Just as Song Qingci was laughing, Yinping came to report that the old lady had arrived.

Song Qingci's laughter stopped abruptly.

What?! She must have heard it right, who is coming?

This old lady rarely leaves Jing'an Hall. Why did she suddenly come to her Chixiao Courtyard?

Song Qingci quickly asked Yinxing to tidy up her appearance.

She was very casual in her own yard, basically dressing in whatever way was comfortable for her.

Because usually no one goes to Chixiao Courtyard, and the people in Chixiao Courtyard have long been accustomed to it.

She had just put her clothes back on when the old lady came in.

As soon as she saw Song Qingci, the old lady took a few quick steps excitedly, grabbed her hand, and said, "Ah Ci, you are not hurt, are you?"

Tan Xiang followed closely, holding onto the old lady, looking somewhat anxious.

The old lady must not be so excited. She just got angry at the young general and now she is so excited again. What if she gets hurt?

Song Qingci held the old lady's hand in return, and gently rubbed the old lady's Laogong and Hegu points with his fingers without leaving any trace. Gently rubbing these two points can help relieve mental excitement and fatigue.

"Grandma, please take your time. I'm right here and I won't run away. Look at me, I'm full of energy. I don't look injured at all."

Song Qingci saw Tan Xiang's worry, and she was worried too. If something happened to the old lady in Chixiao Courtyard, she would be in trouble.

As he spoke, he led the old lady towards the chair.

The old lady looked at Song Qingci and saw that he was indeed fine, without any signs of injury. After she sat down, she said with lingering fear, "I just learned about the assassination. It's great that you are all okay. Xi'er was injured so badly. If it weren't for you, Xi'er would never be able to return to the General's Mansion. You have been very kind to Xi'er and our General's Mansion."

"Grandma, you are too kind."

The old lady looked at Song Qingci again, "I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay. Xi'er's injury is like a tear in my heart. If you were injured, I really couldn't bear it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are really the lucky star of our general's mansion."

"Grandma, you don't have to thank me. Xi'er was injured because she saved me. It's my duty to treat her. After all, it was me who got her into trouble." Speaking of this, Song Qingci couldn't straighten his back. The debt of favor is indeed the hardest to repay.

"Don't say that. It's Xier's own choice whether to save someone or not. She's not a child anymore. She knows what she's doing. In times of danger, she chose to save you, which means she must think you're worth saving."

"Thank you for your understanding, Grandmother." Song Qingci did not expect the old lady to say this. She is much more righteous than the ordinary old lords.

Yes, the General Guarding the Country has been guarding the border for decades, and if they don’t have this awareness, they can’t be the General Guarding the Country of the Dachen Kingdom.

While Song Qingci and the old lady were bragging about business, a maid from Chixiao Court came in in a panic. Without saying a word, she knelt down with a plop, and her head hit the ground.

Song Qingci was startled. She turned to look at the screen, her eyes meaning, what is going on?

Yinping was also confused, she really didn't know what was going on.

But it didn't stop her from scolding the maid, "Qiu Ju, how can you be so rude in front of the young lady and the old lady! Get down now!"

Qiu Ju usually served at the gate of Chixiao Courtyard and was not supposed to come to the main hall. I don't know what happened to her today, but she actually knelt down in front of the old lady and the young lady. She would definitely punish the servants of Chixiao Courtyard when she got back.

This rule should never be forgotten.

Qiu Ju's body was obviously trembling, but she still did not leave the house. Instead, she knelt and walked a few steps closer to Song Qingci and the old lady, then held a jade pendant in both hands and lowered her head and said, "There is a young woman with a child about three years old outside the back door, holding a token from the major general. She said she has something important to ask the major general."

After saying this, he pushed the jade pendant forward again and lowered his head even more.

Song Qingci was slightly surprised after hearing this. This little maid named Qiuju contained a huge amount of information in just one sentence.

Is this meant to be?

The old lady was also shocked, and she motioned to Tan Xiang to bring the jade pendant over.

After looking at it carefully for a while, I was sure that the jade pendant was indeed Dan Li's.

This was one of the gifts he gave himself when he came of age. It was carved by the most famous jade carving master in the capital. The eye of the black tortoise on it was originally a black spot, but later it was made into the eye of the black tortoise by the jade carving master.

There is only one such jade pendant in the world, there is no other like it.

It's true that I haven't seen him wearing it for some time.

The old lady glanced at Song Qingci and saw that she was not too emotional. She felt relieved and asked Qiuju, "Tell me more about it."

After Qiu Ju kowtowed, she looked up at the old lady and replied, "Today I am not on duty. I was originally planning to go out of the house to buy some embroidery thread. But just when I walked to the back door, I saw a young and beautiful woman leading a three-year-old boy and arguing with the doorman at the back door. I heard the woman say that she was looking for the major general. She also had a token of the major general. I paid more attention to her. I saw that the woman took out this jade pendant. I saw that the major general had worn this jade pendant. Since the woman could take out the token, she must know the major general, so I did not dare to neglect it and ran back to report."

After saying that, Qiu Ju lowered her head again, not looking into anyone's eyes.

After hearing this, the old lady was in a state of confusion. Many thoughts flooded into her mind. On the one hand, she thought that this woman and child might be a concubine's child. On the other hand, she thought that her grandson would never do such a thing.

She thought about it for a while before saying to Song Qingci, "Ah Ci, why don't you bring the woman and the child into the mansion first. When that bastard comes back, we can ask him what happened. It's not right to keep him out. I'm afraid someone will gossip about the general's mansion."

Song Qingci smiled and said, "Okay, Grandma, I'll listen to you."

Seeing the old lady's cautious look, Song Qingci guessed that the old lady had made up something for him.

Are you afraid of getting angry?!

Oh, I have to say, the old man really thought too much.

Not to mention that I don’t know anything about the situation now.

Even if the situation was really as the old lady guessed, and this woman and child were both Dan Li's, she would not be angry.

It's just an illegitimate child. What's there to be angry about? She doesn't like him, so who cares whether he has an illegitimate child or not.

Besides, the general's mansion is so big that we can just fill it up anywhere.

As long as they don't come around in front of her.

After she leaves, maybe she will be able to take her current position because of her son's status.

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