When Liujin came over, he still looked a bit confused. He sneakily watched Qi Yunzheng and Shen Jialang run off to play, then quickly moved close to Qi Yuan and asked, “Miss Qi, did you secretly go do something big last night?”
Qi Yuan glanced at him. “What big thing?”
Liujin chuckled. “There’s huge news today, you don’t know yet, right?”
By now, incense braziers had already been set up in the room. Qi Yuan leaned beside one reading a book. Hearing this, she raised an eyebrow at Liujin.
“It’s the Wei family!” Liujin said excitedly. “The Wei family has been reported to the county yamen by He Changsheng, accusing them of murder!”
……
Qi Yuan clicked her tongue inwardly.
The reason she had asked Old Madam Wang to send people to follow Madam He earlier was not truly to protect Madam He, but to guard against Wei Qingyang jumping the wall in desperation. She hadn’t expected that Wei Qingyang really would jump the wall in desperation.
But then again, the fact that Wei Qingyang had used such a method against Wang Chan showed just how vicious she considered this tactic to be.
She wanted her enemy to marry He Shengchang, believing it to be the best revenge.
So it was easy to imagine how resistant and devastated she would be when the same thing fell upon her own head.
Qi Yuan’s expression did not change at all.
Nor did she feel there was anything wrong with what she had done.
If they could do the first day of the lunar month, then she could do the fifteenth.
Besides, she had merely returned to Wei Qingyang exactly what Wei Qingyang intended to do to Wang Chan.
As for what happened afterward, that was not something she could control.
Afterward?
Wei Qingyang, utterly collapsed, smashed all the ornaments in the room.
Why had she always followed behind Feng Caiwei before?
Did she enjoy being someone else’s lackey?!
But for the sake of a good future, she had no choice!
Just like her elder brother had circled around Feng Jun!
But who could have expected that both Feng Caiwei and Feng Jun would die at Qi Yuan’s hands?
She hated Qi Yuan, hated her so much that her teeth clenched; she wished Qi Yuan could be torn to pieces and suffer a fate worse than death!
But after the fortune-telling incident, Qi Yuan gradually appeared less in the capital, and later it was even said she had been sent back to her hometown.
Unable to do anything to Qi Yuan, Wei Qingyang decided to start with Wang Chan first,
So that when Qi Yuan returned, she would give her a huge “surprise.”
But who knew that the “surprise” had not become a surprise at all, but instead turned into a blade falling on her own head.
Madam Wei’s head was buzzing. Looking at the shattered vessels scattered across the floor, she sighed with a pale face. “At this point, being angry is useless. Who told you to act so recklessly without first discussing it with your father and me?”
You said nothing had fallen into He Shengchang’s hands, wasn’t there still that jade pendant?
Wei Qingyang’s eyes turned red as she suddenly turned back and stared at Madam Wei, then smashed another vase in complete collapse. “I already said it, that jade pendant is not mine, not mine!”
She absolutely refused to marry He Shengchang!
Her life ahead was still long.
She had only just become friends with Tian Jinglan, and they had talked very happily at the last poetry gathering.
Tian Jinglan was deeply favored by the Empress Dowager; even the Emperor favored her because of that affection, specially granting her the title of county princess.
For a girl not yet married to already have such an honor, what glory that was!
If she continued following Tian Jinglan, would she still have to worry about not finding a good husband?
But now, her parents wanted her to marry He Shengchang!
Why?!
“What’s the use of telling me?” Madam Wei looked at her faintly. “The matter has already spread everywhere outside. When three people repeat something, it becomes truth. He produced the jade pendant in front of so many people, now even if we deny it, others will only say we’re making excuses because we don’t want to marry our daughter to a poor scholar.”
Madam Wei rubbed her brow. “Qingyang, you’re too willful. Not everything in this world is decided by you.”
It is not that whatever you want can happen.
Wei Qingyang could not listen. She could not hear a single word.
After Madam Wei left, she gritted her teeth and ordered her maidservant, “Go call my brother’s attendants. Come with me, we’re going out.”
The maid hesitated. “Miss, I’m afraid the master and madam…”
Wei Qingyang curled her lips. “Do they even have time to worry about me now?”
They were busy trying to suppress this matter first.
Seeing she couldn’t be persuaded, the maid could only bow and agree, then went to the back street to call several of the attendants who used to serve Wei Changying. Together, they accompanied Wei Qingyang out.
With a hood covering her head, Wei Qingyang went to the He residence.
Madam He lay on the bed, dispirited, holding her head and groaning.
She was truly furious. She had never imagined that such a perfect scheme would suddenly be seen through by Qi Yuan.
And that girl was truly vicious, she looked at her own hands with lingering fear, still feeling her legs trembling. Only after closing her eyes did she barely steady herself.
She had wanted to ask about her son’s current situation, but seeing the servants standing in the room, Madam He swallowed all her words.
These people were all from the Wang family, what was the use of asking?
Better to save her strength.
Just as she was thinking this, the door was suddenly kicked open with a loud bang.
Madam He covered her head and stood up. “Are you looking to die?! What’s with this reckless behavior?!”
She had always been strict with servants, who would dare be so unruly?
She was about to continue scolding when her eyes suddenly widened at the person in front of her. “Wei… Third Miss Wei?”
She was startled.
Then she thought of He Shengchang and swallowed nervously. “Why has Third Miss Wei come?”
The Wang family’s servants exchanged glances and stood quietly to the side.
Wei Qingyang rushed forward, grabbed Madam He’s collar, and demanded, “Why did I come?! You tell me why I came! How did you handle this matter?!”
Madam He was already dizzy; being shaken like this made her even dizzier.
Yet she instinctively feared Wei Qingyang. Grabbing Wei Qingyang’s wrists with both hands, she hurriedly begged, “Third Miss Wei, we were forced…”
Forced?
Wei Qingyang was so angry she almost spat in Madam He’s face. She shoved Madam He away and shouted sharply, “You mother and son are playing me for a fool, aren’t you? You even tried to bite back and drag me into h*ll, you don’t even look at whether you’re worthy!”
She stared coldly at Madam He. “Don’t forget what leverage I have over you. I will definitely make you pay the price!”
Madam He turned pale with fright and rushed forward, trying to grab Wei Qingyang’s skirt.
But Wei Qingyang violently yanked her skirt back.
Madam He refused to let go and was dragged forward, falling to the ground. Her head struck the sharp corner of the footstool, instantly opening a bloody hole in her forehead.
Everyone was stunned.
The Wang family’s servants immediately shouted loudly: “A life has been lost! A life has been lost! Report to the authorities, quick, report to the authorities!”
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