Old Madam Qin became even more anxious. Something was a little wrong. The feelings and trust that the Qin family had accumulated with the King of Linjiang over the years were about to collapse. How could she care whether Madam Qin San was frightened or not, or what happened in the imperial prison? She coughed a few times, then stepped forward to pull Madam Qin San, frowned and asked her, "Old Third Wife, this is not a joke. If we are not careful, everyone in our family will have to pay. Tell me quickly, what is the situation in there?"
Old Master Qin felt a pain in his chest, and after a while he followed up and said, "What's going on? Don't be silent like this, the lives of the whole family are at stake!"
The lives of the whole family are at stake. How dare they say that? Madam Qin San felt bitter in her mouth. She endured it and calmed down patiently. She told the questions asked by the Royal Guards: "I insisted that I had no other intentions, and I didn't know any eunuchs in the palace. At first, the Royal Guards didn't torture me. Later, I don't know why, they suddenly tortured me at night... They asked me if I knew Eunuch Huang, and if I knew Liu Cheng... Although I often went to the palace before, I was only familiar with the eunuchs around the princess. I really didn't know any of the eunuchs around the prince, so when they saw that they couldn't get anything out of me, they let me go."
Old Master Qin's frown finally relaxed a little. He looked at the old lady and said, "It seems that the prince still doesn't suspect us." He felt relieved.
The room was quiet for a while, and then Old Lady Qin shook her head: "Didn't the third daughter-in-law say that she heard from the Jinyiwei that Eunuch Huang had already used severe torture. The Jinyiwei's methods are not so easy to withstand. Will Eunuch Huang say something?"
"No." Old Master Qin disagreed: "We were not the ones who contacted Eunuch Huang. We just told the Xu family about what happened back then. The one who was specifically involved in our family was the third son's wife. Even if they wanted to investigate the others, they couldn't ask us. Who did Eunuch Huang have to blame? It was the Xu family... But the Xu family is in a hot position now. Who doesn't know how much effort the Xu family has put in this time? Besides, logically speaking, the Xu family doesn't know about those things."
Old Mrs. Qin still felt uneasy, and her right eyelid twitched violently. When she heard what Old Master Qin said, she solemnly told her son: "Wait a moment..."
Master Qin San waited for a while, but did not receive any instructions from the old lady. He could not help but shout "Mom" in surprise, which startled the old lady Qin back to her senses. Then he asked her in a nonchalant manner: "Why are you so nervous? Didn't father say that we didn't interfere? How could anyone know that it was us who did it?"
Old Lady Qin could no longer bear it and rebuked: "What do you know?! Those who knew about this matter are either dead or gone. The others are Liu Cheng and us. Why did the prince torture your wife?! It's because he was suspicious! If we hadn't been careful and didn't tell you and your wife the whole story, I'm afraid it would have been exposed by now. And now, Liu Cheng is dead..." Speaking of this, Old Lady Qin was very angry: "This useless guy! If he hadn't messed things up at the last minute, the matter would have been done long ago. Why would we be so scared!"
Only Liu Cheng and the Qin family knew about it, which meant that either Liu Cheng went crazy and went to find Old Lady Wei, or the Qin family instigated it.
Old Madam Qin sighed with a headache. She didn't know why she always felt that things would go wrong. When Old Master Qin reached out and held her hand, she came back to her senses and nodded at the old master: "Let's go to the Xu family and find a way to let someone inform Lord Xu. If Liu Cheng has anyone close to him, we can use them."
If one could bribe people close to Liu Cheng and say that Liu Cheng was always worried and always asked about the Wei family, and that this time he heard that Old Madam Wei had entered the palace, he found a way to go out and see her, then perhaps the situation could be turned around.
Master Qin San volunteered to take on this task and personally delivered the message.
However, Xu Anying got the news much faster than them. Ever since Old Madam Wei was sent to Lanyue Palace, he knew that the plan had failed and had already started to unravel it. He had noticed Liu Cheng's disciples and godsons early on and had already paid them all silver to keep their mouths shut.
But then again, Xu Anying was also upset about the Wei family's good luck. The plan was obviously perfect, but for some reason, it just failed.
Liu Cheng.....the man who was originally thought to be the most crucial chess piece, betrayed him at the last moment. This made people feel so disgusted as if they had eaten a fly that they were speechless.
He sneered. Knowing that the Jinyiwei were investigating the case, he was not panicked. He was just wondering in his mind how this matter would end up and how much he would be implicated.
Although Eunuch Huang did not have much contact with him, he had refuted Shen Chen on behalf of Eunuch Huang in front of so many people. He didn't know whether these things would reach the ears of Prince Linjiang. If they did, Prince Linjiang would inevitably become suspicious, right
We have to find a way to cover it up...
But it might be difficult to cover it up now... King Linjiang is very angry now, no one dares to hide this matter, and besides, I'm afraid Shen Chen will bring it up on his own initiative.
He was still thinking about how to avoid the matter as much as possible and not arouse the suspicion of King Linjiang, when Eunuch Man, a favorite of King Linjiang, came over and invited him to the Fengtian Palace, saying that King Linjiang was waiting for him.
He arrived at the Fengtian Hall with trepidation, and seeing that Prince Linjiang looked as usual, he felt uneasy, but his face did not show any clues. He respectfully handed the auspicious date given by the Imperial Observatory and the regulations prepared by the Ministry of Rites to Prince Linjiang for review, and complimented him a few times.
Prince Linjiang took it in his hand, read it once, and asked him, "Did you know about the old lady Wei entering the palace?"
Finally, he came. Xu Anying stroked his beard and nodded calmly: "I heard a little bit about it. Before, the Marquis saw you talking to the old lady inside and wanted to break in. Because Eunuch Huang kept stopping you, I said a few words on behalf of Eunuch Huang to ask the Marquis to be patient, so I was deeply impressed."
Prince Linjiang said "oh", put down the letter in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Then are you familiar with Liu Cheng?"
Why are you asking about Liu Cheng again? Xu Anying was more cautious: "I have never heard of this middle-ranking noble... ... Why did the prince suddenly ask about this?" (To be continued)