Chapter 251: Alerting the Snake
"Cousin Meng, I'm going to the Imperial Academy in five days. Did your mother tell me anything?"
"My mother asked me to keep an eye on the daughter of the Xia Yu family and see if she looks like my father."
Song Yu said, "He looks 80% like your father. Your aunt is going to give birth in a few months. If we go to Chaofeng Palace Academy, what will happen if your grandmother takes your mother back home?"
Cheng Qingmeng said, "My mother said that she would return to the Cheng Mansion to take care of the baby once my grandmother's eyesight recovered, and then pretend nothing happened and wait for my grandmother and her mistress to take action."
Song Yu couldn't help but feel a little worried, "The concubine's pregnancy is one month ahead. This time, my aunt will definitely be persecuted and give birth early."
"Don't worry. These past few days, Divine Doctor Bai had Aunt Yanzhi Meidai identify several labor-inducing prescriptions. As long as there's labor-inducing drugs in food, they'll be able to identify them. They want the concubine to think my mother has been tricked and let her guard down. Also, on the day the concubine is due to give birth, she must go through the underground passage to the attic behind the secret door in my father's study to wait for the birth. Then, we'll keep her under guard and wait for my father to come back and give him a big surprise..."
Song Yu returned to Furong Garden and went directly to the main house.
"It's already afternoon. It will be dark in a few blinks. Hasn't Zhang Feng come back yet?"
Jiang Yunwan asked Song Mingen as soon as she woke up from her nap. She was eager to let Mingen meet his family as soon as possible.
Song Mingen said, "Don't worry. In order to confirm their appearance, I asked Zhang Feng and others to carefully draw portraits of the masters, ladies and daughters of the Gu family. This will take some time. Please be patient and wait. The results will be available by tomorrow noon at the latest. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry to recognize my family."
"Aren't you anxious? If you come home one day later, the person impersonating you will have one more day to squander his money, eating and drinking your food!"
"He has occupied my identity for over thirty years. I won't waste a few days on him. I'll deal with him when I return to the Gu family!"
“Dad and Mom, who are you talking about, the Gu family? Who are you dealing with?”
"Sister Yu!" Jiang Yunwan happily pulled her into her arms. "Why did you come back? Are you not used to living in the Du Mansion, or have you been wronged?"
Song Mingen reached out and wanted to pull Song Yu out of Jiang Yunwan's arms, but he didn't dare to snatch the child from Jiang Yunwan. He could only gently touch Song Yu's head and said, "Since you have been wronged, don't go back to the Du Mansion."
"I haven't been wronged, I just missed you. I rushed back to see you as soon as I left the Nine-Storied Tower. I also had to rush back to have dinner with my grandmother before dinner."
Song Mingen was shocked: "What are you doing at the Jiuchonglou? Who invited you there?"
"Princess Qingyang invited me to lunch."
Song Mingen breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it wasn't Prince Mu.
"It wasn't until I got there that I realized it was the Gu siblings who asked the princess to ask me out. They insisted on giving me the consultation fee, saying the ten thousand taels they received last time were a reward. Were you talking about the Gu siblings just now?"
Jiang Yunwan glanced at Song Mingen, and Song Yu also looked at Song Mingen.
"What happened to the Gu family? Is there anything I can't know?"
Jiang Yunwan said, "Yesterday at the family recognition banquet, your father carefully examined the faces of all the guests. Gu Wanqing, the head of the Gu family, bears a resemblance to your father."
"What?" Song Yu quickly closed the door and whispered to Song Mingen, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
"You're not mistaken. I looked very carefully. He could be my father, or he could be my uncle. Also, Prince Rong and I are cousins."
Song Yu's mouth dropped open in shock. "Then aren't Prince Xiao and I cousins? No wonder Sister Gu was so protective of Du Zhihuan yesterday. It turns out we're more than just good sisters. She genuinely considers Du Zhihuan her cousin."
Jiang Yunwan said, "Maybe. Yesterday, she probably didn't know that you were her savior. Now that she knows, she probably won't defend Du Zhihuan so much."
"This isn't a matter of whether she defends or not. If Dad were the Gu family's child, then Prince Xiao and I would be cousins and couldn't get married."
Jiang Yunwan said, "You are not cousins. You are of the Du family's bloodline, so you can get married. Now Zhang Feng hasn't returned from his investigation, and your father suspects that the Gu siblings are the children of that imposter."
