Becoming a literary master starting from the story of Minglan

Chapter 176 Meeting
"By the way, Mingyue, where are your sister Cuiming and the others?"

Inside the room, after listening to Mingyue's soft and slow explanation, Sheng Changquan couldn't help but ask a question.

"what?"

Upon hearing this question, Xiaomingyue frowned slightly and then whispered, "Young Master, Sister Cuiming and the others have been called to Sixth Miss's place. They said that Aunt Wei wants to ask them some questions."

"But Sister Cuiming and the others have been gone for almost an hour and haven't come back yet!"

The little girl was a little scared: "Young master, do you think they won't be punished?"

In Mingyue's heart, Aunt Wei was Sheng Changquan's elder, so she must be a "strong person" with a strong presence, just like Madam Wang!
In Xiaomingyue's eyes, a woman like Wang Ruofu, who was prone to resorting to violence to solve problems, was naturally extremely frightening, hence her concern.

But she didn't know that sometimes, a soft knife is more effective than a hard knife...

More terrible!
"hehe!"

"Auntie wouldn't do that!"

Sheng Changquan chuckled from behind and said, "Besides, it doesn't matter if Auntie gets angry. Anyway, with your sister Kikyo around, Cuiming and Ziyuan will be fine!"

"No matter what methods Auntie uses, she'll probably only use them on you, Kikyo-neechan. No one else gets to 'enjoy' them!"

"hehe!"

As he spoke, Sheng Changquan himself began to chuckle.

"Master~"

Mingyue could also sense the ease in Sheng Changquan's words, knowing that Cuiming and the others would be safe, and she couldn't help but relax. However, Sheng Changquan's wicked teasing made her feel indignant on behalf of Jiegeng.

"Actually, Kikyo is a very nice person, it's just that..."

"It's just that... sometimes she says things that easily offend people!"

Xiao Mingyue tries to defend Jiegeng and salvage her image in Sheng Changquan's eyes.

"hehe!"

Sheng Changquan smiled faintly and remained silent.

"Crash..."

A powerful splash of water rang out.

After taking a bath, Sheng Changquan changed into a plain white dress and came out from the back.

"Alright, in that case, I'll go check on my older sister!"

"And while you're at it, apologize to your aunt!"

After understanding the basic situation, Sheng Changquan had a clear idea of ​​what was going on.

……

Shou'an Hall.

"Auntie, what you just said...is it all true?"

Inside the house, after Minglan sent everyone away, only she and Aunt Wei remained.

At this moment, Minglan's palms were ice-cold, and her eyes seemed to be flashing with heavy shadows. Her voice trembled as she struggled to ask Aunt Wei for confirmation.

"My mother's death... really wasn't an accident?"

"no!"

Although she initially didn't want her niece to know these things, Aunt Wei was afraid that Minglan wouldn't know the gravity of the situation and would easily trust those seemingly kind but actually wicked people. So in the end, she had no choice but to reveal what she knew.

Aunt Wei held Minglan's small hand and swore, "Minglan, all these years, I have been investigating what happened back then!"

"But do you know what?"

Ever since your mother's accident, I've been searching everywhere for people related to her! Not only the doctors who diagnosed your mother, but I've even looked for the midwife who ran away. But do you know what?

"After what happened with your stepmother, all these people disappeared!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Aunt Wei's eyes!
"Even Liu Mama, who was facing legal trouble, died in prison within a month without a sound. In the end, they couldn't even get her body out!"

"This has almost completely become a dead end!"

"But, could this be Father hiring someone..."

Minglan tried to find a reason.

"impossible!"

Aunt Wei waved her hand and said sarcastically, "I know your father. He would rather die than lose his official hat!"

"At that time, your father was at a crucial moment in his journey to the capital, so let alone asking someone to 'take care' of this midwife, if he hadn't been afraid of being called heartless and ungrateful, he probably would have let the midwife go, so that the big problem could be turned into a small one, and the small problem could be resolved peacefully!"

At this point, Aunt Wei also gave a cold laugh: "Minglan, I'm not afraid to make things clear to you!"

"When the news of my sister's accident came back back then, I wanted to bring you back with me!"

Aunt Wei's face also showed a sad expression, and she said, "However, at that time you fell ill because of your stepmother's matter, and you became as thin as a kitten."

He couldn't walk, couldn't stand the hardship, and besides, Quan Ge'er was still too young to walk far!

Moreover, I even asked you back then if you wanted to come home with me.

Aunt Wei glanced at Minglan across from her, her tone fluctuating, as if she was angry at Minglan's lack of ambition, or perhaps angry at herself.

"But you said your mother is gone, and you only have this one father left, and you don't want to leave him!"

"But do you know that back then I used the suspicious circumstances surrounding your stepmother's accident to threaten your father, demanding that he guarantee that you and your brother would survive and grow up safely, or else I would go to the capital to file a complaint with the emperor and expose the Sheng family's secrets!"

"aunt……"

It was only then that Minglan learned what Aunt Wei had done for her, and she finally understood why her family had dismissed and sold so many people back then, including not only those from Madam's courtyard, but also those from Lin Qinshuang's side!

Later, she even had Old Madam Sheng personally manage the Sheng family for a period of time, completely reducing and eliminating some of the family's personnel.

"Minglan!"

Aunt Wei wiped away her tears and choked out, "I'm not saying this to ask you for a favor, but to tell you that there really is a problem with your stepmother's affairs!"

"You...mother...she's innocent..."

Aunt Wei's emotions surged immediately, and she burst into tears!
"Minglan, do you... know?"

"Actually... your mother didn't want to be a concubine. She once said, 'I'd rather marry a commoner's wife than a king's concubine!'"

"However, at that time your maternal grandfather was seriously ill, and the Wei family had no way to make a living, so she had no choice but to sell herself into the Sheng family as a concubine!"

"But in the end, it actually...it actually still..."

Aunt Wei couldn't bear to say it anymore.

"Little girl..."

At this moment, Minglan also remembered her mother's voice and smile, and her face was filled with grief!
"Minglan, I..."

"Quan-ge'er, you're back!"

Just as Aunt Wei was about to say something more to Minglan, Xiaotao's voice suddenly rang out from outside the house.

"……Um!"

A clear male voice came from outside: "Sister Xiaotao, I've come here specifically to pay my respects to Auntie!"

"I wonder what Auntie is like now..."

(End of this chapter)