93 It's your own fault

◎But do you know who I hate the most?◎

"The people I sent out found out he was at a gambling house in the west of the city. When we got there, he was gambling like crazy, reeking of alcohol and saddled with debt. He was also boasting, 'Keep coming! What will all this money mean to me when I marry a young lady from the Song family?' The Song family, do you know which Song family they are? The richest family in Yunzhou!'

“I was afraid that he would speak outrageously again and humiliate the Song family’s reputation, so I knocked him out and tied him up.

"He's just a slutty bastard. Before I could even ask him, he told me everything, saying that it was you, Shen Lingyu, who ordered him to do it!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Shen Lingyu and said coldly: “What else do you have to say?”

Shen Lingyu argued: "He had never gambled before, so why did he suddenly start gambling? Maybe someone was instigating him to ruin this marriage..."

Before she finished her words, she caught a glimpse of a tile blue color out of the corner of her eye. She turned sideways and found that Song Jinyi had come in at some point.

Song Jinyi came to pay her respects. When she entered, she saw the strange atmosphere around her three companions. She paused and bowed in turn. "Third Grandfather, it's been a while since we last met. How have you been?"

Uncle Song responded indifferently.

Song Jinyi walked up to Song Zhangye and greeted him, "How is your health today, Father?" As she spoke, her eyes couldn't help but glance at the tabloid on the table.

She wanted to laugh when she saw the title, but in this situation, she deliberately let out a surprised "Huh" and read the contents of the tabloid: "The master of the Song Mansion is useless, and her husband wants to get rid of his stepdaughter in order to keep the family property for himself.

"I don't know where she found this scoundrel. He hangs out in gambling dens all day, is deeply in debt, and has a bad character..."

Song Jinyi suddenly raised her head and looked at Shen Lingyu with a look of disbelief. She put her hands behind her back and pinched herself hard, forcing out tears. "Auntie, is what is said here true?"

After saying this, he shook his head as if in disbelief and whispered, "I remember that day when my aunt told me that she had chosen a man for me who was both talented and handsome, and had an outstanding character.

"I believe my aunt would not lie to me. It's this tabloid that's spreading nonsense, right?" She asked the last question with a slightly rising tone and a barely perceptible smile.

Uncle Song looked at the father and daughter of the Song family below with a frown. These two idiots were deceived by this woman.

He said angrily, "Don't let your black-hearted concubine fool you! I've already sent someone to tie up Xue Ziming and interrogate him. He's really a gambler, so this engagement can't be counted. If the news gets out, who knows how they'll frame our Song family."

Song Zhangye quickly agreed and said that he would ask the secretary to draft a letter of cancellation of the engagement.

Uncle Song said again: "You have such a vicious woman hidden in your family, it is better to divorce her as soon as possible."

When Shen Lingyu heard that he wanted Song Zhangye to divorce her, she knelt down in front of him and cried, "I really didn't know that Xue Ziming was such a person. I didn't know him well. It was my aunt who introduced him to me. It's my fault that I didn't find out more about him. I almost let Sister Yi walk into the fire pit.

"Luckily, I discovered this man's true identity before we got married, so Sister Yi was spared this hardship. I was just careless, it's not a crime that deserves this!"

Seeing that the other party was unmoved, Shen Lingyu turned around and looked at Song Zhangye.

She was beautiful, and with tears in her eyes, she looked even more charming. She said in a trembling voice, "Master, you and I have known each other since childhood, how could I have any bad intentions?

"You know, my aunt introduced me here. I thought she wouldn't harm me, but I was caught off guard. It's my fault. I'm willing to kneel in the ancestral hall for a month as punishment."

Song Zhangye helped her up and excused her, saying, "Yu'er isn't a vicious person. Perhaps there was some misunderstanding?"

"Misunderstanding?" Song Jinyi looked at Song Zhangye, tears welling in her round eyes. "If Third Great Grandfather hadn't come to tell me, I would probably still be in the dark and happily preparing to get married.

"This marriage was arranged by Aunt. Doesn't Aunt really know what kind of person he is? Or is it because you know what kind of person he is that you can't wait to marry me off?"

Shen Lingyu's fingertips felt cold, and her eyes fell on Song Jinyi's face. Seeing that she didn't look genuinely sad, she knew it must be her doing! Her eyes turned cold.

Did she think she would admit her mistake so easily?

Chen Lingyu wiped her tears with an embroidered handkerchief and said aggrievedly, "If it weren't for my master's serious illness and the advice of the experts, why would I do this thankless task?

"These past few days, I've been working so hard to take care of my husband that I haven't had the time to examine Xue Ziming's character. If Sister Yi blames me, I have nothing to say."

As she spoke, she pretended to kneel down in front of Song Jinyi, but Geng Niang stopped her and shouted that it was not allowed.

Song Zhangye also frowned and pulled her up.

Song Jinyi looked at this scene and sneered in her heart.

Uncle Song had always hated Shen Lingyu's behavior, but seeing that Song Zhangye was determined to protect her, he couldn't say anything. After all, it was a family affair of the younger generation.

Just as she was about to leave, she heard Song Jinyi excitedly say, "If Auntie had no other intentions, why did she push Yunting into the water, causing him to have a high fever and become a lunatic?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Song Zhangye shouted angrily, "Yun Ting accidentally fell into the pond while playing on his own. What does this have to do with Yu'er?"

Song Jinyi shrank her neck, looking aggrieved, and retorted unwillingly: "Why does father only believe her and not me?"

