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So she can't let her know.

That secret, as long as she doesn't tell, will remain unknown to anyone.

The most urgent task now is to find a way to get Yan'er back into the main house.

When Liu thought of Lu, she felt hatred for Lu.

But at this moment, Yan'er's future and fate were in Lu's hands, so she had no choice but to submit to her.

First, give in.

Once Tang'er inherits the title and Yan'er marries into a prestigious family, everything will be settled. At the moment of Lu's death, she will mercifully tell her the truth about the child swap.

"Help me to the East Courtyard," Madam Liu instructed Liu Mama.

When Liu arrived at the East Courtyard, the gate was tightly closed.

"Madam Liu, you should go back. Madam is already frail, and she almost lost her life to the eldest young lady today. She is still unconscious and cannot see you." Madam Chen said coldly through the courtyard gate, trying to shoo her away.

But Lady Liu did not leave.

She knelt outside the courtyard gate, her words earnest and self-reproachful, "The young lady has been punished and knows she was wrong. She originally came to beg for Sister Lu's forgiveness, but she was too badly injured and fainted. I kneel here on her behalf to apologize to Sister Lu."

Was he so badly injured that he fainted?

She was clearly unwilling to be the daughter of the second wife, and fainted from anger.

"If you want to kneel, then kneel," Mother Chen sneered, ignoring Madam Liu.

Liu knelt until nightfall.

The gate to the Lu family's courtyard remained closed.

When Song Qingning returned to Jinxiu Pavilion, Hongling told her that the old Marquis had ordered Song Qingyan's belongings to be moved to the west courtyard.

"Second Miss, now that the Eldest Miss has become the daughter of the second wife, when she marries, won't she be marrying as the daughter of the second wife? Can the Eldest Miss bear this change in status? And what about the Jiang family..."

"I've heard that the Jiang family is all snobbish. If they find out that the bride they're about to marry isn't a legitimate daughter of a marquis, won't they make a scene and call off the engagement?"

Hongling witnessed too much of human nature during her years in the brothel.

"Yes and no." Song Qingning smiled coldly.

She knew all too well how much Jiang Sheng and the Jiang family cared about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.

What the Jiang family valued most was Song Qingyan's status as the legitimate daughter and the generous dowry she would receive.

Knowing that Song Qingyan has become the daughter of a second wife, they will definitely make a scene.

But they won't know this news.

At least before the wedding, the Jiang family must not know.

With the old Marquis keeping the news under wraps, it wouldn't be difficult to keep it from the Jiang family.

After Song Qingning finished her bath, she let her hair down, her long black hair cascading like a waterfall, reflecting the moonlight, and Hongling was mesmerized by her gaze.

The second daughter was beautiful.

She was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen.

Song Qingning dried her hair before going to bed.

That night, she actually had a dream.

Countless fragments filled her dream; she floated in the air, without a physical form. She seemed to be dreaming of a battlefield, but it wasn't the battlefield she had ever experienced.

On the battlefield, there was a very valiant general.

He wore purple and gold armor, sat on a warhorse, and his red cloak fluttered in the wind.

It was just a silhouette.

The figure from behind looked somewhat familiar.

When Song Qingning woke up, she was surprised that she had a dream. Was it because the Prince of Huai had asked her about the reason for her dream yesterday?

Song Qingning tried to recall the dream, but she couldn't remember it clearly anymore. Only the general's back view remained vividly in her memory.

Song Qingning went to the Capital Division.

Just before leaving, I heard a servant say that Lady Liu had been kneeling outside the Lady of the Marquis's courtyard all night.

"She instigated the young lady to commit matricide; kneeling all night is too lenient!"

"How much hatred does Lady Liu have for the Madam that she treats the Madam's children like this? The eldest daughter is instigated by her, and the young master is close to her, so his character is also worrying."

The servants whispered among themselves.

Song Qingning knew that Liu hated her mother.

As for the reason, she asked Chen's mother privately.

I vaguely know it's related to the Marquis of Yongning.

