Chapter 230: Kidnapped and taken to Dali Temple
"It seems unlikely. She's so smart she should have divorced Lord Wu sooner rather than later. She comes to the mansion so often, and how could she not notice that Miss Zhihuan doesn't look like her? And it's impossible for her not to discover that Lord Wu has a mistress, right? And since Master Song allowed her to marry Wu Lingheng, he must have known everything about him."
Du Ye said, "Song Mingzhu is already married, and Wu Lingheng was working as an official outside. How could she not know that he had a mistress? Okay, just ignore her. Let's not worry about it. What if Wu Lingheng had a mistress and Song Mingzhu went to Ming'en to complain? What if Ming'en softened his heart and felt sorry for her, and the marriage was renewed?"
She didn't want her precious granddaughter to have another relative like the Song family.
"Miss, what can I do for you?"
"What has Song Rui been doing these days?"
Ah Si said, "The Imperial College has a lot of courses, and Song Rui has no time to think about other things right now."
"Hand it over to Ah Qi, and have him keep an eye on the Song family and Wu Han."
Ah Si said: "Then what should I do?"
Song Yu glanced at Bai Lan, and Bai Lan hurriedly handed A Si a bottle of pills.
"The day after tomorrow morning, the Wu family mother and son will be sent out of the city. You will follow them secretly. I want Wu Lingheng to be exiled half-dead. I can't let him die easily. I want him to suffer while he's alive."
"I understand."
"Also, you have to be careful. If anything unexpected happens, remember to run away immediately! Escaping is the most important thing, understand?"
Ah Si scratched his hair and said, "Thank you for your concern, Miss. I will go to Ah Qi to hand it over."
"Miss," Bai Lan said, "Why don't you kill Wu Lingheng halfway?"
Song Yu said, "There's still endless work to do over there. With my frail body, I'd rather die than be unable to!"
"Miss." Furong entered the room. "The Marquis's wife is here with a group of maids and servants."
"Let's go and take a look."
"Madam Hou, are you sending maids and servants to Sister Yu?"
"Yes, Wanwan, come and give Sister Yu some advice."
"Mother, I can do it myself." Song Yu came over and said to Su Beiqing, "I already have five people around me. I don't need too many people. Four more second-class maids and sixteen third-class maids will be enough."
Su Beiqing said: "A courtyard as big as Zhuohuayuan is obviously not enough."
"That's enough, mother. I don't like crowds. I prefer quiet. If there aren't enough people to trim the flowers and plants, ask the housekeeper to arrange for someone to come and take care of them regularly."
"Okay, then it's up to you."
Song Yu quickly took Bai Lan with him and selected four outstanding maids based on their looks to be second-class maids.
For the remaining maids, Song Yu picked out sixteen maids who were nimble and skillful based solely on their appearance.
"Okay, mother, it's them."
Jiang Yunwan said, "Madam Hou, please give these people's indentures to Sister Yu as well."
After he finished speaking, Nanny Yuan beside Su Beiqing opened a box, picked out the indentures of twenty people and handed them respectfully to Song Yu.
"Sister Yu, should dinner be delivered to Zhuohua Courtyard, or should we eat with our parents?"
Song Yu said, "Mother, we've already had lunch together today. For the next three days, I'll be dining with Father and Mother at Zhuohua Courtyard. Every morning I'll go to Grandmother's courtyard to pay my respects..."
When Su Beiqing heard Song Yu calling "Daddy" and "Mom", she felt a little dizzy and couldn't tell who Sister Yu was calling.
It’s okay. After three days, the couple left and I no longer felt dizzy.
"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say. You guys take a good rest. If you need anything, tell Madam Yuan. I'll be busy now."
"Wait, mother. My mother is pregnant now. Can you make dinner for her according to this recipe?"
Mother?
My mother?!
Su Beiqing felt even more dizzy. She took the recipe, glanced at it, and handed it to Nanny Yuan. "No problem. Ask the kitchen to bring it to your mother, oh no, to Wanwan, during dinner."
Su Beiqing returned to the main courtyard, and Du Henian hurried forward to greet her.
"How is it? Did Sister Yu say she would come over to have dinner with us?"
"Sister Yu will be with her parents for the next three days. Oh, she will be with her adoptive parents. After she and her husband leave, Sister Yu will come and have dinner with us."
Du Henian said, "It's only three days. Song Mingen will have no reason to come and snatch my daughter from me. Humph, where does he get the confidence from? Is it because he's Sister Yu's adoptive father?"
Su Beiqing looked at her, "If Song Mingzhu competes with you for Huanhuan, will you agree?"
"Of course not. She hasn't even raised Huanhuan for a single day. How can she come and snatch a ready-made one? You're just dreaming!"
Su Beiqing rolled her eyes at him. "You know, she never raised Huanhuan, and we never raised Sister Yu either."
