Chapter 36 Old Madam Song is useless
Song Shulan squatted in front of Song Jinxiu, tears streaming down her face, her pale face full of panic: "But grandma, grandma has become like this, Tang Ning will not let me go."
She held Song Jinxiu's sleeve, her fingertips trembling.
"And my brother, she slandered him so much that she even beat my grandmother out when she pleaded for him. Now everyone is probably talking about my brother killing her. She will destroy my brother..."
Song Jinxiu's hands in his sleeves suddenly clenched, and his lips turned white as his jaw tightened.
"Brother, what should we do?"
Song Shulan lowered her head and leaned on Song Jinxiu's hands, crying in fear.
Song Jinxiu wanted to comfort her and told her not to be afraid, but when he thought about the rumors about the Song family and his own situation, he felt that any words he said would be futile.
Behind the screen, Old Madam Song was unconscious, and the room was filled with the sound of Song Shulan's soft sobbing.
Song Jinxiu pursed his lips tighter and tighter. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the person in front of him sobbing, "Brother, if Tang Ning hadn't come back, it would have been great. If she hadn't been rescued and had really stayed in the mountains, how great it would have been..."
"Shulan!" Song Jinxiu looked at her in shock, "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
Song Shulan cried until her eyes were red: "I'm not talking nonsense, why did she come back, why..."
"Song Shulan!!" Song Jinxiu shouted.
Song Shulan's tears fell as she looked at Song Jinxiu, whose eyes were filled with rage, and cried, "I know that I am too vicious to think this way, and I also know that I shouldn't have such thoughts, but brother, Song Tangning wants to destroy you."
"Ever since returning from Prince Cheng's mansion that day, I've had nightmares every night. I always dream that she destroyed the Song family. I dreamed that my uncle lost his official title, my brother was spurned, and the entire Song family was despised and ridiculed, with no place to stand in the capital. I woke up in fear, and every time I was thankful it was just a nightmare, but today, my grandmother was carried back home covered in blood."
She sobbed and cried,
"Brother, I'm afraid those dreams will come true. I'm afraid you'll really be ruined by Tang Ning. She won't let us go. She'll destroy the Song family..."
Song Jinxiu was frightened by these words, as if a wild beast had broken free and rushed into his heart, causing him to panic. His face turned pale, and he clenched his hands tightly, trembling in his sleeves. However, he still said with forced composure:
"No, Tang Ning wouldn't do this to us. She's from the Song family, and I'm her biological brother. She's not such a cruel person."
"Brother..."
"You don't have to say it, Tang Ning would never do this to me!"
Song Jinxiu said angrily, "Tang Ning is extremely soft-hearted. She was just angry for a moment and was instigated by the eunuch named Xiao. In a few days, she will understand who her relatives are."
Tang Ning won't harm him!
Song Jinxiu didn't know whether he was trying to persuade himself or warn Song Shulan. He spoke to the girl in front of him in a very serious tone: "Song Shulan, Tang Ning is your sister. You must not have any thoughts that you shouldn't have!"
Seeing Song Shulan shivering with fear, tears rolled down her pale face when she lowered her head.
His tone softened a little: "I know you had this idea out of fear, but brother can't watch you go the wrong way. The Song family still has father and brother. We will all protect you. Tang Ning was just confused for a moment, she will come back."
"Don't let evil thoughts ruin yourself."
Song Shulan felt Song Jinxiu's hand on her hair, and listened to his gentle admonition. She choked and called out "Brother", but there was a cold look in her drooping eyes.
return?
She scoffed silently.
Song Jinxiu still hasn't figured out that Song Tangning is determined not to reconcile with the Song family anymore, but Song Shulan has never hoped that she can convince Song Jinxiu to turn against Tangning in one go.
She knew her brother very well. He was a self-proclaimed gentleman, strict with himself, and wanted to engrave the rules into his bones, but in fact he was extremely selfish.
