"Or, would you rather go to a secluded corner and lie down for a bit, then claim you're drunk?" Song Yi smiled thoughtfully for a moment, forcing herself to suggest, "I accidentally fell asleep there, that's why my clothes are wrinkled?"

  Jian Yu Bai looked at her with a foolish gaze: "I'm poisoned, and I don't even have time to take care of myself, how can I possibly get drunk? Just now, Ji Zhang's brother poured wine on me because I ignored his toast!"

  "…Song Yi smiled silently and swallowed her tears, "Or perhaps I'll send someone to secretly bring another set of clothes from your mansion?"

  "Then wait for rumors to spread and stir up trouble throughout the city?" Jian Yu Bai sneered coldly.

  Song Yi laughed incredulously and said: "Your own people in your mansion, can't you even control them?"

  She thought Jian Yu Bai shouldn't be such a waste!

  "Didn't you hear what I just told Zhang Xing?" Jian Yu Bai's face was gloomy as he forced himself to put on the wrinkled undergarment to cover his body. "Six years ago, I lived in the palace all the time; since my return to court, I've been busy with official duties and didn't have any spare time to take care of my own residence! Moreover, many people in that residence were left behind by my grandfather before he retired, how could there not be a few old and muddled things!"

  Judging from his tone, it's clear that he didn't get along well with those old servants.

  Song Yi Xiao heard this and couldn't help but feel a sense of vigilance: "If they don't even respect Jian Yu Bai, the proper master, I'm afraid these people won't have any good expressions when I pass through the door in the second half of the year!"

  However, she is also a serious hostess. As long as Jian Yu and Bai don't give her trouble, even if they have to consider the face of Jian's family elders, it's not impossible to deal with this kind of person.

  After all, she had been living in the Hengshan Wangfu for six years, watching Wei Mengying manage the household from top to bottom, and it wasn't as if she hadn't learned anything.

  Song Yi thought about it and put her mind at ease, re-examining the current predicament: "Or, I'll get someone to ask my mother if we can borrow a set of clothes from Third Young Master."

  "Lu Guanlun's figure is different from mine, his clothes are definitely not suitable for me to wear!" Jian Xu Bai's face was "How can you be so stupid", coldly said, "Moreover, don't forget that he is the beloved of King Tai Fei of Hengshan, can Tai Fei not have someone by his side?"

  Song Yiwei weakly fell onto the table and said in despair: "Then you'd better come up with a plan!"

  "Send someone to deliver a message to Ji Su, telling him that I'm angry with Jie's brother for being rude and leaving in a huff. Let him use this as an excuse to apologize to King Hengshan publicly!" Jian Yu Bai remained silent for a long time before saying, "Wait until night falls, then I'll disguise myself and leave through the side door."

  "I'm going now!" Song Yi Xiao had just turned around when he was stopped by him again: "By the way, just now when Zhang Xing caught you, how were your injuries?"

  Song Yi Xiao's heart warmed up upon hearing the words, although Jian Yu Bai had asked her once in the flower hall earlier, but at that time it was basically asking for the sake of Changxing Princess and her servants, so she didn't take it to heart.

  This will ask again, it's really caring. Song Yi Xiao won't be self-righteous to think that he has any meaning for himself, but after this mess, he still remembers that he was hurt before, and is very grateful: "Just some minor bruises, no big deal."

  Then he heard Jian Yu's careless and distracted voice: "That's good——after a few days, the Empress Dowager will summon all those who were granted marriage this year to meet her in the palace. If you're seriously injured, it would be hard to avoid losing face at that time, which would lose my face too!"

  Can I discuss with him and get back my moved feelings?

  Song Yixiao went downstairs with a smileless face and told Zhao's mother that Jian Yu would leave only after dusk - of course, she pretended to forget about the incident where she almost stripped her fiancé naked thinking the night cream was an external wound medicine. She rolled up her sleeves: "Get me some strong-smelling injury medicine!"

  Just now, she was frightened by Jian Yu Bai and didn't have time to explain the difficulties caused by Changxing Princess. Seeing the bruise on her arm, Zhao's mother thought it was done by Jian Yu Bai and couldn't help but be shocked and angry: "How can Master Gong raise his hand against you?!"

