Bondage

"What's wrong with Madam? Who made Madam so angry?"

Mrs. Qi's complexion was pale, and she was pinched purple by some old woman, and she was sickly, as if she was breathing too much and breathing too little.

The old woman felt happy watching it, she stepped back to the side after watching the bustle, and asked Madam Qi to be carried back to the house.

When someone ran out to call the doctor, she grabbed one of them and asked what happened.

"The Second Miss of the Song family is gone."

"I heard that I was infected with the disease in the winter of last year, and it has been dragging on until my death the day before yesterday..."

"Ouch."

Xu's wet nurse said: "Seeing that the Song family is about to leave the filial piety period, and the two houses are going to get married, how could it be so sudden?"

"Perhaps Mr. Song cares about this girl, so maybe she was taken away."

Xu's wet nurse followed suit, and covered her mouth with a handkerchief to hide the smile on her lips.

Mrs. Qi didn't know that she was laughed at by the eldest daughter-in-law, she only felt that her youngest son's journey to heaven was suddenly cut in half, and the Qi family had no hope of turning over.

Thinking of all the preparations she had made for Song Yao's marriage into the Qi Mansion, as well as the newly purchased items that she spent a lot of money on, she felt a severe heartache.

Qi Sulun looked at his mother, who seemed to be dying of illness, and comforted him: "It's because the child has no relationship with the daughter of the Song family, mother should not be so sad."

Although he felt very sorry for Song Yao's passing away, deep down in his heart, Qi Sulun felt somewhat relaxed for no reason.

"Su'er."

"The child is here."

Mrs. Qi stretched out her hand and got up from the bed extremely unwillingly: "Su'er, there is a way for my mother, just listen to it."

Qi Sulun frowned slightly, but he didn't dare to refuse.

"Su'er, our family can't lose this Song Mansion's marriage. But now that Song Yao is dead, we are afraid that we will lose contact with the Song Mansion."

"But you also know how much Your Majesty values ​​the Empress, and now that the First Prince is born, according to His Majesty's disposition, he will definitely be named the Crown Prince."

"Song Fu's future is also limitless, there are still gaps in the Ministry of Education, and [-]% of them are prepared for him."

"So Su'er, this marriage cannot be broken."

Qi Sulun's face was gloomy when he heard the words: "Mother, stop talking nonsense, then Song Yao has passed away, how can this marriage continue? Could it be that mother wants me to marry her tablet?"

"Bah, bah, how can you say such bad things?"

Mrs. Qi said: "I am your mother, how can I let you do such a thing? Even if I agree, your father will not agree."

"Mother is ill, let's rest first, and father will decide for the rest of the child."

"Wait a minute."

Seeing that Qi Sulun was about to leave, Mrs. Qi said: "Listen to me."

"Although the marriage of Song Yao's death is void, as long as the Empress or the Song Mansion feel ashamed of you, our two mansions will not break up."

"If mother has any plans, you may as well tell me directly."

Mrs. Qi was ill: "Mother thinks so. If Song Yao passed away and our family remarried immediately, it would be really chilling. Besides, it wouldn't look good for the Song family."

"Since it's not easy for my son to talk about marriage in the short term, why not tell the outside world that you are keeping a filial piety for Song Yao, how is the relationship between the whole couple?"

Qi Sulun's face turned livid when he heard the words: "Mother, is she crazy? My child has never seen a man in the world who keeps filial piety for his unmarried wife."

"It's because there is no man in the world who can do this, so my son can show you by doing it."

Mrs. Qi's face was determined: "So what if you let the wind out like this and guard Song Yao for a year? The left and right mansions will not marry you so quickly. If you do this, no one in the world will say goodbye." A word of love for my son?"

"Besides, the Song family and the empress will also feel sorry for you, and they will definitely take care of you more in the future."

Clenching his fists tightly, Qi Sulun felt angry and stuffy.

Let him be a dignified seven-foot man, use his dead wife who has never been married to seek a future, and if he really makes him soar in prosperity and enjoy wealth and glory in the future, how can he hold his head up?

"Mother, don't talk nonsense anymore. If it gets out that you act like this, people will only think that I, Qi Sulun, have only one heart and one mind, and I don't hesitate to be a villain in order to flatter the Queen's family."

"With such a reputation, how can I gain a foothold in the court?"

After Qi Sulun finished speaking, he bowed to Mrs. Qi, turned around and strode away.

"You child."

Seeing that Qi Sulun didn't intend to obey, Mrs. Qi clutched her heart and lay down with a thud.

"Ma'am, don't worry, if the old slave says Fifth Young Master's words are reasonable."

"What makes sense?"

The two servants beside Mrs. Qi started to argue: "My servant thinks what Madam said is reasonable."

"Since the fifth master can't talk about marriage for a while, why can't he follow the trend and say that it's for the Song family lady?"

"The servant feels that the madam can let the wind go by herself, so the fifth master is unwilling to admit it, and he can't say that he is not willing to go out. Isn't this self-inflicted?"

"What are you talking about?"

The mother-in-law who had spoken earlier sternly stared at the little girl whose eyes were rolling wildly.

Madam Qi's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she kept the girl.

"Tell me, do you really think what I said is right?"

The girl said: "Ma'am, I feel that what you said is reasonable, I have to wait for a year, but I just took advantage of the trend to sell the favor of the Song family, why not do it?"

"I think so too."

Mrs. Qi saw the maidservant's charming eyebrows and eyes, and suddenly said: "What's your name?"

"The maidservant called Xuemei. It was originally in the uncle's room. The grandma despised the maidservant and sent the maidservant to the madam's outer courtyard."

She also found many opportunities to get close to Mrs. Qi today, thinking of Qi Zhenglun, Xuemei's heart moved slightly.

Mrs. Qi did not understand the thoughts of women in the back house. Seeing Xuemei's waist and appearance, she knew that Mrs. Xu was jealous. Go back to Qi Zhenglun courtyard.

Xuemei's words reached her heart, and on the second day, two white lanterns were hung in front of the gate of Qi's house.

Whenever someone asks, Mrs. Qi will focus on describing Qi Sulun's true feelings for Song Yao.

After Qi Sulun's subordinate learned about this matter, the rumors in Shangjing had long been raging.

Song Mansion heard the news, but everyone reacted differently.

The one who reacted the most was not Song Fuyi or Song Nian, but Yang Pianzhi, the mother of the third householder in the Song Mansion.

In the past, Yang Pianzhi had some friendship with Mrs. Qi, and the two had quite congenial temperaments, but in the past because of the reputation of the third master of the Song family, Yang Pianzhi inevitably felt shameless, and was very unwilling to join forces with those wives. place.

Now that she heard about Qi Sulun keeping a filial piety for Song Yao, she actually had different thoughts.

Putting down the greeting cards from several families who had been picking and choosing without making up their minds, Yang Pianzhi went to Song Zhao's yard.

When she pushed open the door, Song Bi was drawing flowers with Song Zhao, Yang Pianzhi saw this and said: "You two sisters, please stop, I have something to say here."