Xixia Prime Minister's Mansion

Song Xi and Aunt Chen came to Prime Minister Song's study.

"Daughter, meet daddy."

Prime Minister Song looked at his daughter who came in, at a loss.

"Xi'er, what's the matter?"

"Father, the Third Prince's birthday is in a few days. He asked his daughter to tell you that if she is still a concubine on that day, he will ask the Emperor to give Lin Moran, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of War, to him as his principal wife."

"What do you think? Do you want your daughter to marry the Third Prince as his principal wife or as a concubine?"

"Whether my daughter is a queen or a concubine depends on my father's decision, but her status will be completely different in the future."

"Now she is the principal wife, and in the future she will be the empress, and the child she gives birth to will be the crown prince. After becoming a concubine, she will be the imperial concubine, and the child will be the prince."

"Our Song family's status has also changed with our daughter's status. Please think carefully about what my daughter said. I don't want to force you. Things are urgent and you have to make a choice. This is related to the glory of our Song family for decades."

"If the people in Xingqing Mansion knew that my sister had escaped for a few months, our Song family would become a joke in the entire Xingqing Mansion, and the emperor would definitely not allow the third prince to marry the daughter of the Song family."

"The emperor may not agree to let you become a concubine, let alone a concubine. You should make a decision now to avoid unnecessary trouble."

"The mistress of the Prime Minister's Mansion is still here. If you suddenly make a concubine your wife, people in Xingqing Mansion will gossip about it. It will also reach the ears of the Emperor and the Empress. The Emperor will definitely be dissatisfied with Dad."

"Master, if the mistress suddenly dies or gets seriously ill, and we have to send her to a farm in the countryside, then no one will have anything to say, and the eldest and second young masters will also understand your painstaking efforts."

"If we miss this opportunity, our Prime Minister's Mansion will miss a good chance, and the possibility of our daughter becoming queen in the future will be very small."

"Master, what are you hesitating about...? Are you worried that the eldest and second young masters will quarrel with you? You are the head of the family, so you must make the right choice for this family."

"You guys go back first and let me think about it."

"My daughter is resigning."

The mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled triumphantly.

"Mom, do you think Dad will send Deng to the manor or let her die quietly?"

"It's hard to say. After all, Deng gave birth to two promising sons for your father, and they are now serving in the court."

"Is a sixth-rank civil servant considered promising? If my daughter marries the Third Prince, she will be the Crown Princess. When the Third Prince ascends the throne, my daughter will be the Empress. They will have to kneel down and bow to my daughter when they see her."

"There are a lot of sixth-rank officials in Xingqing Prefecture, but there is only one queen. Dad will definitely make the right choice."

"Your father wants to be the prince's consort more than mother and me, and to elevate the Song family to a higher level."

"My daughter thinks so too."

The next day, the Prime Minister's wife felt unwell all over and fainted right after breakfast. I was so scared that I quickly called a doctor.

The doctor said that the lady had contracted an epidemic and must be sent to a deserted place for treatment, otherwise the entire mansion would suffer.

Prime Minister Li was so frightened that he immediately ordered his wife to be sent to a farm in the countryside.

"Master, you can't be so heartless to Madam. Madam has been with you for decades. You find a doctor to treat Madam, and I am the only one who serves Madam."

"Madame Li, if our whole family is infected with the disease, and the disease is passed on to the emperor, then our entire Song family will be executed."

"You go to the country village to take care of my wife, no discussion."

"Someone, send Madam and Nanny Li to Wangjiazhuang to recuperate."

"Yes."

Two young ladies came running to the door and blocked their way.

"Dad, you can't do this. Wait until my husband comes back. If mom is sick, she should be treated by a doctor instead of being sent to the farm to recuperate."

"How can you recover from your illness in such poor conditions in the village? Going there is like committing suicide."

"Qin, Wu, your mother-in-law has contracted an epidemic and must stay away from people, otherwise the whole family will be implicated by her. Do you want the eldest and second eldest brothers to lose their official positions?"

"As long as you get the disease, there's no cure. Do you want your whole family to die? The child is so young, and you, as a mother, don't feel sorry for him, but I, as a grandfather, do."

"It's not worth it to sacrifice our entire family's lives for her alone. If you dare to secretly call the eldest and second eldest brothers back, you will bear the consequences."

The two daughters-in-law looked at their father-in-law timidly, then looked at their mother-in-law lying on the bed. They couldn't bear to see her being sent to the farm to die, but they were powerless to do anything and just gave way.

The guards forced the prime minister's wife and Nanny Li into the carriage.

The carriage left Xingqing Prefecture and headed towards the countryside.

The Prime Minister's wife was awakened by the shaking in the carriage, and burst into tears when she saw everything in front of her.

I never thought that the master could be so cruel to me. He poisoned his wife for the title of prince's consort. He is worse than a beast.

"Madam, I am incompetent and cannot save you."

"Forget it. The moment I fell ill, the master never thought of me returning home alive."

"Madam, what should we do? If anything happens to you, the eldest and second young masters, as well as the eldest young lady, will definitely be tortured by that evil woman Chen. You must not be in any danger. Let's find a way to escape."

When the Prime Minister's wife thought of her three children, she burst into tears.

"Madam, please don't cry. Now is not the time to cry. Master, if I send you to the manor and don't call a doctor for you, then you will be helpless."

"Let's... go to the manor first... since he is so cruel to send me away... he will definitely not let us escape halfway."

Nanny Li quietly opened the window and saw that there were guards guarding both sides of the carriage, leaving them no chance to escape.

They sent the prime minister's wife to the farm and took her to a shabby house with two people guarding the door.

"Dashan, Liuzi, Madam treats you well. Can you please go out and help find a doctor? I beg you, Madam's illness is getting worse."

"When the eldest and second young masters return home and find out that the Madam was sent to the farm by the master, they will definitely come looking for you. If anything happens to the Madam, they will definitely not let you go."

"Mammy, the master told us not to help Madam find a doctor, otherwise we brothers will die."

"We brothers have elderly and young children to take care of, so we can't let anything happen. We're sorry."

"Can you bear to watch such a kind lady die? Don't you feel guilty? Just help find a doctor."

"If the master finds out, he will say that I sneaked out to find a doctor and it has nothing to do with you. Please be kind and save the lady! Good people will be rewarded."

"And the master won't come so far, don't worry!"

The two looked at each other and agreed reluctantly.

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