Chapter 97 Ambiguity

King Jing is the fifth son of the late emperor and is twenty-eight years old this year.

Among the late emperor's sons, he had average looks and talents, his mother's family was not prominent, and he did not interact much with others.

If he hadn't later married Wei Wanyi, Wei Qingyan would have had no impression of him at all.

It’s really because King Jing lived too low-key and had too little sense of existence.

But such a low-key person suddenly proposed marriage to the General's Mansion in a high-profile manner.

Honest, timid and kind-hearted, these were the results Wei Qingyan came to after investigating King Jing and proposing to Wanyi.

But now, in the middle of the night, the honest man King Jing actually appeared in the room of her mother, Madam Wei.

King Jing sat opposite his mother, playing chess and brewing tea, feeling very comfortable.

Although there were no words, judging from the way the two interacted, it definitely didn't seem like the relationship between a mother-in-law and a son-in-law.

What son-in-law would normally appear alone in his widowed mother-in-law's yard in the middle of the night?

Which mother-in-law would stay in the same room alone with her son-in-law?

Wei Qingyan never thought that such an absurd thing would happen to his mother.

Is this the reason why my mother stayed in Yongzhou?

Does Wei Wanyi know?

A hint of ruthlessness suddenly appeared in her dark eyes, and she leaped into the house next door.

Lan Shu hurried to catch up. She had met Madam Wei when she was young. Seeing the scene in the house, she wondered if she had recognized the wrong person.

But Wei Qingyan's gloomy expression told her that the woman in the room with a look of joy in her eyes and brows was Madam Wei.

Being alone with my son-in-law late at night.

Absurd!

Earth-shattering!

Lan Shu is worried about Wei Qingyan.

After hearing the truth that she was murdered, her mother did not return to Beijing in time to seek justice for her, but instead enjoyed a leisurely time with her son-in-law under the lamp.

How embarrassed, angry and sad the girl must have felt.

She knew better what the girl would do.

So, before Wei Qingyan took action, she first found a few jars of wine and set fire to Madam Wei's yard.

Perhaps both King Jing and Madam Wei knew that their relationship could not be made public, so they dismissed all the servants in the yard, which made it easier for Lan Shu to act.

Both of them were very skilled and courageous. After setting the fire, they not only did not leave, but changed into the clothes of the servants in Prince Jing's mansion at a very fast speed.

One went to the servants' room in Prince Jing's Mansion, and the other went to Wei Wanyi's yard.

The fire spread very quickly because of the wine, and King Jing and his men had closed the door tightly. By the time they noticed something was wrong, the entire outer room was already on fire.

Outside the courtyard, servants screamed, "There's a fire! There's a fire in the old lady's yard! Hurry up and put out the fire..."

The sound was so loud that it almost woke up the entire Prince Jing's Mansion, and servants rushed over with buckets of water.

In the past, whenever Prince Jing came here, the guards would follow him, but recently Prince Jing was afraid that Wei Wanyi would become suspicious, so he left the guards outside the study and pretended that he was in the study.

So, when the guards learned of the fire and rushed to rescue people, one of the servants had already shouted, "Hurry up and put out the fire! The prince is also in the old lady's yard, hurry up and put out the fire..."

The guard didn't bother to pursue the man's outspoken words. He picked up a bucket of water and poured it over his head, then rushed into the fire.

Saving lives is the most important thing, leave the rest to the prince.

Wei Qingyan mingled in the crowd, watching the scene quietly. A'gu was sensible and would not really burn King Jing and his mother.

As she expected, when Wei Wanyi arrived, Prince Jing and Madam Wei had both been rescued. Apart from looking a little disheveled, they were unharmed.

"Go check. How could there be a fire out of nowhere?" King Jing preemptively shouted, "If I hadn't happened to be passing by and gone in just in time, my mother would have been in great danger tonight."

He explained to everyone in a disguised way why he was here.

Wei Qingyan flashed into the darkness and his eyes fell on Wei Wanyi.

She stiffened slightly, then squeezed out a trace of concern and walked up to Prince Jing and Madam Wei, "Prince, Mother, are you all right?"

"I'm fine, but my mother might be a little frightened." King Jing softened his voice and said to her, "Princess, please take my mother to your courtyard to rest first.

The fire was so fierce tonight, I'm afraid someone might have set it on purpose. I need to investigate thoroughly."

Wei Wanyi lowered her eyes, her hands clenched tightly under her sleeves, "Then I will take my leave first. Your Highness, please be careful."

She turned around first without even glancing at Madam Wei.

In Wei Qingyan's memory, Wei Wanyi had a very close relationship with her mother. Even when she was married, she would often lie in her mother's arms and act coquettishly.

If she had encountered something like this in the past, she would have been very worried while checking with concern whether her mother was injured, and then personally supported her.

Today's abnormality could only be that she simply didn't believe what King Jing had just said, or she had already discovered what was going on between them.

Wei Qingyan also followed to Wei Wanyi's yard.

After entering the house, Wei Wanyi waved away all the servants.

"Mother." When only mother and daughter were left in the room, Wei Wanyi called Madam Wei, but did not say another word for a long time.

She turned her back, her body trembling violently.

"Wanyi, things are not what you think." Madam Wei began to explain, feeling a little flustered, her hands tightly twisting the handkerchief.

Wei Wanyi slowly turned around, tears streaming down her face. She stared at Madam Wei, as if waiting for her to continue.

But Madam Wei didn't know how to start.

They had never had physical contact, but they...

She closed her eyes and said, "Wanyi, you are my life. I will never hurt you."

Wei Wanyi still didn't speak, biting her lips tightly.

Until blood oozed from her lips, she said, "Mother, you have heard the news about my brother in the capital, right? He didn't die in battle, but was murdered by a traitor. As his mother, it's time for you to return to the capital for him."

"Wanyi?" Madam Wei seemed to have not expected that her daughter would drive her away, and her expression became more flustered.

Wei Wanyi continued, "Back then, my mother wrote to me saying that Wanyi was all she had left in this world. Wanyi felt so sorry for her that she went to the capital to pick her up, despite having just given birth.

Now, I will personally send my mother back. Mother, please get ready and we will leave the day after tomorrow."

"Wanyi, you are still sick, how can you travel a long distance?" Madam Wei reached out to grab Wei Wanyi's hand.

Wei Wanyi stepped back and suddenly became hysterical, "Don't touch me, it's dirty!"

After yelling, she covered her lips with the handkerchief again.

The tears fell silently.

"Wanyi, mother didn't..." Madam Wei looked at her daughter like this and shed tears. "Wanyi, you must believe mother. Mother never did. Mother has her own difficulties that cannot be told."

Wei Wanyi raised her head and asked through gritted teeth, "Nothing? Mother tells her daughter, you don't have anything?"

The mother then told her daughter, “What are your difficulties?”

"I..." Madam Wei's face turned pale and then red, and then red and then pale.

It's embarrassing, but also anxious.

She wanted to say that they were just friends, but how could she be friends with her own son-in-law? Wanyi wouldn't believe it either.

She couldn't come up with an explanation, so she could only say, "You're not feeling well, so take care of yourself. Mother will go back by herself."

The tone sounded like coaxing and begging.

Wei Wanyi broke her nails as she looked at her mother, "I used to be happy that my mother favored me, even though I felt sorry for my brother.

I never advised my mother to be nicer to him, because I was afraid that if she treated my brother better, she would love me less.

But today, I actually envy my brother a little, envious of him for never having received his mother's love. This is karma, this is all karma for me."