Ignoring the Prime Minister's wife's dark expression, Feng Shao sat there quietly drinking tea, as if he wouldn't leave until all the gifts and sentiments were taken away.
Unfortunately, some items that could not be found or had been used up could only be replaced with other valuable items by the Prime Minister's wife. After Feng Shao left, seeing that the storeroom was almost half empty, the Prime Minister's wife was so distressed that she went to bed and called for a doctor.
"This young general is far too heartless. After all, he and you, Miss, were childhood sweethearts." The maid complained on Xu Huixin's behalf, criticizing Feng Shao.
"Shut up, stop talking." Xu Huixin said, embarrassed and ashamed. "It was I who wronged him in the first place."
The maid opened her mouth helplessly: "Miss, don't be discouraged. Once you marry His Highness Prince Xun, what rare treasures won't you have? At that time, Madam will naturally recover without medicine."
Hsu Hui-hsin still looked worried: "I hope so."
She lowered her eyelashes, not knowing how things had turned out this way; in the end, she had let her father down.
However, it might not be a bad thing that she and Hengnian could no longer hide from each other or be burdened by their engagement.
In the middle of the night, Si Hengnian quietly sneaked into Xu Huixin's boudoir, pulled her into his arms in a startled embrace, and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, it's me."
Xu Huixin struggled a few times, but seeing that she couldn't break free, she obediently leaned against his chest and then lightly punched his chest: "Now you still dare to come, aren't you afraid of being seen by others again?"
A fierce glint flashed in Si Hengnian's eyes: "Those guards who failed in their duties have been executed by me. Such a thing will never happen again."
Xu Huixin exclaimed, "How could you kill people so casually? They were your subordinates, after all."
"You were just a servant to begin with. They made you endure so much gossip and slander. Death is the cheapest punishment you could ever receive."
“I shouldn’t have agreed to let you go out that day,” Xu Huixin said remorsefully. “Otherwise, my father wouldn’t have been implicated because of me.”
Si Hengnian hugged her even tighter: "We love each other, what wrong have you done? Don't worry, after we get married, I will make sure your father returns to the center of power."
“But won’t His Majesty be wary of you and your father for acting like this? Although His Majesty’s punishment for you this time was light, its impact on the common people was significant.”
"None of that matters. As long as the border is lost, only I can recover it. At that time, the people will praise me as the God of War, and His Majesty will only be able to rely on me. We will be blessed by everyone."
Xu Huixin finally smiled and said, "I knew you were the best."
At this moment, the two seemed to have already concluded that Feng Shao could not defend the border and were waiting for Si Hengnian to come and turn the tide.
Xu Huixin genuinely felt that Feng Shao was inferior to Si Hengnian, while Si Hengnian was plotting how to trip up Feng Shao.
He has discovered that the General's Mansion was behind the rumors about him and Huixin, so he will not let it go easily. Since they dare to mess with him and Huixin, they should bear his wrath!
Does he really think he's in control of the border just because he's won two battles? He'll show everyone who the true leader of the 200,000 soldiers on the border is!
Meanwhile, Song Xia and her friends were celebrating.
"Mother, you have no idea how dark Madam Xu's face turned when she saw the gift list."
"Thank goodness we came back, otherwise we would have suffered a huge loss."
Zhou Qing chimed in, "If you ask me, even just returning the money isn't enough. It's been kept in the Prime Minister's residence for so many years; shouldn't they have collected some interest?"
"That's enough," Feng Shao hurriedly said. "Some of the items they've used or can't find are being compensated for in excess of their original value."
"It's only because Prime Minister Xu has been stripped of his power that they're afraid of ruining their reputation even more. Otherwise, why would they care about us, a widow and her orphan?"
"Our successful annulment of the engagement has caused both the Prime Minister's Mansion and Prince Xun's reputation to plummet. They certainly won't let this go easily, so we need to be careful."
“What’s there to be afraid of? Once Si Hengnian and Xu Huixin’s marriage is on the agenda, Madam Qi will be restless.” Zhou Qing said with a wicked smile. “I’ve found out that Madam Qi has indeed been very uneasy these days. With her own brother and sister about to get married, the joke will definitely be even bigger than it is now. Let’s see how they handle it.”
At the Qi residence, the eldest daughter, Qi Jiejing, who had just returned from the estate, sneered upon learning that her mother was unable to eat or sleep: "Have you called a doctor?"
"Miss, please."
"Since you've already invited her, why bother reporting this? I'm not a doctor; I can't cure her illness."
The servants dared not respond. Things were fine before, but in the last two years, the relationship between the mistress and the young lady had deteriorated, putting them, the servants, in a very difficult position.
"Was my dad unaffected?"
"Master has taken Aunt Xia and the young master to handle matters related to the clan school, saying that all matters in the capital are entrusted to you, Miss."
"If Father still has the mind to return to his hometown, then there's nothing to worry about. Have you found out everything I asked you to inquire about?"
“Miss, the name of the old lady of the General’s Mansion that you mentioned earlier is indeed Song Xia, but we really can’t find out what she looks like, because the old lady Song hasn’t attended any banquets in the capital for many years.”
"It's not your fault," Qi Jiejing sighed softly. "I'll think of another way."
"Miss, do you have some connection with this Madam Song?"
"You don't understand, perhaps it's just my obsession with this name!" Qi Jiejing waved for the servants to leave, then calmed down and wrote a visiting card. The servants' inquiries were ultimately inaccurate, and she still wanted to confirm it herself.
She never imagined that she could come back to this world with her memories after death, so it must be some kind of divine instruction.
The only person she could worry about so much was her mother. Could it be that heaven had heard her prayers? If Madam Song really was her mother, then all the good deeds she had done in the first half of her life had not been in vain.
As for my mother in this life, well, she's really hard to judge.
But no matter what she says, she won't believe that she was transferred away and then transferred back, right?
But I do look a bit like her!
It doesn't matter if her biological mother doesn't love her, since she already had the best mother in her past life. What she worries about is that her biological mother in this life might impulsively harm the entire Qi family.
Switching the Prime Minister's daughter would mean the whole family would be punished!
There are only two paths to take now: either control the mother and prevent her from telling the truth, or expose the fact that the Prime Minister's wife had her sister-in-law transferred back later. If the Prime Minister's mansion wants to hold her accountable, the Prime Minister's wife's family will not escape either. It all depends on whether the Prime Minister's wife will let her family off the hook. In that case, the Qi family will be safe and sound.
Upon receiving the visiting card from Miss Qi, Song Xia was extremely surprised. It seemed that their family had no connection with the Qi family. Could it be because of the matter between Xu Huixin and Prince Xun Si Hengnian?
Regardless of the reason, Song Xia felt she should meet him.
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