Chapter 134 – Eldest Miss Yang Was Highly Appreciated
“Yes, I will immediately let them come in to pay their respects to Miss.” Seeing that Wei Yuewu was still in good spirits, Shufei did not stop her. She retreated and not long after, she brought in two old maidservants.
“Greetings, Sixth Miss Wei. I am the nurse-in-charge of Assistant Minister Yang’s mansion. This time, I came to apologize to Sixth Miss Wei on behalf of our master. In addition, our master will also write a letter to Marquis Hua Yang and explain this matter clearly. After all, the Eldest Young Lady in our mansion is a cowardly person so that she caused such trouble, whereas the Second Young Lady is a little willful.”
The woman who looked older was apparently an articulate speaker. She bowed respectfully to Wei Yuewu and delivered the message to her.
Those words she said were really well-organized, and even Marquis Hua Yang was mentioned.
“Are you the nurses who serve Eldest Miss Yang?” Wei Yuewu’s gaze landed on the two old maidservants as if she was referring to something.
“We were nurses-in-charge serving the previous lady of the mansion. Now we help the current lady handle everything in the backyard.” It was still the older nurse who answered, while the other nurse smiled respectfully at the side.
The so-called previous lady should be Yang Yuyan’s mother, and the current lady must be Yang Yurou’s mother. Yang Yurou had already grown up, yet the backyard was actually run by two nurses. It could be seen that these two nurses were extremely powerful in the backyard of the Assistant Minister Yang’s mansion.
“How is Eldest Miss Yang now?” Wei Yuewu smiled faintly and asked noncommittally.
The two nurses did not expect Wei Yuewu to suddenly talk about Yang Yuyan. They were stunned for a moment, but the older nurse immediately smiled and replied, “Our Miss has been regretting and sad these past few days. She keeps weeping every day and regrets not being able to personally apologize to Sixth Miss Wei. After all, she is an unmarried young lady. She doesn’t have much social experience and knowledge and easily gets scared.”
This meant that Yang Yuyan’s situation was not bad, except that she kept weeping every day.
“Your Miss keeps weeping every day, but our Miss almost lost her life. If something really happened to our Miss this time and there was no witness, even if she died, no one would sympathize with her.” Shufei snorted coldly from the side.
After hearing what Shufei said, the two clever nurses exchanged glances and were speechless.
Wei Yuewu’s expression turned cold. “Go back and tell Eldest Miss Yang that if she wanted to reconcile with me, she must show some sincerity. As for what Lord Yang will say to my father, my father will make the decision for me. No matter how useless I am, I am still the first daughter of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang.”
“Sixth Miss Wei, in fact, our master and Eldest Young Lady are very sincere.” The hearts of the two nurses trembled. They felt that the pale and thin young lady in front of them had an indescribable majesty and imposing aura. For a moment, they couldn’t help but panic.
“They are sincere? I didn’t see it!” Wei Yuewu said coldly, “I don’t care what your master plans to say to my father. Perhaps your master and my father have a good relationship in private, but this isn’t just between my father and Lord Yang. It’s between me and Eldest Miss Yang. Since Eldest Miss Yang dared to do it, she must think of the consequences. It’s not something she can afford.”
The two nurses were practically unable to say a word as they stared at each other.
They relied on this Marquis of Hua Yang. Their master told them that even if it was only for the sake of her father, no matter how much this Sixth Miss Wei was wronged, she would help their Eldest Young Lady resolve this matter. However, why was the performance of this Sixth Miss Wei in front of them completely different from what their master had said?
According to their master, this young lady was weak and had nobody to rely on. As long as they mentioned Marquis Hua Yang, she wouldn’t dare to say anything else and she would definitely do as they said…
“Go back and report to your master and Eldest Young Lady. If they want to resolve this matter, they don’t have to send people to see me again unless they show me their sincerity.” Wei Yuewu’s eyes narrowed slightly, and she could not help but give the order for the two nurses to leave.
“Sixth Miss Wei…” The two nurses wanted to explain, but Shufei and Huamo had come forward to get them out by dragging and pulling.
