Chapter 102: Boomerang Darts Are Deadly
Song family.
Old Madam Song frowned and looked at Liu Qingyin with some displeasure. Tingchen and Su Tan were going to leave the city together, and she had clearly instructed Liu Qingyin to accompany them. "Qingyin, Tingchen left the city a long time ago, why are you still at home now?"
Liu Qingyin's face turned pale, revealing a frail expression. "Mother, I wanted to go with Tingchen, but Brother Tingchen asked me to come back."
She lowered her head, her expression somewhat gloomy.
"Brother Tingchen is here on the emperor's orders to bring Princess Jingxi back. What would it look like if I went along?"
It’s not that she didn’t want to leave the city, but she still remembered clearly what happened the last time she secretly went out.
That time, if Song Tingchen had stopped Su Tan a little later, she might have really died.
She still remembers the days when her face was severely injured and the Song family openly and secretly disliked her.
Fortunately, the wound healed without any medicine after seven days, otherwise her life would have been ruined!
Liu Qingyin was still frightened and didn't dare to do such a thankless task again.
However, Old Madam Song felt that she was lazy and was making excuses.
Old Madam Song looked at Liu Qingyin with a look of disappointment, "How long have you and Tingchen been married? You are newlyweds, but he lives in the study every day. You are not worried, but I, an old woman, am!"
"When are you planning to give Xiaoxiao a brother as a companion?"
"Xiaoxiao is so lonely all alone!"
She just didn't understand. She had clearly given the opportunity to Liu Qingyin and threatened to die to force Song Tingchen to marry Liu Qingyin.
If Liu Qingyin had been more motivated, there would be some movement in her stomach by now.
As a result, after being married for so long, Song Tingchen didn't even enter Liu Qingyin's room.
Liu Qingyin is really useless.
When Liu Qingyin was the daughter of Tingchen's savior and a distinguished guest of their Song Mansion, and when Liu Qingyin called Song Tingchen "Brother Song" and her "Aunt Song", she could tell Liu Qingyin not to be anxious and to take it slow.
Time reveals a person's true character. Liu Qingyin is so gentle and docile that Song Tingchen will always find that Liu Qingyin is much better than Su Tan, who has a bad temper and is stubborn.
But now Liu Qingyin has become her daughter-in-law.
Old Madam Song's patience was gradually running out.
"Qingyin, you know, the Song family has few descendants."
Liu Qingyin lowered her head, bit her lip, and said in a mosquito-like voice, "Mother, I..."
Old Madam Song stood up impatiently. She knew what Liu Qingyin was going to say. It was just that she knew she was wrong and would try harder, but why did she need Liu Qingyin's efforts? She wanted a grandson!
"Okay, Qingyin, I guess Tingchen just treats you as a younger sister."
"I'm afraid he won't be able to get over the hurdle in his heart in a short period of time."
"It would be awkward for you to get along with him by yourself."
Old Madam Song raised her eyelids and said, "I won't force you anymore. When you and Tingchen are no longer awkward with each other, I think he will move out of the study."
Liu Qingyin's face darkened.
She had some understanding of Old Madam Song.
Mrs. Song said this, but she did not feel happy. Instead, her eyelids twitched.
Sure enough, the next moment Madam Song said, "But Tingchen can't be left without someone to serve and take care of him."
"Before, he was still in mourning, so I couldn't bring anyone else around him. And before that, that woman Su Tan was so unreasonable that she always monopolized Tingchen."
"Now that Tingchen has married you, and I know you are a virtuous woman, you are worried about Tingchen staying in the study all the time, right?"
"Why don't you arrange for Tingchen to take in two concubines?"
Old Madam Song said, smiling and holding Liu Qingyin's hand, with a bit of kindness in her eyes, "Qingyin, I know you are a sensible person. You are different from that woman Su Tan."
"You certainly couldn't do what she did."
"Don't worry, I'm only giving Tingchen two concubines. They're just there to continue the Song family's lineage. No one can surpass you. If you feel uncomfortable seeing them, you can just kill the mother and keep the son."
She smiled and asked Liu Qingyin to arrange to buy people.
A series of requirements were listed in detail.
"She can't be too coquettish. If she's too coquettish, she'll easily lead Tingchen astray. But after all, she's going to serve him, so she can't be unattractive either. Just pick two with more distinctive looks, preferably gentle and virtuous like you. Don't take those with shrewd and weird tempers."
"Good Qingyin, mother knows that you can definitely handle this, right?"
Liu Qingyin's expression froze for a moment.
How long has she been married to Song Tingchen?
Less than a month!
Less than a month after getting married, her mother-in-law forced her to take a concubine for her husband. Scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants all said that merchants were of low status, but even though she came from a merchant family, she had never seen such a rule!
Liu Qingyin tried her best to suppress her anger and forced a smile, "Of course I have nothing to say to what my mother-in-law said, but if Brother Tingchen is unhappy..."
Madam Song interrupted her, "How could he, a man, be unhappy?"
"You're just thin-skinned. You could have just given me some advice. I told you to arrange for Tingchen to find a concubine, but you kept refusing and making excuses. Could it be that you've also started to learn bad habits from that woman Su Tan?"
"Qingyin, I asked Tingchen to marry you because I saw that you were sensible and considerate!"
Old Madam Song didn't give him any time to explain and started to scold him.
Liu Qingyin's fingers dug into her palms tightly. She forced a smile on her face, appearing submissive and flattering. "Mother, how could that be?"
"You asked me to take a concubine for my husband, and naturally I would agree, but...but you also know that the money in the treasury is not enough to spend money now, and the price asked by these girls is also..."
Hearing Liu Qingyin crying poor, Old Madam Song rolled her eyes.
"There's not enough money in the public treasury, so why don't you fill in some of it yourself?"
Liu Qingyin took a betrothal gift of 10,000 taels!
I don’t know how many girls with these ten thousand taels can be bought with!
She is still here crying poor to me!
Liu Qingyin gritted her teeth, but ultimately said nothing. She simply lowered her eyes and said, "Yes."
"Forget it, I'm going out for a walk today. Please take good care of everything in the mansion."
During this period of time, she learned to play mahjong. At her age, she didn't have a lot of concubines to compete with, and her son was promising, so she should enjoy a peaceful life.
She asked Liu Qingyin for a hundred taels of silver and left.
Looking at the gradually departing figure of Old Madam Song, Xue'er beside Liu Qingyin frowned and couldn't help but stamp her feet vigorously, "Miss, this old hag is too much!"
"You've only been married to General Song for a short time, and she's pressuring you to take a concubine, not to mention how she has the nerve to take your money and gamble away while bossing you around!"
Liu Qingyin's eyes were cold and her expression was slightly gloomy. "It's always like this when a poor person suddenly becomes rich."
Xue'er's eyes were filled with tears. "Are you going to indulge her like this forever?"
Always indulged?
Liu Qingyin raised her eyebrows, a hint of irony spreading across her lips. "She has the nerve to spend my money, but I'll see if she's destined to enjoy it."
…
Old Madam Song was paralyzed.
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