Chapter 420: Things
The big red lantern under the veranda swayed in the night wind, and the light flickered on Song Mo's face, making his expression seem obscure and difficult to understand.
Song Yichun looked at this with a pounding heart, and shouted to Song Mo, "What did you do to Tianen?"
Song Mo didn't say anything.
The yard was silent except for the sound of wind blowing through the treetops.
With so many people watching, could Song Mo really kill himself?
Song Yichun hesitated for a moment and walked over.
"Where is Tian'en?" he asked, his tone a little fierce.
Song Mo took a step forward.
Song Yichun took three steps back.
Bright lights shone on their faces.
There was still some fear in Song Yichun's eyes.
Song Mo sneered and whispered, "Take Song Han and get out of the upper house!"
Song Yichun's eyes widened: "What did you say?"
Song Mo smiled and said, "Take Song Han and get out of the upper house!"
His voice was clear and distinct, and it could be heard from far away in the quiet summer night.
All the guards lowered their heads, whether they were Song Yichun's or Song Mo's.
"How dare you talk to me like that?!" Song Yichun was immediately furious. "The House of Lords is the House of Lords of the Duke of England. I can let anyone live there if I want. Don't think that you can hold your head high in front of the Emperor and then give orders at home..."
Song Mo interrupted Song Yichun with a smile: "If you are not afraid of ghosts, just move into the upper house with Song Han. I have no objection!"
Song Yichun's words got stuck in his throat.
"I'll give you half an hour," Song Mo said with a cold smile and sinister eyes, as if he was surrounded by dark clouds. "If you still don't get out of the Senate after half an hour, I'll let you know how upright I am in front of the Emperor!"
Having said this, he walked away.
Song Yichun jumped up and down at his back: "Evil creature! Rebellious son! How could I raise such a thing!"
Guard Chang lowered his eyes and quietly advised Song Yichun: "Duke, let's go in and see the Second Master!"
Song Yichun then came to his senses and hurried into the inner room.
Song Han sat paralyzed on the ground, leaning against the leg of the armchair and breathing heavily. The red marks on his neck were particularly eye-catching.
Guard Chang hurriedly and carefully helped Song Han up and sat him on the armchair. He then reported to Song Yichun, "I'll go get a doctor for the Second Master," and left.
"Dad!" Song Han said to Song Yichun aggrievedly, "My brother wants to kill me! Am I really not my mother's son?"
Song Yichun's expression froze, and then he shouted at Song Han in a stern voice: "How come you are so soft-eared that you believe everything you hear? Your brother himself has done something extremely rebellious, and he is afraid that I will abolish his position as the crown prince, so he opposes me everywhere. How can you believe his words? Don't I know whether you are my son or not?!"
Song Han listened with his head down, muttering, "My brother said that Li Dasheng who was with me did not return home, and that I killed Li Tiao Niang. I did not know Li Tiao Niang at all...but no matter how I explained, my brother did not believe me, and he even let his guards torture me. I had no choice but to admit that I killed Li Tiao Niang, but my brother said I was lying." He looked up at Song Yichun, his face full of tears, "It is not right if I don't admit it, and it is not right if I admit it. I don't know what to do..."
Song Yichun was surprised and asked, "Li Dasheng is missing?"
Song Han pouted and nodded, saying, "My brother said Li Dasheng is missing." Then he asked curiously, "Father, is Li Tiao Niang Jiang Yan's biological mother? Are Jiang Yan and I twins? Jiang Yan looks exactly like my mother, so how could he be Li Tiao Niang's daughter? Could it be that Li Tiao Niang looks alike my mother as well?"
Song Yichun was irritated by Song Han's question. He said impatiently, "Your brother was fooled, and you followed suit. How could I have given birth to two such stupid sons?!"
"Oh!" Song Han hung his head in shame.
Song Yichun asked him, "What did your brother ask you just now?"
Song Han hesitantly asked, "Ask me if I know Li Tiao Niang? Do I know Li Liang? Where is Li Dasheng? Did I instruct Li Dasheng to kill Li Tiao Niang..." As he spoke, he pulled Song Yichun's collar, "Dad, my brother is so scary. I want to live with you in the Osmanthus Courtyard, okay?"
Song Mo dared to harm Song Han even when he was at home. If he was not at home, he would beat Song Han to death!
Song Yichun looked at the house, which was just as it was when Jiang was alive, and felt very depressed. Song Mo's words just now resonated in her mind, so she nodded and said, "Then you can move in with me. At least there will be guards to protect you, and your brother won't dare to do anything wrong."
If Chang Huwei could really protect you, how could Song Mo dare to ignore you?
Song Han complained in his heart, but he heaved a sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted, revealing a happy smile: "Great! This way I won't be afraid of my brother bullying me anymore!"
Song Yichun cursed him in his heart as he heard this: "idiot."
Song Mo is already able to stand on his own at his age, but he still knows nothing. Song Mo is about to kill him, but he still thinks Song Mo just wants to bully him. Because of their different backgrounds, their mindsets are different, and they can never be taught!
Song Yichun curled his lips in disdain and called the guards to come in and help Song Han move his things.
