It's outrageous to bully your mother like this!

Song Qingning lowered her eyes and, before entering the flower hall, instructed Hongling, "Go out of the manor and find someone to go to the Jiang family to inform them that the Yongning Marquis's manor is hosting a banquet for distinguished guests today."

"Yes." Hongling understood the second young lady's meaning and immediately accepted the order.

Song Qingning entered the flower hall, greeted the aunts, and then stood silently to the side, watching Song Qingyan kowtow.

"Mother, I know I was wrong. I have been regretting it every day. Mother, you can scold me or beat me, as long as you can vent your anger, I will have no complaints no matter how you treat me."

With a sob in her voice, Song Qingyan spoke each word carefully, accompanied by the blood on her forehead, as if she were truly repenting.

Each time she bumped her head, she would raise it high, deliberately displaying the blood on her forehead to the world.

This obvious act of feigning injury gradually took effect.

A look of sympathy gradually appeared in the eyes of the aunts.

"She's a girl, after all. Women value their appearance. It's such a pity that she has such a beautiful face, and her forehead is all bruised. What if she gets a scar later?"

"Yes, she's gone to such lengths; she must be genuinely repentant. Lu family, isn't that enough?"

"Forgive others when you can."

The aunts pleaded for her, clearly favoring Song Qingyan.

This is exactly what Song Qingyan wanted.

My second aunt said that the reason her father didn't care about her was because he was angry with her about the poisoning incident. She wanted to calm her father down before he would support her.

First, she had to get Madam Lu to forgive her. She reluctantly agreed to this self-inflicted injury scheme.

My second aunt said that no mother would stand idly by while her daughter bleeds. Even if Madam Lu is heartless and has brought so many aunts to keep her there, if she doesn't forgive her, she will be branded as hard-hearted.

The Lu family had no choice.

Song Qingyan looked up, paying attention to Madam Lu.

But she remained expressionless and silent, as if she hadn't heard her aunts' words.

"Mother..." Song Qingyan began.

"Is Miss tired from kowtowing? If you get tired so easily, it shows that your sincerity is nothing special." Madam Chen interrupted her.

"..."

Song Qingyan gritted her teeth inwardly.

She wanted to glare at Chen's mother, but in the end, it turned into a soft sob, and she continued to kowtow.

As her forehead struck the ground, Liu felt as if her heart was bleeding.

Even though Yan'er is in this state, Madam Lu is still unmoved. How cold-blooded!

The aunts looked at Lu Shi with increasingly accusatory eyes, but Lu Shi seemed not to see it. Was she really not afraid of being labeled as heartless?

Finally, Madam Liu couldn't help but say, "Sister-in-law, Yan'er is bleeding."

She suppressed her anger, her voice soft yet powerful enough to incite the aunts to verbally attack Madam Lu.

Madam Lu glanced at her and said, "Sister-in-law, you feel sorry for her? That's right. You've always doted on Yan'er and put her first in everything. No wonder she likes you and listens to you in everything."

Madam Lu sighed sadly, clutching her embroidered handkerchief to cover her mouth and coughed lightly.

It immediately brought to mind the mouthful of blood that Madam Lu had spat out that day.

The aunties came to their senses.

What's wrong with them? They actually felt sorry for Song Qingyan after seeing her kowtow and repent, after all this self-inflicted suffering.

Song Qingyan poisoned Madam Lu; she was so cruel, trying to kill her mother. How can such a person be worthy of sympathy?

The one who deserves sympathy is Mr. Lu.

Being poisoned by one's own daughter not only damages the body, but also the heart.

The aunts immediately understood.

"As a daughter, she is so vicious. She should repent properly. A little blood and tears cannot make up for the suffering that Lu suffered from being poisoned."

"The aggrieved party is Madam Lu. We are here today because Madam Liu said that the Marquis's mansion is hosting a banquet today, a small gathering of relatives, sisters-in-law, aunts and nephews. It should have been a joyous occasion, but the eldest young lady's crying is such a spoilsport."

