Fortunately, there was an inn nearby where the carriage broke down.

  Song Yi Xiao was supported by people on both sides, struggling against the strong wind and heavy snow for a while before finally entering the building.

  "Is there a room available?" The guard had just asked the question at the counter, when someone not far away let out an "hmm" and got up to walk over, saying: "Younger sister? What brings you here?"

  Song Yixiao was still wearing a veil, the weather was cold, and the wine house only left two door panels for people to enter, with thick curtains hanging down. Although there were lanterns lit inside, they couldn't help but be dim. So when she heard this, she immediately looked over, but through the veil, she could only see blurry figures, and at that moment, she didn't know who it was either. She had to say vaguely: "The carriage is broken, it's snowing outside, come in here and wait for someone to return to the mansion to find another carriage to pick you up."

  "Ah Yu is probably very busy today, and may not have time to pick you up?" The man said with a smile, "If you don't mind, why wait? Just take my car back."

  Song Yixiao still hadn't figured out who he was at this point, but his tone of voice seemed strangely familiar. She could only quietly lift a corner of her veil - and as soon as she did, she almost let out a cold sweat: Ji Mingfei!

  In fact, although she was embarrassed when she didn't face Ji Ming that time, this "Ji Da Big Brother" who turned around the corner didn't make things difficult for her, and his attitude could even be considered warm. But for some reason, Song Yi Xiao felt a chill run down her spine whenever she saw him, feeling uneasy in all sorts of ways.

  He chuckled and subconsciously wanted to decline: "Did Elder Sister Ji's big brother also come by car? That won't do, if I took your car, how would you leave later?"

  "I don't have to leave!" Ji Mingfei said nonchalantly, "There's a daughter of a family behind this wine shop who has a good relationship with me. I'll go there and borrow their place for the night, and wait for someone to come pick me up tomorrow!"

  Song Yixiao knew that so-called "daughter of a family with a household registration", eight or nine out of ten were actually secret prostitutes - she thought for a while and couldn't think of an appropriate response, so she just said: "Then thank you, Big Brother!"

  "Why bother saying such things to one's own family?" Ji Mingfei smiled and sent the servant away, then led her sister-in-law to the backyard where her carriage was waiting. She looked at her sister-in-law and said, "But Ah Xū really doesn't know how to treat people well. On a windy and snowy day like today, can't things be put off for a while? Why make you, a delicate woman, run around in all directions?"

  Song Yixiao felt that his words were a bit frivolous, but since he was a relative and had just accepted their help, she couldn't say anything, so she just smiled and said: "Lord Leng's father is in mourning, and since your husband works in the Ministry of War, I should also go to the Leng Mansion to offer my condolences. On my way back, I met my mother-in-law and younger sister whose carriage had broken down on the side of the road. After sending them home, when I walked not far from here, my own carriage broke down too!"

  "What a coincidence!" Ji Mingfei laughed, "I was originally going to drink for a while and then leave. If you came any later, we wouldn't have met. It seems that after all, we are destined to be together!"

  "Is this person not being serious?!" Song Yi's smile slightly furrowed her brow, "Eldest uncle and younger sister-in-law have a predestined relationship... isn't this incestuous?! Who speaks like this?!"

  Fortunately, the carriage arrived at the gate just then. Song Yishuo saw this and didn't continue the conversation. He thanked him and turned to leave the door.

  This time back to the Yan State Gong Fu, she finally didn't encounter any more trouble. After entering the door, she first asked Mu Shi and learned that she had already left, then asked Wei Chan: "How is your mood? Have you cried? Is there a difficult look on your face?"

  Jin Xun followed her into the inner room, changing out of her snow-wet clothes while saying: "You just left the Hong Xing building and they were already hugging each other, how could you not cry? As for Miss Biao's expression, I think she has been worried and depressed all this time - no matter what, can't you at least eat something to pass the time?"