  Even if the young lady from their own family is a bit too proud, Jian Yu Bai is not some rustic village husband, how can he not know the principle of "a wife is someone who helps her husband, and they are equal in body"? A legitimate wife, how can she be treated like a concubine or servant, beaten or scolded at will?! Especially since Song Yi Xiao hasn't even entered their household yet, according to the unspoken understanding, shouldn't he give some face to his parents-in-law?!

  "It wasn't him, it was Princess Changxing who slapped me." Song Yi smiled wryly as she looked at the wet nurse's suddenly changed expression, and explained with a mixture of laughter and tears, "But after he arrived, he really gave Princess Changxing a good scolding. I think Princess Changxing must be furious with me now, and will probably come looking for trouble again soon - this time he won't be able to bail me out! It's better to pretend to be injured, so that the princess can vent her anger!"

  Zhao's mother finally understood and went to get some medicinal wine to apply thickly to her.

  This trick really came in handy. When Song Yi laughed and left, Princess Changxing was not there, reportedly unable to hold her liquor and had returned to the palace first, but Princess Yushan stayed behind.

  After seeing her, Princess Yushan originally raised an eyebrow and slightly sneered, seemingly wanting to speak, but then she smelled the obvious medicinal smell on her body. After some consideration, the words that had reached her lips were swallowed back down, and she glanced at a nearby palace maid.

  She smiled and asked Song Yi warmly, "Where did you go? Why didn't you come back for so long? We thought you weren't coming!"

  "The spare clothes in the sedan chair hadn't been checked properly beforehand, and it turned out to be a dress with a torn hem. Song Yi smiled apologetically at her, "Huanxia Xiao Zhu is a bit far from here, so I'm late. For delaying everyone's journey, please forgive me!"

  He raised his wine cup, made a toast in the direction of the nearby people, covered his sleeve and drank it all, to apologize.

  Everyone at the banquet knew that Princess Changxing left early and returned to the palace, definitely related to her. But Princess Changxing is not here now, and the attitude of Yushan Princess who stayed behind is unclear, and Song Yi's marriage was also dominated by the Empress Dowager... After weighing the pros and cons, although they didn't plan to get close to her, they also didn't want to openly embarrass her, so they all picked up their wine cups on the table and drank them in one gulp.

  "How did I smell a medicinal scent on you?" The lady put down the wine jug, saw the palace maid next to Princess Yushan secretly make a gesture, and continued, "But is there something wrong with the road back and forth?"

  "I was in a hurry and walked a bit too fast." Song Yi smiled, expecting her to ask that, and deliberately pretended that his injured left arm wasn't very convenient to move, "Forced smile" said, "I fell down, it's nothing... My wet nurse pitied me, so she poured more medicinal wine for me, did the smell bother you? I'm really sorry!"

  "That's nothing, I'm just asking," said the beautiful woman with a smile. She looked at Princess Yushan again and saw that this golden branch jade leaf had turned her head, whispering to her palace maid, without looking at her.

  The Princess Yushan didn't make any more hints, and everyone couldn't guess the emperor's daughter's thoughts, so they wouldn't act rashly.

  Song Yi laughed all the way back to the banquet, but nothing unexpected happened.

  As the procession of Princess Yushan disappeared around the corner, she let out a quiet sigh and took a step forward to support Wei Mengying's arm: "How are you, Mother?"

  This was attended by two young ladies, four county masters, and six misses. She suddenly asked with concern, not to save face for these people, but really worried - Wei Mengying was already over 30 years old, and had fainted due to overwork a few days ago. Although it was the fourth child, it couldn't be very optimistic.

  Today's birthday banquet was also surging with undercurrents, and Song Yi had long noticed the fatigue that she couldn't hide in her eyes.

  Although there may be estrangement between mother and daughter, blood is thicker than water after all, so they naturally wouldn't care about offending others.

  Wei Mengying comfortingly patted her hand: "It's a bit tired, but the inside hasn't been cleaned up yet..."

  The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "These trivial matters after the good deed, how can they be called Mother's worries?"

  "Then it's up to you!" Wei Mengying nodded quickly, pretending not to see the second wife's scornful look, and pulled her own daughter inside. "Ke'er, Chuan'er, you two go take a look at your father and brother, they're drunk and tired, remind the servants to take good care of them! Xiao Xiao, help me back to my room, I need to rest for a while!"