The aunts, one after another, realized that Liu had invited them here to use them to put pressure on Lu.

I almost got taken advantage of by her.

Song Qingyan paused in her sobbing, momentarily unsure whether she should continue kowtowing.

"What? You're not going to kowtow anymore? It seems that Miss Chen is truly remorseful," said Madam Chen.

"..."

Song Qingyan clenched her fists.

Repent? What right does she have to repent?

She poisoned Lu Shi because Lu Shi didn't care about her; it was Lu Shi's fault.

She was good to her, how could she poison her?!

She had already humbled herself so much, kowtowing and crying until her head was bleeding, yet she still showed not a shred of pity.

As expected, Madam Lu didn't care about her.

Song Qingyan had no intention of using any more self-inflicted suffering tactics, so she got up and turned to leave.

At this moment, Liu stepped forward to stop her.

"Yan'er is truly remorseful, sister-in-law. She came here today specifically to apologize to you and beg for your forgiveness. She will stop when you forgive her."

Madam Liu squeezed Song Qingyan's arm hard, signaling her to continue kowtowing.

Song Qingyan was unwilling.

But thinking about how she had been bullied by the Jiang family these past few days, she needed her father to stand up for her.

After weighing the options, we have no choice but to continue.

"Mother, your daughter is truly repentant." Song Qingyan continued to kowtow, her voice choked with sobs.

But she secretly made up her mind that once she turned her life around and got rid of the Jiang family, the first thing she would do was to find Madam Lu and take revenge on her for today's grievances.

In the flower hall, the sounds of kowtowing and weeping filled the air, a truly tragic scene.

But the aunts no longer showed any sympathy; they each drank their tea as if watching a play.

The Lu family did not call for a halt.

The cries and kowtows gradually subsided, but continued until Song Qingyan collapsed from exhaustion.

Liu was in a panic and hurriedly tried to find a doctor.

Just then, the doorman came to report, "Madam, Madam Jiang has sent a visiting card."

coming!

Song Qingning raised an eyebrow and looked at her mother, their eyes meeting.

Their eyes met, and Madam Lu immediately understood that Madam Jiang had been invited by Ning'er. She immediately instructed the gatekeeper, "Quickly invite Madam Jiang in, and treat her well. Don't be negligent."

The gatekeeper accepted the order and left.

Not long after, Madam Jiang led Jiang Tong in.

The Marquis's mansion, with its carved beams and painted rafters, exudes an air of extravagance.

Thinking back to the Jiang residence, Jiang Tong couldn't help but complain, "The Marquis's mansion is so extravagant, yet Song Qingyan, a legitimate daughter, didn't even have a house in her dowry. It's really stingy."

They took stock of Song Qingyan's dowry.

There was a small amount of jewelry and gold and silver, but no land deeds or property deeds, let alone shops or estates. The rest were just ordinary furniture and decorations, not worth much money.

Jiang Tong was dissatisfied, and so was Madam Jiang.

They should have gone to ask for their dowry back long ago, but they didn't because of their injuries.

Today is the perfect day.

"Tong'er, don't worry. Today, the Marquis's mansion is hosting a banquet. We can bring up Song Qingyan's dowry in front of the guests. I don't believe the Marquis's mansion will be able to save face." Madam Jiang was determined to have the Marquis's mansion make up for the dowry today.

The mother and daughter exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with the same greed.

I thought of Jiang Sheng again.

"Today, while we're at it, let the Marquis's residence search for Sheng'er's whereabouts. Sheng'er is, after all, the Marquis's legitimate son-in-law, so the Marquis's residence should lend a hand," said Madam Jiang.

The two arrived at the flower hall.

The flower hall was filled with many people, all of whom were today's guests.

Madam Jiang did not recognize those people, but judging from their attire, they were all very respectable. Madam Lu sat in the main seat.

When Madam Jiang saw her, her eyes lit up, and she almost didn't recognize her.

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