Chapter 47: Su Tan owes me a princess, so she should make up for it herself
Old Madam Song was becoming more and more confused. She stayed in the inner house all day long, and it would take some time for her to know what was happening outside.
"We have nothing to do with the Xingguo Mansion, so why are they targeting the Song family for no reason?"
Liu Qingyin's face suddenly turned extremely pale.
She bit her lip and looked at Song Tingchen for help, but his eyes were not looking at her at all.
Song Tingchen's voice was cold, with the chill that only snowy days can bring. "The Duke of Xingguo's Mansion has lost a prince, and they can't get over this. Now the Song family has become the scapegoat."
Old Madam Song almost lost her breath. The more she listened to this, the more she felt it made no sense. "What does it have to do with us if a prince of the Duke of Xingguo died?"
"Whoever killed the Duke of Xingguo's son, who should he go after? Why is he causing trouble for our Song family?"
"No, I must ask them for an explanation!"
As Mrs. Song said this, she was about to go out with her cane, not caring about the slight pain in her waist.
Song Tingchen reached out to stop his mother and said calmly, "It's useless for mother to go. It will only make those people more aggressive."
Old Madam Song was stunned and hit Song Tingchen hard, "Don't play dumb with me. We are all officials in the court. If the people from the Xingguo Mansion do this, even if it comes to the emperor, we are still right!"
"Could it be—"
The old lady was horrified and had a bad premonition in her heart, "Could it be that you killed the prince of Xingguo?"
Liu Qingyin hurriedly said, "Aunt, please don't ask. The Ling family is bullying us by taking advantage of their power. We definitely can't defeat them. Why bother?"
Old Madam Song was furious when she heard this. In the past, she would feel distressed when Su Tan made Liu Qingyin angry, but now she just felt that Liu Qingyin was a coward. "Bah! I don't believe there is no law in this world!"
"Those bastards did something like this, and they're still so arrogant. If you didn't know, you'd think the man sitting on the throne was named Ling!"
Liu Qingyin's body shook.
This ignorant fool!
How dare you say such things!
Song Tingchen's expression became increasingly cold, "Mother, please be careful with your words."
Liu Qingyin looked over with a sad and pleading look, and Song Tingchen understood that she didn't want him to say this.
But now, he had no choice but to mention it. Sooner or later, Old Madam Song would find out, and then she would only be even angrier.
Song Tingchen's sigh, accompanied by the sound of wind and snow outside, fell into the ears of Old Lady Song.
He used a tone as calm as possible, carefully choosing his words, and explained the reasons to Old Madam Song.
Old Madam Song was startled by what she heard, her cane suddenly dropping to the ground. Although she was old, her ears were sharp enough to pick up the key point. "You mean, the Xingguo Duke's son didn't have to die originally, and it was probably because Qingyin messed up the situation that so many incidents arose, causing the people in the Xingguo Mansion to vent their anger on us?"
Song Tingchen pursed his lips and said nothing.
Liu Qingyin's eyes were red. She didn't dare to look at Old Madam Song's angry expression. She just subconsciously grabbed her hand and said, "Aunt, that's all Su Tan's one-sided words. Don't believe it!"
Old Madam Song suddenly shook her hand away and glared at her, "It's okay if Su Tan hurts you, but does a water ghost hurt you too?"
Liu Qingyin's tears fell, and she felt even more aggrieved after hearing this. She sniffed and said in a trembling voice, "Aunt Song, how can you believe the words of a water ghost?"
"How do I know what she's up to? Maybe she's colluding with Su Tan—"
"Enough!" Song Tingchen's brows were covered with frost and snow. He said to Liu Qingyin, "Qingyin, I warned you that day that it was extremely dangerous to go to the Sanzhi River."
"You refused to listen to my advice, and that's why trouble happened."
"Do you know that if I had stopped Su Tan a little later that day, you would have died along with that water ghost?"
In front of Su Tan, he could protect Liu Qingyin and temporarily put aside the mistakes she had made.
But he couldn't keep silent about it forever.
Song Tingchen looked at Liu Qingyin who was crying and handed her a handkerchief. "Don't cry, I'm not blaming you."
"But from now on, you can't act so impulsively."
He told Song's mother about this just to teach her a lesson and not to disregard danger like he did the day before.
