Chapter 239 – Moved The Screen To Alert The Enemy
“Shufei, find two old maidservants and move the screen out!” Wei Yuewu turned her head to look out of the window. The sky had just turned dark and gloomy, as if it was going to snow. The weather was also extremely cold. This kind of weather was really not fit for travel. However, she had to make this trip.
“Miss, there’s no need to move out the screen now. We can go and ask around if someone can repair it. It won’t be too late to send it out after that!” Huamo stepped forward and suggested. They hadn’t found a suitable expert yet. It was really inconvenient to move such a big screen around.
“We move it out first, and we’ll move it back later!” Wei Yuewu said naturally.
“Have someone move it back later?” Huamo felt more and more puzzled. “Is that what you mean, Miss?”
“That’s right, we will move it back later. When the maidservants move the screen, tell them to be careful. It has already been damaged and must be moved carefully.” Wei Yuewu picked up the corner of her skirt and walked out as she said indifferently.
Of course, she would leave some time for them to send a message. When the screen was moved around, someone would definitely report to Concubine Dong! It was best if Concubine Dong took action. Once she acted, she would be inexplicably implicated. Even though Concubine Dong played no part in the previous plot, she could not say that she was completely innocent afterwards…
Well, Jin Ling was probably coming back!
Nurse Mei lifted the curtain and came in. She happened to hear Wei Yuewu’s words and advised, “Miss, the weather may break. You should wait for a while before going out!”
“Will it rain?” Wei Yuewu looked up at the sky and asked with narrowed eyes.
“It will snow, and there may be heavy snow. There should be snowstorms in the next few days. There used to be a few days with heavy snow at this time of the year in the past.” Nurse Mei looked at the sky and replied.
Wei Yuewu’s heart skipped a beat. “Snowstorm?”
“Miss, you have been living in the south and therefore you may not know that the snow in the capital has always been very heavy, and sometimes heavy snow will cause some landslides. That’s why it is called snowstorm.” Nurse Mei explained.
Wei Yuewu had been living in the south. She really didn’t know what kind of accident this so-called landslide was. She asked softly. “Landslide?”
“That’s right, landslides may occur on some small hills outside the capital. People going out on a snowy day might be buried in the snow.” Hearing Wei Yuewu’s question, Nurse Mei answered more carefully. “Miss, you had better not go out. It looks like there will be a snowstorm in a while. Large snowflakes will drift down. Not long from now, the roads will even be congested.”
“But no accidents occurred when it snowed previously, right?” Wei Yuewu asked in surprise.
“Previously, there wasn’t a snowstorm. There was just a small amount of rain and snow, so snow couldn’t pile up. But if it was a snowstorm, snow would fall very quickly. It really isn’t a good time to travel. It would be safest to wait until the shoveled snow has almost melted.”
Safe? Snowstorm? Shoveled snow? A trace of coldness flashed through Wei Yuewu’s eyes as she said indifferently, “Nurse Mei, don’t worry. After hearing what you said, I really have to go out now.”
“What? Wei Yuewu is going out at this time?” Concubine Dong frowned.
“Yes, I saw it just now. Two old maidservants were carrying that… screen. They carefully lifted it and walked out. I heard the Sixth Young Lady especially warned them to be careful.” The maid looked timidly at the angry Wei Yuejiao.
This screen had been carried away from the Third Young Lady’s courtyard. Previously, she had seen the Third Young Lady hatefully stabbing the screen with her hairpin.
This maid was not Wei Yuejiao’s personal maid. All the personal maids who had served in Wei Yuejiao’s room were beaten up, and there was no one in the room to serve Wei Yuejiao. Therefore, this maid was assigned to serve Wei Yuejiao.
“Mother, what does that little bitch mean? Why did she take out that screen? Is she afraid that other people don’t know that I was punished by my father?” As soon as the screen was mentioned, Wei Yuejiao was extremely angry. She threw down the writing brush in her hand and said hatefully.
She had lost all her face today. First, she was grounded by the Madam Dowager. Then, her father had all her trusted maids beaten up. He even ordered her mother to come to watch the maids being beaten. As long as she thought that Wei Yuewu had caused these, Wei Yuejiao couldn’t help but grit her teeth in hatred.
Father was actually so biased! That woman had already died, why did he have to keep her screen?
He must have been egged on by that bitch Wei Yuewu!
Concubine Dong, however, had other things on her mind. After pondering for a moment, she instructed Nanny Dong beside her. “Go talk to the Second Lady’s people. Tell them that the Sixth Young Lady is leaving the mansion in a carriage.”
“Will… the Second Lady know about this?” Nanny Dong asked uneasily.
Although Concubine Dong knew which people in the mansion were the confidants of the Second Lady, she did not interact with them because she was afraid of attracting the Second Lady’s attention.
“You just pretend that you accidentally discover it and pass a message over.” Concubine Dong thought for a moment and said. She knew Lady Li had her plan. Lady Li had her own confidants in the mansion, and so did she. Moreover, Lady Li was not in the mansion right now. It was inconvenient for her to deploy her people. Concubine Dong had noticed some of Lady Li’s actions, but she just pretended to be ignorant.
She also forbade her own confidants from interacting with Lady Li’s confidants.
But now that things had happened so suddenly, she could only let her most trusted servant pass on a message to Lady Li’s confidants.
Nanny Dong was indeed Concubine Dong’s most trusted servant. She immediately understood what Concubine Dong meant and said, “Yes, I understand!” She nodded and retreated.
