Chapter 104: Scare Madam Wei
Lan Shu agreed, "That's true, but he denied ever seeing the seal of the Protector General, which is even more suspicious."
One of the purposes of their visit to Prince Jing's mansion today was to test him, so she naturally kept an eye on Prince Jing's expression.
"So, the girl pretended to be greedy and willful to let him down."
Wei Qingyan nodded, "When we went to Prince Jing's Mansion, only Yan Lan introduced herself, and Yan Lan is a woman, so the female family members who receive female guests in the mansion were not there.
There was no need for him, a prince, to come to see Yan Lan in person despite being injured. He and Yan Lan had no friendship.
Yan Lan suddenly realized, "Besides, I'm just the daughter of a deputy general. He could have sent a housekeeper to see me, but he came here in person.
This means that there is someone in our group that he wants to meet. Judging from his enthusiasm for Aunt Lan, his target is Aunt Lan, which means that he knew from the beginning who would come to visit.
We've been traveling in secret, and we haven't even entered the city, but he knew Aunt Lan was here. This means his information comes from the capital, and he's keeping an eye on what's going on there."
Wei Qingyan gave Yan Lan an admiring look, "A prince who stays in his fiefdom and appears to be honest, but is always paying attention to the developments in the capital. It is clear that he is not as content with the status quo as he appears.
Such a person will definitely keep a close eye on his own territory. He might not be unaware that Yan Qing was hunted down here three years ago."
Perhaps, the man in black that the earthbound spirit saw appear after Yan Qing's death was his man.
Upon hearing this, Yan Lan gripped the reins tightly, "Could he also be an accomplice in the murder of my brother?"
"It's not ruled out." Yan Lan continued, "For someone who can be so cruel as to attack his wife, I don't expect him to be so warm to me just because of the little help he gave me back then.
Now that I am no longer with the royal family, I am of no use to them, except for the Sword Forging Villa behind me."
Weapons are what every ambitious person desires, "not to mention the example of the previous emperor receiving assistance from the Sword Forging Villa."
"He has ambitions to take the throne!" Yan Lan was shocked, "But if that's the case, shouldn't he be helping Qing Yan?
With the help of the National Protection Army, wouldn't it be easier for him to accomplish his goals?"
Wei Qingyan looked at Yan Lan, "The National Protection Army will never help him rebel for his own selfish desires, unless the king is unkind and the people of the world are suffering, and he has the world at heart."
Just like how my father followed the late emperor.
Although the current emperor is not outstanding, he cares about the people, and King Jing must be aware of this.
Since he couldn't get help from the National Protection Army, he would just sit back and watch it disintegrate. This way, he would have one less obstacle to accomplishing his goal.
Thinking of this, Wei Qingyan sighed inwardly, not knowing whether she and Shi Yu were too short-sighted, or King Jing was pretending to be too good.
Yesterday, Shi Yu told her that Prince Jing fell in love with Wanyi at first sight when she grew up, and even wrote many sad poems for her. When Prince Jing was in the capital, he had a good relationship with Shi Yu.
But just now, after King Jing showed disgust towards her, he was happy, which meant that King Jing looked down on her and was not sincere towards Shi Yu.
An elder brother who truly cares about his younger brother will only feel sad and angry for Shi Yu, and will never be happy, when he sees that Shi Yu is going to marry a woman he looks down upon.
Yan Lan thought about the style of the National Protection Army and agreed with Wei Qingyan's words.
Lan Shu kicked her horse to Wei Qingyan's side and said, "Miss, do you want someone to keep an eye on him?"
Wei Qingyan shook his head, "No need."
Shi Yu captured the guards of Prince Jing's mansion today and will definitely find some problems.
He will send someone to keep an eye on it.
Lan Shu lowered her voice and continued, "If Prince Jing really has that in mind, will he also use Madam Wei?"
Most men are greedy for young and beautiful girls. She really couldn't understand why King Jing ignored his beautiful wife and concubines and instead clung to Madam Wei, a middle-aged woman.
Madam Wei is the mistress of the General Protector's Mansion, so she still has some connections. This is the reason Lan Shu just thought of.
Wei Qingyan pondered, "Maybe it's not that simple. Her love for Wanyi in the past didn't seem fake, and her reaction after entering the nightmare also shows that she still cares about Wanyi.
If Prince Jing is just trying to coax her out of greed, that might not be enough, and she might not be able to see through Prince Jing's intentions."
Lan Shu thought about it from her own perspective and felt that what Wei Qingyan said made sense, so she said no more.
What she wanted to know more was the girl's background.
Therefore, after they caught up with Wei Wanyi and her group, she went directly to Madam Wei's carriage and said, "Madam Wei, long time no see."
Madam Wei was thinking about the fact that Prince Jing was going to hurt Wei Wanyi the whole time, and she didn't recognize Lan Shu for a moment. "Who are you?"
"I'm Lan Shu."
After saying that, Lan Shu added, "I wonder if Madam Wei still remembers the concubine Shu from the Eastern Palace back then?"
Concubine Shu?
Madam Wei's hand suddenly tightened under her sleeve, and she looked at Lan Shu carefully, "Why are you here?"
Lan Shu stepped onto her carriage and sat down in front of her, "I came with Yan Lan to look for Yan Qing's remains.
Yan Lan went to Prince Jing's mansion to meet you, but when she heard you were back in Beijing, she encountered assassins on the way. She was worried about you, so she chased after you and returned to Beijing with you."
She said a lot, but Madam Wei only paid attention to this one sentence, "You guys want to go back to Beijing too?"
Lan Shu nodded, "I haven't found my two children yet, so I have to go back to Beijing."
Without waiting for Madam Wei to speak, she continued, "Madam Wei is far away in Yongzhou, I'm afraid she doesn't know yet.
My child was switched by the Queen, and now the Queen has been deposed and committed suicide in the cold palace. Your Majesty is sending people everywhere to find them."
Madam Wei had heard about this matter, but she had never heard that the emperor was looking for someone, so she asked, "Do you have any clues? Perhaps I can help find them."
"Thank you for your kindness, madam, but His Majesty does not want me to tire myself out and has refused to share any clues he has found.
But he promised me that even if he turned the world upside down, he would find our child, and I believe he will find it."
Lan Shu's tone suddenly darkened, "Your Majesty said that my children were most likely swapped with my family. If that's the case, I hope they can meet kind adoptive parents.
If I encounter someone cruel enough to mistreat my son, I will cut her into pieces and scatter her bones to ashes. I will treat her children the same way she treated my son."
Seeing that Madam Wei seemed to tremble, she apologized, "I'm really sorry for scaring you, but as a mother, you should understand me.
The thought that children might be suffering somewhere makes me want to kill."
After saying that, she rubbed her hands.
Madam Wei listened to these words and recalled that Lan Shu had gone mad and left the palace. She looked at her now and saw that she was also a little crazy. Her lips turned even paler. "Are you okay now?"
"Are you asking about my madness?" Lan Shu seemed unconcerned and said, "If I'm not stimulated, I won't get mad. If I'm stimulated, I'll become bloodthirsty.
This is also the reason why His Majesty did not allow me to look for my child. He was worried that I would find the person who stole my child and skin her alive."
"Then have you ever thought that maybe the deposed queen won't let your child survive at all?" Madam Wei asked carefully.
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