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"Fourth brother, Shen Yue is just that loud and boisterous. Why bother arguing with him? Fourth brother is right to teach him a lesson," Xie Yuqi said.

He was all smiles, but Song Qingning felt a chill run down her spine.

I always felt that Xie Yuqi's smile was sinister and that he had no good intentions.

Xie Xuanjin lost his wine glass and his appetite for drinking. He stood up, and Xie Yunli followed suit.

Before leaving, Xie Xuanjin remarked, "It is possible that court officials and princes drinking together in private could be seen as forming cliques and engaging in corrupt practices."

Xie Yuqi could no longer maintain the smile on his face.

Even with the emperor's favor, he couldn't withstand the criticism from officials in the court for forming cliques and engaging in corrupt practices.

Xie Yuqi reluctantly led Shen Yue away.

Song Qingning successfully escaped and caught up with the patrol team to continue patrolling the city.

Thinking about how Prince Huai mentioned "a house full of gold and jade," he guessed that the betting on Jiang Sheng's victory was orchestrated by the Shen family and Prince Rui.

But what's the reason?

Song Qingning didn't think that Prince Rui really had his eye on Jiang Sheng.

Anyone with eyes can see that Jiang Sheng is an incompetent fool, utterly useless.

The following day, in the west courtyard of the Yongning Marquis's residence.

Early in the morning, Madam Liu started humming a little tune, and everyone knew that the Second Madam was in a very good mood.

"Has the Jiang family not arrived yet?" Liu asked Liu's mother for the fifth time, having received the same answer the previous times.

When Liu Mama entered the courtyard this time, she replied with a smile, "They've arrived! Madam Jiang and her daughter have arrived and are waiting in the front hall. The gatekeeper has already gone to invite the Marquis and his wife."

"They're here?! Hah!" They've finally arrived!

"Let's go, let's get there quickly."

Liu was eager and excited; she wanted to finish the play today.

Last night, she made sure again that Song Qingning wasn't in the courtyard, and she also went to the woodshed where Yan'er was hiding.

The woodshed was locked, making it look like "Yan'er was locked up".

She exchanged a few words with "Yan'er" through the woodshed door, asking Yan'er to spend the night in the woodshed. Once the truth about "Song Qingning's substitute marriage" was revealed today, she would be completely free from the marriage arrangement with the Jiang family.

Liu hurried towards the front hall.

The front hall of the Marquis's residence.

Madam Jiang and Jiang Tong looked very unhappy.

Before dawn today, they knocked on the door of the bridal chamber, dragged Song Qingyan out, and questioned her about the dowry, demanding an explanation.

But Song Qingyan, the legitimate daughter of a marquis's family, acted like a shrew, smashing and breaking things like a madwoman.

She smashed the new house to pieces and even injured Jiang Tong. It was only after the servants were called in that they were able to subdue and tie up the madwoman.

When asked about her dowry, she bared her teeth, yelled, and screamed, acting like a complete madwoman.

Since Song Qingyan couldn't give an explanation, the mother and daughter went to the Yongning Marquis's residence.

They waited in the front hall for a long time, but neither the Marquis of Yongning nor his wife came out, and they treated them with the same neglect as before.

"Mother, the Yongning Marquis's mansion is going too far, ah..." Jiang Tong gritted her teeth and said, exerting force, which aggravated the injuries on her face, causing her to gasp for breath in pain.

Just now, when Song Qingyan went crazy and smashed things, the teacup happened to hit Jiang Tong's face. At this moment, Jiang Tong's cheek was swollen and turned bluish-purple.

Madam Jiang felt sorry for her daughter and cursed Song Qingyan, "That crazy woman, give her parents a good look later. The Yongning Marquis's mansion will be responsible for your injury."

But the Marquis of Yongning and his wife have not yet come out.

"Where is your master?" Madam Jiang asked the servants angrily.

The sound reached outside the hall, and Madam Liu happened to hear it.

Liu's smile widened, and she thought to herself, "Such a big temper shows how disappointed the Jiang family is with that bride."

The greater the disappointment, the greater the resentment.