She blinked her eyelashes lightly, tears streaming down her face. "My brother was in misfortune because of her, and I thought she would let us go. I didn't expect her to become even more ruthless and even plotted with the pirates to kill my brother and me at sea.

"If father doesn't believe me, you can ask Yun Ting to come and confront me. His illness has improved, and he remembers what happened back then. We didn't bring him back to the Song family because we were afraid he would be murdered by the concubine. Now that Third Great Grandfather is here, I beg you to seek justice for my sister and me."

She told the housekeeper that Song Yunting was now at Chayuan.

Song Jinyi glanced at Shen Lingyu. Her face was pale, her arms hung stiffly on both sides, and she bit her lips so hard that a streak of blood appeared.

******

Not long after, the people from the Song Mansion brought Song Yunting back home. When he saw the scene in the house, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Song Jinyi.

Song Jinyi nodded slightly at him and said softly, "Yun Ting, now that the Third Great Grandfather is here, you can tell him if you have any grievances."

Song Yunting then recounted in detail how Geng Niang, who was by Shen Lingyu's side, pushed him into the water. After he woke up, he overheard that Shen Lingyu had replaced his medicine, and in order to survive, he had to pretend to be crazy and stupid.

"If so? Why didn't you tell your father?"

Song Yunting twitched the corners of his mouth, but eventually suppressed the sarcastic smile and asked calmly, "If I had told you that back then, would you have believed me, father?"

This sentence was like a fishbone stuck in Song Zhangye's throat. It turned out that he was such a irresponsible father, he was so estranged from his child, and he didn't even see the person beside him clearly.

He was already seriously ill, and now after seeing this, his mind was in turmoil, his body swayed, and he looked at Shen Lingyu, his eyes filled with both grief and anger, and he said in a hoarse voice: "What else do you have to say?"

Seeing his expression, Shen Lingyu's heart sank. If Song Zhangye was unwilling to help her, who else in the Song family would help her? She moved her lips but didn't say anything.

Geng Niang beside her said, "Miss, please don't frame Madam. Madam is soft-hearted. How can you judge her based on the one-sided statements of you and your brother? Everything requires evidence. Do you have any evidence?"

After hearing this, Shen Lingyu seemed to have a backbone. She gathered her sleeves, sat up straight, looked at Song Jinyi and said, "I know you have never liked me, but you can't team up with Yun Ting to frame me for this, right?"

Many years had passed since the events of that time, and no one knew the truth except Geng Niang. Geng Niang came from the Shen family, so she naturally wouldn't betray her. As for the pirates, it was Zui Liuxia who mediated, and the only evidence was in Zhou Changchun's hands.

Zui Liuxia and Cha Yuan are not on good terms, and Song Jinyi killed Chun Sanniang. There is no way Zhou Changchun would give that thing to her.

Song Jinyi knew that Shen Lingyu would not cry until she saw the coffin. She took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and said, "Is this considered evidence? It says in black and white that you used the Song family's private property as collateral to hire pirates to work for you!"

"What!"

Everyone present looked at the paper in unison.

Shen Lingyu looked at the evidence and felt as if her soul had been drained away. She muttered to herself, "Impossible, impossible! This thing is clearly in the hands of Shopkeeper Zhou. How could he give it to you? How is it possible?"

Song Jingyi slowly squatted down beside him. "There are no permanent friends or enemies in this world. Merchants value profit over loyalty. Auntie, you must learn this lesson."

Even the usually steady Uncle Song couldn't help but stand up and shouted angrily, "Well, an outsider has turned our Song family into a mess. How can you be the head of the family? Zhang Ye, you are so confused!"

After he finished speaking, he ordered his servants, "Tie up this vicious woman for me."

The servants didn't dare to take action. Uncle Song said, "Are you still going to be stubborn?" It was like a huge rock pressing on his forehead.

He lowered his head and looked at the woman beside him. She looked so familiar yet so strange. He closed his eyes and said without any emotion, "Tie her up."

This sound was like the big knife in the executioner's hand falling, and instantly cut Shen Lingyu into pieces.

She seemed to have lost all her bones, her body went limp, and she slowly slid down from the chair, kneeling on the ground with her head lowered.

When the maids were about to catch her, they suddenly let out a low laugh. At first, the laugh was filled with sadness and anger, but later the tone rose and there was a sense of madness.

Uncle Song urged, "Why are you still standing there?"

But when someone was about to catch her, Shen Lingyu suddenly pulled out a hairpin from her head and stabbed forward, "Get out! Get out!"

No one dared to step forward.

She stood up slowly, her eyes red as she looked at Song Zhangye. Her gaze darted across his face, then she turned her head and said to Song Jinyi beside her, "Are you happy? Thanks to you, I've ended up like this."

Seeing that the situation was settled, Song Jinyi stopped pretending. Even if Song Zhangye wanted to cover up for her, she would submit the evidence to court. By then, it would not just be a family matter.

She replied without any emotion, "I'm happy, but the situation today is your own fault, Auntie. It has nothing to do with anyone else."

If Shen Lingyu hadn't been evil and colluded with pirates, how could Xie Wuyang have fallen into the sea and died?! When she thought of this, her heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by a net and it hurt.

Upon hearing this, Shen Lingyu burst into laughter, tears streaming down her face as she muttered to herself, "It's my own fault? Indeed, it's my own fault!

"I hate your mother and her two children. But do you know who I hate the most?"

She suddenly turned around, pointed the hairpin at the man, met his incredulous gaze, then suddenly smiled and said cruelly, "It's you! Song Zhangye!"

【Author’s words】

Ask for a collection [rose] by the way to see the child's pre-collection question [scatter flowers]