Song Mo stood on the steps of the main house of Yizhi Hall and listened to the movements in the upper house.
Dou Zhao advised him: "Don't be angry, go inside and have a cup of tea! Be careful of mosquitoes."
Song Mo took a deep breath and followed Dou Zhao into the inner room.
The inner room was lit with mugwort incense, and the faint fragrance filled the room with a warm scent.
Dou Zhao personally brewed a cup of Biluochun tea for Song Mo.
Song Mo took the teacup and sighed, saying, "You should sit down and have a rest too. These troubles at home have disturbed you."
Dou Zhao and Song Mo sat side by side and said with a smile: "Which family doesn't have some unhappy things? Compared with things like favoring concubines and killing wives, drowning concubines and demoting legitimate wives, brothers' quarrels are really nothing in my eyes!"
Song Mo couldn't help laughing and said, "You don't know, I wanted to slap that little bastard to death, but later I thought it was too easy for him, so I swallowed my anger."
He always keeps a calm expression in front of outsiders, but that doesn't mean he doesn't feel angry. At this moment, he is willing to complain to Dou Zhao, and Dou Zhao naturally hopes that he can speak freely and vent all his anger.
All the anger in my heart was released, and my mood became calm.
She held his hand and listened to his complaints quietly.
"Others say that I am cruel and ruthless, but that is towards others. I have always been kind to the people in my family. As long as they are not guilty of a serious mistake, I will turn a blind eye. Look at my eldest uncle, third uncle, and fourth uncle. My father wanted to remove me from the family, but they kept silent. I thought it was human instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm. Although I was unhappy in my heart, I did not do anything to them.
Song Han made Ayan become like this. Although I can't love him as my own brother as before, I don't want to drive him out of the Duke of Ying's Mansion and ruin his reputation. At most, I will stop caring about him, use the money to redeem my mother's dowry and give it to Ayan. When he grows up, I will separate him and live on his own. In the final analysis, it was my father who was the instigator of this matter. It was my father who made them become like this. Even though I later knew that he might have killed Li Tiao Niang, I could understand his worries and fears... But he actually knew that it was a bowl of poison, but he still gave it to my mother to drink... Whenever I think of my mother drinking poison and still being pleased with his filial piety and obedience, I can't tolerate him anymore.
I deliberately concealed what I asked him from his father, just to let him experience what it's like to be suspicious and trembling, living in suspicion and fear every day. Even if he wants to die quickly, it depends on whether I agree or not. "
In his previous life, Song Mo even killed him with his own hands.
Dou Zhao raised Song Mo's hand to his mouth and kissed it gently.
His expression immediately calmed down and he said, "Song Han thought that since he refused to tell me, I would turn my attention to my father in order to find out who poisoned my mother. He underestimated me too much!
The reason why my mother died was that she was grateful to my father for helping me with my uncle's matter and wanted to repay him, so she proposed to bring Li Tiao Niang and her daughter into the mansion. My father was afraid that my mother would find out about the substitution of Li for Tao Jiang, so he bribed Xing Fang, who was close to my mother, to poison the medicine she drank. He was also afraid that my mother would find out that the medicine was poisonous, so he asked Song Han, who was attending to her, to personally give it to her.
A mother would never be on guard against anyone else except her own son.
He drank the medicine without any precautions.
Later, my father refused to let Li Tiaoniang and her daughter enter the house, which aroused my mother's suspicion. My father decided to go all out and told my mother the truth.
The death of my uncle had already made my mother heartbroken and she blamed herself. Knowing that the son she had raised with such care was actually the son of a concubine, and that her own daughter was being raised outside as a concubine, how could she not be so angry that she vomited blood and died?
Song Han was afraid that if he told the truth, it would expose that he had known for a long time that he was not his mother's biological son, but he didn't know that he was deceiving me with nine out of ten words being true and one being false, which made me even more angry. "At this point, he smiled coldly, "It's good now, we have torn our faces apart, from now on I will go my way and they will go their way, I want to see how many rounds they can last under my hands!"
It seems that Song Mo is not going to let Song Yichun and Song Han go so easily.
In his previous life, he was driven out by Song Yichun and had no scruples. Killing his father and brother only earned him a few curses. But in this life, he is still the eldest son of the Duke of Ying’s Mansion. As a son and a brother, he cannot be as reckless as he was in his previous life.
Dou Zhao couldn't help but feel a little worried: "If you want to deal with these two scumbags, you'd better come up with a foolproof plan, otherwise if you ruin your reputation, you will lose more than you gain."
"I know!" Song Mo laughed, "My uncle once said that if you want to fight a wolf, you have to be more ferocious than the wolf; if you want to catch a fox, you have to be more cunning than the fox. If I get myself into trouble for these two scumbags, wouldn't it be a shame? They killed my mother and made my sister unable to return home. If you want to fool them like this, it's impossible! Just wait and see, I will make them suffer so much that they can't even say anything."
Dou Zhao believed that Song Mo could do it.
She couldn't help but mourn for a moment for the future of Song Yichun and Song Han.
A servant came in and reported, "Master, the Second Master has moved to the Duke's Osmanthus Courtyard."