Destroy the scumbag husband, beat the bitch, the reborn legitimate daughter overturns the entire cap

Upon hearing this, Mu Xin Nuan felt a chill run down her spine, inwardly cursing, "Who's related to you!" But a smile appeared on her lips. "How could that be? I remember you are Grandmother's nephew. By seniority, I should call you Uncle. Otherwise, why would I have said that you intended to invite Grandmother to the East Palace?"

Song Tao hadn't expected a ten-year-old girl to be so eloquent! He was immediately annoyed!

"Anuan, you've misunderstood. Your uncle was referring to Consort Song from your household, who is also your cousin. She and Consort Song from the Crown Prince's palace are sisters. Shouldn't you go and visit her?"

Oh! You couldn't hold back so quickly and just said it outright? It really is! I thought he was more cunning than Song Shi, but now it seems he's nothing special!

“But how could Song Shi, with such a lowly status, possibly enter the Crown Prince’s Eastern Palace?” Mu Xin Nuan said, looking at the old lady with a worried expression. “Grandmother, if I may say something unpleasant, what if the people in the Crown Prince’s Eastern Palace found out that Song Zhao Xun actually has a sister of such a lowly status? Wouldn’t that be a disservice to her?”

Madam Li understood now and nodded, saying, "Anuan is right. I heard that the Crown Prince was furious about the Song family a few days ago. If we let Madam Song go to the palace to visit them now, it would be really inappropriate. It might really harm Song Zhaoxun."

These words left Song Tao and the old lady speechless!

What should you say? Say it's nothing! Say she's just a concubine who plotted against the principal wife and the legitimate children? What's so great about her? The Crown Prince and Crown Princess won't mind? Can you say that? Obviously not!

But were they really willing to just watch this opportunity slip away?

The old lady glanced at Song Tao, reassuring him with her eyes, then turned to Li and said, "What my daughter-in-law said isn't without reason. Logically speaking, since Consort Song is pregnant, this old woman should go and offer some congratulatory gifts. However, I'm getting old, and even walking a few steps is difficult for me. How can I possibly go to the Eastern Palace? Why don't you go and visit her on my behalf? It will let people know that Consort Song is not someone without support, someone who can be bullied by anyone."

Li wanted to refuse, but when she met the old lady's eyes, she immediately felt uneasy. She had been used to being made difficult by the old lady for many years, and she was somewhat afraid of her. Although she was more confident now, the old lady was still her mother-in-law, and she really couldn't do anything too disrespectful to her elders!

Just as Li was about to open her mouth, Mu Xin Nuan gently tugged at her sleeve, "Mother, this is fine too. Anyway, my eldest cousin is going in a few days. I heard it was the Crown Princess who invited her."

Mu Xin Nuan's voice wasn't loud, but everyone in the room heard it clearly. Li Shi's mind raced, and she understood. She looked at the old lady with some difficulty, "Mother, it's not that I don't want to go, but Wan Yue is also invited. If I go to the East Palace now as Song Zhao Xun's family member, who knows what kind of gossip will spread? Besides, wouldn't that be the same as offending the Crown Princess?"

The old lady's breath caught in her throat, unable to go up or down!

Song Tao, on the other hand, was so angry that his face almost turned green!

"What are you saying, sister-in-law? I was just going to see my sister, how could that offend the Crown Princess? Besides, I heard that the Crown Princess intends to promote my sister's rank. If she rises any higher, she'll be at least a fifth-rank official, Chenghui. If the Crown Princess is in a difficult position, why would she need to promote her rank?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Li covered her mouth and chuckled, "Cousin, please don't say such things again. This matter of promotion is naturally something that Her Highness the Crown Princess should care about. If these words were to spread, you would truly offend the Crown Princess's family."

Song Tao was stunned and didn't react, but the old lady understood!

The implication of Song Tao's words was clear: if the Crown Princess didn't promote Song Peici's rank, she was deliberately making things difficult for her. How could a mere court official like him arbitrarily comment on matters of the Crown Prince's inner palace? Even setting aside whether he offended the Crown Princess, the mere act of casually discussing the inner palace of the Crown Prince would be enough to cost him his job!

After glaring at him fiercely, the old lady's expression softened. "How about this, regardless of whether it's appropriate or not, let's have someone prepare the congratulatory gift and send it over first. It's never wrong, is it?"

"Yes, Mother. Your daughter-in-law will go and choose one right away."

Once Li came out of Rongyuan, she couldn't stop laughing!

Mu Xin Nuan, who was accompanying her, also giggled. She had seen shameless people before, but she had never seen anyone as shameless as this!

Who is her mother? She is the legitimate daughter of the General of the State, and the matriarch of the Mu family!

Who does Song Peici think she is? She's just a seventh-rank Zhaoxun who's only recently gained favor with the emperor, and she actually thinks she can get her mother to comfort her personally? Bah! With her qualifications? She doesn't even deserve it.

Mu Xin Nuan thought to herself, "These two aunts and nieces only wanted to release Song Shi at first. Humph! It's easy to release her, but it will be difficult to imprison her again! However, the old lady's mind is quick. She actually thought of having her mother go to the East Palace to be Song Pei Ci's support?"

Hmph! I wonder what kind of trap they've set for Mother? If they were to pin the charge of plotting against the imperial heir on Mother, even if she had a hundred mouths, she wouldn't be able to explain herself!

The Song family is indeed ruthless, each one more so than the last!

However, since Song Tao has already made his move, it's unlikely he'll take it back so easily. It seems I'd better start preparing soon.

Sure enough, just two days later, Lady Li received an invitation from the Crown Prince's palace, inviting her to attend the banquet as well.

Li was puzzled. As far as she knew, the Crown Princess's birthday banquet this year was not intended to be a grand affair, and the guests were all girls around thirteen or fourteen years old. Why would she suddenly be invited to go with her?

Mu Xin Nuan was also quite surprised. Could it be that the Crown Princess was also siding with Song Pei Ci?

The young eunuch who came to deliver the invitation said, "I heard that Song Zhaoxun has not been able to eat in the past few days, so she has asked the Crown Princess several times to take advantage of this Eastern Palace birthday banquet to meet her cousin-in-law. The Crown Princess is always kind-hearted and can't refuse, after all, she is now pregnant with the Crown Prince's child."

Li listened carefully and understood that although the young eunuch didn't say much, he clearly expressed the Crown Princess's dissatisfaction with Song Zhaoxun!

Even Mu Xin Nuan could tell that the young eunuch's tone was somewhat disrespectful when he mentioned Song Zhao Xun! It seemed that this young eunuch must be one of the Crown Princess's people.