Chapter 16 You almost died, but she cried
Song Jinxiu's face froze when he heard her aggressive words, but he didn't think he was wrong.
He is the eldest brother. In his heart, Tang Ning and Shu Lan are the same. They are both his sisters. He just wants them to live in harmony and wants Tang Ning to stop being so petty.
He only told himself that Tang Ning had misunderstood him, and that she was still young and didn't understand that he was doing this for her own good. He suppressed the confusion in his heart and tried to reason with her:
"Tang Ning, I know you don't like Shu Lan, but she is your biological sister. You two are blood relatives. Why do you have to separate us? Everything my brother does is for your own good. If you are so calculating and intolerant, how can you marry into the Lu family and be accepted by them in the future?"
"I didn't want Shulan to come tonight. What happened yesterday had nothing to do with her. It was Shulan who felt resentful and guilty after knowing you were injured. She wanted to take your place. Grandmother and the others even punished her by making her kneel for a long time. She came here just to apologize to you and beg you to go back. Why did you have to be so aggressive..."
"I forced her? Didn't you force me?!"
Song Tangning really hated the people in front of him, whether it was Song Jinxiu, Xie Yin, or Song Shulan who was standing aside with tears in her eyes, as if she had suffered a lot of grievances.
She was like a thorny creature, and she spoke bluntly.
"Song Jinxiu, from the moment you came in until now, from the moment you started questioning me to the moment you called me aggressive, have you ever asked me about my injuries? Have you ever shown any concern for whether I was frightened or not?"
"You only know how to say that I'm ignorant and intolerant. You say that I'm narrow-minded because I don't like Song Shulan and don't want to see her. You say that I'm selfish and jealous because I don't like to share my things with her. You say that I'm intolerant because I don't want to eat and live with her.
"As soon as she sheds a tear, you'll choose to help her without hesitation. As soon as she cries a word of grievance, I have to give way to her. You don't see her shamelessness in repeatedly approaching me even though she knows I don't like her. You don't see her greedy ambition when she looks at the things in my house. You don't see her arrogance when she smashed my mother's eternal lamp. You only see what I did wrong."
"You could abandon me in the wilderness and turn a blind eye to my injuries, yet you felt sorry for Song Shulan being punished by being forced to kneel for a short while."
"Song Jinxiu, do you think you are being fair?"
Tang Ning's eyes flushed as she watched him turn pale, just like Xie Yin's. "You claim to be upright and always harsh on me, but what have you done?"
"I heard that after you returned to the city yesterday, you were afraid she would be sad, so you, Xie Yin, and Lu Zhinian took her to buy jewelry and go boating on the lake. When you were pinning her hair, did you ever think about me crying in the mountains? When you were trying to cheer her up, did you ever think about whether I, the one you left behind, was dead or alive?"
"Why do you say I'm aggressive?!"
Song Jinxiu looked at Song Tangning with a pale face as if he had been hit by a stick.
"I……"
He wanted to explain something, but facing Tang Ning's sharp and cold gaze, he couldn't utter a word.
When Song Shulan saw Song Jinxiu's expression change, she felt panic in her heart. She hurried forward and knelt in front of Tang Ning with a "thump".
"It's my fault, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have gone to Lingyun Temple, and I shouldn't have argued with you."
"Yesterday, my brother was protecting me and forgot about you, but he never intended to let anything happen to you. He just wanted the best for you. Don't misunderstand him..."
When she knelt on the ground in a weak figure, he kowtowed twice to her.
"Don't blame me, brother. It's my fault. I'll take any beatings or scoldings you want, but I didn't mean it."
"Tang Ning, please don't be angry with my brother. I beg you..."
Song Shulan knelt on the ground and kowtowed. In just a moment, her forehead turned purple. Song Jinxiu, who was still in a trance, was instantly moved with distress. He hurried forward and pulled her: "Shulan, what are you doing?"
"Brother, it's my fault. It's me who made Tang Ning misunderstand you. It's me..."
