"The big mistake has been made, and Jiangnan Hall has fallen into a desperate situation." The woman said coldly, "The current lack of wind and rain is just the calm before the fall!" Therefore, the only way to do this is to put it to death and live later! ”

Song Lu hurriedly said: "Dare to ask Mom, what should I do?" ”

"Hasn't grandma always been involved with Yuan Xuepei and even His Royal Highness King Liang before?" The woman said lightly, "Then go on!" ”

Song Lu was surprised: "Continue? ”

She only said that this mother-in-law was angry with the stupid things she had done, and she was still talking back, and hurriedly explained, "Mom, I really don't know about the things of my ancestors, otherwise even if I hate the Webster slut very much, how can I ignore my own children?" ”

"Doesn't Grandma understand?" The mother-in-law sighed and looked at her with disappointed eyes, "Your every move, from the moment you want to avenge the head of the family, has all fallen into the eyes of the royal family and those people in the Su family!" Now that they've suddenly pulled out, do you think they'll not think about it? ”

"The old master dragged the sick body before he died, and it took a lot of hard work to leave the slaves and maids behind, hiding in the shadows, just in case of accidents!"

"It's not that the slaves are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they refuse to give up their lives for the inheritance of Jiangnan Hall!"

"It's just that the Su family and other families don't mention it, just talk about a royal family - the whole world is not the king's land! Although my ancestors in the Jiangnan Song clan were extremely prominent, now they are only a courtier of Da Rui after all! The reason why the royal family knows what you have done, but they have been holding back, is not to see the pity of you and the little masters now, but because they are afraid of the old master, and want to lure out all the back hands of the old master, so that they can catch it all and never suffer in the future! ”

The mother-in-law said calmly, "Once they find out that you already know the truth, how can they not track down the slaves and maids?" At that time, you and the little masters, do you still have to stay?! ”

Song Lushi heard it like falling into an ice cellar, and muttered: "But if I keep following King Liang and them, will the royal family let my children go?!" ”

"Of course it's impossible!" The mother-in-law explained, "To be honest, you will definitely not be able to escape from the matter now, even the little masters, the slaves and maids can only protect the little son, as for the two young ladies, the slaves and maids will tell the truth: at the critical moment, they will definitely not be able to take care of it." ”

Song Lu will even have the heart to die, although she has taken her only son Song Yiyao very seriously because her husband's family has been in the same line for four generations, but she is definitely not a person who despises her daughter - how could she have thought that she would take advantage of the future of her two young daughters for a while?!

At this moment, I endured and endured, but in the end I still shed tears, and said suddenly: "My current crime is so serious, if it is still mixed with the affairs of King Liang, how can my child live?" ”

"First of all, grandma thinks about it carefully, whether it is His Royal Highness King Liang or Yuan Xuepei, what kind of fuel-efficient lamp is it? Since you were involved in their affairs, and they took the handle, and now you want to quit, will they agree? The mother-in-law said calmly, "Secondly, the murder of Princess Wei was originally the intention of the head of the family, and this plan is not unrelated to Yuan Xuepei - who is behind the manipulation of this bureau, the slave and maid are not sure now, but it must have been against Jiang Nantang since then, or even earlier!" It's because grandma wants to quit, it's impossible at all, it will only startle the snake! ”

"Third, although grandma made a big mistake, Jiang Nantang is not completely isolated now!"

"There is a Gu Xiang in the court, and there is an eldest lady in the female dependents, all of which are the glimmer of life for the little son!"

"After all, the provisions in the "Da Rui Law" stipulate that even if it is a major crime of the nine clans, under the age of sixteen, it will not be directly sentenced to death, so as not to harm the peace of heaven!"