Shufei loosened her grip and said impolitely as she pulled the nurse into the courtyard. “You two should go back now. Our Miss is still injured, so she can’t get angry. If her situation gets worse due to anger, not to mention you, even your master and Eldest Young Lady won’t be able to bear the responsibility.”
Huamo also said coldly, “Although our Lord Marquis is our Miss’ father, and our Miss can’t disobey him, she is still our Lord Marquis’ own daughter. Could it be that our Lord Marquis will let go of a person who almost killed his own daughter?”
The two nurses looked at each other resentfully and were unable to refute. They could only leave with a few other servants in disappointment.
“Miss, what did Lord Yang mean?” Shufei said angrily as soon as she entered the room.
Wei Yuewu slightly opened her eyes and smiled coldly. “Lord Yang specifically mentioned my father. He was trying to use my father to suppress me.”
Outsiders all knew that although she was the first daughter of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang, she was not favored at all. She had been sent to her maternal grandparents’ since she was a little kid, and her own father totally ignored her. She had returned to the mansion only recently and therefore she would naturally be very cautious and did not dare to make mistakes. As for her father’s orders, she certainly wouldn’t dare to say no.
That was why this Lord Yang tried to use Marquis Hua Yang to suppress her!
“Miss, now that you drove the two nurses down the mountain, will Lord Yang directly go and argue with Lord Marquis?” Huamo was a little afraid and couldn’t help but ask worriedly.
Indeed, Lord Marquis would be returning to the capital soon!
Although it hadn’t been long since Huamo entered the mansion, she also heard that the Lord Marquis had always ignored Wei Yuewu. Perhaps he would really reprimand their Miss for this matter after he was back.
“No worry. He hadn’t arrived in the capital yet!” Wei Yuewu said indifferently. The corners of her lips curled into a hint of mockery. She really did not have any feelings for this father. Since that was the case, she naturally did not mind thinking badly of him. If he were in the capital, perhaps he would really force her to compromise.
Fortunately, there were some people who could wait for the further development of this matter, and there were also some people who couldn’t afford to wait.
Yang Yuyan, for example, was the one who could not afford to wait. As long as this matter was not given a satisfactory explanation, Yang Yuyan’s reputation would become worse day by day. In the end, even the royal family might step in to inquire about the matter. Nobody involved in this matter could escape easily.
To Wei Yuewu’s surprise, this Eldest Miss Yang was actually so favored by her own father, and the two nurses who were in charge of the inner courtyard were actually the nurses who sued to serve her deceased mother.
However, the more important Yang Yuyan was, the more favorable the situation would be to Wei Yuewu…
Jin Ling rushed in at this time and reported to Wei Yuewu anxiously without taking a break. “Miss, I have found out and almost all of the young ladies have received palace flowers from the Third Princess. The palace flowers are very beautiful and exquisite and are all in the shape of plum blossoms. I secretly inquired a few maids, and the patterns they described were the same as this one.”
“Impossible. How could Fourth Young Lady be so fine this time?” Huamo involuntarily muttered. Seeing the other three people in the room staring at her, she was shocked and blushed. She hurriedly explained, “Miss, what I meant was how could Fourth Young Lady be so kind-hearted? On second thought, how could Fourth Young Lady not cause some trouble…”
Wei Yuewu couldn’t help but laugh when she saw that the more she explained, the more confused she became. She reached out and shook her hand, indicating for Huamo to stop talking. Then, she said softly, “Do you think anything that Fourth Young Lady sent to me was suspicious?”
“Yes, that’s what I think!” Huamo nodded her head repeatedly.
“Even Huamo feels that there is a problem. Shouldn’t we be more suspicious?” Wei Yuewu smiled as she looked around at the other two maids. Of the three maids, Huamo wasn’t as smart as the other two, but she was the most loyal.
“But… Fourth Young Lady doesn’t seem to have come to deliver the palace flower on purpose.” Huamo was somewhat bewildered.
