It was dawn, and Song Wu practiced for a while before going to see Nanny Yu.
Xiao Kui hurried into the yard: "Miss, your letter!"
Song Wu was a little surprised, "Someone actually wrote to me?"
She didn't have any friends who were so special that she needed to write letters. Generally, women in Beijing would exchange invitations when they met, so this was the first time she wrote a letter.
When Song Wu took it and looked at it, his face became more and more gloomy, and finally seemed to freeze into ice.
The letter was written by Ji Bozhou. It was three pages long and eloquent. Apart from the first few sentences expressing his concern and greetings to her, the whole letter was full of criticisms of Song Wu for being ignorant of the overall situation, expressing how difficult it was for his mansion and how much effort he had put into this marriage.
Song Wu burned the letter and twitched his lips in mockery. "You really went to such great lengths to write such a long letter to scold me!"
"What?!" Xiao Kui's eyes widened. "You're here to scold the young lady? Who wrote this?! I shouldn't have taken this letter back!"
"Who else could it be?" Song Wu tapped Xiao Kui. "The noble prince! If there's any news about him in the future, don't bring it back to disturb my peace!"
Outside the door, Song Chuchu's maid Ginkgo passed by the gate of Wutong Garden at the right time.
……
Li was punished by the old lady to reflect on her mistakes for three days, and she had spent the night in the ancestral hall. For some reason, she always felt irritated and more and more resentful when she stayed in the ancestral hall.
There was a large ball of waste paper on the ground. Now, holding a pen at the desk, she looked at the half-page letter of repentance in front of her for exchanging the child, and she grabbed it and tore it into pieces.
What had she done wrong? The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she had done nothing wrong!
The child was born a fool, so wasn't it for the sake of the reputation of the Bo's family that she changed him?
Now that Chuchu has returned safely and recovered from her illness, isn't it to preserve the bloodline of the Bo family by putting her back in the position of a young lady of the Bo family?
Chuchu was bullied everywhere in the house by that bastard Song Wu, and even Chusi was beaten. As a mother, isn't it right for her to teach her unruly adopted daughter a lesson?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She threw down her pen and wanted to rush out and beat Song Wu up again!
However, just as he stood up, Song Ming kicked the door and rushed in angrily.
"Li!" he roared, "You're becoming more and more lawless! How do you manage this family?!"
He threw a document from the government office in front of Li. After Li finished reading it, her face turned pale.
This morning when he went to the yamen, he was summoned by his superiors. The person who summoned him was not the usual temple secretary, but Xie Ruhui, the Minister of the Imperial Household, who was four levels higher than him!
Lord Xie threw him this document from the government office, which recorded that Chuchu had sent people to rape Song Wu and also plotted to kill the murderer, the maid Haiyue. He also ordered him that if he couldn't handle the affairs of his family well, he would not have to report to the Imperial Household Department anymore!
He was also shocked after reading it. He didn't expect that what Li told him was all false, and the rumors outside were true!
Chuchu really had someone insult Song Wu! She was also the one who really killed Haiyue!
Now all his colleagues looked at him with some ambiguous meaning, as if he was a born bad seed of the Song family.
Not to mention that it has spread throughout the court. If the Marquis's Mansion finds out, I'll be finished!
"Uncle!" Mrs. Li was instantly anxious, even crying, "Tell me, what should we do?"
If this reputation continues to develop, not only the engagement, but also the future prospects of Chu Si and Chu Shi will be greatly affected.
"What should I do? Write that letter of repentance carefully, and then go to Song Wu and apologize sincerely!"
Song Ming put his hands behind his back, finally gaining some authority in front of Li after so many years: "All these things are caused by you speaking for Chu Chu and making me trust you!
Otherwise, how could the situation develop to the present situation? Chuchu is our child, of course we can't just ignore her, we can only let her be patient for a while, and wait until Song Wu gets married! "
Li was a little hesitant, "But that engagement, that engagement Chuchu wants!"
"What do you want?!" Song Ming was in a headache. "Did you know that Song Wu had already burned the engagement?! And he burned it in front of the prince!"
