Snapped!
Fu Laiqing knocked off the hand on the collar with a slap: "What are you pretending to do?!"
"There is snow in the mountain, it's dark, the roads are slippery, and there are wild animals in the mountains. When you threw Mrs. Song in the woods, didn't you think that she would be in danger?"
"You had the intention of escorting your maiden to the Qian family for a banquet, for fear that she would be wronged in the slightest, but you never thought of letting someone search for your abandoned sister?"
When the whole place was silent, Fu Laiqing's voice was extremely sarcastic.
"Master Xiao Song's heart is harder than a stone."
Song Jinxiu's face suddenly turned pale. How could it be... He clearly asked Tang Ning to return to Lingyun Temple. He clearly remembered that place was not far from the temple...
He was afraid that Shulan would be in danger, so he protected her from leaving, but there were Xie Yin and Lu Zhinian.
The two of them were so close to Tang Ning, so why didn't they leave any bodyguards?
Fu Laiqing looked at him like this, snorted disdainfully, turned around and left.
The people who were originally parked around also had different expressions.
The Qian family's incident happened in the morning, and after such a long time, everything that needs to be known is known.
In the past, the eldest son of the Song family spoke reasonably and behaved accordingly. No matter what he did, he would always find no fault. The Duke of Song's palace had an excellent reputation, but who would have thought that Song Jinxiu could be so cruel to his sister, and the Song family was even more cruel. Treating a foreign girl as a treasure...
Many people shook their heads. Although they didn't say anything, their gazes were like needles pricking them, making Song Jinxiu unable to stay for a moment.
Song Jinxiu left in a hurry, and the crowd dispersed with discussion, and the Duke of Song's Mansion became the most lively source in Beijing today.
When Song Jinxiu returned to the Duke's Mansion with an ugly expression, Mrs. Song and Song Hong were already waiting in the front hall. Song Shulan was kneeling on the ground, her figure was slender, her plain dress was splattered with mud.
"Father, what are you doing?" Song Jinxiu strode in and reached out to help Song Shulan, "Why are you kneeling? The ground is cold. Get up first."
"Brother..."
Song Shulan's lips were pale and she was about to cry when she raised her head.
Mrs. Song sat on the chair and stared calmly: "Tell her to kneel down!"
"grandmother!"
Song Jinxiu frowned in disapproval, "Tangning's matter has nothing to do with Shulan..."
"If it doesn't have anything to do with her, who does it have to do with it? If she hadn't been instigating it, how could you be so confused?"
Mrs. Song was immediately angry. Her son was a wealthy person who always cultivated himself and never made mistakes. No one in the capital praised him for his good temper, but he was ridiculed and laughed at because of yesterday's incident.
"Song Shulan is an outcast girl who has no place on the stage. You pity her background, and if you want to promote her, I won't stop you. But did your grandmother and I tell you not to go too far?"
"Your father has given her face by letting her pretend to be a concubine. It is our Song family's kindness to find a good family to marry her later, but you are so lucky that you actually let her step on Tang Ning's head!"
Song Shulan's body trembled slightly after being scolded, and tears rolled down her face.
Song Jinxiu couldn't bear it: "Mother, Shulan never wanted to step on anyone's head. It's Tangning who is narrow-minded and makes things difficult for Shulan in every possible way, so I couldn't help but scold Tangning."
"Yesterday's incident with Jinshan was my fault. It was my lack of care that made Tang Ning angry. I will definitely explain it clearly to her when she comes back..."
"Explain? Did you know that Song Tangning went to Prince Cheng's Mansion!"
Song Jinxiu's face was startled.
Standing beside him, Song Hong said in a deep voice: "Today at Qian's house, Xiao Yan personally sent Tang Ning there. Everyone knows what you, Xie Yin and the others did at Lingyun Temple yesterday."
"Princess Cheng was furious and beat Xie Yin in public. Tang Ning also revealed Shu Lan's identity. Afterwards, Princess Cheng took Tang Ning directly back to the palace."
Song Jinxiu didn't expect that Tang Ning would be involved with Governor Xiao, and he didn't expect that she would not return home.
He thought Tang Ning had returned.
Song Hong seemed to understand his thoughts and said calmly:
"Tang Ning was frightened and her horse fell off a cliff yesterday. If Xiao Yan hadn't happened to pass by, she would have been dead by now. But even if she survived, she was still seriously injured."
"Those who attended the banquet at Qian's house today all saw with their own eyes that Tang Ning was carried into Qian's house by Xiao Yan's people. There was no intact part of her body."
Song Jinxiu's face turned pale.
He thought that Fu Laiqing was deliberately speaking to anger him when he was in the palace, and that he was exaggerating.
It was only in Qishan for a while, how could Tang Ning be injured so seriously.
"Do you know what people are saying outside now?"
Mrs. Song's face was condensed: "Those people said that you were evil-hearted and harmed your own sister. Our Song family is despicable and shameless, bullying the orphan of the second wife who has lost her parents."
"Tang Ning is the only bloodline of your second uncle and second aunt. If she really died in Qishan yesterday, the gossip of those people outside would break your spine."
The blood drained from Song Jinxiu's face.
Mrs. Song said: "I originally thought that with Princess Cheng's temperament, she would definitely come to see Tang Ning, even if she beat you like a lesson to Prince Xie, or wanted to take out her anger on Song Shulan, Lifting the roof of our Song family, at least it means that the matter can still be discussed. At worst, if I am an old man who comes to plead for you, she and Tang Ning can always wipe the matter out for my sake."
"But from morning to now, from Tang Ning to Prince Cheng's Mansion, no one has been to the Song family, and no one has come to question us. Do you know what this means?"
Mrs. Song's words made Song Jinxiu's mind go blank.
How could he not understand what Mrs. Song meant.
If Princess Cheng came to make trouble, it meant that Tang Ning felt wronged and cried to her about what the Song family had done. Then Princess Cheng would vent her anger on her behalf and come to seek justice for her.
But Princess Cheng didn't come, which meant that Tang Ning didn't want to mention the Song family at all.
Tang Ning hated him.
Mrs. Song said: "If Tang Ning wants to come back, Princess Cheng will not remain silent. She has been cold-hearted by you and is tired of the Song family."
"If she stays in Prince Cheng's Mansion, you and the Song family will be criticized by others. If her injury is not healed, everyone will only remember how the Song family bullied her and how you, the eldest brother, abandoned her. .”
"After your grandfather left, your father was supposed to inherit the title of Duke, but His Majesty has always ignored the matter and suppressed your father to prevent him from seizing the title. You finally entered the court, and you see a bright future. You will be able to succeed in the future. You have reached a higher level than your father, but today things have become serious, your official reputation has been ruined, and the Song family has also become infamous."
"Don't let your father try to seize the throne again. How will you be able to gain a foothold in the court in the future?"
Song Jinxiu's face turned pale: "Grandma..."
He had never thought about this before, nor had he thought that Tang Ning would hate him.
He just didn't want her to be so domineering, he just felt that she wasn't as sensible and well-behaved as before.
She was so intolerant of Shu Lan and made things difficult for her in every possible way. If word spread about her, it would only make people laugh at her for her lack of education.
As the eldest brother, he just wanted their sisters to be harmonious and wanted to teach Tang Ning a lesson, but he never thought of hurting her, let alone that she would almost lose her life...
"I'll go to Prince Cheng's Mansion to apologize to Tang Ning, and I'll pick her back up."
