Chapter 40 Jiang Yunzheng Moves Next Door to the Duke's Mansion
On the other side, Mrs. Xu, who had just returned to the Xu Mansion from her parents' home, heard what the servant said and then took a carriage to the Shi family without stopping.
Mrs. Xu had met Song Wanyun once in her early years. While she despised Shi Tian and Qin, the two dogs and bitches, she couldn't help but sigh at the coincidence. It turned out that she was the biological sister her husband had been looking for for many years.
The Shi Mansion's housekeeper couldn't stop Madam Xu at all. Madam Xu rushed over with her people. When she saw Song Wanyun, she couldn't help but tear up: "Good sister."
Song Wanyun looked at her brother and sister-in-law, and her eyes became red again.
Madam Xu wiped her eyes and said to her husband, "There's an empty house next to our mansion. The owner of that house...before he left Beijing, he asked me to transfer the house to him. If you don't mind us bothering you every day, you can live next door to us."
Since Mrs. Xu said so, there was no reason for Song Wanyun to refuse. She also wanted to be closer to her family, and the house had a good location, which was very convenient for whatever Yun Zheng planned to do.
Song Wanyun thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
Xu Qingsong glanced at his wife with gratitude. Madam Xu smiled and said, "Mianmian really likes Yunzheng. She keeps talking about wanting to come and play with Sister Jiang. Now that we live close, we can see each other every day."
When Jiang Yunzheng came back from the front yard, Song Wanyun told her her new address.
Jiang Yunzheng's face froze.
She remembered that the Xu Mansion and the Duke's Mansion were very close to each other. When she went to the princess' birthday party that day, she remembered that there was someone living in the house on the east side of the Xu Mansion. Could it be that they were talking about the one on the west side?
If it’s the one on the west side, the Duke’s Mansion is right next to it!
Song Wanyun: "Yun Zheng, is there something wrong?"
Xu Qingsong and Madam Xu looked at her expectantly. "Yun Zheng is probably so happy she's speechless. So, move your things over first. Sister and Yun Zheng will stay at the Xu residence for a while. Once the house is ready, you can move in."
Having said this, Jiang Yunzheng couldn't refuse anymore.
Wu Lu rode a fast horse to Hanshan Temple, and it took him just over an hour and a half to bring the monk back to Shi Mansion.
The housekeeper thought something was wrong and quickly woke Ishida up and ran to Qihuaju.
The Xu family, Song Wanyun, and Jiang Yunzheng stayed in Qihua Residence, watching the master chant sutras and pray for Shi Chaoqing's cenotaph, and then opened the cenotaph...
Inside were some of Shi Chaoqing's old clothes and writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.
Song Wanyun murmured, "Chaoqing, mother will take you away from here."
Shi Chaoqing was weak since childhood, but he was talented in literature and had a handsome and open mind. When he was still in Lushan Academy, he was the favorite disciple of a great scholar of the time. Later, when he was about to take the imperial examination, he went up the mountain to look into the distance with several classmates and accidentally fell off a cliff. It was three days later before he was found.
The Shi family believes in returning to one's roots. After the funeral, the guards of the Shi Mansion escorted Shi Chaoqing back to his hometown in Anyang for burial.
"No!" Ishida's furious voice came from behind: "Chaoqing is my son, no one is allowed to take him away!"
"You're making me sick by saying he's your son now."
Jiang Yunzheng's eyebrows jumped, and he felt something was wrong.
Ishida's eyes were bloodshot and he was about to rush over: "Song Wanyun, you vicious woman!"
Jiang Yunzheng glanced at Wuyou, who was standing in front of Song Wanyun.
Song Wanyun said in a calm voice, "When Chaoqing was here, you treated him like nothing. Now that we're leaving, you're pretending to be sympathetic."
Song Wanyun ordered people to take out the things from the cenotaph and pack them up, and then held them carefully in her arms.
Ishida knelt down helplessly in front of the empty cenotaph.
Xu Qingsong escorted Song Wanyun out of the yard, and Mrs. Xu couldn't help but spit at Shi Tian.
The group headed towards the door.
Ishida came to his senses and tried to chase them, but still couldn't catch up. He looked at the carriages going away with his hair disheveled and his face mad.
When Song Wanyun and Jiang Yunzheng moved out, the Shi Mansion was almost completely empty.
The scandal of the Shi Mansion spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, and the trivial matters between Shi Tian and Qin were brought up again and talked about with relish. Shi Xiaoge heard the rumors this evening and regardless of her illness, she immediately returned to the Shi Mansion.
Shi Xiaoge is Shi Tian's second child. Before Qin was promoted to a co-wife, Shi Xiaoge was still young and was raised by Song Wanyun together with Shi Chaoqing. Later, when Qin's wealth rose, Shi Xiaoge returned to live with her biological mother and grew up.
Qin woke up long before Song Wanyun and the others left.
She didn't dare go out for fear of being beaten.
Shi Xiaoge knew from childhood that Qin didn't like Song Wanyun, but who would have thought that Qin had the courage to poison her!
Qin cried bitterly, "Xiao Ge, go and beg the prince to help me. How can you bear to let your brother be without a mother when he is just born? I don't want to die!"
Qin claimed to others that she was two months pregnant, but in fact she was only three months pregnant.
At most six months, the fetus in the womb will be born.
That would be the day when Qin would be sent to the government office.
Shi Xiaoge frowned: "Father should be able to find a way."
Qin's brows furrowed. Men are the most unreliable! Just look at Ishida's attitude towards Song Wanyun. No matter how much you like a woman, once you get tired of her, you will abandon her.
Shi Xiaoge was soft-hearted. Seeing Qin's expression, she felt bad too. "Mom, please don't do stupid things in the future. I can't say anything about the prince. I can only try to say a few words."
Shi Xiaoge also brought Qin five thousand taels of silver notes.
Qin grabbed Shi Xiaoge's hand and said, "Ge'er, mother's love for you is not in vain."
Shi Xiaoya circled the mansion like a wandering soul, and finally came to Qin's yard. After hearing Qin's words, the tense string in Shi Xiaoya's heart broke.
Mom, it turns out that my sister is the one I love the most.
That's why he ignored her wishes and forced her to marry the King of Zhou.
A flash of resentment passed through Shi Xiaoya's eyes, and she floated back to her yard like a wandering soul.
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