Chapter 108 Delicate Flower

Nightfall!

In the post station.

Wei Wanyi had just coaxed the child to sleep when Yan Lan took her to Wei Qingyan's room.

Lan Shu and others were also there.

In addition, there were two people tied up on the ground.

Wei Wanyi recognized them. One was a guard at Prince Jing's mansion, and the other was secretly working for her mother.

Yan Lan said, "Wanyi, we just discovered these two people sneaking around, one heading towards Yongzhou and the other heading towards the capital.

Feeling suspicious, they arrested and interrogated them. One of them came on the orders of King Jing to ask Lady Wei about the circumstances of your assassination that day.

One person was ordered by Madam Wei to go to the capital to spread the rumor that Miss Chang eloped with a man, and also spread the rumor that Qing Nian said something like looking down on Prince Rong and calling him a sickly person.

Qing Nian has no grudge against Madam Wei. Madam Wei's actions to harm her are truly too cruel, so she asked you to come and ask how to deal with this."

Wei Wanyi didn't expect that Madam Wei was still in contact with King Jing after leaving Yongzhou, and her expression immediately became extremely ugly.

She walked up to King Jing's guards and asked, "What message did your mother ask you to bring to King Jing?"

"The old lady asked the prince to recuperate well. She will take you and the two young masters back to Yongzhou in a few days."

The guards were unaware of the affair between Prince Jing and Madam Wei. They simply assumed that Prince Jing and Wei Wanyi had had a quarrel, and Madam Wei, as the mother-in-law, was trying to appease her son-in-law.

So I feel there is nothing wrong with saying these things.

As for the old lady blaming King Jing for sending people to scare the princess, this group of people didn't let him say it, and since the princess didn't ask, he didn't say much.

Wei Wanyi's face became darker.

My mother was still thinking about King Jing and wanted to return to Yongzhou.

She bit the soft flesh in her mouth with her teeth and asked Madam Wei's confidant, "Why did mother want to harm Miss Chang?"

As far as she knew, her mother and Miss Chang did not know each other before. The confidant hesitated and did not want to speak, but when he met Shi Yu's eyes, he finally chose to betray his master.

This man's methods were too powerful. He couldn't even die, so he also told Madam Wei Xiao's purpose.

"Why did she do this?" Wei Wanyi couldn't understand.

She could understand the idea of ​​distracting Prince Rong's attention and preventing him from crossing Huangshaling again.

My mother didn't like my brother, and she wasn't very sad about his death, nor did she care how he died.

But why did the mother stop Lan Shu from finding her child?

Lan Shu expressed her doubts, "How can it hinder her if I look for my child? Why would she stop me?

Could it be that she was the one who switched my child back then?"

These words shocked Wei Wanyi.

She turned her gaze to Madam Wei's confidant, who hurriedly shook his head, "I don't know. Madam only told me what to achieve, but didn't tell me the reason."

Wei Wanyi's heart was filled with alarm. She knew her mother. There must be a reason why her mother took the trouble to ruin Miss Chang's reputation.

If she really switched Lan Shu's child, then... she is really bold.

Where would that child be?

She suddenly thought of her brother who was never liked by her mother.

Could it be... Could it be that my brother is not my mother's biological son at all, but was stolen from the palace by my mother?

This thought frightened Wei Wanyi so much that she staggered back a step.

Yan Lan supported her in time and asked worriedly, "Wanyi, is it really Madam who did this? If so, what will happen to you and the child if it is discovered in the future?

And between you and King Jing...did something happen?"

She hesitated to speak.

However, it reminded Wei Wanyi that she no longer had a father or brother to rely on, and this was largely the reason why King Jing betrayed her.

If she had another mother who plotted to murder the royal heir, she couldn't imagine what would become of her and her children in the future.

She suddenly grabbed Yan Lan's hand and said, "Yan Lan, please help me."

"what are you up to?"

Wei Wanyi lowered her eyes for a long moment, then squeezed out a few words from between her teeth, "Make them disappear."

But this is not a good solution.

