Song Yi Xiao heard this and suddenly felt a headache: "Is Jian Xu Bai not petty? He's not petty, that's strange!"

  This person had only reminded her two days ago to stay away from Su Shaoge, and even said that the jade hairpin that Su Shaoge owed her would be given to a servant. If she knew that she was having dinner with Su Shaoge now, how could she not mind?

  Unfortunately, Su Jia's sisters did not know her difficulties and all thought this method was good.

  Su Shaolong immediately nodded his head: "If Old Lady Song is willing to grant us an audience, it would be perfect for Second Brother to invite us!"

  "I'd better not refuse then!" Song Yixiao originally owed Su Shaoge a favor, and now that Su Shaoge's younger sister had even said the words "give me face", she couldn't bear to continue declining. She steeled herself, smiled, and said, "However, I'll be the one treating this time. I still haven't thanked Young Master Su for his help with Sishi's matter!"

  Su Shaohong was busy substituting for his elder brother's humility — Su Shaomiao saw the situation and said: "You say, I'll go call Second Brother!"

  She was gone for a good while, and Song Yixiao had already ordered several dishes with Su Shaohong, chatting and laughing together.

  Song Yi couldn't help but find it strange: "Isn't Second Young Master at Peach Blossom Building?"

  "Second Brother is talking to someone in the bookstore on the next street." Su Shaohong explained hastily, "My sister was impatient and pulled me over first. She should be going to the bookstore to find him now. It's quite a distance back and forth - unless we let them serve the dishes, shall we start first?"

  "You've got it wrong!" Song Yi hurriedly waved her hand, "I said Second Master is probably still at the Peach and Plum Pavilion, but if Sister has been gone for so long, she must have been held up by something."

  She thought no wonder Su Shaoming rushed in to drive people away earlier, it turned out that her brother was not around. Otherwise, as a gentleman who handles things like Su Shao, how could he let his sister be so rude?

  But with Su Shaoye, such a gentle and elegant elder brother, and Su Shaoqing, such an understanding and considerate elder sister, Su Shaorou can still cultivate a domineering and arrogant temperament, it really verifies the saying "the same rice raises a hundred different people".

  "It won't be possible, there are people from my family guarding below. My sister will definitely have someone accompany her when she goes out." Su Shaohong smiled and said, "If anything unexpected happens, they will surely send someone to report it. Now I think they should already be on their way back."

  Song Yixiao was about to speak when the door suddenly opened and Su Shaoyan walked in with a flushed face, snatching half a cup of tea from Su Shao's hand and taking a big gulp before saying: "It's already deep autumn, but walking under the sun for a while still makes me feel so hot!"

  "Didn't you take a horse carriage?" Su Shaohong said speechlessly, "No wonder we were kept waiting for so long!"

  "I thought there wasn't much of a road, and thinking that waiting for the horse carriage to come out would be no better than walking ourselves." Su Shaoyang explained in one sentence, then turned to Song Yi with a smile, "I was with my second brother downstairs when we happened to run into Yan Guogong's younger brother passing by. My second brother exchanged a few words with him and heard that he hadn't eaten yet either, so I invited him to join us. Do you mind?"

  Song Yi smiled to herself, thinking "I'm going to say something that will make him take offense", isn't this obviously showing dissatisfaction with Eldest Uncle's son?!

  But also increasingly felt that Su Shao was cautious: "As the Su sisters said, with their two legitimate younger sisters present, even if this meal is spread out today, there's nothing to be said. He still brought up Jian Yiyou, thoroughly cutting off any possibility of idle chatter!"

  After all, the relationship between Jian's brothers is still somewhat distant, and as an older brother, he can't just watch his younger brother's wife cheat on him, right? With him around, it's almost the same as having Jian Yu Bai around.

  A moment later, Su Shaoge and Jian Yiyou entered. Both were dressed as scholars in soft shirts and scarves, but their temperaments were vastly different: the former was warm and sunny like spring breeze, with a gentle and elegant demeanor that could be described as "a gentleman like jade"; the latter was just as silent and taciturn as he had been on the day they drank tea together, occasionally speaking only to Su Shaoge.

  Song Yi Xiao stepped forward with a smile as her brother's wife and greeted him, but Jian Yi merely glanced at her and nodded slightly before dismissing her.

  Seeing this situation, Su Shaoge made a quick decision and let the dishes ordered by Song Yixiao and Su Shaoqing be served first to avoid awkwardness.

