Chapter 22: Song Xiao: Bad woman, come home with me and play tricks on me!
The plaque fell down without warning, and Song Tingchen's shoulder swelled up instantly.
The court doctor was applying medicine to him. Old Madam Song's face was filled with heartache, but the slightest movement caused her waist to twitch in pain. "Ouch!"
"They say that losing money can prevent disasters. We've wasted these 23,000 taels today, and we're both still facing many more disasters!"
Liu Qingyin lowered her head, her hand still hurting, tears streaming down her face. Normally, Mrs. Song would feel distressed when she saw her crying, but today she felt annoyed for no reason. "Okay, Qingyin, don't cry!"
"If you keep crying, all our blessings will be wiped out!"
Liu Qingyin bit her lip, not daring to shed any more tears. She just glanced at Song Tingchen with tears in her eyes, "Brother Tingchen, how are you?"
Song Tingchen's expression was calm. In the past, swords and knives on the battlefield were blind, so being hit by the plaque was just a minor injury. He didn't care. "It's okay. You and mother should rest well these few days."
Song Xiao was sobbing and sobbing. His left cheek had swollen into a dumpling. His teeth were throbbing with pain, as if a little person was dancing in his teeth. "Daddy~"
"It hurts~"
Song Tingchen's face darkened slightly. "You endure the pain, but who told you to love eating candies so much?"
The doctor gave Song Xiao some peppercorns to hold in his mouth to relieve the pain.
"Young Master, you should eat less sweets. I see that your tooth is very decayed. Fortunately, it's time to replace it. Just bear with it for another ten days or half a month. Once the tooth falls out and a new one grows in, it will be fine."
Song Xiao's mouth flattened, "It's not cavities, it's a ghost!"
"There must be a ghost!"
In the past, when he felt pain here and there, and felt uncomfortable here and there, the bad woman would say that it was because of a ghost and that all he had to do was to find the ghost that was causing trouble.
Song Xiao ran up to Song Tingchen and shook his uninjured arm, "Dad, find that bad woman and ask her to catch ghosts for me!"
As long as Su Tan catches the ghost and stops the pain, he will show mercy and call her "Mother"!
But she would never forgive Su Tan so easily!
Song Tingchen expressionlessly brushed his hand away. He saw that Song Xiao was now in high spirits, and it didn't look like he had seen a ghost. "Don't be silly. The doctor said you ate too many sweets."
"You eat so many sweets every day, if you don't feel pain, who will?"
Song Tingchen's face was gloomy, just like the unpredictable weather outside. Song Xiao's mouth flattened, "If you don't want to go find it, then I'll go by myself!"
After saying that, Song Xiao covered his face and ran away.
Song Tingchen's temples jumped, he pulled up his clothes from his shoulders and hurried after him.
Song Xiao had a swollen face and jogged for nearly half an hour before finally arriving at the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
He pointed at the gatehouse. He used to come to the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion during festivals and holidays. He knew everyone there very well. "I want to see the bad woman!"
"My house is haunted, you asked her to catch the ghost for me!"
Song Tingchen's face was so cold that the frost and snow on the pair of stone lions in front of the door were visible. He picked up Song Xiao and said, "Come back with me. She won't see you."
"I won't!" Song Xiao had a stubborn expression, kicking his feet randomly. His tooth hurt so much, and if he didn't let the bad woman catch the little devil who caused his toothache, he would die of pain. "I want to see the bad woman!"
"I just want to see her!"
Song Xiao jumped off Song Tingchen and fell flat on his face. His ankle started to ache slightly. He gasped in pain several times and pointed at the doorman: "Did you hear that? Go and call out that bad woman!"
The doorman had a respectful smile on his face, but his eyes were cold. "My dear cousin, I don't know who this person you are talking about is."
"Everyone in the Duke Ding's Mansion has a heart as bright as the moon, and they are upright and honest. I have never seen a bad woman."
"I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place."
As for Song Tingchen who was standing next to Song Xiao, the doorman turned a blind eye to him and even wanted to spit in his face.
Song Tingchen's expression was cold, "Please inform your eldest lady that her son is ill and wants to see her."
The doorman forced a smile on his face and said, "General Song, I'm so sorry, our eldest daughter is out today."
"I haven't returned home yet."
Song Tingchen held Song Xiao's hand and stood in the biting cold wind. He heard his own voice as cold as the first snowstorm in the north. His brows knitted slightly, and he was even more irritated than he had noticed. "When will she come back?"
