Chapter 89: Skinned Lu Zhinian!
Even with Jinzhi's self-control, she almost couldn't keep a straight face at this moment.
how?
Of course not!!
She came today because the Lu family's affairs involved the Fourth Prince, otherwise the Queen Mother would never interfere in the affairs of such a young man.
No matter how much trouble Song Tangning makes, as long as the Queen doesn't give in, her marriage with the Lu family will not be cancelled.
The Empress had originally intended to summon Song Tangning to the palace to see if she could keep her in check. Even if that didn't work, she could still use the marriage as a pretext to cover up the Lu family's affairs. If she waited until Song Tangning had settled her ties with the Lu family before entering the palace, what would happen to the Fourth Prince?!
Did Song Tangning do this on purpose?!
Jinzhi's chest heaved, and she lost her patience. She couldn't help but feel a bit angry: "Madam Song, are you trying to disobey the order?"
"Tang Ning doesn't dare, but I'm weak and my appearance is ruined, so I really don't dare to enter the palace. If the Queen really wants to summon me by force, it's fine. But if I get scared and something happens, I hope the Queen won't blame me."
After Song Tangning finished speaking, he suddenly reached out to support his head, and even his voice became weak, "It turns out that the injury hasn't healed yet. I feel a little dizzy after standing for a long time."
“You…you…”
Jinzhi was so angry that her face trembled at Song Tangning's words that were worthy of being a bachelor.
When did Song Tangning become such a scoundrel?
How dare she threaten her? !
Jinzhi was about to say something when she saw Song Tangning, who was holding his forehead and looking at her with a "sickly" look and tilted his head. For some reason, she suddenly remembered the old lady Song who had beaten her granddaughter so hard that she vomited blood and fainted. She had one of her hands crippled by Xiao Yan and refused to allow anyone to see her. Later, the incident was brought to the court and she ended up being "famous in the capital" and notorious.
Her mind felt as if struck by thunder, and she stared at Song Tangning with wide eyes. This little girl was so skilled at pretending to be unconscious, and she looked like she was well versed in the art of scamming people. Who was the last unlucky guy who was treated like this by her?
Jinzhi's eyelids twitched and she swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Song Tangning reached out and pulled Hua Wu to support him, leaning against her. "Never mind. I'm just worried that the Empress will be affected by my poor health. But if the Empress really wants to see me, there's no need to wait until the Sixth Princess' birthday in three days. I'll go to the palace with Aunt Jinzhi now. I think even if I faint in the palace, the Empress will be able to send me back."
Jinzhi saw her trying to step forward while she was talking and quickly took two steps back: "No need!!"
"Aunt Jinzhi?" Tang Ning was confused.
Jinzhi's face turned pale, and she avoided Tang Ning as if she was afraid of being caught by her. "I think your majesty loves Miss Song very much and will not let her enter the palace with injuries. I will go back to the palace to report on the Sixth Princess' birthday banquet. If there are any arrangements, I will send someone to inform you. Madam, please relax and recuperate first."
After she finished speaking, she said goodbye to Song Tangning.
"I have to return to the palace to report, so I won't stay any longer. I'll take my leave now."
As if she was afraid that Song Tangning would fall to the ground if she said one more word, Jinzhi grabbed the two palace maids beside her and turned away.
"Hey, Aunt Jinzhi...Aunt Jinzhi, please don't leave...stay and have some tea..."
Jinzhi walked faster.
The two palace maids beside her staggered as she pulled them. As they left the hall, one of them couldn't help but ask, "Aunt, are you afraid of what she might do? We are the Empress's people. How dare Song Tangning slander us?"
"What do you know!"
Jinzhi scolded.
If it were in the past, she would naturally not be afraid, but the Lu family's incident happened. As soon as Song Tangning went to the Lu family to ask for the things back, people from the Queen's Palace came to Jiyun Lane and "forced" Song Tangning to faint.
There is no need to wait for three days. I am afraid that everyone in the capital will know that the Lu family has coveted Song Tangning's things and refuses to return them, so let the queen come forward and force him to faint.
By then, not to mention the Fourth Prince, even the Queen would be in disgrace.
What's more, Song Tangning no longer has the support of the Duke of Song's Mansion, but where is this place? This is Jiyun Lane, Xiao Yan's territory.
With the protection of the eunuch Xiao Yan, Song Tangning even dared to cheat her own grandmother. What else could she not dare to do!
Jinzhi looked at the servants of the Tang Mansion who were staring at her hungrily behind her, and vaguely saw two familiar faces, as if they had worked for Xiao Yan before.
Her face turned green, and she quickly pulled the two palace maids beside her and said, "Let's go!"
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Song Tangning stood in front of the hall and saw Jinzhi running away with disorderly steps from afar. She retracted her waving hand and burst into laughter.
Hua Wu tried to hold it back, but couldn't help laughing along with her master.
"Girl, she's so scared."
In the past, when they entered the palace, they were the only ones who had to look at the expressions of the maids in Fengxi Palace. Although the Queen spoke in a gentle manner and treated the girls well, Hua Wu always felt that Aunt Jinzhi was very condescending every time she looked at them. How could she be so embarrassed?
