Chapter 040: Support
Meng Chifei and his party galloped all the way and soon arrived at the west gate of the capital.
They lined up to enter the city very slowly.
Meng Chifei didn't know what he was thinking, and his brows were furrowed.
She had never shown such a worried expression even when she was fighting in the battlefield.
Meng Xiyan asked her, "Are you still thinking about Wen Yan?"
Meng Chifei's brows were furrowed so tightly that he almost pinched a fly to death. "Even though Yanyan didn't say anything, I can tell that she's not doing well. Not only has she lost a lot of weight, but her eyes aren't as bright as before. They're full of fatigue, as if she's been through a lot."
"Maybe the marriage exchange was too much of a blow to her." Meng Xiyan said.
"It's definitely more than just this one incident." Meng Chifei said to Chen San behind him, "Third brother, when you get to the city, go to Tianyi Cloth Shop and ask Shopkeeper Cui to come to my house. I want to know everything that happened to Yanyan in the past six months."
"Yes." Brother Chen San agreed.
After verifying their identities, the group entered the city smoothly.
You can’t ride a horse in the capital.
They rode their horses and slowly walked along Suzaku Avenue towards the imperial palace.
Although Meng Xiyan was young, he won many battles.
Every time he returned from a great victory, the people in the city would line the streets to welcome him. Over time, everyone remembered this young general.
Not long after they entered the city, the people recognized him.
He waved at him and shouted, "General Meng!"
Following this shout, countless people gathered around and cheered loudly for him to express their love.
After Wen Ruyue bought the jewelry and came out of Yuqiong Pavilion, she saw the brother and sister who were in the spotlight.
Envy and jealousy flashed in her eyes.
In the capital, in terms of status, only the emperor's princes and princesses can compete with this brother and sister.
Ordinary descendants of princes had to stay away.
Such an identity made Wen Ruyue envious.
If Wen Yan hadn't snatched away her life, she would have been the one to become Meng Chifei's best friend.
Instead of making friends with herself, the real daughter of the Wen family, she tried to curry favor with Wen Yan, the adopted daughter.
Meng Chifei is really blind.
Perhaps he sensed the burning gaze.
Meng Chifei turned around suddenly.
Their eyes met.
Meng Chifei made a gesture of wiping his neck towards her.
Wen Ruyue's heart trembled, and her legs suddenly became weak and she could not stand.
But she quickly calmed down.
How's the scenery now?
It won’t take a few years.
Some of the Meng family died, and some were left disabled.
Even Meng Chifei, who was doted on by the emperor, was disfigured and became an abandoned woman, and disappeared.
Everything in front of me is just a raging fire.
How prosperous the Meng family is now, how miserable it will be in the future!
And her husband will pass the imperial examination, become a top scholar in the imperial examination, solve strange cases, become a new celebrity in the capital, and be the object of everyone's flattery.
The envy and jealousy in her eyes were gradually replaced by schadenfreude.
**
Old Niutou sent Wen Yan and his group home.
On the way back home, I met Ying Zhilin who was just getting out of school.
After a brief greeting between the two, Ying Zhilin was about to leave.
Wen Yan went to meet a friend today, and I don’t know what the situation was.
"Wait a minute." The old bull head called him, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
It was reasonable for him to tell Ying Zhilin about Wen Yan and the young general in red.
But Wen Yan is a very good person, and he doesn't want to cause discord between them because of him.
He was torn between conscience and desire for a long time, but he couldn't utter a word. Instead, he was sweating profusely in anxiety.
In the end, he could only squeeze out one sentence: "Don't just focus on studying. You should spend more time at home and spend more time with your wife."
It would be better if he didn't say that.
As soon as he said that, Ying Zhilin began to feel uneasy.
Thinking of that cunning and bright woman who had met with misfortune, his heart trembled violently.
Without even saying goodbye, he ran home.
He pushed the door open and searched the yard with sharp eyes.
Only Fifth Granny, Zhixue and Zhihai were talking in the yard; Pei'er and Wen Yan were nowhere to be seen.
"Brother!" Ying Zhihai ran towards him excitedly.
Ying Zhilin panted: "Where's your sister-in-law?"
Just as Ying Zhihai was about to answer, the study window was pushed open from the inside.
"You're back! Come in and help me!" Wen Yan leaned on the window and waved at him with a smile.
She has a slim figure, picturesque eyes and eyebrows, and chubby baby cheeks, which add a touch of childishness to her pretty face.
"Okay, I'll help you." Ying Zhilin strode into the study and saw Wen Yan standing in front of the desk.
She had no missing arms or legs, and no injuries on her body.
His heart finally settled down.
There were four wooden boxes in the study.
The lid of the box was opened, revealing various minerals and gems inside.
There are expensive ones and cheap ones.
The colorful things piled together are dazzling to the eyes.
Wen Yan and Pei'er were busy sorting them.
"What are you standing there for? Come help! Pearl and I will sort them by color and rarity, and you'll be in charge of labeling them, okay?"
"I'm happy to help." Ying Zhilin smiled faintly, rolled up his sleeves and went over to help.
**
The Meng brothers and sisters reported to the emperor very smoothly.
The emperor gave them a lot of gifts and invited them to have dinner in the palace.
When we returned to the Meng Mansion, it was already dark.
Meng Chifei went straight to the study.
Shopkeeper Cui from Tianyi Cloth Shop is already waiting here.
When Shopkeeper Cui saw the brother and sister, he quickly greeted them: "Young Master, Young Miss."
As he spoke, he opened a small box on his desk. "This is the profit of the cloth shop for the past six months. After deducting operating costs, all the profits are here. A total of 2,312 taels of silver."
Twenty gold bars and a bag of silver were neatly stacked in the box.
Meng Chifei didn't even glance at her, but said to Shopkeeper Cui, "Uncle Cui, tell me quickly, what happened to Yanyan in the six months I was away? Who bullied her?"
Manager Cui had known about this for a long time, so he had been paying attention to Wen Yan's news.
He sighed deeply and continued, "Originally, everything was proceeding according to plan until a month ago, when the Wen family suddenly announced that two women were being exchanged for marriage.
The young lady was placed under house arrest in the Wen residence until her wedding day, when her dowry box was overturned, revealing only broken stones and tiles..."
Shopkeeper Cui told every detail of what happened before and after Wen Yan's marriage.
Only then did the Meng siblings know what Wen Yan had been going through during this period.
"How dare you, the Wen family and the Huo family, treat Yanyan like this!
Initially, when Wen Ruyue came back, Yanyan asked to return to her biological parents, but the Wen family refused to let her go and swore to heaven that they would treat Yanyan as their own biological parent. However, only one year later, they did this!
The Cui family is not a good family either. They went to great lengths to ask Yanyan to marry them.
Now, just because Yanyan is not of the Wen family's blood, she is being replaced before marriage. Do you know how much impact this will have on the woman's reputation?
And the old Ying family from Songshan Village, how dare they bully Yanyan? I will never let them go!"
Meng Chifei became angrier and angrier as he thought about it, and slammed his fist on the table.
A big hole immediately appeared on the table!
"Brother, we must support Yanyan. Let's go to Songshan Village first. I'll let them know that Yanyan's maiden name is not Wen, but Meng.
I want to make Mrs. Qiao regret it so much that her intestines will turn green!"
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Meng Xiyan looked doting.
He loves his little sister the most.
Wen Yan is my little sister's best friend. He loves my little sister and her family. He will naturally protect the people my little sister wants to protect.
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