Chapter 98 Never Allow Others to Think About You
Hearing this, Song Xubai's face couldn't help but look ugly.
He opened his mouth, but stopped talking.
Yan Qing glared at him and said unhappily, "You little bastard, you dare to be so secretive in front of your sister? Are you asking for a beating?"
Song Xubai quickly covered his head and begged for mercy, "Mother, please have mercy. I know I was wrong."
Seeing him acting like a fool, Yan Qing couldn't bring herself to do anything to him. She just said, "It's all your grandparents who spoiled you. When your sister was your age, she was much more stable than you are now."
Song Xubai wanted to retort, but he caught Song Yanxi's smiling face out of the corner of his eye and quickly changed his words: "How can I compare with my elder sister?"
Yan Qing laughed at him for being "shameless". He was almost old enough to get married and have children, but he was still like a child in front of them.
When he heard about getting married and having children, Song Xubai frowned and muttered.
"I won't marry. Having my mother and sister by my side is enough for me."
Although the sound was small, it could not escape the ears of the mother and daughter.
Almost at the same time, two people, one on the left and one on the right, twisted his ears and said in unison, "Say what you just said again."
The mother and daughter both had smiles on their faces, but the strength in their hands was not at all vague.
Song Xubai was in so much pain that he begged for mercy repeatedly, saying that he would never talk nonsense again.
But no matter what he says, he still has the final say on what to do.
Looking at the lively mother and brother in front of her, and feeling the warm touch of her hands, Song Yanxi couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat.
Fortunately, God gave her a chance to start over, and everything is still in time.
"Sister?" Song Xubai couldn't help but shout out as his ears became hot from being twisted.
Song Yanxi came back to her senses and quickly loosened her fingers. She touched his head and casually praised him, "My A-Bo's ears are still the easiest to pinch. Other people's ears are always worse."
The corner of Song Xubai's mouth just rose halfway, and then it collapsed in an instant. He looked at her like a big aggrieved dog.
As if asking: "How many people's ears has Sister pinched?"
Thinking of the delicate little girl in the Jin Palace, Song Yanxi smiled guiltily and changed the subject, "Mother, if you are free in the next two days, please go visit my grandparents on my behalf and tell them not to worry about me. Please take good care of yourself."
Yan Qing nodded, looking at her with eyes full of heartache.
She struggled in her heart for a long time, but couldn't help but say, "Xi'er, if you want to do something, just go ahead and do it. Don't worry about your mother and your brother.
Bai'er is the heir of the Yongchuan Marquisate, and with your grandfather here, unless your father himself seeks death and plots rebellion, no one in the capital can touch us."
She couldn't say anything too harsh in front of her two children.
As for Song Muen, a loser who only knows how to live a comfortable and enjoyable life and doesn't even care about the future of his family, he wouldn't dare to have any inappropriate thoughts even if you gave him a few more courage.
Song Yanxi nodded in agreement as Yan Qing suggested, but she felt bitter in her heart.
My scumbag father really didn't have the courage, but in the previous life, it was my maternal grandfather's family who were accused of treason.
Throughout the dynasties, as long as the married woman's husband's family had not been involved in the family's misdeeds, they would not be implicated. However, Song Muen was timid and afraid of trouble, and the first thing he thought of was to drive the mother and son out into the streets to distance himself from the matter.
This kind of person is not fit to be a husband, let alone a father.
Song Yanxi was just thinking when her cold hands were wrapped by a pair of warm palms, and Yan Qing's distressed voice sounded in her ears.
"Why are your hands so cold? Those girls didn't even bother to bring a cloak for you when they went out. They were so careless."
"Mother, please don't blame them. I saved a woman who had given birth prematurely on the way, and I left my cloak to her and the child to protect them from the wind."
"Is this really true?" Yan Qing frowned and couldn't help but sigh, "She's almost due, and her husband's family really let her go out and about. They're really careless."
They were naturally relieved because there were twenty or thirty personal guards and maids following him, as well as two experienced imperial physicians.
The person Song Yanxi saved was none other than the currently favored Concubine Li, the legitimate daughter of the Right Prime Minister.
Emperor Xuande was already over 50 years old. Concubine Li had been in the palace for less than three years and had given birth to a daughter whom he treated like the apple of his eye. Now he favored her again and she was the most popular woman in the world.
The reason she left the palace this time was because she had dreams several times in a row of gods telling her that the dragon fetus in her belly was a god who had descended to the earth, and that she had to go to the temple in person to ask the monks for help before the birth in order to ensure a smooth delivery.
Emperor Xuande didn't believe in this kind of comparison between gods and ghosts, but he couldn't resist Concubine Li's crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide, so he had to agree and sent his trusted Yulin Guards to escort her.
In her previous life, when Concubine Li was frightened by a horse and suffered a difficult labor, Zhuang Shihan, who was on her way to the general's residence to attend a birthday banquet, happened to pass by. She used a silver needle to straighten the fetus's position and saved both mother and child.
Emperor Xuande was very pleased and showered rewards on the Duke's Mansion like snowflakes. Even Lin Tingfeng received a few words of praise.
The reason why Song Yanxi remembered this incident was that Lin Tingfeng was not happy after receiving the reward. Instead, he blamed Zhuang Shihan for being in the spotlight and getting involved in the struggle for the royal throne.
She still remembers what Zhuang Shihan said at that time.
"It's just a newborn baby. How can it pose a threat to the throne? That person is too cruel and ruthless. How can he fight for the throne with such a mentality?"
Lin Tingfeng got very angry at that time, told her to be careful of ears, and left.
Although Song Yanxi had never witnessed the royal struggle with her own eyes, she had read a lot of unofficial history and knew very well what the dragon fetus in Concubine Li's belly meant to the other princes of marriageable age.
She had no intention of asking the Yan family to take sides, but the temptation of a favored concubine and the life-saving grace of a newborn prince was too great for her.
Although there are risks, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
The Left Prime Minister has been neutral for so many years, but in the end he sent his beloved daughter into the palace. He can't be as loyal as everyone says.
Rather than trying to avoid the struggle for imperial power, which would eventually lead to being framed and exterminated due to their influence, the Yan family would choose a young prince whose mother's family has unshakable power.
Concubine Li and her son are undoubtedly the best choices.
Since the Left Prime Minister wanted to pave the way for his daughter, he would naturally not let go of the Yan family's money pot, nor would he allow others to covet it.
The prince is still young now, and the Yan family will be of no use to him in the next few years.
A few years is enough for Song Yanxi to find out who is behind the scenes and take revenge.
*
The Princess's Mansion.
After hearing the servant's report, Nanny Qiu couldn't help but feel frightened.
Why does Princess Yong'an act so unreasonably?
Princess Huayang actually smiled. "What did I say before? This girl from the Song family hides her incompetence, but she's actually quite clever."
Nanny Qiu frowned, looked at her expression and complained, "This Princess Yong'an is really ungrateful. Your Highness helped her, so she should come and thank you in person today."
"She is now a favorite of His Majesty. If she really comes, I don't know what those censors will think of me."
Speaking of this, Princess Huayang glanced at Nanny Qiu and asked calmly, "How's the investigation going?"
Aunt Qiu said hurriedly, "The people below haven't sent back any news yet."
She paused, then added, "His Royal Highness Prince Jin is so noble, he hasn't even glanced at so many talented and beautiful ladies in the capital, let alone...
Your Highness may be worrying too much."
"Perhaps." Princess Huayang stood up listlessly and ordered, "Have someone prepare some things the children will like. I haven't visited those children in a long time."
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