Chapter 369: What you can’t get is the most fragrant, commonly known as being a jerk
Most of the servants in the Tang Mansion were those left behind by Xiao Yan, and those that Tang Ning added later also had death indentures.
The master is honored and the slave is honored, the master is humiliated and the slave is killed.
Almost everyone in the Tang Mansion knew about what happened to the Song family, and their attitude towards Song Jinxiu was not very good.
After Song Jinxiu was led into the front hall, tea was placed next to Tang Ning, and he just stood there with a shriveled look. Tang Ning neither asked him to sit down nor asked him what he wanted to do. She just turned around and told Hua Wu to take the imperial edict away, and asked the kitchen to prepare some roasted lamb, as she suddenly wanted to eat.
After Hua Wu left with the imperial edict in her arms and the little tuft of hair on her head shaking, Tang Ning seemed to remember that there was someone standing in front of him, so he looked up and asked.
"Master Song came here specifically to see me, is there something?"
Song Jinxiu looked at the relaxed girl and asked, "Did you plot the Second Prince's incident?"
Tang Ning propped up her chin and tilted her head to look at him: "What's the matter?"
"You know what I'm talking about!"
Song Jinxiu spoke in a low, hoarse voice.
"On the night of Qixi Festival, you deliberately told me about Princess Leyang's plan and the Fourth Prince's desire for you. You led me to investigate the Fourth Prince's concubines and others. Even the incident at Lingyun Temple last night was intentional."
"You used yourself as bait to lure Princess Leyang and the Fourth Prince's wife into action. The Fourth Prince's wife fell into a coma and her innocence was insulted. You even framed the Second Prince. It was all your fault."
Tang Ning laughed as he looked at Song Jinxiu, who still had the slap mark on his face but was shouting at him excitedly.
"Sir Song, please don't frame me without any evidence. What happened last night was the fault of the Princess and the others. Wasn't it the Second Prince who harmed the Fourth Prince's wife?"
Song Jinxiu angrily said, "The Second Prince has done nothing wrong, and Madam Bai and Madam Pei have never harmed the Fourth Prince's wife. They were clearly being plotted against!"
Tang Ning: "Oh? How come Lord Song knows so much?"
Song Jinxiu's face turned angry.
Tang Ning smiled faintly, "Lord Song sent his own sister to sleep with the Fourth Prince's servants, yet he knows quite a bit about the Second Prince's affairs. Furthermore, you've always been a clean person, but I didn't expect you to be so familiar with the women of the Bai and Pei families, even knowing what they were doing at Lingyun Temple?"
Song Jinxiu's face was grim, and he stared at her intently: "You used me, you used me to plot against the Second Prince and the others!"
Tang Ning tilted her head and looked at Song Jinxiu, whose eyes were filled with anger and disbelief. She saw the pain on his face as if he had been betrayed, and the anger and accusation he showed when he looked at her. She suddenly found it funny: "Weren't you the one who used me first?"
Song Jinxiu: "I didn't!!"
"No?" Tang Ning raised his head slightly: "If you didn't, why would the Second Prince send people to Lingyun Temple yesterday?"
Song Jinxiu was furious: "I did tell the Second Prince that the Fourth Prince coveted you, but that was only because I was worried that you would be in danger. Without me, the Song family has no one to rely on. I could only borrow the Second Prince's men to stop the Fourth Prince so that I could protect you. I just wanted to protect you!"
Tang Ning laughed. "What do you mean by protection? You knew that the Fourth Prince's wife and the others were planning to take action at the Yulan Festival, but you didn't tell me. Or you knew that the Second Prince wanted to kill the Fourth Prince and would never miss the opportunity to bring him down, but you found someone who didn't care about my life or death to protect me?"
"Since you know who the Second Prince sent to Lingyun Temple, haven't you considered that the women of the Bai and Pei families alone can't stop the Fourth Prince's plan? All the Second Prince wants is for the Fourth Prince's Mansion to be ruined and for the Queen and her son to become enemies with Xiao Yan?"
"Lord Song is so smart and good at scheming. He was able to gain the Second Prince's trust in such a short time. Don't tell me you don't know the Second Prince's character."
"Or did you know the outcome all along, but feigned ignorance, allowing the Second Prince to be caught committing debauchery in the Buddhist temple, and then you took advantage of the situation and reaped the benefits?"
Song Jinxiu said anxiously, "I didn't! I never thought of it that way, Tang Ning. I'm your brother. I really just want to use the Second Prince's hand to protect you..."
"Then why didn't you go to Lingyun Temple in person? Why didn't you inform me in advance?"
"I……"
"You what?"
Tang Ning was really impatient to listen to him repeating those useless words over and over again. It was obvious that his intentions were not pure, but he still looked like he was betrayed.
"On the night of Qixi Festival, when you knew that the Fourth Prince had coveted me, what was the first thought that came to your mind?"
"When you told the Second Prince about this matter, and even discovered Princess Leyang and the others' arrangements, what were you thinking?"
Tang Ning was clearly sitting there, and was much shorter than the standing Song Jinxiu, but the aura he exuded when he spoke made Song Jinxiu feel embarrassed.
"You said you wanted to protect me, but you never considered the danger I would face if I were completely unaware and stepped into this situation. You also never considered that since the Second Prince wanted to kill the Fourth Prince, he needed conclusive evidence to leave him with no chance of proof. How could I let the Second Prince have his way if I didn't lose my innocence?"
