Chapter 48: When in doubt, look for my brother
Hua Wu listened to Song Tangning's words with a puzzled look on her face: "Then why didn't the Third Lady speak directly, but instead hesitated and belied?"
"Why would she say it straight?"
"But she didn't want to remind the girl..."
"She wanted to remind me that she still had a conscience. She didn't speak directly because her situation didn't allow it."
Tang Ning is no longer a little girl who knows nothing. Having experienced the wickedness of human nature and knowing the cruelty of the Song family, she can better understand Song Ru's difficult situation.
"Aru is disliked by Third Uncle and disliked by the elders in the mansion. The Third House has treated her like a piece of trash for years. Her status in the mansion is even lower than those of the slightly more respected maids."
"She was originally a maid of the Duke's mansion, but she didn't even have a servant by her side. She was only satisfied with an occasional full meal. In this situation, she had to be very careful to survive."
Seeing Hua Wu's stunned expression, Tang Ning said softly:
"Aru is not like me, whose parents are both gone. She has her aunt and brother to protect her. She also has her biological father in the Duke of Song's mansion, who can decide her life or death with just one word."
"She's already taking a risk by giving me a heads-up. If she's too blunt, and I get impatient and go to the Song family, she'll be the first to suffer. The Song family will definitely use her as a scapegoat. She also doesn't know what the future holds for me and the Song family. If I make peace with them, there'll be no place for her in the Duke's Mansion."
Song Ru also wants to survive.
…
After Song Ru came out of Jiyun Lane, it was already completely dark outside.
She didn't know whether her second sister could understand what she meant, nor did she know whether her reminder would be useful, but she didn't dare to say it more clearly.
She couldn't afford to offend her brother, nor could she afford to offend her elder sister.
There were fewer people on the street, and the hustle and bustle of the day was gone. The empty night made her face even paler. Song Ru walked towards the Song family, and she felt that it was getting quieter and quieter around her.
She didn't know someone was walking with her, so she just lifted her skirt and walked faster and faster. When she passed through the alley, a wild dog knocked over a bamboo basket on the roadside. The "bang" sound scared her so much that she almost screamed.
Song Ru covered her mouth tightly, hunched her shoulders and trembled all over as she watched the black shadow rushing past. Tears hung in her eyes for a long time, but she swallowed them back. She wiped her eyes with her sleeves, whispered "Don't be afraid" to cheer herself up, and then continued to move forward. However, under the moonlight, her face was even paler.
Hang Li followed Song Ru from a distance. Seeing the third lady of the Song family crying as she walked, he frowned and pursed his lips.
When we arrived outside the gate of Duke Song's Mansion, we thought Song Ru would go straight in, but we didn't expect her to suddenly turn around and go around the main gate.
Hang Li was stunned. Why didn't she go in?
Song Ru lifted her skirt and walked further and further away around the Song family gate. Hang Li followed her curiously and saw her cross an alley and walk under a big pear tree.
The little girl looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that there was no one around, she bent down and swiftly parted the grass behind the pear tree, revealing the dog hole hidden inside.
The guards from Hangzhou University watched in silence as the third lady of the Song family crawled into the small hole.
“…”
So, this is what she called sneaking out of the house?
Song Ru had no idea that she had been seen clearly. After entering the mansion, she hurriedly restored the grass by the wall to its original state.
She brushed off the dust on her body, avoided places where there were people, and wanted to sneak back to her own yard, but unexpectedly, a voice suddenly sounded behind her halfway.
"Song Ru?"
Song Ru's body froze. When she turned around and saw Song Qin followed by several servants, her face turned pale instantly.
"Where have you been?" Song Qin frowned.
Song Ru clutched her sleeve tightly, suppressing her fear and whispering, "I... I took a walk in the backyard..."
"What's there to do in the middle of the night?"
Song Qin saw the girl not far away trembling, her head almost hanging to the ground. She looked so timid and humble, just like her own mother who was not presentable.
Song Tan was getting even more unhappy: "You don't know how chaotic the mansion has been these past few days. Your grandmother is still sick, but instead of praying for her to recover soon, you still have the mind to wander around here."
"Unfilial thing, I shouldn't have kept you back then!"
Song Ru's face turned pale after being scolded.
Song Qin frowned and looked at her angrily, "I'm talking to you, don't you know how to answer?"
