Chapter 120 I Will Never Give Up with Her

Grand Tutor Wang and Prime Minister Ji have always been at odds and have different opinions in the court, but because of his daughter's matter, he personally went to the Prime Minister's residence to ask Prime Minister Ji to agree to let Wang Liuniang marry Lu Jingyun as his co-wife.

Even Mrs. Wang had to say all the nice things to Mrs. Ji.

Wang Liuniang felt extremely humiliated, but her reputation was already ruined and even her face was scratched by Ji Ruzhen. If she didn't marry Lu Jingyun, she would die.

Ji Ruzhen refused to drink the tea she offered her.

Grand Tutor Wang said in a deep voice, "Yiyue, kneel down."

Before leaving, Grand Tutor Wang told Wang Yiyue that if Ji Ruzhen refused to agree to let her marry Lu Jingyun as his co-wife, he would let her hang herself.

Wang Yiyue was proud of being the niece of Queen Wang, and she always looked down on others. She never took the noble ladies in the capital seriously. She even looked down on Ji Ruzhen. She never thought that one day she would have to kneel at someone else's feet to serve her tea.

All kinds of humiliation surged in my heart.

But Wang Yiyue didn't want to die, so she could only kneel down and serve tea to Ji Ruzhen.

Ji Ruzhen, who drank the cup, also had a cold face.

Finally, Grand Tutor Wang and Prime Minister Ji spoke politely.

Madam Ji took Madam Wang to the back garden to chat and ask about something. "I saw the girl from the Song family a few days ago. I thought she looked a lot like someone. I wonder if Madam Wang has any impression of her?"

"You mean..."

When Mrs. Wang heard what Mrs. Ji said, she felt as if she had seen Song Chunzhi somewhere before.

Mrs. Ji briefly mentioned the matter of the third place winner.

Back then, the scholar who had taken the top spot in the imperial examination rode his horse through the streets, captivating many young ladies in the capital.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Ji were of similar age, so naturally they had seen the third place winner. After she took Wang Yiyue back, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Mrs. Ji would not mention Chunzhi as looking like the third place winner for no reason, so she immediately sent someone to investigate.

Wang Yiyue drew a portrait of Chunzhi according to her memory. In the past few days, Mrs. Wang has been sending people to look for the portrait of the third place winner in the imperial examination.

Wang Yiyue met Chunzhi at the silk shop and returned to the Grand Tutor's Mansion with a lot of resentment. As soon as she entered the door, she met a maid who came to invite her to go to the lady's courtyard.

Wang Yiyue asked, "What does mother want from me?"

The maid replied, "Madam said that Miss will know when she gets there."

Wang Yiyue quickened her pace and arrived at the courtyard where Madam Wang was, only to see that her mother had sent all the maids and servants out of the house.

As soon as Wang Yiyue entered, she saw her mother looking at two portraits.

"Yue'er is back, come and see." Mrs. Wang asked people to search all the major art galleries in the capital before they found a portrait of the third place winner of the imperial examination in the third year of Cheng'an.

"Found it!" Wang Yiyue was delighted and immediately went forward to take a look.

One is a painting of spring branches by Wang Yiyue, and the other is a painting of Mu Qingshan, the top scholar in the imperial examination in the third year of Cheng'an.

The two people's eyebrows and eyes are very similar, almost as if they were carved from the same mold.

Wang Yiyue said, "They look alike. They look very similar."

Madam Wang said, "Not only do these two look alike, but I've already sent someone to investigate. Mu Qingshan does have a little daughter who's about the same age as Song Chunzhi. Eleven years ago, Mu Qingshan angered the emperor and was exiled. It was during this exile that Mu Zhilan mysteriously disappeared..."

Wang Yiyue said, "I sent someone to investigate the Song family. Song Anlan, the richest man in Dongzhou, only has one sister. Song Chunzhi only came to Dongzhou last year!"

Madam Wang said, "And this Chunzhi wandered to Linshui Town eleven years ago and lived with the Lu family. The timing is just right!"

