Chapter 437 Targeting Wei Qingyan
It turned out that after Abu returned to Wei, he told the emperor everything about the situation here.
He planned to go to Lan Shu's palace to meet Lan Shu, and then returned to Feng Zhao.
Halfway through his words, he heard that something had happened in the court.
A minister hanged himself at home and wrote in his blood before his death that a god had appeared in his dream and that Wei Qingyan had clearly died in Huangshaling that year, but now he was transformed by a demon and was trying to seize the throne of Wei.
Two more civilians were walking peacefully at the city gate when they suddenly vomited blood and died. The doctor could not find out the cause of death, but the coroner found two pieces of bright yellow silk, which only the emperor could use, in their stomachs.
The words "The Crown Princess is a monster" and "The Wei Dynasty will surely perish if she becomes the crown prince" were written on the silk cloth.
The emperor was not stupid to begin with, and when he learned of Lin Wanzhi's ambition from Abu, he immediately realized that someone was using Wei Qingyan's status as the crown princess as a pretext to stir up the people's dissatisfaction with the court.
By then, we will have a good reason to rebel.
He immediately ordered a thorough investigation, but before they could find out what was going on, something went wrong with the protective formation.
At noon, when the sun was shining brightly, two guards of the altar suddenly caught fire and burned to death in public.
Afterwards, rumors began to spread that the protective formation was not meant to protect the people, but was an evil formation created by Wei Qingyan.
The purpose was to suck away the luck of the people of Wei. Although most of the people had received favors from Wei Qingyan, they firmly believed that this was nonsense.
However, there were also some ignorant people, or those who had suffered misfortunes at home in recent years, who followed the instigation of others and went to the altar to demand the removal of the protective formation.
Faced with unarmed civilians, the guards could only persuade them to retreat and did not dare to use force.
At this moment, many masters suddenly jumped out from among the people and broke into the protective formation, intending to take away the relic.
Because they were afraid of hurting the civilians, the guards had a hard time defending. Fortunately, Abu and his men arrived in time and protected the relic.
However, after hearing the conspiracy against Wei Qingyan and worrying about Wei Qingyan's situation in Fengzhao, Lan Shu gave birth prematurely.
"Although mother is in good health, the delivery was not smooth. Father was extremely nervous and worried because of the accident that happened when mother gave birth to us. He held me tightly and refused to let go.
I was also worried about my mother, but fortunately, she and my younger brothers and sisters are all safe.
The midwife said that the younger sister was too big and wanted to come out before the younger brother, but the silly girl was the first to come out, causing the mother a lot of trouble.
Mother was very careful about her diet, but because her legs and feet were severely swollen lately and she moved less, my sister grew even faster in her belly."
Abu was still frightened and said, "Sister, you should be more careful about moving around in the future."
He was outside the house listening to his mother's cries of pain. The feeling of helplessness, worry and fear was so unbearable that his father was so scared that he collapsed on him.
Wei Qingyan was also terrified after hearing this, "How was Mother when you left?"
"The imperial physician said that if you take good care of yourself during the confinement period, nothing else will happen. Mother asked you not to worry.
My younger brother and sister are both fine, but my younger brother is a little weak, and he's been in the womb for a long time, so he needs to be taken good care of. However, the imperial doctors are watching over him, so you don't have to worry too much."
After a pause, he gestured, "My sister is too round, chubby, like a snowball. She's cute, but mother has suffered so much.
But my mother loved my little sister very much. She said that my little sister had a face like a silver plate and would be blessed in the future, so she gave her the nickname "Panpan."
My little sister is the fat monk. The merits he accumulated in his previous life are enough for him to be a little princess in a wealthy family in this life.
Nature is blessed.
Knowing that his mother and siblings were fine, Wei Qingyan felt relieved and asked about other things.
"Have you figured out the details about the blood letter and the yellow silk?"
“Although the handwriting in blood was imitated very closely, Yu Liangzhi was still able to find subtle differences in the handwriting.
After comparing the previous memorials of the minister, it was confirmed that the blood letter was not written by the minister himself. Therefore, it was very likely that the minister was murdered.
When I arrived, Du Shangshu was still investigating.
As for the two people who hid the yellow silk in their stomachs, they were two farmers from a village outside Beijing. They were usually well-behaved people and nothing wrong was found to be wrong.
