Wei Xi frowned. She had never thought that the Crown Princess would actually stand up for the Ye family. For a moment, she was at a loss.
Ye Wanhe said slowly: "Come here, call the imperial physician..."
Wei Xi clenched her fists and frowned. She didn't believe that Ye Wanhe had the courage to bring up the imperial grandson in her belly. Even if the one in Ye Wanhe's belly was the imperial grandson, her aunt was still the queen. How could she let Ye Wanhe use the imperial grandson to act so tyrannically?
Seeing Wei Xi's composure, Yun Xiangye couldn't help but think that she was indeed the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion.
Soon, the imperial physician arrived, and with him came Queen Wei.
Ye Wanhe and Yun Xiangye stood up and saluted.
The imperial physician hurried forward to feel Ye Wanhe's pulse. He looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "Your Highness, what is wrong with you?"
Ye Wanhe said, "I just heard that some bullies in Chang'an City smashed up a cloth shop. I never thought that such a disregard for the law could happen right here at the foot of the imperial city. I was so frightened that I even had a slight stomachache."
After hearing what Ye Wanhe said, the imperial physician said, "Your Highness's pulse indicates that you were frightened. You may have had a miscarriage. Your Highness should rest well for the next few days and keep your mood clear..."
"Yeah." Ye Wanhe nodded lightly.
Queen Wei asked with concern, "Who is that gossipy person who told you such a thing?"
Yun Xiangye said from the side, "Your Majesty, it's Gu Yan."
Queen Wei frowned and asked, "Yan'er?"
Ye Wanhe said softly, "Mother, please don't blame Prince Ning for telling me this. I'm just too timid."
Wei Yu was disgusted by Ye Wanhe's hypocritical behavior. "Aunt, this isn't cowardice. Only a coward like a mouse would be frightened by this. The Crown Princess is clearly threatening me with her unborn child. She's not worthy of being the mother of the Emperor's grandson. She's actually taking advantage of him."
Queen Wei frowned and looked at Wei Xi, "Shut up!"
Yun Xiangye walked over to Empress Wei and said, "Your Majesty, the cloth shop that was vandalized was the Ye Family Cloth Shop owned by my uncle. It was vandalized by my brother-in-law, the housekeeper of the Wei family. A few days ago, I offended Wei Xi with my words, and I never thought that Wei Xi would actually allow his servants to vandalize a commoner's cloth shop."
"I didn't!" Wei Xi didn't wait for Queen Wei to speak, and said repeatedly, "Aunt, how could I do such a thing? It was Yun Xiangye who slandered me, and the Crown Princess helped Yun Xiangye and made a fuss about the grandson in her belly..."
Queen Wei glanced at Wei Xi coldly, "Wei Xi! You disappoint me so much!"
Wei Xi said, "Aunt, I didn't do that. This is all just slander against me by Yun Xiangye and the Crown Princess."
Yun Xiangye said innocently, "You mean I can order your Wei Mansion's steward's brother-in-law around? How come I don't know I have such ability?"
Wei Xi said, "It was clearly your Ye Family Cloth Shop that was attacked because it sold the cloth that caused the rash. How can you blame me for it?"
Yun Xiangye asked, "You didn't know about the Ye Family Cloth Shop just now, so how come you know now that they sell cloth that causes rashes? You're incredibly well-informed about what happened last evening, and you've heard about it now?"
Wei Xi's eyes were a little vague.
Queen Wei frowned and glared at Wei Xi. "Wei Xi, tell me the truth, were you the one who had the Ye family's cloth shop destroyed? Others don't know the identity of the Ye family, but don't you know it?"
Wei Yu burst into tears and said, "Aunt, I am truly wronged..."
When Yun Xiangye saw Wei Xi's tears coming out all of a sudden, she felt admiration for her. She looked so pitiful. If she hadn't just let it slip, she would have thought she was innocent.
Ye Wanhe gently stroked her lower abdomen and said, "Why would Xiangye and I come to wrongly accuse you? Xiangye and I never mentioned the rash to you. How could you know what happened to the merchants on West Street when you were in the Prince Chu's Mansion?"
Wei Xi said, "Aunt, I've truly been wronged."
"What grievance have you suffered?"
The voice of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came from outside the palace door.
Yun Xiangye hurriedly saluted the visitor.
Seeing Zhao Yun and Gu Yan coming in, Wei Xi said, "Crown Prince, Cousin Yan, I am truly wronged. It is clear that the Crown Princess is deliberately using the unborn child to frame me."
Gu Yan said, "Wang Tao has already confessed the truth in Taiji Hall. Do you still dare to defend yourself? As the consort of the prince, why did you send people to smash and destroy the Ye family's cloth shop?"
Wei Xi frowned and said, "It must be Yun Xiangye and the Crown Princess who bribed Wang Tao, Aunt."
Queen Wei said, "I may be old, but I'm not foolish. Wei Xi, you truly disappoint me. Zhenzhu, how Wei Xi will deal with me is entirely up to you."
After Queen Wei finished speaking, she looked at Wei Xi with disappointment, then sighed and left.
After Ye Wanhe respectfully saw Queen Wei off, she slowly said to Wei Xi, "Wei Xi, you are my "sister" after all, and the mistake you made is not serious, but the daughter of the Duke of Wei and the Crown Prince's Consort of the Prince of Chu oppressing the people is a minor offense.
In that case, you can go to the Ye family cloth shop, kneel down and kowtow to the shopkeeper Ye and his wife to apologize, and pay 5,000 taels of silver as compensation."
Wei Yu frowned and said, "I am the consort of the Prince of Chu, the daughter-in-law of the royal family. How can I kneel and kowtow to two lowly merchants?"
Zhao Yun said slowly, "You don't have to be the royal daughter-in-law. If you kowtow and apologize in private, no one will know. If you are concerned about your status as the royal daughter-in-law, I can make you not be."
"Cousin." Wei Xi looked at Zhao Yun disappointedly, "Why are you so protective of her?"
Zhao Yun said, "You have to obey the Crown Princess's orders."
Wei Yu's lips trembled in anger. "Cousin, even if I kowtow and apologize, why should I pay five thousand taels of silver? How could such a small shop have goods worth five thousand taels of silver?"
"How could there not be any?" Yun Xiangye said, "I'm not trying to rip you off with this silver. The fabrics inside are all top-notch fabrics in Jiangnan City."
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