Xie Yiren sneered and said, "If she's coming for me, I'll just tell the other members of the Cui family to keep an eye on her. At worst, I'll move to a place where she can't find me. Anyway, I wasn't going to congratulate her in the first place - it was all because of my relationship with Cui's sister. Tell me, who did she go looking for trouble with after she got dressed up that day?"

  Song Yi Xiao asked: "Who?"

  "It's her legitimate grandmother, the Empress Dowager Zhenyang!" Xie Yiren sighed, "I've never seen such a disobedient and unfilial master in my life!"

  Song Yi laughed in surprise: "How could it be the eldest princess?"

  It's no wonder that Xie Yiren would go crazy, this legitimate miss of the Guo Gong Fu was raised in a strict and rule-abiding environment. The behavior of Si Kong Yi Han openly accusing her legitimate grandmother, who is also the noble Grand Princess, is simply considered a heinous crime and an act of madness!

  "She's blaming the Grand Princess for compromising with the Wei family and not pursuing the responsibility of Wei Yinlian!" Xie Yiren sneered, "Can you call this human words? The Grand Princess has only two granddaughters, and Caiyun is her personally raised treasure. It's already hard enough to see white-haired people sending off black-haired ones, but Caiyun still thinks it's all the grandmother's fault - why doesn't she go avenge her own sister herself?"

  When mentioning Si Kong Yiruo, Song Yi's smile was also complicated, and after a while, he said: "Who were the people around her when she said these things?"

  "Except for the people of the Xiao family, I'm the only outsider." Xie Yiren sighed, "That Second Miss Xiao has been raised in the villa since childhood, what kind of handkerchief exchange could she have? Even I was just there for Miss Xiao's sake."

  Also, I heard Old Lady Chang say that you were also bullied by Second Miss Si Kong. That's why I mentioned it to you - others wouldn't dare say such things! If it gets out, the Si Kong family will lose face in the future.

  Song Yi sighed and said: "It's easy to deceive for a while, but how can you deceive for a lifetime? I just hope that after the second miss gets married, she will be more sensible."

  Two people whispered to each other, Xie Yi looked around and saw that everyone in the room was a confidant of the two, so she leaned close to Song Yi and asked in a low voice: "Will the fourth young lady of Hengshan Wangfu come these days?"

  "Has the Fourth Mistress come?" Song Yi smiled, knowing that she had refused many visitors in recent days, but did not know that Lu Ke'er was among them, and was slightly surprised at the mention.

  "This time, many people came to see you, but I heard that you are not well and cannot receive guests. The only one in the mansion is Princess Yannan, who holds the rear, and there are only two or three people who want to come in and sit down." Xie Yiren smiled meaningfully, "Among them, this Fourth Miss is the most enthusiastic, I just happened to remember it!"

  Song Yi smiled and nodded, saying: "So that's how it is! I didn't know the Fourth Miss was so worried about me. Thank you for reminding me!"

  She said, why did Lu Ke'er suddenly care about her? It turned out that she was rushing towards Jian Xuebai!

  Xie Yi Ren waved her hand and said, "What's there to thank? Sister Cai is gone, Sister Pei has left, and we're not familiar with the Princess of Nan Zhen or Consort Cui. Among the people who paid respects at the Qing Xi Palace back then, only the two of us are left. Let's get together more often, or it'll be lonely later on."

  Looking back on what happened in the past six months, Song Yi sighed and said, "Things have changed, people are gone!"

  "Look at me, I was here to congratulate you on your recovery, but the more I talk, the less happy I become!" Xie Yiren suddenly came to her senses and smiled wryly, "You're really lucky this time! Fortunately, nothing serious happened to anyone, but have those wicked servants been thoroughly investigated? I'm telling you, this is not the time for leniency!"

  Song Yi smiled wryly and said, "How would I have the energy to deal with those things? It's all up to my husband to handle. From what the servants say, my husband was very angry for several days, so even if he were to show mercy, he definitely wouldn't let them serve in the manor again!"

  "That's natural." Xie Yiren chuckled, "Who doesn't know that you're being pampered by him? The other day my sister-in-law said that if those wicked servants had stabbed the Duke of Yan himself, considering how anxious the Duke was to bring you over and make you happy, he might have even covered up the incident and given them another chance - but they just happened to target you instead, how could the Duke tolerate that?"

  "It's indeed a harvest after hard work!" Song Yi smiled to herself, thinking, "It wasn't in vain that I've been pretending to be a good husband since the wedding. Now everyone thinks he's taking revenge for my sake. If someone accuses him of being unfilial and taking matters into his own hands without consulting his grandfather, they'll probably scold me as a seductress first!"

  So she just smiled at Xie Yiren's words: "I've been able to sit up for the past two days, and I'm considering how to explain it to my grandfather when I go back."

  "What's wrong with saying that?" Xie Yiren said disdainfully, "Even if it's an old servant left behind, after all, they're just a slave, can they still be compared to you, the legitimate daughter-in-law?"

  He also said, "I heard from my grandfather that Jian Xiangyu was very strict with his subordinates. It's a good thing that these people fell into the hands of Yan Guogong. If Jian Xiangyu had dealt with them personally, I'm afraid their families would not have ended up well - but I think this is also to be expected. I don't believe that none of their family members knew what they were doing, yet they all hid and didn't report it. Isn't it reasonable that they should share the same guilt?"