The paleness of his face just now and the slight trembling of his hand on his knee when it was tense showed that he was not at all indifferent to what Song Tangning did as he said.
He is just deceiving himself and refusing to admit that he has evil in his heart.
She just had to plant the seeds and wait patiently.
As long as Tang Ning doesn't come back, they will turn against each other sooner or later, and Song Jinxiu will sooner or later understand that only by destroying Song Tangning can he save himself and the Song family.
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The Song family finally invited a doctor. Song Qin and the Lu family hurried back. The court doctor examined the patient carefully and shook his head.
"The old lady's hand bones were severely broken, and the person who attacked her used skillful force, shattering her wrist tendons..."
"What's the meaning?"
"The old lady's hand is useless."
Song Qin's face looked extremely ugly.
Song Jinxiu's face was also filled with despair: "How could it be useless? It's obviously just broken, can't I just reconnect it?"
"It's not as simple as Mr. Song said."
The Lu family's doctor said calmly, "The old lady is already old, and her bones and muscles don't heal as easily as those of a young person. Furthermore, the person who attacked her was determined to cripple her, practically crushing her entire wrist bone."
"If you had found a doctor specializing in external injuries to treat her promptly when the accident happened, perhaps you could have saved some of the old lady's hand from being completely disabled. At least she could have functioned normally. But now it's been delayed for too long. The broken bone has penetrated the broken tendon and damaged the main meridian. To stop the bleeding, you have to remove the broken bone."
"Once the broken bones are removed, the tendons and veins in the wrist will be completely destroyed. Even a great immortal cannot save this hand."
Song Jinxiu shook his body in disbelief.
Song Qin took a deep breath and asked the doctor, "My mother has other problems. Why is she still unconscious?"
"The old lady was injured and in unbearable pain. She has convulsions and a high fever, and the bleeding has not stopped. That's why she is unconscious. She is already old. If she can't endure this kind of suffering, I'm afraid..."
"Doctor Li, I know you are the Lu family's court physician, and your medical skills are no less than those of the Imperial Medical Bureau. I beg you to do everything in your power to ensure my mother's recovery."
Song Qin's expression changed, and his tone became extremely humble.
"As long as you can save my mother, the Song family will definitely remember your kindness."
Doctor Li said, "Don't worry, Master Song. I will do my best. I will prescribe a prescription and you can have someone get the medicine. I will use acupuncture to stabilize the old lady's symptoms and remove the broken bones to stop the bleeding."
Song Qin quickly took out pen and ink and asked him to write a prescription. After getting the prescription, he quickly walked out to the front of the yard.
"Butler Chen, take this prescription immediately to the best pharmacy in the city to get the medicine."
He paused while speaking, lowered his voice and said to the person standing in front of him,
"Send someone unfamiliar. Don't use anyone from the mansion, and don't let anyone know that it's the Song family who's getting the medicine. Also, after the person arrives, give the prescription to the doctor in the pharmacy under another pretext. If there's no problem, take the medicine back. Remember to be discreet."
"Third Master?" Butler Chen was stunned.
Song Qin said in a very low voice: "The Lu family may take advantage of the chaos to stir up trouble."
The life and death of Old Madam Song is closely related to the future of the Song family's descendants. If she dies, everyone in the Song family will have to mourn. Naturally, they don't want anything to happen to the old lady, but it's different for the Lu family.
It would be of no benefit to them if Madam Song were alive. At most, they could earn some favors from the Song family. However, if Madam Song really died because Xiao Yan hurt her, then Xiao Yan would be in big trouble. The Lu family might tamper with the medicine to deal with Xiao Yan.
Butler Chen's expression changed instantly, and he quickly grasped the prescription in his hand: "Don't worry, Third Master, I got it."
The housekeeper left in a hurry, and Song Jinxiu, who followed him, couldn't help but say, "Third Uncle, the Lu family won't do that. Shao Zheng and I are close friends..."
