This meant that Wei An had to take a step back. Old Madam Xu took Wei An's hand and patted it meaningfully, and then she spoke to her gently, "I have grown up to such an old age, and I can be considered your elder. I would like to teach you some truths."
She waved away Madam Xu who was about to speak, and said to Wei An earnestly, "Princess, I know you are a smart person. We were wrong in this matter. Please be magnanimous and give me some face. If you nod your head, we will pretend that this matter never happened. From now on, our two families will be relatives of each other. What do you think? After all, more friends mean more paths, don’t you think?"
She smiled and slowly lowered her voice. She raised her eyebrows calmly and said to Wei An, "After all, you old ladies are old, and you probably don't want to hear so many bad things. Besides..."
She looked at Wei An, and her tone became calm again: "Besides, the princess should also know that although everything is going smoothly now, she still has to live her life in the future... leave some room for others so that we can meet again in the future..."
This is a disguised admission that they did indeed plot against Wei An.
But he didn't feel that he was wrong at all. Instead, he acted superior and asked others to make nothing of the matter and pretend that the incident had never happened.
This is the first time I see someone who has done something wrong having such an attitude when being discovered. They always feel that they are high above and unreachable, and that the other party should be trampled like mud under their feet. Even if they know that they have been plotted against, they should reflect on why they were not plotted against so cleanly and why they even have to bother them to apologize.
The people of the Xu family are even more disgusting than the former Princess Xianrong and Li Gui Niang.
At least when Princess Xianrong and Li Gui Niang were harming people, they knew that success depends on one's ability and failure depends on one's own ability. However, the people of the Xu family did not know this and thought that the people of the Wei family should just swallow their anger.
She glanced at Old Madam Xu, her expression unchanged, like a statue, and she shook her head slowly: "Old Madam, what a coincidence, I am not the kind of person who can endure anger."
How shameless! Old Madam Xu was also a little angry. She sneered and couldn't help saying, "How childish." Thinking about the situation outside and Shen Chen's difficulty, she finally restrained her temper a little and turned to Madam Wei Wu and said, "The child is ignorant. I believe the ladies know about it. To be frank, this matter is just a misunderstanding. The servants did not serve properly. We will naturally punish them later and come to admit our mistakes. But if we hold on to this matter and never stop, it will seem a bit hateful. Don't you think this is the truth?"
Madam Wei Wu was a little shocked, she had not expected that the top ladies in the capital could be so shameless. It was obvious that they had bad intentions from the beginning, they invited people to their house as guests and set traps for them to fall into. Now not only did they not fall into the trap, but they also found out that it was the trap they dug. Not only did they have no regrets or apologies for doing something wrong, they even turned the tables and blamed others for being troublesome!
The Third Madam was already speaking sarcastically: "I've really broadened my horizons. I'll have to ask the people around me later if they've seen the Xu family's hospitality like this. This incident also made me re-understand the old lady Xu and the first lady Xu, who are praised by everyone. Everyone says that you two are easy to get along with, but now I can only see your aggressiveness and arrogance!"
Madam Wei Er followed closely behind, not giving in at all: "We just want to know who instructed this girl to be so bold as to trick the princess out, and what is in that courtyard, but the old lady mentioned our family education and said that we are ignorant. She just hides the truth and refuses to tell us the truth. What is it that you are so shameful that you can't tell us?"
In fact, people outside had already sent news that the person who pretended to be Li Lanfang had been caught, and the people of the Wei family guessed what the Xu family was trying to do.
They had already planned it out long ago, and the person pretending to be Li Lanfang was also under their control. When the people from the Ministry of War came to search for people with great fanfare at the beginning, they were deliberately setting a trap for the Wei family to fall into.
At this point, no one is a fool. The Xu family is worthy of death. They want to slander the Wei family for conspiring with the bandits to steal the military newspaper. What kind of crime is this? !
It’s enough to exterminate the Wei family!
However, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Xu family tried to cover up such evil deeds with just a light remark that they had provided poor hospitality, and their attitude was so arrogant, as if the Wei family should be so humble and submissive.
Where do they get their confidence from?! Who do they think they are?!
Madam Wei Wu was extremely angry. When Lady Xianrong harmed people, she was wrong and yet she either tried to make excuses or humble herself and prepare to make amends and wait for the day to come. However, the Xu family actually wanted the Wei family to swallow the bitter fruit!
The Wei family was scolded for not knowing the rules and not knowing the limits for nothing! Where is the logic in this!
She sneered and gritted her teeth to continue Madam Wei's words: "Yes, I think so too. If the old lady and the first lady really think that they just didn't entertain well and there is nothing else that cannot be seen, then they can ask this girl to confront them! Speaking of which, Miss Xu was just sick at the right time, and Miss Xu sent the other noble ladies away at the right time, leaving our girl alone in the peach blossom forest. The servants were gone, so it was convenient for this little girl to pass on the message. It's really too strange, don't you think?! In a word, since you have a clear conscience and since the mansion has a clear conscience, then let's go to the front to confront them! It doesn't matter what the rules are. I have never seen a family with more rules than yours! The servants don't look like servants, and the master doesn't look like the master! Gold and jade on the outside, but rotten cotton on the inside!"
Madam Qin had to speak up at this point. She glanced at Madam Xu, then at Madam Wei Wu, coughed, and said calmly, "Old lady, Madam, although the words of the Crown Prince's wife were a bit intense, they are not completely unreasonable. This matter seems strange no matter how you look at it. If you two really did not instruct this little girl to pass on any information, then the origin of this little girl is very suspicious. It is very likely that she is in cahoots with those bandits. If this is the case, there will be many more disasters in the mansion. We should find out more clearly, so as not to damage the harmony between the two families." (To be continued)