There was no one from the State Council’s residence, and there were only two officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Song Wan Yue and Song Yin in the meeting room. Even though the two officials knew that Song Wangyue was deliberately making things difficult for them, they had no choice but to carefully pick up a pile of silver tickets, not even bothering to argue with Song Wangyue, and walk out a little.
When they returned to the parlour, Song Wangyue gave a thumbs up to Song Yin.
She had originally prepared a thousand taels of silver, but she didn’t expect Song Yin to be more ruthless than her, and had replaced them with a hundred taels and fifty taels.
“Out of breath?”
Song Yin rubbed her head dotingly, which he had enjoyed doing recently.
Song Wangyue was in a good mood and didn’t glare at him like she did every time in the past, nodding her head, “Mm.”
Song Yin couldn’t help but rub it a few more times and withdrew his hand before Song Wan Yue glared at him, “Let’s go, go see big brother.”
Song Si had already woken up and was half leaning on the bed, Xiao Yao was feeding him his medicine, Qing’er was guarding the door, apart from her, there was no one else waiting in the courtyard.
Seeing the two enter the courtyard, Qing’er curtsied and bowed, “Miss Song, Young Master Song.”
It was awkward to call out to Qing’er like this every time, as if they were brother and sister, but they were not.
The two nodded their heads and walked into the house.
As Song Si finished the last sip of his medicine, Xiao Yao stuffed a candied fruit into his mouth, and Song Si chewed it quickly while gesturing for the two to sit down.
The news that he had woken up was still hidden from everyone.
He had just drunk the medicine and Song Wangyue did not go up to check his pulse, “The poison that big brother was poisoned with this time is very overbearing, although it looks like you are looking better, you should not take it lightly, you must drink the medicine for a few more days and recuperate properly.”
“As you wish.”
Song Si did not retort, he was also scared after this time, not that he was afraid that he would die from this, but that his relatives would not be able to bear it and lose their composure when they watched him fester a little.
“The Sixth Princess and the child were saved?”
“With your little sister and I at the helm, can they not be preserved?”
Song Wangyue couldn’t help but be dejected.
Song Si and Xiao Yao were amused, and Xiao Yao rewarded her with a candied fruit, which Song Wan Yue ate with a smile on her face, telling the three of them about the Sixth Princess’s process, taking Song Si’s pulse and re-prescribing a prescription for Xiao An to get the medicine.
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The first prince returned to the house, the first prince consort told the matter of the soap, heard that there are still five pieces have not been asked back, the first prince can not help but think more, the marquess of An Guo represents him, the minister of household and Liu commander surprisingly did not buy, is it means that the two defected to the side of the second?
The moment this thought came to him, he couldn’t sit still, both of them were holding real power, if they had really defected to Lao Er, he would have less chance to win that position.
If he could think of it, the First Imperial Concubine naturally thought of it too, she pursed her lips, “Your Highness, I do have an idea.”
The Grand Prince Consort was intelligent, so the Grand Prince had been willing to discuss many things with her in the past. On hearing this, he immediately sat beside her, “Please speak, Madam.”
“With the death of Concubine Shu, the Wu family is truly without support, and it is now a time of anxiety, so Your Highness might as well go and make a personal gesture of goodwill, as long as the Wu family is collected, the Liu family will naturally be in Your Highness’ pocket.”
The Grand Prince hadn’t really thought about this, he got up and turned around a few times and shook his head, “The Wu family and Song Wan Yue have always been bitter rivals, if I bring in the Wu family, and that girl finds out and encourages the Xu family to stop supporting me in a fit of rage, we will lose more than we gain.”
Even if Commander Liu was capable, he would not be good enough in front of the Xu family.
“The Wu family, even if they are defeated again, is a bigger camel than a horse, and if they want to fight to the death, the Song and Xu families may not be able to avoid it. Just like this soap incident, if your highness collects the Wu family, you can act as a middleman and let the two families reconcile, so that you can solve the grudge between the two families, and by the way, you can also collect the Liu family.”
The Grand Prince was impressed, but the Wu family and Song Wan Yue were deadly enemies and it would be difficult to reconcile the two families, he had to think of a foolproof solution.
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The Wu family.
A dead silence fell.
From inside to outside, not a single sound was heard, as if the entire mansion was dead.
The moment he heard that Concubine Shu had died, Wu Jin sat paralyzed on the floor, not understanding how things had come to this point.
First, his father died in vain and his hereditary title was taken back, then the third prince was sent to Youzhou. He had waited for four years with hope, only to receive the news that the third prince had been killed, and before he could recover from the bad news, the dowager concubine Shu had died again, and the Wu family had completely lost its support.
No, the Wu family still has something to fall back on, the emperor can still shelter them, he has to go to the palace to find the emperor, let the emperor, let the emperor ……
Wu Jin played half of the body and slowly paralyzed back. He is now an ordinary citizen, and how can he see the emperor? Or if he meets the emperor, what awaits him is not dependence but the destruction of his family, he knows too much, the emperor will not let him go.
Therefore, he could not move towards the emperor. He had to think of a way out for the Wu family while the emperor had not yet made his move against them.
Relocating the family was impossible, Song Wangyue was so rich, wherever their Wu family ran, Song Wangyue would find them. The only way was to find someone to rely on, so that Song Wangyue would not dare to make a move.
Yes, find a reliance, the only one the Wu family can rely on is ……
The sound of footsteps rang out in the courtyard.
Wu Jin gave a jolt.
“Master ……”
It was the butler’s voice.
“Eunuch Huang is here.”
Eunuch Huang?
Wu Jin shuddered and stood up with difficulty, his mind was blank as he walked mumblingly to the door and opened it.
“Eunuch Wu.”
Eunuch Huang bowed slightly, “His Majesty has asked my old slave to fetch you into the palace to see Her Ladyship Shu for the last time.”
Wu Jin’s lips twitched.
Eunuch Huang spoke again, “Eunuch Wu, go and change your clothes and follow old slave into the palace.”
Wu Jin closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down, but his mind was blank and he couldn’t think at all, so he could only stiffly turn around and go inside, shaking his hands and feet and change his clothes and follow Eunuch Huang into the palace.
Seeing Consort Shu lying inside the coffin as if she was asleep, Wu Jin cried and fainted.
Eunuch Huang had someone carry him to the cold palace and summoned a doctor to come and stick needles.
When Wu Jin woke up, he was alone in the room. Wu Jin was horrified and was about to get out of bed and rush out when the door to the bedchamber was thrown open and the Emperor walked in.
Wu Jin rolled off the bed and knocked his head heavily on the floor, “I have seen Your Majesty.”
The Emperor walked up to him, his bright yellow robe waving in front of his eyes.
Wu Jin held his breath.
“Get up.”
Wu Jin stood up with trepidation.
The Emperor sat down on a chair to the side, “Consort Shu was killed.”
Wu Jin looked up sharply and met the Emperor’s glowing red eyes, he subconsciously asked, “Who was it?”
“The only ones who want to sit in my position soon are those two rebellious sons, I can’t put up with them anymore, you find a way to defect to one of them and provoke them to fight each other.”