Emperor Longqing kept him in the palace. Although on the surface it seemed that he valued him to the extreme, but he kept him like this and did not let him leave the palace, which really made people feel uneasy.
It’s not that Mrs. Wei thinks too much, but Emperor Longqing is such a fickle person. No matter what, it’s always good to be prepared.
Wei An smiled and mentioned what Eunuch Huang said before: "Since Shen Chen has asked Eunuch Huang to leave the palace and specifically told me, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave the palace so soon."
She thought about it and reminded Mrs. Wei: "Whether it is for His Majesty to show his own kindness or because of the mess in the palace, he will not let Shen Chen leave the palace so soon. Shen Chen's experience in Fujian has become a very handy weapon for him."
Old Madam Wei raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't know what the situation is like in the palace."
The marriage between Princess Yonghe and the Marquis of Guanzhong has not started yet, and Princess Yonghe is still staying in the palace. Although Shen Chen has made his words clear now, sometimes women's jealousy is really a terrible thing. It is not the first time that Princess Yonghe has done such a thing as destroying something if she can't get it.
But she didn't say it, and just changed the subject: "Regarding Xie Liangcheng's matter, has the Xie family sent any letter?"
Wei An hummed and poured hot tea for Old Lady Wei: "Master Xie sent a letter saying that there were some problems with their escort agency..."
Mrs. Wei paused while drinking her tea and looked at Wei An: "Is there any movement?"
It is impossible that those people are just after Xie Liangcheng. Their target must be Shen Chen or even Wei An. Old Mrs. Wei knew all this a long time ago.
It’s just that those people were too patient, and there has been no further movement.
It was also because of this that Tan Xi, who was sent out by Wei An, returned empty-handed.
As she was talking, Nanny Hua came in through the curtain and said, "Madam, Lan He from the princess' room is waiting outside. She said she has something to ask her."
Mrs. Wei glanced at her and nodded: "Go ahead. We'll talk later if you have anything to say."
Wei An agreed, and just as he went out, he saw Lan He standing anxiously on the steps waiting. When he saw her, he hurried over to her and said, "Miss, Lin Yue brought in a letter."
Wei An had instructed that if Lin Yue wanted to send a letter, he must notify her in time. Therefore, Lan He and the others did not dare to delay, and as soon as they received the letter, they hurried to the old lady's yard.
Wei An hummed, quickly took her back to the courtyard, and went into the study to get the letter: "When was it delivered?"
"Just a while ago." Lan He closed the door, sprinkled a handful of jasmine incense into the incense burner, and then looked at Wei An and replied: "I will come to you as soon as I receive the letter."
Wei An frowned. The letter was sent by Master Xie San. Master Xie San had sent a letter before. At that time, it said that there were some problems with the escort agency's business. For some reason, accidents were always prone to happen during the escort agency's missions recently.
There was even another time when an official in Yangzhou asked them to escort his precious daughter to Beijing to visit relatives, and problems also arose.
Wei An knew that this was not an accident, but he didn't know what Xue Changshi, the man behind the scenes, was trying to do. He had been doing some irrelevant things. Apart from capturing Xie Liangcheng, he had been just testing the waters on the edge. Now, he was destroying the escort agency's business as if it was a childish revenge.
She opened the letter and couldn't help but be stunned at the first glance.
Mr. Xie San said that the daughter of the Yangzhou official had been found, but finding her was even worse than not finding her - someone said that the girl was abducted all the way outside the Great Wall - someone saw her in the Tatar's carriage.
Now the official in Yangzhou has become extremely anxious. Unable to find the person who kidnapped his daughter, he puts all the blame on the escort agency and prepares to sue the authorities.
And when he saw the official's name clearly, Wei An couldn't help but frown - she was the legitimate daughter of Hong Xinyuan from the Yangzhou Weaving Bureau. And the key point was that this daughter was the one he was going to send to the capital to seek refuge with his in-laws, who were none other than Xu Anying.
In other words, his daughter is Xu Anying's biological granddaughter.
Now his daughter is missing!
Xue Changshi wanted to use Xu Anying's power to force the Xie family into a dead end!
This person was not just venting his anger by making random moves. He had been thinking things over carefully and had laid a big net behind his back, waiting to entrap them all.
Hong Xinyuan would not be willing to let his daughter die in obscurity, so he would file a complaint with the authorities in Yangzhou. The authorities in Yangzhou would certainly accept the case...
Wei An put the letter on the table and thought carefully about the purpose of Xue Changshi's doing this.
Even if he caused something to happen to Hong Xinyuan's daughter, what responsibility could the Xie family be held responsible for? The Xie family was just responsible for the poor escort, at most the escort agency had an accident and the escorts were punished, but it would be difficult to implicate the owner of the Xie family, and it would be even more difficult to implicate the Wei family and Shen Chen.
So why did Xue Changshi do this
She seemed to have thought of something, so she picked up a pen and wrote down the names of Xie Liangcheng and Xue Changshi on a piece of white paper, and then added her own name and Shen Chen's name, but she couldn't connect them all for a moment.
Lan He saw her serious expression and couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Miss, has something happened again?"
They all knew about the relationship between Wei An and Xie Liangcheng. Seeing that Wei An's expression was not right, they thought something had happened to Xie Liangcheng.
Wei An shook his head and looked at the names on the paper. He put down his pen after a while and told Lan He, "Go out for a while and tell Tan Xi to go to the Marquis' Mansion and find Han Bo. Ask Han Bo to help me check a few things."
When Lan He saw her waving, she quickly bent down to listen.
Wei An said softly, "Let Han Bo check whether there are many people in the area outside the Great Wall who have contact with the outside world recently."
Lan He was a little confused and didn't know what Wei An meant. Just as she was wondering, she heard Wei An add: "Also, ask him to check whether there are more missing people in the place where Xie Liangcheng was lost."
Lan He was stunned. She looked at Wei An and her eyes widened in shock.
Wei An meant, could it be that those people's target was not just the young master of the Xie family, but they were targeting more people
But she didn't quite understand what Wei An said. Seeing that Wei An looked unhappy, she didn't dare to delay and hurriedly replied yes. She found a chance to go out and went straight to find Lin Yue, asking him to go and explain to Tan Xi as soon as possible.
There was no news for the whole afternoon. It was not until the evening when Wei An had finished his meal in the old lady's yard and returned that Lin Yue brought in a message saying that Tan Xi had already gone to explain to Han Bo.