Qian Manjiang wondered aloud, "Oh, what's so good about Father's discernment?"
Qian Yixiu smiled and said, "Father has chosen the right side. Prince Ning has both virtue and talent, and he bears the aura of an emperor. He will be the one to laugh last, and when he does, he will settle accounts for us."
Qian Manjiang chuckled, "Keep that thought to yourself; you mustn't spread it around."
The investigation went very smoothly, and by the afternoon of the next day, everything had "come out in the wash." The rumor-monger was Old Grandma Wei from Lady Cui's retinue—a servant who, having been dissatisfied with not being promoted to a position in charge of the main court, told other servants of the Cui family, claiming that she had heard it from the main Madam herself. Believing it to be true, the servant spread the word within the Cui Mansion, and the rumor eventually leaked out. The rumormongering Sister Wei had already committed suicide the previous night out of fear of her crimes.
