Chapter 174 It’s better to be a concubine to Mr. Song
When Manager Li took the drawing paper and looked at it, there was even more surprise in his eyes.
Speaking of fan pendants, Your Majesty doesn't play with fans very often, but Lord Song almost never puts down his fan.
Plus the drawings that Your Majesty drew...
He already had a vague guess in his heart, and now it seemed to be becoming clearer.
His expression remained unchanged as he picked up the brocade box containing the black jade and walked out.
In the palace, many things can be seen without having to be spoken out.
Outside the Song Mansion on the other side.
A slender shadow hesitated under the tree for a long time, and finally walked to the door.
When the guards of the Xiangfu saw a stranger, they stepped forward and asked coldly, "Who is it?"
"Sir Song married a new wife a few days ago. I am her third sister. Brother Guard, can you help pass on a message? Just tell her that Miss Hu wants to see you."
Upon hearing this, the guard replied to her, "Wait," and turned back to report.
The Fourth Madam did instruct them that if a young woman named Hu came to visit, they must inform her.
Hu Sanniang waited outside the mansion for a while, and soon saw a pretty figure running towards her from behind the door.
"Third sister, I was originally planning to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come to me first!"
Hu Si Niang hugged Hu San Niang and said, "It's windy outside. Do you want to come in and talk to me?"
"No, let's talk outside."
Hu Sanniang looked at Hu Si Niang and saw that she was wearing gorgeous clothes and pearls and jade on her head. She was still as playful as before, but this outfit made her look much more bright and beautiful.
"It's true that clothes make the man. Fourth sister has become so noble in the blink of an eye. Do you know that you have pissed off the eldest sister?"
"She is mad at me? It's obvious that I am the one who is mad at her. She always praises Prince Yi, and she thinks it's good to provide her with food and lodging? She works so hard to earn so little. If her colleagues know this, they will laugh at her."
Speaking of the Poison Lady, Hu Si Niang was very disappointed. "Eldest sister always said that we should repay kindness. I heard that. Lord Song is my benefactor. He saved my life and gave me wealth. Shouldn't I stay in the Song Mansion and be loyal to him?"
Hu Sanniang couldn't help but wonder, "How did Lord Song become your benefactor?"
"Then this has something to do with the dog King Yi." Hu Si Niang sneered, "If I tell you that King Yi sent people to chase me in the alley and almost succeeded, would you believe it?"
"Will he do such a thing?"
Hu Sanniang looked suspicious. "Even if he did it for my elder sister's sake, he couldn't do that, right? Could there be some misunderstanding? How did you get saved later?"
"At the critical moment, it was Honglian, a subordinate of Lord Song, who saved me."
Afraid that Hu Sanniang would not believe her, Hu Siniang slightly lifted her sleeve to let her see the gauze wrapped around her arm.
"Lord Song wanted to recruit me, and was afraid that something might happen to me after he released me, so he ordered Honglian to keep an eye on my whereabouts. Otherwise, I would not be standing here talking to you today."
Hu Si Niang said, holding Hu San Niang's wrist tightly, "Third sister, one must always have something to pursue in life. You know how much benefit we have gained by following Prince Yi. The eldest sister is obsessed because she loves the prince, but you should see clearly that Prince Yi only treats us as slaves who come at his beck and call! Even the servants in the palace look down on us. I can't live with that kind of aggrieved life anymore."
"He calls Lord Song a thief every day, as if he is very capable. It's fine that he is not valued by His Majesty and cannot serve the court, but he also causes trouble for the court. When the plague broke out in the west of the city, we believed his lies and tried to assassinate Lord Song. If the assassination had succeeded, we would have committed a sin!"
"My eldest sister said he had a good heart. I just remember that he once gave porridge to the people. It's ridiculous. How could someone who really cares about the people ignore the lives of the people during the plague and target the officials who are fighting the epidemic? I think he is a hypocrite. No wonder Miss Jiang doesn't want him. I wouldn't be with a man like that. Maybe one day he will be thrown into prison and his house confiscated. He will be tired of living and take his family with him."
"Third sister, don't blame me for being so vulgar. In my opinion, given his stinginess, you shouldn't count on him. It's better to be a concubine to Song Ding than to be his concubine."
As Hu Si Niang spoke, she raised her hand and touched the pearl butterfly gold hairpin on her head. "Look, Third Sister, this is what Lord Song bought for me. It costs seven thousand eight hundred taels. When have we ever seen such wealth? You should also come and seek refuge with us. Do you know who Prince Yi's followers are in the court? I only remember two. If you can provide more useful information, it will be of great benefit."
“…”
Hu Sanniang was silent for a long time, until Hu Si Niang urged her, "Third sister, what are you hesitating about? You can't be fascinated by Prince Yi, right? Apart from his noble status and decent appearance, he is completely useless!"
"Don't talk nonsense. I won't get involved with anyone that my elder sister likes. I just... I really can't bear to leave my elder sister and the others."
"I didn't say I wanted to cut off contact with my eldest sister. She is still our sister. It's just that Prince Yi's Mansion is too unlucky. Third sister, even if you don't want to follow me, don't go back to the palace, okay? Find a better inn to stay in first. I'll give you some money to spend. Don't go back and have to face the faces of those servants."
Looking at Hu Si Niang's expectant eyes, Hu San Niang replied: "Okay, I won't go back yet. Let me think about it carefully."
…
The next morning, Song Yunchu got up early and entered the palace as usual. As soon as he stepped into the hall, he was met with the gazes of a group of officials.
Some were surprised, some were contemptuous, some were gloating, and some were worried.
The ones who are worried are naturally those in her group.
"My Lord, you are here." Someone came up to her and whispered, "When I arrived today, I heard them talking about your extravagant spending at Qianbao Pavilion yesterday. I heard that you spent nearly 80,000 taels of silver in one go. You have only been a first-rank official for more than a year, so..."
Song Yunchu raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, "I know."
These people were suspicious of her source of income, and they were afraid that they wanted to use the Qianbao Pavilion incident as an opportunity to have the emperor investigate her property.
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