"what!"
Li was so angry that she almost fainted.
"She, she, what does she mean?!" Her hands were shaking. "Does she prefer not to get married to Chu Chu?!"
"Madam!" Song Ming sighed, slumping down on the ground helplessly. "We've stumbled into a fight between gods. If we can't handle this properly, not only will this marriage, which we've been preparing for over a decade, be ruined, but I'll also lose my title of Earl and even this idle official position of mine!"
Although Li usually yells at Song Ming and has a bad temper, but at this critical moment, her vision is really not enough as she followed her father to the capital from a small place and finally married into the uncle's mansion.
Although she had learned a lot about the ways of the world over the years, she had no idea how to navigate the ever-changing landscape of the imperial court.
"What did Uncle mean? Where did this fight between gods come from?"
In fact, Song Ming just thought of it when he entered the ancestral hall, so he quickly told the reason.
Yesterday, Song Wu became the adopted daughter of the Duke's Mansion. He came back today and inquired about it. It was indeed true. The Duke's wife valued her very much.
Although he did not know the reason behind this, the person who called him out and reprimanded him today was Xie Ruhui, Lord Xie.
Who is Mr. Xie?
He is from the Xie family, a century-old family. He is the nephew of the Duke's wife and the Empress Dowager, and he has always been at odds with the Ji family of the Yongping Marquis's Mansion!
Yesterday, rumors were spreading in the capital, but the Duke's Mansion acknowledged Song Wu as his relative. Later, the Prison Warden Zheng Lei came to the mansion to investigate Haiyue's death.
This was nothing at first, but just when Prince Ji Bozhou was about to suppress the matter, he immediately attracted the attention of the Xie family, and he was immediately reprimanded today.
Although the Earl's Mansion has always wanted to rely on the Marquis' Mansion, the Xie family certainly knows that the relationship between the two families is close.
On the surface, he was helping Song Wu vent his anger, but in fact, he was using him to threaten the Marquis' Mansion!
Song Ming was just feeling proud of himself for figuring out such a big problem when he heard Li say, "Then... doesn't that mean that girl is now under the care of both the Ji and Xie families? We can't offend either of them, so what should we do?"
Song Ming was stunned, but he couldn't think of any deeper or more far-reaching plans, so he could only say nonchalantly, "Don't worry about it for now, let's get through this first. As long as Master Xie doesn't embarrass me anymore, won't the rest of the things be easy?!"
Song Wu made some adjustments to the formation in the yard, and then he heard Xiao Kui say that the uncle and his wife had arrived.
As soon as Li entered Wutong Garden, she opened her voice and said, "Yuanyuan! Mother is here to see you!"
Sang Luo immediately became alert and rushed into the yard and stood next to Song Wu.
Song Wu's face was as cold as ice. "Madam, what are you talking about?"
Li's whole body was filled with affection for Song Wu, "Oh! Look at what you said, mother came here today mainly to apologize to Yuanyuan!
"I shouldn't have hit you yesterday. It was Chu Si who was wrong, and you should punish him! Mother has been thinking about it all night and feels bad, so I came here now!"
Song Ming was trying to smooth things over. Song Wu thought about how this man and Song Chushi had scolded him yesterday, so why did his attitude change so drastically today? There must be some problem.
She smiled faintly: "Yesterday the old lady said that she would repent in the ancestral hall for three days, why did the lady come out today?"
Li's face froze, she laughed and changed the subject, and ordered the maid beside her to bring two pieces of fine brocade.
"This is a little gift from mother. I'd like to use it to make two nice sets of clothes! Mother will be returning to the ancestral hall soon!"
Song Ming smiled at Song Wu and pretended to whisper in his ear, "Father scolded your mother for you. Don't say those words about not marrying into the Marquis's family again!"
After saying this, the couple walked away in unison.
Song Wu looked at the backs of the two people and took out a small paper crane made of talisman paper from her sleeve. She blew gently and saw the paper crane chasing Li and Song Ming.
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