Princess Zheng patiently and gently touched the child's head, then raised her head, rocked the child, looked at Wei An and asked with her lips bitten: "Yes, what happened? Why did the Jinyiwei suddenly come and leave? I heard that something happened in the inner study, and the Jinyiwei arrested many people..."
No matter who you are, you are always afraid of the unknown. The Jinyiwei had already frightened Princess Zheng severely during childbirth, and now they had captured her personal maid. She simply couldn't suppress the worry in her heart.
She paused, and seeing that Wei An did not reply immediately, she asked hesitantly, "Is it true, are those Jinyiwei going to do something to the child?"
When she said this, she was frightened by what she said. She looked at Wei An with a pale face, afraid that she would nod and say yes.
Fortunately, Wei An immediately shook his head.
Princess Zheng closed her eyes, thinking that it couldn't get any worse. It was better than Emperor Longqing wanting them to die. She couldn't help but ask Wei An, "What's going on?"
Wei An took a sip of tea to moisten his throat a little, then explained the situation to them in general.
The Second Madam was extremely shocked and glanced at Princess Zheng: "An An, are you saying that Lily was bribed and that she wanted to take the child away?!"
Moreover, Lily was so crazy that she lit up the incense in the delivery room when Princess Zheng was giving birth! If Wei An hadn't rushed into the delivery room and had the incense extinguished, Princess Zheng might have really fallen asleep. Once she fell asleep, the child would not have been born for a long time, and as the midwife said, it would basically be one corpse and two lives.
Lily is so cruel!
Not only that, Princess Zheng looked at Wei An and the second and third wives with a serious expression. After a long while, she sneered and hugged her child with lingering fears: "They put those forged letters in the prince's study and took care of me as well, fearing that I would survive. Seeing that I gave birth to a child successfully, they wanted to take the child away... What kind of deep hatred do these people have that makes them so vicious?"
The second and third wives were frightened to the point of being almost dumbfounded. They belatedly recalled what happened at home, and asked Wei An with a bitter face, somewhat shocked and somewhat unbelievable: "Could it be related to what happened at the Xie family again?"
Wei An hummed and glanced at Princess Zheng. Seeing that Princess Zheng was also listening attentively, he said, "Father disappeared because he happened to be in Shandong. It was just a coincidence that there had just been a rebellion there and father disappeared there, so... ... that's why those people came up with this scheme to frame father and say that he had treasoned, and then wiped out the Zheng Palace. Treason is not a small crime. If they succeed in turning black into white, then all the families related to the Wei family will suffer."
Princess Zheng didn't say anything for a while. After a long while, the little prince in her arms couldn't help crying a few times. She came to her senses and patted the child while gritting her teeth and said, "These people are really heartless. They are not afraid of retribution in the future!"
"It will be soon." Wei An's eyes were shockingly cold. He reached out to touch the child's head, then looked at Princess Zheng and told her: "Don't worry, Baihe and the others have been captured in advance. The Jinyiwei will find a way to make them tell the truth. Once those people give up Xue Changshi and the others, things will be easy from now on."
Xue Changshi has learned every bit of Chu Jingxing's cold-blooded and arrogant character. The things he has done are enough to get him killed dozens of times.
The Second Madam hated him so much that she took over Wei An's words with some doubts: "Even if the court knew that it was Xue Changshi who was behind this, what about the Xie family's affairs?"
"Of course." Wei An smiled and said, "They want us to be charged with treason, so we will return the charge to them intact."
If that were true, that would be great. We could take revenge if there is revenge to be had and complain if there is complaint to be complained. But the problem is, is it really that simple
Regarding the Xie family's affairs, isn't everyone now focusing their attention on the Wei family
The Second Lady, the Third Lady and Princess Zheng all didn't quite believe Wei An's words, but there was nothing they could do. They waited anxiously for a few days, and almost every day they asked the housekeeper to go out and inquire about the news so that they could feel at ease.
It was not until seven or eight days later that news finally came - it was heard that the Jinyiwei had compiled a secret report about Prince Zheng's Mansion and submitted it to the emperor, and Emperor Longqing ordered the killing of several people that day.
Without exception, these people were the ones who had previously submitted memorials accusing Prince Zheng of treason.
At the same time, Emperor Longqing ordered the Shandong government to find Prince Zheng.
Not long after, the Xie family members were escorted to Beijing and were about to be interrogated by the Sansi.
However, unlike the smooth progress of the case in Prince Zheng's Mansion before the Jinyiwei's trial, the Xie family's case did not go smoothly. On the way to Beijing, several people from the Xie family's Ping'an Escort Agency died. By the time they arrived in the capital, there were only a few left.
Even the third master of the Xie family who survived almost lost his life in prison - it was said that he had diarrhea due to the unfamiliar climate.
When these words were reported to Emperor Longqing, he looked at the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice who presented the report with a half-smile at the court meeting, threw the report away and asked: "What a coincidence, so this case may not be tried?"
The tone of this statement is wrong.
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice who was in charge of the case was immediately intimidated. After returning, he strictly guarded against the case and finally found out the traitor who intended to poison the third master of the Xie family.
For others, it is still unknown whether the Xie family will have a blessing or a curse, life or death, but for Old Lady Wei and Wei An, this information is enough to explain Emperor Longqing's attitude.
Old Madam Wei put down the snuff bottle in her hand, looked at Wei An and smiled meaningfully: "Sure enough, when things reach their extremes, they will turn into the opposite. After what happened in Prince Zheng's Mansion, His Majesty also became suspicious of the Xie family's case, which had too many coincidences. We took the lead and threw dirty water on ourselves, which made His Majesty think that someone was deliberately forcibly involving us in this matter and wanted to frame us."
Those in a higher position always trust their own judgment more, and Wei An really understands their thoughts thoroughly.
Prince Zheng had always had a close relationship with the Wei family. Someone first attacked the Wei family, and then Prince Zheng's mansion was immediately in trouble and was anonymously impeached, which immediately aroused the suspicion of Emperor Longqing.
The spies in the Zheng Palace uncovered by the Jinyiwei made Emperor Longqing believe even more that someone was deliberately plotting against the Wei family and the Zheng Palace. Under this premise, as for the Xie family case, as long as the third master Xie and others insisted that someone was framing them, there was a great chance that they would be fine.
With this premise, she felt relieved. (To be continued)