Although she thought so, when facing the Third Master, Old Madam Wei had already regained her nonchalant look: "No matter what's going on outside, it has nothing to do with us. Third Master Lin and Master Cao have both been there in person, so no one can throw dirty water on our family!"
These words were spoken in a decisive manner. The three elders were stunned for a moment before they realized the current situation. Although there were still people in the court criticizing the Wei family, saying that Old Lady Wei must be a remnant of the Ming family and was related to the Yunnan rebels, because of the Zhu family's affairs, Emperor Longqing had already made his attitude clear and personally sent Eunuch Xia out of the city to take a look.
This seemed to make sense, indicating that Emperor Longqing did not believe those things. Since he did not believe them, there was an extra layer of protection - with Emperor Longqing's behavior, Young Master Lin and Cao Wen having come to search in person, it showed that the Wei family was really not related.
Since there was no connection, those people probably didn't take the Wei family into account this time, and he was paranoid. He understood and calmed down a lot: "Mom, what you are talking about is..."
Old Madam Wei nodded, sighed, and warned him again: "Be careful with your words and actions, talk less and do less, go down and have a rest. If this road is closed tomorrow, you will have to go back to Beijing to work."
After the Third Master left, Old Madam Wei got up and asked someone to bring Shen Chen over. She stared at him and asked, "You just said you came here for some news. What was it?"
Since Old Lady Wei had done him a favor, Shen Chen did not hide it: "You know the relationship between my father and several of his uncles... They all have spies working for each other. About a month ago, my father and I set out for Beijing together. On the way, I received information from my insider, saying that there was a clue to what happened back then. It seems that Prince Zheng knew about the events in Yunnan and Guizhou back then, and he also left a letter with the old master of the Ming family at that time..."
Mrs. Wei's chest rose and fell violently, and her eyes were surprisingly bright in the dark night: "And then?"
"You know my father, Marquis Pingxi, also died in the Yunnan rebellion... Before my mother died, she told me that my father was not killed by the rebels, but by a traitor... People all over the world say that the traitor was the Ming family, and that the Ming family and the rebels were colluding from the inside out, but I don't believe it. If the Ming family really collaborated with the enemy, Yunnan would have been lost long ago, and the entire Ming family would not have died on the way to Beijing."
But when the three courts held a joint trial that year, they were the ones who convicted the Ming family.
After hearing this, Mrs. Wei was unexpectedly not excited nor did she show any emotion. She asked calmly, "So you have been investigating?"
If the Prince of Linjiang has also been investigating the case of the Marquis of Pingxi, does that mean that the Prince of Linjiang is also dissatisfied with Emperor Longqing? Does he simply want to vindicate his brother-in-law, or does he want to use this well-known case to pave the way for himself
Shen Chen nodded in agreement. Now that he had come to this point, there was nothing to hide. He told Mrs. Wei, "I received the letter and reported it to my father. I went to Tongzhou with a small group of people. The information given by the insider was very clear and urgent, saying that the King of Zheng seemed to have met some mysterious person... I couldn't wait, but my father had to deal with the officials along the way, so he asked my second brother and I to come back together..."
Old Madam Wei showed surprise on her face, and after a pause she confirmed with him: "Second brother, you mean that even the small town country came back with you?!"
The sons of the princes have not yet established a crown prince, so they are basically referred to as big and small countries.
King Linjiang even let his own legitimate son go with Shen Chen. What does that mean? It means that he really takes this matter very seriously... ...
Regardless of whether the King of Linjiang is sincere or not, and regardless of whether he wants to rely on this world-famous case to lay a foundation for himself, this matter will not be harmful to the Wei family at all...
It started raining outside again. The summer wind, carrying the unique smell of mud after rain, came in through the window cracks, causing Shen Chen to yawn. "Yes, my second brother came back with me. When we arrived, the insider was dead and King Zheng was injured... We knew it must have been a setup, so my second brother and I ran away separately..."
No wonder Cao Wenken stopped so quickly, he probably also planned to go after the small town country Chu Jingwu.
After Shen Chen finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to Old Lady Wei, and thanked her sincerely: "Thank you for helping me out... I don't dare to conclude who is behind us, and the things the insider sent me before are not entirely true, true or false, and it is difficult for me to tell them apart at once..."
Although he sought protection from Mrs. Wei with this reason, he did not try to fool people with unfounded stories. If it was true, it was true, and if it was not true, it was not true. Mrs. Wei's eyes softened a little.
"Don't worry." Shen Chen stood up and looked at Old Madam Wei: "We have a deep blood feud. I share the same view as you. When I figure it out, I will definitely let you know."
Wei An frowned.
From what Shen Chen said, all the favors done to the Wei family were in vain
How long would it take for him to figure it out? Who knew if he was just saying it? And then just pretending it never happened? After all, the Wei family couldn't possibly go around saying that the King of Linjiang owed them such a favor.
Instead of waiting for some distant future, it is better to ask for some acceptable rewards first. She stood on tiptoe and whispered in Mrs. Wei's ear.
Old Madam Wei frowned as she listened, but she couldn't help wanting to laugh. In the end, she followed Wei An's instructions and said to Shen Chen, who was a little confused, "We in the Wei family don't know about those things, and we don't want to know. If we continue to pursue matters that the court has already made a final decision on, it would mean that we don't trust the court... But now, we are facing some difficult things..."
To say that Old Madam Wei doesn't care about the Ming family's affairs is a lie. His father has met fellow travelers during his years of investigating Yunnan, but now that Old Madam Wei has made her attitude clear, Shen Chen can't say you are talking nonsense. He looked at Wei An with a bit of depression, knowing that this was the Wei family asking for something in return in disguise. After thinking for a while, he said, "Please be frank. I will try my best to do whatever I can."
Mrs. Wei smiled suddenly: "To be honest, our family has been having some bad luck recently..." She talked about the Zhu family and the Feng family, and then said to Shen Chen who frowned: "These things seem to be aimed at our Wei family, but we don't know who is pulling the strings behind the scenes..."
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