Nanny Yuan hummed, and seeing that the tea had cooled down, she fetched water from the small stove beside her and made another cup of tea. She told Princess Chang'an slowly, "The emperor hasn't issued an order yet, but it's almost time. After all, the young prince has already started to pack up his things blatantly in the past few days."
King Linjiang will never put all his eggs in one basket.
With one son in the capital, he would never allow a second one to be sacrificed, so Chu Jingwu's decision to follow Shen Chen must have been a result that had been discussed long ago.
Chu Jingxing had expected this a long time ago.
Princess Chang'an moistened her lips with a sip of tea, yawned lazily, and sneered, "That's good. I've waited for so long. If there's no movement, I'll be too sorry."
I'm sorry to those who are trying so hard to stir up trouble and fish in troubled waters.
The movement she was referring to was that Chu Jingxing's plan against the two brothers would be launched at that time.
Nanny Yuan lowered her head and sprinkled a handful of lily incense into the incense burner, then turned around and asked her: "Princess, what about the Wei family..."
This time, Princess Chang'an did not make any further moves except sending a letter to Master Xie.
Moreover, Chu Jingxing just kept saying that he had plans, but it was unclear what the plans were from beginning to end. Nanny Yuan couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Princess Chang'an's smile deepened. The shoving and fatigue of the past few days had been swept away. She said energetically, "Why are you in such a hurry? What is supposed to come will come."
What is meant to come will come.
Old Madam Wei felt the same way - she had originally planned to leave the capital for Fujian on the second day of the Lantern Festival, but this plan was delayed by a summons from the palace.
Queen Fang invited her into the palace again.
The second and third wives looked at each other, both feeling a little nervous.
Recently, there has been a huge quarrel in the court because of a memorial from Old Madam Wei. Many people pointed their fingers at Old Madam Wei, accusing her of spreading false rumors and misleading the people and disrupting the order of the court.
This crime is too serious. If we are not careful, many lives may be lost.
The second, third and fifth masters were much calmer. They all knew Madam Wei's personality. She was patient and prudent. She could even tolerate the affairs of the Ming family and investigate them secretly. She would not do anything that would be detrimental to herself.
But even though they knew their mother had her own plans, they still couldn't help but ask Mrs. Wei why she did this.
Old Madam Wei did not hide it from them. It was impossible to hide this matter. She raised her eyelids slightly and smiled faintly: "The Queen asked me to do this. What else can I do except do it?"
The second master was still a little confused.
The third master seemed to understand a little bit. This matter has caused such a big fuss...
Recalling that Mrs. Wei had recently asked them to be careful about what they said and did and to gradually move the family property back to their ancestral home, he suddenly realized and asked, "Mother, what do you mean... ..you did it on purpose?"
Of course it was intentional. Could it be possible that Mrs. Wei was really forced by Queen Fang to do this
It would be fine if it was someone else, but it had to be Old Madam Wei. No one knew her character better than them. He was not the kind of person who would willingly be forced to be used as a gun.
Old Madam Wei smiled and just glanced at them before she let out a sigh of relief: "Of course I did it on purpose. Could it be that I didn't know how much trouble this would cause?"
She paused before continuing, "I discussed this with you last time. With the court being like this, our status as a Wei family member is already a sin. In this case, we have no choice but to find another way out. And this way out also requires a pledge of allegiance, otherwise why would others cooperate with you?"
The third master fell silent, and he and the fifth master looked at each other, and they both understood.
By doing this, Old Lady Wei was completely exacerbating the conflict between Empress Fang and Concubine Peng De, making it impossible for the matter to be resolved peacefully.
This is undoubtedly beneficial to King Linjiang.
After a while, the Third Master asked with some concern: "Then mother, how are you going to explain this to His Majesty?"
After all, it was clearly she who submitted the memorial, using the excuse of Empress Ming's dream.
This is closely related to the Wei family. Emperor Longqing will definitely vent his anger on the Wei family, thinking that the Wei family is causing trouble.
Old Madam Wei smiled and waved her hand at them: "No need to explain, everything will be resolved when we enter the palace today."
Her mentality was completely different from the last time she entered the palace. Old Lady Wei supported Wei An's hand, tremblingly got off the carriage and walked. After walking for a while, she was out of breath and her forehead was covered with sweat. She finally arrived at Queen Fang's Fengyi Palace.
As usual, it was Xiao Gu who came out to greet her. When she saw her like this, she quickly invited her in and asked the palace maid to serve tea and snacks.
Empress Lian Fang couldn't help but notice that Old Madam Wei looked pale, and asked her with some pity, "Why does the old lady look so unwell?"
Old Madam Wei smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I'm old, and I'm not in good spirits... I haven't been sleeping well lately, so I'm like this now. It's nothing serious. I'm sorry for worrying about you."
Queen Fang didn't want to care about her illness. Seeing her say that, she just did her best. She immediately nodded and ignored the question. She smiled and said, "Really, this matter is really thanks to you."
She coughed and said, "If one day my wish comes true, I will thank you profusely!"
It was really too early for Queen Fang to be happy.
Old Mrs. Wei looked at her with complicated eyes and sighed slightly in her heart.
If it were Queen Ming, she would never do such a stupid thing.
But it doesn’t matter whether she’s smart or stupid. After all, no matter how smart Queen Ming was, she still died, right
She laughed at herself in her heart and listened to Queen Fang in silence. Her expression became worse and worse. Finally, she swayed in her chair and slid to the floor with a dull thud.
Madam Wei suddenly fell down, disrupting what Queen Fang wanted to say next. She stared at Madam Wei, who had obviously fainted, in amazement. She was a little at a loss, and then hurriedly said, "Help the old lady up quickly!"
She was a little anxious. She invited Old Lady Wei to the palace because she wanted her to repeat clearly to Emperor Longqing what she had written in the memorial before.
After all, this way, the persuasiveness will be much higher.
She had already invited Emperor Longqing in advance.
But at this moment, Mrs. Wei fainted.
She bit her lip and was thinking that Old Madam Wei fainted at a bad time. She was hesitating whether to send someone to call the imperial physician, when she saw Emperor Longqing standing in the hall with a gloomy and complicated expression on his face without any notice.