The Dingbei Marquis Mansion was brightly lit.
In the evening, there was still a faint fragrance wafting from the flowers and trees in He'an Courtyard. The cage of the thrush was covered with a layer of black cloth, and it was silent and no longer making any sound.
The atmosphere was quiet and eerie.
The second and third wives looked at each other, and for some reason, both felt frightened.
The Third Madam did not go with them today. She felt uneasy and stood in the corridor, looking for an opportunity to ask the Second Madam in a low voice, "Second sister-in-law, what happened? Mother is fine, why did you invite the masters here?"
The second, third and fifth masters have already been found.
What big event is it that requires bringing back all the men in the mansion
The Second Lady was so worried that she didn't know how to answer the Third Lady's question. After a moment, she smiled bitterly and said, "Something happened at Puci Temple today..."
She lowered her voice and said, "Ajie has a personal attendant who was once given to him by Changning. He tricked An'an into going out..."
The Third Madam took a deep breath before she finished listening. She felt her stomach aching a little. After a while, she reacted and cursed in a deep voice: "Is Xiao Si confused and crazy?! Doesn't he know what Xiao Qi's current status is? How dare he?!"
"It's not Xiao Si, it's not Xiao Si!" The second wife quickly persuaded: "It's not what you think..."
She didn't know how to express it. She waited until there was movement at the end of the corridor before signaling the Third Madam to move forward and gently reminded her, "Anyway, it has nothing to do with us. You don't need to say anything when you go in. Just listen."
Old Mrs. Wei sat at the top with a gloomy look on her face.
She hadn't shown such an expression for a long time. The Third Lady looked a little flustered. Even when Old Lady Wei asked her to get up and sit down quickly, she was still a little nervous.
Even the Second Master, the Third Master and Wei Yangqing were all feeling very nervous. They didn't know why their mother suddenly became like this after going out.
Mrs. Wei finally coughed, and when she saw everyone immediately raised their heads in a solemn manner, she smiled instead of getting angry: "I asked you to come here today because something happened."
Her voice was light, and the wrinkles on her face looked particularly kind under the light, less cold and murderous.
The second and third masters did not dare to relax, and responded in unison: "Please tell me, mother."
"Today I took the women to Puci Temple." She didn't say anything more and said directly: "You all know why. I went to see Miss Chen for Ah Jie."
"An An followed the previous agreement and stayed in the backyard, taking Mian Mian to meet A Jie." Old Madam Wei's voice remained calm. "But later, when she and Mian Mian returned, the girl from the Peng family and A Po, who were supposed to be waiting there, were gone... The servants said that it was because A Jie sent someone in to tell them to go out and check the boxes, and the boxes seemed to be lost, so they really went out."
The third master was the first to notice something was wrong.
The box is lost, what are we looking for the girls for
Are all the maids and old women dead
The Second Master and the Fifth Master looked at each other, and then they reacted belatedly. They could not help but sit up straight and look at Old Madam Wei.
Mrs. Wei finally laughed softly: "As soon as An An went back, someone told her the news, saying that A'po and the daughter of the Peng family had gone. If she didn't go... if she didn't go, then A'po and the daughter of the Peng family might be responsible for the things lost in the box."
The fifth master frowned.
All his children are involved in this matter.
What is all this
Old Madam Wei coughed and said, "An An has no way out. If she doesn't go out, she's afraid that something will happen to A Po and Miss Peng. But you all know that An An is not the type to sit and wait for death. She has already made a backup plan. On the one hand, she hinted to Lan He to come to the front quickly to inform me so that I can make preparations. On the other hand, she asked Yu Qing to inform King Zheng, and she also brought Wen Xiu and Su Ping with her."
Wei An remained silent.
Wei Yangqing cast his gaze on her silently, and after a while, he asked her with a complicated expression: "What happened?"
Old Madam Wei sneered: "It's nothing serious. An An was just led to a small house next to a reservoir on the next hill. Inside happened to be..."
She smiled and said, "Remember this, I'm only saying this to you. If anything gets out, our family will bear the consequences. The Xianrong County Lady happened to be in the small room, and her clothes were disheveled... What a coincidence, and later Prince Duan also came, and was very interested in that room. If An An hadn't threatened them with death, Su Ping and Wen Xiu would come back to report, and delayed for a while, and waited for Shen Chen and Chu Jingwu, then..."
So, now Wei An has become the person who cannot clear the suspicion!
Everyone would be suspicious, especially Princess Chang'an, Emperor Longqing and Prince Linjiang. They would all be wondering if the Dingbei Marquisate and the Zheng Prince's Mansion did it on purpose, using Wei An to lure out Princess Xianrong so that Chu Jingzong could succeed and exchange this marriage for a chance. This would kill two birds with one stone, harming the Linjiang Prince's Mansion and Princess Chang'an, and making the Duan Prince's Mansion bear the blame
Or... ..there are countless possibilities...
The cold sweat on Wei Yangqing's back soaked his clothes.
The second master's face immediately changed: "Have you found out? Is it really Xiao Si?"
Wei Yangqing was so shocked that he didn't know how to react.
Could it really be that the eldest son did it
Did he know that this might harm the entire Dingbei Marquis Mansion? !
Old Mrs. Wei waved her hand to calm them down: "Fortunately..."
She had a sarcastic smile on her face: "Fortunately, An An was well prepared, and King Zheng went up the mountain secretly. Even more fortunately, An An also secretly informed Shen Chen, otherwise, the person who entered the palace tonight would have to be replaced."
Everyone in the room couldn't help but shudder.
Mrs. Wei finally coughed and said, "Well, there's no point in talking about this. I just want to tell you that this happened."
She paused and said, "There is one more thing. The long-servant had already run away, but after Lan He informed me, I immediately ordered people to be deployed. After some effort, I finally prevented him from escaping. I also followed him and captured a few people."
"Who is it..." Wei Yangqing could no longer bear it: "Who set this up?"
He really didn't want to be the eldest son, after all, the eldest son was smart and filial since childhood... ...
Old Madam Wei gave him a slightly cold look and said, "It wasn't A-jie. A-jie didn't know anything about it. It was thanks to A-jie that I was able to find the thief."
She looked at Wei Yangqing and breathed a sigh of relief. She said "but" sarcastically, and then continued: "But, the long-servant said..."