"Are you telling the truth?" Princess Cheng's face suddenly tensed up after hearing Tang Ning's words: "Why haven't you told me this before?"
Tang Ning whispered: "I didn't think of it before."
It's not that she didn't expect it, but the situation at that time simply didn't allow her to think about it.
That day, Song Tan and the others suddenly called her to the front hall and told her that Song Shulan was her father's bloodline. Song Shulan knelt on the ground and cried, talking about the close past between her biological mother and Song Xi. At that time, the only thing left in her mind was "father's betrayal." How can I think of anything else than the thought of "having lost my mother-in-law."
Song Hong persuaded her that she was of her father's blood after all. Mrs. Song said that spreading this matter would ruin her late father's reputation. Song Shulan held several love letters written by Song Xi to her biological mother, plus Song Shulan who had just rushed back. Jin Xiu also advised her.
He just wanted to leave her a place to live, so that others would not say that the Song family was heartless. She agreed with her mind buzzing and confused. When she came to her senses, Song Shulan had become the daughter of her second wife.
Tang Ning's throat was filled with bitterness: "I originally thought she was really my father's blood, and I was afraid that she would show off with those things her father wrote to her biological mother, which would make my mother-in-law laugh at her, but when I thought about it later, I felt wrong."
"If she was really of my father's blood, why would the third uncle have concealed her identity when he first brought her back? Moreover, my father and my mother were so loving, he had no children, and he had never thought of taking a concubine. How could he find someone else. "
"It just so happened that my eldest aunt was ill in those few days, and even my grandmother's attitude was strange."
She was really stupid in her last life, and she never thought about this until she died.
Princess Cheng's face was extremely ugly. When she found out that Song Xi suddenly had a concubine, the Song family had already confirmed Song Shulan's identity. When she asked Tang Ning, Tang Ning just cried. The Song family kept saying that Song Shulan was of Song Xi's blood.
At that time, she was so angry that her chest hurt, and she felt that her sister had misjudged the wrong person, and it was not worth taking her place.
But who would have thought that the Song family would dare to pretend that Song Shulan was the daughter of their second wife?
"If the Song family is serious about this, then they deserve to die!"
Not only did he confuse the bloodline of his second wife, tainting the posthumous reputations of his sister and brother-in-law, he even allowed Song Shulan to insult Tang Ning.
The most important thing is that Princess Cheng didn't need Tang Ning's reminder to figure out that if Song Shulan was just an ordinary person, her family background in the Duke of Song Dynasty would definitely not allow a person with a foreign surname to enter the palace. Even if she was just pretending to be a second wife, she would be damaged. The interests of the Duke's Mansion, unless Song Shulan herself is a member of the Duke's Mansion.
In addition, Song Tan brought the person back and sent him to the main room first, and the reaction of the Song family's main room...
Princess Cheng said angrily: "When Song Tan went south on his mission, everyone knew about it. I asked people to investigate Song Shulan's life experience. I want to see who she is!"
Tang Ning's eyes flashed slightly: "Aunt, why don't you ask your uncle to help you investigate?"
Princess Cheng was stunned for a moment.
Tang Ning lowered her eyelashes slightly: "If Song Shulan is really not his father's daughter, my uncle and third uncle will definitely find a way to cover up the trouble between me and the Song family this time. Moreover, when the third uncle brought people back to the capital, they wanted to protect Song Dynasty. The reputation of our family will probably not leave any trace, so Song Shulan might not be from Anzhou at all."
"My aunt is close to me. If you send someone to the Song family, they will definitely notice it. They may not be able to find out the truth. But my uncle should have some capable people. Let him send someone to find out the truth earlier."
Princess Cheng thought about it and felt it made sense: "Okay, I will tell your uncle when I go back tomorrow. If the Song family really bullies you like this, your uncle and I will definitely not let them go!"
Tang Ning said "Yes" and leaned lightly in front of Princess Cheng.
She wanted to see whether King Cheng cared about her and her aunt, or whether he cared more about other things.
The room was quiet for a while before Princess Cheng spoke again: "Tang Ning, your marriage to the Lu family..."
Song Tangning was silent for a long time before whispering: "Aunt, I used to really like Lu Zhinian."
Knowing that Lu Zhinian liked talented and learned women, she tried her best to learn that she didn't like music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Knowing that Lu Zhinian didn't like noisy people, she obviously had a lively nature and made herself taciturn and well-behaved.
She knew she was going to marry Lu Zhinian from the time she was sensible, and she always thought that she was destined to be the wife of the Lu family. She pursued Lu Zhinian desperately to make herself a person who could match him and become the wife of the Lu family.
