Wei An's words were a bit far-fetched, but Old Lady Wei looked at her and didn't expose her.
Everyone has their own secrets. If Wei An really came from the future, her secrets would only be more, not less. As long as the secrets are not harmful to her, she is willing to let Wei An swallow them.
Without any hesitation, Mrs. Wei nodded and said, "It just so happens that the Kong family had a problem with the porridge distribution a few days ago. I also donated to a few porridge stalls during that incident. It is only natural for me to do this."
As he said that, he called Manager Lin over and asked him to instruct the owners of several shops outside to go find someone.
The people under Old Madam Wei were all very capable. They collected a lot of information quietly and passed it in one after another. In the evening, there was news that a mentally retarded child of about ** years old was indeed admitted to a relief center located in Jiulixiang Lane. However, they did not know if he was the person Wei An was looking for because he was not dressed richly and looked very shabby.
Stupid children don't just fall from the sky. You can find them at any time. There's no such thing as a coincidence in the world. This is probably the case. Wei An breathed a sigh of relief and immediately sent someone to look for them.
As for whether he was dressed luxuriously or not, Wei An had experienced all kinds of life in his previous life, from wealth to hardship, so he naturally knew the principle of exploitation. Even if he was dressed like a gambler, everyone from the kidnappers to the people in the relief center would have stripped him naked long ago.
There was ice in the room. Mrs. Wei saw that Wei An's expression had obviously eased. She looked at her again and called her softly, "An An."
Wei An turned his head and looked at her. Knowing what Old Lady Wei wanted to ask, he quickly perked up, sat down below Old Lady Wei, and started talking about Yang Qinghe.
Yang Qinghe was indeed a chess piece, but unfortunately this chess piece did not play a very big role, and he was not indispensable in these links, so he did not know many things in detail.
Wei An told Mrs. Wei all the information he could get. After thinking for a while, he said, "Yang Qinghe is not very useful. If you want me to tell you his use... it is to hand him over to the Fang family."
Old Madam Fang was a very protective person. She always valued her eldest son's posthumous child more than his own life, so Fang Zhengrong was raised to look like this.
Moreover, even if we leave Fang Zhengrong aside, the Fang family must be extremely unhappy about being plotted against.
Old Madam Wei's eyes lit up: "Do you mean to instigate a confrontation between the Fang family and the Cao family?"
Wei An shook his head and whispered to Old Madam Wei: "I'm afraid I don't need to instigate. Queen Fang is very favored by the emperor, so the emperor carefully appointed her as the successor..."
Often, Wei An talked about things that even Old Lady Wei had never heard of before, so whenever she spoke, Old Lady Wei would concentrate and stare at her intently.
"But maybe it's because she doted on me too much. Queen Fang has always been very spoiled... At her Thousand Years' Day, the jade Buddha presented by Cao An had a crack on its base for some reason, and she was very angry..."
The hatred between these two people is long-standing. It's not that Empress Fang really disliked Cao An because of the Jade Buddha and spoke ill of him in front of Emperor Longqing. It was because Cao An kept offering beauties to Emperor Longqing one after another that she got angry and became enemies with Cao An.
But Cao An was not someone who could tolerate anger. He was a senior eunuch who served Emperor Longqing closely. He could tell why Emperor Longqing scolded him just by moving his fingers.
As a result, he and Queen Fang became increasingly at odds with each other.
"The Fang family and Cao An have always disliked each other." Wei An concluded, taking a sip of tea leisurely: "If they knew that Cao An had tried every means to frame the Fang family, then..."
Then Cao An should not think of living an easy life. After all, although Cao An is favored, Queen Fang is not inferior to him at all.
But does that stop there
Wei An's brows were cold: "This time... Grandmother, do you remember who Zhu Fang hired to frame my sister at the Duke of Yansheng's mansion?"
Old Madam Wei's eyes flickered, and her voice finally became extremely cold: "Fang Zhengrong..."
Many things that seemed vague and unclear before have now had their veils lifted and are revealed before people's eyes.
So, now it seems that the Cao family is indeed playing a big game.
However, they only needed to be afraid when everything was unclear and when they didn't know who was holding the knife behind them. But now they don't have to be afraid anymore.
Knowing who the enemy is is always easier to deal with than not knowing who the enemy is.
Wei An hummed, and then talked about the Fang family, and then looked at Old Madam Wei: "But if we just counter each move, we may not be able to defeat Cao An in one move. After all, he is the governor of the three camps and approves the emperor's imperial edict..."
The Fang family might be able to help fight against such a powerful eunuch, but as a descendant of a clan, there is not much they can do.
Old Madam Wei keenly understood the meaning of her words: "An An means that you still want to find Shen Chen?"
Old Madam Wei also had this idea, because Marquis Pingxi also died in the Yunnan Rebellion, so she and Shen Chen actually had a common goal. The people who had been attacking the Wei family behind the scenes had not given up on dealing with Prince Linjiang, and it still affected Shen Chen. Under this situation, they could definitely cooperate.
Speaking of which, Shen Chen had just broken the third young master Shen's leg and became famous in the capital. Old Madam Wei made a prompt decision: "Maybe we can meet again in Tongzhou, but forget it in the capital... Wait a minute, the palace party is the day after tomorrow anyway..."
Wei An nodded and had lunch with Old Madam Wei. Then he heard Nanny Hua say that Steward Lin wanted to see him.
Perhaps there was some news. Mrs. Wei knew that she was anxious, so she immediately asked someone to bring Manager Lin in.
It was such a hot day that Manager Lin felt his whole body was scorched and dizzy. He forced himself to tell Wei An: "Miss Qi, we found it. It's at the Jimin Hospital on the east street of the city..."
He wiped the cold sweat that kept dripping down his forehead, and felt a little embarrassed: "But girl, we... we can't pick people up from there, that's run by the Qinghe Earl's Mansion..."
Now that you have found it, why can't you pick it up? !
Wei An thought of the Kong family’s porridge stall before and sat down again with a serious expression.
Yes, since the severe drought in the suburbs of Beijing this year, aristocratic families have been affected and have always liked to open relief centers. In the summer, they use their own shops to temporarily house people, and then give out porridge to gain a good reputation.
But not every company is willing to do it. Even if the superiors want to do it, the people below have many ways to embezzle and enrich themselves.
There must be some trick going on, that’s why they don’t let anyone get it out!