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After the Jiang family mother and daughter left, Old Marquis Song changed his previous attitude.

"I always thought Jiang Sheng was ignorant and incapable of achieving anything. My grandson Shi Yin is truly promising, ranking first in the examination! He actually brought me back the top spot. It wasn't for nothing that I've been teaching him and had high hopes for him!"

They made no mention of their earlier struggles and dilemmas.

It also seems that they never placed high hopes on Jiang Sheng.

He said he taught his brother to take credit for himself, but Song Qingning objected, saying, "Grandfather never cared about my brother before."

The old marquis's face stiffened slightly. He glanced at Song Qingning, resenting her for telling the truth, yet unable to refute it.

Song Qingning added, "My brother has suffered a lot."

The old Marquis wanted to say, "He is, after all, the young master of the Marquis's mansion. How much suffering can he endure?"

But when he thought about it carefully, he didn't have many memories of Song Shiyin, both good and bad. It seemed that he had never really cared about Song Shiyin.

He wasn't feeling guilty, but rather worried.

He was worried that his grandson wasn't close to him.

The doctor came to apply medicine and bandage his arm, but the old marquis was distracted. After the bandaging was finished, he couldn't wait to ask the steward, "Which courtyard does Shiyin live in?"

"Bamboo Green Courtyard".

"Quick, help me there!"

The old Marquis, ignoring the pain in his arm, hurriedly went to Zhucui Courtyard.

Bamboo Green Courtyard is located at the southernmost part of the West Courtyard, and is quite secluded.

The courtyard was simply furnished, and the dormitory only had a bed, a desk, and a chair, nothing else.

It's not even as nice as the steward's residence in the Marquis's mansion.

Lord Song was alarmed.

Song Shiyin may have really suffered in the Marquis's mansion.

"Quickly, rearrange this room. Go to my private treasury and select some things that the second young master can use, everything must be of the best quality," the old marquis ordered urgently.

He remembered that he originally intended to give Shi Yin the jade inkstone after Shi Yin passed the imperial examination, but Song Mingtang smashed it.

The old lord resented Song Mingtang and compared his two grandsons, feeling that Song Mingtang was inferior to Shiyin.

"Go to Jin Yu Zhai and choose a jade inkstone of good quality," the old marquis instructed his steward.

Song Qingning returned to Jinxiu Pavilion.

Both Jinxiu Pavilion and Zhucui Courtyard are located in the west courtyard, and the commotion there quickly reached Song Qingning's ears.

"When the second young master came out on top, the old marquis couldn't wait to move all the good stuff from his storeroom into the second young master's courtyard. Only after the second young master passed the exam did the old marquis have a change of heart. How hypocritical!" Hongling said very directly.

She had heard from her sister that the old Marquis had never taken the children of his second wife seriously.

The attitude towards the second young lady improved after she became the Commandant of the Capital City.

Song Qingning scoffed, "What do you mean by having a change of heart? He's just worried that his brother isn't close to him, so he's trying to please him and make amends."

And this attempt to please and compensate him stemmed from his own selfish motives.

The old lord then arranged for people to set off firecrackers.

The sound of firecrackers was even louder than yesterday's wedding.

The sounds of firecrackers and the commotion from Zhucui Courtyard reached the West Main Courtyard.

"What's happening outside?"

Lady Liu was locked in her room, and the old Marquis had sent servants to guard outside the west courtyard.

Even Liu's mother couldn't get out.

Everyone says that the lady has gone mad, but Liu's mother knows that she hasn't.

She was only traumatized because the plan to substitute marry went wrong and the eldest daughter still married the young master of the Jiang family.

Regarding the matter of the substitute marriage, Liu Mama, like the old Marquis, only knew that Liu wanted to use a distant relative as a substitute bride, but she did not know that her initial idea was to use Song Qingning.

Liu was very guarded, and she didn't reveal even a single crucial detail to her mother.

"This servant will try to find out," said Liu Mama through the door.

Lady Liu sat on the couch, her face filled with despair.

After all that commotion, and thinking about the fact that Yan'er had married Jiang Sheng, she cried again in her room.

At this point, he didn't even have the energy to get angry.

Not long after, Liu's mother returned.

"Madam, this is wonderful news, wonderful news!" Liu's mother's joyful voice came from behind the door.

