Without waiting for the old lady to speak, she said, "You have said so much nonsense, almost comparing me to King Xiang, and even comparing yourself to Pei Gong. Isn't this just saying that I held the Hongmen Feast? But I think you are hysterical. You have to let others say something, right?"
At this point, it was still necessary to seize the initiative in words. Seeing that Old Lady Xu seemed to want to speak to smooth things over, Wei An immediately responded, "Okay, since you want to talk, I'll listen to you. Go ahead, I'm listening."
Madam Xu couldn't stand Wei An's smug look. Thinking about her daughter and the thoughts and efforts her husband had put into this matter, she kicked the little girl with a cold face and said, "Speak clearly, the princess said that you wanted to take the princess to the outer courtyard. Is that true? Did I instruct you?!"
She gave Wei An a sarcastic look, and then sneered in front of Madam Qin and the others: "Let me make it clear so that the princess knows that not everyone in this world is prepared to act out the same story as in the book. Where do all these conspiracies and frame-ups come from?"
The little girl breathed a sigh of relief, shook her head in denial, and cried, saying that Wei An was overthinking: "The princess really overthinks, how dare I?" She wiped her tears and saw Madam Xu looking at Wei An, her eyes rolling, and hurriedly said: "It was obviously the princess herself. She said she didn't know the way and wanted me to take her to the Chuihua Gate. She said she had an appointment with someone..."
Old Madam Xu's expression changed drastically, and she immediately scolded, "Stop talking!"
She knew what Madam Xu was thinking. Wei An's aggressiveness was really hateful. It was understandable that Madam Xu wanted Wei An dead.
But now Wei An has taken the initiative. As she said, she knew nothing about this mansion. It was hard to believe that she could go out to meet people privately and even take this little girl with her as a guide. You have to know that it was Wei An who took the initiative to push the little girl out in front of so many people and insisted that the little girl had ulterior motives. With this premise, it didn't make sense for Wei An to force her to lead the way.
Moreover, even if it makes sense, and the bandit outside who pretends to be Li Lanfang confesses that he had an affair with Wei An, who will admit it
The man didn't have anything of Wei An's, so how could he identify Wei An right away? Besides, he had never even seen Wei An. All the premises agreed upon before were valid only if Wei An was tricked over. Now Wei An hadn't even gone over, so everything he said was meaningless.
If we continue like this now, everyone will know what Sima Zhao is thinking.
This matter was not glorious in the first place, and the old man doesn't know about it yet. If he knew that the family had been in such a mess because of this matter, and had caused so many troubles and set up such a clumsy plan, I'm afraid the eldest brother would be in big trouble.
She groaned tiredly, attracting everyone's attention, and then said with a wry smile: "This little girl is really ignorant. You must want to be lazy and make up so many stories on purpose!"
This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, one has been encouraging the little girl to identify Wei An, and the other has been covering up. It is clear that something is wrong, so Mrs. Qin kept silent.
Wei An smiled, straightened her skirt, looked at Madam Xu, and said softly, "What the old lady said is right. I also think that maybe this little girl is too ignorant, so she did so many suspicious things. At that time, I was afraid that my mother and others would not come and would not be able to see me. I also felt that this little girl's behavior was suspicious, so I sent someone out to inform my uncle, Prince Zhennan and Shen Chen."
She looked at the shocked expressions of Old Lady Xu and Madam Xu, and smiled and said, "I was waiting for this girl here alone. I was scared. I don't know why none of the servants who were supposed to serve in the peach blossom forest were there. I met a servant from your house, so I asked her to go out and look for my uncle and Shen Chen. Was it Shen Chen who asked this girl to come in and meet me? Where did this girl want to take me? I think we can find out everything by asking. There is really no need for us to talk nonsense here and criticize each other's upbringing. Don't you agree?"
What a sharp tongue, and what a brilliant mind!
She had already asked someone to find Shen Chen when the little girl went to get the medicine!
But where did she find him? !
Yes, only a few important people in the mansion knew about these things, and they were only told to those who had to deal with them. Of course, other people didn’t know...
Old Madam Xu felt a headache and forced a smile: "My princess, you are too kind. This is just a misunderstanding..." Then she ordered Madam Xu: "Why don't you go out and take a look? It's already very chaotic outside. Don't let the Prince of Zhennan and the Marquis of Pingxi misunderstand anything..."
At the same time, she turned around to comfort Wei An: "Princess, I, your daughter-in-law, have always been a little impatient. Now something happened at home, so I was impolite..."
Everyone in the Wei family was tired of hearing this, so Madam Wei II retorted, "This is really new. Madam Xu has been rude in more than one way. I don't think this little girl has any misunderstandings... She even knows who the people around Marquis Pingxi are and who followed her today. Is this also a misunderstanding? Is she also lying about going out to play? That's not necessarily the case, is it? At least the maids serving in our inner courtyard know nothing about what's happening outside."
Madam Xu was so angry that her teeth were itching. Just as she was about to speak, a housekeeper's wife ran in from outside. She glanced at his wife and Madam Xu, then at the people of the Wei family, swallowed her saliva, and then dared to report: "Madam, Madam... the thief who replaced Li Lanfang to perform in the opera has been found..."
Mrs. Xu was filled with anger at this time. She stood there gloomily and said nothing.
Old Mrs. Xu said, "It's good to find him, because this person caused such a big incident."
It is not a good idea to involve Wei An now, otherwise Prince Zhennan and Shen Chen will pursue him relentlessly, and this matter will definitely not end.
Xu Anying is not someone who would indulge her family members to act unruly. Plus, Shen Chen is a shrewd man. Once they confront each other, all the unreasonable things will be exposed.
She waved her hand to dismiss the housekeeper's wife, turned around and said to Wei An with a smile: "Look, the person has been caught... In this case, let the ladies bring the young ladies back..." (To be continued)