  Song Yi laughed and messed around for half a day, until now she hasn't even had lunch, and it's really getting unbearable. After asking Wei Cui if she had eaten lunch, she said: "Then let's get the kitchen to serve food, I'm really starving!"

  After lunch, she drank a bowl of warm apricot milk and then wrapped herself in her fox fur coat again. She braved the wind and snow to hurry to the Apricot Pavilion.

  Wei Zhuang heard that she was going back to the Wei family the day after tomorrow, and she exclaimed: "You can get out of bed now, but you're not fully recovered yet. You've been staying here for so many days, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Especially when it's cold outside, even though the Wei family is also in the capital, it's still several streets away from here! What if you catch a chill on the way and make things worse?"

  "Wei Chang said slowly: 'There are cars to ride, and it's not like we'll be blown away by the wind. Besides, it's already November, you're getting busier and busier, and I'm also inconvenient to stay here all the time.'"

  "There's nothing inconvenient." Song Yi smiled and shook her head, "The matters in the backyard are all handled by me, my sister-in-law lets me take charge. Now I don't have to get up early to pay respects to the elders, nor do I need to take care of younger uncles or aunts, even if I'm busy, how busy can it be?"

  "Then suspiciously asked, 'What did your aunt just say to you? Why are you suddenly wanting to go back?'"

  "Since the marriage with Lu San Gongzi is bound to be cancelled, my mother said it's better to do it sooner rather than later." Wei Zhuang saw this and pursed her lips, saying, "Taking advantage of the excitement of Shengshou and Wanshou Festival, we can quietly settle this matter. Later on, when others find out and start gossiping, it will be a thing of the past. If I don't go back now, some people might think that my cancellation of the engagement has something to do with you and your sister's husband, wouldn't that unjustly drag you two down?"

  Song Yi Xiao heard that it was because of this reason, so she didn't keep her, and only said: "If there's any trouble with this matter, just send someone to tell me."

  Wei Chang repeatedly expressed her gratitude - the two sisters-in-law chatted for a while, until the servant came to report that Jian Xu Bai had returned, and Song Yi Xiao got up and left.

  The Hongyan Building was really far away, and when she arrived at the Keshao Hall, Jian Yu Bai Fei had already changed into a new set of clothes, and the cup of tea in her hand was almost empty. Seeing her enter, he immediately put down his teacup and came forward, concerned: "I heard that your carriage broke down on the road today? Is everyone alright?"

  "The wheel hub is broken, just a fright, nothing serious." Song Yi smiled knowing that he was now very precious to himself, if he told the truth, the car driver might be severely punished - although the driver was not her person, it was not easy to drive in the heavy snow, so she just glossed over it and said, "It's also funny to say: I first met my stepmother and second sister, their carriage broke down, and I volunteered to send them back home. As a result, after sending them away, our carriage also broke down on the way back!"

  Jian Yu Bai indeed displeased said: "The wheel hub is broken, that must be because the charioteer usually didn't pay attention..."

  "It was I who wanted to come back early, urging him to drive the car faster!" Song Yi smiled and saw that there was no one in the house, so she stretched out her arm and hugged his neck, laughing, "Otherwise, it's not necessarily going to happen——besides, my luck is not bad, originally thought that before dark today would be fine, as a result, at a nearby wine tower, guess who I met borrowed me a horse carriage?"

  He glanced at his wife's gentle hand on his shoulder, and his eyes softened. He smiled lightly and said, "Isn't it either Big Brother Ji or Brother Ji?"

  "How did you know?" Song Yi laughed in surprise.

  "On this snowy day, tomorrow is still the Shengshou Festival, and every household is busy. Which family's women would have nothing to do and run to a wine house? It must be a man who lent you the carriage - you don't have any brothers, so it must be one of my relatives who lent you the carriage. You've only been here for two months, and among those who know you and whom you know, and are still out on a day like today, aside from the two cousins from the Ji family, who else could it be?"

