Even if he was as calm as the old man, the moment he saw Song Yin’s face, he almost jumped up.
“You, you ……”
“I died by fraud back then.”
Fraudulent death?
The old man looked at him incredulously, his mind going blank.
Song Wangyue also came over and knelt down, “We have deceived you, please forgive us.”
They ……
That means Yue’er knew that Gu Yi had fraudulently died, then she still dared to go to the capital to sue the imperial court and bring down the third prince back then?
“For, why?” The old man heard his own fluttering voice.
Deceiving the emperor was a great crime, according to Yue’er’s intelligence, she wouldn’t have not known …… that she knew and still dared to sue the imperial court, she must be hiding a great secret!
Song Yin kneeled pensively, looked the old gentleman in the eyes, and returned word for word, “I am the son of the King of Qin, Chu Yunxiao.”
Boom!
Something exploded in the old gentleman’s head, blasting him dizzy and unable to think.
Having lived in the capital, he knew King Chin’s character and knew that he would not commit regicide for no reason. But he was a man of letters, not involved in the court, and did not know what was going on. He had also lamented the death of King Qin and knew that the emperor had been searching for his son all these years, wanting to eliminate the root of the problem, but he had never imagined that the person was beside himself.
“You, you ……”
The old gentleman wanted to say you guys are so bold, even the emperor dares to deceive, this is a big crime of killing the head. But when he thought that three years ago the two men, one only thirteen and the other only nine years old, could do such a great deed to cover the sky, the words he was about to say behind him were swallowed back.
He raised his hand, stopping the two from speaking, and took several deep breaths to calm himself down and look closely at Song Yin’s appearance. When he entered the capital three years ago, he had quite a few pockmarks on his face, hiding part of his appearance, which was why he didn’t recognise him.
Now that he had grown up, the pockmarks on his face were gone, and his true appearance was revealed, he looked seven percent like King Qin.
“What are your plans?”
Having concealed his identity for so many years, he suddenly came to show his face before him today, and the old man knew that the two men were not simply telling him their true identities.
“To let the truth of what happened back then come out to the world, and to give justice to my father and mother.”
The old gentleman grabbed the armrest, “What really happened back then?”
“That man took advantage of my mother consort’s visit to the palace to defile her ……”
The old gentleman couldn’t believe it.
There were many speculations about King Qin’s regicide back then: some guessed that he wanted to seize the throne; some guessed that the Emperor had hinted that the Ministry of War had withheld the pay of the soldiers at the border, causing many of them to freeze to death, and that King Qin was so angry that he confronted the Emperor at the palace and in his rage, he committed regicide; others guessed that King Qin had a son and became more ambitious and offered the Emperor impossible terms, which the Emperor did not agree to, and that he committed regicide in his anger. But none of them could have guessed that it was ……
What is the difference between this and a beast? It was his sister-in-law.
No wonder King Qin wanted to commit regicide, and no wonder the regicide had arranged for everyone in the royal family before.
But that man was the emperor, how easy was it to get him to admit his mistake and return justice to King Chin and his wife?
“You guys get up first.”
Song Yin and Song Wan Yue stood up.
The old gentleman picked up his tea with shaking hands and drank half of it before suppressing his wildly beating heart. Seeing that the two were still standing, he told them to sit down and his gaze fell on their faces.
Compared to three years ago, Song Yin was not only a little more composed, but also more heroic. Yue had also shed her youthfulness and had the youthfulness of a young girl. Although they were a few years apart, the two were a match made in heaven no matter how you looked at them. If Song Yin were an ordinary person, he could have married in another two years and given birth to an outer great-grandson to play with him a year later.
But now, it was all a luxury.
If the truth about what happened back then could not be revealed to the world, if the emperor could admit his mistake, if Song Yin could stand up in front of people in an open and honest manner, not only the two children in front of him, but also the Song family and the Xu family, would all die in a place of burial.
“The death of the Third Prince was your handiwork?”
“Yes.”
Song Wangyue told the story of how she had lent the Second Prince’s hand to kill the Third Prince.
The old gentleman nodded, “What are your plans next?”
He was the head of the world’s literati, and his peaches and plums were all over the world. Many officials in the court had been taught by him, so if he asked them to help with something, those people should not refuse.
“That man has already guessed my identity and has personally tested me in the capital. If we fail once, he is bound to try again, and we will fight him with our plans. In the meantime, we may involve our families, and we hope to have you sitting in Qingping County so that the family will not panic no matter what happens.”
“You need not worry about that.”
Song Yin didn’t say how the plan would go, and the old man didn’t ask more questions, he just guarded the back of the two.
……
The dumplings were wrapped, and the old man Song happily led Song Rui to call out to the people. The people went to the dining hall, ate with laughter, and rested in the mansion for the night, and early the next morning, the Song family, including Song Wan Yue, returned home.
Song Yin went to invite the matchmaker.
When the matchmaker heard that Song Yin was going to propose marriage to the Song family, she subconsciously refused, but Song Yin gave her 50 taels of silver.
The matchmaker had never received such a large sum of money before, so she had no more worries and accompanied Song Yin to buy gifts, and then got on a carriage to take Song Yin to the Song family village.
“Song Gongzi, you are really discerning, if you look at this Qingping County, there is no one who is as good as Miss Song.”
“Not only is Miss Song good-looking, she is also a good earner.
The matchmaker held up a finger.
Which of the people in Qingping County did not envy the Song family? Which of them did not want to marry Song Wangyue? But they only dared to “think” about it, and none of them invited a matchmaker to their home.
Song Yin was the first!
I wonder if she will be kicked out by the Song family later.
So be it, she did her best anyway, and she would not return the silver cheque.
Song Yin sat inside the carriage, wearing a vivid violet robe, his hair tied up with a jade hairpin, looking more and more handsome.
The moment the little girl saved his life, he knew that he would never marry her. Even though he was carrying a blood feud, he did not want to give up.
The carriage made its way into the Song family village.
In the past few years, there has been a great change in Song’s village. Not only have the people in the village been well fed and clothed, but many of them have built new houses, even Song Ming’s. It is not surprising that the carriage has entered the village.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Song family’s house, and the matchmaker went down in fear, took small steps to the door, peered inside, and before she could say anything, saw a young girl with stunning features come out of the house.