Wei Tingyu seemed not to notice the expression on Aunt Zhou's face. "As the saying goes, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it. I didn't do anything before, but the time was not right. However, Aunt Zhou may still do something, let's see if I will be fooled again and again. Of course, Lord Wei can also help them mother and son like last time, I don't mind."
"I have no idea… "
"What the hell are you talking about?"
When Aunt Zhou was about to refute, Marquis Pingyang was like a cat whose tail was stepped on and immediately exploded.
"Why are Lord Wei so excited? Are you feeling guilty
But speaking of it, you don't have much ability, but you are very proud. You asked for a title of prince for a disabled and short-lived person like me, pretending to be kind and righteous. Of course, you also helped Wei Jincheng cover up the crime of murdering his eldest brother. Don't you think that you are just trying to cover up something?"
"Wei Tingyu..."
Wei Tingyu ignored him and spoke to himself, "People outside, when talking about this matter, 70% to 80% will think that there is something fishy about it. After all, under normal circumstances, it shouldn't be abolished. It's God's will. Besides, I was not the one you wanted in the first place. You should go directly to the emperor and cry and beg, and push Wei Jincheng to the throne.
But it's not hard to understand Lord Wei's idea. After all, in your heart, I won't live long anyway. I'm just temporarily occupying the position of your precious son. When I die, he will be more legitimate, right? It's a good opportunity to use it one last time and win a good reputation for you, Lord Wei. Why not do it?"
"My Lord," Aunt Zhou said sternly, "Even if you have the support of Princess Anguo, that's no reason for you to make up stories about your father and brothers. You're using her name to be so disrespectful to your elders and unfilial. If she knew, she would be unhappy."
Prince Wei wanted to laugh. So, Xuan'er has really become his backer? He sighed, "After talking for so long, you still don't understand what I mean? Well, I'll put it in a simpler way. I will settle all the accounts with you one by one. Don't talk about evidence or no evidence. Don't say that I have a lot of evidence. Even if there is no evidence, what I, Wei Tingyu, have determined is the fact."
This time, it couldn't be clearer.
Because of this, some people's faces looked extremely ugly, and they no longer concealed their eyes when looking at Wei Tingyu.
Wei Tingyu curled the corners of his mouth, smiling insincerely, "I know that Marquis Wei didn't actually do anything. At most, he just let it go and added fuel to the fire. As I said, if you behave like a good marquis, I can let you go. If you want to get involved for them and their son..." As he said, he knocked on the armrest of the wheelchair.
The ferocious expression on Pingyang Hou's face instantly softened, and a look of hesitation appeared in his eyes.
Seeing this, Aunt Zhou couldn't help but feel cold in her heart. This man was going to abandon them and their son! After more than 20 years, how could she not know what kind of person this man was? In the final analysis, he was just selfish and would side with whatever side was beneficial to him.
This time, facing Wei Tingyu, maybe it's not just as simple as not intervening, it may even be... She can't count on him. She can't leave Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, so she can only let Jincheng go. But that bastard is hanging out somewhere and is not at home all day. When he comes back, Wei Tingyu may have done something. Aunt Zhou is very anxious...
Wei Tingyu sneered in his heart, he also knew who Pingyang Hou was.
He was still in good spirits, but he didn't want to stay any longer. "Mom, I'm a little tired. I'll go back and rest for a while."
"Go." The wife of Marquis Pingyang nodded.
She always stands by and watches, and remains silent no matter what her son does, which is also her greatest support.
Wei Tingyu raised his hand and Wen Xin pushed him out.
As soon as he left, the other people in the room who were just acting as background figures hurriedly said goodbye, regardless of whether Marquis Pingyang agreed or not, and left quickly at the first opportunity. They all did the same, which was just right as the law did not punish everyone.
The wife of Marquis Pingyang stood up and left leisurely.
Finally, Marquis Pingyang's gaze fell on Aunt Zhou, examining her with a hint of coldness.
Aunt Zhou's heart was beating so fast that she spoke before Marquis Pingyang did, "My Lord, I'm leaving." Then she left quickly, trying to hurry up and have someone pass the news to Jincheng, otherwise, otherwise...
After Aunt Zhou returned, she hurriedly called the people around her and gave them a few instructions, asking them to go to the outer courtyard and find someone Wei Jincheng trusted. She then immediately left the house to find Wei Jincheng without wasting a moment.
However, Aunt Zhou seemed to have forgotten that in the current Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, the inner courtyard was under the control of Pingyang Marquis's wife, and as for the outer courtyard, although all matters were gathered in the hands of Pingyang Marquis's wife, she appointed Wei Tingyu's people to be the managers.
Now that Wei Tingyu was about to take action, and the wife of Marquis Pingyang had no intention of interfering, she naturally reported it to Wei Tingyu as soon as possible.
