For several days, Wei Yulong was too quiet, as if it was not her who had repeatedly wanted to see Wei An before.
Old Madam Wei also knew about this, so she couldn't help but ask Wei An: "She seems to have become a different person recently. She used to be clever and eccentric, but now she even smiles less..."
Although Wei Yulong never met Princess Changning in the end, and almost severed all ties with her because of the quarrel, mother and daughter are mother and daughter. Old Madam Wei was very worried that Wei Yulong was holding a grudge against Wei An because of Princess Changning's matter.
Wei An, on the other hand, thought more thoroughly than Old Lady Wei. It was impossible for her and Wei Yulong to get along well. No matter what, maintaining superficial harmony was enough.
Old Madam Wei nodded in agreement, but perhaps because she had found Wei An and knew that Ming Yuyou and the child were left behind, her heart softened. She sighed and told the third lady to take better care of Wei Yulong.
Children without mothers are always pitiful.
Although the old princess has become more enthusiastic towards Wei Yulong recently, it is still different after all.
But the Third Lady always felt a little embarrassed. She was just an aunt, and it was not legitimate for her to interfere in the Fifth House's affairs. So she tentatively asked Old Lady Wei: "It's okay now, the children are not too old... But in the future, the children will have to marry and have children. Marriage is a big event, and it will not be beautiful without a mistress to take care of it."
In fact, Wei Jie was old enough to get married, after all, he was older than Wei Yuyou. This was deliberately understated by the Third Madam.
Mrs. Wei was silent for a moment and then nodded: "There's no need to rush. Let's wait another year or two."
Wait another year or two, until Princess Changning’s illness gradually gets worse, and until the people in the capital have almost forgotten about her, then think of other ways.
By then, even if Princess Changning doesn't have to die, she can still get a divorce. There are many ways to do it.
The Third Lady heard her hidden meaning and could not help but shudder. She dared not say anything and discussed with her, smiling, what to prepare for the day of Madam Chen's flower party.
Madam Chen recently passed on a message saying that the eldest wife of the Fang family would also go with the children. Madam Wei wanted to use this news to dispel the doubts that the Fang family had about Fang Zhengrong's affairs.
After all, it is better to have one less enemy than one more, and Queen Fang is very popular now.
Hearing what the Third Lady said, she nodded, took the gift list, and added a few more things to it.
Wei An listened for a while, then saw Feicui come in and say that it was Lan He from her room who came to invite them, and then she said goodbye to Old Lady Wei and the Third Madam.
The sky had cleared up. Lan Hehou was in the yard. As soon as Wei An came out, he hurried over to tell her, "Miss, there's news from outside."
It has been more than ten days. If Wei Rui and Tan Xi have cooperated well, there should be a result. Wei An breathed a sigh of relief, and soon heard Lan He sighing worriedly: "But Manager Lin said that recently, in addition to the Jinyiwei led by Young Master Lin, there are also Huang Jun's group at the door... Everyone entering and leaving is checked many times, and it's even more excessive recently. Even the people who go out to buy things in the kitchen are followed... It's hard to get the news in."
It was difficult to send the message in, and it was also difficult to send it out. Wei An frowned, and suddenly remembered something. He turned around and asked her, "Did the Shen family send us a letter?"
A few days ago, the Pingxi Marquis' Mansion sent a few invitations, inviting several girls from the Dingbei Marquis' Mansion to visit together. However, Wei An was not planning to go, and even wrote a rejection letter, but had not sent it yet.
Now that Wei An brought it up again, Lan He understood what she meant and nodded quickly: "Yes, the old lady also said at the time that they didn't have much of a relationship, so it wouldn't be rude not to go."
Wei An smiled and shook his head: "No, we'd better go there. Not only should we go, but we should also pick something good for this girl. You go out and say that I'm going out to pick a gift for Miss Shen, and we still have to go to Suzaku Street."
She paused and continued, "Tell my third uncle to ask my third and second aunts to go out as well. It would be good to take my fifth sister to Puci Temple to burn incense and add some money for the incense."
It was a trick. Lan He understood it and smiled with a dimple. She agreed and left.
Wei An went out smoothly. She also acted like she was going shopping, leading a lot of servants and visiting all the shops with a crowd of people following her.
It was not until the sun was setting and they had picked out a lot of things that they decided to stop by Jinxiufang to pick up some clothes.
After entering Jinxiufang, she asked Lan He to stay downstairs to get clothes, and she went straight up to the second floor.
Wei Rui, Tan Xi and He Sheng were already waiting, and when they saw her they hurriedly saluted.
Wei An hurriedly called out, "I can't stay here for long this time. Have you found any results for the investigation I asked you to do?"
Wei Rui nodded, and with a serious expression and a hint of joy, he told Wei An: "What Cen Er said is still not entirely true. He and Cen Liying are indeed siblings, but they just have the same father. He was born to Cen Liying's stepmother, and he has never had a good relationship with Cen Liying since he was a child."
"He did have a sister who married into the Qiu family as a concubine, but he didn't benefit from her and later became destitute..." Wei Rui investigated very carefully and spoke in a proper manner: "But he disappeared for a while and didn't appear in Qingcheng for a long time. It was several years later that he reappeared."
The missing years should be the ones that Cen Er mentioned. Cen Liying wanted to kill him to silence him, so he escaped during those years.
Wei An nodded and motioned Wei Rui to continue.
"As for Madam Qiu..." He paused before saying, "It's not much different from what he said. I heard that no one has seen Madam Qiu for many years. They say that Madam Qiu has been away with Qiu Chuying on her post. Although she later returned to her hometown in Qingcheng, she seemed to be in poor health and rarely saw people. In their Qiu family, the old lady and that capable concubine take care of the household affairs."
It seems that Cen Er did not lie.
At least he didn't lie about Mrs. Qiu's death.
Mrs. Qiu is probably really dead, and the timeline also fits.
only... ...
She frowned and asked softly, "Have you found anything else? Can you find someone who knows the situation?"
Wei Rui had expected her to ask this question. He looked at Tan Xi and nodded, "We have already looked for her. I heard that Cen Liying is very much liked by Mrs. Qiu. Mrs. Qiu even lent her personal maids to her to take care of the household chores, fearing that she would not be able to cope with it because she had not learned these things. This time when Qiu Chuying was escorted to Beijing from Guangdong, that group of people should not have followed her..."
-----It’s a bit late today, so the third update may be a little later. If it’s very late, I will post tomorrow’s three chapters together. Muah, I love you guys.