As soon as the matter came to light, the Grand Duke knew about it.
He immediately sent someone to look at it, and when he learnt that the person who had abducted Xiao Yao had actually escaped from the capital’s magistrate’s prison, he sensed that something was wrong.
It was easy to get in and hard to get out of the capital’s prison, especially for those who had been sentenced to death, and there was no way they could get out unless the day of execution came.
And then there were all the moves of the Five Cities’ Military Division.
The curtain officer frowned and mused, “Today’s incident is too fishy, I always feel that there is something that we have not detected.”
The Grand Prince nodded, he too had this feeling.
After thinking about it, he added, “I always feel that Father is dealing with Song Si. But, it shouldn’t be, Father doesn’t appreciate …… very much.”
As the words came out, it was like something flashed through his mind, a flash that passed so fast he didn’t catch it.
The shogun saw his words stop for a moment and looked at him.
The Grand Prince whacked himself on the head, “I seemed to think of something just now, but I didn’t catch it.”
The curtain-raiser said tentatively, “You were going to say that the Emperor admires Song Si very much, right?”
The Grand Prince frowned and nodded, still thinking about what had just flashed through his mind, which he always felt was important.
“My subordinate thinks that it may not be, after all, the third prince because of the Song family ……”
The Grand Prince rose to his feet with a pang, and the curator jerked to a halt.
The Grand Prince turned around the room a few times, stopped, and asked him, “Do you think Father is trying to take the opportunity to take revenge for Third Brother today?”
The curtain man paused, stroking his beard and squinting in thought for a long moment, “It’s possible, if that’s the case, then we ……”
The emperor did not like Song Si, so if they were to bring him in, wouldn’t they be displeasing the emperor?
The eldest prince turned around a few more times and sat back in his chair, “Let’s put Song Si aside for a while and observe for a period of time, let’s pull in the Xu family first.”
……
Inside the study of the second prince’s residence, the second prince was also talking to his staff about today’s events, but in a different direction.
The handlers said, “Song Si will certainly not be at court for a few days, so Your Highness might as well take this opportunity to ask him out and indicate that you can help investigate the person behind the curtain, Song Si will naturally be grateful.”
The Second Prince shook his head, “It would be too sudden to ask him out, Song Si would be suspicious.”
“Then ……”, the bureaucrat thought for a moment, “there are many officials coming to the capital in a few days, and the Governor of Qingping is among them, so let him have a “chance encounter” with the young girl of the Song family. “……”
The Second Prince’s eyes lit up.
……
An hour later, Song Si felt the hand in his hand seemed to move, he immediately looked up at Xiao Yao and was ecstatic when he saw Xiao Yao’s eyelashes move.
“Yao’er!”
Xiao Yao’s eyelashes trembled even more, and then her eyes slowly opened, and with a glance, she saw Song Si’s blood-stained big red wedding dress, blinked, and a string of tears rushed out from her eyes.
Song Si’s heart was like a knife, a series of consolation, “It’s okay, it’s okay ……”
“I ……”
Xiao Yao opened her mouth to speak, as soon as her lips moved, a sharp pain came from her neck, she subconsciously raised her hand to touch it, but was grabbed by Song Si, “Yue’er said it’s fine, it will heal in a few days, you don’t need to worry. You should also try to speak as little as possible, so as not to pull the wound.”
Xiao Yao’s hand was shaking, she thought of the scene when she was abducted, of having her head cut off in full view of everyone. She wanted to die then, to die with that man, but she thought of her elderly grandfather and grandmother, if she died, they would not be able to bear it; and her parents, her little brother could not be with them, if even she went, they would not be able to bear it either.
But if she did not die, what she would bring to them and Song Si would only be endless gossip and finger pointing.
A fishy sweetness rushed down her throat and she tried desperately to swallow it back, but to no avail, it rushed out of her mouth and sprayed on Song Si’s bloodstained wedding dress.
Song Si’s eyes were filled with horror.
“Yue’er, Yue’er!”
His voice was so harsh that Qing’er, who was waiting outside the door, heard her heart jump and hurriedly pushed the door open, seeing the blood around Xiao Yao’s mouth a boom went through her head and she turned and ran towards the flower hall, “Miss Song, Miss Song!”
The shout startled everyone, Song Wan Yue who was sitting on a chair in silence jumped up instantly on hearing the words, almost without thinking, she ran towards the new room, once she entered the door and saw Xiao Yao’s condition, her heart was shocked, she quickly walked to the bedside and held down Xiao Yao’s pulse. Xiao Yao’s qi and blood were surging upwards, if not pressed down, it would collapse the wound.
“Big brother get out of the way.”
With those words, he quickly brought the needle set on the table and placed it on the bed to open it, drew out the silver needles, lifted the quilt, ripped open the clothes on Xiao Yao’s chest and pinned down several needles in a row.
Song Si stood to the side, his whole body was shaking, his mind was blank.
The ladies, led by the Lady of Ding Guo, all poured into the room and were horrified to see the blood on the corner of Xiao Yao’s mouth. Lady Xiao Zheng’s eyes burst into tears again, she wanted to go forward but did not dare.
After the needles were inserted, Song Wangyue pressed her hand on Xiao Yao’s pulse for a long time before she exhaled gently, inclining her head to look at Song Si inquiringly. Seeing that his whole body was shaking and his face was as white as Xiao Yao’s, she sighed, “What did you guys just say?”
Song Si only shook his head, his gaze fixed on Xiao Yao, not daring to blink.
“Yao’er.”
The Lady of Ding Guo came forward, her voice trembling, it was only a day’s work, she seemed to have aged by more than ten years, she squatted down in front of the bed, shaking her hands to wipe the blood from the corner of Xiao Yao’s mouth, “Grandmother knows you are a good child, always obedient and understanding, this time you also listen to grandmother, don’t care about anything, don’t think about anything, quickly get well and talk with grandmother. ”
The tears in Xiao Yao’s eyes welled up again.
Mrs. Xiao Zheng covered her mouth to stop herself from crying out.
Everyone in the room was red-eyed, and Liu Cui Lan even lowered her head to wipe her tears. She liked Xiao Yao, her daughter-in-law, very much, and did not put on any airs, not only would she call out to her affectionately, she would also take her by the arm and take her shopping, not minding that she was from the countryside at all.
Song Wangyue tugged at Song Si’s clothes and Song Si looked at her blankly, seeing her gesturing towards the outside, not reacting for a moment.
It was only when Song Wangyue walked to the door and waved at him that Song Si reacted and lifted his stiff feet to follow him out. He greeted the worried Duke Ding who was outside the door and followed Song Wan Yue to a secluded place.
“Sister-in-law is unable to get past the one in her heart.”
Song Wangyue was straightforward.
Song Si froze and looked at her for a moment before she understood the meaning of her words and husked her voice, “Can she move?”
“As long as it doesn’t touch her wounds.”
Song Si lifted her feet and walked towards the house, but paused after just one step and turned back to ask her, “Do you know how to spot points?”
Song Wan Yue froze for a moment before smiling and giving a thumbs up towards Song Si, “Don’t worry big brother, little sister I can do anything.”