  Although she immediately took off her finery and makeup after leading her daughter back to the house, she didn't have any intention of going to bed. Instead, she dismissed everyone, closed the doors, fiddled with the golden bangle on her wrist, and scolded: "You silly child, how could you be so foolish as to think I would send Lü Guanlun to bail you out?"

  This matter made Song Yixiao lose face. Now that it was brought up, he smiled awkwardly and said: "Isn't this because people are stupid and can't think of it? Luckily, there's Mother around?"

  "Changxing Princess lost out today, huh?" Wei Mengying said with a good mood, smiling and teasing, "You still say that Jian Xu Bai doesn't have you in his heart, but now it's clear after this test."

  Song Yi smiled to herself, thinking that this might not be the case. Jian Yu was so gentle with Princess Changxing, mainly because he didn't want to get entangled with his cousin. As for standing up for his fiancée, he probably didn't have much of that mentality.

  She was about to explain, when Wei Mengying said: "See? From now on, whenever you encounter this kind of overbearing love rival, just use the method I used today! What's the princess like? If a man doesn't have her in his heart, no matter how beautiful or noble she is, what's the use? From now on, even if she wants to continue entangling with Jian Yu Bai, Jian Yu Bai has already had a bad impression of her. No matter how hard she tries to change, you just need to stir up some trouble and she'll be doing useless work!"

  The elegant princess held a fan over her face, revealing only a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling yet not smiling, "Competing with my son for a husband? Ha!"

  Were the means by which she had both husbands tightly in her grasp all fabricated?

  Song Yi smiled sincerely and bowed: "Mother, your clever calculations, I've taken note of them all!"

  Wei Mengying smiled and nodded, putting down her fan: "Is Jian Xuwu awake?"

  "I'm awake, but..." As soon as he mentioned this matter, Song Yi couldn't help but think of the misunderstanding from just now and silently spat out another mouthful of blood.

  "His instructions to Ji Su, I'll let Qiao Chen pass them on, so don't repeat them again!" Wei Mengying interrupted, "I only asked you, when he woke up after you helped him undress, what did he say?"

  This sentence was simply heavenly - Song Yishang, who had been caught off guard, was so frightened that she almost fell off the couch: "Your Majesty, what are you saying?!"

  "What's the panic?" Compared to her fright, Wei Mengying was calm and collected, casting a sideways glance at her daughter, speaking slowly and steadily, "When Cui Chen first brought the medicine in front of me, I thought that black paste was for external use, and then I thought Jian Yu Bai was injured! As soon as Cui Chen explained the uses of the two medicines, I immediately told her to just deliver the medicine and not say anything else!"

  She smiled slightly and gently rebuked him, "You can't still think that it was just luck that you didn't run into anyone on the way to Huanxia Pavilion with him?"

  Song Yi is completely messed up!

  She simply didn't know what expression to use when looking at her mother in front of her: "Mother! I already have a marriage contract with him!!!!"

  Not without fame, but need to resort to unscrupulous means of seduction!

  Mom, can you spare me some dignity?

  "If it weren't for the engagement, how could Mother let someone take advantage of you like this?" Wei Mengying snorted disdainfully and patiently said, "This is called boudoir charm, you'll gradually understand after you get married! Mother tells you, even if a man is very serious, he wouldn't want to marry a wife who is still proper and dignified in the bedroom! Sometimes, it's necessary to have this kind of misunderstanding, at the time it's embarrassing, but afterwards when thinking back, there's some lingering affection! After that, it's..."

  Seeing her daughter staring at herself with a red face and ears, Wei Mengying unhappily hit her hand, "Why do you think I'm teaching you not to listen? You don't even think about those female scholars who talk about the way of women being so grandiose, but how do they live themselves? Except for the two single ones, who isn't working hard to earn a living and go back to support their families, only to have their husbands squander her money on prostitutes and concubines?"

  "It's fine if you learn their skills, but if you learn their ways of being a woman, you'll be waiting for a lifetime to have a good day! Wei Mengying sneered repeatedly, with an arrogant expression. "If you're not stupid, then put away those unnecessary feelings of shame and inferiority, and listen obediently to your mother's words - no, mother's reputation is not good, but mother lives well!"