As soon as Lady Jing'an finished speaking, she noticed that her husband had stopped moving.
Although the Marquis of Jing'an quickly covered it up, the Marquis's wife had been married to him for over twenty years and they had spent every day together. She knew him very well and could hardly miss the strangeness in his eyes. She immediately narrowed her eyes.
"...My lord? Is there something you're hiding from me?"
Marquis Jing'an: "..."
"My lord, instead of letting me overthink, why don't you tell me what happened?"
After thinking for a moment, Marquis Jing'an told his wife about what had happened in the palace. "...Although the Emperor will surely handle it well now that he has taken over, given Lin'er's strong sense of justice, she should do something to push things forward."
After hearing this, Lady Jing'an, unusually, did not scold Jiang Xuelin for being reckless again. She just frowned and said, "It's normal for Lin'er to do whatever she wants. Only our daughter with such a personality would get involved in such injustices."
As a woman herself, how could Lady Jing'an, the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an, not understand?
Marquis Jing'an laughed upon hearing this, "Yes, that's our daughter."
Seeing his arrogant demeanor, Lady Jing'an couldn't stand it anymore. "Lin'er's temperament is all because you spoiled him!"
Marquis Jing'an: "..."
If that's what Madam says, then so be it. Just pretend that Madam didn't favor Lin'er. It's not good to argue about this kind of thing.
…………
At this moment, in a secluded courtyard in the inner city, several people were still gathered together discussing matters.
Jiang Xuelin originally thought that after she spoke about the matter, some people might be unwilling to participate and would withdraw, but the result surprised her.
Everyone seems quite interested in this.
Especially Li Wenfeng.
Li Wenfeng was an illegitimate son in his family, not a legitimate one, and the family business had nothing to do with him. He liked to hang out with Fan Yundi, which is why he was brought in. Otherwise, Jiang Xuelin might not have been very familiar with him.
Fan Yundi is the grandson of the Marquis of Jinbei, and his family values him highly. The Marquis of Jinbei's mansion is also quite prosperous, so his family naturally has no objection to Li Wenfeng being with Fan Yundi.
It would be even better if the family could be connected with the Marquis of Jinbei's household.
Because of the tabloid incident, the family learned that the tabloid was spearheaded by the heir of the Prince of Ping's mansion, which led to a significant rise in Li Wenfeng's status within the family.
“My sister’s feet were bound.” Li Wenfeng’s eyes turned red and he gritted his teeth as he spoke of this.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuelin turned her head and looked at the usually taciturn young man.
Meeting Jiang Xuelin's gaze, Li Wenfeng did not look away and continued talking about his own affairs.
“My family has fallen on hard times, and my elder brother is also a good-for-nothing. So he wanted to use his connections and the daughters in the family. They couldn’t bear to see my younger sister suffer and hoped to marry her off to a good family, so they set their sights on my sister.” Li Wenfeng rarely talked about his family, especially such things.
“Our family has long since fallen into decline, and my sister is born out of wedlock. Even if we send her to a powerful family, it’s not certain that anyone will take a liking to her. So they decided to take a different approach and try to bind my sister’s feet into bound feet. When they send her to a powerful family, someone will surely take a liking to her.”
He despised his parents' behavior and felt intense hatred whenever he saw his younger sister in pain and unwilling to get out of bed. However, he was just an illegitimate son and his words carried no weight. His aunt had already passed away, and his sister still had to live with his legal mother.
Even knowing that his younger sister is in great pain, Li Wenfeng can only turn a blind eye and pretend he doesn't know. He just tries to bring his still very young sister some snacks and trinkets when he goes back home.
It's because he, as the older brother, is useless.
The others fell silent upon hearing this.
Jiang Xuelin frowned, tapping her fingers lightly on the table. She felt that this was a good starting point, starting with the news that the Chengyi Earl's family had harmed their own daughter for the sake of power, which also fit the positioning of "The Sun Shines Brightly" all along.
However, this would inevitably put Li Wenfeng and his sister in the spotlight, especially since they are still living in the Chengyi Earl's mansion and have not yet started a family, and Li Wenfeng's sister is still young.
Making this a big deal won't do them any good.
Although Jiang Xuelin loves to meddle in other people's business, she wouldn't disregard the lives of others and cleverly drag the victims into a deeper quagmire. Therefore, even though she thought it was a good starting point, she still didn't say it.
no.
Fu Han glanced at Jiang Xuelin with a questioning look, only to receive a negative answer from her.
Just like the case that made "The Sun Shines Brightly" famous.
That incident did achieve Jiang Xuelin and Fu Hanlai's goal of taking down Vice Minister Huang, but for Huang Qingshi, it was not a good thing. In fact, if Huang Qingshi's mother were still alive at the time, she would definitely have lost her life because of this incident.
They had made all the necessary arrangements and obtained Huang Qingshi's consent before sending him away so that he wouldn't be delayed or affected by the matter.
Let's start with something else. If all else fails, we can start with the Yao family.
This whole thing actually started with Yao Yufang.
"Your Highness, Your Highness's Wife, I hope that 'The Brightest Light' can expose this matter."
Jiang Xuelin was pondering what to do when Li Wenfeng spoke first.
"Wenfeng, you need to think this through. After things come to light, others might sympathize with your sister, but your family certainly won't let her off so easily. She's so young and lives in the inner quarters; you can't take care of her in time." The speaker was Fan Yundi, who had already married An Ying and was now Jiang Xuelin's cousin-in-law.
If he cannot take care of her in time, it means that Li Wenfeng's sister is very likely to "die unexpectedly".
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