Song Yu frowned. "Dad, did the siblings' father come yesterday?"
"No, they came with the Patriarch of the Gu family."
Song Yu said, "That person doesn't dare to show up, so it must be him."
After Song Yu finished speaking, he sat down with the couple and waited for Zhang Feng to come back with the news.
They waited until evening, but Zhang Feng still didn't come back.
"Father and mother, I can't wait any longer. I have to go back and have dinner with grandma. I'm leaving now and will come back tomorrow at noon."
"No need. Mother will go to the Du Mansion to tell you when the result comes out. Old Madam Du sees that you are always running to the Jiang Mansion and can't calm down to recuperate. You should spend more time with her. If you have a stroke, it will be a big trouble."
"Okay, I'll wait for mother at home."
Song Yu left in a hurry, and only when he arrived at the Du Mansion did he realize that he had left Wen Nuo at the Jiang family.
Du Ye was flattered to see that Song Yu came back on time and came directly to Chaohuiyuan to have dinner with her.
He enjoyed dinner alone with Song Yu without inviting his son and daughter-in-law, fearing that they would be tactless and invite Zhihuan to dine as well.
After the meal, Song Yu returned to Zhuohuayuan and had just finished washing up when Su Beiqing and Du Henian came with Du Zhixu.
"Dad, Mom, Third Brother, why are you here together?"
Du Zhixu took the lead in opening the box in his hand and placed it in front of Song Yu. "This is the pocket money that Third Brother gave you..."
Su Beiqing quickly handed over the large box in her hand, "This is the pocket money your father and I gave you. I also transferred two shops, a powder shop, a herbal medicine shop, a farm, and an apple orchard to your name..."
Song Yu looked at the two boxes filled with banknotes, gold, and silver, his eyes shining, his heart filled with ecstasy and emotion. "It's too much. I... I can't spend it all."
Du Henian smiled and said, "Don't worry, spend it slowly. If it's not enough, ask your third brother for more."
Du Zhixu hurriedly said, "Sister, if you need anything, just tell me directly. I promise you will have an endless supply of money."
Song Yu smiled and raised an eyebrow. "You said it yourself. If I ask you for money in the future, you can't refuse to give it to me."
"How could that be? I'm the best at making money in the entire Du family. With Third Brother here, I won't let you go hungry."
"Then I'll take all of these, okay?"
Su Beiqing: "This is for you. Put it away quickly. Go to bed early tonight and get enough sleep in the next few days. Get enough rest to go to Fenggong Academy."
"Yes, mother, please sleep with me tonight?" Song Yu smelled the long and familiar scent on Su Beiqing's body and wanted to sleep in her arms.
It was rare for Song Yu to stick to her, so Su Beiqing naturally wouldn't refuse.
"Miss, something bad has happened." Yunyan came in hurriedly.
Du Zhihuan frowned slightly, a little impatient, "What's wrong?"
"Madam has stayed at Zhuohua Courtyard and has not come out. She has to sleep with the eldest lady tonight. If you go to Zhuohua Courtyard to accompany her every night in the future, she will snatch you away."
"Mother is Song Yu's biological mother, so how can you talk about snatching me away? Mother won't stop loving me just because she has a biological daughter..."
Du Zhihuan spoke calmly, seemingly unconcerned.
Lying in bed at night but unable to sleep...
At three quarters past midnight, Caiwei knocked on the door of the main house.
After a moment, Song Mingen tiptoed out of the room and went to the small study in Furong Garden.
Song Mingen picked up the album on the table and flipped through it, saying, "Ah Feng, please tell me more about the Gu family... How come these are just portraits of the Gu family's mistress and Gu Wanqing's concubine?"
Song Mingen raised his eyes and saw Zhang Feng's expression clearly. "What happened? Were you discovered?"
Zhang Feng nodded, "We have found out the basic situation of the third branch of the Gu family, and it's all in the book."
Zhang Feng handed the booklet in his arms to Song Mingen and continued, "Gu Zhouci, the head of the Gu family's main house, was not at home last night and only returned this afternoon. He is very vigilant. Before we even reached his room, we were discovered by his guards. Their martial arts skills are not inferior to ours. During the fight..."
Zhang Feng hesitated to speak, not daring to open his mouth.
Song Mingen suddenly felt something was wrong. "Our people were captured?"
"No, it was... I accidentally dropped a portrait, which might have alerted the enemy."
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