Wanjin Lady

Chapter 478 Heart to Heart
Wen Wan knelt and took a step forward, grasping Empress Wei's trembling hand. "Your Majesty, no matter what happened between me and the Marquis, Zhao Zhao and Hun'er have the blood of the Wei family flowing through their veins. I am presumptuous to say this, but this means that whether you like me or not, you and I are blood relatives."

"What's more, the Duke murdered Zhao Yingzhen's children, creating a mortal feud between the two families. She once said that as long as she lives, the Wei family will never have a moment of peace!"

"How dare she!" It was true that Empress Wei disliked Wen Wan. But within the palace, if anyone could truly empathize with her, perhaps Wen Wan was the only one.

She is the queen.

But she is also a member of the Wei family.

"My brother can kill her two children, so I can kill her too!"

"I want to show her how the Wei family killed her to ashes!"

As expected of the Wei family.

This decisive and murderous look is exactly the same as Wei Zheng's.

"My Lady, Zhao Yingzhen's crime is certain, but she won't necessarily die."

Empress Wei's brows furrowed. "What do you mean by that? This involves smuggling hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, a huge sum. And she's also guilty of treason fifteen years ago. Do you think Your Majesty will tolerate her?"

Wenwan's voice was very low.

Her eyes were like a dying she-wolf.

"Empress, the human heart is fickle, let alone the heart of an emperor."

"The Great Chen Dynasty has enjoyed a long period of peace, and Zhao Yingzhen is only a princess. Your Majesty may well feel sympathy for her siblings."

"Nonsense!" Queen Wei snarled. "Fifteen years ago, the battle to force the emperor to abdicate was a bloody one. My brother risked his life for him. Your Majesty will never let my family down for a bitch!"

"Your Majesty also said that happened fifteen years ago!" Wen Wan lowered her voice. "When I interrogated Zhao Yingzhen earlier, she initially believed she was going to die, but later she became fearless. I'm worried... she might have found a way to escape."

"Your Majesty." The young lady's hand had touched hers at some point. "Prince Fu's life or death is uncertain. Only Zhao Yingzhen knows whether Prince Fu is still alive. This...will become her biggest trump card."

The queen's face froze, and then suddenly she thought of something and her expression changed.

"If I were Zhao Yingzhen, I would tell His Majesty that Prince Fu is not dead, and I would help His Majesty find him."

Empress Wei's eyes were sharp as a knife, but as she thought about it, her expression suddenly changed. She stood up eagerly, the jewels on her head swaying ostentatiously, "Where's A Lan? Why hasn't she come back yet?"

The maid outside kept responding, "Madam, I will go and urge her."

Queen Wei was restless, feeling a pang of anxiety in her heart. She glared at Wen Wan fiercely and said, "If you are exaggerating, I will teach you a lesson!"

After a moment, she clenched her fists, and when she saw the young lady's red eyes, her heart suddenly softened.

Wen Wan left his father but kept his son, which shows that this person has a decisive and ruthless character.

Empress Wei only thought she was a calculating businessman. But now it seems that the merchant girl also has some sincerity.

"Since you have already thought of this, there must be a way to break it."

Wen Wan knelt at Queen Wei's feet and said firmly, "Your Majesty, I...would like to see my two children."

Queen Wei narrowed her eyes slightly. "Are you blackmailing me?"

"My lady, this is not a threat, this is a request."

"When Mo Sufang abducted me, I thought I would die in a foreign land. My only concern... was for Zhao Zhao and Hun'er. Please, Your Majesty, understand my motherly feelings."

When Zhao Zhao and Hui Ge'er were mentioned, Empress Wei's face turned even colder. "I haven't even had a chance to settle this score with you yet! How dare you put the Wei family's offspring on the Wen family's genealogy! You've played the Wei family like puppets!" "Do you know that Jin Yu has been without parents since childhood? He's like a wandering soul in the world. He finally had a child, but you cruelly separated him from his father and daughter."

"How can someone as hard-hearted and heartless as you understand what a mother's heart is?"

Wen Wan had never expected that Empress Wei was so well-informed. Seeing her rage rising, Wen Wan pinched herself hard and said with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty, I am truly abhorrent, but I also have my own difficulties."

"Your Majesty, the Empress, and I are both women. You should know how difficult it is for women to survive in this world."

"My father only has two daughters. The elders of my family coerced and bribed him, and he had no choice but to consider marrying me. It just so happened that the Marquis was being hunted by his enemies, and his life was hanging by a thread. My servant rescued him, and when he woke up, he lost his memory. It was only natural for me to invite him to marry into my family."

How to turn something into a false narrative without making a fuss.

Wen Wan just didn't believe that Queen Wei knew every little detail between her and Wei Zheng.

Queen Wei couldn't find any fault with Wen Wan, the loach, and just looked at her coldly and listened to her excuses.

"Later, the father was killed and the son was saved because the Marquis was... truly an extraordinary person. He was both civil and martial, and his mind was meticulous. He didn't look like the child of an ordinary family at all. The common woman's family was full of widows, elderly, and children, and they were only worried that he was a wanted criminal or a bandit. So, out of desperation, they killed the father and saved the son."

"If that's the case, why did you refuse to let the child and Jinyu meet when you arrived in Bozhou?"

"Your Highness..." The young lady frowned, a trace of sadness on her face. "He is a marquis, and I am a merchant's daughter. How can a common woman have the face to recognize him? Although I come from a merchant family, I also know that it is important for a woman to be independent. Why should I bear the crime of 'climbing the ladder of wealth' and rush to become someone's concubine?"

Queen Wei frowned, clutching her chest, swallowing the breath she was about to take, "Who said I want you to be a concubine? Since you have given birth to many children for the Wei family, you should at least be a co-wife—"

"But I was once his wife! What woman in this world could endure being changed from a wife to a concubine or even a co-wife? Moreover, I have been following my father in running the business since I was a child. I have a strong personality and will not be subservient to him!"

Queen Wei stared at her.

Wenwan bent down.

I just feel my scalp tingling.

Before entering the palace, she repeatedly reminded herself to be patient in everything, but Empress Wei's words "equal wife" still ignited her anger.

"This is the first truth you've spoken since you stepped into this palace."

"Look up!" Empress Wei's voice was stern and stern. Wen Wan raised her head, not wanting to look away. Immediately, a palace maid beside her shouted, "How dare you! How dare you look directly at the Empress!"

"You're such a jerk who can't be humble." Empress Wei squinted her eyes and smiled. "If I had someone break your spine, you'd probably learn the four words 'be humble'."

Wen Wan was shocked, and remembering Wei Zheng's words, "Aunt responds to soft words but not to hard ones," she bent down, put her head on the floor, and behaved more submissively.

"Forget it." Queen Wei waved her hand, looking a little tired. "You saved Jin Yu's life and brought back the remains of my brother. I am not your mother-in-law..."

She seemed to be chatting casually again, "My sister-in-law... is a kind and chaste person with a gentle heart. Zhaozhao looks very much like her. When I see her, it's like my sister-in-law and Lingfeng have returned."

Ling Feng?

That is Wei Zheng's sister's name.

She had no chance to meet her elder sister-in-law.

Perhaps thinking of her deceased relatives, Empress Wei turned her face away, wiped her tears, and said in a voice that could not hide her low mood, "Go and bring Zhao Zhao and Hun Ge'er here."

Wen Wan saw Queen Wei sitting there, alone.

The Duke's unfounded identity as a "criminal minister" not only affected Wei Zheng, but also made it difficult for the only woman with the surname Wei in the deep palace to take any step forward.