After Gui Shi went to rest, Wei Zi called Baishui privately.
"Has the Crown Prince received news about the court meeting?" she asked in a low voice.
"I got it. I'm not the only one who has the crown prince's eyes in the palace."
"Well, send me a message to the Crown Prince. I want to know what his plans are next."
"good."
As soon as he finished speaking, Baishui disappeared like a gust of wind. The speed and efficiency made Wei Zi amazed again.
Feng Danyuan's reply was also quick and he arrived before dinner.
Baishui repeated his original words: "We will talk in person."
Eh?
Wei Zi was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized: Compared with sending messages back and forth, this is indeed the most efficient method.
But, how to meet?
"Tomorrow you and Mrs. Wei will go to the Wa Palace to pray for blessings. The Crown Prince will be waiting for you in the side hall. Don't worry, everything has been arranged."
Wei Zi was even more surprised, Feng Danyuan moved so fast?
"Don't be surprised. The Crown Prince should have known the news earlier before the Emperor received the certificate today," Baishui explained.
Wei Zi's eyes darkened.
If Feng Danyuan could get the news before the emperor, then it would be okay for the right minister to be afraid.
If this is the case, then what he said in the court today was definitely not a momentary thought.
"Okay, I will go see the Crown Prince tomorrow." Wei Zi said.
*
Wei Zi asked to see the emperor and expressed his wish to go to the Wa Palace with his mother to pray for the Yong royal family and the victims of the Yellow River disaster.
The emperor's face was full of exhaustion: "It's hard for you to have this intention, go ahead."
"Thank you very much, Father." Wei Zi kowtowed.
"When you offer incense, you should also pay a note for the prince." The emperor added.
"Yes, I have remembered it," Wei Zi replied respectfully.
The queen became ill after being punished by the emperor, so Wei Zi did not enter Yiyuan Palace. She only performed the rituals she should do as a daughter-in-law outside the palace as she did the previous few days. After making sure that many palace people around saw her, she left.
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The carriage drove out of the palace gate.
Gui finally couldn't restrain her curiosity and asked Wei Zi: "Why do you want to go to the Wa Palace?"
"Go and pray." Wei Zi smiled.
"Your mother is not a three-year-old child." Gui rolled her eyes without any manners.
"Go meet someone."
"Who are you meeting?" Gui asked.
"Meet a beautiful man! I only allow the prince to cuckold me, so I can't treat him the same way as he does?" Wei Zi saw Mrs. Wei looking nervous and couldn't help teasing her.
"Are you kidding, or are you serious?" Seeing Wei Zi's smiling face, Gui became more and more nervous: "Don't joke about this kind of thing, mother is timid."
"You don't look timid when facing your father." Wei Zi continued to tease her.
"Do you understand the concept of 'being in trouble'? Your father won't lose his temper with me... Don't go too far. Who are you going to see?"
Seeing her mother's anxious face, Wei Zi took her hand and said seriously: "Mom, before I got married, I said that I would do my best to protect the Wei family's safety. But after entering the palace, I realized that I thought it was easy.
The prince is dissolute and incompetent, the emperor is weak and mediocre, and even the queen is ruthless. The situation is far worse than I thought, and I don’t have enough manpower, and I don’t have enough information..."
She smiled: "With my own strength, I can only protect myself. So, I found a reliable person to cooperate with. Baishui is the person he gave me."
