Wei An slowly held Mrs. Wei's hand, sat down beside her, and told her everything that had happened without missing any details.
Old Madam Wei quickly calmed down, held back her cough and tears, and held Wei An's hand: "It's okay, speak slowly, grandma can bear it."
When she talked about the Ming family, she always wanted to cry, but she never cried.
The Ming family is a loyal and brave family. They have done nothing wrong to anyone. There is no need for her to cry.
But this time she had tears in her eyes.
Wei An smiled softly and repeated softly: "Princess Chang'an said that there is still a child alive in the Ming family. It is said that there is a red mole on the second phalanx of the index finger. It is also said that the child is wearing a gold locket with his name engraved on it..."
Yes, when every child of the Ming family is born, their maternal family will make a longevity lock for them, and a craftsman will be asked to engrave their name on it.
This longevity lock is not very precious, but it cannot be forged by outsiders, because every child is only given a nickname when he is born, and only close family members know the nickname engraved on it.
Up to the generation more than ten years ago, the Ming family had only two grandchildren, one born to the legitimate wife and the other to a concubine from the second wife. Scarcity makes things valuable, and because there are so few of them, they are especially precious.
To each of these two, Old Lady Wei had personally sent people to deliver gifts.
At that time, the Ming family often mentioned these two children in their letters. The legitimate one had a red mole on his index finger. When he was more than six months old, something happened to the Ming family.
All in all, he is more than one and a half years older than Wei An.
Old Madam Wei was a little excited and clenched Wei An's hand, but she still forced herself to remain calm: "Knowing this, it shows that it is not nonsense."
She quickly calmed down and asked someone to find Wei Rui immediately.
I asked him straight to the point: "You went to Yunnan for a few years and found out a lot of things. Have you ever heard of a family named Pang?"
Wei Rui was a little surprised, but he still thought about it carefully for a while, scratched his head and told Mrs. Wei: "Do you mean our hometown, or Qujing where the accident happened?"
Old Madam Wei knew that she was still inevitably nervous, and she didn't even speak clearly, and hurriedly said, "It's Qu Jing."
If it was in Kunming, the seat of the Yunnan Military Command, as a wealthy and prestigious lady, Mrs. Wei would certainly be completely unaware of what was going on.
Seeing how excited Old Lady Wei was, Wei Rui knew that something important was going on. After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, there is indeed a person named Pang..."
He paused, and asked Mrs. Wei with some doubt: "How do you know about this Pang family?"
He said: "The origin of this surname Pang is very strange. He is said to be a country gentleman, but I heard that he was not born into a rich family. He was just a mud-legged peasant. Later, he became a bandit. Somehow, he became a rich man. He bought bonds and land in Fuyuan County, Qujing, and became a rich country gentleman. He also built an ancestral hall in the local area and paved roads in the village. He became a great philanthropist..."
He nodded confidently: "If we talk about the Pang family in Fuyuan, Qujing, this is the only one that is wealthy and famous. But the local people are very secretive about his origins. I have stayed in the area for a long time, so I have learned a little bit about it. I suspected that he was related to the bandits who robbed and killed the Ming family, but there is no evidence..."
Later he was discovered and hunted, and the matter was left unresolved.
Now that Mrs. Wei brought it up again, he felt very strange.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wei looked at Wei An.
"How credible do you think Princess Chang'an's words are?" Old Madam Wei regained her sharpness: "She knows that these things are definitely not without reason, but if she says that her father-in-law did such and such in Yunnan before, I don't believe it either."
Wei An and Old Lady Wei had the same opinion. She nodded in agreement with what Old Lady Wei said, "There is no evidence of death. Old Master Yuan is already dead, so naturally Princess Chang'an can say whatever she wants. No one can find Old Master Yuan to verify it. It is definitely not a coincidence that Princess Chang'an knew all this. I'm afraid she chose to tell us at this time not just to let Princess Xianrong get away."
Princess Chang'an's words were impeccable, but people just felt that something was wrong.
Old Madam Wei hummed, feeling that Princess Chang'an was truly unfathomable, and her expression became much more serious: "You mean, the Yuan family or Princess Chang'an were also involved in what happened back then?"
"If she hadn't been involved, she probably wouldn't know so much. She thought she could be trusted by using Old Master Yuan as an excuse, but I'm more suspicious." Wei An looked at Old Lady Wei seriously: "I remember that the relationship between Princess Chang'an's husband and her was not very good."
The princesses of this dynasty were not very open-minded, probably because the court officials meddled too much in other people's affairs, and many civil servants could not wait to find an excuse to criticize them. Even the emperor had no freedom, and some of his little habits would be criticized. Compared with the previous dynasties, the princesses were actually law-abiding.
But you have a plan and I have a ladder to climb over the wall. The emperor, empress and clan law established strict rules for princesses to divorce, but the princesses used them flexibly.
Just say that divorce is not allowed, then just invite a few more guests to join you.
Princess Changle was fine. She had a deep relationship with Pingxi Hou Shen Cong and they treated each other with respect. However, there were some rumors about Princess Changying and Princess Chang'an in the community.
Princess Changying was more restrained because she married into the Li family of Jinling.
But although Princess Chang'an was impeccable in other aspects, she was criticized for one thing: she liked young men very much... ... Some people even joked that Princess Chang'an single-handedly supported half of the opera troupes in the capital, and the reason came from this.
Under such circumstances, one can imagine the relationship between Princess Chang'an and the Yuan family.
I heard that the old man of the Yuan family and the people of the Yuan family still had to perform the etiquette of monarch and subject when they met Princess Chang'an.
Would Old Master Yuan say these words to Princess Chang'an
Even if he wanted to speak, he probably wouldn't have the chance.
Old Madam Wei leaned on the cushion and let out a long breath: "Now that you mention it, did Chang'an also have a very good relationship with the King of Chu?"
Princess Chang'an had no vassal king with whom she did not get along well.
She is kind and friendly to everyone and very approachable.
But the more this happened, the more creepy Mrs. Wei felt.
This woman appears kind on the surface, but she is a completely different person on the inside. So, what does she want to do
Or, what else did she do before
Someone must be sent to investigate. She shuddered and came to her senses. She immediately ordered Wei Rui: "Investigate Princess Chang'an."