Contrary to Song Yishangs expectations, the woman struggled for a long time and finally decided to do things her way - after all, on one hand was the scandal of abducting the young lady of the Hanlin family, and on the other hand was the noble integrity of being in a brothel but having a heart full of benevolence, even an idiot would know how to choose!
But she was still a bit worried: "The Wei family is just your husbands natal family, and your elder sister has remarried into the Wang family. What if they are not willing to stand up for you...?"
"Use your brain for a moment!" Song Yi laughed, opening her eyes and teasingly looking at her. "The King of Hengshan is much nobler than my father! My mother abandoned my father to become the queen, although its true that she couldnt bear my grandmothers criticism, but outsiders who dont say shes opportunistic and loves wealth? Even the Wei family was criticized for not teaching their daughter well——I have three older female cousins who are still waiting in the boudoir, and because of this, theyve been delayed for a year and havent even settled on a marriage yet!"
"Nowadays, the Wei family probably dreams of the Song family making a scandal, just to prove that my mothers remarriage is justified!" She sneered, "Youd better think carefully, after being treated as an honored guest by the Wei family later, dont show your weakness too much in arguing!"
As expected, the carriage stopped at the back door of the Wei familys house. The woman plucked up her courage and knocked on the door, stammering as she relayed the message inside, also asking the gatekeeper to lift the curtain to prove that the girl in the sedan chair was indeed their own Miss Bao. After a while, the five madams of the Wei family, including the first, second, third, fourth and fifth madam, came together to greet her: "Where is our poor niece?"
Song Yishang, who was still eating snacks leisurely a moment ago, quickly changed his face as soon as he heard the voice, tightly grasping the door handle, crying and screaming, showing all kinds of terror, refusing to get off the car no matter how his five aunts coaxed him, looking like he had been frightened out of his wits.
The aunts were not angry, but each had a painful expression as if they were being strangled by a knife. They burst into tears: "What a sin! Why is it always the eldest daughter of the Song family?! Even if you resent the childs mother, what did the child do wrong?! At least the child still has the surname Song! How can the people of the Song family be so heartless!!!"
Finally, Song Yixiaos maternal grandmother, Cao, personally rushed over. The child cried for a long time, and Song Yixiao slowly approached the carriage, wiping away tears and pulling on her skirt hem, before throwing herself into Caos arms. This scene caused the womans mouth to twitch uncontrollably, while the Wei family seemed as if they had won a great victory, joyfully surrounding Cao and Song Yixiao as they entered the house!
When they arrived at the back hall, the Wei family seemed to have just remembered the woman and hurriedly let her take the lead seat. Cao Shi was about to personally thank her: "Your great kindness and righteousness, our Wei family will never forget! My heartless and ill-fated daughter, with only this little flesh and blood left... If she were really ruined by the Song family, how could I live..."
The woman didnt dare to accept her gift, not even the gifts from the five madams of the Wei family. After a long time of pushing and yielding, she finally sat down next to the old lady: "Ive always heard that those who are righteous often kill dogs, and those who are unfaithful are often scholars. Today I realize that its all true - my grandsons grandfather was a university scholar in the Hanlin Academy, and his father is now working in the Secretariat! Such a family of scholars should not have treated their eldest daughter like this, but today theyve opened our eyes!!!"
Mrs. Cao hugged her granddaughter tightly, crying and scolding the Song family for being heartless - after a while, she was reminded by the servant girl below and suddenly realized: "Xiao Xiao dont be afraid, now that youre at your grandmothers house, the Song family cant harm you anymore!"
She called out to her daughter-in-law, Mu Shi, to take their granddaughter down to bathe and change clothes, and then put on the attire of a young lady from a good family. She also ordered the kitchen to set up a banquet, "We must properly thank Laughters benefactor!"
The banquet had not been laid out yet, when Mus dowry servant rushed into the back hall, crying and wailing: "Old madam! The Song family is simply inhuman! The injuries on Miss Bao... scared Old Madam to death!"
The whole room was stunned!
That woman was especially afraid, secretly wiping away cold sweat thinking: "This is still just a child! Daring to design selling herself out and framing her stepmother is one thing, but actually being ruthless enough to scare her aunt into fainting?!"
Luckily she listened!
Otherwise, with this young ladys ruthless and cunning nature, she would have been skinned alive!
Actually, she was somewhat wronged by Song Yixiao...
The wound on her body was indeed self-inflicted, but it wasnt terrifying enough to knock someone out - Song Yi Xiao just didnt want her stepmother to get off easy because of the child in her belly. Eldest Aunts fainting spell was purely an improvisation!
Otherwise, how could Caos mother be "both angry and hurt" so that she fell ill in bed, to the point where: "The old lady is after all a senior, with this illness, everyone from top to bottom was suddenly flustered! Of course they all wanted to attend to the old lady by her bedside, how could they still take care of other matters?"
Especially cant spare someone to go to the Song family and say: Your familys "lost" eldest sister is actually fine in our Wei family!
After several days, the whole city knew that the young lady of the Song family had died of a sudden illness. Caos wife coldly smiled and sat up, throwing away the cloth on her forehead to the maid, and ordered with a fierce tone: "Call the servants, we will go to the Song family to settle accounts with that old woman Pan!"
At first, you despised my daughter for not giving birth to a son and mistreated her so much that she had to remarry. Not only did you ruin the reputation of our Wei family, but now Ive caught you being incompetent as a manager, indulging your new daughter-in-law in abusing my biological daughter until shes covered in injuries, and even wanting to sell her into prostitution! If I let you off, I wouldnt be surnamed Cao!!!