"Good news?" Thinking there had been some positive development on Yan'er's side, Madam Liu stood up and urged, "Tell me quickly, what good news? Is it Yan'er...?"

"It's the second young master..." Liu's mother was eager to tell Liu's wife the good news.

"The second young master has topped the imperial examination! He's number one! Number one!"

"The old Marquis was very pleased and ordered people to set off a lot of firecrackers. He also said that the courtyard where the second young master lived was too simply decorated and needed to be redecorated. He moved a lot of items from his storeroom."

She thought the lady would be happy.

The lady always said that the second young master was the son of a concubine's second wife, and therefore of low status.

But the imperial examination could change one's fate!

The second young master topped the list. If he can become the top scholar in the palace examination, his future will be different, and he can also bring glory to his wife.

But Liu remained silent inside the room.

"Madam?" Liu's mother called her tentatively.

Suddenly, a "plop" sound was heard. Liu's mother anxiously pushed the door open a crack and saw that Liu's mouth and chest were covered in blood.

"Madam!" Liu's mother exclaimed in surprise.

Then they saw Liu's body go limp and she fall to the ground unconscious.

When Madam Liu learned that the second young master had passed the imperial examination, she fainted.

The servants were saying that she was overly excited.

But some people say that she vomited blood when she heard the news. The servants didn't understand why she vomited blood. They had only heard of people vomiting blood when they were shocked, not when they were excited.

Song Qingning had anticipated that Liu would react this way.

Despite her elaborate schemes and constant suppression, her "son" unexpectedly topped the imperial examination.

Her biological son, Song Mingtang, lost his hand, and her biological daughter married into the Jiang family, which she despised, shattering her dream of marrying into a wealthy family.

How could she not be angry?

Liu was imprisoned, and Liu's mother couldn't open the door, so she had to ask the servant guarding the courtyard to report to the old Marquis.

"Everyone was guessing that with the second young master passing the imperial examination, the old marquis would take this opportunity to lift the ban on the second wife. But the old marquis actually said that if she fainted, she fainted. He would just treat it as a nap and wake up naturally. He didn't care about the second wife at all."

Hongling told Song Qingning about the situation outside.

Song Qingning understood her grandfather and knew what he was thinking.

When the grandfather learned that his brother had been mistreated, he blamed everything on Liu.

Regardless of whether it was Liu Shi, she wanted to test her brother's attitude.

That evening, the old Marquis specially instructed his steward to book a banquet at Jinsheng Restaurant to celebrate Song Shiyin's victory.

Liu was appointed as the head of the Guanxi Courtyard, and Song Qingyan got married.

Apart from the two of them, everyone else from the first and second wives' families came, including Madam Lu.

Dressed in her finest attire, Lady Lu sat beside Marquis Yongning, in high spirits, her complexion much better than before.

Song Shiyin, dressed in plain white robes, remained unperturbed by either favor or disgrace.

When the old Marquis examined him closely for the first time, he discovered that Song Shiyin possessed a composure that suggested he was capable of great things.

She regretted neglecting him even more.

We need to fix this!

"These clothes are too plain, and the material is not good either. It's all your mother's fault. She used to be in charge of the household, but she didn't even care about her son's clothes. You are a descendant of a marquis!" The old marquis scolded Madam Liu.

Then, she probed Song Shiyin, "She made a mistake today, so I made her reflect on it behind closed doors. When she heard the news of your passing the imperial examination, she fainted from joy, but she has already woken up."

The old Marquis was waiting for Song Shiyin to plead for his life.

If he pleads for mercy, he will show leniency and release Liu Shi, thus doing Shi Yin a favor.

But Song Shiyin said, "It's good that she's awake. She worked hard managing the household before, she deserves a good rest."

There was no pleading, and she didn't even call me "mother."

The old marquis immediately understood Song Shiyin's resentment towards Lady Liu for her past mistreatment. "Yes, he should get some rest."

Liu Shi was no longer mentioned.

Throughout the meal, the old Marquis's attention was entirely focused on Song Shiyin.

Displeased at being ignored, Song Mingtang turned and left. Second Master Song Changsheng, who had been eating and drinking, got drunk and left the table with the old Marquis, who couldn't hold his liquor.

During the meal, only the family of four remained.