Unexpectedly, Old Madam Wei didn't need to ask too much, and she told the reason why Princess Changning was sent away. Queen Fang didn't know how to react for a moment. She was silent for a moment, resisting the urge to look back, and then she exclaimed in a condescending manner, and then asked curiously and shockedly: "What? What's the reason?"
Empress Fang's belly had grown very big and she was about to give birth. The sight of her wobbling with her bulging belly was really scary, so Emperor Longqing frowned and winked at Liu Zhen.
Liu Zhen immediately raised his chin towards Xiao Gu who was beside Queen Fang, signaling Xiao Gu to support Queen Fang.
Empress Fang then helped Xiao Gu sit steadily, and asked Old Madam Wei in a cold voice: "You know what happened to the Ming family back then, even without me telling you."
Queen Ming...
The childhood sweetheart of Emperor Longqing, a proud daughter of a prominent family, was not self-righteous and even the Empress Dowager at that time favored her.
Even when Emperor Longqing hated the Ming family and was overwhelmed by the Yunnan issue, he never thought of deposing the empress.
After Empress Ming died, there was no empress for many years...
Empress Fang put away her bitterness, came to her senses and looked at Old Madam Wei lying on the ground: "If Changning really said such a thing, you should have reported it to me earlier! This matter is of great importance, how can it be resolved by sending Changning away? You are simply confused!"
Old Mrs. Wei smiled bitterly and called out "My Queen" mournfully.
Queen Fang had met Old Lady Wei when she was a child. At that time, the Fang family was just a declining noble family, and there was a younger brother in the family who was always causing trouble and could not hold his head up in front of others. At that time, Old Lady Wei was a young lady of a noble family who was high and mighty...
She is the queen's sister and is very beautiful. She is the focus of the crowd wherever she goes.
When she was young, her mother carried her to her uncle's house. It is said that Mrs. Wei also reached out to hold her and helped her mother out of trouble...
Queen Fang's eyes were complicated, and she slowly calmed down. She sighed and shook her head: "Now that things have come to this, I will not hide it from you. Changning is back... She said that Wei Qi is not her biological child, but Ming Yuyou's..."
Emperor Longqing's face was hidden behind the thick pearl curtains, and not even a trace of his expression could be seen.
The expression on Mrs. Wei's face became more and more sad. She was in a state of panic all day long. She didn't even have the strength to struggle. She lay on the ground and trembled: "Your Majesty, please understand..."
He is already an old man...
Compared with her former glory, it is even more sad.
Empress Fang could not help but let Aunt Xiao personally help Old Lady Wei up. She frowned and said, "Changning said that you were the one who masterminded this matter. You came up with the idea of replacing the prince with a cat. Not only that, you were so cruel that you even didn't let your own granddaughter go. You drowned the newborn girl in the toilet..."
Old Mrs. Wei's brows became more and more furrowed, until finally cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She pushed Xiao Gu's hand away, knelt heavily on the ground again, and kowtowed heavily.
The floor was paved with translucent and hard marble. As the weather was getting warmer, there was no carpet. Old Madam Wei's head kept banging against the ground. Empress Fang finally felt very nervous and hurriedly stopped her: "Old Madam, please stop it! If you have something to say, just say it. I called you here because I want to ask you something..."
She knew that Emperor Longqing still had feelings for Empress Ming.
Old Madam Wei raised her head while choking with sobs. With the bruises and blood on her forehead, she spoke each word with a sonorous and powerful voice, "If even one word she said is true, I am willing to sacrifice my entire family's life!"
These words were said with absolute certainty and without hesitation. Empress Fang was stunned for a moment. After a moment, she came to her senses and gently eased the overly excited mood of Mrs. Wei: "What exactly is going on? Please tell me slowly."
There were tears in the corners of Mrs. Wei's eyes, and she took several deep breaths before she calmed down.
Emperor Longqing's throat moved, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad. He watched this little sister-in-law grow up, and he loved her like a sister. He knew best that this little girl had been wronged, so she looked like this, taking a breath and trying not to cry...
"Probably since the day Changning came back... ... there hasn't been a peaceful day at home..." Mrs. Wei felt tired and closed her eyes before opening them again: "She is suspicious all day long, saying something like the Bodhisattva calculated that Xiaoqi is not her biological child and so on..."
She sighed and sneered, "I don't know what he's thinking about all day long. He doesn't even care about Xiao Ba, whom he loves the most. He lets Xiao Ba have a high fever but doesn't know... He always goes to Puji Temple, saying that some enlightened monk gave him some advice, saying that Wei Qi is the remnant of Zheng Wangfei's son..."
Old Madam Wei stopped talking at this point, looked at Queen Fang, and then continued: "Queen, to be honest with you, you know, I am afraid of the rope after being bitten by a snake once... I have been scared to death. Over the years, whenever something happens, I, an old man, will bring it up and link it to the old affairs of the Ming family, saying all kinds of things..."
"I'm already old, so it doesn't matter whether I live or die." She bit her lips until they turned pale, and then she tried her best to control her emotions: "But there are still so many people in the Wei family! They are all descendants of the old marquis! The old marquis was worried about them until his death, and told me to protect his family business and these children for him! I can't let the Wei family be destroyed in the hands of an old woman like me!"
She sneered, indignant: "But every word Changning said was to put our Wei family to death. If outsiders knew about her nonsense, how could the Wei family survive? The censors would want to eat us. There were already many rumors because of the rebellion in Yunnan... Your Majesty is wise and kind-hearted, so he didn't listen to the slander... But who knows! Three people can make a tiger!"
Old Madam Wei spoke the truth.
Putting herself in Changning's shoes, Queen Fang thought that if she encountered such a thing, her first reaction would definitely be to send Changning as far away as possible.
But what she thought was not as simple as Mrs. Wei’s.
What does it mean to be bewildered by ghosts and gods, and what does it mean to be an enlightened monk
This matter is clearly not simple!
She thought of Concubine Feng's repeated instigation, and then thought of all the good things her sister had said about the Wei family when she entered the palace, and she was a little undecided for a moment.
Wei family...
It really is like a fish on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered at will. Even the mistress of the house can be easily instigated by someone. What deep hatred does the person behind this have with the Wei family