In the next room, Aunt Fang said, "I've told you everything I know. Can you please let me go? I'm just a woman in the inner chamber. When these people were in my hands, I just used them to do some private things."
Min Wenqing was a little amused when she heard this: "Private affairs? Then you, a woman in the inner house, are a bit too well-connected. No wonder even Prince Xian's daughter has to give you some respect when you are a concubine in the Ren family."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Fang's heart moved, and she asked suspiciously, "You know Prince Xian and Li? Who are you?"
Min Wenqing smiled slightly and didn't answer her. He just said, "Didn't you say before that you had something important to discuss? If it's just these things, I would find out quickly even if you didn't say it."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Fang couldn't help but grit her teeth, thinking that this man was really a fox at such a young age, and was really difficult to deal with.
But now she is under his roof and has to bow her head, otherwise what can she do to him?
But Concubine Fang was only a member of Fang Yacun's staff. How could she know the important secrets of the imperial court? As a woman in the inner chambers, even if she had some tricks, they were only used within the inner chambers. She had little experience in political affairs.
Now Min Wenqing means that what she said is not important enough.
Aunt Fang was secretly resentful while her mind was racing.
When Min Wenqing wanted to get up and leave again, she suddenly said, "Wait, I have one more thing to do."
Min Wenqing stamped his feet and raised his eyebrows.
Aunt Fang looked at Min Wenqing and said, "I do have something important to tell you, but before I tell you, I want to see someone."
Upon hearing this, Min Wenqing couldn't help but ask curiously, "Oh? Who do you want to see?"
Aunt Fang stared into Min Wenqing's eyes and spoke slowly, "I just remembered the skirt worn by the maid standing outside the door. It looked so familiar. The fifth young lady of our Ren family has an identical skirt!"
Min Wenqing smiled and shook her head, saying, "Even people look exactly the same, let alone the same dress. Are you trying to say that the person standing outside the door is the fifth daughter of your Ren family?"
Aunt Fang smiled and said, "Your Excellency is not a woman, so naturally you don't understand. Although I only took a quick look, I recognized the fabric used in that pleated skirt. It was the one our eldest aunt had sent back for the girls two years ago. The silk shops in Yanzhou don't have this kind of fabric. Our Fifth Miss used that emerald green material to make a cape and a pleated skirt, and the Ninth Miss also made a similar one, but in apricot yellow."
Min Wenqing really didn't understand the issue of these fabrics, but he was not someone who could be fooled easily. Hearing this, he just smiled without comment and walked out of the room, ignoring Aunt Fang's call behind him.
Min Wenqing ordered the guards to close the door tightly, preventing Aunt Fang from snooping again. After he came out, he deliberately glanced at Ping Guo, who stood in the corner with her head lowered. More precisely, he studied her skirt for a while.
Apple glanced at him secretly out of the corner of her eye.
Min Wenqing smiled kindly and asked, "Little girl, the fabric of your skirt is very nice. Where did you get it?"
Apple glanced at him fiercely after hearing this, then turned around and left him with his back.
Min Wenqing: “…”
Min Wenqing felt a little embarrassed. Was he being mistaken for a lecher who flirted with a maid? Actually, he just wanted to know if Fang had just been fooling him.
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