Chapter 429 - Chapter 429: Confession
Chapter 429: Confession
Translator: Atlas Studios
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Qin Canglan sneered. "How do I know? Why don't you know? Your husband is hiding it from you. You have to ask him!"
Old Madam Wei was exasperated. "You..."
Wei Ting said, "Grandmother, didn't Grandpa secretly train an army back then? You might not have seen the secret guards there."
Old Madam Wei stomped her walking stick in anger. "Wei Xichao! Whose side are you on!"
Wei Ting silently took two steps toward Matriarch Wei. "Yours."
Qin Canglan coughed.
Wei Ting silently took another step toward him.
Old Madam Wei glared at her grandson in disdain. "There's a saying about how daughters can't be kept when she's old, but you!"
Qin Canglan said proudly, "This is called mother having no control over your son!"
It was not easy for the Great Zhou God of War, who could not read a basket of words, to say such a common saying.
In order not to anger herself to death, Old Madam Wei decided to get back to the topic. "Everything is just your one-sided words! Perhaps you made it up!"
Qin Canglan said calmly, "I knew you wouldn't believe me, so I didn't think of explaining to you at all!"
Old Madam Wei said coldly, "Is that so? Then what about the witnesses and physical evidence you mentioned? His Majesty has long wanted to eliminate the Wei family. If there's really a huge weakness, why didn't he kill the entire Wei family in one go?!"
At the mention of this, Qin Canglan was quite angry. "Isn't that because on the way back to the capital, the courier station caught fire? When the officials put out the fire, there was only a charred corpse left in the house, and the letter was burned away. Of course, just a charred corpse can't convict your Wei family. In addition..."
He stopped here.
Old Madam Wei finished for him. "In addition, our Wei family's entire family, other than Little Seven, has died in battle. Their reputation is illustrious, and the popular sentiment is high. His Majesty doesn't dare to move, nor can he."
Qin Canglan said, "You understood this yourself!"
Matriarch Wei fell silent.
Qin Canglan raised his eyebrows and said, "I have every reason to suspect that the person was killed by Lord Wu An."
Wei Ting said, "Grandpa, this is too much."
Qin Canglan cleared his throat. "Ahem. In short, there were only two possibilities back then. One, Lord Wu An colluded with Northern Yan—"
Matriarch Wei said solemnly, "That's impossible! Our Wei family is loyal. It's impossible for us to betray the Great Zhou!"
Qin Canglan stretched out his hand and pointed. "The second possibility is that there's a mole beside Lord Wu An. That mole stole Wu Anjun's Commander's Seal, forged a secret letter, and was deliberately caught by me."
"I'm not saying this to absolve myself. I was deceived by evil people back then. I'm responsible for Lord Wu An's death. If you want to take revenge on me, just come at me. I have no objections. However, my son's family is innocent. I don't want you to take your anger out on them!"
Old Madam Wei closed her eyes. "Let me make it clear first. I don't want to be soft-hearted, nor am I soft-hearted or afraid of you. I just don't want to fall into a despicable scheme. I'll investigate if what you said is true or not. Before the truth is revealed, I won't touch the Protectorate."
"You make it sound like you can move."
Qin Canglan was occasionally quite talkative.
Old Madam Wei was about to flare up and grab her walking stick.
A little head popped in cutely. "Great-Grandma, big great-grandpa, what are you doing?"
Qin Canglan brought Xiaohu to play.
Old Madam Wei sat on a chair, enveloped in the shadows.
Wei Ting silently accompanied her. He did not speak or do anything to disturb her.
Although they had some guesses about the truth back then, it was still difficult for them to calm down when they really heard Qin Canglan confirm it.
There was shock, regret, and anger!
After an unknown period of time, Matriarch Wei said faintly, "Did Qin Canglan say this to you?"
Wei Ting said honestly, "No."
Therefore, there were some things that could only be discussed after the two parties involved sat down.
