"Brother, why... why are you the only one coming to see me?" Yu looked anxiously behind Yu Fengyong, only to see a servant standing behind him with his head lowered.
"Sister... don't look anymore, the Minister is not here." Yu Fengyong sighed.
"Why didn't he come? Why didn't he come?" Yu's voice became shrill. Her body was still not well and she was very weak. She gasped and breathed rapidly after speaking a few words.
"Sister... It's already this late, are you still expecting him to come and see you?" Yu Fengyong said helplessly, "I wanted to ask to see him before, but I couldn't see him at all. He said he was busy repairing the palace and couldn't get away at all."
"He's trying to push me out..." Yu said with a cold face, her voice was broken and a little crazy, "He wants to push everything onto me, I..."
"Sister, there is still hope for this matter, don't be anxious." Yu Fengyong said hurriedly when he saw his sister's crazy eyes.
This is a prison cell, and making too much noise will definitely attract attention.
"What should we do?" Upon hearing what her eldest brother said, the crazy look on Yu's face faded a little. After calming down, she asked gloomily, "What can we do now?"
"Hai Lan, put all the blame on Hai Lan." Yu Fengyong looked around and didn't find anyone from the Dali Temple around him, so he lowered his voice and leaned towards Yu.
"Hai Lan?" Yu's eyes moved slightly.
"Yes, Hai Lan was asked to take responsibility for this matter, and you were not aware of it. As long as you are fine, there will be no major changes to the Concubine and Mingcheng." Yu Fengyong lowered his voice again and looked around vigilantly.
"Will we be discovered?" Yu asked after taking a deep breath.
"No, don't worry. I've already had someone tell Hailan that if she still wants to...she'll have to take the responsibility. Besides, if anything happens to you, she won't be well off as a servant. She might as well stay single and take on all the responsibilities. At least after you get out, she won't be treated unfairly."
Yu Fengyong said in a low voice.
This time, Yu did not hesitate: "Brother, let's do this. Let Hailan take care of everything. Hailan is also a loyal person. From now on, I will often worship her and treat her as my own sister."
"You have been kind to her in the past, otherwise you wouldn't have brought her into the Qu Mansion at that time." Yu Fengyong nodded.
If Hailan were to take responsibility for this matter, she would inevitably be sentenced to death.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to come visit more often in the future. The concubine and Mingcheng won't come either. Don't worry, I'll go outside to take care of everything. When the time comes, they won't know anything and you can push all the problems onto Hailan. Hailan will take care of it herself." Yu Fengyong was afraid that Yu had forgotten, so he gave her a few more instructions.
His sister didn't look normal, so Yu Fengyong thought it would be a good idea to give the concubine a few more words of advice.
Nothing can happen to my sister. If anything happens, my nephews and nieces will be implicated.
My niece's current identity has unlimited possibilities in the future. If she gets tarnished because of Yu's family, it will be a big deal.
"Why can't they come to see me? Qu Zhizhen can't come, but they are my children, why can't they come to see me?" Yu was furious when she heard this, and she slapped the fence hard, her voice unconsciously rising, attracting the attention of the two people standing in the distance.
The bailiff looked over.
"Sister, be gentle. It's not that they don't want to come, but they can't come." As soon as he saw his sister's expression, Yu Fengyong knew that she didn't understand. He could only look around carefully and continue to speak in a low voice, "One of them is preparing for the imperial examination, and the other has already entered the Prince Jing's Mansion. Both of them have a promising future. Coming to see you now is dragging them into this quagmire."
Even Qu Zhizhen was prudent and didn't visit, so it was even more inappropriate for the nephew and niece.
"Where is that bitch? Is anything wrong with her?" Yu was not really stupid. She was just angry just now, but now she had calmed down and her voice was a little lower. She asked with hatred.
The message Yu Fengyong had sent her before was to ask her to wait, saying that something might have happened to Qu Moying.
"The concubine didn't invite her into the palace, so we can't do anything to her for the time being. You just wait, there will always be a chance." Yu Fengyong's voice became lower and lower, almost whispering into Yu's ear, looking sneaky.
Some yamen runners felt that they were speaking too quietly, as if they were telling a secret, so one of them walked towards them.
"Sister, just wait a moment. Everything should be fine soon. We'll still have time to talk about other things after you get out." Yu Fengyong stepped back, raised his voice a few degrees, and looked serious.
This implies that someone from the Yu family has arrived.
Yu nodded, "Brother, you can go back. I know that I didn't do these things, and I won't admit to wrongful accusations."
The brother and sister sang in unison. The yamen runner who came over gave them a puzzled look and then stood beside them.
Since the two of them had already communicated with each other, what they said were very natural. Although Yu's eyes were gloomy, she didn't scream like crazy anymore.
After talking for a few more words, Yu Fengyong went back.
"Miss, this is a letter from Lord Yue." Yu Dong presented the letter to Qu Moying. "Lord Yue just sent someone to deliver it in a hurry."