Lu Zhinian, like Song Jinxiu, was young and outstanding, but unlike the Duke of Song who had the title of Duke, Lu Zhinian's family background was more prominent.
As the direct son of the first noble family and the favored nephew of the queen, Lu Zhinian was born to be a step above others. In addition, although Lu Zhinian had a cool temperament and was extremely handsome, there were many girls in the capital who coveted the marriage of the Lu family. yes.
There were many people who were jealous of her engagement to Lu Zhinian, and there were even more people who often taunted her for not being worthy of Lu Zhinian, but Tang Ning never cared about it, and she never took it to heart no matter how many slanderous words he said, because she knew Although Lu Zhinian didn't treat her enthusiastically, he didn't like those people either.
But Song Shulan is different.
Song Tangning pursed her lips tightly and felt depressed: "I have been following Lu Zhinian all these years, and he has never looked at me twice. Even if I try my best to please him, he rarely smiles at me."
"I really like him. I like him so much that as long as he says a word, I am willing to do things even if I don't like it. But no matter what I do, he never praises me. I always thought that he was cold to me. He was born like this, but later I found out that it wasn't the case at all."
"Do you know what I saw on his face when I heard him praise Song Shulan for the first time? That was a look he had never shown in front of me."
Like the warm spring breeze and the first melting of cold snow, there is an indescribable tolerance beneath the gentleness.
Song Shulan blushed and smiled at the tall and tall Lu Zhinian.
The kind of tacit understanding that requires no words and only sees each other made her jealous and crazy, who regarded Lu Zhinian as her husband in her previous life. She was so crazy that she couldn't tolerate Song Shulan. She was so crazy that she pushed herself into such a desperate situation step by step, and finally disappeared quietly. He died quietly in the backyard of the Song family.
"Aunt, I don't want to chase him desperately anymore."
Tang Ning whispered,
"I don't like him anymore either."
Princess Cheng's heart ached as she listened to the whispers of the girl next to her and her hoarse, suppressed, bitter voice.
It wasn't like she hadn't noticed the cold treatment of Tang Ning by the legitimate son of the Lu family. They were clearly childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts. The Lu family had never vetoed the engagement. Even the wedding date was personally decided by the queen for Lu Zhinian, but Lu Zhinian never Showing no enthusiasm at all.
This engagement has always seemed like Tang Ning's wishful thinking. Whenever the two got along, Tang Ning would talk behind Lu Zhinian. Lu Zhinian's occasional simple words could make Tang Ning happy for a long time.
Princess Cheng knew how much her niece had longed to marry into the Lu family. Now that she said these words, she knew how sad she was.
"If you don't like him, don't like him. There are many good men in this world. We Tang Ning don't care about him."
Princess Cheng gently brushed the broken hair on Tang Ning's forehead.
"Your marriage to Lu Zhinian is scheduled for next year. There is no rush now. After the Song family's affairs are cleared up, I will find a way to help you cancel the marriage."
Tang Ning whispered: "But the queen's side..."
"What about the Queen? She treats you well, but who doesn't know that the Lu family is indifferent to you, and the Queen will not give up if she breaks off the engagement without any reason, but Lu Zhinian abandons you and almost kills you. Even if they break off the engagement, they What can the Lu family say?"
The one who is ruthless and unjust is Lu Zhinian!
Princess Cheng was already thinking about how she could get rid of the Lu family's marriage without involving Tang Ning. She also had to prevent those outside from saying anything wrong about Tang Ning, and the Lu family had to be the one who was at fault.
Song Tangning listened to her nagging words and buried his head on her shoulder, his eyes burning.
Auntie is always like this. No matter what she wants to do, even if she risks the world's disapproval, even if no one understands her or even offends people who cannot be offended in the eyes of outsiders, her aunt will never let her suffer the slightest injustice.
But such a good aunt died in mysterious circumstances.
Tang Ning reached out and hugged Princess Cheng's arm. In this life, she would never let anything happen to her aunt.
Absolutely not! !
…
Song Tangning's move to Jiuyun Lane in the south of the city shocked everyone. Not to mention the Song family's anger, the Lu family's faces were full of disbelief when they received the news the next day.
"What's going on with the Song family? They knew that you and Song Tangning were about to get married, but they actually let her hang out with that eunuch Xiao Yan?!" Mrs. Lu was filled with deep anger, "They know who that eunuch is. How can I, the wife of the Lu family, associate with him?"
Lu Zhinian frowned.
