If this is true, it is indeed time to ask Liu Ying.
But the old man was still worried about Song Wangyue and said, “This is a very important matter, so you should go to the Duke of Ding’s residence first.”
He hoped that the Duke of Ding would agree with him and send someone else.
The emperor was so insane that he could even infect his own son with smallpox, and he had no qualms about doing so to Liu Ying.
……
Song Si and Xiao Yao came out of the house and prepared to go back to South City, the two of them had not returned since the fourth day of the New Year when they came over to pay their respects.
A carriage drove by and the two recognized it as the one Song Wan Yue’s often sat in and stopped.
The carriage stopped, and Song Yin got off the carriage first, turning back to help Song Wan Yue down, but before he could reach out, Song Wan Yue had already jumped down and kissed him.
There was silence in front of the government gate.
Xiao Yao blushed in shame and pulled Song Si’s sleeve to quietly retreat to the door.
Yue’er was too bold, although there weren’t many families on this street, but the servants were all there.
Song Si, however, narrowed her eyes.
Yue’er’s act was clearly an act of ingratiation.
He stood unmoving and coughed lightly.
Only then did Song Wan Yue see them, and her little face flushed a little, but she had always been thick-skinned, holding Song Yin’s hand and walking up to the two of them, “Big brother, sister-in-law.”
“Why have you come over at this time?”
Although the words were directed at Song Wangyue, her gaze fell on Song Yin, full of displeasure.
“I came to help the old madam with her follow-up consultation.”
The old madam’s illness was faked. This was something Song Wangyue knew, and Song Si knew it too.
Hearing her say this, she knew that something was up. Song Si nodded and returned to the mansion with Xiao Yao along with the two of them.
Song Wan Yue let go of Song Yin’s hand, took Xiao Yao’s arm and went to the old lady’s place.
Song Yin and Song Si went straight to the Duke of Ding’s study.
Inside the study, both Xiao Zheng and Xiao Qian were present.
For some reason, the three grandfathers and grandsons were all a little uneasy in their hearts, especially Duke Ding, who could not sit down at all, always feeling that something big was about to happen.
There was a knock at the door.
“Grandfather.”
It was Song Si. Xiao Qian got up and went to open the door, and when he saw Song Yin behind him he knew something was wrong.
As expected, when the two entered the house, he had just closed the door when he heard Song Yin say, “I have just received news that my cousin has been struck with smallpox.”
A buzz went through Xiao Qian’s head.
Duke Ding Guo and Xiao Zheng were even more shocked and stood up.
Song Yin pursed his lips, “Smallpox isn’t terrible, I had it back then, and Yue’er saved my life. It’s just that cousin’s smallpox infection was strange, it should have been his doing.”
Who he was was self-explanatory.
Song Si looked fiercely at him.
When did Song Yin get smallpox, and when did Yue’er save him?
“Bloody hell!”
Xiao Zheng pounded his fist heavily on the table.
He wanted to scold his son, and not only that, he wanted to go to the palace with his sword and stab a hundred and eight holes in that beast!
“Where is Yue’er? Tell him to write down the prescription, and I will go to the palace at once.”
Song Yin shook his head, “The news was sent out by Sun Qi with a secret letter, which means that the news has been blocked, if you enter the palace at this time, the emperor will know that we have a secret line in the palace, once Sun Qi is exposed, there will be no one to spread the news from aunt and cousin’s side.”
With his daughter’s and grandson’s lives at stake, the Duke of Ding had already lost his composure and was unable to think at all, “What should we do then?”
Song Yin told Song Wan Yue’s speculation, and before he could finish listening, Xiao Zheng had already lifted his feet to go outside, but Song Yin was quick to pull him back.
If Xiao Zheng went out like this, if the Emperor’s spies saw him, they would instantly guess that they already knew about the news in the palace.
“This matter cannot be rushed, we need to think about it in the long run.”
Xiao Zheng’s forehead rippled with veins and he gritted his teeth, “I will skin Liu Ying.”
“Sooner or later, I will skin him, but now is not the time.”
Xiao Zheng closed his eyes, suppressing the anger that filled his heart.
Ding Guofang recovered himself and slowly sat back down, looking at Song Yin, “Where is Yue’er?”
“She has gone to her grandmother’s house.”
“You go and call her here, I have something to ask her.”
Song Yin gave Xiao Qian a look and told him to keep an eye on Xiao Zheng. Song Yin pulled open the door to the study and went out, quickly calling out for Song Wan Yue to come over.
“Yue’er, can the medicine for smallpox be made into pills?”
Although Duke Ding had calmed down, his mind was still a mess and he couldn’t think, otherwise he wouldn’t have asked such a question, if it could be made into pills, Song Yin and Song Wan Yue both would have started making it long ago, why would they come to the Duke Ding’s residence.
Song Wangyue shook her head.
Duke Ding’s heart sank into the abyss.
He covered his heart and shook his voice, “Then, then how should I cure it?”
Song Wan Yue looked at Song Yin and asked with her eyes, Song Yin pursed his lips and did not speak, so Song Wan Yue knew that he had not spoken out about his maternal great-grandfather’s guesses.
She returned her gaze and said, “Everyone’s symptoms are different, so the medicine used is also different. However, you don’t need to worry, in less than two days, that one should let me into the palace.”
Song Si was subconsciously about to object, but the words came to her lips but she couldn’t say them.
If Yue’er was not allowed to enter the palace, Consort Xiao Xian and the Fourth Prince would definitely die, and the Ding Guo Gong House, the Xu Family, he and Xiao Yao and Song’s family would not be left in the lurch.
But if Yue’er entered the palace, she would be in the emperor’s trap and would lose her life at any moment.
The hand covering his heart fell weakly on the table. He wanted to save his daughter and grandson, but he did not want to risk Yue’er’s life.
He gritted his teeth and objected with grief, “No, you can’t go into the palace, you go back to …… now”
He wanted to say that she should go back to Qingping County, but Qingping County was only three hundred miles away from the capital, even if she went back, the emperor would send someone to declare her back with a fast horse.
“You go to Jiangnan, let Xiao’er accompany you.”
“If he has planned this long ago, even if I want to leave the city now, I can’t get out, so why don’t we just do what he wants.”
“Yue’er ……”
Song Si was trembling all over.
Song Wan Yue smiled faintly at him, “Big brother, believe me, not only will I be fine, Queen Consort Xian and the Fourth Prince will also be fine.”
“I will accompany Yue’er ……”
Song Yin took Song Wan Yue’s hand and looked at Song Si, saying firmly, “I won’t let anything happen to her.”
Song Si took a deep breath and suppressed the panic that filled her heart, “You better keep your word, if Yue’er loses a single hair, you will not want to marry her again in this life.”
“Good.”
……
It was late at night.
Song Wangyue and Song Yin, dressed in black, both leapt up to the wall of the Liu family.
It was dark inside the mansion.
There was not even a single lantern in the large mansion.
Other than that, it was still and silent …… as if no one lived in the mansion.
The two men looked at each other and leapt into the mansion, taking a moment to identify the direction by the faint moonlight, and gingerly made their way towards approaching the main courtyard.
The gate of the main courtyard was open.
Song Yin picked up a stone and smashed it into the courtyard.
Bang!
The stone landed on the ground.
There was no reaction from inside the house.
Song Wangyue picked up a bigger one and smashed it against the door of the house, which was smashed open, but there was still no reaction inside.