Chapter 394 – Going Back to the House to Provoke

“Mother’s willingness to believe in bullshit like that is your business, and I’m stating an objective fact, fornication or not, it’s not something that can be decided by Wei Qingwan’s one-sided words. I’m reminding mother that there is something fishy going on, if mother is unwilling to consider it I can’t do anything about it.” Wei Ruo said with a cold face.

“So what if something is fishy? This is the Holy Lord’s decree, could it be that my Wei family can still disobey the decree?” Yun asked Wei Ruo rhetorically.

Not waiting for Wei Ruo to reply, Yun continued: ”Do you think I don’t know what’s at stake here? Do you think I don’t know that it’s inappropriate for the Wei family to be involved in the dispute over the Crown Prince? I know the twists and turns of this better than you do!”

“Since mother knows all about it, there is nothing more I can say.”

Wei Ruo finished her speech and excused herself from Yun, “I won’t disturb mother’s rest, my daughter will retire first.”

Wei Ruo turned around and left Yun coldly watched.

Cui Ping whispered from the side, “Madam, Missy is also well-intentioned. Your Ladyship also just said that this marriage is also a troublesome matter for the Wei family, which is the same thing that Missy is worried about.”

Yun said, “Her heart for the Wei family is right, that is, she has no good intentions for Wan Wan, she can’t see Wan Wan being good, knowing that Wan Wan has been named a side consort she won’t think about how this benefits Wan Wan who is deep in gossip, she will only think about what kind of implications the Wei family will suffer as a result.”

After a pause, Yun added: “Also, she came to question me like this because she thinks I don’t know what’s at stake here, what? Now that she has grown up and gained a good reputation outside, she thinks that I, as the head of the family, am not as smart and resourceful as she is? She wants to tell me what to do!”

Cui Ping hung her head, not daring to say anything more.

Wei Ruo didn’t ask for any useful information from Yun, so she went back to Listening Pine Court first.

A matter as big as the granting of a marriage is bound to have a great deal of commotion, and asking elsewhere will surely lead to news.

It just so happened that Wei Ruo was going to make a trip to the Yuan Mansion in the afternoon, and asking the well-informed Mrs. Yuan at that time might be able to obtain more information.

So after lunch, Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei left the door and headed to the Yuan Mansion.

Wei Ruo came to Yuanfu today originally for the construction of the reservoir.

Autumn harvest, the court awards, gave the government offices and local gentry squires a lot of confidence, after Yuan Zhengqin and government officials, local gentry discussion, decided to Wei Ruo had previously mentioned a mouthful of the idea of building a reservoir on the agenda.

For this reason, the Taizhou government intends to absorb another group of refugees and arrange for them to engage in the construction of the reservoir project, and accordingly, the Taizhou government office manages food and housing.

This is to carry out Wei Ruo’s method of providing food through labor to the end. If this matter can be done well, it can not only help the victims and stabilize the people’s hearts, but also create revenue and benefit the people.

Wei Ruo needs to roughly confirm the general scope of the reservoir construction based on the map first, and then go to the field to inspect and draw drawings to determine more detailed construction arrangements.

This is not a small project, Wei Ruo is going to be busy with this for quite a while.

Before talking about the matter with Mrs. Yuan’s think tank, Wei Ruo first went to see Mrs. Yuan and asked her about the bestowal of the marriage.

Mrs. Yuan had already expected Wei Ruo to come and ask herself about this matter, “As far as I know, this time, not only is the Sixth Prince’s marriage finalized, but also the Sixth Prince’s and Seventh Prince’s kingly ordination, which is scheduled for the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. The sixth prince’s wedding day will be arranged in the second half of next year, and will welcome both the main consort and the side consort; the seventh prince’s marriage has not been finalized for the time being.”

“Then does madam know who the Sixth Prince’s main consort is, and why my sister was chosen as a side consort?” Wei Ruo inquired.

“The main consort is set to be the first daughter of the Qi family, this arrangement does not surprise anyone in the slightest, as for the side consort will be set to be your sister, no one knows the reason for this at the moment.”

“But when you think about it, your sister’s identity is also in line with the status of being a side consort to the Sixth Prince, the main consort is the first daughter of the Qi family, so the status of the side consort naturally can’t be too high, the background of the Zhongyi Burial Mansion and your father’s official rank today are just right.”

“What I am slightly puzzled about is why your sister was picked over you, if I were Qi Guifei, I would inevitably favor you over your sister, after all, you are all hung up in front of the Emperor.”

“But perhaps it’s also because you’re all hung up in front of the Emperor that he’s purposely indefinite you.”

Mrs. Yuan analyzed with Wei Ruo and told him her thoughts without reservation.

“Thank you ma’am, I understand.” Wei Ruo said.

Mrs. Yuan took Wei Ruo’s hand and gently patted it twice: “Sister Ruo’er doesn’t need to worry, since the marriage was bestowed by the Holy Spirit, it wasn’t your Wei family’s own choice to take sides, and it wouldn’t be considered your Wei family’s initiative to get involved in it.”

Wei Ruo nodded, “The words are good, but I’m afraid that those with a heart at home will use this as a bridge.”

“The good thing is that your father is a good official who is dedicated to the people, he probably won’t want to get involved in these struggles, so put your heart in your stomach.” Mrs. Yuan comforted.

Wei Ruo nodded, “Don’t worry ma’am, these things won’t affect me, and don’t worry about the reservoir, I’ll do my best.”

After Wei Ruo and Mrs. Yuan finished talking, she went to the council chamber to discuss business with the others.

When it was dusk, Wei Ruo returned to the general’s residence again.

When Wei Ruo’s carriage stopped at the entrance, another carriage from the mansion also arrived at the school captain’s mansion.

After Wei Ruo got off the carriage, he saw the subordinates of the mansion carrying stools to that carriage and waiting respectfully at the side.

The first person to come out of the carriage was Cui He, who lifted the curtain of the carriage, followed by Wei Qing Wan peeking out from inside.

A fairy-like, goose-yellow gown with her hair pulled up and embellished with a jade pin.

The person looked thinner, but his color looked good, and he was full of redness.

Cui He and another maid came forward to assist and carefully helped Wei Qing Wan out of the carriage.

After getting out of the car, Wei Qingwan raised her head and her line of sight locked with Wei Ruo’s.

Seeing Wei Ruo, Wei Qingwan was not flustered, her face was calm and even had a few more smiles.

She walked unhurriedly to Wei Ruo’s front and slightly blessed herself, “Greetings sister.”

Wei Ruo didn’t answer.

Wei Qingwan looked at Wei Ruo and continued, “Sister knows that sister doesn’t like sister to come back to the mansion, but there’s no way around it, in this coming year, sister will have to prepare for her marriage, and being in the manor is much more inconvenient, so she just has to come back to the mansion.”

“But please don’t worry, when my sister gets married, there will only be one first-born young lady in the house, and no one will compete with my sister anymore.”

“Although the order of the eldest and youngest, according to the reason is that the elder sister is married before the younger sister, but now it is the Holy Spirit who gives the marriage, slightly different, only have to aggrieve the elder sister, I hope that the elder sister will not therefore grudge the younger sister.”