Shao Zheng is Lu Zhinian's courtesy name.
Song Tan was furious when he heard this: "You were slandered by outsiders. When the Song family was suffering, did Lu Zhinian come to visit you once?"
Seeing his nephew speechless, he felt extremely upset.
"You and Tang Ning are siblings, yet she watched your reputation fall to ruin and allowed someone to cripple your grandmother's hand. What do you think an outsider like Lu Zhinian will do to you? He's a son of the Lu family, a child of an aristocratic family who was taught to put the family's interests first. Song Jinxiu, don't be naive."
Song Tan was still worried about Old Madam Song in the house, fearing that the Lu family's doctor would do something.
He pushed Song Jinxiu, who was standing in front of him, away and said, "If you have nothing else to do, think about how to deal with Cao Gong and his men's impeachment at tomorrow's morning court session. Don't just stand here and get in the way."
Song Qin hurried into the room, leaving Song Jinxiu standing outside the door alone with a frown on his face.
Cao Gong had already impeached him and his father yesterday, and even His Majesty had made them stand in the palace as punishment until the night, but Third Uncle just said there would be another impeachment tomorrow...
Song Jinxiu turned his head to look at the attendant standing beside him: "Yinquan, is there something wrong outside?"
"My dear..."
"I'm asking you, is there something going on outside?"
Yinquan hesitated for a moment, and when he saw Song Jinxiu's face darken, he whispered, "Someone witnessed what happened in Jiyun Lane today. The young lady sent for the imperial physician, but when the old lady went to see the young lady, she knocked her unconscious. The news has spread."
"Now everyone outside is saying that the young lady was murdered because of his favoritism towards his concubine, and the Song family pressured him with filial piety. The young lady and the old lady, seeing that there was no one to rule the second house, oppressed the young lady. They also say that the old lady tried to destroy her appearance when she failed to force her to return home, and beat her until she vomited blood and fainted..."
Yinquan looked at Song Jinxiu's face and his voice became lower and lower.
"I went out a while ago and noticed that there were a lot more people visiting our house. I also heard people talking on the streets nearby. They said that our Song family was mean and vicious, that the young master and the old lady were heartless and ungrateful, and they also said, and said..."
"say what?"
"It is said that you deliberately abandoned the young lady on the mountain that day, intending to kill her and seize the second wife's property by holding the concubine's daughter to benefit the Song family."
Song Jinxiu's eyes went dark and his body swayed.
"My dear!"
Yinquan was frightened and quickly supported him, "Don't be angry, these are all nonsense made up by outsiders, how could you harm the young lady..."
Song Jinxiu listened to his words of persuasion but his face remained pale, and there was a faint smell of blood in his throat.
He knew that this was nonsense, and he had never intended to kill Tang Ning, nor did he want to seize the second wife's family property, but people outside didn't know.
Those rumors were like lethal blades, destroying the good reputation he had accumulated over the years, bit by bit. Moreover, no matter how false the rumors were, they would become true after being passed around for a long time. Even if they could be clarified in the future, his and the Song family's reputation would have been completely ruined.
Song Jinxiu's mind suddenly flashed with the words that Song Shulan had said while crying.
"Brother, Tang Ning even beat our grandmother. She won't let us go... She will destroy you and the Song family..."
"Why did she come back? Why didn't she stay in the mountains..."
If Tang Ning had stayed in the mountains, if she hadn't met Xiao Yan...
As soon as this thought arose, Song Jinxiu suddenly stopped, his eyes widened in disbelief. He felt as if he had sunk into an ice cellar, his whole body stiff and cold.
he……
How could he...
How could he? !
Song Jinxiu seemed to be frightened by his own bad behavior, and turned around and walked out quickly.
"My dear, what's wrong with you?"
Yinquan caught up with him, but Song Jinxiu walked faster and faster, and even started running.