Princess Cheng and Lady Qin led the pale-faced Song Ru out from behind the curtain at the side door. When they reached Song Tangning, Princess Cheng couldn't help but reach out and poke her on the forehead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "You naughty girl, when did you learn this dirty trick?"
Song Tangning muttered, "I learned it by myself."
In the past, she always paid attention to the rules, observed etiquette, cared about the useless face, and always wronged herself. But after meeting her brother, she found that to get along with shameless people, she had to be more shameless than them, and to confront shameless people, she had to be more shameless than them. The so-called gentleman's etiquette is only useful when dealing with gentlemen. Reasoning with villains is like playing the lute to a cow.
Madam Qin smiled and said, "It's good that Miss Song is like this today. This way you won't be bullied."
Princess Cheng thought of Jinzhi's funny look, but she couldn't help but worry: "This way you won't be bullied, and you can fight back for the sake of being refreshing, but it will offend the Queen, and she might hold a grudge against you."
"Even if I don't refute her, won't she hate me?"
Tang Ning was no longer the naive little girl she had been when she first came back. "How could she possibly have no grudges against me after such a mess between me and the Lu family? Besides, did my aunt really think that the Queen summoned me to the palace to mediate between me and Lu Zhinian?"
Princess Cheng was stunned for a moment: "Isn't it?"
Song Tangning said, "If they wanted to make peace, they could have just delivered the message when Jinzhi came just now, or even asked me to come to the palace today to find a way to appease me. Why did she have to wait three days? Moreover, she didn't summon me earlier or later, but suddenly summoned me after I asked the Lu family to return those things, and she also timed it right after the three-day deadline between me and the Lu family."
"If I had agreed to enter the palace, the three-day deadline I had agreed to with the Lu family would have been invalidated. Otherwise, if I had already agreed to see the Queen and then tore my relationship with the Lu family, I would have been throwing the Queen's face underfoot. Even those who originally thought I was right would have thought I was arrogant and disrespectful to the Queen."
Princess Cheng was no fool. She narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "Are you saying that the Lu family went to see the queen?"
Song Tangning nodded. "I'm familiar with Lu Zhinian's personality. He's conceited and arrogant, and he's always valued his reputation. The Lu family values their reputation above all else."
She originally wanted to return those things just to let the world know that the Lu family had treated her badly. She had always been the one who gave more in this marriage and she had never owed the Lu family anything. Even when she broke off the engagement, it was because Lu Zhinian and the Lu family bullied her first.
She deliberately humiliated Lu Zhinian and discredited the Lu family's reputation in order to force them to cancel the engagement. After all, as the head of a prestigious family, there was no way he would allow a woman who was so petty and humiliating to enter his house.
But Lu Zhinian actually went to find the queen.
Song Tangning recalled what Xiao Yan had told her about the hearts of the people in the court and the relationship between the interests of the game, and her tone was slightly cold:
"If Lu Zhinian had been like that, even if he didn't want to break off the engagement with me after being humiliated like this, he would have immediately gathered all the items on the list and sent them to Jiyun Lane. He might even have had someone slap me in the face and tell me that the Lu family didn't want these things. But now he has gone to the Queen, and the Queen is trying so hard to get rid of the three-day deadline."
"Aunt, why do you think that is?"
Princess Cheng's expression also turned cold as she spoke word by word: "The Lu family touched the things you sent."
Or perhaps it was because they simply couldn't pay back those things, and they were afraid that Tang Ning would take the bill seriously and make a big deal out of it, so they asked the Queen to intervene.
She paused mid-sentence and couldn't help but frown. "No, if it was just the Lu family who touched those things, the Queen wouldn't be so anxious. But just now, when Jinzhi heard that you wanted to wait until you had settled accounts with the Lu family before entering the palace, her face changed, and she even said she would disobey the order. It's obviously not like she's doing this just for the Lu family."
Princess Cheng suddenly raised her eyes and said, "Could it be that the Queen has also touched the items on that list..."
Song Tangning also had this guess in his mind, and judging from Jinzhi's reaction, this guess was at least 90% true. Even if it was not the Queen who did it, it must be related to the Queen.
The most important thing is that no matter who moved those things, they probably can't be taken back, otherwise they wouldn't have to worry about filling them up. In other words, her previous joke to mock Lu Zhinian turned out to be a prophecy.
The Lu family really can’t pay back those things.
Song Tangning couldn't help laughing when she remembered that Lu Zhinian had told her righteously before that their Lu family looked down on her things.
"The Lu family."
Oh!
She originally just wanted to embarrass Lu Zhinian and force the Lu family to cancel the engagement, but if even the queen is not clean, that would be really interesting.
She refused to give in until the money was paid back.
In order to save the queen's reputation and stop the gossips of the people, but not dare to harm her rashly, what can the Lu family use to compensate?
Is it the reputation of the Lu family, or the reputation of Lu Chongyuan, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, or is it... Lu Zhinian?
Song Tangning tilted her head, her almond-shaped eyes showing a faint lewd look, and she looked a bit like Xiao Yan when he was cheating people.
Could she take this opportunity to skin Lu Zhinian alive?
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