"I got it. Just ask someone to keep an eye on him. There's no need to stop him." In fact, there was no need to think about what Aunt Zhou would do when she looked for Wei Jincheng. She only had this one backer.
Wei Tingyu had never taken Prince Dun seriously before and had secretly dealt with him more than once. This time, the assassination of Xuan'er was not over yet. Based on his understanding of Emperor Xuanren, it was impossible for it to be left unresolved. If Prince Dun insisted on interfering in the family affairs of the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, then, I'm sorry, Wei Tingyu would have to frame him.
-In the assassination of Xiaocao, Prince Dun was not on Wei Tingyu's suspect list. In fact, the person Wei Tingyu really suspected was only that one person. There was no second choice except Prince Heng. It was impossible that he could be someone from another country.
Emperor Xuanren was suffering from an acute illness, and only a few people knew about the letter he sent to Wei Tingyu over a thousand miles to ask him to come back. Even fewer people knew about it where they were. If the spies from the enemy country could find out everything in such a short time, it could only mean that someone among the high-ranking officials of the Qi Dynasty was in collusion with them, but this possibility essentially did not exist.
Prince Dun is a man with little ability, while Concubine Shun is completely different from Concubine Zhou. She is very good at judging the situation. She will not easily confront anyone favored by Emperor Xuanren, even if she is a concubine in the harem, let alone a junior. The savior of Emperor Xuanren, the name "An Guo" has revealed a lot of things, so Wei Tingyu is almost certain that Prince Dun will not intervene. Of course, the reason why I say almost is that this person is bound to have some stupid moments.
As expected, after Wei Jincheng was found, he rushed to Prince Dun's palace. Recently, the princes and princes who had been behaving themselves down basically stayed in their own palaces when they had no errands.
Prince Dun is not smart, but he feels pretty good about himself. In his eyes, his cousin Wei Jincheng is a waste. He had many good opportunities before, but he didn't kill Wei Tingyu. Now he is well and wants to deal with them. He is really anxious.
Especially when he thought about Xiaocao, it was he who put pressure on the Wen family to get them to agree to the marriage, but in the end, one of them directly climbed to the position of princess and became a "sister". He, as a prince, had to respect her a little. It was also they who gave Wei Tingyu the opportunity to turn things around. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and Prince Dun almost vomited to death.
Wen Ren had offended him, and the power of the Marquis of Pingyang Mansion had not fallen into his hands. He had lost both his wife and his army. Now he wanted him to suppress Wei Tingyu? He couldn't help him, but he wanted to take advantage of him everywhere? How could he be so idealistic? Ah!
In fact, Concubine Shun had sounded the alarm to Prince Dun early on. Unless Wei Tingyu and Princess Anguo broke off their engagement, he should not get involved in the affairs of the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion. It was not worthwhile to help a useless person and provoke a strong enemy. As for the people in the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion, they were her own sister and nephew after all. She should try to save their lives.
So, when Wei Jincheng opened his mouth, Prince Dun said coldly, "Go back, I can't help you." He was cruel and his methods were ruthless enough. It was a pity that he couldn't kill him directly because the other party was also tough.
After Wei Jincheng was asked to leave Prince Dun's Mansion, he still looked confused, as if he couldn't understand why this was the outcome.
It was not until the door of the palace slammed shut that Wei Jincheng woke up with a grim look on his face. He had thought that he had won everything, but in fact he was kicked out of the palace simply because Wei Tingyu's fiancée became the Princess Anguo, who was deeply favored by the emperor? ! So these high-ranking figures, including the prince, were essentially just snobs!
Wei Jincheng was furious and yelled loudly at the gate of Prince Dun's mansion with a ferocious face. He vented his anger in this way, but he didn't dare to shout out what was in his mind. Perhaps Prince Dun felt that he was a little bit in the wrong and ignored him. However, this street was basically full of princes or dukes. After a scolding from the other side, Wei Jincheng immediately stopped and ran away in shame.
However, Wei Jincheng didn't dare to go home at this moment. His mother only told him that Wei Tingyu had broken up with him and brought up old grudges, his father had abandoned them, and Ren, the only person who could help him, had also abandoned him. He didn't know what he would face when he returned.
All of Wei Jincheng's confidence and ruthlessness came from his backers. Now that his backers had run away, he immediately became cowardly and didn't even have the courage to fight back. This character is far inferior to that of his mother.
But what if he doesn't go back? Can he continue to hang out there
Wei Jincheng hesitated, and finally acted like a coward and ran directly to Zhou's house.
Speaking of which, the He family is Wei Jincheng's legitimate maternal family. Strictly speaking, the Zhou family cannot be considered as a legitimate relative. However, sometimes we cannot just judge from this aspect. Wei Jincheng originally looked down on the Zhou family. He was just a bastard's son, but in the Zhou family, he was more legitimate than the legitimate young master and was domineering.
