The weather, which had been getting warmer, became a little cooler due to the frequent rains as Qingming Festival approached. The Jinyiwei guarding the door still did not make any movement. Nanny Wang gave Wei An a cloak embroidered with bougainvillea in watercolor before she let her go out. She then looked at the sky outside and asked the servants to hold an umbrella for Wei An.
Her daughter Xinggu has agreed to stay in Beijing, and Wei An has sent someone to bring Xinggu's husband and children back. She seems to have become several years younger. After settling her daughter, she still puts all her heart on Wei An.
Lan He couldn't help laughing beside her: "Mammy, you are so thoughtful. We have nothing to do."
The atmosphere in the courtyard was getting better and better. After such a long time, everyone had become very close. The older girls did not have any jealous thoughts. Nanny Wang felt proud when she looked at her own girl. She smiled and scolded her, then reminded Wei An: "If it rains heavily later, you might as well have lunch at the old lady's place to avoid getting your clothes wet and freezing."
Wei An is already eleven years old and it is time for him to have his own courtyard, but it is still being arranged, so he still lives in Mrs. Wei's courtyard. It is very inconvenient for him to move around.
Wei An reached out his hand to catch the raindrops under the eaves, smiled and agreed, walked around the corridor and went down the steps, then heard Yuqing say: "Miss, Miss Eighth has come to her place several times, but you are always away. She may feel a little uncomfortable..."
Wei An unconsciously slowed down his pace, and after a moment he hummed, "Please invite Miss Eighth to come over this afternoon."
She didn't want to avoid Wei Yulong, but she really didn't have time to talk about those old things with Wei Yulong recently.
For her, Princess Changning was already a thing of the past and there was no need to bring her up again.
And there have been a lot of things going on recently.
The birds in He'an Courtyard were still chirping lively. The little maids were feeding them. When they saw Wei An and his group, they immediately called out "Seventh Miss".
Qingyu inside personally opened the curtain and came out with a smile: "Miss Seven is here? Please come in quickly, the old lady is just talking about you!"
After Feicui came back, Qingyu really stepped back, but looking at her expression, she didn't seem unhappy at all. Wei An smiled and nodded, then went into the house and paid his respects to Old Madam Wei and the second and third masters.
The second master and the third master both shouted immediately.
Old Madam Wei asked her to sit next to her and asked her, "Is there any news about the Earl Cheng En of the Fang family?"
The third master immediately followed up with the words: "Deprive him of his title. His Majesty issued an order this morning to deprive Fang Zhengrong of his title of Earl Chengen, and..."
He coughed and said, "And he was asked to return to his hometown to reflect on his mistakes. He is not allowed to return to Beijing within five years."
This was undoubtedly a huge blow to Fang Zhengrong. To put it nicely, he was returning to his hometown to reflect on his mistakes, but in the final analysis, it was just exile to another place.
If it weren't for Empress Fang's sake, Emperor Longqing would probably have killed him directly.
But even if Emperor Longqing had spared his life, the Fang family would probably feel bad now.
Old Madam Wei coughed again: "Mrs. Chen came this morning and met your Third Aunt. She told your Third Aunt that they have paid the price and wondered if we are satisfied."
It seems that Chen Yushi played a role in Fang Zhengrong's current fate.
Wei An curled the corners of his mouth.
Instead, the Third Master was a little worried: "An An, Third Uncle doesn't understand why you have to keep staring at Fang Zhengrong? After all, if we still want to cooperate with the Fang family, it might not be good to be so aggressive..."
Although Wei An always has her reasons for doing things, it is really hard to offend the Fang family, especially since the family is already surrounded by enemies...
Wei An knew the Third Master's concerns, so he chuckled and reassured him: "Don't worry, I know what's going on. The Fang family is always wavering, and if we don't let them pay a price, they probably won't remember the lesson. Besides, Censor Chen will know who to avenge this, so we don't need to worry."
Qin Sheng is a smart man. Smart people don't like to do things by themselves for fear of getting into trouble. But because of this, it is easy for people to take advantage of them.
For example, Qin Sheng only knew that the Wei, Chen and Fang families joined forces to deal with Qiu Chuying, but he didn't know that these three families were not trying to deal with Qiu Chuying, but to deal with the person behind Qiu Chuying.
Moreover, Qiu Chuying would never tell Qin Sheng that he was working for the King of Chu.
Of course Qin Sheng didn't know that Censor Chen hated the King of Chu to the core. With this hatred, and the two big mountains of King Chu and Qiu Chuying, he would only get closer to the Wei family in order to survive. Yang Qinghe was still in the hands of the Wei family, and the King of Chu had been plotting against the Fang family again and again. It was obvious that they could not coexist, but he had already been connected with the Fang family.
"So what are your plans next?" The Third Master didn't know what to say, so he asked Wei An what his plans were next: "We can't just sit and wait now, can we?"
"Tell Madam Chen, she will know what to do." Wei An did not keep the Third Master and the others in suspense: "As for this matter, Second Uncle and Third Uncle, don't worry, I have already sent someone to do it. When they come back, Qiu Chuying will not be able to escape."
Old Mrs. Wei had even less to say. She nodded and was about to speak when a little maid said through the curtain that Third Young Master Lin wanted to see her.
Young Master Lin came to see Wei An, and the Third Master and the Second Master stood up and said goodbye.
Mrs. Wei then had him brought in.
Young Master Lin was always respectful to Old Lady Wei. He bowed earnestly before walking out of the door with Wei An and told Wei An, "Shen Liang came to see me. He wants to know how I knew Fang Zhengrong had killed someone. He is as anxious as a frightened bird, as if he has been forced into a corner."
Wei An didn't care about his life or death, so he chuckled and said, "What did the Third Young Master say?"
Lin Sanshao rarely kept a straight face: "I said this is official business, it is inconvenient to disclose it."
Shen Liang might not be able to report to the Fang family, and Queen Fang and Concubine Feng might not be able to trust each other anymore.
This was exactly the effect Wei An wanted, so she was in a very good mood. The loose hair on her forehead made her look clean and delicate. She curved her eyes and said thank you to Mr. Lin.
This was a rare occasion for her. Young Master Lin also remained silent for a moment before asking, "Have you not finished investigating what you want to investigate?"
"In fact, there is no need to investigate." Wei An's eyes curved into crescents as he smiled. "I already knew the result. I just asked someone to find the witness. Calculating the date, it should be soon. I'm sorry to bother you, Third Young Master, for pretending to stay at our house so that we can have some quiet time to handle this matter."
Although this matter was thanks to Shen Chen's face, he still had to be thanked. If he could establish a good relationship with the future commander of the Jinyiwei, he certainly couldn't be stingy in showing goodwill.
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