Qu Moying took it, opened the letter, and read it quickly. Yue's face became heavier and heavier. After he finished reading, he placed the letter on the table with a cold look in his eyes.
"Miss, did you say anything bad?" Yu Dong knew something was wrong as soon as he saw her expression and asked hurriedly.
"Take a look." Qu Moying raised his chin slightly and pointed at the letter.
Yu Dong took the letter and read it. When he finished, he was so angry that his face turned pale. "Miss, you are really going too far. You treat others as fools."
Yue Wenhan was talking about the case at the Qu Mansion, saying that Hai Lan admitted to everything, including the past. She said that she was young and hot-tempered at the time, and was dissatisfied with Madam Yue for bullying her master, which caused her master to give birth prematurely, so she came up with the idea of harming the Yue family.
Taking advantage of the opportunity that Yue was cultivating in the nunnery, he deliberately gave some silver notes to the nunnery master to make things difficult for Xiao Yue, and it would be best if Xiao Yue could not have a good life in the nunnery. His intention was of course to vent his anger on his master...
There were many things mentioned in it, but Yu had nothing to do with any of them. In particular, Hai Lan put the blame on Xiao Yue for everything, saying that Xiao Yue was jealous by nature and made things difficult for Yu who had just entered the mansion, and even caused Yu to give birth prematurely, which was why Xiao Yue was driven to a remote place.
Qu Moying lowered his eyes, his eyes were full of gloom. This was really a good thing for Shi.
As for the way to escape, she only pushed out Hai Lan, but she could pour a basin of dirty water on her mother.
He stood up, walked to the desk, picked up the pen, hesitated for a moment, and then put it down. It was not so urgent originally, but since this was the case, some things had to be done in advance.
After writing the letter, he let it air dry for a while, then put the letter into an envelope. Qu Moying handed the envelope to Yu Dong and said, "Give it to my cousin and ask him to find this person and keep him under surveillance. Also, regarding the abbot's matter, we must open the old abbot's coffin and examine it as soon as possible."
The longer it drags on, the less benefit it will be to the case.
Qu Qiuyan was already doing her best to act in secret at this time. If she delayed, King Jing might really intervene. Besides, Yu was still a noble lady. It was not appropriate for her to be locked up in the Dali Temple until someone actually convicted her. The sooner the better.
"I'll go now." Yu Dong also understood the key to the matter. After responding, she took the letter and ran out.
This matter has a follow-up, and the young lady has been fully prepared in the past few days. If the second lady and the third young lady really get the upper hand, not only will this matter end up in nothing, but even Master Yue may be implicated.
The letter appeared on Yue Wenhan's desk not long after. After looking at everything written in the letter, Yue Wenhan lowered his brows and pondered for a while, then ordered two of his trusted followers to go out and find someone. They went to Yu Mansion to find a servant, a very ordinary servant who was said to be an orphan without a father or a mother, but in fact he was the son that Hailan had given birth to before she entered Yu Mansion.
This kind of thing is difficult to investigate, and he doesn't know where his cousin got the information from. But since his cousin wrote it so solemnly in the letter, Yue Wenhan believed it without a doubt. Although this cousin is weak, she has a strong character. The more he gets to know this cousin, the more Yue Wenhan feels pity for her, and the more he thinks she is extremely intelligent.
It is not difficult to find a servant in Yu Mansion. As long as you can find this person yourself, a small Yu Mansion is nothing. But this matter must be done quickly. Yu Mansion is nothing, but if King Jing intervenes, it will not be easy to succeed.
Yue Wenhan, as the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, of course understood this better, so he sent two trusted men in succession, determined to hit the target with one blow and bring people back directly to catch the Yu Mansion off guard.
As for the other matter, he really had to hurry. There was no real factual evidence in Yu's matter yet, and all the evidence was still in the suspicion stage. Hai Lan was a breakthrough point, and so was the nun abbot!
Accompanied by a servant, Yue Wenhan went to find Master Zhang of the Dali Temple. After entering the door, he first bowed, then raised his head and said, "Master Zhang, open the coffin for the old nunnery master immediately!"
"No, there's not much evidence." Lord Zhang refused directly, "And even if we agree, it will take a few days, it can't be done right away."
"Sir Zhang, I am willing to bear all consequences." Yue Wenhan said in a deep voice.
"You take responsibility? How can you take responsibility? I am the organizer of this matter." Lord Zhang rejected his request and said with an unhappy face, "Since I am the organizer of this matter, you have to avoid suspicion."
"Sir, I can take responsibility for the old nunnery mistress's case." Yue Wenhan insisted, with a serious face, "I cannot handle the young aunt's case, but I can handle the old nunnery mistress's murder. Your Excellency is handling the young aunt's case. The two cases cannot be combined. It's just a coincidence that the culprits happened to be a little bit of a coincidence."