Chapter 147 – Justice That Was Claimed For Wei Qiufu
At the same time, Wei Qiufu also felt relieved. Her fingers were moving like drifting clouds and flowing water. The corners of her eyes were slightly tilted at Wei Yuewu with some hatred and provocation. So what if she was the first daughter of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang? Wei Yuewu had no option except to make way for her. With her strength, she would easily secure the position as a senior or junior concubine of the Crown Prince.
When her position was finalized, she would step on Wei Yuewu fiercely, sending her to the most despicable place!
Because of what happened today, she hated Wei Yuewu to the extreme.
Wei Yuewu saw everything, and she revealed a faint smile. This smile happened to be seen by Mo Huating, whose eyes immediately darkened as he pressed his hands on the table and almost wanted to stand up.
Wei Yuewu stood up while Wei Qiufu stared at her in a panic. She bowed to Wen Tianyao who was seated high up and said with a tender voice, “Your Highness, I have something to say!”
“What is it?” Wen Tianyao landed his gaze on Wei Yuewu as he asked gently.
“Your Highness, I heard that since ancient times, none of the women who played Confession of Love wanted to be a concubine!” Wei Yuewu put on an appropriate smile and said aloud.
Upon hearing her words, Wei Qiufu’s hands trembled and made an incorrect movement on the strings of the qin, which immediately produced an unpleasant sound.
Everyone was shocked. They all looked at Wei Yuewu in astonishment, unable to utter a single word because of her boldness.
“Sixth Miss Wei, what did you say?” The Fourth Princess was the first to react, and then she exploded with anger. Wei Yuewu actually dared to ask for the position of Crown Princess for Wei Qiufu, so how could she not be shocked?
“Fourth Princess, this Confession of Love played by my Fourth Elder Sister was the earliest edition. She spent a lot of effort to find the only copy in the world. Besides, the qin used by her was the one that was used to perform Confession of Love in ancient times. With such a precious qin and such a unique edition, is my Fourth Elder Sister only seeking the position of a concubine?”
Wei Yuewu said calmly.
“How dare you…” The Fourth Princess slapped her hand heavily on the table and stood up.
“Fourth Younger Sister, sit down first!” Wen Tianyao calmed down and looked at Wei Yuewu meaningfully.
The Third Princess stretched out her hand and pulled the Fourth Princess, who sat down reluctantly and glared at Wei Qiufu who was still performing. In her opinion, Wei Yuewu had dared to jump out and speak like this because of Wei Qiufu’s instruction.
This Sixth Miss Wei was really a fool. Wei Qiufu had hurt her like this, yet she actually spoke up for Wei Qiufu. Nowhere in the world could a stupider person be found.
“Sixth Young Lady, do you think that I should grant Fourth Young Lady the position of Crown Princess just because she played Confession of Love for me?” Wen Tianyao asked expressionlessly, but the sharpness in his eyes made people feel that he was not happy at all.
“Your Highness, the Confession of Love performed by my Fourth Elder Sister is the real edition, which has long since been lost. Fourth Elder Sister must have spent a lot of effort to practice it. If she could win Your Highness’ favor, then her effort wouldn’t be in vain.” Wei Yuewu lowered her head and replied respectfully.
“The ancient piece Confession of Love used to fascinate the world. Today, it was performed by such a beautiful lady. Your Highness, perhaps you should really consider giving Fourth Miss Wei a chance.”
A gentle and elegant voice came from the side. Everyone looked sideways and saw that heir-apparent who looked like an exiled immortal. His handsome face carried a smile as he interrupted. Seeing his burning handsome eyes sweeping over, a few young ladies immediately blushed and lowered their heads in embarrassment while grabbing handkerchiefs tightly in their hands.
“So Heir-apparent of Yan also thinks it’s feasible?” Wen Tianyao turned to Yan Huaijing.
Yan Huaijing seemed to feel a little embarrassed and wiped his nose, “Actually, that’s not necessarily the case!”
“May I know the meaning of Heir-apparent of Yan?” Wen Tianyao became more and more modest, as if he was really asking Yan Huaijing for advice.
“Your Highness can count this Fourth Miss Wei as a bright red candidate for the time being. After all, Confession of Love is a nice story, and Her Majesty should be able to appreciate her effort. Moreover, with Fourth Miss Wei’s talent and appearance, she deserves such an honor.” Yan Huaijing smiled, as if he was just speaking casually.
