Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

Song Zhi shook his head. "Everyone knows your face. It's not convenient for you to stay near me."

Ping'er was a palace maid whom she accidentally rescued when she first entered the palace. At that time, a eunuch was forcing Ping'er to have sex with her. If Song Zhi had not appeared in time, Ping'er might have become a ghost who committed suicide by jumping into a well.

At that time, Ping'er said that she would definitely repay Song Zhi in the future. Song Zhi did not act pretentiously. After Song Zhi knew that Ping'er was a maid in the East Palace, he began to think of letting Ping'er be a spy.

It turned out that Ping'er did a good job.

Under Song Zhi's guidance, she gradually became the head maid of the Eastern Palace and played a crucial role this time.

Hearing Song Zhi's refusal, Ping'er showed a pleading look, "Is it really impossible? But I have no relatives and nowhere to go. Even if I can't take care of you openly, it's okay. As long as there is something I can do, I am willing to do anything for you."

Song Zhi sighed, "The world is so big, you can go to many places to see."

Ping'er shook her head. "If I suddenly disappear, I will definitely attract the royal family to hunt me down. It will be unsafe anywhere I go. Following you, young lady, is actually a form of protection for me."

Song Zhi thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.

She hesitated for a moment, then took out her jade pendant and handed it to Ping'er. "Take this and leave the palace to Yunshui Youyou to find Liu Ruoyu. Ask her to arrange some work for you that won't require you to show up in public."

Ping'er immediately accepted it happily, "Okay, thank you young lady."

Ping'er left happily.

Song Zhi stood there without moving and took out another jade pendant from his arms.

The jade pendant that Mu Nanqi gave her.

Come to think of it, they haven't seen each other for a while.

She wanted to go to the Third Prince's bedroom to find him, but when she got there, she was told by the palace servants that the Third Prince had been ordered to leave the capital a few days ago and would not be back in the short term.

She left the palace alone, somewhat disappointed.

When they came, they pulled a carriage of things, and when they left, they pulled two carriages with the emperor's rewards.

However, Song Zhi couldn't be happy. Mu Nanqi was really cold and heartless. He didn't even bring a letter to her before leaving.

But she soon felt relieved. It was not easy for Mu Nanqi to come back to celebrate her father's birthday. She thought that there must be more people around him to monitor him this time, and his movements were more restricted.

The old emperor is so despicable and shameless that he doesn't treat Mu Nanqi as his son at all.

When Song Zhi returned to the Song Mansion, Sun was already waiting at the door.

The moment she saw her, Sun grabbed Song Zhi with a panicked look on her face, "Zhi'er, your father lied to me, didn't he? How could Yale frame you? She is so well behaved, you must have been deceived."

"Yes...it's the prince."

Sun seemed to have suddenly found the target of her attack. "It must be the prince. He dislikes Yale, so he deliberately set up this trap to make Yale a lowly concubine. My poor Yale, she just got pregnant, how could she bear such a blow."

As soon as Sun came up, she started chattering non-stop, and Song Zhi didn't even have a chance to interrupt.

When Sun finally calmed down, she rolled her eyes at her and said, "You're so unlucky. Stay away from me."

She pulled her arm back and tried to walk away, but Sun Shi didn't let go. "Child, your sister has indeed gone too far this time, but she can't be a concubine. She wants to be the Crown Princess. Can you help her?"

"Your sister was just confused for a moment. Don't be angry with her. I will teach her a lesson later." Sun was a little anxious.

Song Zhi stood facing Sun again, looked at her straight in the eyes and corrected her, "I don't have a sister. I am the only daughter of my father. I will say this one last time. If you are so reluctant to leave the ties of the Sun family, why don't you and your father leave the Sun family and live there? Your heart is not in the Song Mansion anyway."

Sun's face turned pale. "What do you mean by divorce? How can you say such a treasonous thing?"

Song Zhi said calmly, "I have something even more outrageous to say. Do you want to hear it?"

Sun let go of Song Zhi as if she had been electrocuted. At that moment, she was finally sure that her daughter no longer loved her at all.

They should be the closest mother and daughter in the world, but now they are so distant that the gap is difficult to fill.

Sun suddenly felt terribly empty inside, and said in a panic, "Zhi'er, don't be like this."

"So what should I do?"

Song Zhi's tone was calm, but the calmer she was, the more uncomfortable Sun felt.

What should she do? Should she secretly envy Yale like before and hope that Yale would give her some attention?

I still do a lot of things silently, just to show my filial piety.

Sun was so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe. "You... do you hate mother?"

Song Zhi's mood remained calm. "Madam Sun, how dare you still call yourself a mother? When you asked this question, you already knew the answer in your heart. Even you think you should be hated, after all, you are so incompetent to me."

"But don't worry, I don't hate you."

"There is no law in this world that requires mothers to love their children, so it is up to you to choose who to give your love to."

"But one shouldn't be too greedy. Since you haven't given anything to me, why do you ask me to listen to you and give something to you? I've always been clear about gratitude and resentment. If you don't love me, then I don't love you either."

"No, I love you." Sun took a step forward.

Song Zhi mercilessly pointed out: "Then tell me, how do you love me?"

Was it because of Song Yale that he ignored her and wronged her again and again?

"I……"

Sun couldn't say anything, not even a single thing.

It seemed that the only thing she could talk about with a little confidence was that she gave birth to her.

Seeing that she couldn't say anything for a long time, Song Zhi didn't make things difficult for her. "It's really unlucky to be associated with you. Stay away from me from now on."

Song Zhi left after she finished speaking. When she entered the room, she saw Song Yang standing there with an apologetic look on his face.

"Child, I'm sorry."

"Dad, you don't have to apologize."

He wasn't the one who wronged her.

Song Yang looked up at the old door plaque of his own house, then thought about the door plaque of the Sun Mansion that was carefully selected and replaced on time, and the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed and burst out.

He said to Sun: "I have been very kind to you for so many years. I trusted you and asked you to be the housekeeper. But what happened? What happened to the Sun Mansion and the Song Mansion? That's fine, but how did you treat the child?"

"A few days ago, I thought you would make some changes, but you are still stubborn. In this case, you are not allowed to use a single cent from my Song family to compensate your family. If you are not satisfied, we will divorce."

"I won't divorce." Sun exclaimed.

In her opinion, once you are married, you must obey your husband and there is no such thing as divorce.

"Divorce is the best way to save your dignity. If you continue like this, I can even give you a divorce letter."

Song Yang was tough for once. After he finished speaking, he took Song Zhi and left.

Sun stood there with a dejected look on her face. She couldn't understand why everyone was threatening her with divorce when she just wanted to help Yale.

It wasn't like this before. In the past, the Song family was harmonious and happy. Her husband loved her, her children were obedient, and her music was well-behaved. There was no lady in the capital who did not envy her.

When did everything become like this?

Sun shed two lines of tears, puzzled.