The mother-in-law said slowly, "So, can grandma figure it out?" ”

Song Lushi sniffed, tried to sober himself up, and said in a trembling voice, "You mean...... While Yao'er and they are still young, they will poke out my crimes in order to gain the mercy of Gu Xiang and the eldest lady and give them a chance to live?! ”

"The most important thing is that you have to make everyone think that you don't know anything!" The mother-in-law looked at her, her eyes calm, "In this way, the little boy can rely on his age and avoid the next malice!" ”

Song Lu understood what she meant, she had married into the Song family for less than ten years, and she was not her husband's true love, so she didn't know anything about the ancestors, heritage, and descendants of the Jiangnan Song Dynasty! This is also the reason why the royal family and the Su family have long had bad intentions towards the Song family, but they have never made it to the surface.

Not only because they want face, but also because they know that they will not gain anything from starting from the Song Lu clan - because the Song Lu clan itself does not know any of the Song family's secrets and hole cards.

And if Song Lu died in confusion, what would her unenlightened son know?

In this way, whether it is the royal family or the Su family, it may not necessarily kill Song Yiyao.

Although doing so will make Jiang Nantang lose its inheritance, and even Song Yiyao's future will not even be able to maintain the treatment of brocade clothes and jade food, but what can the Song Lu clan be picky about now?

"Tell me, what am I going to do?" Song Lu froze, smiled miserably, and said, "As long as you can keep the child...... I can do anything! ”

The woman nodded: "King Liang is not the lord of Ming, although you are involved in his plot to seize the throne in order to avenge the head of the family, but this kind of thing is unforgivable in the eyes of the Son of Heaven after all - so, while you continue to do things for him, it is best to try to get rid of this disgust!" For example, he clearly helped King Liang, but in fact, he put him together and made him fall short? ”

Song Lu muttered: "But what should I do to win the favor of the Son of Heaven without making the royal family suspect that I know about my ancestors?" ”

"You can find a pretext, say, to resent the eldest lady." As soon as the mother-in-law said this, Song Lu's face changed: "You just said that Jiang Nantang is not completely without foreign aid now, and the eldest lady is one of the most important foreign aids!" ”

Song Lu is actually very disgusted with Song Yixiao now, but for the survival of her own flesh and blood, she has no objection to kneeling in front of Song Yixiao's feet and begging bitterly.

At this moment, when she heard her mother-in-law say that she would openly resent this stepdaughter, she naturally felt puzzled and angry.

However, the mother-in-law has her own reason: "You are a native of the imperial capital, and the old lady Huang who is gone has a close relationship with the current queen's mother, what kind of person and what kind of heart do you have, the queen mother doesn't know?" How shrewd the queen is, I don't need the slave to tell you more - you said, you are a good wife and mother in the boudoir, and you are involved in the plans of His Royal Highness King Liang to avenge her husband, and it is okay, but after the death of Princess Wei, she still has to toss, how can the queen not doubt it? ”

"With your experience, don't talk about the eldest lady, can you find any other reason?"

Song Lu said urgently: "The queen mother is indeed shrewd!" But is the eldest lady easy to mess with? She's the same as her mother-in-law—"

"The eldest lady really doesn't have a good impression of the Song family!" The mother-in-law interrupted her indifferently, "However, no matter what the little boy says, he is also her half-brother, and he is still the only bloodline of the Song family now!" When the real little boy has no way to live, the eldest lady is such an eight-faced and exquisite person, under the pressure of public opinion, will he not make a move? ”

Song Lushi bit his lip and said, "What if...... If the royal family tells her the truth about Princess Wei's death, then?! ”

The mother-in-law looked at her deeply: "Why did the royal family do this?" Is it to let the eldest lady understand why she suffered so much when she was young, so that she had to go to the Hengshan Palace? ! ”

Song Lu's choked, what the mother-in-law said was very reasonable, in the matter of the royal family and the Su family's calculation of the Song family, not only Song Lu's mother and son fell into the pit, but Song Yixiao suffered less grievances?

If Song Yixiao knew the truth and took revenge on Cui Jianlian with this maid, what would she think of the royal family and how would she treat the royal family?

Now is not the time for Emperor Xianjia to reign, the young new monarch Duanhua Emperor has not really sat on the throne until now, how can he be willing to rashly reveal such a secret and risk cutting off his arm?

