After Ximen Xiaoqing was taken away, Liang was furious and immediately went to the bridal chamber to cry about the matter to Ximen Xiaoyue.
Ximen Xiaoyue had a vague idea of what was happening outside. The maid who came with her as a dowry went out and got some information, but it was only sporadic and not comprehensive.
After hearing Liang's crying, he couldn't help but frown and said, "I just told you not to cause trouble today. Today is my wedding day. How unlucky it is to see blood? Moreover, you killed your own people, but Xia Zian was not hurt at all. It's really a loss of both the wife and the soldiers."
Liang heard her tone of blame and became angry. "You said this lightly, as if it had nothing to do with you. You were just pretending to evade the question, but you really wanted to teach Xia Zian a lesson, otherwise you wouldn't have asked Xia Wan'er to help us. Now that we've been involved, are you trying to shirk responsibility? If this thing succeeds, who will benefit? It won't be you."
Seeing that she was angry, Ximen Xiaoyue softened, "Second Aunt, that's not what I meant. I know you are standing up for me."
"Then what do you say we should do? The Ministry of Justice will have to hear the case tomorrow. If the Ministry of Justice sends it to the Jingzhao Yin, he might be able to make some concessions." Liang knew her character and was too lazy to argue with her. She just looked worried about her son.
Ximen Xiaoyue remembered that Yuan was now conferred the title of county lady, and Xia Zian had the regent behind him. If she was not dealt with as soon as possible, she would really have no place to stand in the future.
But today was her wedding day, and the guests were all here to congratulate her. Seeing a servant's blood was already unlucky, and if she made a bigger fuss, things would get out of control.
Ximen Xiaoyue was very upset. Although she knew it would be irrational to take action again, she was unwilling to let Xia Zian get away with it.
"Also, now that Qing'er has been taken away, the Prime Minister's Mansion must be held responsible for this matter. I want to find Prime Minister Xia. No matter what, he must get Qing'er out of the Ministry of Justice's prison." Liang said.
When Ximen Xiaoyue heard that she was going to find Prime Minister Xia, she became anxious, "What's the point of you going to find him? He didn't know about this matter in the first place."
"Whether he knew about it or not, since it happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he must take responsibility." Liang said firmly.
Ximen Xiaoyue knew that her second aunt was always overbearing and unreasonable. If she went to see Prime Minister Xia, she didn't know what she would say to offend him, so she said, "You don't have to go. I'll go."
"You're going?" Liang looked at her. "What can you say? You've just got married, so it's hard to talk."
"Because I just got married, I don't want the relationship between the two families to become strained. You wait here. I will go there myself and talk to the old lady. The old lady has always been wise, and maybe she can help me."
After hearing what she said, Liang had no choice but to say, "Well, I'll wait for your news here. No matter what, you have to put pressure on the Xiangfu and ask them to get Qing'er out of the prison of the Ministry of Justice."
"Okay, I'll do my best." Ximen Xiaoyue responded perfunctorily and went out with the maid.
As a newly-wed, she was truly heartbroken today.
Prime Minister Xia helped the old lady back to the house. The old lady laughed in anger, "Look, this is just the beginning. If we don't turn the world upside down today, there will be no end to it."
Prime Minister Xia was also very angry. "It seems that this matter was Liang's idea. My son has heard of Liang for a long time. She is very aggressive and overbearing. Xia Wan'er, that little bitch, also followed her and got involved. Even the crown prince got involved. Now I really don't know how to explain this to the Grand Tutor."
"It's unfortunate for our family. Xia Wan'er was able to get the Crown Prince to work with her, which was a good thing. But she failed this time. The Crown Prince must have some opinions about her. I heard that the Crown Prince had mentioned to the Queen that he wanted to cancel the marriage. If she continues to make trouble like this, she will definitely not be able to keep her position as Crown Princess."
Prime Minister Xia sneered and said, "If that's the case, she won't have a good ending."
"If she's in trouble, our Xiangfu will be in trouble too. Do you think the Empress and the Grand Tutor are stupid? The reputation of the Xiangfu has been almost ruined. Without influence, there is no value to use. I wanted to take advantage of the marriage with the Jin family to restore some of its reputation, but now this kind of thing has happened. Hey... couldn't Xia Zian be dealt with at any other time? Why did he choose today? Look at who came today? The Regent and the Grand Princess are both here. Regardless of whether the Regent will help Xia Zian or not, the marriage is still undecided. But the Grand Princess is a person who can't distinguish right from wrong. She is determined to help Xia Zian. It is extremely stupid to choose today to take action. Moreover, taking action would be fine, but it is such a lame plan. She dared to shout that Xia Zian killed someone without even killing anyone. I am so embarrassed!"
The old lady became angrier and angrier as she spoke. "Also, just wait. Liang will be here soon. She will definitely ask you to get someone from the Ministry of Justice. Can you do this?"
Prime Minister Xia was also worried about this matter. The Ministry of Justice's jail was different from other government offices. To rescue someone from the Ministry of Justice, many procedures had to be completed, layer by layer, and connections had to be made. First of all, money could not be saved. But even if the money was spent, it might not necessarily rescue the person, because there was a supervisor for this matter, Prince Li.
When Prime Minister Xia was upset, he heard someone report, "Old Madam, Prime Minister, the new wife is here."
The old lady sighed, "Look, here we come."
She raised her hand, "Please come in, Madam."
Ximen Xiaoyue came in wearing a red wedding dress and bowed as soon as she entered the door, "Meeting mother-in-law, Prime Minister."
"Are you here alone? Sit down quickly!" Prime Minister Xia said softly.
Although they knew why Ximen Xiaoyue came, it would be more convenient for the three of them to talk if Liang was not there.
Ximen Xiaoyue crossed her hands in front of her and frowned slightly, "Prime Minister, I heard about Qing'er's situation. Second Aunt came to my room and threw a tantrum. Do you think this matter can be settled? Can Qing'er be released from the Ministry of Justice prison?"
Prime Minister Xia pondered for a moment and shook his head slowly. In fact, he didn't need to ponder and could directly answer Ximen Xiaoyue's impossible question.
He just wanted Ximen Xiaoyue to feel that he had really put some thought into it.
Ximen Xiaoyue sighed softly, "But if Qing'er is in prison, Grandfather will definitely blame our Xiangfu for this matter. What do you think we should do, husband?"
Ximen Xiaoyue was very smart. She was talking about our Prime Minister's Mansion, which made the old lady and Prime Minister Xia feel that what she said next was based on the interests of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The old lady couldn't help but blame him, "Your second aunt is the same. Why didn't she discuss it with us before taking action? This matter was indeed hasty and there were many shortcomings. She didn't know how powerful Xia Zian was. If she acted rashly, she would be hindered."
(End of this chapter)