Du Henian scratched his head. "Start raising her from now on. Let's go and see Fanghua. I haven't seen her all day. I wonder if Huanhuan is doing well today?"
Su Beiqing held her back and said, "Let's ask Huanhuan to come over for dinner. It's not appropriate for us to go to Yilan Fanghua. What will Sister Yu think if she finds out?"
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Jiang Mansion.
"Madam, Wanwan and Mingen will be accompanying Song Yu to the Du Mansion today. They will stay there for three nights. Tomorrow, I will have Dr. Bai give you acupuncture."
Madam Jiang asked, "Is Sister Ye seriously ill?"
"It's not serious, but Sister Yu will have to stay at the Du Mansion with her for at least three months to nurse him back to health. Otherwise, he could easily have a stroke."
"Isn't this serious?"
Jiang Youya said, "If Sister Yu stays by her side, she won't have a stroke. Let Sister Yu stay in the Du Mansion for three months."
"Wanwan and Mingen are also going to stay for three months?"
"No, I'll be back in three days."
Madam Jiang looked at Jiang Youya and asked suspiciously, "Are you hiding something from me?"
"Wanwan is pregnant."
"Really? You didn't lie to me?"
Jiang Youya said, "It's absolutely true. I was going to wait until you regain your sight before telling you, as a surprise."
"Now it's the surprise, is it a son or a daughter?"
"I'm not sure yet. I think it should be a son. By the time you can see the light, Wanwan will be pregnant."
Jiang Mansion Zhichun Garden
"Did you really get the engagement back?"
Cheng Qingmeng nodded repeatedly, "Take it back. Wait until Prince Xiao's grandparents return and then discuss the marriage and wedding date with Madam Du again."
Jiang Yunshu said, "I think we should discuss calling off the marriage then."
Cheng Qingmeng was surprised. "Cousin hasn't fallen in love with Prince Xiao yet, but maybe she will in the future."
"It's better not to fall in love with her. It's not like I haven't met Prince Xiao and Du Zhihuan before. I have a hunch that Prince Xiao is truly attracted to Du Zhihuan. But agreeing to a change of heart doesn't seem like the style of Prince Rong's Mansion. After all, Prince Rong's Mansion doesn't need to rely on marriages to consolidate its position."
Cheng Qingmeng: "Even if Princess Rong insists on not changing the bride price, Madam Du is determined to get the engagement back. She can wait for Prince Xiao's grandmother to come back and tell her that the engagement must be taken back then."
Jiang Yunshu: "Prince Xiao is not a good man."
"Even if we want to cancel the engagement, it's not now. If we do, Du Zhihuan is still the daughter of a marquis, and she will have to marry into Prince Rong's mansion again. Anyway, my cousin won't let Wu Lingheng succeed in his ambitions... Well, let's wait until Prince Xiao's grandparents return."
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"Cousin, please go in quickly. I'm going back home."
Song Rui looked at the former Wu Mansion which had become the Song Mansion, and felt very sad.
The Wu family is completely finished!
My cousin will not be able to go to the Imperial College to study starting tomorrow.
He should have sympathized with Wu Han's situation, but he felt a little gloating.
Who asked Wu Lingheng to be so arrogant!
"Brother Han." Song Mingzhu called out softly when she saw Wu Han coming back.
Wu Han didn't look at her and walked towards his yard.
Song Mingzhu was afraid that he would be depressed, so she took Qiuyue and others with her and followed him.
Wu Han saw that many valuable potted plants in his yard had disappeared, and even the calligraphy and paintings of famous masters, as well as the precious brushes, ink, paper and inkstone collected in his study had disappeared.
He had to believe that the Wu family had been ransacked and his father and grandmother had been exiled.
"Han'er, don't worry. Your favorite calligraphy and paintings, brushes, inkstones, and everything else, your mother will earn money to find them for you."
Wu Han looked at Song Mingzhu with a sad and angry expression. "Didn't you go to ask Song Mingen for help? Did he find a way for me to continue my studies?"
Song Mingzhu was silent for a moment before she said, "This matter... the emperor knows everything, and your uncle can't do anything about it."
"Didn't you say you would let me continue studying no matter what? Why didn't you do it? Why?! Ah!"
Seeing her emotionally agitated, Song Mingzhu hurried to comfort her, "Mother knows you can't bear it for the time being, but Mother has tried her best to prevent you from going into exile with me. It doesn't matter if you don't study, you can still live a good life."
"Living well?" Wu Han's eyes reddened as he looked at Song Mingzhu. "Are we living a miserable life as a lowly merchant?! If you hadn't stopped Dad, the three of them wouldn't have been able to enter the capital. How could our Wu family have ended up in this state? I wouldn't have had to change my last name. It's all because of you! You ruined me!"
“Bang!”
"Since you despise the surname Song, then change your surname back to Wu and go into exile with your father and grandmother! Qiuyue, quickly bring people to tie him up and send him to the Dali Temple!"
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