  Song Yixiao understood that she supported the severe punishment, nodded and said: "This kind of atmosphere is indeed not good to open up. Our food, clothing, housing and transportation are all handled by the lower people. If everyone learns from each other's bad habits, how can we live in the future?"

  The two of them chatted about some trivial family matters, and Song Yi invited her to stay for lunch. Afterwards, Xie Yiren didn't sit for long before taking her leave, saying that her sister-in-law was going back to her hometown in the afternoon and asked her to return home early to help take care of her nephew: "My nephew is already five years old, so it's fine to leave him with the wet nurse, but unfortunately he's very mischievous, and the servants might not be able to handle him."

  Song Yixiao entertained her for a whole morning and felt tired, so she didn't detain her any longer. She instructed Jin Xun to take out the return gift, added some small toys for kids, and asked Zhao Mama to see off the guest on her behalf.

  In the next few days, knowing that she was able to receive guests, Yuan Xueying, Wei Yinlian, Qingjiang Junzhu and Shouchun Bofuren took turns visiting her to ask about her well-being.

  Nie Wuying, who had previously thought she lost face and didn't want to see Si Jie again, also came along with Jia Yue this time.

  The Princess of Jin, the Crown Prince's consort and others who were not suitable to attend in person all sent their trusted attendants with generous gifts. The newlywed Princess of Liang, Shi Kong Yihua, felt that she should also show her respects, after all, she was now Song Yisheng's sister-in-law.

  But after Xie Yiren's bitter complaints, what hope did Song Yi have for human relationships? On the other hand, the Sishi family still remembered the friendship left by Sishi Yiruo and sent Chang Shao's wife to visit her, even sending two decent ginseng.

  Song Yi is a well-behaved person, but she lies on the couch all day pretending to be ill, and only gets up for a walk when dusk falls. After two or three days of this, her waist hurts, her back aches, and she feels all sorts of discomfort.

  No matter who comes, they always ask about the "encountering stabbing" experience, scold her for being careless, and then ask about the recovery situation - although the words are all ready-made, no one pursues the truth to the point of embarrassment, but the same answer has to be repeated dozens of times, which is really annoying.

  Finally, on November 4th, only two days away from the arrival of Princess Changxing, Song Yixiao almost tearfully announced that she had fully recovered and no longer needed anyone to visit her!!!

  "Actually, everyone is busy preparing for the princess's wedding attire and gifts. Even if you continue to lie down, no one may have time to visit you!" Yuan Xueying, who came again today, teased her with a tea bowl in hand, "Only I, who has not married yet and has an older brother who takes care of everything inside and out, can spare the time!"

  Song Yi smiled coldly at her: "You should say that you, who haven't even married yet and are ruthless enough not to give your brother a helping hand, have the time to wander around here!"

  "Still worried about you?" Yuan Xueying laughed and scolded, "I don't even want to go when others invite me!"

  Song Yi Xiao casually said: "Isn't everyone busy preparing for Princess He's grand wedding? Who has the leisure to invite you?"

  "Who else could it be?" Yuan Xue asked with a hint of a smile, "My four older female cousins and six older female cousins, of course! With their birth mothers, stepmothers, and sisters-in-law all present, they naturally don't need to worry about anything - others aren't so idle either."

  "Fourth Mistress and Sixth Miss?" Song Yi smiled upon hearing this, couldn't help but savor the taste of her tea, and said, "How did they suddenly invite you? Can you say what reason?"

  "It's been a long time since we last met, and I've missed you so much." Yuan Xue said with a smile, "In the past when I was living in the Hengshan Wangfu, they never invited me to sit at their place either. Now that they mention it, don't they feel embarrassed? I'm not patient enough to respond to this - but after all, the Hengshan Wangfu is my maternal family's home. In order not to lose face in front of my maternal grandmother and uncle, aunt, I had to say that I wasn't at ease with your health, so I came to sit here!"

  She gazed at Song Yishou with a hint of resentment, "Who would have thought that you also want to drive her out? Before marriage, you said she was your own sister, and if she didn't eat one meal, you'd be heartbroken; after marriage, your sister suddenly became worthless, and your dear husband is now the apple of your eye, isn't he?"

  "Who drove you away?" Song Yi laughed and cried, "Prince Yuan is indeed good at raising his sister, it's been less than a year, and Sister Yuan, your temperament has become more and more open, I don't have to worry about you being bullied after marriage!"

  The two of them simultaneously thought back to when they lived together in the Hengshan Wangfu and mutually supported each other, and couldn't help but exchange a smile.

  "Hengshan Wangfu is our siblings' maternal family, but due to differences in stance, we no longer have any contact except during festivals." Yuan Xueyao fiddled with the bangle on her wrist, puzzled, "This time, my two female cousins invited me together, I really can't figure out what they're thinking."

  "They have something to do with you, but it's not like you're looking for them." Song Yi smiled and said, "If they don't want to tell you the truth, you can just find excuses to drag it out and avoid meeting - today you come to my place, tomorrow say you need to prepare for a wedding banquet, the day after tomorrow even more so, and then there's the Dragon Boat Festival, the Double Ninth Festival... eventually they won't be able to hold back and will reveal something!"

  "That's right!" Yu Xueyu nodded in agreement, and reminded her, "After the day after tomorrow, Princess Changxing will be your sister-in-law! You'd better be careful!"

  Song Yi Xiao smiled: "I don't believe she can ignore her own princess mansion and new husband, and run to the Yan Guo Gong Fu every day to cause trouble!"