"And what are these things that are being spread outside? What happened to you, the eldest son of the Song family, and the prince of the city prince's palace before that you actually left Song Tangning in Qishan Mountain for an unworthy outsider?"
Lu Zhinian's eyebrows knitted tighter, and his face turned cold: "I didn't throw her away."
Mrs. Lu said angrily: "What's going on? Do you know what the outside world is saying about you now? They have widespread rumors that you and Prince Xie like that concubine, so they abandoned Song Tangning. Let me tell you, my Lu family It is absolutely impossible for a foreign girl to marry into the house!"
"Grandma, I don't like her."
Lu Zhinian's jaw tightened, feeling that this rumor was ridiculous.
Song Shulan did seem to be weak and well-behaved, much more sensible than the willful and domineering Song Tangning. Moreover, she knew how to advance and retreat, and never got too entangled with him. Every time she saw him, she only bowed gently and stepped away.
But Song Tangning was like a hedgehog. Whenever he saw him talking to Song Shulan, he would make a scene and either bully Song Shulan or pester him to question him.
This made Lu Zhinian very upset.
He didn't like Song Tangning who kept following him like a clingy candy bar, and he didn't like her always calling him "Brother Lu" and "Brother Lu" as if there was nothing she could do.
Lu Zhinian didn't have a good impression of Song Tangning, his fiancée, and he admired Song Shulan's perseverance and talent despite her humble background. However, even so, he had never had any disagreement with Song Shulan, and he knew even more clearly that the one he wanted to marry was Song Tangning.
Lu Zhinian said: "Grandma, Song Shulan and I are innocent. I didn't know she was a concubine before. That day on Qishan Mountain, I was just because of Tang Ning's mischief. I felt that if she didn't restrain her temper, she would end up marrying into the Lu family in the future. She gets into trouble easily, so I thought I’d teach her a lesson.”
"I thought Song Jinxiu was her brother, and Xie Yin also had a very good relationship with her. Even if they were angry, they would keep people by her side to protect her back to Lingyun Temple, but who knew that none of them would stay? .”
If he had known that this would happen, he would not have taken all the servants away.
Mrs. Lu looked at him calmly: "Do you really have nothing to do with that Song Shulan?"
"No!"
"What about her?"
Lu Zhinian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "She never seduced him in the Song family before."
After hearing this, Mrs. Lu's expression became a little more relaxed: "In that case, you should stay away from the concubine, lest she ruin your reputation. And Song Tangning, what's going on with her?"
Lu Zhinian pursed his lips: "That's just the way she is. Don't worry, grandma. I'll send someone to call her back to the Song family later."
Tang Ning would not fail to listen to his words.
Mrs. Lu's face was a little ugly: "After she goes back, let the Song family teach her the rules. If someone who is about to get married is still acting like this, everyone in the capital will see the joke between you and the Lu family. If it weren't for her mother The connections left by the Rong family over there, I won’t agree to anything about this marriage.”
She, the eldest son of the Lu family, was not worthy of any kind of princess or princess, yet he chose someone so distasteful to her.
Mrs. Lu didn't like this Song Tangning at all, but it was a pity that the Queen did. The fourth prince also needed the connections left by Taifu Rong to pave the way for him, as well as some things left by Taifu Rong...
Mrs. Lu snorted coldly. If this were not the case, she would definitely look down on Song Tangning!
Lu Zhinian was scolded by Mrs. Lu, and his expression became even colder after he came out, both because of the rumors and because of the sudden closeness between Tang Ning and Xiao Yan.
"Mr. Sir, where is Miss Song..." Chang Sui Songmo, who was following beside him, asked in a low voice.
Lu Zhinian's eyes were filled with boredom: "Go to Jiuyun Lane and give her the blue cloud orchid water lamp in my room and the coral bead bracelet she said she liked last time. past."
Song Mo hesitated: "Ms. Song is injured, doesn't Mr. Lang go and take a look?"
"I won't go." Lu Zhinian said coldly.
Song Tangning's temperament was somewhat unreasonable, and she was very coquettish.
Although she did something wrong with the Song family, she could have settled it privately with the Song family. No matter how the family scandal should not be publicized, she made the matter such a big deal and got involved with Xiao Yan, and he was also involved. People slander.
Lu Zhinian didn't like Song Tangning being so domineering, so why would he be willing to coax her.
"Just go to see her, but when you go, remember to tell her what people outside said about me, and then tell her that I was made to kneel by my grandmother and couldn't visit her."
With how much Song Tangning cared about him, she would definitely know that he was wrong.
After she returns to the Song family, he can just go and comfort her.