"The royal family is ruthless. Who would care about a girl like me who was used as a raft?"
"You only thought about your own career advancement and how to use this incident to gain the Second Prince's trust and benefit from it. You never considered putting me out of danger. Instead, you treated me as a pawn in your scheme for the Second Prince. If you had remembered me even a little bit and sent someone to tell me in advance so I could prepare, the Second Prince would never have been able to get involved in this situation."
Tang Ning's aggressiveness made Song Jinxiu shaky, as if it had torn off all his disguises and exposed the selfishness hidden in his heart.
Seeing that his face was pale, his eyes were red with shock, and he looked like he couldn't accept it.
Tang Ning said coldly: "Song Jinxiu, you have to admit that people are selfish and hypocritical."
"It's perfectly natural for you to want a foothold in the court and to scheme for power. I also have things I want, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get them. But you insist on hiding your own heartlessness, coldness, and selfishness behind the so-called righteousness and brotherly love, and you keep disgusting me."
"I used you, what about you?"
Tang Ning looked at him expressionlessly, with a cold look in his eyes.
"Today, you're questioning me because the Second Prince has accused me of a crime. If it were me who was accused of innocence, you'd probably be celebrating the defeat of the Queen and her son with the Second Prince right now, and then casually say to me, 'Don't be afraid, Tangning, I will protect you,' or 'The innocent will be cleared, I will protect you for the rest of your life.'"
"I'm almost sick of hearing all this talk! And Song Jinxiu, what gives you the confidence to put me in danger while hiding away in the capital, and yet you still have the nerve to ask me why I'm using you?"
"Have you been pretending to be a gentleman for too long, so long that you've even forgotten your selfish and hypocritical nature?"
Song Jinxiu staggered back half a step and opened his mouth to say something, but Song Tangning, who was sitting not far away, had a sharp look in his eyes, and the frost in his black eyes made him feel like he was falling into an ice cellar.
He looked embarrassed, his lips moving, and after a long while he only uttered "Tang Ning..."
Tang Ning was too lazy to pay attention to Song Jinxiu, and didn't understand why he always had to act like this and cause trouble for everyone even though so much time had passed.
Even if his methods were sinister and vicious, and he was openly plotting revenge, she would still look up to him.
But he was clinging to the past, holding on to the "brother-sister relationship" that he had long since abandoned, constantly disgusting her, and brainwashing himself, so that he seemed to believe that he was really a kind and loving brother.
But who cares about his sister or brother and would use his sister's innocence to plot against others?
Tang Ning held the tea and said, "If Lord Song is only here to ask about what happened last night, I am also a victim. After the Privy Council investigates, whether it is the Second Prince or the Fourth Prince, His Majesty will punish them."
"If it's anything else..."
"No comment."
She said to the person beside her: "Yuejian, send Master Song out."
Song Jinxiu was in a daze. All the questions and words he wanted to ask were blocked by her indifference. When he was forcibly "pushed" out by Yue Jian, he could still hear Tang Ning's cold voice behind him.
"From now on, don't let any random people into the house. If you see anyone shouting or being rude at the door, kick them out."
Song Jinxiu was kicked out and stood in front of the Tang Mansion with a pale face.
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Tang Ning always felt that Song Jinxiu had a problem with his brain. He had resolutely chosen someone else over her, and now he came to her with eager eyes. He knew that it was impossible to go back to the past, but he kept pestering her over and over again, and did all kinds of disgusting things, and only regretted it when he opened his mouth.
It's just like what Sister A Yue said, it's a shame.
Tang Ning wanted someone to clean the flower hall again.
unlucky!
Somewhat unhappy, he went to the Heli Hall next door and curled up on a recliner that Xiao Yan had placed next to the Yueli Terrace, which was more than twice as big as the one he had placed.
The cool lake breeze blew over, and Tang Ning's anger dissipated a little. Looking at the shimmering water surface under the sunlight, he suddenly remembered what happened when he came back from Lingyun Temple today.
At that time, when Qian Qiyue was making a fuss with her and she was chattering with her, Mrs. Fu said with emotion that they didn't seem like friends who had just met, but rather like people who had known each other for many years. Fu Laiqing blurted out these words.
"Who said they just met?"
At that time, Qian Qiyue kicked Fu Laiqing on the leg for some reason, and Mrs. Qian also said that they got along well.
But she always felt that Qian Qiyue's expression was a little strange.
Tang Ning stroked the letter in her hand, thinking of the inexplicable thoughts that popped up in her mind after Qian Qiyue fell into the water on the Chinese Valentine's Day. It was as if a voice told her that Qian Qiyue could not swim, but she had never asked Qian Qiyue. The Qian family's ancestral home was also in the water-rich area of Lingnan. Why did she know that Qian Qiyue could not swim?
Tang Ning rubbed his brows, thinking about going back to ask Sister A Yue, then he focused his attention on the letter in his hand, and his eyes softened instantly.
As he fumbled to open the letter, a bracelet fell out.
The bracelet was hollowed out with a white jade base, and looked extremely delicate. Two beautiful little bells were hung where the gold wire was wrapped around the brim.
Shake it and it will jingle.
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