Old Madam Wei almost did not sleep that night. Ever since she heard that Wei An gave the seal in the purse to Young Master Lin and asked him to hand it over to Emperor Longqing, she had been in shock.
No one knew better than her what the seal represented. It represented the darkest past in Emperor Longqing's heart.
Emperor Longqing had been a gloomy and aloof young man since his youth. He clearly longed for the favor of the previous emperor, but he always pretended to be indifferent. He was a very stubborn person.
He always refused to admit that he was extremely loyal to King Zhou. After King Zhou died, he fell seriously ill.
It was a long time before Empress Ming told her that the reason why Prince Zhou died suddenly was really related to Emperor Longqing. Emperor Longqing knew that Prince Zhou could not drink, but he deliberately made him drink a large amount of liquor at a banquet, and then sent him to the backyard to rest.
But something went wrong during this rest - King Zhou went to the wrong place, he went straight into the bedroom of the women in the inner courtyard.
This was a banquet held by the Feng family. At that time, the Feng family was a family deeply respected by the late emperor. After such an incident, the girl from the Feng family hanged herself and the Feng family lost all their face.
Emperor Longqing felt very guilty, and after pacifying the Feng family, he harshly rebuked Prince Zhou in front of all the important ministers of the cabinet. Prince Zhou had always been favored and had never been treated like this before. Prince Zhou fell ill as soon as he returned.
Later, Emperor Longqing went to see him and saw that he was in a state of despair and decadence. So he gave him an idea and asked him to give the late emperor a rare gift unexpectedly on the occasion of the late emperor's birthday.
King Zhou agreed and searched for a long time. Following the advice of Emperor Longqing, he brought back a jade plaque from Zhaotong that was said to have just been dug out of the ground. The jade was of excellent quality, extremely transparent and moist. What was even more rare was that there was a lotus floating faintly in it.
He presented it with great hope, thinking that he could win the favor of the late emperor, or at least make him calm down. However, who knew that it was of no use at all, and it even had the opposite effect. For some reason, the late emperor was so angry about the jade tablet that he trembled and pointed at him and cursed him as an unfilial son.
Once these words were spoken in front of all the ministers, the King of Zhou really had no place to stand from then on.
He completely fell out of favor and was confined in the palace. Together with the children of Prince Zhou, who had been very much favored by Emperor Longqing, they also lost the opportunity to enter the palace.
The King of Zhou was not imprisoned for long - because he suddenly died for unknown reasons.
The late emperor did not really intend to kill his son. When he knew that King Zhou had died, he was in a bad mood for a long time and then he confided the matter to the queen at the time, saying that King Zhou had made mistakes repeatedly and even gave him a jade tablet to be buried with the dead. He was so angry that he scolded King Zhou and prepared to make him reflect on his mistakes for a while.
That jade token was given by Emperor Longqing.
Old Mrs. Wei knew it very well.
She also knew that the reason why Emperor Longqing wanted to kill the Ming family was perhaps because Empress Ming later found out about this matter.
Even Empress Ming, who only vaguely knew about this matter and did not disclose it, suffered the same consequences later.
Now, the person who sent this seal up has no way to survive.
But even though Young Master Lin is now an extremely trusted confidant of Emperor Longqing, if he handed over something like this, he would surely be angered - how could he lure out Shi Xue without making any noise
Old Mrs. Wei tossed and turned and did not sleep well the whole night. When she woke up the next day, her complexion was very bad.
Ming Jing and others came to pay their respects. Seeing the worried look on Old Madam Wei's face, they were all very worried, especially Wei Jie, who kept urging to call the imperial physician, saying that this could not go on.
Mrs. Wei felt happy when she saw them. She smiled slightly and shook her head to refuse. She said to Wei Jie, "If you have time, you might as well think more about your marriage. Although your second aunt and third aunt are worried about you, it is your own marriage after all, so you have to pay more attention to it. You have to go to Mianmian's place often to check on her."
After so long, it seems that Wei Jie is indeed a good young man. Unlike Princess Changning, Old Lady Wei really likes him and is naturally willing to help him think more.
He felt a little embarrassed when talking about Chen Mianmian. Wei Jie lowered his head shyly, looked at Old Lady Wei, hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed.
Ming Jing usually spoke very little, but at this moment, seeing the expression on Old Madam Wei's face, he couldn't help but worry. He looked at Old Madam Wei for a long time before he said, "Old Madam, are you really not feeling unwell?"
Old Madam Wei had always doted on this child. She stretched out her hand to beckon Ming Jing to her side, held his hand and patted it, then said softly, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I just stayed up too late thinking about things last night, so I'm a little tired this morning. Today is a good day, so you don't have to stay with me. Young people, go out and play when you should."
Her attention was not on these children. When Wei An came, she asked them to leave.
"The Third Young Master will probably send the stuff up today at the latest." She took a sip of tea and looked at Wei An with a serious expression: "That thing is really too taboo. No one can predict what the emperor's reaction will be when he sees that thing. Are you really sure?"
Wei An knew why Mrs. Wei was worried. Seeing that she looked very bad, he knew it was because of worry. He felt guilty: "Grandma, don't worry... I know this is risky, but please believe me, I am sure that this matter will not implicate our Wei family, so I chose to do this."
Wei An said it so confidently, but Mrs. Wei was not reassured. She thought about it and suddenly remembered something. She looked at Wei An in disbelief and no longer had the mind to think about anything else. After looking at Wei An for a long time, she asked in shock: "An An, did you ask Young Master Lin to say that the things presented were sent by the people of Ping An Escort Agency? You are taking too much risks!"
She couldn't help but cough violently a few times, but she couldn't help but lower her head and feel frightened. "You don't know, this matter is very serious. This thing is really an ominous thing. As long as it is touched, it will probably be an unacceptable sin in the heart of the emperor. After all, the Xie family has too much contact with our family. Everyone knows these things. I know you want to use the power of the emperor, but think about it carefully. What if the emperor doesn't distinguish right from wrong and just wants to cover up this matter? Then, the situation of our Wei family will be really worrying..."
This matter is not something that can be taken lightly. She certainly believes that Wei An is smart, but at the same time, this matter cannot be solved by intelligence... The emperor's joy and anger... (To be continued)