"Ridiculous!" Queen Fang could not help but get furious. She looked at Wei An who was kneeling below and said angrily: "Shou Ning, you are totally ignorant! Do you know who you are?! What is Shen Chen's identity?! You are a girl, a rich lady, why are you going to Baoding Mansion with him? A girl wants to spend the night outside. Do you know how big a mistake this is?!"
She looked at the terrified Fourth Prince, and slightly suppressed her anger. She asked the maids below to carry the Fourth Prince away, frowned at her and said, "You really disappoint me! If you do this, what will happen to your reputation if people find out? And you let your father be pointed at by others, how foolish you are! "
Wei An shrank his head and said nothing, as if he was stunned by Queen Fang's scolding.
Queen Fang ignored her and sneered after drinking her tea: "It seems that I have spoiled you too much, that's why you are so self-indulgent. The Wei family and the old princess are too unreasonable. You are a princess, the daughter of King Zheng. They let you continue to live in the Wei family because they consider that old lady Wei is old and you are her beloved granddaughter. But she didn't fulfill her responsibility of educating you and made a princess like this!"
As she spoke, her voice rose again: "No matter what, in a dignified Marquis's mansion, is there not a single nanny? How did you sneak out of the mansion without permission? Did Old Madam Wei and the people of the Wei family allow you to go? Tell me the truth!"
The Fourth Prince has always had a bad temper. If he were frightened by Queen Fang's harsh words, there is no way he would just follow his wet nurse obediently. He would definitely cry and make a fuss.
He would only restrain himself in one situation, and that was when Emperor Longqing was present.
It wasn't Empress Fang who wanted to see her, it was Emperor Longqing.
These were not words that Empress Fang wanted to say to her; they were questions that Emperor Longqing wanted to ask.
Emperor Longqing is now asking her whether the Wei family allowed her to follow Shen Chen, which means he is asking what special relationship the Wei family has with Shen Chen.
The fact that Emperor Longqing asked such a question now showed that he was beginning to suspect the Wei family.
Dong Siyuan didn't know her identity and didn't see through her until the end. It was obvious that Chu Jingxing instructed him to reveal her identity.
Chu Jingxing is not doing this out of boredom. He does this simply to make Emperor Longqing suspect that the Wei family is colluding with the Linjiang Palace, Shen Chen, and even the Third Young Master Lin.
In this way, he turned defeat into victory, and both he and Shen Chen suffered losses.
Such a person...
Wei An collected his thoughts and quickly bit his lip and shook his head: "To answer your majesty, my grandmother doesn't know... Grandmother is old and has been ill recently..."
Empress Fang knew that Madam Wei was ill, because she had given medicine to her daughter. She hummed and said slowly, "Since the old lady didn't know, it must be Marquis Dingbei? He is also confused. Even if he loves his daughter, he has never heard of loving her like this. I'm afraid that Prince Linjiang told him something?"
He always calls himself the King of Linjiang.
It seems that the feud between Shen Chen and Prince of Linjiang has aroused the suspicion of Emperor Longqing and Queen Fang, and they have also become suspicious of Third Young Master Lin. Is Chu Jingxing really so confident that even if Shen Chen and Third Young Master Lin get into trouble, it will not implicate him as the Crown Prince of Linjiang
Why should he
Princess Chang'an has had little say in front of the emperor and empress recently, and she no longer holds much weight.
Except for Princess Chang'an...
Queen Fang coughed impatiently.
Wei An reacted immediately and shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, Madam, my father doesn't know either..."
She was so scared that she almost cried: "I've been out before, and they didn't know."
Empress Fang frowned and sneered, "Shouning! I always thought you were a sensible child, but now you are so naughty and willful! You are a princess, not only did you leave the harem but also went to Baoding, how dare you say your father and grandmother didn't know anything?! You don't have to pay respects to the elders in the mansion every morning and evening? Who do you think I am, that you can deceive me at will?!"
Aunt Xiao couldn't help but urge her, "Princess, this is no small matter. People know that you went to Baoding Prefecture. This concerns your reputation! Don't be confused. Tell the truth to the queen. Otherwise, no one can save you!"
Wei An was startled and sat on the ground for a long time without being able to get up. His eyes instantly turned red: "My queen, don't be angry! I really didn't mean it..."
She cried for a while, then her emotions became more stable, and she was able to retell the story in full: "That day Shen Chen came to the mansion to look for my brother. I heard him tell my brother that he was going to do something important, so I curiously pestered him to go with him. Later... Later Shen Chen said that my uncle was framed by someone, and asked my brother to go to Baoding with him. My brother agreed, but the next day the Chen family sent a message saying that it was Miss Chen's uncle's birthday, and they wanted my brother to help entertain the guests... My brother couldn't go, but he wanted to save face, so he discussed with me and asked me to go in his place..."
Queen Fang also knew about the Chen family's birthday party.
Now Mrs. Fang could be considered one of her few relatives, and she had always been happy to honor them. When the Chen family held a birthday banquet, she even gave them several pots of rare peonies.
She hummed, frowned and asked Wei An: "You actually followed him?!"
In fact, although she asked this, she already believed it to some extent.
Young people love to play around, and with Wei Jie's help, it is not impossible for Wei An to leave the house smoothly without being discovered - after all, everyone in the Wei family will go to the Chen family for a banquet the next day, and by then, Wei An will have already gone back.
Queen Fang sneered: "How dare you guys just act so foolishly!"
Wei An lowered his head and dared not say a word.
Empress Fang did not let her go, and asked again: "In this case, you are also very clear about what happened with Dong Siyuan?"
There was nothing to hide anymore. Wei An told the whole story in Baoding again and nodded with lingering fear: "Madam, Dong Siyuan called himself the local emperor in Baoding Prefecture, and there was nothing he was afraid of... We really almost died..."
Queen Fang said unhappily, "You also know that you almost died! If your identity was discovered, have you ever thought about what would happen?!"
Aunt Xiao hurriedly tried to persuade her.
Empress Fang finally calmed down her anger. She frowned and looked at Wei An kneeling on the ground for a while. Suddenly, she asked her, "What is your relationship with Shen Chen? Why did Shen Chen ask you to go to Baoding Prefecture, and you really followed him? Even Wei Jie was not afraid of your being a girl and allowed you to go with him? Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the adults?"
After all, the fact that Wei An followed Shen Chen out of the city to Baoding was too easy to arouse suspicion.