But how could the Crown Prince believe that Yan Huaijing was really just speaking “casually”?
“Your Highness, this Fourth Miss Wei is not bad.” Qi Yunhao couldn’t help but interrupt.
“Indeed. She has both courage and resolution. She actually dared to play the real Confession of Love that has long been lost for the Crown Prince in front of so many people. It can really be considered a nice story.” Chu Fangnan also offered his opinion.
However, although the two of them sounded quite warm-hearted, anyone could tell that they simply wanted to watch the fun. They seemed anxious to see the situation escalating and waved the fans in their hands vigorously, even though it was still winter.
Nobody would expect that there were actually so many people standing up to speak up for her. Wei Qiufu, who was playing the qin on the stage, suddenly felt confidence surging in her heart, and she looked at Wen Tianyao more expectantly.
“Your Heirs-apparent, if you meet such a woman in your own fief, what would you do?” Wen Tianyao asked nonchalantly.
“Well…” Qi Yunhao found it hard to keep fanning.
Wei Qiufu’s heart skipped a beat as she exerted some strength on her hand that was playing the qin. Blood immediately spilled out of her fingers, but she didn’t notice it at all. She looked at Wen Tianyao in panic. She realized that she was out of luck and the secret joy in her heart a moment ago had completely disappeared.
Not to mention the dignified Crown Prince, even the heir-apparent of a vassal dukedom would not marry such a woman when encountering such a thing. To any man, to be forced into marriage by a woman, especially by a woman who was inferior to him, this was a great humiliation no matter what. How could it be a nice story?
The dignity of the royal family could never be threatened!
Besides, there were also several heirs-apparent who were waiting to watch the fun. Therefore, even though Wen Tianyao still had a lot of questions to ask Wei Qiufu, he would definitely not let her easily get away with it in this situation.
Otherwise, what a joke it would be if other ladies played Confession of Love for the Crown Prince and then begged to be the Crown Princess!
“Someone, put Fourth Miss Wei’s lot away!” Wen Tianyao’s expression turned cold as he instructed.
“Yes!” The eunuch who was holding the rose red tray reached out to pick up the rose red lot that had just been dropped into the tray and threw it directly into his sleeve.
Wen Tianyao stood up with a sway of his sleeve and glared at Wei Yuewu. “Sixth Miss Wei, you are seriously injured and you are just an ignorant unmarried lady, but you don’t have to stay here till the end of the banquet.”
At this moment, Wei Yuewu had already knelt down, as if she knew that she had realized her slip of the tongue.
“Fourth Miss Wei, you are really ambitious!” Wen Tianyao turned to Wei Qiufu who was standing there with a pale face and said coldly. A furious expression appeared on his face.
“Your Highness, I wasn’t!” How could Wei Qiufu sit still after being scolded by Wen Tianyao! Without caring about her bleeding fingers, she suddenly knelt down and said in a somewhat sorrowful voice.
“I heard that you secretly changed your Six Younger Sister’s palace flower, and now you wanted to seek popularity with a shocking performance. Fourth Young Lady, your thoughts are not hard to guess.” Wen Tianyao said coldly, and a trace of disgust appeared in his eyes. There were quite a few such women in the Palace who were bent on climbing up the ladder and would do anything to achieve their goals.
Thinking back to the incident in which Wei Yuewu was stabbed, he was now quite sure it was the work of this Fourth Miss Wei. Such a person really made him unhappy. If it wasn’t for that doubt in his mind, he would have already had Wei Qiufu driven down the mountain in the same way Yang Yuyan was dealt with that day.
“Someone, send Fourth Miss Wei back to her courtyard!” The Crown Prince said sternly.
“Your Highness, my Fourth Elder Sister is not feeling well, I am willing to leave now and keep her company!” Wei Yuewu hurriedly said, but her words were extremely appropriate, which made people kind of believe Wei Qiufu lost her composure because she wasn’t feeling well. Such an excuse saved the face of everyone.
The Crown Prince looked at Wei Yuewu meaningfully and slowly nodded!
As a result, Wei Yuewu and Wei Qiufu left the banquet together. However, Wei Yuewu was calm and composed, whereas Wei Qiufu’s footsteps were extremely weak and she was almost unable to stand. Ming Yan who was supporting her was no better. She staggered a few times and almost caused Wei Qiufu to fall.
