"What's wrong, Madam? Who makes Madam so angry?"
Mrs. Qi's face turned pale, and she was pinched purple by some old woman. She looked languid, as if she was breathing too much out and not taking in much.
The mother-in-law felt happy looking at her. After seeing the excitement, she stepped aside and had Mrs. Qi carried back to the house.
When someone ran out to call the doctor, she stopped one person and asked what happened.
"The second young lady of the Song family is gone."
"I heard that I contracted the disease last winter, and it took me a long time to recover. I passed away the day before yesterday..."
"Ouch."
Xu's wet nurse said: "It seems that the Song family is about to have its filial piety period, and the two families are about to get married. How could it be so sudden?"
"Maybe Mr. Song cares about this girl, so he might take her away."
Xu's wet nurse followed suit, and after speaking, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief to hide the smile on her lips.
Mrs. Qi didn't know that she was being laughed at by her eldest daughter-in-law. She just felt that her youngest son's path to heaven was suddenly cut in half, and the Qi family had no hope of turning around.
Thinking of all the preparations she had made for Song Yao to marry into the Qi Mansion, as well as the large sums of money she had spent on new items, she felt a severe pain in her heart.
Qi Sulun looked at his mother, who seemed to be about to fall ill, and comforted him: "It's a child who is destined to be a daughter of the Song family. Mother, please don't be so sad."
Although he felt very sorry for Song Yao's passing, deep down in his heart, Qi Su Lun felt inexplicably relaxed.
"Su'er."
"The child is here."
Mrs. Qi stretched out her hand and got up from the bed with great reluctance: "Su'er, please listen to my mother's suggestion."
Qi Sulun frowned slightly, but did not dare to refuse.
"Su'er, our family cannot throw away this marriage to the Song family. But now that Song Yao is dead, we are afraid that we will lose contact with the Song family."
"But you also know how much the Holy Emperor values the queen, and now that the eldest prince is born, according to the temperament of the current Holy Emperor, he will definitely be made the crown prince."
"Song Fu's future is limitless. There are still gaps in Zhongshu Province, and 90%25 of them are prepared for him."
"So Su'er, this marriage cannot be broken off."
Qi Sulun looked gloomy when he heard this: "Mom, please stop talking nonsense. If Song Yao has passed away, how can this marriage continue? Is it possible that mother wants me to marry her?"
"Bah, bah, bah, how can you say such unlucky words?"
Mrs. Qi said: "I am your mother, how can I let you do such a thing? And even if I agree, your father will not agree."
"The mother is ill, so she should rest first. The father will make the final decision for the child."
"Wait a minute."
Seeing that Qi Su Lun was about to leave, Mrs. Qi said, "Listen to what I have to say."
"Although the marriage is invalidated after Song Yao's death, as long as the Queen or the Song family feel ashamed of you, our two families will not be separated."
"You might as well tell me what your mother's plans are."
Mrs. Qi was sickly: "This is what my mother thinks. It would be really chilling if our family married someone else immediately after Song Yao passed away. And it wouldn't look good to the Song family."
"Since it's difficult to get married to my son in the short term, why not tell the outside world that you are keeping filial piety for Song Yao? How is the relationship between the whole couple?"
Qi Sulun's face turned pale when he heard this: "Is mother crazy? I have never seen a man in the world who keeps filial piety to his unmarried wife."
"It is precisely because there is no man in the world who can do this that my son can show you by doing it."
Mrs. Qi looked determined: "What if you just go out and guard Song Yao for a year? The left and right houses will not marry you so quickly. If you do this, who in the world will not tell you A sentence about my deep love for my son?"
"And the Song Mansion and the Empress will also feel sorry for you. They will definitely be able to take care of you more in the future."
With a pair of fists clenched tightly, Qi Sulun felt angry and suffocated.
Let him be a dignified man and use his dead wife who has never been with him to seek a future. Even if he is really allowed to prosper and enjoy all the wealth and glory in the future, how can he hold his head up?
"Mom, stop talking nonsense. If word gets out that you are acting like this, people will think that I, Qi Su Lun, am bent on doing business, and I will not hesitate to be a sycophant in order to please the queen and her family."
"With such a reputation, how can I gain a foothold in the court?"
After Qi Su Lun finished speaking, he bowed to Mrs. Qi, turned around and strode away.
"You kid."
Seeing that Qi Sulun had no intention of obeying, Mrs. Qi lay down with a thud, covering her heart.
"Madam, there is no need to be anxious. If I let this old slave say what the Fifth Young Master said, it makes sense."
"What's the point?"
Two servants beside Madam Qi started arguing: "I think Madam is right."
"Since the fifth master can't say goodbye for a while, why can't he just go with the flow and say it's for Miss Song's sake?"
"My servant thinks that Madam can let the wind go on her own, so the Fifth Master is unwilling to acknowledge her and cannot say outside that he is not willing. Isn't this a slap in the face?"
"What are you talking about?"
The mother-in-law who spoke earlier had sharp eyes and stared at the little girl whose eyes were wandering around.
When Mrs. Qi heard this, her eyes lit up and she kept the girl.
"Tell me, do you really think what I said is reasonable?"
The girl said: "Madam, I think what you said makes sense. I have to wait for a year, but I am just taking advantage of the situation and selling the Song family's favor. Why not do it?"
"That's what I thought too."
Seeing the maid's charming features, Mrs. Qi suddenly asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Xuemei. She originally belonged to the uncle's room. The grandmother disliked the slave and sent her to the madam's outer courtyard."
She also looked for many opportunities to get close to Mrs. Qi today. Thinking of Qi Zhenglun, Xuemei's heart moved slightly.
Mrs. Qi didn't understand the thoughts of the women in the back house. Seeing Xuemei's waist and appearance, she knew that Mrs. Xu was jealous. She lowered her eyes slightly, thought for a moment, then turned around and took Xuemei into her concubine and sent her away. Return to Qi Zhenglun Courtyard.
Xuemei's words reached her heart, and the next day, two white lanterns were hung in front of the Qi family's gate.
Whenever someone asked, Mrs. Qi would focus on describing Qi Su Lun's true feelings for Song Yao.
By the time His Majesty Qi Sulun learned of the matter, the news had already spread in Beijing.
When the Song Mansion heard the news, everyone had different reactions.
The one who had the biggest reaction was not Song Fu or Song Nian, but Yang Pianzhi, the third housewife of the Song Mansion.
Yang Pianzhi had some friendship with Mrs. Qi in the past, and the two had a good temperament. However, in the past, because the third master of the Song Dynasty was famous, Yang Pianzhi inevitably felt that his face was shameless, and he was reluctant to get involved with those ladies. at.
Now that she heard about Qi Sulun's filial piety for Song Yao, she actually had some different thoughts.
Putting down the greeting cards from several families that he had picked over and over without making up his mind, Yang Pianzhi went to Song Zhao's yard.
When she opened the door, Song Xiang and Song Zhao were tracing patterns together. Yang Pianzhi saw this and said, "Sisters, please stop. I have something to say."
