When Yun Chuwei returned to the front yard and saw He Ning, He Ning hurriedly pulled her into the side hall.
He Ning looked at Yun Chuwei with a complicated expression, hesitant to speak.
Yun Chu smiled and said, "Mother, don't worry, things have been taken care of! That woman has nothing to do with His Highness Prince Xuan. Prince Xuan will handle the rest. You can rest assured."
He Ning sighed softly and said, "Of course I know that Prince Xuan wouldn't do such an absurd thing. What I wanted to ask you was about your health! You just said that your health is poor and it's difficult for you to have children..."
He Ning desperately hoped that Yun Chuwei was just talking nonsense.
Yun Chu smiled and said, "It's true!"
He Ning felt as if struck by lightning; he staggered and almost fell.
Yun Chuwei reached out and supported He Ning, smiling as she said, "Mother, don't get so agitated. If you hurt yourself, wouldn't that be my fault?"
He Ning grabbed Yun Chuwei's wrist and looked at her seriously, saying, "Weiwei, what happened? Can your body still be treated?"
Yun Chuwei replied calmly, "Mother should know that I can read faces and tell fortunes, right?"
He Ning nodded.
She naturally knew about this. After all, Weiwei had saved her using that very skill.
Yun Chuwei continued, "Every cause has its effect. Whatever you gain, you have to pay a price. Perhaps my body is one such price!"
He Ning frowned: "Is it incurable?"
Yun Chuwei shook her head: "At present, there is no way. However, there may be a turning point in the future, who knows?"
He Ning pondered for a long time after hearing this before saying, "How about I go and beg His Majesty to rescind his decree and cancel your engagement with Prince Xuan?"
He Ning felt that Prince Xuan was a prince, and the royal family valued offspring the most.
Yun Chuwei shook her head slightly: "No need! His Highness Prince Xuan said he doesn't care!"
He Ning frowned. It wasn't that she didn't trust Xie Xuan, but people's hearts were easily changed, and she was afraid that Xie Xuan would look down on her Weiwei in the future.
Yun Chuwei knew what her mother was thinking, so she couldn't help but smile and say, "Mother, don't think so much. We'll deal with the future later. If he really goes back on his word, I'll naturally find a way to deal with him."
He Ning remained silent.
Yun Chuwei couldn't help but ask, "Does Mother not believe I have such abilities?"
He Ning shook his head: "I naturally believe in your abilities. However, if those things happen, even if he pays the price, you will also be hurt. I don't want to see you..."
Yun Chuwei couldn't help but smile and said, "Mother, I understand what you mean. But we can't throw the baby out with the bathwater, right?"
He Ning nodded upon hearing this: "What you said makes sense. Alright, I'll go find your grandmother first and discuss with her what we should do!"
Yun Chuwei didn't object, but simply said, "Okay!"
Now that we've decided to tell these things, we won't hide them anymore; the old lady will find out sooner or later anyway.
But she felt that the old lady would definitely be more open-minded than He Ning.
After seeing He Ning off, Yun Chuwei saw the butler rushing over.
"Young Miss, the Fifth Princess has arrived and says she wishes to see you. Would you like to see her?"
Yun Chu raised an eyebrow slightly; today had truly been eventful.
But remembering Xie Xin's pledge of allegiance that day, she still said to the housekeeper, "Bring her in! Don't tell anyone she's here to see me!"
Although the butler didn't understand why both the Fifth Princess and his own young lady had instructed him not to tell anyone, he didn't ask any further questions.
Soon, he brought Xie Xin in.
Yun Chuwei gestured for Xie Xin to sit down, then gave the butler a few instructions before dismissing him.
Soon, only Yun Chuwei and Xie Xin remained in the side hall.
The butler quickly arranged for someone to guard the side hall, preventing others from approaching.
Xie Xin took out a token and placed it in front of Yun Chuwei.
Yun Chuwei glanced at the token, somewhat puzzled: "What is this?"
"This was a secret guard unit left to Empress Wang by my maternal grandmother! Much of Empress Wang's information was gathered by these people. Many of her orders were also relayed to them for execution! In the past few days, I've uncovered most of the members of this secret guard unit!"
Yun Chuwei nodded slightly.
Xie Xin continued, "In the process of dismantling this secret guard, I discovered another force that was also targeting Empress Wang's power. Their main target was the businesses owned by Empress Wang."
Who is it?
Xie Xin stared at Yun Chuwei for a long time without replying.
Yun Chuwei was somewhat puzzled: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Xie Xin laughed and said, "I thought it was you before, but now I know it wasn't. However, it is indeed related to the Marquis's mansion. It seems that the founding families have joined forces to not only cut off Empress Wang's financial resources, but also impeached many of her officials!"
Yun Chu lowered her eyes slightly, lost in thought and remained silent.
"Who did you think of?" Xie Xin asked.
Yun Chu smiled slightly: "Within the Marquis's mansion, who can unite with the founding families?"
If she were to intervene, those powerful families might give her some face, but they would definitely not listen to her.
Nowadays, the only person who can get those powerful families to obey is the old lady.
Xie Xin had also thought of this, but she was very puzzled: "What does the old lady want to do?"
Yun Chuwei shook her head slightly: "I don't know, perhaps she just wants to avenge my mother!"
Xie Xin frowned, thinking it unlikely.
It's taken so long for you to finally think of taking your anger out on the Empress? What were you doing all this time?
Yun Chu smiled and said, "Don't think too much about it. I'll find a chance to talk to the old lady. You've come at the right time. A group of people have been arrested in the backyard. Go and see if they are Empress Wang's men!"
Yun Chuwei felt that it would be more useful to hand those people over to Xie Xin than to leave them in her hands!
Xie Xin had also heard about what had happened. After standing up, she said, "I'll go pay my respects to the old lady first. You can take me there later!"
After saying that, Xie Xin turned and left.
Yun Chuwei waited until she left before leaving the side hall.
After Xie Xin paid his respects to the old lady, he led her toward the woodshed.
Soon, Xie Xin met those people.
Everyone was tied to racks and their mouths were gagged.
Xie Xin checked everything, then left the room with Yun Chuwei before nodding.
“Those were indeed Empress Wang’s men, trained by my maternal grandfather and then handed over to her!”
Xie Xin was silent for a moment, then said, "I have an idea!"
Yun Chu raised an eyebrow: "Tell me about it!"
"You hand the person over to my father, and I'll bring them back. Then I can find an excuse to reorganize the people who left my maternal grandfather's side and completely bring back Empress Wang's forces!" Xie Xin said.
Yun Chuwei nodded: "We'll do as you say!"
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