The Chen family heard the news that the old lady of the Wei family was summoned to the palace that afternoon. The weather was getting hotter. Mrs. Chen was only wearing a round-necked moon-white silk dress with a green jacket on the outside. She stood in the corridor and paced back and forth anxiously. After finally seeing Censor Chen, she suddenly rushed over and grabbed his arm. Regardless of the impact, she asked him anxiously: "Are you going to the palace too?"
She lowered her voice, and when she saw Censor Chen nod, she was so nervous that she was sweating profusely: "Don't go... I heard from the queen that the Wei family is in great danger this time..."
She just barely made it clear.
The Wei family was involved in the Ming family's affairs this time. She continued to tell Chen Yushi in a tearful voice, "It's not too late for us to withdraw now..."
Censor Chen looked at his wife deeply, gently reached out and took her hand away, and accompanied her into the east side room. He asked the waiters to leave before saying to her, "The emperor has summoned me. I am the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate. How can I not go?"
"Even if the Wei family is in danger, it won't happen immediately." He comforted Mrs. Chen: "It won't implicate me so quickly. Besides..."
Everything is still undecided.
Victory or defeat remains unpredictable.
Concubine Feng felt that the fate of the Wei family had come to an end. She knelt in front of the Buddha in a black robe, clasped her hands together devoutly and chanted something. After a while, she stood up with the help of the head aunt. She glanced at Feng who came forward nervously, and asked her with a sneer, "What are you afraid of?"
At her signal, Feng came forward and helped her sit down. She also sat down next to her, took the tea and handed it to her personally, and smiled uneasily: "You don't know, I always feel very scared in my heart..."
"What is there to be afraid of?" Concubine Feng's eyes, which were still delicate and a little too well-maintained, showed an inappropriate anger: "If you are afraid of even this, then the days you are afraid of are still to come."
Feng bowed respectfully and asked her tentatively, "Your Majesty, can the Princess of Chu really find Princess Changning? How could the Wei family and the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion let her find her so easily..."
Concubine Feng didn't say anything.
This is the ability of the Princess of Chu.
Since the Princess of Chu insisted on pushing the responsibility of the Third Prince onto the Wei family, she had to do something.
Moreover, these matters are closely related to the Chu Palace. The Chu King wishes the Wei family to die. Only when all the Wei family members die, the Chu King will feel at ease. After all, people who do too many bad things will not reflect on themselves. They will only think about cutting the grass to get rid of the roots... ...
She smiled and said, "Whether we can find it or not is not something we need to worry about."
She obviously didn't want to talk about it anymore. Feng couldn't find any other topic for a while. She sat there awkwardly for a while before she brought up the old story again: "There's one more thing... Madam, didn't you say that the girl from the Huang family is not really suitable for our Third Prince's fate? I'm afraid we need to find someone else to replace her..."
Speaking of the Third Prince, Concubine Feng really gave him face. A look of melancholy appeared on her face. After a long while, she hummed and smiled again.
The Huang family... ..
Speaking of which, she almost forgot that, besides the Wei family, the King of Chu was also someone she should hold a grudge against.
She knew exactly who was behind Cao An.
This time, the Huang family's affairs really made her very angry, but she has always been able to endure it. If there is one thing that has not been done, she must insist on completing it before thinking about other things.
Only after the Wei family fell did she have time to deal with the King of Chu.
Thinking of this, she looked at the clock on the wall and suddenly smiled: "It's getting late."
It’s time for the show to begin.
Emperor Longqing had not originally thought of summoning Old Lady Wei to the West Garden. He always remembered that it was in the West Garden that the old Marquis Dingbei, his brother-in-law, had stopped the mad leopard for him...
Being in a place like this always reminds him of bad things.
But since things have come to this point, there is no turning back. He sat high up on the dragon throne, looking down at Old Madam Wei below, and gently winked at Queen Fang.
Empress Fang understood and asked Old Madam Wei to sit down. Then she asked her in a friendly manner, "I heard that Changning is ill? What kind of serious illness is it that requires her to go to another place to recuperate?"
Mrs. Wei's face suddenly lost all color, as if she was in a panic. She couldn't even kneel down and her body tilted and she almost fell to the ground.
Emperor Longqing looked away from behind the lotus seeds.
Wei family...
Empress Fang quickly asked the maid to come down and help her. After a long while, she asked again, "What happened? How could the old lady be so frightened? I just asked you a question. You don't have to be so nervous."
That being said, Mrs. Wei was obviously extremely frightened, her fists clenched and shaking violently.
Empress Fang drank a sip of tea and asked someone to bring a cup of tea to Old Madam Wei. She sighed and said, "I won't hide it from you. Something happened. There is someone here..."
She paused, observed the reaction of Old Lady Wei calmly, and then said softly: "It was an old servant of Changning. She told me some secrets, and then Princess Zhennan came to me, saying that she couldn't find Changning..."
Old Madam Wei shook her head in a hoarse voice: "I don't know what you mean..."
"Really don't know?" Queen Fang's voice was still flat, without any ups and downs, but the atmosphere around them was so cold that it made people tremble: "But Princess Zhennan and Changning's daughter cried and said that you sent Changning away because she knew your secret?"
She sighed and looked at the kneeling old lady Wei. "Recently, rumors have been spreading in the city because of Qiu Chuying. Now the Princess of Zhennan and Wei Yulong have come to ask for help. I have to summon you to ask about some things... What is going on in Changning? Why don't you tell me the truth?"
Old Madam Wei raised her head tremblingly, seeming to be quite hesitant. After a while, she began to speak hesitantly: "Madam... It's not that I don't want to say it, it's really..."
She looked embarrassed and struggled: "To be honest, this matter is too horrifying... I..."
Queen Fang nodded gently and said in a gentle and persuasive manner: "Don't panic, just say whatever you want to say. I will listen to you too. If it is really difficult, I can also make a decision for you, don't you think so?"
Old Madam Wei exhaled heavily, clenched her fists and raised her neck: "Your Majesty, please understand. Changning has gone mad!" She lay on the ground, as if she was still very scared: "Ever since she went to Puji Temple, I don't know why she started talking nonsense. One moment she said her daughter was not her own, and the next moment she talked about the Princess Zheng..."
She smiled bitterly: "It was the Princess Zheng from the Ming family who came and said... said her daughter was Princess Zheng's..."