Chapter 179 Song Laosan's Plan
I don’t know what will happen in the future.
She closed her eyes and said, "Okay, I'll ask someone to go to the Song family to propose marriage. I want them to get married as soon as possible."
Her husband is already dissatisfied with her, so now she can only temporarily sacrifice her younger son to save her older son.
...
These rumors were soon overshadowed by the news of the Song and Liang families' engagement.
Even if everyone thinks that premarital intimacy is indecent, they can't say anything about it.
Song Ying locked herself in her room all day, refusing to see anyone. The Song family's second branch was in a state of despair, and Yu Jiangyue cried all day for her daughter.
Wanxiang grabbed a handful of candy, went out for a walk, and found out all the news.
"They said they would get married in half a month."
"So hasty." Song Ci thought, the Liang family was anxious, it must be because their vital interests were affected.
I'm afraid this is all related to the rumors outside, but who did it?
The next day.
Song Laosan came back. He looked very haggard and his beard had grown a lot longer. Qiao Xianglan asked someone to get some hot water and handed him a hot towel with concern. "You've been gone for several days. Where have you been?"
Song Ci was also in the room. Seeing that his father looked haggard, he still looked energetic, he immediately had an idea.
"It's to vent our daughter's anger."
Qiao Xianglan was puzzled, and Song Ci lowered her voice and asked, "Did Dad spread the rumors these days?"
Song Lao San smiled and nodded when he heard this, and his usually cheerful face showed a rare bit of cunning.
"Firstly, they're plotting against you, and I won't let them get away with it. The eldest and second sons have always been in cahoots, and their family can't escape this. Secondly, Song Rouxi has always wanted to be with the Crown Prince, and if something like this were to spread at this critical juncture, I'm afraid the Crown Prince would be unhappy. Thirdly, Dad wants to split up the family, and if you split up and live your own life, these dirty reputations won't affect you in the future."
Song Ci was stunned. It turned out that her father had considered everything.
But, separation? She must have heard it right.
"Why does Dad suddenly want to split up the family?"
Song Lao San shook his head. "It's not sudden. These thoughts flashed through my mind before. I was worried that Mother would be unhappy, but now I don't have these concerns. They don't consider us as family, so we don't need to worry about their feelings. Although... your father and I don't have much ability, and we will live alone in the future, the Song family will definitely not give us much money. But no matter where our family goes, we are together, and life will always get better."
Money? Song Ci blinked. She had quite a bit of money now.
Besides the monthly dividends from Kai Zhang's millionaire, she would sell all of them after Lin Huo passed the imperial examination and the prices of houses in the south went up. These houses were worth a lot of money. But for now, she couldn't sell them all. She had to keep one house so that the family would have a place to stay when they moved out.
Little did they know that Song Ci was already happily sketching out the future days in his mind.
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At night, Song Rouxi appeared at the door of the prince's mansion in the suburbs. After taking a few steps, she saw the door open and the prince walked out first, followed by someone.
Welcome silk!
Song Rouxi's pupils shrank, her eyes full of disbelief. She took a few steps out and just as she was about to reach out to grab the prince's hand, she was stopped by the servant beside her. The cold tip of the sword was pressed against her throat, and the cold touch made her shiver.
Thinking it was an assassin, the prince stepped back a few steps and protected Huan Yingsi behind him.
After seeing the person clearly, he asked in surprise: "Rouxi, why are you here?"
When Song Rouxi heard this, she became even more furious. Could it be that he didn't welcome her and was afraid that she would disturb his and Huan Yingsi's good thing?
"Your Highness, what you said means that I came at the wrong time." As Song Rouxi spoke, she looked at Huan Yingsi behind her.
The prince was pricked by this soft knife, and suppressed his unhappiness and explained, "My cousin is here to deliver something for my mother."
"Really?" Song Rouxi clearly didn't believe it.
Huan Yingsi, dressed in a moon-white palace dress, stepped forward and said calmly, "Miss Song, please don't misunderstand. My aunt made the lining for you and said that your cousin's clothes were old, so I sent it to you now."
Undergarments? Such an intimate thing, yet the Queen asked Huan Yingsi to deliver it. She must have other intentions.
"Miss Huan, I won't bother you with things like underwear in the future. Besides, you and the Crown Prince are only cousins, so this wouldn't be right."
Song Rouxi was so angry that she bit her lip and blurted out everything.
The prince said nothing, but a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes. Huan Yingsi's lips curled up slightly, and she instantly regained her gentle demeanor. "Miss Song, please don't be angry. The Huan family's farm is nearby, and I just happened to pass by. I was worried that my cousin would feel uncomfortable wearing it, and I didn't have any other intentions."
The contrast between the two makes Song Rouxi appear reckless, rude, and even petty.
"Rouxi!" The prince lowered his voice.
Song Rouxi's eyes turned red, and tears almost rolled down. The prince couldn't help but soften his heart when he saw this, and tried to soften his voice, "It's not what you think."
"Prince, I have something to tell you."
Huan Yingsi bowed and said, "Since my cousin has something to say to Miss Song, I will go ahead."
"Good." The prince looked at her admiringly.
That look made Song Rouxi's heart ache and she became even more anxious.
After getting on the carriage, the maidservant beside Huan Yingsi curled her lips and said, "She is from a small family, but her ambition is written all over her face. How can such a person compare with a young lady?"
Huan Yingsi glanced at her, expressionless, "If you have words like that, just keep them in your heart and don't say them out loud."
The maid realized she had said something wrong and slapped her mouth, "It was my fault for speaking out of turn."
Inside the carriage, Huan Yingsi thought of what Song Ci said at the palace banquet: doing nothing is the same as doing everything. It is indeed a good idea.
...
Song Rouxi tearfully recounted the recent events of the Song family, tears welling up on her face. "What happened? How can our daughter of the Song family go out and see people in the future? Second sister is truly a fool. She can't help herself like this. The young master of the Liang family is also so vulgar..."
In just a few words, he puts all the blame on others.
Just pretending to be a victim.
The prince looked at her with a flash of disappointment in his eyes, which disappeared in an instant. Then he asked again, "Now, what do you want me to do?"
She carefully took the prince's hand and said, "I'm afraid you will misunderstand me."
"What do you misunderstand?"
"They misunderstood that our Song family has a bad family tradition."
The prince almost laughed out loud. It was because of his bad family tradition. First, his father had an affair with a maid, and then his sisters were involved with people from the Liang family.
He knew about this two days ago, but he kept it to himself because he didn't know what to do next.
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