"What do you think?" Matriarch Wei asked.
Matriarch Wei doted on Wei Ting as a child, but she had to rely on him as a pillar because Wei Ting was the only adult son of the Wei family.
He had to shoulder the Wei family's lifeline.
Wei Ting thought for a moment and said, "It's very likely that there was a mole beside Grandpa."
Old Madam Wei asked, "Why do you say that?"
Wei Ting analyzed rationally, "I trust my grandfather's loyalty to the country. Secondly, not long after my grandfather's accident, there was an uprising in the east. The rebel army cooperated with East Wu from the outside. Qin Canglan was on an east expedition under decree. Even if he wanted to harm Father and Big Brother, it was too late. Moreover, in the battle with Northern Yan, even without my Grandfather, Father and my brothers were all brave generals. Why did they all die at the hands of Northern Yan?"
"The intelligence that the spy brought back said that Second Brother was greedy and had fallen into the trap of the Northern Yan. The Northern Yan used Second Brother as bait and lured Father and Eldest Brother into a new trap."
"We've also considered it before. This doesn't make sense, but Second Brother is indeed very impulsive. He was caught once before. In order to save him, Father was almost blinded in one eye. In addition, the spy is from our Wei family... We have no choice but to believe him."
"I can only say that this mole knows our Wei family very well. The lies he fabricated suited everyone's personality."
"This mole might be beside us."
The sky gradually darkened. Su Cheng asked Matriarch Wei's family to stay for dinner, but Matriarch Wei politely declined.
It was already very risky to come over. If they stayed any longer, it would be bad if someone discovered them.
"Dahu, Erhu, Xiaohu, Grandma will visit you another day." Old Madam Wei hugged her three great-grandchildren reluctantly.
The five young madams also kissed, hugged, and raised them high.
Then, the three little ones sadly realized that their hair volume seemed to have decreased.
The aunties' hands were so heavy...
Su Xiaoxiao braised meat and pork ribs, planning to pack some for the women of the Wei family to bring back and taste.
Madam Lan said casually, "Does our Wei family still lack those pieces of meat?"
Old Madam Wei asked Nanny Li to accept a jar of braised meat.
After arriving at the Wei residence, the few of them returned to their courtyards.
Madam Jiang and Madam Chen's courtyard were the closest. The two of them walked together.
Halfway there, Madam Jiang began to smell Madam Chen.
"What's wrong?" Madam Chen asked.
Madam Jiang's eyes were sharp. "You have meat hidden on you!"
"I didn't," Madam Chen denied.
Mdm Jiang grabbed her heavy right sleeve. "What's this?"
Madam Chen, who had been caught, could only tell the truth. "Seventh
Sister-in-law gave it to me."
"There are five of us. Why did she only give it to you?"
"Because none of you want it."
Madam Jiang was speechless.
It was not that they did not want it, but that Fourth Sister-in-law did not want
it. Then, everyone felt embarrassed to accept it without giving anything back in return.
The braised meat was very fragrant. In the carriage just now, Madam Jiang had been craving it all the way.
Madam Chen bribed, "I'll give you half. Don't tell Grandmother."
Madam Jiang said calmly, "Who cares? What haven't I eaten? Why would I care about that girl's braised meat?"
Madam Chen said, "Oh, I'll eat it myself."
Madam Chen couldn't take it anymore. Without waiting to return to the courtyard, she opened the paper bag and picked up a piece of meat to eat.
Gulp.
Madam Jiang swallowed.
"Forget it, forget it. On account of that girl's hard work for two hours, I'll try it."
Some things smelled good, but they actually didn't taste very good.
She took a bite to make herself give up!
Madam Jiang picked up a small piece and threw it into her mouth.
In the next second, she jumped. "I want to tell Grandmother!"
Madam Chen trembled. "Huh?"
Madam Jiang threatened fiercely, "Unless you give me more than half!"