But Father had the Imperial Household Department checked, and they found no bright yellow silk missing from the Wei Imperial Palace. Father suspects that the bright yellow silk was brought by Feng Zhao."
The brocade used by the two countries to make dragon robes is the same. The Wei imperial palace has been cleaned up again and again by my father, and there are not many people who can take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos.
On Feng Zhao's side, Lin Wanzhi had already planned it, and Wei Qingyan agreed with the emperor's statement.
"This must have been a scheme set up by Lin Wanzhi before she died. I wonder if the people in Wei haven't heard the news of Lin Wanzhi's death yet, or if her subordinates have found new masters."
Wei Qingyan frowned. "Father, do you have any guesses about Lin Wanzhi colluding with the Wei Dynasty to station troops? Which prince is it?"
"The emperor's biggest suspicion is ***'s brother, Prince Rui. He is the son of Concubine Dowager De and was the one most likely to compete with the emperor for the throne.
The other princes, my father, have not dared to underestimate them and have already sent people to investigate secretly. I ask you not to worry and to return with the envoys."
Thinking of something, he continued, "Oh right, when Shi Dehou was rescued by Lin Wanzhi, it was a housekeeper from the Xie family who helped with the communication.
The emperor had just found out about this and hadn't used it to punish the Xie family when the Xie family took the initiative to drag the housekeeper to see the emperor.
Naturally, the Xie family was thoroughly investigated. My father also kept an eye on the Xie family for a while, but the Xie family was too clean, and the things found could not hurt the foundation of the Xie family.
When Father learned that Lin Wanzhi was planning to attack Wei, the first person he thought of was the Xie family, and he has already sent people to keep an eye on them.
"The Xie family was able to survive the tyranny of the previous dynasty and prosper for decades after the founding of the Wei Dynasty. They are definitely not an ordinary family.
But he was able to keep his hands clean before because Shi Dehou promised the Xie family wealth and prosperity, so they didn't need to do anything.
But it’s different now. My father no longer values them. If the Xie family really behaves well, my father will not refuse to tolerate them.
I'm afraid they won't accept this. If the things written in blood are related to them, Father will find out sooner or later."
Wei Qingyan patted his brother's shoulder and said, "You've had a hard time traveling. Go and rest first. I'll stay with you for another day tomorrow. You should imitate my words and actions well. The day after tomorrow, I'll set off to return to Wei."
"I'm not tired."
Abu shook his head.
Ajie had dressed up as a man before, but he had never dressed up as a woman before. He had to interact more with Ajie to avoid being exposed.
Seeing that he insisted, Wei Qingyan asked about the situation in Dawei, then found a set of neutral clothes that Abu used to wear, asked him to change into them, and then asked someone to call Wei Shijun over.
Although the two looked similar, Abu was a man after all. Wei Shijun looked at the stiff Abu, pinched her chin and said, "Brother Abu, do you mind if your third sister trims your eyebrows for you?"
Although Wei Qingyan's eyebrows were not as thin as those of an ordinary woman, they were much thinner and softer than Abu's two thick, black, sword-like eyebrows.
Abu looked at himself in the glasses, then at Wei Qingyan, and spontaneously sat down on the chair with his eyes closed, looking as if he was ready to die.
Seeing him like this, the two sisters couldn't help but smile at each other.
After a moment, Wei Shijun put down the knife in her hand and asked Wei Qingyan, "Does this look much better than before?"
"It's better."
Wei Qingyan also pinched his chin and looked at Abu, "Abu is taller than me."
"I can pretend to sprain my ankle, and then no one else can tell if I'm sitting there."
Abu shared his sister's worries.
Wei Shijun looked at the silly boy and smiled meaningfully, "The skin color is wrong too."
After Abu took shape, although his skin was also fair, Wei Qingyan had been pampered by Lan Shu and Shi Yu over the years, and his skin color became increasingly fair and delicate.
The difference between the two is obvious when they stand together.
Abu had no choice but to point to the makeup box and said, "Third sister, please teach me how to put on makeup."
When Wei Shijun opened her mouth, her hand had already reached for the powder box very quickly, her eyes sparkling.
"Don't worry, brother. Your sister and I will keep this a secret and won't let your future wife know. You were once as beautiful as a flower..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
