Madam Xu turned around and smiled at them comfortingly: "Now the situation is forced, there is no other way. The princess is a sensible and smart child, she will definitely understand you, don't worry. When this matter is settled, I will go with you to apologize to Madam Wei and Princess Zheng. It is really our fault..."
She sighed, feeling helpless. "But we have no other choice. No one wants to see something like this happen. How could something like this happen in broad daylight? I have never heard of it before. I don't know how the city gates are guarded to allow such an exiled criminal to sneak in!"
There is really no way, this is true.
If Wei An didn't die, no one in the Xu family would be able to swallow this.
Of course, killing Wei An was not their purpose.
Their real goal is to use Wei An to influence and frame Shen Chen.
Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. Since Shen Chen dared to instigate Chu Jingwu to ruin Xu Zhenniang's reputation and bring shame to all the girls in the Xu family, he should now pay the price for it!
Madam Xu thought of what Master Xu had said before, and prayed silently in her heart, hoping that everything would go well this time. At the same time, she turned around and told the nanny who was following her closely: "Go and take a look. If there is anything wrong, don't hesitate, just have someone knock her out and stuff her in."
Anyway, their ultimate goal is to let everyone see with their own eyes that Wei An is with the gangster who pretends to be Li Lanfang. Then Shen Chen will naturally be suspected of colluding with the gangsters.
Because they have all the evidence ready, the only thing left is the scene that needs to be staged in front of everyone.
It is of course good that Wei An is alive, so he can defend himself without any excuse, but if there is any mistake, the same thing will happen to Wei An's body, which was "silenced" by the bandits to protect themselves.
Anyway, the person is dead by then, so it doesn't matter what the bandits say.
The bandits were theirs anyway.
She exhaled lightly and told the other ladies not to worry: "I just came from there, the girls have all gone to Yanziwu safely, nothing happened... Yanziwu requires a boat to get there, but it is the safest place."
This is where the Xu family was really smart. From the beginning to the end, they only wanted to cause trouble for the Wei family and Shen Chen, and absolutely did not want to implicate or offend other people, so they had already placed the Qin family and those noble girls in a safe place early on, and they would not be affected at all.
Compared to her calmness, Madam Wei Er could not help but change her expression. She gritted her teeth and said, "What's wrong with you? An An is not sick at all! This is An An telling us that she is in trouble!"
The third wife also nodded immediately: "An An is a smart child. If she really couldn't leave, she would not have informed us in this way. I'm afraid the Xu family stopped her..."
She was very anxious. She turned her back to the noble ladies, clenched her fists, and whispered to the Fifth and Second Madams, "The Xu family is here with ill intentions. Judging from their attitude, and hearing from Madam Xu that the other girls were settled in Yanziwu, I'm afraid they are going to do something to An An alone. The incident of the actor Li Dai Tao Jiang has caused such a sensation in the city... Do you think there is any connection between these two things?"
After hearing this, the Second Lady's hair stood on end, and she looked at the Third Lady, speechless for a moment.
The Fifth Lady immediately took over the conversation: "If you put it this way, then they just said that the person who sneaked in and killed Li Lanfang was obviously the fleeing bandits? If it was the fleeing bandits... then what would happen if An An met him?"
It turns out that this was the Xu family’s idea!
No matter what, as long as Wei An is with the person pretending to be Li Lanfang, it's over!
The Xu family must have made sufficient preparations. They will definitely say that Wei An was in collusion with those bandits, or even that Shen Chen helped them and deliberately let the bandits into the Xu family with the intention of stealing military intelligence? !
Thinking of this, even the Fifth Lady couldn't help but get goose bumps all over her body. She felt cold to the bone and her face gradually turned cold as she looked at Madam Xu's back.
She had just married into the Wei family not long ago, and she didn't want to be implicated for no reason, or even lose her life.
The Xu family's actions were so vicious that they invited people to be guests, but in fact they wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop.
If Wei An was colluding with the gangsters, could she, as his stepmother, be completely unaware of what Wei An had done? Could the Wei family be completely unaware of it
The Xu family doesn't care about the hatred between Shen Chen and Wei An at all. It means nothing to them. When it comes down to it, the Xu family just wants to use this incident to let everyone see the consequences of going against them.
Madam Wu looked at Madam Xu's back with a cold look, as if she was thinking about something. After a long while, she said to Madam Two and Madam Three, who were so worried that they didn't know what to do, "Sister-in-law Two, we can't just sit there and wait for death. Not to mention that we brought An An here, if we can't bring her back safely, what will the old lady and the prince do? Even if we say it's Prince Zheng, I'm afraid they will draw a clear line with our Wei family from now on and become enemies..."
There was no need for the Fifth Lady to explain these reasons, as the Second and Third Ladies already knew them clearly.
The reason why they now have a place in Old Madam Wei's heart and the old madam is willing to give them some things through her fingers is simply because they are obedient now. But if something happens to Wei An in their hands... they simply cannot imagine the consequences.
The Third Lady immediately asked the Fifth Lady, "So what do you plan to do according to your sister-in-law's wishes? Don't worry, no matter what you say, we will listen to you."
The Fifth Madam didn't. She knew very well that the current situation did not allow her to hesitate for a moment. She made up her mind. She looked at the Second Madam and the Third Madam, coughed, and said firmly: "An An asked that little girl to come to get medicine. There must be a reason. She can't get away by herself. Then we will go. No matter what, even if it is really a sea of fire and swords, our Wei family must be together to see what tricks the Xu family can play!"
Wei An was asking them for help, they couldn't just sit there and do nothing.
The second wife frowned in embarrassment: "But the Xu family is watching so closely, I'm afraid we can't go."
Madam Xu treated them like prisoners, and every word she said was to keep them still. If they really wanted to go, they would have to break up with Madam Xu. But if they broke up, there would be more obstacles... The Xu family had prepared such a thorough excuse... Unless... Unless they could get others to go with them. (To be continued)