After all, everyone knows how much Yan Guogong loves his wife in vain.

It's just that although Song Lu couldn't think of any strong reasons to refute it, he instinctively felt that this idea was not very good.

The problem is that with her resourcefulness, she can't provide a better way.

Under the frequent urging of the mother-in-law, especially "The estrangement between His Majesty and the two kings of Su Xiang is deepening, King Xiang does not mention, behind King Su stands the Su clan of Qingzhou, His Majesty is very jealous, and he may not know when he will want to destroy Jiangnan Hall, so as to borrow my Song family heritage to fight against the Su family" persuaded her, and she finally complied.

When Song Yixiao went to visit the Imperial Prison, Song Lu looked at this stepdaughter who was not a few years younger than herself, and her heart was full of feelings - both the helplessness of sympathy for the same disease, and the disgust of looking at the daughter of the enemy, but more than that, but she was confused and apprehensive.

During the whole conversation, Song Lushi almost couldn't help but confide the truth to her several times, and then asked her to take good care of her children.

However, the hinted words had already been spoken, but Song Lu finally held back.

"What face do I have to entrust her? Her biological mother deserves to die, but isn't her half-sister innocent? Song Lu thought to herself, "If she knew all this, she was afraid that it would be too late to kill my daughter to avenge her sister, right?" How can you take care of Bao'er and Jiao'er? ”

Moreover, who knows if the wall has ears in the prison?

The old servants left behind by Song Ying repeatedly told them that this secret must not be passed on to the outside world - the Song family is no longer the Jiangnan Song Dynasty of the past, and they can't bear the result of tearing their faces with the royal family!

Watching Song Yi leave with a smile, Song Lushi couldn't tell his mood clearly, so he could only pray silently, but hoped that his sacrifice and efforts could be exchanged for the greatest vitality of his child!

What she didn't know was that in the Song Mansion at this time, Mother Pu looked at the people who were busy rescuing the little masters, but her eyes were full of sadness: "If you can't save them, forget it, anyway, they will suffer if they survive, and after they have suffered, in the end, most of them have no hope." ”

Shaw, a subordinate who had followed her for many years, covered his mouth in surprise: "Mom? ”

They are all people specially left by Song Ying, who hold the true heritage of the Song family, and are loyal enough to the Song family - the identity of the Shaw family is not as good as Pu's mother, but they have always been loyal to the Song family, and they also know that Pu's mother is not a person who eats inside and outside, and now the Song family is in such a crisis, Pu's mother doesn't think about how to keep the little masters, but says such a thing, Shao Brothers is really shocked, angry and confused.

She subconsciously said, "Didn't you tell Grandma Lu?" After the little masters are involved by Grandma Lu, we will guard in secret, and when the limelight passes, we will make Li Dai Tao's plan to save the little master? ”

"Save them, they can't be the bloodline of Jiangnan Tang in the future." Mother Pu had a heavy sadness in her eyes, and said lightly, "In order to be unable to inherit the glory and reputation of Jiangnan Hall, exposing us people, the old master will not approve." ”

Shao Shi was stunned, and only after a while did he choke up slightly and said, "Since you ...... Since you never intended to save the little masters, why are you urging Grandma Lu to do this thing? Otherwise, even if the little masters still can't escape death, how many ...... How much can you live a carefree life, isn't it?! ”

Although she has not served Song Lu's mother and son closely, out of loyalty to the Song family, she cares about Song Yiyao's sister and brother, but she is not adulterated at all.

At this moment, these words are actually a loss of dignity and humility, which is equivalent to directly asking Pu's mother if she has bad intentions.