The Wang family mother and daughter looked at each other as they spoke.

"If Song Chunzhi is really Mu Qingshan's daughter, then she is the descendant of a criminal. She was reduced to a lowly status eleven years ago. No one of high rank or low rank can marry, let alone marry the Prince of Chang'an as his consort!"

Wang Yiyue said this almost gritting her teeth.

Mrs. Wang said, "The most difficult thing now is how to prove that Song Chunzhi is the daughter of the treacherous minister Mu Qingshan."

Wang Yiyue said, "Let's tell this to our aunt. She has always been against Prince Chang'an marrying Song Chunzhi. Once she knows that Chunzhi is the daughter of a traitor, she will definitely take action."

Madam Wang hesitated for a moment, "The marriage between Song Chunzhi and Prince Chang'an was personally granted by the Emperor. I'm afraid even the Empress would find it difficult to stop it..."

"My aunt has always wanted the daughter of the Wang family to be the Princess of Chang'an. I can't do that, and what about my sister..." Wang Yiyue gritted her teeth in hatred, "Song Chunzhi has hurt me to this point, I will never give up on her!"

Madam Wang said, "Madam Ji was the first person to say that Song Chunzhi and Mu Qingshan looked alike. She deliberately revealed this news to us, perhaps just to sit back and watch the fight."

"Mother, even so, I can't care less." Wang Yiyue cried, "Song Chunzhi has hurt me like this. I want her to suffer even more than me!"

Madam Wang hugged Wang Yiyue. Even though she knew that Madam Ji wanted to use them, she had no choice but to do it.

After thinking it over again and again, Mrs. Wang said to Wang Yiyue, let's tell Queen Wang about this and see what the Queen will do.

That afternoon, a letter from the Grand Tutor's Mansion was delivered to the Qiwu Palace.

On the other side, the Song residence.

When Song Wan'er and Chunzhi returned to the Song residence, Song Anlan happened to come back as well.

Song Wan'er told her brother about the time she and her sister had a piece of silk stolen from a silk shop. She looked up and asked her brother, "That silk shop claims to be the largest in the capital. Brother, should we buy some?"

Song Anlan smiled and said, "Since it's the largest silk shop in the capital, I think its business is very good and it won't be resold for a while."

"Never mind."

Song Wan'er did not make things difficult for her brother. Instead, she told him that they had met Wang Yiyue. Wang Jia's sixth wife's face was scratched and it would probably be difficult to recover.

Song Anlan listened patiently and said to his sister: "You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others."

It’s better to stay away from Wang Yiyue when you meet her next time.

There are good and bad people in the world. People like Wang Yiyue who have been in the clouds for a long time and suddenly fell to the dust are very likely to go crazy and seek revenge.

Song Wan'er nodded and said, "I didn't argue with her today, nor did I provoke her. My sister said to leave, so I followed her."

"Be good." Song Anlan touched his sister's head.

Then he ordered people to send the most fashionable clothing materials in the capital to the Song residence for the sisters Song Wan'er and Chunzhi to choose.

In fact, many things can be ordered directly at home, but Song Wan'er and Chunzhi stay at home all day and need to go out more often.

Song Anlan thought that he should arrange a few more people to follow them next time.

The brothers and sisters were talking when the doorman hurried in to report, "There's someone from the palace again!"

When Song Anlan heard this, he immediately took Chunzhi, Song Wan'er and others to meet them.

The palace eunuch came in and said, "The Empress has ordered Miss Song Chunzhi of the Song family to come to the palace for an audience."

Chunzhi's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately had a bad feeling.

Song Wan'er muttered softly, "Why do you want my sister to enter the palace again?"

Nothing good happened last time I went there.

Song Anlan stuffed a silver note into the eunuch's pocket and asked, "I wonder why the Empress suddenly summoned my sister to the palace?"

This time, the eunuch didn't even take the banknote, but returned it to Song Anlan directly, saying with a stern face, "You can guess what the Empress meant?"