“Sixth Younger Sister, why?” After walking out of the banquet hall, Wei Qiufu’s dazed expression suddenly disappeared and her face lit up again. She stopped under a plum tree and called out to Wei Yuewu.
Wei Yuewu stood still and turned to look at Wei Qiufu. She realized that except for the pale expression, Wei Qiufu had calmed down. A faint light flashed in her eyes. As expected, Wei Qiufu was not easy to deal with and she must take care. She smiled at her and said, “What why? I don’t understand!”
“Sixth Younger Sister, since you didn’t intend to become the Crown Princess, why bother competing with me?” Wei Qiufu’s gaze landed on Wei Yuewu’s face, not letting go of any of the changes in her expression.
Wei Yuewu tilted her head and smiled, but she did not say anything. Her footsteps moved slightly. Wei Qiufu thought for a moment and quickly followed.
The two maids followed them two steps away. They looked at each other vigilantly but did not say anything.
In the eyes of outsiders, the two of them were like a pair of ordinary good sisters, who were having a walk in the plum forest. Of course, this was because they didn’t hear their conversation that was filled with the smoke of gunpowder.
After walking for a while, Wei Yuewu stood still and reached out to grab a branch blocking her path. Immediately, the plum blossom that stretched out on the branch was broken off by her.
“So what do you have to say?” Holding the broken plum blossom, Wei Yuewu glanced sideways at Wei Qiufu, a cold smile flashing through her eyes.
“You have no intention of becoming the Crown Princess. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be out with me at this time. Could it be that you want to follow the princess and be married to a dukedom? However, you had better understand that there are a thousand ways for both the Third Princess and the Fourth Princess to reject your company!”
Wei Qiufu sized Wei Yuewu up and down and suddenly said with extreme confidence, “I heard that you have a close relationship with the Heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan. Indeed, any young lady would desire to marry a man like him, even if they can only be a part of the dowry as a concubine. However, do you believe that if I want to stop you, you will never be able to marry to the State of Yan along with the princess?”
When Wei Qiufu said this, her face was filled with pride. She held her head high, and her face was filled with contempt.
Wei Yuewu chuckled with contempt. At this point, Wei Qiufu still wanted to use this to threaten her. However, she was only bluffing, and looked outwardly strong but inwardly weak.
“Since that is the case, then you just try being the plum branch that blocked my way!” Wei Yuewu shook the plum branch in her hand that had just been broken by her. After uttering those words lazily, she turned around and continued walking forward without any further comment.
However, she was secretly shocked by Wei Qiufu’s words. Indeed, the Imperial Court was determined to choose two heirs-apparent for the two princesses.
When a dukedom was too powerful for the central court, alliance through marriage was the best method. What shocked her was that daughters from the aristocratic families would be selected to accompany the princesses as a part of their dowries. Those rose red palace flowers represented not only the Crown Prince’s options, but also those of other heirs-apparent.
That was why Wen Tianyao hadn’t chosen Wei Qiufu until now! She couldn’t help but frown slightly!
Wei Qiufu didn’t expect that Wei Yuewu didn’t buy her words at all. What was more, she even compared her to the plum branch and broke it to show her contempt. She felt a panic, took a few steps forward and grabbed Wei Yuewu’s sleeve, saying, “Wei Yuewu, what exactly do you want?”
If she had known that Wei Yuewu was so difficult to deal with, she should have added more wood to the fire at that time. Anywhere, she should have asked for more assassins to take Wei Yuewu’s life!
Wei Yuewu turned around and saw the hidden hatred in Wei Qiufu’s eyes. Her watery eyes were slightly contracted, but there was actually a trace of a smile on her face. Nevertheless, there was not a trace of warmth in her smile at all.
“Fourth Elder Sister, I don’t care whatever you want. You have kept plotting against me again and again. What did you mean by having Xie Qingzhao live in our mansion? Could it be that Fourth Elder Sister didn’t like this poor guy and left him to me? I’m at least the first daughter of Marquis Hua Yang. How can a poor Imperial Academician marry me?”
Wei Qiufu let out a sigh of relief when she heard these words. Fortunately, Wei Yuewu didn’t know the other things. The matter concerning Xie Qingzhao was not a big deal. Now that she had made it clear, she might as well say…
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