This family also shares the surname Song. The old man's name is Song Fusheng, who is the younger brother of Song Fuwang, the old man of Song family, and thus Song Ruier's great-uncle. They live at the westernmost end of Datian Village and have always been quite well-off.

The Song Fusheng family didn't have much contact with the Song Fuwang family. Even though the Song Fuwang family was relatively well-off, their two sons were good-for-nothings, and the whereabouts of the third son were unknown. The Song Fusheng branch was afraid of being implicated, so they tried to stay away from them as much as possible.

Therefore, whenever Old Lady Song mentioned Song Fusheng's family, she would curse them.

She cursed Song Fusheng for bullying her husband who died young, and for looking down on her brother's family. The Song family always suffered losses in front of the Qiao family, but Song Fusheng never offered any help. Only when he kicked Qiao Yunni out of the family did Song Fusheng, along with those distant relatives from his ancestors, come to the Song family to "seek justice." After that, he always refused to see anyone.

Song Ruier also harbored strong resentment towards her uncle's lineage.

Because he had once personally gone to their door to beg, but they wouldn't even give him a sip of water, and were eager to send him home.

These people are not relatives, they're not even strangers.

Song Ruier immediately realized that even though her family had come to the capital, they still looked miserable. Farmers value their land and homesteads as their lifeline, and they would not leave their hometown unless they were desperate.

Something must have happened to this lineage. As for why they came to the capital, could it be because Qiao Lian'er is in the capital?

What karma! I used to ignore him, but now I'm even worse off than him.

Song Ruier's eyes flickered. In this way, he would have another weapon to deal with Qiao Lian'er.

He came out of the teahouse, his right hand tucked into his sleeve, blocking the family from view.

"Young man, what can I do for you?" asked Song Guangtian, the bearded man.

"Are you going to find Princess Zhenguo?" Song Ruier wouldn't reveal his real name; after all, he had changed his appearance, and none of the Song family members would recognize him.

When he saw through it all, Song Fusheng and his family were very surprised.

They didn't know the boy, yet he immediately saw through their purpose for coming.

It couldn't have been those randomly selected passersby who tipped them off, could it?

Song Dujuan asked warily, "Who are you?"

Song Ruier smiled and said, "You can't go to see the Princess Zhenguo like this. You'll just be driven away when you get to the door."

“How could we be driven away? We are relatives of Princess Zhenguo. We have traveled for months to come to her for refuge. She should take good care of us,” said Zhou, the wife of the timid Song Guangdi.

How naive! Song Ruier laughed to herself.

After so many encounters, doesn't he know what kind of person Qiao Lian'er is?

In her eyes, her uncle's family had nothing to do with her, and she would never allow them to gain any benefit.

“Princess Zhenguo is busy with affairs every day, and the Qiao family is heavily guarded. If you only go to the gate and say that you are her relatives, and you look so destitute, you will easily be mistaken by the servants of the Qiao family for beggars trying to claim kinship and be driven away. Then you will never want to see her again.”

“Relatives are relatives, blood ties are blood ties. How can that be faked? Ordinary people wouldn’t dare to claim to be related to Princess Zhenguo,” said Wu, Song Guangtian’s wife.

Song Ruier sighed helplessly: "If you don't believe me, go and try visiting the Qiao family's gate. Visiting a high-ranking family in the capital is not like visiting people in the countryside. If you don't seize the opportunity the first time, you may regret it later."