When Song Qingning went to the Capital City Office, he met Meng Huaizhou. "Lord Song, I just received news that your eldest uncle, Marquis Yongning, is about to return to the capital. Well, his daughter is about to get married, and as a father, he should return to the capital."

The Marquis of Yongning was stationed on the frontier.

Song Qingning would return to the capital once a year for the Spring Festival, but he hadn't seen the Marquis of Yongning for many years.

In her previous life, Song Qingyan married Shen Yue, the heir of the Duke of Shen's mansion, just before the new year.

Marquis Yongning also returned to the capital near the end of the year.

They had met a few times, and he had asked about her legs with a look of regret and concern in his eyes.

He then returned to the border.

When she was leaving, she went to see him off, but only watched from afar; that was the last time the father and daughter saw each other.

Is he coming back?

"Lord Song, what's wrong?" Meng Huaizhou asked, noticing her reddened eyes.

Song Qingning concealed her excitement and shook her head with a smile, "It's nothing, I just haven't seen my uncle in a long time and I miss him."

"Your eldest uncle values ​​you highly. In the past three years, the letters he sent to the Ministry of War have all inquired about your situation in Youcheng," Meng Huaizhou said.

This was the first time Song Qingning had learned about this.

In the evening, Song Qingning returned to the Marquis's residence and told her brother that the Marquis was coming back.

A few days later, a letter from the Marquis of Yongning arrived at his residence.

Previously, when Lady Liu was in charge of the household, she would take away any letters from the Marquis of Yongning as soon as they arrived at the Marquis's residence.

Now the servants have a clear understanding of the situation in the Marquis's mansion.

The letter should have been delivered to the Lady of the Marquis's courtyard, but the gate to the East Courtyard was tightly closed, so it had to be delivered to the old Marquis instead.

Lord Song was very pleased after reading the letter.

"The eldest brother is coming back. Good, very good. The eldest brother said he will come back with the second brother."

When Lord Song was young, he married many concubines and had three sons.

Only the eldest son was born to the legal wife; the second and third sons were born to concubines.

The eldest son was outstanding in every way. He was granted the title of Marquis at a young age. The emperor valued him highly, and even his father benefited from his good fortune.

Of course, the eldest son benefited from the good fortune of the Marquis's mansion.

He was born at the wrong time.

The second son was mediocre and followed his elder brother to find a job in the army.

third child...

The third son's whereabouts are unknown.

Every year in the twelfth lunar month, he would return to his residence for half a month, and then leave again before the New Year.

Fortunately, the third brother isn't coming back this time.

Lord Song frowned and shook his head repeatedly, thinking of his illegitimate third son, unwilling to even think about him.

After kneeling outside the East Courtyard for several days, Lady Liu immediately stopped kneeling upon hearing the news that Marquis Yongning and the Second Master were returning to the capital.

She placed her hopes on the Marquis of Yongning.

"Yan'er, your father is coming back. He won't ignore what your grandfather did to you." Madam Liu went to Song Qingyan's courtyard and comforted her through the door.

These past few days, Madam Liu has either been kneeling outside Madam Lu's courtyard or standing outside Song Qingyan's room.

Song Qingyan refused to see her.

"Yan'er, you have to believe me. I won't hurt you. It's all the Lu family's fault. The root of the problem is that the Lu family doesn't care about you, which is why they forced you to poison her. It was all her doing, not your fault."

"The real person in charge of this Marquis's mansion is Marquis Yongning, your father. When he comes back, we'll beg him, and he certainly won't stand by and watch you be bullied like this."

As Liu spoke.

Song Qingyan finally opened the door.

Lady Liu's face lit up with joy, "Yan'er..."

Song Qingyan interrupted her with a resentful look in her eyes, "I can beg Father myself, I don't need you to. But you're right, Father loves me and won't watch me become the daughter of a concubine."

Hope was rekindled in Song Qingyan's heart.

Ten days later, the Marquis of Yongning arrived in the capital.

The Marquis's residence was also decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, in preparation for welcoming the Marquis of Yongning back to his residence.