Song Nian stood up quickly after hearing the words: "What did you say?"
"what happened?"
She stared at Yinsu, her eyes full of surprise: "Why would a good mother go to the family temple? And even if she went to the family temple, why would she be escorted by her second sister? And why did she act at night? No one told her?"
"Why did the second sister suddenly fall down the mountain?"
Yinsu shook his head: "I don't know, I just listened to the mother-in-law in the outer courtyard."
"This morning, I got up early and went to the kitchen to look for Mrs. Zhang. When I went there, I saw her chattering with others. I listened closely and heard her say that Madam had her hair twisted yesterday and that she wanted to go to the family temple to meet her. The green lantern is your companion.”
"My servant has inquired and found out that many people in the Madam's courtyard heard these words at that time. Qiu Shui even injured his arm because of this and bled all over the courtyard."
"Okay, why does mother want to go to the family temple?"
Yinsu whispered: "The servants all said that the second lady forced me."
"After Madam and the Second Young Lady had a quarrel, Tanzhu went to find the head of the family. When the head of the house came, he sent everyone away. No one knows what happened next."
"Yesterday, the courtyard of Madam and Second Young Lady was quiet. I went to check it out and found that it was indeed sealed up."
Yinsu's eyes turned red: "Miss, what should we do?"
Song grabbed the hem of her skirt and was also panicked.
After thinking for a long time, she said: "Where is Lan'er?"
"Now that Nanny Song is taking care of her, the young master's end will be fine."
"Let me think about it."
Song lowered his eyes for a moment and wiped the sweat from his palms irritably.
"Where were my brother and sister-in-law yesterday?"
"One song never came out of my master's study."
"Where's Aunt Song?"
"This slave doesn't know."
"Did anyone come to pick up my mother and sister yesterday?"
"I didn't hear anyone came to the house yesterday."
Song Nian sat slumped on the embroidered pier, with red eyes and said: "Even if my mother can't bear to be with Qingdeng all the time, she shouldn't be sent away overnight. My brother must have done this because of something his mother said or did. My brother will be unhappy."
"Second sister, she..."
I'm afraid I don't know what the deadly noise was.
Although the elder brother is not close to them, he is not a person who wants to seek personal revenge. If he does this, it is probably because the second sister has done something stupid that endangers the Song family.
In just a moment, Song Nian guessed everything Song Yao said.
She pursed her lips, tears sliding down her cheeks to her collar.
"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have said those words in front of my second sister. Since I know her character, why did I tell her those fatal speculations?"
What might happen if those words were heard by the elder brother, but if the patriarch of the Song clan heard those words, how could the second sister survive?
Song Nian covered his face and burst into tears.
"Miss, this servant doesn't understand."
Yinsu lowered his voice and said: "Miss, what you mean is that the death of the second young lady is in the house... why?"
"Either she is talking nonsense to smear the Queen's chastity, or she wants the Song Dynasty to take advantage of His Majesty's deep love for the eldest sister and seek personal gain for herself."
Thinking of yesterday's marriage decree, Song Nian held the veil tightly.
Yinsu's eyes widened: "Young lady, you mean that the second young lady wants the Song Dynasty to use the queen's power to overturn the marriage decree?"
"This this……"
After hearing this, Song Nianzai couldn't help but cover his face and cry softly.
Yin Su can see things clearly, why doesn't the second sister not understand?
The fact that the eldest sister is the empress of the Song Dynasty seems to be the icing on the cake, but how can it not be a burning fire? Concubine Yun and the third prince were in Nanqing. It seemed that the Holy Emperor was sincere to the Song family, but how could the eldest sister in the palace not be the one to restrain Concubine Yun?
During this period of time, even her third uncle, who had never cared about Xi Liu, had his tail between his legs, while her second sister kept making troubles again and again...
Some time ago, she had clearly fallen silent, but she fell into a daze again because of some of her silly words.
Song Nian cried so sadly that he hated that he couldn't control his temper that day and had to fight with Song Yao for those useless efforts.
"Miss, please don't cry. The palace has not...not announced the death of the second young lady. It cannot be said that the servants are talking nonsense."
"There will be no mourning, at least not at this time."
Song Nian cried and said: "It was very strange that something happened to my second sister just after the imperial edict was issued yesterday. My brother will report this to the Holy One, but he will not say anything openly."
"Why?"
Yinsu was puzzled.
"I told the Holy One to show my loyalty and not to mourn in order to save the face of the Song Dynasty."
Her second sister could only go so quietly, and those words from Luo Shan were just a reason to frustrate the servants.
This reason is full of loopholes and leads to too many unreasonable speculations, but it is precisely because of this that those servants will keep silent for fear of violating the taboo of the master.
Song Nian didn't know whether to blame his brother for being cruel or to blame himself for hurting Song Yao by using his words.
The master and servant were wiping tears secretly in the room when Zhu Ye walked in from outside.
"Miss, Grandma Song is looking for you."
Song Nian stood up and wiped the tears on his face, knowing that Ming Xiang must have something to say to her.
The servants in the mansion and the other two households could not know about this matter, but she could not know the truth.
And the sister-in-law also needs to see her reaction to this matter.
After cleaning up, Song Nian slowly walked out.
In the main hall of the Song Mansion, Ming Xiang was discussing matters with several housekeepers. When she saw Song coming over, she waved slightly to ward off everyone.
Her movements are natural and smooth, and although her face is still a bit childish, her eyes and the aura she exudes are unrivaled. Song Nian lowered his eyes slightly, unable to remember the way she spoke fluently when she first married into the Song family.
"You're here, sit down."
He casually nodded at the seat in front of him and said, "Did you listen to what the people in the house said today?"
"What do you think?"
Song Nian remained silent, not knowing how to answer.
After a long time, she said: "Is her words disrespectful or is she being pampered?"
She asked this question without any beginning or end, but when Ming Xiang heard the words, he slightly curled his lips, appreciating it in his heart.
"I knew you were smart in the past, but I didn't know you were so smart. Since you can ask this question, it means you are a man of etiquette."
"Your brother is afraid that you might have a problem with the family, so let me help you out."
Ming Xiang sighed: "In the past, when I came to the Song Dynasty before I got married, I was very puzzled as to why my father would let Wan'er go to Chengyang Marquis Mansion to be a widow, but now I know."
There was helplessness in her tone: "There are some things that you can be indifferent to as a brother, but you have to do them as the leader of the clan."
"Lan'er will be raised in my room in the future, and Aunt Song will be there to teach her."
Song Nian opened his mouth slightly, feeling sad but he had to say, "Sister-in-law, it's hard work."
Seeing that Song Nian showed no sign of resentment, Ming Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Song Nian is not like Mrs. Song and Song Yao, which is really gratifying.