The doorman smiled and said, "I don't know about this."
"It's freezing cold. If you don't have anything important to do, you and your cousin should go back to the general's mansion and wait. If the young lady returns, I will send someone to inform the general."
It looked like he had no intention of inviting anyone in to wait.
How can a doorman like him be the master of the house?
Treating them like this is simply someone's explanation.
Song Tingchen was as cold as ice, his shoulder still aching. He was too lazy to make himself look bad, so he was about to pick up Song Xiao and leave when he caught a glimpse of a few shadows out of the corner of his eye.
Su Tan's brows turned cold, "What are you doing here?"
Gu Mingzhu pulled Hong Ge'er and said coldly, "It really is haunting."
"My tooth hurts so much! It hurts so much! Hurry back and help me catch ghosts!"
Song Xiao had tears in her eyes as she grabbed Su Tan's sleeve. At such a young age, she had already learned to act bossy.
Su Tan pushed his hand away and stared at his swollen cheek expressionlessly. It was right to feel pain. With the jade bracelet, no one else in the Zhenbei General's Mansion would be affected. However, Song Tingchen and the other three would feel pain and be unlucky for a while.
There was a hint of sarcasm in her eyes. She glanced at the father and son leisurely, "What does this have to do with me?"
Song Xiao's face was stunned, tears welling up in his eyes. He stared at Su Tan fiercely, "I said my tooth hurts! It hurts so much! There's a ghost in the general's mansion, can't you hear me?"
Su Tan glanced at him indifferently, "I heard it, and then what?"
Song Xiao's tears fell one by one, and she stared at Su Tan with gritted teeth, "Come back with me to catch ghosts!"
"Dad is injured, and so are Aunt Qing and Grandma. If you don't catch the ghost, we will die of pain!"
Su Tan was both amused and confused. When there was something going on, it was Zhong Wuyan, and when there was nothing going on, it was Xia Yingchun. Song Xiao was so young, but he had learned all of this perfectly.
There was a hint of sarcasm in her eyes. "The Song family is rich and powerful. If they want to catch ghosts, they can just ask a mystic."
"Or, after buying the jade bracelet, the Song family didn't even have the money to hire a master, so they had to shamelessly beg for help in front of their ex-wife?"
Song Tingchen's expression suddenly turned cold, and he stared at Su Tan coldly. Every time he saw her, he found that he had underestimated her cruelty.
Song Tingchen's jaw was tense, his face was gloomy, and he reached out to hug Song Xiao, "Let's go."
"I won't!" Song Xiao's eyes were red, like a mad calf, staring at Su Tan intently, picking up the most unpleasant words in the world and stabbing them into Su Tan's heart, "You are just a poor guy, who cares about you!"
"You can't even afford a bracelet, you're old and ugly, no one will like you!"
Hong Ge'er's face suddenly darkened. Just as he was about to teach Song Xiao a lesson, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a group of people walking towards them from the corner of his eye.
It turned out to be Steward Wang from Prince Chen’s Mansion.
Steward Wang smiled and walked around Song Tingchen and his son, approaching Su Tan. "Miss Su, you saved the princess today. His Highness is very happy."
He pointed to the densely packed rows of boxes and said, "These are gifts of thanks from His Highness."
"After the other princes learned that you had saved the princess, they also sent two boxes of gifts as a token of their gratitude."
He opened a box, revealing a dazzling array of rare treasures. "The rest is fine, but the things in this box were all personally selected and placed by the princess herself."
"The princess said she must confirm in person whether you like it or not. If you don't like it, she will change it for you immediately."
Su Tan's eyes only fell on the branch of plum blossoms. "Thank you, Princess, for me. I like it very much."
Song Xiao stared eagerly. There were many things inside that he had never seen before. He pointed at the night-shining pearl that was bigger than his fist and glared at Su Tan as if it was a matter of course. "I want this!"
"Give this to me!"
What belongs to Su Tan is his!
Su Tan had already turned around with an indifferent expression, ignoring him and only invited Manager Wang to come in for tea.
Song Xiao struggled to get off Song Tingchen and wanted to follow him in, but the servants of the Su family stopped him on both sides.
"Master Song, you cannot go in without the eldest lady's permission."
This ungrateful little bastard who only cares about whoever feeds him wants to get close to the young lady?
Go away! Stop dreaming!
Song Xiao bit his lip and stared at Su Tan's back with red eyes. He was isolated from the world after hearing the word "close the door".
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