  "Jian San is so cold and distant, I really don't know how Chang Xing fell for him?" Xi Jian Su Shao Miao whispered quickly to her sister, "Chang Xing has always loved lively things, after getting married and knowing Jian San's personality, who knows if she'll regret it or not?"

  "This jade lan slice is not bad, sister you try it!" Su Shaohong glared at her with a bad temper, taking the opportunity to serve her vegetables, and passed a warning glance: This room is so small, and there's no silk bamboo on the side, do you really think others are deaf? If you lower your voice, you won't hear anything!

  Haven't seen Jian Yi look this way all along, but just now he specially took a glance over here?

  "This Su Shaoming is really outspoken!" Jian Yiyou also heard it, and Song Yi, who was sitting closer, was no exception. She pretended to be focused on scooping the soup, but in her heart, she couldn't help but cry and laugh, "Doesn't the Prince of Ji ever teach her any discipline?"

  Who would have thought that Su Shaoming's remarks about Jian Yi being beheaded by his sister would make him sulk for a moment, but then he found her again: "I heard you are the descendant of Jiangnan Hall, but I don't know which branch?"

  Song Yi smiled and said: "May I ask what is Jiangnan Hall?"

  "Second Brother, didn't you remember wrongly?" Su Shaoming heard this and also looked surprised, turning his head to ask Su Shao Ge, "You said Song Shaojian is a descendant of Jiangnan Hall, how come this Old Lady Song doesn't even know what Jiangnan Hall is?"

  "In the past, when the Yi and Di tribes invaded from the north and occupied the Central Plains, many large families such as Xiliu Shen, Donghu Liu, Jinxiu Duanmu, and others suffered greatly, almost to the point of extinction." Su Shaoge was leaning on the dinner table, listening to his sister's words. He immediately straightened up, composed himself, and calmly said, "The Song family in Jiangnan is also similar. Such a sad thing, I suppose even Song Shaojian couldn't bear to mention it to Madam Song."

  His words seemed to be explaining for his sister, but in fact, they were helping Song Yixiao out of the predicament - after all, even if he didn't know his own ancestors, he couldn't bear to have a reputation for being "unfilial".

  He also said, "Jiangnan Hall is the hall number of the Jiangnan Song clan's direct branch, just like my Qingzhou Su family, which is called Fufeng Hall."

  "The Jiangnan Song family was on par with my Su family in Xīyōng, but they are all renowned families in the Qing history. Su Shaomiao twitched her mouth and said, 'Madam Song, you are the legitimate daughter of the Song family. Even if your husband doesn't mention it, you should still be mindful of such matters!'"

  "What are you talking about?" Su Shaoge put down the silver cup with a displeased expression, "These are things from a hundred years ago. Nowadays, 'although one may hold a high position among men, if not through imperial examination, it is not glorious', bringing up these matters again is just laughable! Look at the people in Wei Yuanshu's household, have they ever left Fengzhou Wei?"

  "Also, how Song Shaojian teaches his wife is their family's business, what does it have to do with you? You're being so unruly, next time don't call me to take you out!"

  Su Shaoming's face turned red and her ears were burning. She was pushed by her sister a couple of times before she bit her lip and apologized to Song Yi with a smile.

  Song Yi Xiao smiled politely and said she didn't mind at all, but could she really have no thoughts in her heart?

  So the atmosphere of this meal was very awkward, and even Su Shao Ge and Su Shao Qing tried their best to salvage it, also suppressing Su Shao Mei from speaking out of turn, and ended up hastily concluding the meal.

  After the meal, Su Shaoge hurriedly let the young servant pay the bill and took the opportunity to apologize again while sending off the guests.

  Jian Yi was still a man and didn't like to talk. After going downstairs, he waited for his horse to be led over, grasped the reins, mounted, and left.

  Song Yi Xiao was pulled by Su Shao Ling's hand and couldn't get away for a while.

  All the way until Su Shaoge sent away Jian Yiyou, they were still exchanging pleasantries - Su Shaoge thought for a moment, then walked over, just about to speak, when an autumn gust blew by, blowing up the veil on Song Yixiao's hood, and Song Yixiao naturally reached out to press it down.

  When she raised her wrist, the wide sleeve slipped down a large section, was blown by the wind coming straight on, and fell to her elbow, exposing more than half of her arm!

