Uncle Li nodded to Lord Shen and said, "As for that girl Wei Dongling, she is indeed the daughter of my late sworn brother Wei Jiang. Her mother passed away early, and she has been living away from home and depending on others since childhood. Now it's a blessing for our family to be reunited. I have an improper request. I hope that, for the sake of the elderly Lord Su, Lord Shen can tell the truth like this whenever anyone asks about this matter in the future."
Wei Dongling rarely saw Uncle Li so stern. Her heart couldn't help being in turmoil.
Lord Shen bowed his head and saluted, saying, "I can't decline."
Uncle Li glanced at Lord Shen who was bowing his head, supported Lord Su and bowed back to Lord Shen. Then they turned around and walked into the house.
Lord Shen respectfully watched them leave. He let out a silent sigh and also turned around and left.
Wei Dongling was extremely uneasy. She muddled back to her room and flopped down on the bed.
She had always firmly believed that she was the daughter of Wei Jiang.
However, who was "the one who asked him to inquire" that Lord Shen mentioned? Who was investigating her background? Could it be that the princess who was only three years old and should have died in the fire that year didn't die? Instead, she was secretly taken out of the palace and raised up? So someone in the palace came out to investigate this matter?
Who was secretly investigating? Empress Zhao? Concubine Xue? Or the Empress Dowager?
Or perhaps the Emperor himself?
Suddenly, Wei Dongling remembered the day when the small house in General Qi's mansion caught fire. The room was filled with thick smoke, and she felt as if there was a familiar scene in her memory. And the stone lions and railings on the arch bridge in the imperial garden in the palace also made her feel inexplicably familiar.
She also remembered the day when she picked up Lord Su from prison. She met Granny Gao beside the Empress who took advantage of the chaos to come and intercept and kill her. Granny Gao once said a word to her - in the great fire of Jingyang Palace that year, Wei Jiang took something away during the chaos!
The more Wei Dongling thought about it, the more her heart shivered.
What did Wei Jiang take away? Or rather, Granny Gao knew clearly! What Wei Jiang took out of the palace was actually the three - year - old daughter of Concubine Chen!
So when Empress Zhao first met her, she immediately started to fight with her. She didn't hesitate to kill! And even continued to hunt her down later!
Because the Empress and the others were afraid! They were afraid that Wei Dongling was alive, afraid that the matter of Concubine Chen's murder that year would be completely exposed!
So at first, the people from the Zhao Mansion were telling stories in Lin's Teahouse. When Wei Dongling stepped forward to question them, she first showed her lightness kung fu, which immediately alerted them! That's why she was tortured in the underground prison of the Zhao family's horse - training ground! That's why there were all kinds of assassinations after she escaped! The poison of oleander! Arson! And she was even abducted into Baoqing Tower in the street to be silenced! They would rather kill by mistake than let her go! All because of suspicion, all because they were afraid that she was the little princess who was taken away during the fire in Jingyang Palace that year!
Fortunately, with the help of many kind people along the way, Wei Dongling managed to escape death several times!
It wasn't until Lord Su's case was redressed, all the people of the Zhao family were sent into exile, and the Empress was stripped of her real power in the harem that things gradually calmed down.
Wei Dongling felt mixed emotions. If this was really the case, what should she do?
Lord Su and Uncle Li were very determined. They insisted that she was definitely not the daughter of Concubine Chen, but the real daughter of Wei Jiang! But if what they said was true! Why did the Zhao family go to so much trouble? And there were still people who wanted to find out the truth!
Also, Yu Zixi's master was so unreasonable and firmly opposed to her marriage with Zixi. Was it really just because he was partial to He Yao?
His master once said that the two of them had a feud that couldn't be resolved under the same sky.
Yu Zixi once said casually, "It's not that your father killed my father."
Your father killed my father!
Wei Dongling was originally surprised that Yu Zixi could say such a thing! The previous Emperor was clearly poisoned and overthrown by the current Emperor. How could it be her father Wei Jiang who killed him?
It seemed that Yu Zixi and his master had long suspected that she was the daughter of Concubine Chen. Although there was no evidence, they firmly believed it!
Wei Dongling had a splitting headache. If all these speculations were true, what should she do?
Should she continue to pretend not to know anything? Or should she go to Uncle Li and Lord Su to find out?
Judging from Lord Su's appearance, he clearly didn't want to be involved in any more troubles. He just wanted to live in peace with his only descendant. Why should she break this peace?
The one - month deadline was approaching. Yu Zixi should be coming back soon, right? He must know the truth, right? She would ask him clearly when he came back.
Wei Dongling curled up in bed, thinking chaotically for a long time. Finally, she threw off the quilt and got out of bed.
She had to open the milk tea branch in Lanshan Temple before the first day of September.
No matter who she was! Concentrating on making money was the only thing she had to do! No matter where she went, money was a woman's greatest confidence!
Wei Dongling pushed open the door and walked out. She planned to go and take another look at the new store she had rented near Lanshan Temple and try to arrange for it to open in the next two days.
The opening of the new store and Zixi's return. These were two happy events!
Wei Dongling's steps gradually became lighter. Just as she walked out of the South Courtyard, she saw Cuihuan striding towards her.
"Miss Wei! Something's wrong!" Cuihuan shouted in a hurry, "There are some trouble - makers in Tingfeng Tower!"
Wei Dongling stopped in her tracks and asked in a deep voice, "What did you say? What's going on in Tingfeng Tower?"
Cuihuan gasped and said, "Acheng came back to report that three people had stomachaches after buying milk tea. Those people are now rolling and making a scene in the main hall of Tingfeng Tower, saying that our milk tea is not clean and threatening to report to the official!"
Wei Dongling had repeatedly emphasized food safety issues to everyone. Any materials left overnight would be discarded. How could people have stomachaches after drinking the milk tea?
And three people causing trouble together! It was very likely that someone was deliberately causing trouble.
Was it someone from the Crown Prince deliberately making things difficult? Or was He Yao causing trouble again?
Wei Dongling sneered in her heart and instructed Cuihuan, "Tell Acheng to go to Dongmen Medical Hall quickly and invite the respected Doctor Feng to come to Tingfeng Tower at a high price."
"Yes!"
Wei Dongling felt the small crossbow in her clothes and walked out of the house. She snorted coldly, "It's just that I'm in a bad mood today, and there are still people looking for trouble. They really don't want to live anymore!"
Ruan Niang drove the carriage and took Wei Dongling straight to Tingfeng Tower in a hurry.
The entrance of Tingfeng Tower was densely packed with onlookers. Three men with red faces were leaning against the door, covering their stomachs and moaning. They also cursed from time to time, saying that the milk tea was poisonous.
Their shouting and making a scene completely stopped the business in the store.
Wei Dongling strode in and stared coldly at the people on the ground, asking, "What's going on?"
"Miss!" Acheng saw Wei Dongling coming and quickly greeted her. He cried with a sad face, "These people have been making trouble for a long time. They insist that there's something wrong with our milk tea, which made their stomachs ache unbearably. Now they're lying here asking for compensation!"