The five madams stood in Song's old lady's room with a stubborn and unruly face, without seeing any guilt on their faces.
Mrs. Song slapped the bangle on her face, sneering: "Wang Jinsi, people must have a conscience! All these years, we've treated you well, and you know it in your heart. Usually, no matter how wrong you are, everyone gives you three points of forgiveness, but you actually harbor such vicious thoughts, you're not worthy to be human!"
The fifth lady was hit and turned her head away, a red mark quickly appeared on her pale face. She touched her face, slowly picked up the bangle and put it on her hand, looking at Song Chu-yi standing behind Old Lady Song with a smile: "This bangle? Isn't this bangle very good? The floral pattern is exquisitely carved, one of the best, and the few pieces of jade inlaid on top are now hard to find. How can Little Six look down on it?"
Her face was full of indifference, with a look of "a dead pig not afraid of boiling water", which made Old Lady Song furious.
Song Chuyi knew that Wu Furen was a cold-hearted and ruthless person, who didn't even have an ounce of maternal love for her own biological children, let alone the Song household. No matter how much she scolded her, it would be useless to Wu Furen.
She held onto Old Lady Song's hand and whispered in her ear: "Forget it, Grandmother, there's no point talking to this kind of person."
How can you communicate with someone who has no conscience at all?
Mrs. Song closed her eyes and turned to look at the two maidservants following Wang Jin's side, Tangyuan and Yuanbao.
"After that, your wife will live with me and the servants will be assigned by me. You two can go serve elsewhere as arranged by the first lady."
Tangyuan and Yuanbao were bewildered and uneasy, but they didn't dare to ask anything, so they swallowed their fear and kowtowed as they left.
The fifth lady suddenly flew into a rage, took a few steps forward and pointed at Old Lady Song: "The people serving me were all personally selected by the Empress Dowager, we've been together since childhood, I'm used to their service, can't change."
Mrs. Song glanced at Yu Guang, and Ziwei immediately stepped forward to heavily pat the hand of the fifth wife, with a fake smile and a "aiyo" sound: "Fifth wife, be careful, old lady's body is not good, you should be mindful of your fierce expression, don't scare her."
Old Lady Song also stared at her, seemingly puzzled: "I remember when you knelt in front of the Empress Dowager to bid farewell, saying that from then on, you would regard the Song family as heaven. It's only been a few years, how could you have forgotten?"
The five madams' faces turned pale, gritting their teeth and finally bursting out: "Don't mention back then?! Back then?!" She swung her wide sleeves, not looking like a dignified lady at all: "You still dare to mention back then to me?! If it wasn't for you being clever and agreeing to the arranged marriage back then..." She choked up as she spoke.
If the Song family does not agree to the marriage, the British royal family will agree to it.
The British Consulate had been very close to the Qing government, and the two families were as close as relatives. She and Shen Xiaohai had been childhood sweethearts, and their parents had already given their tacit consent for them to be married...
But the Song Mansion agreed to the imperial marriage at this time, she begged the Empress Dowager for more than half a month, not eating or drinking, and fasting, but none of them could make the Empress Dowager relent.
Recalling that bleak period, the fifth madam's eyes burst forth with intense hatred: "You've ruined my life! You actually dare to think I'd consider the Song household as heaven? You're dreaming!"
Old Lady Song was so angry that she couldn't stop coughing, and after a while, her anger turned to laughter: "So you really think this way...... No wonder you've been causing trouble in our house since you got married...... I thought you would at least have some of the noble blood of the Guo family, but now it seems you're not even worthy of being a member of the Wang family. The Wang family has never produced someone as shameless and unscrupulous as you."
Wu's wife was about to interrupt again, and she couldn't bear it anymore. She waved her hand and called out to Huang: "Tie up this stupid donkey for me!"
The old woman Huang indeed did as she was told and seized the Fifth Lady, ordering Wu and several others to bind her up.
"Rice for gratitude, rice for revenge, our Song family has been blinded. Do you know that your brother first went to the British Duke's mansion? Do you know that the British Duke submitted a memorial to impeach your father? And do you know that in the entire capital city, only our Song family did not go to Her Majesty the Empress Dowager to kowtow and cry to resign from being related to you, this jinx?"
Wang Jinsi struggled to rush towards Old Lady Song, but was pulled back by Huang's nanny with all her might.
She glared with wide eyes as if she was going to devour someone, and her mouth hummed a beast-like growl, revealing the anger in her heart.
Mrs. Song never wanted to see her again and had someone drag her away.
"I don't know what kind of evil I've committed to bring back such a scourge." Old Lady Song collapsed onto the couch, exhaling a heavy sigh.
Song Chengru returned to the mansion at night, his face still calm, but his eyes revealed a deep concern.
The Crown Prince volunteered to go to the suburbs for hunting, leading three thousand imperial guards to clear the field in advance. He stroked his beard with a serious face: "The 30,000 silver coins that the King of Duan asked for to expand the imperial guard were also approved by the Emperor today... I feel something strange when these two things are put together."
Mrs. Song also tightened her heartstrings: "Xiao Yi once said that in a dream, the northwest escaped soldiers climbed and bit you after the three departments were tried, and the crown prince was stabbed during the trial..."
"This time, the Crown Prince will probably still resort to his old tricks of 'gold cicada shedding its shell' and 'pointing a deer as a horse'. Song Chengnu said what Old Lady Song didn't dare to say: "This time, the Crown Prince leaving the capital is definitely not simple. If something happens to him outside...the dirty water can still be splashed on our heads through Eldest Princess's wife, we cannot give people an opportunity to take advantage of us."
There is also an unpredictable Rong Xian Empress Dowager in the palace, and the Song Mansion cannot afford to take this risk.
"Check all of Wang Jinsi's incoming and outgoing letters, and keep any suspicious ones." Song Chengnu looked at Old Lady Song: "Her dowry and other items were all listed on a receipt back then. Sort them out according to the receipt, and destroy any extra items. Also, don't let her trusted servants off the hook, interrogate them all first."
He thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Let Xiaoyi handle this matter."
Old Lady Song was shocked by what she heard and saw that Song Chengyu had no intention of changing his mind, so she hesitated: "After all, she's still young..."
"Her eyes are sharp." Song Chengnu waved his hand: "Moreover, she has her own way of recognizing people, and it won't go wrong to entrust her with this. You just carefully sort out Wang Jinsi's dowry, and also ask Eldest Brother's wife to enter the palace on the first day of the month, and tell her to remind the Honorable Consort to be careful of the Virtuous Consort."
This is the disadvantage of not belonging to any party, the Crown Prince's party can't get a handle on you, and the King's party will either win you over or treat you as an enemy...
Mrs. Song felt a chill run down her spine, nodded solemnly and personally summoned Song Chuyi to instruct her once again, then took Yellow Granny and Madame Wang to sort out Wang Jin's dowry.
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