Chapter 617: They are all slaves, who is nobler than who?
Song Yanxi took two steps to the side, making way for her and said, "Please."
She glanced at the sky outside and said, "If the Marquis enters the palace now, he can still get out before the palace gates are locked."
When he heard that he was going to enter the palace, Song Huai'en's face became even uglier.
For someone like him who only has a hereditary title and has never taken the imperial examination to obtain an official position, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack for him to want to see His Majesty.
First, one must write a memorial stating why one requests to see His Majesty, and then submit it through layers of review.
Any of these layers may be criticized and rejected.
Even if everything goes smoothly, it will take at least half a month for the document to be submitted layer by layer and placed on His Majesty's desk.
Not to mention, even if His Majesty saw his memorial, he might not have the time to meet him.
Even if we meet, what can we do?
Given His Majesty's love for His Royal Highness Prince Jin, there's no guarantee that he'll love his future daughter-in-law as well and won't want her to be branded as unfilial.
Besides, if we really want to investigate it, the imperial edict was also issued by him. How could an emperor admit that he was wrong?
No matter how you look at it, he is not right in this matter.
Song Huai'en thought about it again and again, and suppressed his anger and said: "Family disgrace should not be made public. I am not like you who is so confused that I don't care about Xubai's future."
He frowned and said in an awkward manner, "Don't worry, even though Qirui has moved back to the Marquis' Mansion, Xu Bai is still the prince of Yongchuan Marquis' Mansion.
I will make a will shortly. After I die, the Marquisate can only be inherited by Xu Bai or his descendants."
"My Lord!" The Lord's expression changed, and he looked at Song Huai'en with pitiful eyes.
If you didn't know him, you would think he had suffered a great injustice.
Song Huai'en looked at the slap marks on her face and felt extremely distressed.
But right now, he couldn't care less.
If he hadn't appeased Song Yanxi today, and if she really made a scene outside, he would be the only one who would be embarrassed.
Thinking of this, Song Huai'en scolded with a cold face: "What does a woman know? Why don't you shut up?"
He said with a straight face, "Xu Bai is the eldest son of the Yongchuan Marquis, so this title should naturally be his."
Lian Niang just wanted to spit and call him hypocritical.
Nothing in this world belongs to anyone by right. It always belongs to whoever grabs it.
The one living in this mansion now is the son who came out of her belly, not that damn prince.
Just as she was about to speak, Song Yanxi suddenly asked, "Does the Marquis mean that he can't give it to her during his lifetime?"
Song Huai'en suddenly felt like he was facing a formidable enemy and shouted angrily, "You dare to kill your father? You will be beheaded in public!"
Lian Niang's face also turned pale. She advised, "It's better for you not to say such angry words, Princess. After all, you are father and daughter."
Song Huai'en retorted: "I don't have a daughter who dares to kill her father."
Thinking of something, he said with an ugly face: "You'd better give up this idea as soon as possible. I will never move out of the Marquis' Mansion."
"Okay." Song Yanxi nodded. "My Lord, you are very courageous. Let's meet in Shuntian Mansion tomorrow."
Song Huai'en frowned, "What Shuntian Prefecture?"
Why go to Shuntian Prefecture for no reason?
Could it be that she was going to sue him?
Thinking of this, Song Huai'en suddenly laughed, "A son is suing his father. Do you know what the crime is?"
According to the Da'an law, any son who sued his father would be considered guilty.
Regardless of whether his father was guilty or not, he would be punished with thirty lashes of the cane.
Song Huai'en looked Song Yanxi up and down and didn't think she could withstand the thirty beatings.
Song Yanxi didn't answer but asked, "Who said I was going to sue you?"
"Could it be Yan Qing? No, she doesn't have the courage."
Meeting his arrogant eyes, Song Yanxi asked, "Have you forgotten something?"
Song Huai'en prided himself on having a sharp mind and a good memory, so he retorted without even thinking, "Absolutely not."
Lian Niang originally wanted to hold him back, but she was not as quick as her upper lip touching her lower lip.
Her intuition told her that Song Yanxi must have Song Huai'en's weak spot in her hand.
But what could have made her threaten to go to Shuntian Prefecture to sue her?
If a son sues his father, that is a serious crime.
On the contrary, if it is the father who sues the son, it is a different story.
Song Yanxi's expression was so relaxed, could it be that...
Lian Niang secretly thought that this was not good, and lowered her voice to advise: "My Lord, it is not appropriate to continue to entangle with him."
Song Huai'en was no longer willing to listen to any advice. He thought he had Song Yanxi under control and said bluntly, "If you have the courage, just go ahead and sue me.
I hope you'll still be alive when the case goes to court."
As a father, his words were indeed vicious.
Therefore, he is not worthy of being a father.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, Lian Niang hurriedly looked at Song Yanxi and said, "Princess, the Marquis is your biological father after all. We are all family. Why make such a fuss?"
She forced a smile, "It's just a title. The prince is already his, so isn't it only a matter of time before he gets the title?"
"It's ugly?" Song Yanxi looked at Lian Niang, who had already sensed something was wrong, and asked coldly, "When you brought your two children to my house and forced your grandfather to enter your good-for-nothing son into the family tree, why didn't you consider whether it would be ugly?"
When Lian Niang heard this, her face turned even paler.
She moved her lips and said, "Princess, you misunderstood. This is not what you think."
As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Song Huai'en, looking like she wanted to say something but was afraid of being criticized by him.
Song Yanxi said: "Don't worry, he can't run away."
Hearing her say this, Lian Niang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The princess is not yet a mother, so she cannot understand the feelings of a mother like me.
Even though my previous behavior was inappropriate, the reason I did this was so that my two children would no longer have to live without a name or status."
When she climbed into bed, why didn't she think that this day would come?
Knowing that Song Yanxi couldn't say such dirty words, Zhuzhi pinched her waist and said, "When you seduced the Marquis and asked him to follow you and abandon the two elders and his wife and daughter, you didn't say that."
Even though she is young and has not experienced what happened back then, she has a very good memory.
Until she followed the young lady to Yaowang Valley to study medicine, many people in the capital still often talked about this extremely capable Lian Niang.
With her own strength, she made a noble marquis abandon his parents, wife and daughter for her, and stay with her in the lotus garden to raise children.
If you tell others about it, they will find it ridiculous.
Lian Niang's face was embarrassed for a moment, and she said coldly: "You little girl, what does the master say have nothing to do with you?"
Zhuzhi retorted, "We are all slaves, so who is nobler than who?"
The word "slave" deeply hurt Lian Niang.
She gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not a concubine of the Marquis's Mansion, but a girl from a good family, unlike you."
Zhuzhi choked, then heard her daughter say quietly, "Zhuzhi is indeed different from you. After all, she is from an honest family and would never do such a despicable thing as giving birth to a child without any name or status."
Lian Niang's eyes suddenly turned red, and she stamped her feet and said, "My Lord, look at her!"
Song Huai'en quickly put his arm around her shoulders and coaxed her gently, "She's uneducated, why bother with her?
If someone dares to threaten even his own father, what else can't he do? "
Song Yanxi said: "You are right."
Facing Song Huai'en's angry eyes, she said, "I'll give you three days to write a memorial to pass the title to Xu Bai, and get out of the mansion with these filthy people.
Otherwise, I will let everyone in the world know that not only are you unkind to your wife and daughter, but you even angered your own parents to death."
"My Lord, who did Your Majesty say you hated the most?"
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