It was completely dark. Nanny Hua watched Feicui and Jinxiu light the lamps. When all the lamps in the house were lit, she suppressed her sadness and advised Old Madam Wei: "It's all in the past... Old Madam, we have to look forward." She paused and spoke with some difficulty: "After all, the Fifth Master is your biological son. Do you really want to have nothing to do with him forever? Our family is actually headed by a bastard. How many families in the capital are waiting to see our family make a fool of themselves..."
There was a ready-made legitimate daughter-in-law of noble status, but instead of letting her manage the household, a concubine's daughter-in-law was asked to take charge of the household. The Wei family had already been in an uproar about this matter. The elders of the family had talked about it countless times. Nanny Hua sighed, but she felt that it was inevitable that Mrs. Wei would be estranged from her legitimate youngest son.
Actually, it was Wei Yangqing and Princess Changning who had gone too far.
Aunt Hua didn't dare to mention it before, as if she did, she would feel like stabbing the old lady in the heart with a knife-----Ever since the death of the old lady's elder sister, Empress Ming, the Ming family has been in bad luck------The Ming family is a prominent family in Yunnan, and was personally conferred titles by the imperial court. They have guarded Yunnan for generations and were the chieftains of Yunnan. Many people in Yunnan and Guizhou only knew the Ming family and not the emperor.
Perhaps it is for this reason that the Ming family has always been tabooed by the emperor. Even the current emperor, the former King of Qi, once used the power of the Ming family to defeat the rebels entangled in Guizhou with the help of the Ming family. Since then, he has become increasingly dissatisfied with the Ming family and has also looked down on Queen Ming.
Later, the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou filed a complaint in the capital, accusing the Ming family of having their own army and plotting evil. The current emperor ordered the three courts to hold a joint trial, and the Ming family was completely convicted. No one in the Ming family survived.
She saw that Mrs. Wei's eyes suddenly darkened, so she lowered her head and poured tea for her: "It's all over..."
It was unbearable. Veins popped out of Mrs. Wei’s hand as she held the teacup. After a while, she laughed coldly: “Compared to his brother, he is really far behind!”
Lord Wei and the Crown Prince were originally ordered to go to Yunnan to investigate the matter. They were ordered to escort the eldest master of the Ming family and a group of female relatives back to Beijing. However, on the way back to Beijing, something went wrong - they were robbed and bandits killed the Ming family and Lord Wei and the Crown Prince on the way.
Originally, Lord Wei did not have to escort the Ming family personally, but he wrote back saying that the case was very suspicious and he was afraid that someone on the road would kill people to silence them, which would be detrimental to the Ming family. Therefore, he decided to escort the entire Ming family personally. Who knew that this would lead to trouble.
Aunt Hua patted Old Madam Wei's chest to calm her down, and said the words of comfort that she had said countless times but had no effect: "After all, it's a thing of the past. Don't always keep it in your heart... It's not easy for anyone..."
"That's more than a hundred lives!" Old Madam Wei covered her eyes with a handkerchief. "Yuyou... Yuyou was originally destined for our family. According to the law, unmarried women should not be harmed. If it weren't for this rebellious son who refused to give in..."
Ming Yuyou is Old Lady Ming's niece and the only girl in the Ming family. She was engaged to Wei Yangqing since she was young and was raised by Old Lady Wei for several years. They were originally just waiting for Queen Ming to issue an imperial decree to grant the marriage, but Wei Yangqing liked Princess Changning and refused to acknowledge the marriage. Then, the Ming family was angry and hastily married Ming Yuyou to the Prince of Zheng who had requested marriage.
"The Fifth Master also doesn't know what happened later... If he knew that the Ming family would be in trouble and that Prince Zheng would force his cousin to death, how could he do such a thing?" Nanny Hua coaxed Old Lady Wei, took the handkerchief out of her hand, and replaced it with a new one for her: "I have to say something unpleasant, but this is fate..."
Nanny Hua was not really trying to excuse the Fifth Master, she truly felt that this was his fate.
It was such a coincidence. The Fifth Master was determined to marry Princess Changning at that time and refused to acknowledge the marriage arranged by the elders. Old Marquis Wei and Old Madam Wei both refused to agree. But who knew that the Fifth Master sent a letter to Yunnan, and the Ming family was so angry that they first proposed to cancel the engagement, and then hurriedly married Ming Yuyou off.
After this marriage, disasters came one after another to the Ming family. First, the Queen Ming died suddenly. Later, the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou accused the Ming family of treason. Without even a chance to return to Beijing for trial, the entire Ming family was wiped out. The three courts later held a joint trial and, based on the secret letters found in the Ming family and the testimonies of some generals, determined that the Ming family was indeed guilty of treason.
Originally, the disaster would not have affected the married woman, but King Zheng was a coward and afraid of trouble, and he could not wait to divorce Ming Yuyou. Ming Yuyou was pregnant at the time, and thus lost her life.
How could it be possible for Old Lady Wei not to hate him
If he were Wei An, he would also hate him if he were in his shoes.
Wei An sighed, holding his face and looking at the pile of things in front of him - all of them were sent by Princess Changning from Yuzhang, gifts for her for festivals, ranging from clothes to jewelry.
In fact, it cannot be said that her mother treated her badly. Wei An thought about it. After all, she did not grow up with Princess Changning. It was inevitable that her mother was not very close to her. Although she went to Yuzhang in her previous life, she was already ten years old at that time. Her personality had been formed and she was not very likable. It was normal for her mother not to like her.
She wanted to be close to her mother, so she cut open her chest, uprooted all the jealousy, greed and viciousness, and then sewed it up bit by bit with thread. Mother, please wait for me, wait until I get better, wait until I become a brand new and lovely me, and then come to see you.
When she thought of Princess Changning, her heart softened. She didn't like Old Madam Wei very much either. Her grandmother didn't like her mother very much, and so didn't like her either. She stayed in the mansion until she was ten years old, and the number of words her grandmother said to her probably didn't exceed a hundred. The fact that she was so annoying in her previous life was actually somewhat related to Old Madam Wei's cold treatment.
But if she had to do it again, she didn't want to dislike Old Madam Wei - because both her father and mother, Princess Changning, respected Old Madam Wei very much.
Wei An smiled, her eyes sparkling in the dark night. Nanny Wang was leaning against the doorstep doing needlework. She turned around and saw her, her heart and eyes filled with joy.
It was a great thing that her daughter was not punished. She had only one daughter, who followed her husband to Yuzhang to serve the Fifth Master. She devoted all her heart and soul to Wei An. She was happy as long as Wei An was doing well.
She didn't understand why the girl suddenly became close to Old Lady Wei, whom she had never been close to before, but since the girl wanted to do it, she must have her reasons. She bit the thread, rolled up the thread ball, smiled, picked up the basket and walked inside: "The clothes sent by the princess are really beautiful, shall we wear them tomorrow?"
Please collect and recommend~~~ The new book period, the update is a bit slower, can't be updated too fast~~~ I will add more chapters as appropriate, please collect and recommend, love you muah. In addition, the extra chapter of Mingmen was actually published as a VIP chapter, I am very sorry, I will re-publish a public version, and then add a 3,000-word extra chapter, I will pay attention to it in the future, I am really sorry.