  Seeing his confident face, Song Yi smiled and rolled her eyes, saying: "That's not necessarily true! Although I don't have a biological brother, I have many cousins! How do you know I didn't meet my uncle's cousin and borrowed the horse carriage to come back?"

  "I've already said, because tomorrow is the birthday banquet!" Jian Yu Bai said with a faint smile, "The Wei family only barely qualifies to participate in the birthday banquet, so they are extremely cautious about attending. How would they dare let their son drink outside? What if something goes wrong and affects tomorrow's event, wouldn't that be too late for regrets?"

  It's just the kind of masters like Ji Jia brothers who have a backing that would not care about their state tomorrow. They would even dare to drink outside and tonight they will probably stay overnight at a brothel.

  Song Yi smiled and pondered for a moment, wanting to say something, but only twitched the corner of her mouth.

  Jian Yu Bai noticed her action, smiled and said: "Are you thinking of saying that it might be Lu Guan Lun? But Lu Guan Lun is the same as me, no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, unless accompanying elders or ladies when going out, otherwise we would all ride horses, even in strong wind and snow we wouldn't take a carriage! So even if you met him, he wouldn't lend you a carriage!"

  As for saying that Lu Guanlun happened to accompany someone on the carriage, "He lent you the carriage, how would the elder or female relative he was accompanying get back? At most, they would take a detour to send you back, and absolutely wouldn't lend you the entire horse-drawn carriage!"

  Song Yi laughed and couldn't get out of it, so she reluctantly said: "Okay, you win. The person I met was actually Ji Da's older cousin."

  "Although Da Biao Ge is a smooth talker, he's not bad to his relatives." Jian Yu Bai's eyes sparkled as she smiled and said, "I guess you probably ran into him!"

  Song Yixiao heard this and didn't say whether Ji Ming was good or bad, but only said: "Big brother hasn't gotten married yet, I'm grateful for his help this time, but it's not convenient for me to thank him in person. You can pass on my thanks later!" She really wanted to keep a distance from her cousin who had an affair with her mother-in-law.

  "It's nothing." Jian Yu Bai smiled faintly and said, "I was worried that you'd return early, so I should be the one thanking him instead?"

  It's like this - Jian Yu Bai had just teased his wife for a while, then excused himself to attend to some official business in the study. As soon as he entered the study, his face turned dark: "Ji Su, you go personally and tell that guy with the surname Ji, it's fine if he schemes against others, but if he dares to plot against Shan Zhen, I'll kill him!"

  Ji Su hastily advised him to calm down, and then said: "Young Master Ji likes the affairs of other people's wives. Why didn't you tell Madam about it just now? If Madam knew, she would definitely avoid him!"

  This is more effective than you privately threatening Ji Mingfei!

  After all, Ji Ming's hobby of seducing other people's wives is not new, and even the eldest princess of Jin State, this crooked aunt, can make a move, let alone Song Yi Xiao, this cousin-in-law who is at least of the same generation as him?

  He won't give up just because of Jian Yu's threat!

  The wealthy Fuyang Marquis Manor, which once stood by his side, now has a stance that is not in line with Jian Xu Bai's. A confrontation is inevitable!

  It's better to let Song Yixiao know the true face of this relative, raise vigilance and eliminate the possibility of him succeeding in his seduction from the root!

  “…Last time she said that Lu Guanlun used to take good care of her, and I scolded her a few times.” Jian Yu's face sank like water, and he was silent for a while before saying gloomily, "This time the one surnamed Ji lent his carriage to her, and Shan Wei is such a person. How can she not remember his kindness? Now if I speak ill of him, what if Shan Wei misunderstands me again and I have to trouble her?”

  He had just made up with his wife after great difficulty, but they got into another fight that very night!

  Ji Su heard the words and secretly smiled bitterly: Why don't you just coax your wife a bit earlier, and nothing would have happened? As a result, now that it's clear someone is having ideas about his own wife, he still doesn't dare to speak the truth!