Song Si took a deep breath, suppressing the anger that filled his heart. Ever since the Emperor had made him the Minister of Household, he knew that he had been pushed into the limelight. But with the Ding Guofu behind him, ordinary people wouldn’t dare to do anything to him, but the Second Prince wasn’t an ordinary person, and had all the means to force him into line.
“If I had known that the officialdom was this dark, I would not have studied hard for ten years.”
Although the country people are tired, their hearts are at peace, and they are at ease as the sun rises and sets every day.
“Do you want to resign?”
Song Si shook his head; if he resigned now, I was afraid that the lives of his family would not be saved.
“In that case, let’s agree to the Second Prince.”
“No!”
The Emperor was in his prime and the Crown Prince had yet to be crowned, so if he followed the Second Prince, if the future Emperor was not the Second Prince, his family would all be affected by him and their lives would be in danger.
“Brother first take it easy, listen to what I tell you ……”
Song Wan Yue looked at him with a calmness in her eyes that did not belong to her usual, this calmness seemed to be contagious, causing Song Si’s angry heart to follow suit and calm down.
“We are so popular that neither the First Prince nor the Second Prince will give up the chance to draw us in. Instead of angering them and letting them do things to you behind your back, it would be better to defect to the Second Prince and live under his tutelage for the time being. You can trust me, in less than three years this will all be over and we will be safe.”
“How do you know that in three years it will all be over? What if it doesn’t end?”
“It won’t, it will be over in three years.”
Hearing her be so sure, Song Si narrowed his eyes, feeling as if his little sister was hiding something from him. In a deep voice, “Have you ever thought about it? If we seek the skin of a tiger, not only will we be in danger, we won’t be innocent by then.”
Especially in the position of Minister of the Household, even if he is not corrupt, someone will force him to be corrupt, and once he starts, there will be no turning back.
“That’s why I asked Second Brother to join the Second Prince, under his tutelage, those who want to force you will naturally weigh in, and Big Brother can also have an easier time.”
Song Si looked at her, ever since he had brought down the Third Prince last year, he had felt that his little sister had changed, what exactly, he could not say, but now he seemed to know, his little sister had a calmness and calculation that did not belong to her age, even he could not compare to her.
“Is there something on my face?”
Song Wangyue subconsciously went to touch her face.
Song Si raised her hand and touched her head, not daring to think further, if business was learned from books, where did all this scheming come from?
“No, big brother just thinks you’ve grown pretty again.”
Song Wangyue narrowed her eyes with a smile, “The more a woman changes, the better she looks, and naturally I am growing prettier and prettier.”
“Yes, my little sister will get prettier and prettier, and by then, people will be lining up from home to …… to ask for her hand in marriage.” Halfway through his sentence, Song Si realized he had said the wrong thing and immediately stopped.
Song Wan Yue, however, proudly puffed out her small chest, “Big brother said it wrong, the people seeking marriage are lined up from Qingping County to the capital.”
Song Si was amused by her words, “Not shy, how can you boast about yourself like that?”
“A fair lady, a gentleman is good at martyrdom, your little sister is so outstanding, when the time comes, there will naturally be many people who want to ask for her hand in marriage, there is nothing to be ashamed of.”
“You. ……”
Song Si nodded her forehead dotingly and naturally changed the subject, “When do you think it would be good to reply to the second prince?”
“In a few days, before we go to Jiangnan.”
Song Si nodded, not saying the words of instruction, but only stroking Song Wan Yue’s head again, “Have fun after you go to Jiangnan, there is big brother at home.”
Song Wan Yue’s head nodded happily.
After coming out of the study and greeting Xiao Yao, the group went back over there and saw three people standing at the gate from a distance. Song Wan Yue’s eyes were good and she could see that it was Huang Gao and his wife and Huang Yu, and waved at them.
They had only heard today that Song Wangyue had come to the capital and had come over without dinner. When they arrived, no one was there, so they waited at the gate.
“Master Song, Madam, Miss Song.”
Knowing that Song Lin’s few people did not like false salutes, the three of them did not salute and called out to people.
Several people answered, and Song Lin took out his keys, “Go to the house and talk.”
The group went back to the house and settled down in the hall.
Huang Yu seemed a little more cheerful after not seeing her for more than a month, and her expression was no longer so depressed, and she had already brought a smile to her face before she opened her mouth, “Grandparents said yesterday that you were almost here.
Looking at her, she must have come out of that incident, Xu was very happy for her, “It went well, we didn’t rush on the way, we walked for a few days, we will go to Jiangnan after resting again.”
Speaking of going to Jiangnan, she thought that Jin Hao would also go with her, so Xu’s mind was moved, but one more person was one more thing, and she needed to discuss it with Yue’er, so she put it down again.
But Song Wangyue smiled and asked, “Does Miss Huang want to go to Jiangnan to see?”
Huang Yu’s eyes lit up, “May I?”
After asking, she felt embarrassed, Jiangnan was no less than a thousand miles away from the capital and the journey was long, if she followed, she would be a burden, but going to Jiangnan was too tempting for her, she wanted to go and see it in her dreams.
“Naturally, I’m going to hire a boat, not a carriage, one more or one less is fine, it’s just that some people aren’t used to riding in boats, it might be hard.”
“I’m not afraid of being uncomfortable.”
Huang Yu immediately said, as long as she could go to Jiangnan, what was hard to bear, even if she shed her skin she was still willing.
After she came to the capital, Jin Hao had come to see Yu’er twice. Although Yu’er did not refuse, she did not treat Lu Ziyu with the same enthusiasm as before, he knew that Yu’er still did not want to get married. He knew that Yu’er still did not want to marry.
“Then you should prepare some thin clothes, when we arrive in Jiangnan it will be almost April, it is said that it is hot there early.”
Huang Yu looked at Mr and Mrs Huang Gao and saw them nod and thanked them happily.
In the meantime, Zhu Wen returned home. The old gentleman read the essay he had done and gave them some more instructions before letting them go.
When he came out of the old gentleman’s courtyard, Zhu Wen didn’t even eat dinner at Xu’s house, and fled back home as if he were there. As soon as he entered the door, he ordered the housekeeper to set him dinner, “I’m starving, tell them to hurry up.”
When he heard him say he was starving to death, the housekeeper hurriedly ordered someone to go to the servants’ room and call the cook who had just returned to cook for him, and had someone send a message to the master and lady.
The two men were puzzled to hear it and came over to see.