Song Shulan had tears in her eyes, "Tang Ning, don't blame my brother. As long as you can forgive my brother, as long as you don't misunderstand him and Brother Yin, I can do anything you want."
Xie Yin was originally angry with Song Shulan. He was angry that she had concealed his life experience from him and that she had embarrassed him in the Qian family. But at this time, the girl had tears on her face.
That fragile and slender look, as if it would fall down with a gust of wind, softened his heart again.
"Song Tangning, you still say you're not aggressive? Shulan is your sister, can't you be more broad-minded?"
Tang Ning sneered: "No."
"you!"
Xie Yin was furious. He pulled Song Shulan up and said angrily, "Why are you kneeling to her? Look at her now. She has climbed up to the high position of Governor Xiao. She doesn't even care about me, her cousin, and her brother."
He was angry that Tang Ning was unreasonable and spoke without thinking.
"Song Tangning, you said we shouldn't have left you in the mountains yesterday, but why don't you think that it was because you were so willful?"
"We've already apologized to you, and Shulan knelt down with you in tears. What else do you want? You're not really in trouble. You're just a little injured. Are you asking us to pay for your life..."
Snap——
Princess Cheng was watching over the medicine for Tang Ning in the kitchen. Thinking of her fright yesterday, she personally made some nourishing soup for her. But who knew that in the blink of an eye, Xie Yin brought the Song brothers and sisters into Tang Ning's yard.
She was afraid that Tang Ning had been wronged, so she rushed over. As soon as she entered the yard, she heard Xie Yin talking nonsense.
The medicine soup in her hand was thrown at Xie Yin's feet, scalding him so much that he screamed and stepped back repeatedly. Princess Cheng came forward with a sullen face and said, "Who allowed you to bring them in?!"
"Mother……"
Princess Cheng raised her hand and slapped the man, making him stagger. "I think you are stubborn and will not change."
"Have you forgotten what happened at the Qian family today? Or did you not take to heart a single word I told you? You knew Tang Ning was almost killed by that bitch, and you still dared to bring her in?"
"Aunt Rong." Song Jinxiu was startled. "It's not A Yin, it's me..."
"Song Dalangjun!"
Princess Cheng interrupted him directly, calling him with a cold and angry tone.
"This is Prince Cheng's mansion, not your Song family's backyard. I'm teaching my own stupid, vicious, and brainless son a lesson, and it's not your turn, the eldest son of the Song family, to butt in. Or is it that you, the eldest son of the Song family, haven't had enough of your daily duties as a recorder in the court, and you even want to scold me, the Princess of Cheng?"
Song Jinxiu's face turned pale and blue, filled with sarcasm and ridicule.
"Also, I'm Tang Ning's aunt, not yours. No wonder your Song family raised a concubine's daughter who pretended to be a commoner and claimed to be a relative. It seems that Mr. Song has learned all the etiquette and moral rules over the years."
"What etiquette should you follow when you see me, the princess? Do you want me to teach you?"
Song Jinxiu's face first showed panic, then disbelief, and then turned pale and humiliated.
Although the Prince Cheng's Mansion and the Song family have no blood relationship, due to the relationship with the second wife Tang Ning's mother, the two families used to be very close. Even he would often go in and out of the Prince Cheng's Mansion. In the past, Princess Cheng treated him very close, and he always followed Tang Ning in calling her aunt, but he never expected that Princess Cheng would suddenly turn against him.
Facing Princess Cheng's cold eyes, he was filled with humiliation and couldn't help but look towards Tang Ning, hoping that she would speak.
But who knew that Xiao Yan would wave his sleeves and hide the little girl with red eyes behind him.
"Does Lord Song not understand what Princess Cheng is saying, or does he not know the etiquette?"
"Canglang, teach him a lesson."
Canglang stepped forward with a sword and kicked Song Jinxiu in the ankle.
"When I meet the royal family, I kneel down and pay my respects. Lord Song, please remember this and don't forget it next time."
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