"If you can, you say I'd like to see the old master's biological bloodline cut off?" However, Pu's mother still looked flat, and only said in a tone without any emotion, "However, the new monarch is incompetent, and he has not been able to solve the problem of the two kings of Suxiang, not to mention, and even his mother and younger brother King Liang have the intention of seizing the throne - the days of the Duanhua Dynasty are not long!" ”

She turned her head and looked at the Shaw Brothers with tears in her eyes, "What did you say when the old master left before he died?!" ”

"My heir can be extinguished, Jiangnan Hall cannot be destroyed!" Shao Shi subconsciously replied, and before he finished speaking, he had already sobbed, "But now the royal family and the Su family have not ......."

"Now the royal family and the Su family have not targeted Jiang Nantang, this is because they are too late to intrigue around the throne now, and they can't take care of it for the time being-but have you thought about it?!" Mother Pu took a step forward, almost close to her ear, and said through gritted teeth, "The current situation is a good time for all families and clans to build a dragon effort!" ”

"But the head of the family has gone, how old is the little son? Although Grandma Lu is obedient, she is useless at all! ”

"The bloodline of the Song family, the only thing that can be discussed at the moment is actually only one eldest lady - but the eldest lady dislikes the Song family more than she misses! Even if she explains what happened to the eldest lady, I am afraid that the eldest lady may not be willing to contribute to the Song family! ”

"Now if we don't want the Song family to miss this opportunity to rise, what else can we do except support the side branch of Xiliang's branch according to the instructions of the old family master before his death?!"

The sadness and sorrow in Pu's mother's eyes were almost overflowing, and her voice, which had been calm, trembled slightly, "And the royal family and the Su family have not yet entered a real fierce fight, even if they will already fight in full swing, with the Song family's thousands of holes that have been eroded by them over the years, do you think ...... Do you think the Song family has a chance to be a fisherman?! ”

"So if you want to support Xiliang's branch, the bloodline of the old family master must be cut off!!"

"Only if the bloodline of the old family master does not exist, those people will believe that Jiangnan Hall is really in decline, and there is really no longer a threat!"

"In this way, relying on the relationship between Xiliang and the eldest lady, and then inheriting the children selected in that branch to the name of the old master, can the reputation of Jiangnan Hall be continued peacefully - and the biological father and brother of that child can also participate in this turmoil through this relationship, which is fair and unsuspicious, and paves the way for the future revitalization of Jiangnan Hall!!"

Pu's mother laughed miserably, "I missed this opportunity...... Do you think that Jiangnan Hall, which has been in the hands of the head of the family for 20 years, still has the opportunity to sit on an equal footing with Qingzhou Su and Fengzhou Wei?! ”

"The old family owner did not hesitate to give up his own bloodline, and dragged the sick body for more than half a year, just to leave a glimmer of life for Jiangnan Hall - to be precise, to leave a glimmer of life for the revitalization of Jiangnan Hall!"

"When we people were ordained, who didn't swear to defend the wishes of the old master with their lives?!"

"Although we once agreed after the old master went: as long as the old family master's bloodline, anyone can take over Jiangnan Hall, even if it is a young lady, as long as she is willing to stay in the Song family to recruit and let the child have the surname Song, we will not pay attention to the side branches - after all, we must try our best to be loyal to the blood of the old family master!"

"But now ......"

"Does the old master have such bloodline?"

"Do you know how alienated and disgusted the eldest lady is with the Song family!!"

"What's more, the eldest lady's current husband will agree to join the family?!"

"Now I don't follow the old master's dying words, everything is considered in the interests of Jiangnan Hall......

"You and I have gone underground one day, what kind of face do you have to explain to the old master?!"

"Jiangnan Hall's reputation has been passed down for many years, and it must not be destroyed in our hands!!"

"This is what we promised the old master!!"

Seeing the appearance of Shao Shi covering his mouth and trying not to cry loudly, Pu's mother also had tears falling in her eyes, "My Jiangnan Song clan has been prominent for several dynasties, is it priceless?" The eldest lady of the year, and the little young lady and the little boy now...... It's all at a cost!! ”

She reached out and pressed Shaw's shoulder, choked and admonished, "Go and make a pair of medicines!" Let the blood of the old master go faster, don't suffer too much...... This is the only thing we can do for the old master and the three little masters! ”