and four concubines.
For Ling Mohan to say this was indeed a sincere gesture.
"Hurry up and say it, do you agree?" Ling Mohan asked impatiently.
"This... this requires me to consider it. Let's see how you perform for now."
She would not agree so quickly. She clearly remembered how suspicious Ling Mohan had been of her before.
"Then you've agreed, and you're not allowed to mention divorce again."
"I haven't... mmmph..."
Before Feng Jin could finish speaking, Ling Mohan directly sealed her mouth.
"Ling Mohan, you scoundrel, who allowed you to kiss me!"
"What's wrong with me kissing my own wife!"
The man's indignant demeanor made Feng Jin roll her eyes. How did she encounter such a rogue? She rather missed Ling Mohan's previous cold and taciturn demeanor.
"Ling Mohan, you still haven't told me if you and Prince Jing knew each other long ago and had a close relationship."
"My wife is truly intelligent. Prince Jing and I were childhood playmates, and when I was an imperial tutor, I also taught several princes. In a sense, we are friends as well as mentors."
"Then you support Chu Chenyi becoming the Crown Prince."
As soon as Feng Jin finished speaking, the man covered her mouth, "It is a capital offense to discuss the establishment of the heir apparent without authorization. My dear wife, your husband wishes to live a few more days."
Smiting the man's hand away, Feng Jin recounted the events that had transpired in the imperial palace that night to Ling Mohan.
"The Empress Dowager detests the Empress and her son, and she does not think highly of the other princes. Her asking me to privately treat Chu Chenyi clearly shows her intention for Chu Chenyi to become the next emperor."
Feng Jin voiced her speculation. Chu Chenyi was indeed much more pleasing to the eye than Chu Yanxi, that venomous snake with a false exterior.
"Back then, the Empress Dowager had expressed her wish for His Majesty to appoint Prince Jing as Crown Prince, but after Prince Jing broke his leg, it was dropped."