Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

However, the girl seemed terrified and kept crying out, "I don't want to leave my mother! I don't want to leave my mother!"

Meng Qin's face turned cold. She never expected that her kindness would be met with such an ingrate!

There are rubble and branches down there; if you fall in, you'll probably lose your life.

Even if she were lucky enough to survive, she would likely be disfigured or even disabled. The thought sent a chill down her spine.

"It's truly divine protection. They must have accumulated good deeds in their daily lives; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable for anyone who fell in."

Meng's mother held Meng Qin's hand and looked her over carefully. She was very flustered and lost her interest in offering incense. She immediately wanted to go down the mountain.

Upon hearing this, Meng Qin instinctively took out the amulet from her chest. The once intact amulet was now blackened, as if it had been burned...

She was shocked; it was Ruozhen who had saved her!

No wonder she told me to carry the amulet with me yesterday; she foresaw that I would encounter danger today. This amulet... is just too powerful!

"Qin'er, what's wrong?"

When Meng Qin's mother saw her daughter staring blankly at the charred amulet in her hand, her eyes filled with worry, she wondered if her daughter had been frightened.

"Mother, it was Ruozhen who saved me!"

Meng Qin slowly recounted what had happened last night. Meng's mother listened in stunned silence. She usually liked to pray to gods and Buddhas, firmly believing that as long as one was wholeheartedly good, one would surely be blessed.

Now that they know the amulet was perfectly fine when it came out, but has now turned into this state, they are even more convinced of its existence.

"Qin'er, this is your good fortune. Miss Song is truly kind to you. You must cherish this and be sure to go and thank her in person!"

Meng Qin nodded repeatedly, "I will definitely go!"

Meng Fu, who was standing to the side, blinked and said with a smile, "Cousin is really a blessed person. Others wouldn't be so lucky."

Meng's mother glanced at the little girl and her parents, then lowered her voice and said to the guards beside her, "I think there's something strange about this. Even if this little girl is ungrateful, she shouldn't be so excessive. You should investigate this matter thoroughly."

"Yes, ma'am."

……

After leaving the yamen, Song Ruozhen first sent Luo Qingyin back before returning to the Song residence.

I informed my mother and several brothers that my eldest brother was doing well at the yamen and that the bandit suppression was going smoothly. Since it was not far from the capital and I had sent people to investigate thoroughly beforehand, the operation was very quick.

However, all of this is ultimately due to natural disasters. I'm afraid the number of refugees will increase recently, so I reminded my family not to leave the city.

"Whether it's floods or droughts, it's the ordinary people who suffer the most," Liu Ruyan sighed. "Jing Shen, I'm afraid your business in other cities will also be affected, won't it?"

"Mother, don't worry, your son has already stockpiled a lot of grain," Song Jingshen said.

The Song family is a large and powerful family with businesses spanning various sectors, including rice and oil shops. However, if they wanted to help the disaster victims, perhaps they could arrange to set up soup kitchens.

Liu Ruyan couldn't help but praise, "I've always trusted you to get things done."

“We have already taken over the Lin family’s mansion. I plan to arrange for construction to begin in the next few days. The sooner we open, the sooner we can make money.”

Song Jingshen becomes very energetic when he talks about making money; making money is his favorite thing.

Upon hearing this, Song Ruozhen recalled the shops on the entire street that she had previously obtained from Madam Qin, and said, "The shops on Fanrong Street are now all ours. Fourth Brother can go and take a look when you have time."

I opened a clothing store in one of the larger shops, and some business is still going strong. However, two of the shops are currently closed, so I plan to use them to sell snacks.

"All the shops on Prosperity Street are now ours?"

Song Jingshen's eyes widened. He had only been away for a short time, yet their family's business in the capital was getting better and better.

“This matter is all thanks to my second brother,” Song Ruozhen said, pointing to Song Yi’an. “It was compensation for the immense injustice my second brother suffered.”

Song Yi'an: "..."

Song Jingshen instantly understood and patted Song Yi'an on the shoulder, "Second brother, don't be sad. Most people don't get compensation like this."

Song Yi'an glanced at him. "Indeed, we can't afford to be wasteful."

Song Jingshen: "..."

Seeing that Song Jingshen had dug another hole for her, Song Ruozhen silently lowered her profile. The original owner of this body was the biggest spendthrift!

Turning her head, she heard Chenxiang say, "Miss, Miss Yun is here to see you."

"Let's go and take a look."

Song Ruozhen went to see Yun Nianchu with a smile, thinking that she had been too busy lately, with one thing after another happening in the manor, and even the Yun family was not at peace, so they did not have many opportunities to meet.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned to the house, he saw Yun Nianchu with red eyes, looking sad and angry.

"Chenxiang, go brew a pot of tea and prepare some snacks and fruits. Tell the others not to disturb us," Song Ruozhen instructed.

"Yes, ma'am."

"Ruozhen!" Yun Nianchu stood up as soon as she saw Song Ruozhen, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Song Ruozhen pulled her to sit down beside her, "What happened?"

"Ruozhen, you don't know this, but since Yun Xiwan and Qin Xiangheng broke off their engagement, her reputation has been completely ruined."

Her stepmother was afraid that she wouldn't be able to get married, so she kept pestering my father to help her find a suitable husband. But think about it, how many people saw her and Qin Xiangheng arguing by the lake?

Her clothes were soaked, and she even kissed him first. Any respectable family wouldn't want that!

Yun Nianchu became angrier as she spoke, “My father initially helped me look at a few families, but unsurprisingly, they were all rejected.”

Ever since my cousin passed the imperial examination, many people have wanted to arrange marriages for him, but he declined, saying he didn't want to get married yet. Who would have thought that his stepmother would set her sights on him, saying she wanted to marry Yun Xiwan to him!

Song Ruozhen was slightly taken aback; she hadn't expected Yun Xiwan and her stepmother to be so shameless.

Previously, he had been complaining that Lord Yun should not have taken in Yun Chengze, saying that it was a waste of money to support his studies, and he put pressure on Madam Yun.

Now they've turned their attention to Yun Chengze, seeing that no one else wants Yun Xiwan, so they're trying to put her in Yun Chengze's hands.

It has to be said that it was indeed a well-intentioned plan.

Given Yun Xiwan's situation, she would likely suffer mistreatment no matter who she marries. However, if she were to marry Yun Chengze, he would not mistreat her based solely on their relationship with the Yun family.

"Yun Xiwan is only fit to wash dishes, yet she wants to marry my cousin? She's dreaming!" Yun Nianchu said angrily.

Song Ruozhen frowned, "Auntie has always treated Young Master Yun like her own son, so I'm sure she won't agree to it, right?"

"My mother naturally disagreed, and I don't know how they persuaded my father to speak up. Just now, my father and mother had a big argument."

I also spoke up for my mother, and I was slapped in the face..."