  On either side, they hurriedly and busily helped her press down, Song Yi Xiao was also ashamed and angry, hastily instructed a few words to Su's siblings, and then quickly got on the car and left.

  "Sixth sister is always so careless, at home it's still okay, but once she goes out, she has to offend people!" Watching her leave, Su Shaohong worriedly said to his brother, "Today these two will probably remember her too. Second brother, do you think she'll ever change this temper of hers? When she gets married in the future, what's going to happen? Her husband's family won't necessarily be as tolerant of her as we are!"

  She said as she walked towards the Peach and Plum Building, wanting to call Su Shaoyang who was ordered to stay in the room - after walking two steps, she didn't see her brother following up, and when she turned back, she found that Su Shao still maintained his posture of seeing her off, looking thoughtful, apparently he hadn't heard what she said just now.

  "Second Brother?" Su Shaohong was startled and hastily walked over to pull his sleeve. "Everyone has left, what are you still looking at?"

  "Huh?" Su Shaoge finally came to her senses, but upon hearing this, she lost her smile. "What are you thinking? I just happened to discover something and thought it was a bit strange."

  Su Shaohuang looked at him with a mixture of doubt and suspicion, saying in a low voice: "Second brother, since Father retired, our family will rely on you from now on! With your background and talent, what kind of noble lady can't you marry? That Song lady may be beautiful, but she's already someone else's wife!"

  "What's wrong with you?" Su Shaoge cried and laughed helplessly, reaching out to touch her temples, scolding with a smile, "Am I that kind of person?!"

  When Su Shaohuang wanted to say something, he knew that his sister was always tight-lipped and stubborn. Afraid she would get entangled, he simply pulled her aside and told her, "Just now when Song Niang stretched out her hand to press down her veil, the wind blew down her sleeve, revealing her arm. I didn't have time to turn away and took a glance, it seemed that the Gu Gong Sha was still on her arm!"

  "What?! " Su Shaohong exclaimed in surprise, "How is this possible?! Could it be that Prince Yan...?"

  "It shouldn't be that serious!" Su Shaoge said thoughtfully, "Although the Princess of Jin State has always doted on her children, she favors the Prince of Yan State the most. Otherwise, why would she have specially requested the Empress Dowager to raise him back then? He's suffered such a great loss, neither the Princess nor the Empress Dowager will let it go easily... but when Father retired, neither side had anything to say about it, which means that although he suffered in Wuhuan, he was still within the tolerance of both the Empress Dowager and the Princess."

  Su Shaohuang, however, did not think so: "If this matter were to spread, would the Duke of Yan still have the face to stay in court?! Compared to his future, could the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess bear it? Besides, such things are said to be innate, not necessarily because of being bullied by Wu Huan!"

  Also reminded, "That Song Niangniang is beautiful, but her birth can't be considered noble, and her parents are not very reliable. Yan Guo Gong chose her as his wife, who knows if it's because she has no father or brother to back her up, discovered this secret, also dare not speak out?"

  "Wait a minute." Su Shaoge thought for a moment and warned, "This is too big of a deal, you must not spread it out, don't even tell your parents!"

  Su Shaohuang scolded: "Do you think I'm your sixth sister? Do you need to say this?" She also lamented, "Poor Song Niangniang, such a beautiful person, so polite, yet she got entangled in such a marriage!"

  Su Shaoge smiled and didn't say a word, thinking that her sister was still a girl after all, knowing such a big thing, the first reaction was to pity Song Yixiao - Jian Liangkong never liked his youngest son, let alone Jian Xubai being inhumane and unable to inherit the title.

  "Even if Jian Yu Bai loses his title because of this, with the one behind him, it should not be Jian Li Kou's turn. It is probably for Jian Yi You." Su Shao Ge thought to herself, "With the relationship between Chang Xing and pulling Jian Yi You to Zhao Wang's side..."

  He changed his mind and ordered his sister: "Go call Shaoyao down, it's getting late, we should go back!"

  This matter is of great importance, he must discuss it with his trusted staff - the one behind Jian Yu's back is not easy to mess with, such an opportunity is hard to come by, how can they let it go?

  "I don't even know what kind of temperament this Song Nainai has. If we can win her over too, it would be even more convenient!"

  Su Shaoge watched as her two sisters came out and decided, "I'll get Shao Heng to try to get in touch with her a few more times, I have to give it a shot!"