The Zhou family has always regarded him as the future Marquis of Pingyang, which is much more certain than Prince Dun being the future emperor, so they naturally flatter and coax Wei Jincheng. Today, he suddenly passed by, and although the Zhou family didn't understand why, they still treated him as usual.
Wei Jincheng also knew the reason why this "outsider" flattered him, and he felt a little guilty at first. However, he then thought of Prince Dun's attitude, knowing that these people would be as snobbish as Prince Dun, and if he fell, they would definitely turn their backs on him immediately. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so much so that these people changed their faces at this moment, and became furious, making all kinds of excuses and finding faults, which made the Zhou family members confused. At the same time, the resentment was constantly growing. If it were not for the dissuasion of the elders, this young and energetic man would have directly fought with Wei Jincheng.
It was late, and Wei Jincheng had no intention of leaving. You know, in the past, it was impossible to keep him for a night. What happened today? Even the things prepared were still disliked by him, and he even knocked things over. His dissatisfaction was about to overflow, but he didn't leave
After a little thought, I knew something must have happened.
He secretly asked Wei Jincheng's attendant, but the attendant gritted his teeth and refused to say anything.
This approach is blocked, so I have to think of another way. However, it is too late today, so I can only ask again tomorrow. Now I have to do everything I can to appease this ancestor.
When Wei Jincheng came to Zhou's house, Wei Tingyu got the news. Wei Tingyu said nothing, just smiled, "It's okay, he will be back sooner or later." Can he hide on the fifteenth day if he can hide on the first day? It's definitely not good to hide outside, let's see how long he can hide.
The next day, Wei Jincheng was still hiding in the Zhou family. The Zhou family members were more and more suspicious. They didn't say anything for the time being, but they had sent people out to inquire. Perhaps there would be results soon. After all, the matter that could make Wei Jincheng behave so abnormally should be no small matter.
As for the place to inquire, it was naturally the Pingyang Marquis Mansion. Although the Zhou family was not a formal relative of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, the relationship between Prince Dun and Concubine Shun was normal. However, in the past, he could still see Aunt Zhou, and the servants of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion were all polite to her. After the Pingyang Marquis' wife took over the family again, such good things no longer existed. Since then, he has never seen Aunt Zhou again, and it is not easy to inquire about things and do things. He had thought of this possibility a long time ago, so he prepared a lot of silver and money.
The concierge at the side door almost squeezed the wallet of the newcomer dry before he spoke slowly, "Didn't Princess Anguo take our prince out to recuperate? He is almost well now. But there were rumors before that our prince was not in good health. He was not sick, but was drugged. Hey, you know that the second young master and the prince don't get along, so it is inevitable that suspicion will fall on the second young master. But that's all. After all, they are brothers. How could the second young master do such a cruel thing, don't you think? The second young master hasn't come back yet. I don't know where he went."
After hearing the news, the Zhou family hurried back, and the doorman, with a curled mouth, tossed the purse in his hand from time to time. Naturally, he dared to say these words only after receiving orders.
In this wealthy family, it is common for brothers to fight with each other. For example, when Wei Jincheng was in power as the deputy minister, it caused a lot of speculation among outsiders. Now that Wei Tingyu wants to stand up, he will send some appropriate signals to the outside world.
Normally, let alone irrelevant people, even relevant people would not easily interfere. Well, Prince Wei now has a backer.
This matter will surely spread quickly among the upper circles, and there will certainly be a lot of talk. The biggest fun is probably the engagement. Of course, after knowing that Wei Tingyu has recovered, it will add another chapter to the glorious history of Princess Anguo.
There are quite a few people in the Zhou family. Most of them are from the same clan and have close relations. They eat and drink for free and take advantage of the situation. Then they use their relationship with Prince Dun to find a job outside and live together in such a crowded place. There are many people and there are many troubles. Every day there is chaos and trivial matters, but no one wants to leave.
As the head of the Zhou family, and the grandfather of Prince Dun and Wei Jincheng, he just let them do what they wanted. To put it bluntly, he just enjoyed the flattery and fawning from these people.
Now that they have received the news from the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, the Zhou family members look gloomy. Led by Master Zhou, they go directly to Wei Jincheng. Perhaps they feel that Wei Jincheng has lost his power, so their attitude is not so good.
Facing the question, Wei Jincheng's face darkened. "Okay, I knew you were snobs. Now that I've lost my power, you want to kick me when I'm down? Let me tell you, no matter how down and out I am, I'm still no match for you!"
Speaking of which, the Zhou family is still unsure, and Wei Jincheng has confessed himself, which means that they may not be able to gain any benefits from him. In this case, who will please him and let him step on their heads and act tyrannically
Someone just swung his fist and hit him!