The Favored Little Peasant Seizes the Heroine's Script!-Chapter 522 - 467: Sudden Upheaval! Does Emperor Xia Want to Destroy the Wei Family? (Part 2)
Nanny Xue thought for a moment and said, "No, we must speed up!"
"Ah...?! Why?"
Mei Jiu wondered if Nanny Xue was getting senile. Shouldn’t they be trying to buy more time for their County Princess and her husband?
"If you were the young master, knowing your own family was caught by the emperor and thrown into the Heavenly Prison, would you still take your time on the road?"
"Definitely not!"
Mei Jiu did not hesitate at all and responded directly.
Nanny Xue shrugged immediately and said, "See, you can’t tolerate it, so if the County Princess and her husband are still dragging their feet, wouldn’t it show others that they have already left?"
"Right, right, Nanny Xue, you thought it through!"
Mei Jiu gave Nanny Xue a thumbs up, "No wonder people say, having an elder at home is like having a treasure!"
"Alright, don’t flatter me!"
"Instruct the people below to speed up!"
"Also, when we’re on the move, let our team spread out. If necessary, abandon one or two carts of goods!"
"Understood!"
With Nanny Xue’s guidance, Mei Jiu knew exactly what to do next.
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Just as Yuan Bao and Wei Wushang thought, agents from the Sound Listening Bureau were indeed secretly watching their convoy.
However, under Nanny Xue’s guidance, those trailing them did not realize that Yuan Bao and Wei Wushang had already left the convoy. They assumed they were still in the convoy because, to speed up, they had stretched out the whole convoy very long, with even a few carts of goods falling far behind.
At nightfall, a carrier pigeon soared into the sky, conveying a message to the Capital.
Mei Jiu kept watching the sky from the camp, and when he saw the pigeon take flight, a joyful smile spread across his face.
Indeed, there was a secret spy arranged by the court in their convoy.
However, Mei Jiu didn’t plan to root them out.
This person was still useful and had to be properly deceived.
...
Yuan Bao and Wei Wushang didn’t rest; they traveled day and night towards the Capital.
Jiayang Pass is the necessary route connecting the Hanhai Desert to Daxia.
Yuan Bao and Wei Wushang did not enter through the city gate, but instead leapt over the city walls at night, traversed through the town, and headed straight for the Capital of Daxia.
Both were experts, and at full speed, their pace was faster than a galloping horse.
After two days and nights, Wei Wushang and Yuan Bao reached Neishi County.
Only then did they slow their pace and took the opportunity to stop at an inn to listen for news.
The Emperor Xia had issued a clear edict, completely disgracing the Wei Family.
Even the Eldest Princess had her title revoked and was expelled from the royal family because she married Wei Dingjiang.
This move by Emperor Xia was undoubtedly a clear signal.
The women who married into the Wei Family were all divorced and expelled from their husband’s homes.
Now, outside the old Wei Family residence in Yunyang City, the women discarded by their husbands were living there, barely scraping by with the help of the people of Yunyang City.
In fact, these external women of the Wei Family were not only divorced themselves but their children were also expelled.
The once towering tree fell, and as the tree fell, the monkeys scattered.
"A gentleman may die, but cannot be humiliated!"
"These people deserve death!"
From afar, Wei Wushang watched those familiar aunts and cousins scurrying in distress and agony, and his blood boiled with anger.
At that moment, he thought of Mu Lin, the former Princely Heir of Marquis Wugong.
The Marquis Wugong was accused and executed by Emperor Xia, and the Marquis Mansion had its titles removed, with family members sent to Lingnan.
Yet despite that, the women who married out from the Marquis Mansion were not divorced by their husbands. Even if life with their husband’s family required caution, at least they had a place to shelter from the storm.
But now, their Wei Family, after helping so many people, received such repayment?
"Uncle, don’t act on impulse!"
Yuan Bao stopped the furious Wei Wushang, "Let’s first find Uncle Xiao Wu and ask about the situation!"
"Right!"
"We need to understand what’s going on!"
Wei Wushang did not go to see his aunts, logically thinking they wouldn’t know what had happened.
However, when Yuan Bao and Wei Wushang arrived at the Yuan Family Mansion, they didn’t find Yuan Yindi; instead, they overheard Mrs. Xiao Li talking smugly to Mrs. Zeng, and the focus of the conversation was Yuan Bao.
"I always knew that little wretch was a jinx!"
"Since she was born, our family has always had misfortune!"
"Nobody believed me back then, and look now? The Wei Family, such a dominant clan, was ruined by that little wretch!"