As the sound of the wind filled his ears, Song Jinxiu tried desperately to shake off the terrible thoughts in his mind, but the words "It would be great if Tang Ning stayed in the mountains" were like the roots of a lush tree that took root deep in his heart, and grew out quickly after the branches were cut off.
If Tang Ning hadn't come back, his reputation wouldn't have been ruined.
If she had died in the mountains, her grandmother would not have lost her hand, and the Song family would not have fallen into this situation.
Song Jinxiu's lips were pale, and he trembled as he tried to shake off the things that kept arising in his heart, but those dark things kept accumulating more and more.
He stumbled onto the doorstep outside the courtyard and sat down on the ground. He looked at his robe, which was stained with mud and no longer white, with a miserable expression. He curled up in himself and shivered.
Standing outside the corridor, across from a stone pillar, looking at the disheveled and shaky Song Jinxiu, Song Shulan suddenly laughed.
It seems that she doesn't have to wait any longer.
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Tang Ning had no idea what happened after Old Madam Song and the others returned. She was filled with helplessness and anger, and her eyes were red as she said she would smash Princess Cheng of the Song family.
“I killed them!!”
"Hua Wu, Nanny Jiang, hurry up, stop your aunt."
Hua Wu trotted to the door, and Nanny Jiang also helped. After much difficulty, she managed to hold Princess Cheng back.
"Don't stop me, I'm going to destroy the Song family today!"
Princess Cheng was so angry that she was shaking all over. God knows how panicked she was when Nanny Jiang sent someone to tell her that Old Madam Song and others had come to Jiyun Lane.
She hurriedly brought people over, and before she entered Jiyun Lane, she heard that Song Tangning was beaten by the old hag of the Song family and vomited blood.
At that moment, her eyes went dark and she almost fainted.
"Who the hell do they think they are? How dare they bully you like this? Do the Song family really think that with my sister gone, the children of our Rong family will have no one to rely on?"
"That old hag from the Song family, I want to see which hand hit you. How dare she destroy your face!"
How important is a girl's appearance? That old hag wants to ruin Tang Ning.
Princess Cheng wished she could tear Old Madam Song to pieces.
Tang Ning stole a glance at Xiao Yan who was sitting not far away and said quickly, "The hand she used to hit me is gone."
"Ah?" Princess Cheng was stunned with anger.
Nanny Jiang quickly reached out and grabbed her princess and dragged her back to the couch. She then pressed her down to sit on the couch before saying,
"My dear princess, Lord Xiao has already taught the Song family a lesson, but they didn't get away with it. They had just left when you arrived. Please don't be impulsive and cause trouble. Stay quiet and accompany the girl."
Princess Cheng was immediately dissatisfied: "I taught you a lesson, but how did you teach me a lesson?"
Wouldn't it just be a few words of reprimand?
Nanny Jiang naturally knew what her master was thinking, and lowered her voice, saying, "The lesson was very severe. Old Madam Song fainted from the pain after breaking her hand and was carried away. The eldest lady was so frightened that her face turned pale and she almost went crazy."
Princess Cheng's eyes suddenly widened, and the next moment she turned her head to look at Xiao Yan and praised him, "Well done!"
"You are too kind, Princess. I am keeping some of it to myself because Tang Ning hasn't left the Song family yet."
Maybe it was because of that lady back then, or maybe it was because of Tang Ning, but Xiao Yan was not indifferent to Princess Cheng.
Princess Cheng not only didn't find Xiao Yan's words too cruel and arrogant, but rather quite agreed: "These shameless people are taking advantage of Tang Ning's protection."
"No problem, I'll come back to settle the accounts after some time."
Princess Cheng nodded vigorously: "Master Xiao is right. We will settle accounts with them sooner or later. But remember to take me with you next time."
Xiao Yan raised his lips: "Okay."
Princess Cheng then smiled.
Nanny Jiang: “…”
What's wrong with you, Princess? Where's your gentle, demure, dignified, and elegant demeanor?
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