"Thank you, Princess! I won't bother with my mother!"
Marquis Anyang breathed a sigh of relief and expressed his gratitude.
"The old lady doesn't seem to appreciate it?"
Gao Zhijun raised her eyebrows and looked at Madam Wei with an unfriendly tone.
It was this vicious woman who harmed Huo Jinqian's mother and her mother-in-law, and also caused Jinqian to grow up in the countryside and suffer.
"Mother, please, please apologize to the princess immediately. Do you think our Wei family is finished?"
Marquis Anyang came to Madam Wei and quietly advised her to put the overall situation first.
Madam Wei said reluctantly, "It's my fault. I took advantage of my age and offended the princess. Please be righteous and don't hold it against me. Thank you very much, princess!"
"Everyone, get up!"
"Admitting one's mistakes and correcting them is the greatest virtue! This princess will forgive you!"
"My Lord! Where is the courtyard of this princess and Jinqian? This princess needs to rest!"
Gao Zhijun asked Marquis Anyang.
She wanted to take Jinqian away quickly, fearing that he would lose control of his hatred.
"What? The princess wants to live here?"
Madam Wei looked at Gao Zhijun in shock. She wondered what this princess's purpose was.
"Yes, this princess will be staying with her fiancé for a few days. I'm sorry to bother you, old lady."
"Jinqian, this is your grandmother. Pay your respects to her. Don't let people say that the princess's family has bad upbringing."
Gao Zhijun walked up to Huo Jinqian, held his hand, and gave him strength and courage.
Holding the delicate and soft little hand, his resentful heart finally calmed down. He instantly came to his senses, afraid that he had almost ruined the whole thing.
"Grandson Jinqian meets grandmother!"
Huo Jinqian gave Gao Zhijun a look that indicated nothing was wrong, and then paid his respects to Madam Wei.
"Grandson? What's going on?"
Old Madam Wei looked up at Huo Jinqian and was so frightened that she almost couldn't hold her cane. She took a step back and barely managed to stand firm.
The eldest princess? Why does he look so much like the eldest princess?
"Mom, he is Yongqi, the son of my son and the eldest princess. He didn't die that year. He was rescued by the Huo family and has been living in the countryside ever since."
Marquis Anyang explained.
He was afraid that his mother would see Huo Jinqian and say something she shouldn't.
Not dead! That evil creature is not dead. Is he coming back for revenge?
It’s no wonder that Madam Wei didn’t know about Huo Jinqian’s existence, because she moved to Ling’en Temple half a year ago.
Six months ago, she was unable to sleep at night. Every night she dreamed that the eldest princess and that evil child came back to take her life. She was so scared that she could not sleep at night. Finally, she decided to move to Ling'en Temple to meditate in peace, hoping that the Buddha would bless her.
People who do many evil things will still have nightmares every night even with the Buddha's blessing.
She hadn't seen her family for half a year and missed her grandson, so she came back to see him.
At this moment, Madam Wei was so frightened that she couldn't speak to Huo Jinqian at all.
"My Lord, it seems the old lady is too happy and confused to speak. She's exhausted from the journey and needs a good rest, so we won't disturb her. Since my Lord wants to recognize Jin Qian, we should hold a family reunion banquet as soon as possible and introduce Jin Qian to the ministers. Let everyone in the capital know that the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion has returned. That way, we can explain to the Emperor and I can also speak a few good words for my Lord."
Seeing that Huo Jinqian was kneeling and no one called him to stand up, she helped to smooth things over and asked Huo Jinqian to stand up.
Things had come to this point, which was all in her plan.
By giving the Marquis' Mansion a warning, they would resent themselves and Huo Jinqian, and thus take the risk and attack Huo Jinqian.
With the ruthless nature of Madam Wei and Madam Hou, they would never tolerate this and would definitely kill Jin Qian. This was exactly what she wanted.
As long as they take action, they can sever ties with the Marquis' Mansion and sue them.
It turned out that Gao Zhijun made such a scene in the Marquis' Mansion in order to force the Mansion to take action so that she could collect evidence and allow Huo Jinqian to sever ties with the Mansion with a legitimate reason.
"Come, take the princess and the eldest son to rest!"
Marquis Anyang called the steward and asked him to arrange accommodation for Gao Zhijun and Huo Jinqian.
"Yes, my Lord!"
After the steward finished speaking, he took Gao Zhijun and Huo Jinqian away and went to the fourth courtyard, where the guests were accommodated.
Gao Zhijun was placed in Yingyue Pavilion, and Huo Jinqian in Xingyue Pavilion. The steward also arranged four maids and servants in the two courtyards to serve Gao Zhijun and Huo Jinqian, but in fact they were secretly observing their every move.
Of course Gao Zhijun and the others knew this trick.
The maidservants were arranged to serve outside and were not allowed to come in.
Marquis Anyang and his wife helped Madam Wei back to her courtyard to discuss countermeasures. Wei Mingchen also followed them. Wei Mingxuan was sent back to his room by Marquis Anyang to be watched over.
After several discussions, they decided to hold an engagement banquet ten days later, so that everyone in the capital could see that the top scholar was the son of a marquis, and make them envious.
At this banquet, only Marquis Anyang was happy, while the other three hated Gao Zhijun and Huo Jinqian to the core.
So what if it was the eldest princess's son? The eldest princess couldn't defeat him and died in his own hands. What was there for her to be afraid of? He was just a child.
She could kill him once, and she could also kill him a second time, and a third time... The Marquis's wife thought viciously in her heart.
He wasn't her grandson; he was a ghost who had come back to take her life. She had been able to ruthlessly kill him back then, and she could do the same now, Madam Wei thought fearfully.
The eldest princess's son, if he wants to come back and snatch his throne as the crown prince, forget it. Since he dares to come back, let him go to hell. Wei Mingchen thought.
As soon as the three of them spoke, they all wanted to kill Huo Jinqian.
So, the three of them came up with a vicious conspiracy and killed Huo Jinqian before the family recognition banquet.
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