"I can't believe you, Brother Wei, have to endure all this at such a young age." Yu Zizhen looked at Wei Heng with sympathy. "I wonder what I can do for you, Brother Wei?"
Wei Heng suddenly looked up. He didn't expect that Yu Zizhen would ask the question he wanted to hear so readily.
At such a young age, he had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting his mother, sister and himself with his tender shoulders. It was impossible for him to say that he had never thought of asking others for help over the years, but those who he asked for help, without exception, all avoided him as much as possible.
He was not born strong, nor was he invincible in the face of his father's outrageous cold-bloodedness and cruelty from the beginning. He had gritted his teeth and persevered until now only because he had no one else he could trust or rely on except himself, his mother and his sister.
The weak mother and her two sons huddled together for warmth, supporting each other and stumbling through life until now. Wei Heng, his mother, and sister are almost unable to hold on any longer.
However, just when their tense hearts were about to break, he actually found a turning point in this bad fate of being forced into the palace in a person named Yu Zizhen.
"Please save them, no matter what means you use." Wei Heng was a little incoherent. "I will repay you. In my whole life, no matter what you ask me to do, I only ask you to save my mother and sister."
If there weren't so many eyes around staring at him and Yu Zizhen, he would have wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Yu Zizhen to show his sincerity in asking for help.
Yu Zizhen's fingers gently stroked the pages of the book. She actually had a plan on how to resolve the issue with Wei Heng's family, but she couldn't tell her plan immediately.
She created the image of a strong-limbed but simple-minded Wu Fu. Even if she wanted to drive a nail into the Lu family, she would not reveal some of her secrets in front of this nail.
She said to Wei Heng, who was looking at her eagerly as if she was a lifeline, "Brother Wei, you know, I have a straightforward temper and I like to use my fists when I encounter problems, but for your family's problem, my fists alone are definitely not enough."
Wei Heng's eyes, which had been shining with hope, suddenly dimmed. However, before he could adjust his mood and try to maintain his politeness to thank Yu Zizhen and say a few polite words, Yu Zizhen had already changed the subject and gave him a glimmer of hope.
"I'll go back tonight and ask my father's staff. They're smart and should be able to help come up with a good solution."
Upon hearing this, Wei Heng's heart, which had already fallen into the abyss, could not help but warm up again. Tears welled up in his eyes, but he did not dare to let them fall. "Thank you, Prince! Thank you, Prince!"
Regardless of whether the Zhenbei King's staff could come up with good ideas, Wei Heng didn't even dare to think about whether the other party would be unwilling to interfere in their family's affairs. He only knew that Yu Zizhen was the first person who was willing to listen to him and was willing to consider him seriously.
"Brother Wei, don't be so quick to thank me. To be honest, I'm not sure I can convince my father's staff to get involved in this matter. You know, adults always like to look ahead and behind, weigh the pros and cons, alas..."
Wei Heng nodded vigorously to show his understanding. "If your staff are willing to help and save my mother and sister, I will obey your orders in the future and repay you for saving my life today. If your staff are unwilling..."
"Then I'll do it. I have some of my own people. It might not be as thorough and clean as the adults, but I'll do my best."
As soon as Yu Zizhen said this, Wei Heng could no longer control his tears and they flowed down.
Before the palace servants standing in the distance could react, he raised his hand to wipe away his tears.
Yang Shixian, who happened to be walking out of the room, was so frightened when he saw him like this that the last bit of sleepiness disappeared without a trace. He did not come over and ask loudly, but just cast a worried look at Yu Zizhen who was sitting opposite Wei Heng.
At a glance, the closeness of the relationship is immediately apparent.
Yu Zizhen smiled and waved at him, "Don't worry, I didn't bully Brother Wei. Brother Wei is just happy that he solved the problem."
Wei Heng nodded vigorously, "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself, Master Yang. This question has troubled me for a long time, and I just got so excited that..."
Yang Shixian was just a kind person, not a fool, so he naturally would not believe that Wei Heng was crying with joy just because he solved a problem.
However, this unreasonable excuse was given by Yu Zizhen. Considering their friendship, Yang Shixian decided to be kinder and not despise her poor excuse making.
After fooling Yang Shixian, Yu Zizhen saw that Xiao Yuanjin and others had also come out one after another, so he went to the South Study with everyone to continue the afternoon class.
Wei Heng was anxious as he was eager to know the result, but he tried his best to maintain his normal appearance to prevent Wu Mingyu from having more suspicions about him.
After waiting like this for the rest of the day until school was over and he left the palace, Wei Heng began counting the minutes and waiting for tomorrow.
Tomorrow, only when tomorrow comes quickly, can he ask Yu Zizhen whether the staff of King Zhenbei are willing to help him.
Because he had such a big thing on his mind, Wei Heng couldn't sleep that night as he expected.
After finally finishing breakfast, Wei Heng dismissed his father's concubine's hypocritical concern with the words "staying up late to study" and got on the carriage to the palace.
He planned to wait for Yu Zizhen at the palace gate so that he could get accurate information from Yu Zizhen before the morning class started.
What he didn't expect was that Yu Zizhen actually appeared at the palace gate at about the same time as him, so he didn't have to rack his brains to think of a reasonable excuse to stay at the palace gate.
The two men greeted each other, and Yu Zizhen offered to accompany him on the journey.
Not only did she smile brilliantly, but she also took advantage of the fact that the people around her were not paying attention and nodded slightly at Wei Heng.
Wei Heng was almost overwhelmed by the huge surprise that swept over him and the originally calm expression on his face was almost shattered. He used the greatest restraint in his life to finally straighten his face, control his eyebrows and mouth corners, and suppress their downward and upward arcs.
As the two walked towards the South Study, Yu Zizhen took advantage of the empty palace road to tell Wei Heng, who was eagerly waiting for her to tell her the details, about her idea she had already thought of.
She said, "There are two ways. The gentler one is to write to your uncle and ask him to provide you with some manpower. Then, use this manpower to create some 'evidence' that will cause your father's concubine to fall completely from favor."
Wei Heng's maternal uncle was a third-rank provincial governor who was often away from the capital. Otherwise, Wei Heng would not have had to seek help from his grandmother and clan members when his father became so unscrupulous as to poison his wife.
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