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Before the three even reached Qinghong Courtyard, they heard a commotion inside.

"Third Master, please don't do this, be careful of your injuries..." The servants were terrified. The Third Master got out of bed as soon as he woke up and was in a hurry to leave.

But he had great difficulty even standing up, and his face was frighteningly pale.

"I'm fine, all of you move aside." The voice was strained.

The three quickened their pace and entered the courtyard, just in time to see Master Song walking out, his steps unsteady, as if he would fall down at any moment.

Marquis Yongning strode forward and took his arm.

"Big, Big Brother..." Third Master Song did not expect to see Marquis Yongning, and his eyes darted away.

He said urgently, "Brother, I'll leave right away."

"Where do you want to go? This is your home, you don't need to leave," Marquis Yongning said in a deep voice.

Master Song's eyes widened slightly.

He doesn't need to leave? How can he not leave?

He was a thorn in his elder brother's side in the Marquis's mansion, a thorn that would hurt her.

"Brother, I have some things to take care of outside. I'll come back after I've dealt with them." Master Song forced a smile and made up an excuse.

But that's a clumsy excuse.

Even Song Qingning and Song Shiyin could tell.

He won't be coming back now that he's gone; at least not while his father is at home.

Marquis Yongning understood his thoughts.

The two brothers had not seen each other for many years. He also knew that his third brother would only return to the mansion for half a month in the twelfth lunar month each year, and then leave the mansion. During this half month, he would not leave the Qinghong Courtyard.

The third brother and Jing Shu had never met.

"Third brother, you don't need to do this. You've suffered such serious injuries, so just stay home and rest. If you leave like this, Jing Shu will worry."

When the Marquis of Yongning mentioned the name Jing Shu, Master Song's eyes visibly trembled.

He then hurriedly explained, "Brother, don't misunderstand. What happened today was just a coincidence, I..."

He paused, his smile bitter, as if he had made a desperate decision. "It wasn't a coincidence, but it had nothing to do with my sister-in-law. It was me. I had despicable selfishness; I wanted to see her. He didn't know I was following her."

"I didn't plan to show up, but she's in danger, I..."

"I didn't misunderstand," Marquis Yongning interrupted him. "Luckily you were there and saved her, otherwise..."

The thought of the consequences filled Marquis Yongning with dread.

He also resented that it wasn't him who protected Jing Shu.

"Thank you, Third Brother."

Master Song was somewhat stunned.

"You're injured, so you need to rest and recover at home. We can talk about other things later."

Marquis Yongning personally escorted Third Master Song back to his room.

Song Qingning watched the two figures as they walked away.

She was unaware of the complicated relationships between her father, mother, and third uncle in her previous life.

From the time she could remember, her third uncle rarely returned to the mansion, and when he did, he never left the Qinghong Courtyard.

In this life, she gleaned some information from Chen's mother's fragmented words and learned that the misunderstanding between her father and mother back then was related to her third uncle.

My father escorted my third uncle back to his room and didn't come out for a long time. I don't know what he said to him.

Song Qingning left Qinghong Courtyard and returned to the front hall to tell her mother that her third uncle had been settled.

The worry in her mother's eyes subsided slightly.

After sending her mother back to the East Courtyard, her mother went to sleep, but Chen's mother looked worried.

"Over the years, when Third Master returned to the manor, Madam and Third Master never saw each other. When the Marquis returned to the manor, Third Master had already left and they never met. Who knew that Third Master would return so early this year? I'm worried..."

Mother Chen witnessed firsthand the falling out between the Marquis and his wife years ago.

After the break, the lady confined herself to a secluded place.

But she knew best about the lady's innocence.

"What exactly happened back then?" Song Qingning asked.

Chen's mother glanced at Song Qingning, hesitated for a moment, and then told Song Qingning the whole story of the three of them.

When the Marquis of Yongning returned to the capital to report on his duties, he fell in love with Miss Lu at first sight and returned to his residence to ask his elders to propose marriage.

But who knew that the remnants of Prince Su's faction would cause trouble, and Emperor Yuan sent Marquis Yongning to quell the rebellion.

The marriage proposal was put on hold. Before leaving, Marquis Yongning wrote a letter to Miss Lu, telling her that he would definitely marry her when he returned.

Before the Marquis of Yongning had returned, the old Marquis Song went to the Lu family to propose marriage.

