Madam Song used 12,000 taels of silver to buy a valuable gift, and then went to the Prince of Jin's Mansion with the mother and daughter of the second wife.
But he was not able to enter the palace, and the doorman told him: "The Concubine Dowager took the Princess out to fulfill a vow."
"His Majesty asked us to come here. How could the Concubine Dowager and the Princess not be in the mansion?" Mrs. Song didn't believe it.
Madam Song held down the corners of her slightly raised mouth with a handkerchief. His Majesty asked the Song family to come to the Prince of Jin's Mansion in five days to apologize. Logically, the people from the Prince of Jin's Mansion would be waiting for them in the mansion.
But the people from Prince Jin's Mansion were out, which showed that Prince Jin's Mansion was unwilling to accept the apology from the Song family.
"Sister-in-law, since the Concubine Dowager and the Princess are not in the mansion, let's go back." Madam Song said lightly.
Mrs. Song turned her head and looked at her. "We can't go back. We are here to apologize. The master is not at home. We will wait outside the mansion until the master comes back."
Mrs. Song said nothing and just waited.
She had the patience to wait, but she didn't know.
He glanced at Song Yirou, who was sitting beside him with an unhappy look on her face, and smiled silently.
The doorman calmly retreated into the mansion, called over a maid, and whispered a few words to her.
The old woman trotted along, reporting inside.
In the Liuxuan Courtyard, Jiang Changning and Yan Yinyao were listening to storytelling with the concubine.
The servant came in and reported: "The Song family is waiting at the gate of the mansion, saying they are waiting for the master to come back."
"If they want to wait, let them wait." The concubine said coldly.
She didn't want to see the Song family. The Song family, which could raise such a vicious woman, was not a good family.
The emperor did not severely punish the Song family, but simply asked them to bring expensive gifts to apologize. Didn’t the Prince of Jin’s Mansion need that little gift
After sending the servants away, Jiang Changning smiled faintly and said, "They can't wait long. Princess Ningxia is used to being unruly and she is not a patient person."
"Once they leave, we can go back home." Yan Yinyao said with a smile.
"I just missed it, what a coincidence." Jiang Changning said, touching his belly.
Yan Yinyao agreed seriously, "That's right, what a coincidence."
"Two mischievous girls." The concubine nodded at them.
Jiang Changning and Yan Yinyao smiled at each other happily.
Everyone in the mansion was having a good time, but Song Yirou was getting impatient waiting outside. "Knowing that we would come today, they didn't wait outside the mansion. The Prince Jin's mansion is too much."
Mrs. Song, who had closed her eyes to rest, opened them and asked, "Did my second brother's wife send a visiting card yesterday, saying that we would come today?"
Mrs. Song was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Your Majesty told us to come five days ago."
"It's not surprising that you forgot what happened five days ago." Madam Song closed her eyes and said, "Just wait."
The Song family continued to wait outside the mansion. The weather in May was already hot, and the spoiled Song Yirou felt quite uncomfortable being stuffy in the carriage.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Song Yirou could no longer bear it and said, "The Prince of Jin's Mansion is really too much. They don't even take our Song family seriously! I won't wait any longer. Let's go back."
"Rou'er, we are here to apologize. Even if Prince Jin's Mansion deliberately avoids us, you must not be impatient. Wait a little longer." Second Madam Song grabbed her hand and held it tightly.
"I won't wait. I'll wait for you to wait." Song Yirou tried to shake off Mrs. Song's hand, but failed after trying twice.
"Rou'er, stop messing around." Mrs. Song said sternly.
"I'm not messing around. If I want to apologize, it's the same if I go to King Jin. I don't want to bow to that woman. It's better if she's not in the mansion." Song Yirou was overjoyed when she thought that she could use this as an excuse to see King Jin. "Mom, let me go quickly. I want to see King Jin."
"Meet the Prince of Jin, meet the Prince of Jin, Song Yirou, you have to have some shame." Madam Song scolded angrily.
Song Yirou's eyes widened, "Aunt, what do you mean by that? How could I be shameless? You brought me here to apologize."
"You are the one who caused this disaster. I am here with you and your daughter to apologize." Madam Song corrected her.
"Sister-in-law, do you really have to argue about this?" Mrs. Song asked in a deep voice.
"Tell me the truth. If my sister-in-law doesn't want to hear it, then I won't say it." Mrs. Song turned around, lifted the curtain and looked out.
She was unwilling to come here in the first place, and she had long been resentful of the second wife and her daughter.
"Mom, if we keep waiting like this, how long will it take? The Prince of Jin is the most respected in the Prince of Jin's Mansion, so we should just go find the Prince of Jin." Song Yirou tried to persuade her mother.
"Rou'er, I won't let you go to see Prince Jin." Second Mrs. Song grabbed Song Yirou with both hands.
Madam Song said sarcastically, "What can you do if you see him? Yirou, I don't mean to say anything bad about you. The King of Jin has never had any feelings for you. You are so eager to do this, and it's enough for so many years."
"Your aunt is right, Rou'er, stop making trouble." Mrs. Song really couldn't understand why her daughter was making such a fuss instead of living a good life.
"Besides, you are the Princess of Ningxia now. Do you really want to divorce the King of Ningxia and return to your clan?" asked Madam Song.
"Let's get a divorce. I don't want to live with that loser." Song Yirou said arrogantly.
Madam Song asked, "What happens after the divorce?"
"Return to the clan and remarry." Song Yirou said without any shame.
"Who are you going to marry?" Madam Song asked sarcastically, "Prince Jin?"
"Sister-in-law!" Mrs. Song shouted.
"No need to shout so loudly, I'm not deaf." Mrs. Song said unhappily.
"The first marriage is to follow the relatives, the second marriage is by myself. On that day, my mother said that I was in an arranged marriage and I had to marry. I got married and obeyed the imperial decree. Now, as time goes by, after I get my divorce, I can marry the Prince of Jin." Song Yirou argued confidently.
At first glance, this sounds so reasonable!
Madam Song was shocked, and it took her a while to find her voice, "You want to marry, but the Prince of Jin may not want to marry you. Besides, the Princess of Jin is still here."
Song Yirou raised her eyebrows and said, "When a woman gives birth, there is a layer of gauze between the King of Hell and her."
"Pa" Madam Song couldn't stand it anymore and slapped Song Yirou, "You are so vicious!"
"Sister-in-law, Rou'er was just talking, why did you hit someone?" Mrs. Song said unhappily.
"Your daughter is very brave, and I'm not just talking. The drug that makes people sleep was taken by her wet nurse. You don't think it has nothing to do with her, do you?" Madam Song asked with a sneer.
Mrs. Song opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak.
"Given her condition, it's better not to apologize and just go back home." After saying this, Madam Song opened the door of the carriage and asked the coachman to turn the carriage back to the Song Mansion.
Mrs. Song sighed, "Rou'er, stop making trouble. Go back to the palace and live a good life with the Prince of Ningxia."
"I won't go back to the Ningxia Palace. I want to divorce him and marry the Prince of Jin." Song Yirou said firmly.
Mrs. Song was exhausted physically and mentally looking at her stubborn daughter. She didn't know what to do. She couldn't persuade her daughter, but she couldn't bear to hit her.
Just as the Song family's carriage left, less than an incense stick of time passed before a carriage with the Jin Palace logo returned.
The driver said loudly, "The Concubine Dowager and the Princess, please return home."