As soon as Wei Yuejiao heard Wei Yuewu was mentioned, she couldn’t help but become furious. She walked over and sat in front of Concubine Dong, cursing angrily, “Mother, you must not let this little bitch off. You must trample her and her bitch mother under your feet! I can tell at a glance that little bitch is not kind-hearted. She is plotting against not only me but also you.”
“That’s enough. Stop calling her a little bitch. She’s your younger sister, and she’s also a legitimate daughter of this mansion. How can you casually scold her like that?” Concubine Dong scolded Wei Yuejiao in a low voice.
Not only did Wei Yuejiao fail to get any comfort from her mother, but she was also berated by her mother. Wei Yuejiao was so angry that tears were about to fall from her eyes. “Mother, even you scolded me like that. What’s wrong with me being a concubine-born daughter? Father said that he would promote you to the position of Marquise. In the future, I will also become a legitimate daughter. How come I have to be inferior to Wei Yuewu?”
Seeing her daughter’s tearful and aggrieved appearance and thinking about how she had been suppressed by a dead person for so many years, Concubine Dong also felt an evil fire surging in her heart. Her eyes were filled with ruthlessness as she sneered, “Don’t worry, I won’t let you be suppressed for too long. You are my precious daughter and you are destined to become a legitimate daughter!”
“Then how much longer do I have to wait?” Wei Yuejiao impatiently pulled on Concubine Dong’s hem and shook it. “Mother, when the time comes, I must break that little bitch’s legs for daring to compete with me. Besides, I must send her to a brothel to give vent to my anger!”
She had begun to think about how to torture Wei Yuewu and make her life worse than death.
“It won’t be a long time!” Concubine Dong replied.
Because the two old maidservants moved the screen with much care, it took them quite a while. Therefore, Wei Yuewu did not come out immediately. Only when the old maidservants were about to carry the screen to the place where the carriage was parked did Wei Yuewu walk out with Jin Ling unhurriedly.
“Sixth Young Lady, do you want me to put this screen on the carriage?” A young coachman walked up to Wei Yuewu and bowed respectfully. His eyes rolled around and people knew at a glance that he was a smart guy.
Jin Ling narrowed her eyes. She looked at the sky and advised. “Miss, the weather isn’t very good. It might rain. If you took this screen out, it might get wet. Maybe it is better to leave it at home.”
It was getting darker and darker. It seemed that it was really going to rain. However, once it rained in this kind of weather, it shouldn’t be long before the snow fell.
People said that there would be snowstorms in the next few days. Yesterday, there was even some rain and snow, but snow didn’t accumulate. At this time, there were some small puddles on the ground.
“Alright then!” Wei Yuewu nodded and agreed, but the two old maidservants who were exhausted and panting were stunned.
“Sixth Young Lady, the screen…shall we put it on the carriage?” An old maidservant asked cautiously.
She had to be careful. She heard that because of this Sixth Young Lady, both Concubine Dong and the Third Young Lady had been punished.
“No need, you can move it back!” Wei Yuewu nodded and said. With the support of Jin Ling’s hands, she stepped on the stool and got into the carriage. After that, Jin Ling also jumped onto the carriage.
The young coachman smiled and climbed onto his seat. With a wave of his whip, he drove the carriage out of the gate of the mansion.
“Miss, isn’t it a little too hasty to go out at this time?” After sitting next to Wei Yuewu, Jin Ling asked worriedly. She had informed Yan Feng and Yan Yang that Wei Yuewu was going out tomorrow. She didn’t expect that when they returned to the mansion, Wei Yuewu would take her out directly.
“This is the right time!” Wei Yuewu shook her head. She looked at the sky outside and said meaningfully.
There should be rain soon. Judging from the sky, there would be a heavy snowstorm in the capital today. Normally, once the snowstorm started, the capital would have heavy snow for a few days on end, leaving the ground covered with thick snow. In fact, Wei Yuewu, who had been growing up in the south, was not familiar with this situation.
However, for those who had always lived in the capital, it was not difficult to understand. Fortunately, Nurse Mei had always lived in the capital.
“Tell the coachman to drive to the mansion of Duke of Jing in a while!” Wei Yuewu said indifferently.
“Miss, Eldest Miss Jing’s birthday banquet is on tomorrow. Why are we going there now?” Jin Ling asked with widened eyes.
“We’re not going in. We just drive around the mansion of Duke of Jing to get familiar with the route.” Wei Yuewu smiled calmly as she hooked her handkerchief with her fingers and leaned back lazily.
If this carriage was meant to be used against her, there would definitely be some unforeseen incidents. The longer she used the carriage today, the easier it would be for her to find out something. All she did was intended to play for time…
“Get familiar with the route?” Jin Ling’s expression became puzzled. The coachman knew the way to the mansion of Duke of Jing. What was the point of them getting familiar with the route?
“Shouldn’t we get familiar with the route? If the carriage takes a detour tomorrow, it will be troublesome!” Wei Yuewu said slowly. she raised the curtain and looked out of the window. It really seemed like it was going to rain soon. The weather was gloomy and the wind was cold.
As she lifted the curtain, a wave of coldness rushed in. Indeed, the weather in the capital was exceptionally cold…
The carriage suddenly thumped something and rushed forward. After that, it stopped heavily. Wei Yuewu was stunned. They had just left the mansion. Could it be that they had already been on the street?
“Hey, which mansion are you from? You can’t even drive a carriage. You hit our master. Now quickly come down and apologize to our master!” An extremely arrogant rebuke came from outside the carriage!
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