She was obviously so pretentious, so frivolous and ambitious, and her eyes were always full of calculations when looking at people, but he actually believed that such a woman who was full of jealousy and had no trace of meekness would be deceived. He was bullied by an innocent and inexperienced girl from the Duke's palace who had been pampered since childhood.
He actually felt sorry for Song Shulan's biological mother after she died, but he forgot that Tang Ning's parents died early and she had nothing to rely on.
In the past, Song Jinxiu always pitied Song Shulan's background and felt that she was in a difficult situation after losing her mother. However, he never thought about it carefully. It was a secret for his third uncle Song Tan to go out on business as a court official. How could Song Shulan find him so exactly? .
He also never thought about how such a weak-tempered little girl who had never met her father's family and was raised by a widowed mother dared to go alone to find the third master of the Song family who had no idea how to deal with her, knowing that she was a daughter-in-law. , is a stain on the Song family, isn't she afraid of being silenced by the Song family?
It wasn't until he learned her identity that day, that she was Song Hong's illegitimate daughter, and that her mother was a traitor, that he suddenly realized that Song Hong cared so much about the future of the Song family, and Mrs. Song cared so much about Song. The family's future character, even if they valued the so-called "love" back then, how could they dare to keep people in the house openly.
His father was temporarily confused because of love, but how could his grandmother, who was able to drive Xu Zhen out of the capital and even wanted to kill them all, agree to keep such a disaster in the house?
unless……
Song Shulan had some leverage over the Song family, which forced her grandmother to retreat.
Unless she came up with Song Tan that day and brought out something that the third uncle didn't dare to ignore, so she had to take the risk and bring him back to the capital.
Song Jinxiu looked at the tears on Song Shulan's face trying to make him pity, and his mind was sober as never before.
In the past, whenever she cried, he would feel that she had been wronged and would favor her unconditionally. He scolded Tang Ning for him, and for her, he had repeatedly scolded his sister who he had loved since childhood. He had forgotten the friendship between brother and sister for many years, as if he had lost it. All she could think about was not letting her be bullied.
But now when I look back at those tearful eyes, I just feel that they are full of calculations.
This woman used her tears as a weapon, but he believed it, which was so stupid that it made people laugh.
"Brother..."
Song Shulan was so cold when he looked at her that her face was pale. She raised her eyes carefully and looked at him. The profile of her face was beautiful and weak, her eyelashes trembling slightly on the side of her pale face. She knew that she looked best like this, and she also The most heartwarming thing.
"Brother, don't look at me like that, I'm afraid..."
Song Jinxiu looked at her quietly for a long time before speaking out: "Since you call me brother, what are you afraid of?"
With a gentle tone, he stretched out his hand and covered her slender neck. The extremely cold touch scared Song Shulan's body to tremble, as if her throat was being strangled, and her lips were shrinking and she did not dare to speak.
"Lan'er, I'm your brother, right?"
When Song Shulan heard this, not only did she not relax, but her body trembled even more.
Song Jinxiu tilted his head slightly: "Are you afraid of me?"
Song Shulan said in a trembling voice: "No...no...Lan'er is not afraid of brother..."
If she hadn't been shaking all the time and her face was frighteningly white, her words would have been somewhat sympathetic and affectionate.
Lu Zhinian, who was opposite him, couldn't see Song Jinxiu's face clearly through the darkness in the cell. He just saw that Song Jinxiu actually recognized Song Shulan as his sister at this time, and spoke softly as if to comfort him. He couldn't help but lean against the cell door and sneer.
"Song Jinxiu, are you stupid? At this time, you haven't seen this woman's face clearly?"
"She is not as weak and innocent as you see at all, and she has never been bullied by Tang Ning. Ever since she appeared in front of the Song family, she has been showing weakness and driving a wedge between you and Tang Ning. She ruined it. In your Song Dynasty, it was she who harmed Tang Ning, and you don’t even know it?”
Lu Zhinian seemed to want to vent the stupidity he had committed in the dream on others, and his words were filled with resentment:
"Ever since she came to the Song family, she has been full of schemes to replace Tang Ning. All she wants is the glory and wealth of the Song family, and she is stepping on you to climb high branches. To her, you, my brother, are just her reward. The stepping stone to your dreams…”
"so what?"
Song Jinxiu raised his eyes and looked at Lu Zhinian: "I am stupid, but she has the same blood flowing in her body as mine. I can't change it. But Lu Sanlang is not stupid, so why did he end up in this situation?"
"You!!" Lu Zhinian was immediately angry.
Song Jinxiu sat in the cell door, looking at his old friend across from him, and mocking in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Lu Sanlang has a good understanding of people and is unparalleled in intelligence, but he is still being tricked by others. You abandoned your old friends and chose to be wise and protect yourself, but in the end you got They were not the same as me, being arrested and imprisoned in disgrace."
"I saw that your punishment the day before yesterday was not much lighter than mine. I heard that His Majesty personally issued an order to reprimand you for being shameless and despicable. What is the difference between Mr. Lu Sanlang and me now?"
Song Jinxiu's words were harsh: "In the past, Tang Ning looked down on you. Now she is the head of Yiyang County, and you are a prisoner that the Holy Emperor hates. You and her are so different that they are nothing in her eyes. Mr. Lu Sanlang's cup I’m afraid I won’t have a chance to drink my sister-in-law’s tea.”
"Song Jinxiu!"
Lu Zhinian had never seen Song Jinxiu look so cold and venomous. He seemed to be stabbed in the heart, holding on to the cell door and glaring angrily.
"How do you think you can get better? Song Guogong's palace is over a long time ago, your reputation as Yutai Master is over a long time ago. Song Hong colludes with the traitors and cannot survive. You Song Jinxiu can't even think of returning to the court. You will be like a mouse in the dark for the rest of your life. Heaven!"
He seemed to have grasped Song Jinxiu's handle, with a ferocious look on his face:
"I don't know how to recognize people, and I am disgusted by His Majesty, but at least I still have the Lu family. I can still have a chance to start over. I also have a chance to get out of this prison and ask for Tang Ning's forgiveness again."
"She used to like me so much. She risked everything for me. As long as I admit my mistake to her, she won't be ruthless to me. But what about you? The Song family is gone, and the Duke's Palace is gone. Song Jinxiu, you are nothing."
"Tang Ning would rather be expelled from the clan with the Song family than recognize you as my brother. I don't want to have anything to do with you. How can you have the face to call yourself his brother?"
"Sister-in-law? Ha!"
Lu Zhinian sneered sarcastically: "If you can survive this time and avoid being exiled, when Tang Ning and I get married, I will be able to reward you with a glass of wine so that you can witness with your own eyes the happiness of Tang Ning and me. .”
Song Jinxiu tilted his head slightly and looked at the ferocious Lu Zhinian opposite him, seeing that he was still as arrogant and complacent as before despite being in such a situation.
The clothes on his back were still stained with blood, and he had to hold on to the cell door even when he sat up. Although he had been thrown into prison for several days, no one from the Lu family came to see him.
But he seems to still feel that as long as he can get out, the Lu family will still be his, he will still be the glorious and popular Sanlang of the Lu family, and Tang Ning will look back for him...
Song Jinxiu seemed to see his old self in him, the idiot who always taught Tang Ning a lesson as his brother even though he had broken up with others.
