novelden Chapter 169 The Show is Waiting to Begin
Chapter 169 The Show is Waiting to Begin
Song Yang smiled.
Although the smile is ugly.
"Dad knows. Just do it. No matter what, Dad and your brother will always be behind you."
Song Chenfeng tugged at Song Yang's sleeve with a confused look on his face. "Dad, didn't you come here to persuade your sister to quit?"
Song Yang instantly put away his tender side and slapped Song Chenfeng on the back, "I told you to study hard but you didn't. This is how you retire from the underworld! You're even worse than A-Luan."
Song Chenfeng grimaced in pain, "Dad, you should just talk, why do you always resort to violence? You even compare me with that little firecracker. If I weren't a gentleman, who would be willing to hang out with a little firecracker like that every day?"
Song Yang glared at him angrily, "It's already a favor to you that A-Luan didn't despise your lack of skills. What right do you have to despise her?"
Song Chenfeng was very unconvinced and wanted to continue talking back, but when he noticed his father's clenched fists, he immediately gave in.
"Okay, okay, it's okay that I was wrong."
Looking at the two lively people, Song Zhi laughed and said, "It's getting late. You should go to bed early."
"Okay, then you should go to bed early."
Song Yang picked up Song Chenfeng and turned to leave, and Song Zhi also returned to Qingfengyuan.
The yard was bright and clean, and Xiaotao was waiting at the door with a lamp on.
Song Zhi looked at the empty space behind her and said with some disappointment, "He still hasn't come?"
Ever since Mu Nanqi came over from time to time, Song Zhi sent the other servants in the yard elsewhere.
Xiao Tao naturally understood that her mistress was referring to the Third Prince, and shook her head, "No."
Song Zhi couldn't help feeling a little worried. After returning to his room, he picked up a pen and wrote a letter and asked the secret guard to send it out before he started to wash up.
At night, she looked at the empty bed beside her in a daze.
Habit is really a terrible thing. If Mu Nanqi had never been here, it would be fine. She wouldn’t think it was a big deal.
Now that I'm used to his company, the house feels big and empty when he's not around.
She shook her head and tried to clear her mind, tossing and turning in bed for a long time before falling asleep.
Unexpectedly, on the first day of the month, as soon as she opened the door, she saw the secret guard who delivered the letter last night appear in the yard.
In his hand, the letter was presented intact.
"What's going on?" Song Zhi's heart suddenly began to tighten.
The secret guard said respectfully, "The Imperial Palace was suddenly placed under complete martial law. I quietly infiltrated the periphery and discovered that the Crown Prince was poisoned two days ago and his life is hanging by a thread. The Emperor was furious and sealed off the palace to apprehend the murderer. The Third and Second Princes, who were also at the banquet, were imprisoned together and are not allowed to leave until they are cleared of suspicion."
"Mu Yuan is poisoned!"
Song Zhi was extremely surprised. This matter had not been spread at all. It seemed that it was kept secret from everyone.
However, based on Song Zhi's understanding of Mu Nanqi, he would definitely not be the one to do such a simple poisoning.
Well, it seems like the work of that gloomy and violent Mu Yunhe.
Just as Song Zhi was thinking this, he heard the secret guard say, "There is a lot of evidence against the Third Prince now. We will convict him once we find the murderer who poisoned him."
"What?" Song Zhi was stunned.
"How could it be him? It's such a simple scapegoat, can't the dog emperor see through it?"
The secret guard didn't say anything. Song Zhi lifted her skirt and was about to enter the palace.
She took two steps and then stopped. Since the matter had not been announced to the public yet, if she rashly entered the palace, she would only fall into a more passive situation.
She quickly calmed down and thought about countermeasures.
The secret guard retreated silently, and Song Zhi frowned as he held the letter in his hand.
After a moment, she picked up her pen again and wrote a visiting card.
The person who received the letter was Tuoba Yu.
Tuoba Yu was nominally Mu Yuanzhi's fiancée, and this time when she came to Beijing, she was arranged to live in a palace not far from the East Palace.
She couldn't go directly to Mu Nanqi, but as a woman, it was normal for her to want to visit Princess Tuoba, with whom she had gone out for fun.
Even though Song Zhi asked Xiaotao to deliver the visiting card, he still felt heavy in his heart.
Who on earth wants to frame Mu Nanqi? Could it be that Mu Yunhe wants to kill two birds with one stone and get rid of both Mu Yuanzhi and Mu Nanqi?
Or, it is the wise king who has started to take action!
Song Zhi's mind was in a mess, but now she could only wait for Tuoba Yu's reply.
She was not afraid that Tuoba Yu would not agree to her going, because she was very provocative in the letter, and with Tuoba Yu's temper, he would probably let her go soon.
She took a deep breath, calmed herself down and headed for her visitor.
There is still a good show waiting to begin here.
Because it was still early, there were not many customers inside when we arrived at the shop.
Qin Yue leaned close to her ear and said cautiously, "Those two little rascals are really cruel. They want to kill us directly. Don't worry, I've already taken care of it."
Song Zhi nodded, pretending nothing had happened and calculating the profits and losses of the past few days with an abacus.
In fact, it is not profitable here, after all, they have to support so many women. However, the women who join them are very conscientious and do what they are good at in addition to studying and practicing martial arts.
Someone who is good at cleaning the house took on the cleaning of the entire front hall and backyard.
Someone who is good at cooking will be responsible for preparing meals for everyone while they are here.
Some people are good at flower binding and embroidery, so they make some small items and sell them.
All costs are shared by everyone, and the profits are also shared by everyone.
This model is becoming more and more mature, and the number of her visitors is growing.
But they were happy, while the group of men who used to enjoy being served by women were obviously not very happy.
Those people always scold these women for being shameless and showing off in public, completely neglecting their families, and not earning money for them to spend. What's the use of them?
So they threatened these women that if they did this again, they would divorce them or cut off all ties with them.
They thought that this would scare the women and make them go back to working like slaves, but they didn't realize that this proposal was exactly what they wanted. Instead of being frightened, they were extremely excited.
Instead, those grown men retreated in disappointment after receiving such a response.
Some of them began to be self-reliant in order to make a living, while others wandered around the other guests idly, not daring to do anything, looking down and out, like beggars.
Song Zhi looked at these people while counting on his abacus, his heart full of contempt.
Qin Yue followed her gaze and took a look, but quickly looked away and said, "These people are disgusting. Miss, please leave them alone."
After a pause, she sighed and said, "Fortunately, there are not all men like this in the world. There are also many responsible and capable men. Last time I passed by a noodle stall, the couple there had a very good relationship."
Song Zhi nodded. "Yes, nothing is absolute. Just like what I can do is to change the general trend."
She put down the abacus and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. It's almost time now. Let's get ready. Those two should be starting to attack."