Chapter 380 Is this retribution?
"Mammy, have someone take her away." Song Mingzhen threw away the feather duster and slumped down on the couch powerlessly.
There is only one person in this world who can make her so angry.
That wrong marriage is still poisoning me, like a maggot on the heel, impossible to get rid of.
Song Mingzhen was still sane. She told herself that she needed to calm down, otherwise she was afraid that she would strangle Song Chenghuan or say something irreparable.
Before Song Chenghuan left, he looked at his biological mother with resentment and hatred.
That look makes people feel cold all over.
After a while, Madam Huo returned, closed the door, and said softly, "Don't worry, Princess. I have already sent the young lady back home and have also called the palace physician to give her medicine."
"Madam," Song Mingzhen said with tears in her eyes, "Is this my retribution?"
"Princess, don't think like that." Feeling sorry for the child she had nursed, Madam Huo stepped forward to comfort her, "The eldest girl is just too young. She'll be fine in a few years."
"You can tell a person's future by looking at him when he's three," Song Mingzhen said, "and she's already ten years old after the New Year. It's marriageable age in the blink of an eye. Does she have to wait until she gets married to be considered grown up?"
She shook her head in despair, "Mammy, this child can't be saved. I want to have another child, either a boy or a girl."
She didn't even ask for a son anymore.
She would be satisfied with having a daughter, as long as she was not like Song Chenghuan.
"I don't understand," Song Mingzhen burst into tears. "Why did I put so much effort into raising her, but in the end it turned out like this? And Lu Qiniang, who bought and picked up three daughters with no blood relationship, raised each one better than the last. Mammy, is this retribution for me stealing her man?"
She couldn't help but think, if she didn't snatch Zhang Heyao away, could she get a well-behaved, sensible and considerate daughter in return?
No, it can’t be brought back. The root is rotten.
She still has to rely on Zhang Heyao to help her rise to prominence.
Zhang Heyao is the best choice in her life.
This daughter—
I can't let it go, but I don't want to care about it anymore.
"I'll write to my sister-in-law later," Song Mingzhen said in a low voice, "and ask her to find a marriage for Cheng Huan and let Cheng Huan return to the northwest. There, no matter how much trouble she makes, at least my father and brother can support her. In the capital, I'm afraid she will kill herself and ruin our future."
Madam Huo didn't even try to persuade her to reconsider. Instead, she nodded and agreed, "This arrangement, Princess, is extremely appropriate."
Song Mingzhen closed his eyes, his heart felt like it had been burned by a fire, leaving only ashes.
Aunt Huo knew everything. She knew that she and her sisters-in-law were not on good terms with each other, and she knew that they would not really help her take care of Cheng Huan.
But she still agreed with her own idea.
It can be seen that Madam Huo has no patience for Cheng Huan and no longer has high hopes for her.
Cheng Huan, her daughter, how could she have reached this point...
But stupidity can be taught, but stubbornness and stupidity are truly hopeless.
"Princess, speaking of which, since my lord returned from Henan, the number of times we've slept together has decreased significantly..."
The young couple had been asking for water at night for at least ten days in the past month.
But when Madam Huo counted, she found that she had only requested water three times in the entire last month.
"Yes, he felt resentful," Song Mingzhen said. "He blamed me for not being able to stay with him when he was infected with the disease. But he didn't think about the fact that we were brought together by interests. Why should I accompany him to live and die? I thought he understood, but I didn't expect that he still held a grudge."
She realized that as Zhang Heyao rose in the ranks, he was escaping the control of the Zhenbei Palace at an increasingly rapid pace.
Who doesn’t fear having poor personal ethics and being criticized?
Zhang Heyao was not afraid. Even his bad deeds were explained away by the emperor, and he still had the emperor's trust.
After returning from Henan, the emperor praised him for his hard work and praised him for his loyalty to the emperor and love for the people.
He also risked his life to save the prince from the flood. When the prince ascends the throne in the future, he will only be more favored.
In front of Zhang Heyao is a visible broad road.
The most rare thing is that even though everyone understands this, Zhang Heyao remains neither arrogant nor impatient, but instead acts more cautiously and calmly, which makes people look at him with admiration.
"He's changed a lot since he returned to Beijing." Song Mingzhen murmured, "He seems to be becoming more and more like a good person."
For the sake of the country and the people, regardless of gains and losses, he even dared to risk his life to confront such a huge interest group.
He was not like this before.
"Then Princess, you have to be more humble and coax him. Men need to be coaxed." Madam Huo offered a suggestion.
Song Mingzhen nodded and said with a wry smile, "I know the reasoning, and I did it patiently, but unfortunately, the results were minimal."
The question is that it's nothing, she is just overthinking it, or he is just too tired.
It's a trick.
"Fortunately, even if the master is busy, he will return home instead of being outside. Everything is under your eyes, and you know that he is not around any messy people." Nanny Huo comforted Song Mingzhen.
"A man wants to do some messy things and express his feelings anytime and anywhere," Song Mingzhen said with a mocking look, "It's just because he is thinking about Lu Qiniang and can't look down on others."
"That Shuyu..." Madam Huo said softly.
She also knew about Shuyu's affairs, and it was actually she who helped Song Mingzhen with the advice at that time.
"Shuyu followed him innocently, and he liked her a little at first," Song Mingzhen said, "but he soon lost interest."
The first obsession with a woman is so easy to satisfy.
But after satisfaction, only emptiness remains.
"He didn't let Shuyu serve him once last month." Song Mingzhen laughed at himself. "Is this respect for me or disregard?"
"Princess, don't think too much. The most urgent thing is to take care of your body and have a child. Once you have a blood-related child, everything will be different."
In fact, Madam Huo had advised Song Mingzhen to give birth to a child for Zhang Heyao as soon as possible, but Song refused.
She probably felt that she didn't know what would happen to Zhang Heyao in the future, and if she had more children, it would be difficult for her to remarry.
It’s a pity that Zhang Heyao has such a promising future.
Fortunately, there is still time now.
"My Lady, the palace physician has always said that there is nothing wrong with your health, but I feel that the palace physician is not very good at this. How about asking someone to find an imperial physician to examine you?"
"You think the court doctor is incompetent? I brought him here from the northwest."
It is for this reason that Song Mingzhen never doubted it.
"It doesn't necessarily mean he's unfaithful, but perhaps he's incompetent." Madam Huo said implicitly.
"Then take my invitation and go get the imperial physician." Song Mingzhen made a prompt decision, "Go right now."
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