Her body suddenly trembled violently, and she looked at Lan Shu, "I'll try to test her. If it's really her who did it, can you please not take your anger out on my child for the sake of my helping you test her, okay?"

"Okay." Lan Shu responded straightforwardly.

This was exactly the reason why they asked Wei Wanyi to come here tonight.

They could also arrest Madam Wei and put her on trial directly, but Madam Wei was different from Queen Liu He and the others. She was like a slippery loach and had no weaknesses.

She cared about Wei Wanyi, but there was a limit. If it exceeded that limit, she would abandon Wei Wanyi. Similarly, reputation could not really threaten her, otherwise she would not have been involved with her son-in-law.

The one she loves most is always herself.

For such a person, the truth may not be obtained during the criminal trial.

The most important thing is how she hid it from General Wei and the royal family and kept Wei Qingyan by her side?

After discussing it, they all felt that there might be someone behind Madam Wei, and a hasty interrogation would only alert the enemy.

Wei Wanyi's test may not get an answer so quickly, but it is the safest.

Wei Qingyan still had the matter of the earthbound spirit to deal with, so she could wait.

"Thank you, but please be patient and wait a moment. I need some time." She forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.

She once again understood what her father said. She was a delicate flower in a greenhouse, unable to withstand wind and rain, and she would lose her composure at the slightest thing.

But now, apart from relying on Yan Lan and others, she couldn't think of a better way.

"I'm so useless." She said to Yan Lan in a tearful voice, "But I can't be useless, otherwise what will happen to my children?"

Wei Qingyan couldn't bear to see her like this, so he signaled Yan Lan to help the person back, and handed the two people over to Jingzhe.

Testing Madam Wei is not a matter of one day or one night. In the following days, everyone traveled on their journey with peace of mind. When they were about to reach the capital, Shi Yu took Jingzhe and took a shortcut to return to Prince Rong's Mansion in advance.

When Madam Wei came to talk to her again, Wei Wanyi finally allowed her to get on the carriage, but she still refused to listen to her explanation.

She understood that her attitude changed too quickly, which made Madam Wei suspicious.

On the day when everyone entered the city, many people gathered outside the city gate.

A few days ago, many poor people in Beijing woke up at dawn to find some extra silver and money in their homes. In some houses, words were left on the walls: "A gift of thanks from the National Protection Army!"

While the people cheered, they were even more grateful to the National Protection Army.

Gong Minglou analyzed to the students at the Imperial College that if the 20,000 National Protection Army had failed to hold back the Beiling Army in the battle of Huangshaling, and had fought to the death to kill 60,000 Beiling Army, Beiling would have been severely damaged.

The 80,000 Beiling troops in Huangshaling and the 70,000 Beiling troops stationed on the border, a total of 150,000 people, will launch a fierce attack on Wei with lightning speed.

At that time, the Wei Dynasty, which had just ended the battle with Wudan, would be caught up in the battle with Beiling again, and in the end it would be the people who suffered.

After Du Xueyi and Gong Mingcheng spread the news that they were bringing Yan Qing's remains back to the capital, many people spontaneously came to the city gate to welcome them.

What also spread was the difficulty Yan Qing faced while being hunted down while being ordered to mobilize troops, his loyalty in keeping the seal of the Protector of the Nation General hidden in his heart, and the tragic events of being assassinated by secret guards and eaten by wild beasts.

Therefore, even if he had not died in battle at Huangshaling, he would still be respected by the people.

Yan Lan looked at the crowd of people at the city gate, tears welling in her eyes, and gave Wei Qingyan a grateful smile.

Her brother is a hero in her heart, but in the eyes of others, he is just a bodyguard. If it weren't for the painstaking arrangements made by Miss Feichang and Du Xueyi, so many people would not remember her brother.

Wei Qingyan gradually stopped his horse and watched quietly as the people carried Yan Qing's coffin into the city. Then he turned around and carried Posha on his back to a farm outside the city.

Now that she has arrived in the capital, it’s time for her to redress the grievances of the earthbound spirit.