Chapter 204: Response
Song Mu returned to the palace and went straight to the princess's main courtyard, thinking that Song Zhan was already waiting there to confront him, but he didn't expect that not only Song Zhan was not there, but even Mingyue was gone.
Princess Huai looked at Song Mu who hurriedly went out and came back in a hurry with a calm face, and knocked on the table without annoyance.
"Ji's, this concubine remembers that you have always kept to yourself, but how did you raise a son who is not like you at all, frizzy and ignorant, and has read all the books you have read over the years to the belly of a dog?!"
Concubine Ji lowered her eyelids and was silent, but Song Mu couldn't see her mother being slandered, so she opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Song Ze.
"The princess is angry, my brother must be in a hurry to go out, now that he is back, it is better to discuss how to reconcile with the Zhang family first."
Song Ze knew that after Song Mu made trouble, he went to the Wang family to apologize as soon as possible, and swore to heaven and earth that he would never live up to the Wang girl, and only came back after receiving unanimous praise from the Wang family.
If the family affairs of the Zhang and Wang families were nullified, Song Ze didn't dare to imagine what his mother would be angry with, but fortunately, he stabilized the future Yue family.
Song Ze's words made Song Mu silent, now that the Zhang family has been offended, if you want to talk about reconciliation, you still have to come forward yourself, and the men of Huai Wangfu have to bear all the consequences of their own decisions, even if they are full of resentment towards Song Zhan at the moment, but this sentence is true.
"On the Zhang family's side, I will personally come to the door to apologize."
Song Mu coldly dropped this sentence and was about to retire, but he never thought that Chen Yan would refute it.
"Apologize? Why do you have to apologize?! Now the whole capital is saying that our Huaiwang Mansion is too deceitful, if you come to apologize again, do you think the Zhang family will accept you to shake hands and make peace? Hmph - you're naΓ―ve. β
Chen Yan lifted the tea lid and skimmed the cool tea soup, looked at Ji, who was still silent, and raised her eyebrows.
"This Zhang family is your own photo, you have to let Song Mu marry their family, and now they have driven the Huaiwang Mansion to the flames, what do you say?"
Ji doesn't need to look up to know what Chen Yan's expression is at the moment, which woman who has become Princess Huai is not a little arrogant, even if the current King Huai is useless, but the prince is capable, as Princess Huai, she may have to restrain a little bit in the face of imperial power, but in the face of a small Beijing official, Chen Yan will never bow her head easily.
"Back to the princess, you are the princess of Huai, and the attitude of the Huai palace in this matter must be based on you. The concubine doesn't have any ideas, she just listens to you. β
Concubine Ji's obedience made Chen Yan's mood slightly better, and it was not the first time that Song Mu and Song Ze had seen their mother bow down and be small, and they were destined to be inferior for the rest of their lives from the beginning, and this kind of unchangeable sadness was the same until death.
"Since that's the case, then do what I say, Song Mu has been thinking about it behind closed doors in the palace for a while, and he is not allowed to go anywhere, I will send someone outside to say that Song Mu's proposal to withdraw from the marriage is because the Zhang family's girls are not worthy, and they are the Zhang family's refusal to be good and beat a rake, our Huai Wangfu, as the royal clan's relatives, should not be too careful, but now that they have been pushed to such a cusp, they have to come out and speak."
"The ...... about the broken hand of the adult"
"What? Did you intentionally hit him until he broke a bone? β
"No, I've already said it, he fell on his own and broke his bones."
"That's not it, just tell the truth, as for Mingyue, you gave me a rest, I have already sent her to Zhuangzi far away, and she is not allowed to come back until the matter settles, as for the rumors about you and her, it is sure that the Zhang family made it up."
As soon as Song Mu heard that Mingyue had been sent to Zhuangzi, he suddenly wanted to plead for mercy in distress, and when he saw Ji's suddenly cold gaze, he finally closed his mouth and didn't say a word more.
The three of Ji's mother and son returned to the side concubine's courtyard, and as soon as they stepped into the house, Ji's who was walking in front looked back with a slap, looking at Song Mu, who was slightly stunned, and Ji's scolded in a calm voice.
"Get down on my knees!"
"Mother's ......"
"It's none of your business, shut up for me, you kneel for me."
Song Ze's words of intercession were blocked back by Ji, and he looked at the eldest brother and mother in a stalemate in embarrassment, and it was not until Song Mu knelt down that Song Ze took a step back and helped Ji sit down.
"You've got stiff wings, you're going to make up your own mind! Very good, what else do you want me to do as a mother? What kind of ecstasy soup did that in Mingyue give you, ah?! So that you can retire from the Zhang family's family affairs in such disregard of etiquette, righteousness and shame, and offend the Zhang family like this! β
Concubine Ji slapped the table case loudly, and looked at Song Mu, who was stubborn and still unrepentant, and her heart ached.
"When did you have that kind of mind for Mingyue?!"
"My son and Mingyue grew up together since childhood, and they have long been in love."
Song Mu looked straight at Concubine Ji who was panting, and answered her question very clearly.
"You are the son of Huai Wangfu, Mingyue is just a maidservant, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you really fall in love with her, you tell your mother, your mother will fight for you in front of the princess, why do you ......"
"The son has her in his heart, and he doesn't want to wronged her as a concubine, and the son wants to marry her openly."
Song Mu forcefully interrupted Concubine Ji's words, but only got a cold snort from Concubine Ji.
"Look at your current appearance, what an infatuated gentleman, you don't want to wronged her as a concubine, but what about her?! I want to be Song Zhan's concubine! β
Hearing this, Concubine Ji insulted Mingyue. Song Mu immediately stood up, looking at Ji's eyes reddened and obviously angry, Song Mu said slowly.
"The son has no intention of Mingyue, and the son believes that Mingyue will one day understand his son's intentions, and his son will never marry a wife before that."
Concubine Ji covered her heart and couldn't speak, Song Ze also looked at Song Mu with a strange face, never knowing that her brother was so cruel in disobeying her mother.
Song Luo listened to the dispute between Concubine Ji and Song Mu outside the door, and her mother wanted to sacrifice her marriage to pave the way for the two brothers, but now that the eldest brother is like this, her sacrifice is worthless.
A servant girl actually swept away all the reason of the eldest brother, not only offending the Zhang family, but also offending Liu Shoufu and his faction.
Song Luo's hand hanging down at his side clenched into a fist, he only knew that Mingyue used to know that she often wandered around the world, but he didn't expect that she could still hinder her eyes.
In the main courtyard house, Chen Yan looked at the nurse Yuan Shi who was kneeling in front of him silently and sighed.
"Your knees are not good, don't kneel, get up."
If Princess Huai had spoken in the past, Yuan would naturally not have wronged herself, but today is different, Yuan pursed her lips and not only did not get up but also bowed, and her head slammed on the carpet.
"The old slave didn't teach Mingyue well, and the princess lost such a big face, the old slave deserved to die, please ask the princess to demote the old slave to Zhuangzi."
Chen Yan rubbed her eyebrows, bent down and forcibly helped Yuan up, grabbed Yuan's wrinkled hand and patted it.
"You know I can't do without you, Mingyue is a good boy, I know in my heart, let her avoid the limelight in Zhuangzi, and let people take her back to the palace in two days, don't worry about it, wait by my side with peace of mind."