That suits her perfectly!

Liu quickened her pace impatiently.

Soon, Madam Liu arrived at the front hall and saw Madam Jiang and Jiang Tong. She hurriedly asked with concern, "In-laws, in-laws, why are you so angry? Oh dear, what happened to your face?"

Liu pretended to be concerned, but she was in such a good mood that she couldn't hide her smile.

When Madam Jiang and Jiang Tong saw the faint smile on Liu's face, they felt that she was gloating.

"Who's your in-law? Don't try to claim kinship with me," Madam Jiang said disdainfully.

Madam Liu thought disdainfully, "They don't want her to be their in-law? But Jiang Sheng has married Song Qingning, so they can only be in-laws!"

"Where are your lord and lady?" Madam Jiang asked impatiently, wishing she could kick Liu out; her face was simply an eyesore.

Liu knew that they had come to question the bride.

For such a good show to happen, the Marquis and Madam Lu must be present.

Just then, the servants who had gone to fetch the Marquis of Yongning and Lady Lu returned.

"Where is the Marquis?" Liu asked.

"The Marquis just left in a hurry, he must be on official business. The Marquis's wife is not feeling well this morning and cannot get out of bed. The Marquis said that the Second Madam can make any decisions."

Is the Liu family in charge?

Madam Jiang glanced at Madam Liu. What could Madam Liu, a concubine's second wife, possibly do about the dowry?

"No, we need someone who can speak up for us."

In the Yongning Marquis's mansion, besides the Marquis and his wife, only the old Marquis had any real influence.

Madam Liu secretly hoped that someone could uphold justice for Yan'er later, so she sent someone to invite the old Marquis.

When the old Marquis heard that the Jiang family had come to visit, he was filled with unease. They had only been married for one day, and it wasn't even the third day after their wedding when the groom's family came to visit.

It's not a good thing.

He sent someone to check the list early in the morning, not knowing the result, and the old Marquis dared not neglect the Jiang family too much.

Upon entering the front hall, they indeed saw the Jiang family mother and daughter with displeased expressions.

"In-laws, what brings you here today?"

This question further ignited Madam Jiang's anger. "What is it? Which matter is the old Marquis referring to?"

The old Marquis: "This..."

And not just one?!

"Then the in-laws began to explain, item by item."

Not only do we need to talk about each item, but we also need to calculate each item.

"Old Marquis, take a good look! Your daughter from the Yongning Marquis's mansion is acting like a shrew, beating my daughter like this! Tell me, will your mansion take responsibility for this?" Madam Jiang pushed Jiang Tong forward.

The old marquis glanced at Jiang Tong's face, furious that this was all Song Qingyan's doing. "She did it?"

"Who else could it be but her?" Jiang Tong said fiercely.

Madam Liu frowned. "How could this be? Our young lady is a lady of high birth; how could she hit someone? Must there be a mistake?"

Liu deliberately led the conversation, eager to use the Jiang family to reveal that the bride was not Yan'er, but Song Qingning!

But Madam Jiang said:

"A lady of high birth? I think she's a madwoman. The legitimate daughter of a marquis's family has been raised to be like this. She is not worthy of my Sheng'er at all. I should have known better than to let Sheng'er marry her."

"How..."

Liu almost blurted out: How come it's the eldest daughter of the Marquis's family? Shouldn't it be Song Qingning?

But she stopped herself in her tracks and continued to guide the conversation, "Madam Jiang, Yan'er is too weak to even kill a chicken, she couldn't possibly hit anyone."

After she finished speaking, Madam Liu waited for Madam Jiang to correct her.

"What do you mean it's impossible? It was Song Qingyan who hit Tong'er. Song Qingyan slapped Tong'er's face like this, we can't let this go!"

Liu heard "Song Qingyan" clearly twice.

Realizing something was wrong, Madam Liu's expression suddenly changed drastically. She urgently grabbed Madam Jiang to confirm, "You mean...Song Qingyan?!"

But then Madam Jiang said:

"That's laughable. The person who married into the Jiang family last night was Song Qingyan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's mansion. If it wasn't her, then who was it?"