But it turns out he was going to marry Liu, who was staying at the Lu family's residence.

At that time, Lady Liu's mother was still alive, and the marriage was arranged. Who would have thought that not long after, news came that Marquis Yongning had died in battle.

"At the time, Miss fainted from grief, and Madam Liu was also distraught for a while. She thought that with the Marquis dead in battle, the marriage would be called off, but unexpectedly, Madam Liu actually seduced Second Master Song..."

"Ha, she's scheming and seems determined to marry into the Song family."

One day, Lord Song came to the door and told him that before the Marquis left, he had asked him to come and propose marriage to the young lady.

"He cried out that he was sorry to the Marquis and wanted to fulfill the Marquis's last wish. Lady Liu also seemed to have a change of heart and wanted to return the marriage to her young lady. Ha..."

"She clearly wants to pass this hot potato to the young lady now that the Marquis is dead."

"The young lady is deeply in love with the Marquis..."

What followed was that both Madam Lu and Madam Liu got married at the same time.

"It was common for the Third Master to help his elder brother welcome his bride and perform the wedding ceremony on his behalf. Besides, the Third Master was still a young man at that time, not yet of age. I don't know when he developed feelings for his wife."

"But the Third Master never revealed anything, and the Madam also strictly adhered to etiquette, treating the Third Master only as her deceased husband's younger brother."

"After marrying the Second Master, Lady Liu lived a very happy and glamorous life, until the Marquis returned to the manor..."

As Mrs. Chen spoke, she felt a sense of relief, "I clearly remember that Liu fainted that day, and a few days later she miscarried..."

Song Qingning was shocked.

There is no doubt about Liu's despicable nature.

The Marquis of Yongning died in battle, and the marriage could have been called off, but Lady Liu was still determined to marry into the Marquis's household.

At that time, she was already plotting to seize everything from the Marquis's mansion!

Since the Marquis of Yongning has no heir, if someone were to petition the emperor to allow Second Master Song to inherit the title, the emperor, being considerate, would likely grant it.

It's likely that Lady Liu seduced Song Changsheng because of her status as "Lady of the Marquis of Yongning".

As for insisting on bringing her mother into the Marquis's mansion, Lady Liu wanted to ensure that her mother's future was under her control.

She had a good plan, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.

When the Marquis of Yongning returned to his residence, all of Lady Liu's plans fell through.

But her wicked intentions never died, and she later plotted to switch the babies.

Song Qingning's gaze was deep and thoughtful. It was time to settle accounts with Madam Liu regarding the matter of the child swap!

……

After being flogged at the welcoming banquet for Lady Liu, she remained unconscious and unaware that Song Qingning had bestowed a marriage upon the Prince of Huai.

That night, after Marquis Yongning escorted Third Master Song back to his room, he said something else, and after that, Third Master Song never mentioned leaving the mansion again.

Marquis Yongning took leave and spent all his time at his residence.

After taking a nap, Lu woke up as if she were a completely different person.

She visited Third Master at Qinghong Courtyard, openly inquiring about his injuries and instructing the servants to take good care of him.

Madam Lu made no attempt to hide her visit to the Third Master, which terrified Chen's mother.

"Madam, the Marquis hasn't been going out lately; he must be worried..."

Not only does he never go out, but he also spends a lot of time hanging around his wife.

Thinking of the people she had seen everywhere she went these past few days, Madam Lu's delicate brows furrowed slightly, but quickly relaxed.

He calmly said, "Back then, because of that misunderstanding, I was so internally conflicted and hurt myself that I didn't even realize my children had been switched. I had already made a huge mistake."

"My third brother and I are completely innocent and haven't done anything wrong. He was worried, so he continued to stay at home to keep watch!"

"I can't focus all my attention on him."

Mrs. Chen was stunned, only then realizing that her mother had changed without her noticing.

The young lady has always been well-behaved and obedient, and now a flower has blossomed within those rules.

In the following days, as relatives learned of Song Qingning's wedding date, they came one after another to contribute their dowry.

Besides relatives, ladies from prominent families in the capital also came to add to the dowry.

The Yongning Marquis's residence was extremely lively.

The commotion reached the ears of Madam Liu, who had just woken from a coma in the west courtyard.

At the same time, Song Qingyan took advantage of the large crowd and entered the Marquis's residence under the pretext of adding to the dowry.