Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Wang Jingye was even more surprised when he heard his wife say that the mistress of the Ji family was surprised to see the bracelet worn by Chengping's wife.

He thought that although his father-in-law raised Chengping as his own son, the Nie family would still be handed over to Cheng'an.

He said the same thing to his cousin.

Unexpectedly, his father-in-law gave Chengping the token representing the eldest son of the Nie family.

He heard from his wife that when Chengping and Cheng'an were ten years old, their father-in-law gave them each a bracelet, saying that they were originally a pair, one for each brother.

He also told his cousin that maybe it was just an heirloom of the Nie family and had nothing to do with the Ji family. It wouldn't be very important. If it was important, it would not have been given to Chengping and the others when they were so young.

Wang Jingye quickly sent a message to Eunuch Liang and went to Shuangfeng Temple to see his cousin the next day.

The Queen Mother pondered, the late Queen Mother did not fully trust her and did not tell her all the things. She guessed that her cousin's grandmother was the late Queen Mother's person based on the clues she revealed.

When her cousin told her about the pair of bracelets, she and her cousin had the same idea. If they were very important, her cousin's father would not have given them to his son so early, especially since one of them was not even his biological child.

If my cousin's grandmother knew that this bracelet represented the identity of the direct branch of the Ji family, she, as a grandmother, would easily have an excuse to help her two grandsons keep it, but the grandmother of the Nie family did not do so.

That's why she and her cousin thought that these two bracelets were just heirlooms of the Nie family, who later changed their surname.

But the fact that the mistress of the Ji family could recognize it means that this bracelet is a token of trust.

The Queen Mother had asked her cousin to bring Xiao and Shang to the banquet yesterday, just to see how Ji Chen would react when she saw them. She had no idea it would reveal such important information.

Wang Jingye said, "I just can't understand why my father-in-law would give such an important token to Chengping when he was ten years old. Wasn't he afraid that Chengping wouldn't be able to keep it?"

The Queen Mother said, "You said Chengping has been very stubborn since he was a child. His father gave him everything, and then his father passed away. With his personality, I don't think anyone, including his grandmother, can take it away from him."

Wang Jingye nodded and said, "That's right. I don't accept anyone except my brother-in-law. But now I also accept my father-in-law. He died unexpectedly, but he made good arrangements for important matters before he died."

The Queen Mother was moved and asked, "What if that accident was not an accident?"

Wang Jingye said, "I've checked many times, and that place is rarely visited by idle people. Also, what did he want to gain by killing my father-in-law and mother-in-law? The Nie family's fortune? Even if my father-in-law doesn't have a son, the Nie family has plenty of people, and the fortune won't fall into the hands of outsiders. Cheng'an was betrothed since childhood, and Chengping was already studying painting with Xiao Daru at the time, so he was practically the designated son-in-law."

Hearing this, Queen Mother Wang suddenly remembered that she had overheard her grandmother and mother talking about telling her to Nie Chengping, and her grandmother also said that people with stubborn tempers would not be thoughtful.

So who brought up the marriage?

Not long after that conversation, it happened that my grandfather's concubine killed my grandmother.

Queen Mother Wang recalled, which came first, the accident of the Nie family or the murder of her grandmother?

She eavesdropped on the conversation between her grandmother and mother. Nothing had happened to the Nie family yet, and she was wondering who would marry the eldest daughter of the Nie family.

Although the Wang family is also a big family, the young lady of the Wang family is no match for the eldest lady of the Nie family. She was envious at that time.

Then, her cousin's wife's parents died, followed by her grandmother being murdered, and she chopped up her grandfather's concubine.

Queen Mother Wang suddenly had an idea. When the marriage proposal was made to her, the other party was Nie Chengping, the eldest son of the Nie family. It was her grandfather's idea. So what did her grandfather want to do?

A chill rose in her heart. Could it be that her grandfather was responsible for the accident involving her cousin's parents?

My grandfather proposed marriage to my cousin’s father but was rejected. However, since he was the eldest son of the Nie family whose parents had both passed away, my grandfather was praised for his noble character when he came to propose marriage again.

But right after that, she chopped up her grandfather's concubine and fled to the capital, disrupting her grandfather's plan.

This analysis shows that the grandfather knew that the Nie family was the direct branch of the Ji family. It was useless for him to take the token. It was impossible for him to tell the Ji family that I was the direct branch of the Ji family. The only way was to marry his granddaughter to the eldest son of the Nie family and use the status of in-laws to seize the Nie family's collection of books.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath.

She needed to rethink. She had previously thought that her grandfather had come here years ago to seek the position of queen. If her guess was correct, her grandfather's ambition was not in the palace, but in collecting books.

But, why has my grandfather been silent for more than ten years?

Also, even if he got the Nie family's collection of books, who would he pass it on to at his age?

My grandfather looked down on my father at all, and my second uncle was a kind-hearted person, so he was not the candidate my grandfather had in mind.

The son born to the concubine could not be promoted. Even if he could be promoted, my grandfather would not do such a contemptible thing as favoring a concubine over the legitimate wife. My grandfather was too proud to promote the son born to a lowly concubine.

She couldn't guess what her grandfather was trying to do.

Using her own thinking, every new discovery would overturn her guess.

Wang Jingye saw that his cousin was frowning and thinking, and he didn't dare to interrupt her. It was not until his cousin looked at him that he asked what to do next.

The Queen Mother looked at her cousin with a chill in her heart. If her guess was right, how would her cousin face his wife and siblings?

Although my grandfather is not my cousin's biological grandfather, for my cousin's wife, their parents were killed by the Wang family. How can my cousin's wife face her two younger brothers and the sister he raised?

The Queen Mother said, "Aren't you going to Suzhou and Hangzhou after the New Year? Why not leave now? If you leave quickly, you can still celebrate the New Year in Suzhou and Hangzhou."

Wang Jingye's heart immediately rose. Thinking about what they had just discussed, they were talking about the Ji and Nie families, as well as his father-in-law's accident. His cousin had asked them to stay away. Could it be that his great-uncle's visit to Beijing was related to these things...

He asked in a trembling voice, "Is my father-in-law's accident related to my great uncle?"

The Queen Mother knew that her cousin was intelligent, so she immediately thought of this aspect. However, she could not hide this matter from him, so she also wanted him to be mentally prepared.

Queen Mother Wang said, "I don't know. Whatever it is, I will handle it. You take them away, and I will send someone to stop the Wang family from entering the capital."

Wang Jingye nodded slowly, "I'll send someone to take them there, and I'll find a reason to stay."

The Queen Mother simply nodded.

After his cousin left, Wang Jingye stood in the yard. Snowflakes were falling, and he didn't move.

That year, he went out for a trip with his cousin, who was the Queen Mother's brother, and saw the legendary Miss Nie for the first time. He fell in love at first sight and deliberately said to his cousin: I like Miss Nie, cousin, don't compete with me.

He asked his cousin out because he was worried that he would also fall for Miss Nie, and he wanted to strike first.

My cousin once accidentally said that his family wanted to arrange a marriage between my cousin and Chengping because my cousin's affair ended in nothing.

It turned out that his great uncle had started planning this a long time ago. Since his cousin failed to marry into the Nie family, he wanted his grandson to marry the eldest daughter of the Nie family.

If all this is true, how can he face his wife and brother-in-law?