Song Ru shuddered: "I..."
"What are you talking about? You can't even answer clearly. When you answer someone, you should look them in the eye and straighten your shoulders. Look at how lowly you look. You don't look like a girl from the Duke's Mansion at all!"
Song Qin vented all the anger that had accumulated in the front yard. Old Madam Song finally woke up but kept crying. Song Hong also had a gloomy face and spoke in a sarcastic tone because of Song Jinxiu's matter.
It was clearly their eldest wife's fault, but he also got involved and became the target of ridicule. He could hardly stay in the yamen anymore. He was simply fed up with the eldest wife's people.
Song Tan directed all his anger at this concubine who he disliked, and regardless of Song Ru's pale face, he scolded her harshly:
"What are you still standing here for? Go back to your room and stay well. Don't cause trouble for me outside. If anything happens, don't blame me for not showing any respect for my father and daughter."
"What a disgrace!"
Hang Li hid in the dark and watched Song Qin scold her before he left with a flick of his sleeves, leaving Song Ru standing alone in the night. The already frail little girl hung her head and lay motionless, her shoulders trembling slightly.
Hang Li frowned, and felt his fists stiffen.
The Song family is a bunch of shameless people. They only know how to bully little girls. They are simply a bunch of shameless people.
Hang Li raised his leg and kicked a stone at his feet. A moment later, Song Qin's scream was heard not far away, accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling into the water with a "bang".
"Third Master?"
"Oh my God, the Third Master fell into the water."
"Someone come quickly, save the Third Master..."
Song Ru looked up at the messy group in a daze, listening to the "plop" sounds like dumplings being dropped one after another. Her pale face was full of dullness, and the tears hung in her eyes and she forgot to fall.
Hang Li: It’s over, I missed the target.
…
In Jiyun Lane, Song Tangning was about to rest when Hang Li came over from outside.
Tang Ning looked at the figure standing outside through the screen and was stunned: "Who did you beat up?"
Hang Li whispered outside, "The Third Master of the Song Family."
Tang Ning was silent for a moment: "Beat him to death?"
Then she has to go find her brother quickly...
Hang Li choked instantly: "No, no, my leg is broken."
He originally wanted to teach the good-for-nothing Song Qin a lesson, and the stone was just meant to make him fall flat on his face. But Song Qin was so unlucky that he fell headfirst into the lotus pond that was being cleared.
The water in the pool was not deep, but there were rocks underneath.
Song Qin broke his leg and had a bruised head. When he was pulled out of the water, his nose and mouth were full of mud and he had fainted from suffocation.
The imperial physician who had just left the Song family's gate was called back. When he saw the unconscious Third Master Song covered in mud, his face was filled with excitement.
Tang Ning knew without a second thought how miserable Song Qin was. She burst out laughing, "It's okay as long as he's not dead. But why did you suddenly teach him a lesson?"
Hang Li was a little embarrassed: "I just saw him scolding Miss Song San indiscriminately, and remembered that I was also bullied by them in the same way, so I couldn't help it..."
He paused.
"I'll be more accurate next time."
Tang Ning was so amused by what was said outside that he couldn't stop laughing. Even Hua Wu was holding her stomach and laughing.
"Just beat him up. He's not a good person anyway. Just think of it as enforcing justice."
Song Hong is cruel and vicious, and Song Qin is no less so. He seems to have done nothing and has never "actively" hurt her from beginning to end, but it was he who brought Song Shulan back, and it was he who put her into the second room. He knew the truth but watched coldly, and allowed Song Jinxiu and others to force her into a desperate situation, which is the greatest indifference.
"By the way, how did my third sister get back to the Song family and hide it from Song Qin?" Tang Ning was curious.
Hang Ling whispered, "There's a dog hole in the Song family's backyard."
Song Tangning: "..."
She subconsciously turned her head to look at Hua Wu who was standing beside her.
Hua Wu was puzzled. Sanniang crawled through a dog hole, and the girl was looking at her for what?
"Where is the dog hole?"
"It's under the pear tree in the backyard of the Song family."
Song Tangning frowned slightly. During the time when she was in darkness, Hua Wu once told her about the dog hole in the backyard. She said that the hole hidden under the pear tree could help her escape from the Song family, and that she had picked up a few pieces of silver under the pear tree.
So Song Ru actually helped her escape?
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