"Cry, cry, cry! How dare you cry!"
Old Madam Song pounded the floor tiles with her cane. The more she listened to Liu Qingyin crying, the more irritated she became. "This is all your fault. If you have the guts, go cry in front of the Duke of Xingguo's mansion and see if they'll give up targeting our Song family just because you cry!"
Liu Qingyin bit her lip, her eyes full of resentment, and suddenly she just clenched her hands, as if she had made some kind of decision.
"Auntie is right, I am responsible for my own actions!"
"I'm going to the Duke of Xingguo's mansion right now and beg them to let the Song family go!"
Old Madam Song's eyebrows twitched fiercely, and she hurriedly pulled Liu Qingyin back, "Is that what I meant? Go back to your room!"
"Don't come out and cause trouble these days!"
Liu Qingyin's father died while saving Tingchen. If the Song family handed Liu Qingyin over to the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion now, the Song family would be drowned in spit.
Song Tingchen's eyes fell on Liu Qingyin, hoping that today's incident would teach her a lesson. "Don't worry, the Xingguo Mansion will only harass the Song family for a while. It will be fine once they have vented their anger."
Ultimately, the fault lies with the Jiang and Ling families, but the Jiang family and Prime Minister Jiang He are both dead, so what else can the Xingguo Mansion say?
The person who asked Duke Xingguo to hand over Ling Ran was the emperor.
Duke Xingguo couldn't go against the emperor, so he could only direct his attack at the Song family.
It was more like doing it for the emperor to see rather than to vent anger.
Song Tingchen said calmly, "In seven days at most, the Xingguo Mansion will put an end to this farce."
Even so, Old Madam Song was still unwilling to give in. "Are we just going to endure this?"
Song Tingchen lowered his eyes, "Well, I can only bear it."
Yesterday, the emperor reminded him indirectly that if Duke Xingguo did something bad because of the loss of his beloved son, he should be more tolerant.
Old Madam Song was upset and complained casually, "If Su Tan were here, they wouldn't dare to do this."
Even if Su Tan would not go to the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion with a sword for the sake of the emperor, she could still make the people in the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion suffer by just catching two ghosts and scaring them.
Song Tingchen frowned, "Mother, I have already divorced her."
Madam Song rolled her eyes in annoyance, "I was just talking, but I don't want her to continue to be my daughter-in-law."
Liu Qingyin lowered her eyes and clenched her fingers so tightly that they almost bled.
It would be better for Mrs. Song to really think so instead of just saying it stubbornly.
Speaking of which, why hasn't that useless Prince Yu taken action yet?
Didn’t they pick up the letter she lost last time?
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Prince Yu's Mansion.
"Your Majesty, someone threw this thing into our palace again."
The confidant handed another secret letter to Prince Yu, but Prince Yu just opened it, took a look at it, and then threw it into the fire again.
The candlelight illuminated Prince Yu's gloomy face, his expression flickering. "How interesting! Who, do you think, threw away this secret letter?"
The confidant paused, and was about to answer when he heard Prince Yu sneer, "Needless to say, this prince also knows, but that Liu Qingyin is too much of a fool for this prince."
"She thinks that if I knew that my current fate was related to Su Tan, I would be furious and kill her?"
The confidant lowered his head and thought, could it be that the prince doesn't know how to do this?
Prince Yu knew what his confidant was thinking at a glance. He stretched out his other intact leg and kicked the confidant.
"I am not that stupid."
He narrowed his eyes in satisfaction. "I said earlier that I would use the water ghosts from the Sanzhi River to test Su Tan's strength. Sure enough, Su Tan did not disappoint me."
He curled the corners of his lips, with fire dancing in his eyes.
He slowly turned the jade ring in his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, like a venomous snake staking its prey. "Since this king is missing a princess because of Su Tan, then Su Tan will fill the gap himself—"
"Your Highness!" The confidant was suddenly shocked and dumbfounded for a moment. "The Su family is a deserted family, even worse than the Shen family. You are a man who is destined to achieve great things. How can she be worthy of you?"
Could it be that His Highness has been so upset by the broken leg that he has gone crazy?
Prince Yu glanced at his confidant indifferently and kicked him to the ground, "Idiot."
"Since Su Tan is so capable, does it matter what her family background is like?"
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