Chapter 3: I put down the dog's belongings and left.
Song Qinghan was stunned into a blank expression by these outrageous words.
Amidst the chaos, Lord Song slammed his fist on the table: "Stop talking nonsense!"
"Shut up!" Madam Song snapped, her voice shrill with barely suppressed anger. "How dare you utter such disrespectful, suspicious, and slanderous words that damage the reputation of your elders?!"
"Do you even know anything about respect, shame, or honor?!"
His face was ugly and his words were incoherent and disorderly.
They were also disobedient and rude.
How can someone so low-class be her daughter?
How can she possibly live up to the title of the daughter of the Censor-in-Chief?!
Madam Song inadvertently revealed her true feelings: "I shouldn't have agreed to give you..."
"lady!"
Lord Song stopped Madam Song's anger and said with a frown, "She is a daughter of the Song family."
No matter how undignified Si Niannian is, she must be brought back.
Otherwise, if people find out that the Song family is letting their own daughter wander outside, it might become a handle for his political enemies to frame him.
Such hidden dangers cannot be allowed to remain!
Madam Song's face flushed red and then turned pale, and she abruptly stopped talking.
Lord Song, his brow furrowed with impatience, stood up and said, "Now that she's back, let's arrange a place for her to stay first, and we can discuss the rest another day."
The Imperial Censorate has two courtyards, one inside and one outside. Once Si Niannian enters, it's very difficult for her to leave.
There's plenty of time to work on tempering her temperament.
Madam Song understood his implied meaning and immediately smiled broadly: "What you say makes sense, sir. I will make the arrangements."
After Lord Song went to the front yard.
Madam Song's anger subsided temporarily, but her voice remained cold: "Although we have many houses, most of them have their own uses."
"From now on, you will live in Taxue Hall."
Ta Xue Tang?
Si Niannian noticed the astonishment on the servant's face and remained silent for a moment.
Song Qinghan stepped forward: "Mother, then I'll take my sister over there."
Madam Song looked worried, but Song Qinghan smiled and said, "I was being ignorant just now, which is why I offended you so much, sister."
"I'll send my sister there as an apology to her."
"Sister, what do you say?"
Si Niannian looked at Song Qinghan, who had suddenly become a good person again, and couldn't help but smile: "Then I'll have to trouble you."
Song Qinghan appeared to be forgiving and gentle, and was very polite.
Si Niannian followed behind her, walking leisurely.
Madam Song was still a little worried, so she said to her personal maid, "Go and tell the Fourth Young Master to go with him."
Si Niannian has the shrewishness typical of country folk.
Han'er is always gentle and sensible, she must not be bullied!
After navigating the winding corridors and passing a small lake filled with artificial rocks and stagnant water, Si Niannian finally arrived at the deepest part of the inner courtyard—Ta Xue Tang.
Si Niannian squinted slightly as she looked at the paw prints with gold trim on the door plaque.
Song Qinghan looked up and smiled, saying nostalgically, "This is my favorite place."
"Before my sister came back, I thought this place had always been mine, but now it belongs to my sister."
She was clearly the only daughter in the Song family.
Why did Si Niannian come back alive?
Si Niannian's reaction was indifferent, which displeased Song Qinghan's maid, Ling Shuang, who said sarcastically, "The young lady is very fortunate to have gotten this place."
Si Niannian gave her a half-smile.
Ling Shuang, however, became even more enthusiastic: "I heard that the eldest young lady grew up in Guanbei. That place is poor and desolate, full of yellow sand. She must not have seen anything good there."
"But in our mansion, if you just sweep the cracks between the floor tiles with a broom, you'll find enough treasures to feed a poor family for a lifetime. Ta Xue Tang is our young lady's favorite place. All the items inside were found with the help of the master and mistress, and each one is a carefully selected good thing."
"If Ta Xue were still here, I'm afraid such a beautiful place wouldn't be available to the young lady."
Song Qinghan frowned slightly, looking at Ling Shuang reproachfully: "Don't talk nonsense. How can Taxue compare to your sister?"
Ling Shuang pouted, unconvinced: "What I said is the truth."
Song Qinghan seemed helpless with her personal maid, and looked at Si Niannian with a helpless expression: "I've spoiled this girl, I hope you don't mind, sister?"
Si Niannian didn't say a word from beginning to end, and was too lazy to bother with the little tricks played by the master and servant.
Si Niannian asked casually, "I've moved here. Where do the things that used to be kept here go?"
Song Qinghan lowered her eyes to hide the mockery in them.
Ling Shuang sneered, "Our young lady's dog died half a month ago. Since Madam has given this place to the eldest young lady, she will be living alone from now on."
"But please rest assured, young lady, once you move in, there will definitely be no dogs here."
Si Niannian smiled and nodded: "Of course."
After all, Madam Song has already treated her like a dog, so why would she need to keep another dog?
Si Niannian didn't even bother to go inside. She turned around and waved her hand, saying, "But I'm such a grown-up. If I were to fight over territory with a furry dog that can't even speak human language, wouldn't that make me seem so inhuman?"
"Stop making a fuss, put down the dog's belongings, I'm leaving."
Song Qinghan seemed not to have reacted yet, and only chased after Si Niannian after she had taken a few steps: "Sister, don't go! Let me explain!"
"Help! Stop her!"
Si Niannian followed the path she had come from and soon arrived at the corridor under the artificial hill and water.
Song Qinghan finally caught up: "Sister, you've misunderstood!"
"You've really misunderstood!" Song Qinghan grabbed Si Niannian's arm, signaling the servants who had followed to wait not far away, and said with a wry smile, "Ta Xue Tang is currently the best place in the empty courtyard, do you know why?"
Si Niannian raised an eyebrow: "Because your dog is kept there?"
Song Qinghan was pampered at home, and relying on her master's influence, her status naturally rose accordingly.
Song Qinghan chuckled, a hint of malice surging in her innocent eyes: "Yes, Taxue is my favorite dog."
“My father specially built this courtyard for me, my brothers found the best craftsmen to build a doghouse for me, and even Ta Xue’s food is carefully prepared by a special cook.”
Song Qinghan recalled, "After Taxue died, my mother was afraid that I would be heartbroken, so she simply had Taxue Hall sealed off and left the furnishings as they were."
There were only two people under the lakeside corridor. With each additional word Song Qinghan spoke, Si Niannian's pale face grew even more chilling.
pain……
Stirred by resentment at being treated unfairly, Si Niannian felt as if her whole body was on fire.
Song Qinghan thought she was jealous of the favor she received, and a smug look flashed in her eyes. Her voice was soft but sharp: "I thought you had died in the fire that night."
"But you actually came back alive..."
She already knew Si Niannian was coming back, and she had also seen Si Niannian's incredibly ugly portrait.
She pretended to be unaware and deliberately chose today to go out and fly kites, falsely accusing Si Niannian of trying to hit someone.
Even so, Si Niannian was still not kicked out of the mansion.
Song Qinghan held Si Niannian's hand tightly and said regretfully, "I thought my parents had stopped caring about you a long time ago, but I didn't expect them to actually bring you back."
Based on the Song family bloodline in Si Niannian's body?
Is something as intangible as blood ties really that important?
Song Qinghan kept saying things to provoke Si Niannian, while her feet moved silently toward the lake: "But it doesn't matter, the most important person in their hearts is me."
"If I fall down, what do you think my parents will say?"
Si Niannian looked at Song Qinghan, who seemed to have victory in her grasp, and smiled strangely: "So, you've already decided to jump, haven't you?"
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