bookcurios Chapter 175 Supporting My Sister
Chapter 175 Supporting My Sister
Zhao Fangyu was still a little worried about Zhao Fangjin, and after everyone went home, he couldn't wait to pull Zhou Qinghe to a dark place and said, "Tell me honestly, is there any trouble with my sister's family this time?"
The third prince has been eyeing the vacant position of the Minister of Personnel and wants to insert his hand into the Ministry of Personnel to make profits for himself.
But the Minister of Personnel doesn’t even care about his own relatives, let alone him?
Minister Song can be said to be a staunch royalist.
But precisely because of this, the Third Prince could not gain any advantage in the Ministry of Personnel, so he wanted to intervene even more, to the point of resorting to such despicable means.
Zhou Qinghe patted Zhao Fangyu's hand in a soothing manner: "Don't worry, Minister Song has already gone to the palace to petition overnight."
Minister Song had been watching for many years, so he would not be completely defenseless. The one who was most hurt this time was probably Old Lady Song, who saw her own nephew and niece die in front of her, and in such a tragic way. She must have found it hard to get over it.
Zhao Fangyu wanted to ask more questions, but Zhou Qinghe pulled her to sit down at the round table: "No matter how big the matter is, don't delay eating and drinking. As long as you are here, your sister will always have someone to rely on."
Zhao Fangyu finally listened to the advice and ate a bowl of wontons and two meat-filled soft pancakes. Before the food was cleared away, Zhao Fangyu asked, "Is the real Qi Yinghe who came out today a fake one, designed by the Song family?"
This is a bit difficult to guess. After all, he is a relative of Old Lady Qi. Such an incident is equivalent to Old Lady Qi being accused of not being able to judge people well. Another thing is that the whereabouts of the real Qi Yinghe has become a mystery from then on.
He didn't have much money on him, and if he was kicked out by the Song family, he would probably end up on the streets.
"The old lady is willing to do that?"
Zhou Qinghe could guess this: "One is a distant relative who is almost five generations away from the Song family. I have never even seen her since childhood. The other is a son or grandson. At the very least, your elder sister is a meritorious person who has added blood to the Song family."
"One side is as heavy as Mount Tai, the other side is as light as a feather. People's hearts are biased, so it's not hard to guess which one to choose."
"The Song family originally wanted to confuse the real Qi Yinghe with the fake one. Then they would send the real Qi Yinghe out of the capital and keep the fake one at home. This way, the Qi family would have no loopholes. Even if the real Qi Yinghe said something treasonous in the future, it would not be credible and could be regarded as revenge against the Song family."
"Send her out of the capital, find a place to buy a house, send her far away, and she will have no worries about food and clothing, and she will live in peace..."
Zhao Fangyu figured it out and sat in front of the dressing table to take off her jewelry bit by bit. This matter was confidential and it was not convenient to keep anyone in the room, so Zhao Fangyu had to do it herself.
Even though the Song family's plan was a bit circuitous, their intention was to use this banquet to justify and publicize the real Qi Yinghe's departure. However, they didn't expect something went wrong and Qi Yinghe died.
Minister Song made his plea overnight, but he didn't know whether he could keep his position as minister in the end.
After thinking it through, Zhao Fangyu was no longer in a hurry.
He called Chunshao and said, "Take my name card and go to the Imperial Hospital to ask a doctor to see the old lady of the Qi family."
Originally, the Qi family planned to send the real Qi Yinghe out of the capital, which shows that they still care about this cousin. Now that she is dead, they don't want those confused people in the Song family to lose their minds and bully Zhao Fangjin again.
Zhao Fangyu did not forget that everything the fake Qi Yinghe wore was from Zhao Fangjin's dowry.
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Qi family
After Song Baiyi saw off the guests, they gathered in the yard where the old lady lived.
The old lady hadn't woken up yet. Song's mother and Song Runcheng were sitting together, with Song Runcheng crying.
As soon as she saw Song Bailai, she threw herself into Song's mother's arms and said, "I told you not to do this! Not to do this! Yinghe came all the way to the capital to look for her relatives, and finally arrived at the Song family. Who knew that it would be better for her to stay in Jiangnan!"
"That's a human life!"
Song Baixian took his wife, who had a bitter smile on her face, into his arms and hugged her. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that nothing was on her body.
He turned around and looked at Song Runcheng and said to Song's mother, "Mother should teach her more on weekdays. She is so old and still can't figure it out. I don't know how much hardship she will have to endure when she goes to her husband's family in the future."
Song's mother was particularly fond of her youngest daughter and spoiled her very much, so Zhao Fangjin never confronted her, and even if he did, he would not give her any excuse to criticize him.
After all, everyone knows that she is very spoiled. As long as she shows some weakness, Song Bai will take action.
Even at this moment, Song Runcheng's eyes turned red with anger, and tears could not be stopped on his face: "Why, you were planning to make Sister Yinghe leave the capital, but now she's dead and you can't even mention her?!"
"Brother, how did you become like this? You were not so cold-blooded and heartless before!"
Song Runcheng didn't understand why her brother seemed like a different person, but she would find out the reason.
She believed that Song Bai had become different since he married Zhao Fangjin, and was no longer the elder brother who obeyed her in everything.
Therefore, all the changes at the banquet and his dissatisfaction with his brother were blamed by Song Runcheng on Zhao Fangjin.
Song Runcheng stared at Zhao Fangjin with hatred: "Since marrying you, the Song family has never had a good day! If you couldn't tolerate Sister Yinghe, how could Sister Yinghe die because of this!"
Song Bai was so angry that he wanted to hit her, but was stopped by Song's mother: "Why are you angry with her? If there is anything wrong, just teach her a lesson. We are brother and sister, why bother with violence!"
Song Bai looked at the mother and daughter standing in the same line, then looked at his wife who was smiling bitterly behind him, and suddenly felt hot-blooded: "I treat her as a sister, but she has never treated me as a brother?"
"If she really regarded me as her brother, how could she be so dissatisfied with Zhao!"
"What mistakes have been made during the days since Zhao entered the family? How much have you given to your mother as a gift?"
"She gave up her own dowry to give to you, but it turned out to be a mistake? Her care day and night is not as good as Qi Yinghe's few words of provocation?"
"My family has already told me that she is not a good person, but you just turned a blind eye to the few tears she shed!"
Song Bai meant what he said seriously, and his mother understood it, but she still felt a little resentful of Zhao Fangjin, thinking that it was Zhao Fangjin who was stingy and jealous, and that was why she had persuaded Song Bai not to take a concubine.
Originally, her father was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and they were a good match for each other. But now her father was demoted to the lowest position and could not provide any support to Song Bai in the court or the country, so Song's mother began to dislike Zhao Fangjin.
That's why she didn't stop Song Runcheng from causing trouble for Zhao Fangjin occasionally.
In Song's mother's view, Zhao Fangjin had no family background and had not yet given birth to a grandson for the Song family, which was a huge fault!
It doesn’t matter that she doesn’t like Qi Yinghe, but she shouldn’t stop Song Bai from taking a concubine!
The next moment, the concierge came to report: "Madam, the maidservant beside Princess He has brought the old doctor to see the old lady."
"She said that the family was busy tonight and she didn't want to bother them. She was worried that the family would be worried, so she took over the responsibility and invited the imperial physician to come."