After all, she had seen how anxious Xu Heming was when he learned that Li Zhiwei hadn't returned yet.
Li Zhiwei originally didn't want to pay any attention to Xu Heming, but thinking about what had happened to her today and the news she heard from Luo'er, she felt that she should still talk to Xu Heming instead of acting impulsively.
"My lord, I have something to say to you," Li Zhiwei said, looking at Xu Heming.
"Hmm." Xu Heming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Zhiwei was no longer angry, as he was not good at expressing himself.
Now, Li Zhiwei is suddenly angry, and he still doesn't know what she's angry about.
This is clearly detrimental to their relationship.
Xu Heming led Li Zhiwei back to another room.
Xu Heming looked at Li Zhiwei without saying a word.
“When I went to the clinic today, I rescued an old lady and then took her home. Coincidentally, her daughter was one of Tang Youquan’s concubines.” Li Zhiwei began to recount the story as Xu Heming sat down.
"How could Tang Youquan's concubine cause my mother to faint?" Xu Heming asked, somewhat puzzled.
“Who says otherwise? Luo’er was originally engaged to Erzhu from their village, but because Tang Youquan took a liking to her, she had to break off the engagement with Erzhu and become Tang’s concubine. The old lady was furious and refused to acknowledge this daughter anymore, nor did she want the Tang family’s money. Besides, the Zhou family’s conditions are not good, and the old lady’s health is poor and she is malnourished.” Li Zhiwei explained to Xu Heming in detail.
Although Xu Heming felt that this matter had nothing to do with Heping County, which he wanted to understand, he did not interrupt Li Zhiwei.
"Miss Luo'er happened to return to the manor today. I didn't expect the Tang family to be so generous to their concubines, giving them thousands of taels of silver so easily," Li Zhiwei said, thinking of the silver notes Miss Luo'er had taken out.
"Oh?" Xu Heming thought to himself, this Luo'er girl must be quite favored by Tang Youquan, otherwise, how could she be so generous?
He just casually gave her a thousand taels of silver?
It wasn't that he thought a thousand taels of silver was a lot, but rather that someone of Tang Youquan's official rank shouldn't be able to afford so much to give away to a concubine.
“It seems the Tang family has quite a few concubines like this, but in the end, Tang Youquan will probably give them away,” Li Zhiwei added.
"It seems that Tang Youquan has quite a bit of power, something we don't know about," Xu Heming said, frowning.
"That old lady Zhou kept calling Tang Youquan a corrupt official, and she was very angry with him. When I rescued her, the doctor said that there were many people like her. I suppose the people of Heping County are not having an easy time either," Li Zhiwei sighed and said.
"What I've heard is that Tang Youquan is not only corrupt and lawless, but he also takes anyone he sets his sights on back to his mansion. His reputation isn't good either," Xu Heming said, sharing the information he had gathered.
After Xu Heming finished speaking, he coughed lightly and said, "I was a little anxious because you hadn't come back for so long today. I didn't mean to raise my voice at you."
Xu Heming thought for a long time but still couldn't understand why Li Zhiwei was angry. The only problem was his tone of voice, which sounded somewhat exasperated.
Li Zhiwei sighed. She had thought of this when she came back, and now that Xu Heming had apologized, she decided not to hold it against him.
"Does Master want to stay?" Li Zhiwei then thought of Xu Heming's words and guessed that he might want to stay and investigate Tang Youquan.
"Mother, don't forget the situation in the capital. It's urgent." Li Zhiwei thought of the old princess's unknown condition and realized they couldn't stay here any longer.
Xu Heming frowned.
Thinking that his mother might be seriously ill, he knew he had to go back to the capital to see her as soon as possible.
"I'll leave Qingmu and Qingshui behind." Xu Heming thought for a moment and then decided to leave two trusted confidants behind to investigate thoroughly in Li'an County.
Li Zhiwei also told Xu Heming the address of Old Lady Zhou's house, saying, "I think we can start with the old lady and see if we can find any useful information."
After giving his instructions, Xu Heming did not stay in Heping County for long. He needed to return to the capital as soon as possible to check on the old princess.
Xu Qingshi was unaware of the old princess's serious illness; at this moment, he was still immersed in the joy of his upcoming boat trip.
Mo Yugang even went to the street to buy him a small fishing rod, after all, Xu Qingshi had been clamoring to go fishing.
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