Chapter 164 Congratulations Brother Song

Song Yunhe's voice rang out in the house like thunder.

"Look at what you've done!" He pointed at Dong Ning's frail back, his eyes burning with anger, "This is a human life!"

Xi Qingtong trembled at his voice, but she held her head high stubbornly, refusing to admit her mistake. "She's just a lowly servant! Is she worth getting so angry about?"

"Bitch?" Song Yunhe sneered, "In your eyes, besides yourself, who else is not a bitch?"

Even he had always been looked down upon by Xi Qingtong, and Song Yunhe was finally willing to admit it.

Outside, thunder and lightning flashed, and as Dong Ning retched, a torrential rain began to fall as expected. A flash of lightning flashed across, illuminating Xi Qingtong's tearful eyes. She met Song Yunhe's unfamiliar gaze, and suddenly realized that a rift between them seemed unbridgeable.

"Song Yunhe," she said in a trembling voice, "Are you really going to turn against me today just for a maid?"

Seeing Song Yunhe remain silent, Xi Qingtong trembled all over, "Okay, okay, then don't even think about borrowing the Xi family's power from now on!"

Song Yunhe might have been scared in the past when she threatened him, but now he calmed down. A sarcastic smile appeared on his lips. "Okay, then let's do this. I'll be a minor official for the rest of my life, and you'll be his wife. That's great, that's really great, hahaha!"

After saying this, he turned and strode out of the hall into the rain, not even glancing at Dong Ning, who was vomiting by the corridor. Xi Qingtong stood there, looking at Song Yunhe's resolute back, swayed, and fell into a chair.

Reflected by the candlelight, Xi Qingtong's face could not hide her panic.

A sleepless night.

The next day, Song Yunhe woke up with a slight sore throat. He knew that he must have caught a cold from the rain last night and should have asked for leave to rest, but he didn't want to see Xi Qingtong, so he went to the palace to be on duty as usual.

When he arrived at his own classroom, his colleague Xu Huaiyu was already there, hunched over his desk, writing furiously. Seeing him, Song Yunhe asked, "Did His Majesty have an order this morning?"

Xu Huaiyu immediately looked up, smiling, and said loudly: "Yes, congratulations to Brother Song."

Song Yunhe's brows twitched. Congratulating him again? Could it be... again?

"Congratulations, Brother Song, you are now the true brother-in-law of the prince." Song Yunhe didn't need to guess, Xu Huaiyu had already revealed the answer. His motivation for going to work every day now is to tease Song Yunhe.

Seeing Song Yunhe's puzzled expression, Xu Huaiyu's smile became even brighter. "You don't know yet, do you? Yesterday, when Prince Zhao returned to the capital to meet His Majesty, he asked His Majesty to make his concubine his principal wife. He said that his concubine has always been loyal to him and he has no way to repay her, so he can only make her his principal wife and live with her for the rest of their lives..."

Song Yunhe, who was about to sit down, suddenly froze. He raised his head and asked, "What did you say?"

Xu Zhuangyuan smiled and said, "Your wife's twin sister is now Prince Zhao's legitimate wife. You and Prince Zhao are now legitimate brothers-in-law."

Looking at Song Yunhe's increasingly ugly face, Xu Huaiyu also found joy in his wife Shanshan. He deliberately said, "Indeed, when His Royal Highness Prince Zhao was in such a difficult situation, it was only natural for the concubine to sacrifice herself to accompany him and promise him a lifetime. They are truly a loving couple, the envy of others."

With every word he spoke, Song Yunhe's expression became uglier.

"This is the first example of a concubine being promoted to principal wife since the founding of the Great Yu Dynasty. I will draft a decree to record the princess's good qualities and make her a role model for the world."

Xu Huaiyu exclaimed in admiration, and then deliberately looked at Song Yunhe, pretending to be envious, "Brother Song's wife and the princess are twin sisters. The princess is beautiful and has a good character. I believe your wife is also like this... No wonder my wife likes her so much."

These words were all compliments, but now Song Yunhe felt only irony when he heard them, and a huge regret came over him.

He sat down on the chair. Song Yunhe felt a buzzing in his ears and could no longer listen to anything else. His hands trembled uncontrollably.

The wife who had been gentle and devoted to him but whom he had abandoned, because of her noble character, became the principal wife of Prince Zhao, and the woman he chose had just aborted his first child yesterday...

Comparing the two, Song Yunhe almost fainted.

He couldn't help but think of Qing Wu's kindness, everything about Qing Wu, her gentleness towards others, and her...

Yes, a girl like her is the kind of girl who will stay with her husband forever, and a girl like her is the kind of wife who can accompany him for life.

However, he gave up on her and chose someone else...

Xu Huaiyu's voice, feigning concern, came from the other side: "Brother Song? You don't look well?"

"It's just a slight cold...it's okay..." Song Yunhe forced a smile that was uglier than crying. He tried to sit up straight, but couldn't help but cover his heart.

It was a hot summer day, but Song Yunhe felt his body was extremely cold. He suddenly remembered that day when Qingwu looked at him eagerly, hoping that he would choose her.

When she was abandoned at that time, did her heart hurt as much as mine does now?

For the first time, he felt heartache, regret, sadness and all kinds of emotions surged into his heart. Song Yunhe felt his head becoming more and more dizzy, and finally his eyes went black and he fell on the table.

Xu Huaiyu, who was secretly watching the joke across from him, suddenly paused. What happened? Did he faint from anger?

He quickly put down his pen, walked to Song Yunhe, and reached out his hand, only to find that Song Yunhe's forehead was burning hot.

Are you really dizzy?

Song Yunhe was sent back to the Song family by people from the yamen. His forehead was burning and his body was cold. He was half-dazed and half-awake. The same beautiful face appeared in his dreams, Qingwu and Qingtong.

This pair of twin sisters had a huge influence on him, but in the end, Xi Qingtong had a greater influence. Back then at the Waterside Lanting, Xi Qingtong's music and dance attracted thousands of praises. In his heart, Song Yunhe loved Xi Qingtong more. After all, she was the girl he had admired for many years.

“Tong’er…Tong’er…”

He was shouting unconsciously, and the servant Zhegui beside him sighed inwardly, saying that after all the commotion yesterday, wasn't he still thinking about it in his dream?

When Song Yunhe was helped to lie on the bed in the study, his consciousness regained a little. He thought of Xi Qingtong's kindness and felt that... perhaps there was still hope for them...

"Where's Tong'er? Call her over here, I have something to say to her..."

Zhe Gui hurried out and came back soon after, saying cautiously, "Madam...Madam has returned to the Xi family."

Go back to Xi's house?

Song Yunhe finally remembered the argument from yesterday. Why was she going back to the Xi family now? Was she really going to divorce him? Or was she going to complain?

His brows furrowed instantly, and Song Yunhe sat up suddenly, but had to hold on to the bedpost because of dizziness.

"She's really quick!" Song Yunhe chuckled. He stared at the darkening sky outside the window, feeling a storm brewing in his heart. The softness he had felt when he was unconscious just now was gone, replaced by ridiculousness, a heart full of ridiculousness.

It's ridiculous that his wife doesn't consider herself a member of the Song family at all. It's ridiculous that his wife only bullies him by relying on the power of the Xi family.