After a little thought, Wei Ping had a general plan in mind, and she also figured out who she needed to use in this plan.
The Autumn Festival was just two days away, which meant that Sun Xingjian would arrive at the Wei family tomorrow, leaving her with little time. So, half an hour later, she took a carriage and went out again, heading to a village on the outskirts of the capital.
Knocking on the wooden door of the courtyard, a man around forty years old lived inside. He didn't seem surprised by Wei Ping's arrival and didn't ask her a single question when he let her in.
Wei Ping didn't stand on ceremony and sat down at the broken wooden table, picking up the teapot to pour herself some tea.
She had been busy since before dawn and hadn't even had a chance to drink water. Her throat was so dry it hurt. But when she saw that the tea poured into the teacup wasn't clear and even had a lot of foam floating on it, she endured her thirst and put the teacup back.
Wei Ping didn't rush to speak, but the man couldn't wait any longer and asked, "How is Die'er? Have you seen her in prison?"
Wei Ping sighed sadly, "I just saw him this morning. He's become so thin and emaciated. If he stays locked up like this, I'm afraid he won't survive even without the magistrate's judgment..."
The man's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. "Then you'd better think of a way to rescue Die'er quickly! If all else fails, I'll go and tie up the second wife and her daughter, force them to write a letter of forgiveness, and beg the magistrate for a lenient sentence!"
Wei Ping shook her head angrily at the man in front of her. "People say you learn from your mistakes, but after all these years, when will you ever grow a brain? You've squandered all the money I got from my family time and time again, and you still haven't improved even a little bit!"
"Is now the time to bring up these old grievances?" the man said, sounding somewhat impatient.
"Then think about the consequences of you kidnapping the second wife and her daughter! Do you think that letter of forgiveness obtained under duress will be of any use? Even if you release them, will they not go to the authorities to sue you?"
"Then let's just kill them! That way we won't have to recant their confessions!" the man said fiercely.
Wei Ping couldn't help but sneer: "They're all dead. Do you think the officials will still believe the letters of forgiveness they wrote before they died?"
The man thought it made sense, but nothing worked. He was completely lost and squatted on the ground with his hands on his head: "Then tell me what to do!"
Wei Ping glanced at him, her eyes darting around, before saying, "It's not that there's no way."
The man suddenly raised his head, looking at her as if she were a savior of suffering: "Then tell me quickly, what can I do for Die'er?"
As the man spoke, his eyes filled with remorse, "I, as their father, have failed our daughter..."
Back then, Cai Die stole Wei Shu Yao's credit and drugged the mother and daughter of the second wife. In fact, it was all because of his instigation and nagging from the sidelines.
The reason was simple: he hoped his daughter could marry into a good family so she could continue to support him, her father. After all, ever since he was cheated out of his business trip and had to beg his way back, Wei Ping refused to live with him anymore. He watched helplessly as Wei Ping took their daughter to her parents' home, while he became the abandoned one, his own daughter even taking the Wei family name, Luo Caidie becoming Wei Caidie.
How can anyone accept this?
Therefore, Luo Yong came to Shengjing City. He couldn't afford to rent a house in the capital, so he had to live in the village closest to the capital, so he could occasionally go into the city to see his daughter.
He thought he could help Cai Die come up with a solution, and that if it worked out, Cai Die would remember his kindness as her father. But he never expected that he would not achieve his goal and instead end up putting Cai Die in jail.
He truly hadn't expected the mother and daughter from the second wife to be so ruthless; even a family member from the same household could be taken to court for making a mistake.
Wei Ping admired Luo Yong's pained expression for a while and felt that he was very easy to use, so she spoke up: "Actually, I am at odds with the second branch of the family. They are fixated on Cai Die's mistakes and refuse to let her off easily. Besides the fact that Cai Die drugged them, there is another reason."
"What's the reason?" Luo Yong asked eagerly.
Wei Ping pursed her lips and then told the lie she had hastily woven on the way back: "Wei Zheng's wife, Madam Sun, has a younger brother named Sun Xingjian, who is also the Marquis of Pingyang County. When I first came to stay with my mother with Cai Die, he happened to be coming to the capital from the border to report on his duties and stayed at the Wei family's residence."
Although Luo Yong hadn't guessed what had happened, he could tell there was a story behind those words. He frowned and instinctively reached up to touch the top of his head, feeling as if he were being bathed in a green cloud.
Wei Ping glanced at his reaction and continued, "Originally, we were all relatives, so I didn't think much of it. But who knew that my politeness would be misunderstood as having ulterior motives, and gradually his attitude towards me changed..."
"What did that kid do to you?!" Luo Yong suddenly stood up, his eyes wide open.
Wei Ping glanced at him with displeasure: "He's the Marquis of Pingyang, with status and position. What could he possibly do to me openly? Do you think he's some country bumpkin with some underhanded schemes!"
Hearing this, Luo Yong felt a little relieved, found a small stool opposite Wei Ping, sat down, and continued to listen to her story.
"The Marquis of Pingyang only harbored feelings for me, but his behavior was perfectly proper; he is a gentleman. Especially after learning that my husband was still in his hometown, he began to deliberately keep his distance to avoid others saying that I was indecent."
"But in the end, his sister, Madam Sun, found out about this. Madam Sun always felt that I had deliberately seduced her brother in order to become the wife of the Marquis of Pingyang. So she started targeting me and Caidie in everything she did, thinking of driving us out of the Wei family to eliminate any future troubles."
Hearing this, Luo Yong finally understood something: "You mean they're being so relentless towards Die'er because they want to force you to leave the Wei family?"
Wei Ping nodded: "However, now that things have come to this, it's not enough for me to leave the Wei family and Sun's mother and daughter to let Cai Die go."
"So after all this talk, what's your solution?"
"Then you have to promise me first that you won't rush things." Wei Shu was still a little afraid of this man with an unstable temperament, so she tried to calm him down with words.
Luo Yong knew she was about to say something shocking, but as long as he could save his daughter, he didn't care about anything else and nodded in agreement.
Wei Ping sighed, "Alright then, I'll tell you the truth. Actually, as long as we get a divorce, I can marry the Marquis of Pingyang, and Cai Die will naturally be fine. Madam Sun can't stop us now, so she won't waste her efforts. Since we're now related by marriage, even if she doesn't care about the old lady, she should at least consider her own brother's feelings, right?"
Having laid the groundwork, Luo Yong didn't erupt in anger upon hearing this, but his expression remained rather unpleasant.
Wei Ping waited a moment, then simply asked him directly, "Whether you give up Die'er or give up me, it's all up to you to decide."
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