Chapter 59: Breaking off Relationship
Song Tangning's voice was not loud, but it shocked everyone. No one expected that she would be so decisive in leaving the Song family, and no one expected that she would actually break off the relationship with the Duke of Song's Mansion.
Xie Yin and Lu Zhinian were both shocked, and Old Madam Lu stared at the unruly young lady with wide eyes.
This Song Tangning, how dare she?!
Song Jinxiu was so shocked by Song Tangning's words that his lips trembled slightly. He murmured in disbelief: "Tangning, do you know what you are talking about?"
"Mr. Song, are you deaf? I, Song Tangning, have expelled myself from the mansion. From now on, my life, death, honor, and disgrace have nothing to do with the Song family."
"you……"
Song Jinxiu opened his mouth and wanted to scold her for being naughty as he did in the past, wanted to tell her not to be willful, wanted to tell her not to take such things lightly even if she was angry, but when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he remembered that the person in front of him was no longer the little girl who would obediently call him brother and listen to his lectures quietly.
Her eyebrows were like the clear snow in a mountain stream, and her eyes were cold and indifferent. Even though her face could not be seen through the veil, one could still see her unconcealable disgust and hatred.
As if he already knew what he was going to say, Song Tangning said, "Mr. Song, do you want me to stop messing around? Or do you want me to be more sensible?"
"I……"
Seeing his pupils shrink, Tang Ning knew she had guessed right. She mocked him, "Song Jinxiu, you are as self-righteous as ever."
"You never understood what I wanted, and you never took my words to heart. I've already told you that the Song family and I will never reconcile, yet you've done all sorts of disgusting things, yet you still self-righteously claim to be doing it for my own good, asking me to be dignified and elegant, and to be tolerant and forgiving."
"You always talk to yourself and think you're so self-righteous, but in reality you're extremely cold and selfish."
She reached out and tore off the veil from her face, revealing her face covered with red marks.
The slightly loose sleeves had slipped down a little, revealing horrifying scars on the hands and wrists.
"Since I came back from the mountain, you and I have met three times. Apart from asking me to be sensible and obedient and not to embarrass Song Shulan, you have never asked me about my injuries."
"Look at my face, look at my hands, look at all the injuries I have. This is all because of you."
"I've already died in the mountains once because of your obedience and understanding. Do you think I'll make the same mistake again and be constrained by your disgusting self-righteousness?"
Song Jinxiu had seen the way her face was treated with medicine. Although it looked horrible, the extent of the injuries was obscured by the medicine, making it difficult to see clearly. Now that they were so clearly before his eyes, each of the mottled and intertwined scars seemed to be mocking his so-called fairness.
His face was miserable, his vision was blurry, and it was as if his brain was hit hard by something, causing his head to ache terribly and his face to turn pale.
The little girl who was scolding him in front of him seemed to be replaced by another face, a face covered with pus-filled sores that her original appearance was almost unrecognizable. The surroundings were filled with cramped darkness, and the dim candlelight illuminated her legs as she lay bent on the bed.
The abscess continued to emit a suffocating stench. Under the dim light, the tear-filled eyes of the person on the bed were filled with withered despair.
"Song Tangning, when did you become so ignorant?"
"Lan'er has done so much for you. She went everywhere to get medicine for your injuries, even cutting your blood to get you tonic. She has done everything she could. It's you who are injured too badly to recover, and yet you knocked over the medicine bowl and burned her, and even deliberately hurt her face."
"What happened in the past is in the past. It's been over a year now. Why are you still holding on to those past events? You're so aggressive. You don't have the tolerance and chastity that a woman should have."
"Song Tangning, how did you become so vicious?!"
Song Jinxiu shook a little, his face full of misery.
Who is speaking...
Who was it that had his appearance ruined?
He called her Tang Ning, but how could Tang Ning become like that?
Song Jinxiu held up his head hard, trying to see the figures in the pictures clearly, but the pictures suddenly disappeared, and the pain in his head surged like a tide, as if to tear him apart.
The person in front of him was still Song Tangning, with cold eyes. His almond-shaped eyes were exactly the same as the one he had just seen, but one was as cold as frost and snow but clear and bright, while the other seemed to have withered and hopeless vitality.
Impossible, how could it be Tang Ning? She came back safely, how could she become like that?
Song Jinxiu murmured softly, stumbling forward despite the severe pain: "Tang Ning..."
Song Tangning frowned and avoided him, leaving him standing there with a pale face, not feeling the slightest bit of softness in his trembling voice.
Xie Yin, who had been quiet the whole time, saw Song Jinxiu's miserable appearance and opened his mouth: "Tang Ning..."
"Xie Shizi, do you have anything you would like to teach me?"
When Xie Yin met Tang Ning's gaze, he suddenly remembered the two kicks he had received before. He felt a slight pain in his legs and quickly shut up. However, Tang Ning took the initiative to look at Lu Zhinian who was hesitant to speak, with a cold look on his face.
"A person with good manners should know not to meddle in other people's affairs. This matter is between me and the Song family. The right and wrong have nothing to do with others."
"I don't want to associate with the Song family. I think unless you are as shameless and despicable as them, you will never ask me to make peace with the Song family. What do you think?"
All the words that Lu Zhinian was about to say to persuade him were blocked in his mouth, and everyone at the table fell silent.
Now that things have come to this, who would want to bear that bad reputation?
Seeing that everyone had been silenced, Song Tangning handed the jade pendant to Lingyin beside her. "I've disturbed everyone's interest in the banquet today because of my affairs. I will not attend this spring banquet. Aunt, can you accompany me to the Song family and retrieve the things my mother and others left behind?" After saying this, she looked at Gu Helian who was standing in front of the door and said, "Uncle Gu, can you ask your men to help?"
Gu Helian was stunned: "What did you call me?"
Tang Ning frowned. Why did he ask the same strange question as his aunt? "I heard from my aunt that you are my grandfather's adopted son. Is it wrong for me to call you uncle?"
Gu Helian's face was strange at first, then turned pale and blue, and then she glared at Princess Cheng fiercely and said angrily: "What are you right about? My last name is Gu and yours is Song. I am not your uncle, don't call me that."
He said that, waving his sleeves in anger, and walked out. After taking two steps, he stopped again when he saw no movement behind him. He turned his head quickly, his eyes full of anger: "Didn't you say you were leaving? Are you leaving or not?"
“???”
Song Tangning was stunned, looking at Gu Helian who suddenly became angry for some unknown reason. He felt that this man had an even worse temper than his brother. Not only was his mood unpredictable, but he could also turn against him at any time. The dark clouds covering the sun were not as fickle as him.
But she was still thinking about leaving, so she suppressed her doubts and pulled Princess Cheng, saying, "Let's go."
She looked at Princess Cheng: "Aunt?"
Princess Cheng handed the brocade box in her hand to Nanny Jiang, pursed her lips and said, "Let's go."
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