“That’s why it’s so horrible. She just made us feel that she was simply dropping by to deliver it, but it was not the case.” Wei Yuewu shook her head. She remembered that when Wei Qiufu walked out earlier, although she was in a hurry, her footsteps weren’t quick. Therefore, after she turned around at the door, she arrived at her bed with just a few big strides.
She hadn’t forgotten to deliver the palace flower. Actually, she had come to deliver it as part of her plan.
“Miss, could there be something in this palace flower?” Shufei’s reaction was quick, and she blinked her eyes as she asked.
“Yes!” Wei Yuewu nodded her head approvingly. She extended her hand as a signal for Shufei, who hurriedly take over the brocade box that contained the palace flower and handed the box to Wei Yuewu.
Wei Yuewu placed the palace flower on the bed and carefully took it out. She placed it on her fair-complexioned palm and said, “Take a closer look. Is there anything unusual inside?”
The palace flower wasn’t big, but it had been placed in the brocade box before. Therefore, they didn’t find anything wrong with it. Wei Yuewu held it in her hand and raised it slightly. The flower leaves trembled slightly, and Jin Ling was the first to notice the difference.
“Miss, is this palace flower stained?” She pointed at the receptacle of the palace flower in surprise, which had a small dark spot.
This dark spot was not obvious, but Jin Ling had received special training, so her eyesight was naturally much sharper than ordinary maids.
Hearing her words, Shufei and Huamo also noticed this spot.
“It’s really stained.”
“How could it be stained?” The two maids were similarly puzzled. Not only were palace flowers like this exquisite in workmanship, but they were also of extremely high value. There was no way that such a palace flower would get stained.
“It’s not stained, it’s a small mark specially made.” Wei Yuewu said coldly.
Jin Ling was afraid that Wei Yuewu would be tired, so she took the palace flower from her hand and placed it on her own palm facing the light, so that everyone could see it more clearly.
She lifted the palace flower higher than Wei Yuewu did and deliberately moved closer to the light. Everyone saw that there was actually a small piece of dark wax on the receptacle. The wax was grey in color and was not big, and it seemed to have dripped on the receptacle accidentally. However, because the palace flower was too new, even if it was touched only by a small piece of dark wax, the imprint could not be scratched completely.
“Miss, why did Fourth Young Lady make a mark?” Shufei asked in confusion.
“Looked like she had intentionally come to send this palace flower to me.” Wei Yuewu smiled faintly, her eyes flashing with a trace of coldness.
It was a palace flower, moreover, it was a palace flower bestowed by the Third Princess. All the young ladies had one, and there seemed to be nothing unusual. However, the more normal the situation appeared, the more attention Wei Yuewu would pay to it.
Wei Qiufu was not a simple young lady of an ordinary aristocratic family. She could even be involved in the assassination of the Crown Prince. It could be seen that what was displayed outside was only what she wanted others to see.
Knowing that Wei Qiufu was scheming against her, Wei Yuewu had already had a plan. She instructed Jin Ling at the side, “Jin Ling, tell Yan Feng to go to the courtyards of all the ladies tonight to hear what they say about the palace flowers.”
Yan Feng and Yan Yang were two guards that Yan Huaijing had designated to serve Wei Yuewu. Yan Yang had been sent down the mountain by Wei Yuewu to keep a close watch on the development of the situation in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang.
Since Wei Qiufu’s intention could not be verified by normal means, then she would use a secret investigation…
“Yes, understood.” Jin Ling nodded and rolled her eyes. She leaned in front of Wei Yuewu and whispered, “I also bumped into Ming Yan as you instructed.”
“Did she discover that qin score?” Wei Yuewu asked coldly.
“Yes, Fourth Young Lady discovered it. Just as you had expected, Fourth Young Lady hurriedly returned to her courtyard when she saw the qin score as if she had obtained a precious treasure.” Jin Ling reported.
This meant that both the ancient qin and the qin score had been successfully delivered to Wei Qiufu, but what was Yan Huaijing’s purpose? Was it really just to let Wei Qiufu play the Confession of Love?
But now it was not the time to think about this. Wei Yuewu calmed down and asked Huamo smilingly, “Have you prepared the things I asked you to prepare?”
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