The main room of the Wei family was in a mess, and the third room of the Wei family was quiet for a few days, but within a few days it also became chaotic.
It was already late November when Song Qinghuan received Song Dashan's letter.
The letter said that the little maid who was pregnant with Wei Xiuming's flesh and blood was gone, along with the child, one dead and two dead.
He said he wanted to go for a walk in the garden in the morning, but he slipped and fell into the pond in the garden. When he was fished out, he died.
Song Dashan also gave an explanation for this matter, and it was not his fault.
When Song Qinghuan sent Song Dashan to Lizhou, although he had the intention of handling the matter for Zhang Yunwei, he never thought of doing so at the cost of one body or two lives.
In addition to talking about Wei Xiuming, Song Dashan also talked about the Wei family's main room.
Song Qinghuan read it word for word, then lit a piece of paper with a candle and burned it to ashes.
Wei Yutang wanted to settle the marriage earlier, but he might not be able to do it for a while.
Seeing that the letter was burned, she ordered: "Let Song Dashan come back."
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Half a month had passed since the fire in the Winter Solstice Star-Zhaing Pavilion, and at the beginning of December, Queen Mother Jiang summoned Song Qinghuan.
Song Qinghuan had not been out of the Song family's house for half a month since he was sent back on the winter solstice.
But he also knew clearly about the fire in Zhaixing Pavilion.
After Empress Dowager Jiang was rescued, she rested for two days and asked Emperor Chengxing to thoroughly investigate the fire in Zhaixing Pavilion.
This matter was easy to investigate. It was originally caused by a few children accidentally playing with fireworks. We arrested all the palace eunuchs who were on duty that day, and after careful interrogation, they were all arrested.
The person who made the fireworks go to the main hall of Zhaixing Pavilion was none other than the youngest son of Emperor Chengxing.
Xiao Miao.
Xiao Miao was young but thoughtful. When she knew she had gotten into trouble, she immediately blamed Xiao Jingtong for everything.
Initially, it was discovered that the crime of arson had indeed been pinned on Xiao Jingtong.
However, Empress Dowager Jiang was suspicious by nature and never believed that this matter had anything to do with a little girl. She thought it was because of the establishment of a crown prince that someone was concerned about her. She asked people to investigate carefully and then Xiao Miao was implicated.
Xiao Miao is exactly ten years old this year, and she grew up in the palace. She has seen a lot of intrigues and deceptions. When the trouble happened to her, she was very stubborn and insisted that she had nothing to do with it.
When all the subsequent evidence was presented, he used Xiao Jingtong as a shield.
But even if Xiao Miao didn't admit it, Queen Mother Jiang would put the blame on him.
A prince can be involved in many things.
In this case, Xiao Jingtong was completely removed. Xiao Miao was fine, but his mother and concubine suffered.
Empress Dowager Jiang has been in the harem for many years and has never seen anything happen. If she wants to punish a concubine, there are many ways.
Song Qinghuan didn't know much about the deeper matters involved here, but he could guess that Empress Dowager Jiang would definitely use this matter as an excuse to silence all the ministers. The matter of establishing the crown prince would probably be delayed for a long time.
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The person who came to the palace to spread the news was Aunt Gong, who had met Song Qinghuan that day at Zhaixing Pavilion.
This nanny represents the face of the Queen Mother.
Song Qinghuan saved Empress Dowager Jiang's life, so she deserved a trip in person.
Since the death of the old marquis of the Song family, the Song family has really not had many respectable people to interact with, but because of Song Qinghuan's rescue, many officials came to have a pretentious relationship with Song Wende for half a month.
The door and threshold of the Song family have been stepped flat.
Nanny Gong was invited to sit in the flower hall, and Mrs. Xiaoyun personally entertained her. When Song Qinghuan came from Lanyue Pavilion to dress up.
Aunt Gong is praising Xiaoyun's ability to raise children...
When he saw Song Qinghuan, he smiled again, stood up and saluted: "Old slave, I have seen Miss Song."
She was the most decent nanny in front of Empress Dowager Jiang. No matter how thick-skinned Song Qinghuan was, she would not dare to be presumptuous. She quickly stepped aside and said, "Mom, you are so polite. I am a girl and I don't deserve such a great gift from my mama."
Seeing her humility, the palace aunt smiled again: "The girl deserves the life-saving grace of the old slave and the Queen Mother."
Xiaoyun also said: "Mommy, don't say that, you will really hurt this child."
The group of people exchanged pleasantries for a while, and after a few polite words, Grandma Gong added: "The Queen Mother has long wanted to meet Miss Song, but she has been in poor health recently, so she has been delayed for a few days."
"Today, I specially brought the old slave to invite Miss Song. The carriage is waiting outside. Please invite Miss Song."
Song Qinghuan was not a good-natured person. The rules in the palace were strict. You had to be careful not only when talking but also when walking. Moreover, Empress Dowager Jiang was not a sincere and kind-hearted person. She really didn't want to enter the palace.
But everyone came to the house to invite me, so I couldn't even say that I didn't want to go.
Immediately he nodded in agreement.
Xiaoyun was also worried that Song Qinghuan had said the wrong thing, so she took her and warned her carefully before sending her outside the gate.
The carriage was prepared by the palace. Not only was it extremely gorgeous, but the people on the street always wanted to make way for it.
Song Qinghuan was riding with Grandma Gong. Her back was straight and her eyes were not squinting, but her hands hidden in her sleeves were sweating.
The carriage came out of Goldfish Alley, entered the palace gate, and stopped outside Cining Palace.
Within the palace, no one is allowed to ride horses or ride in cars.
And what an honor it was for Song Qinghuan to ride a carriage all the way to the outside of Cining Palace.
Aunt Gong got out of the car first, followed closely by Song Qinghuan.
The eunuch was already lying on the ground, and his shoes were touching the eunuch's back, which made people feel uneasy.
Empress Dowager Jiang's Cining Palace is not as full of incense as Mrs. Song's.
On the contrary, it is purging.
The palace eunuchs all had solemn expressions on their faces, and they were doing what they were supposed to do in an orderly manner, but their steps were so light that they could not even hear a sound.
Song Qinghuan followed Grandma Gong all the way to the main hall. There were many eunuchs and eunuchs coming and going, but none of them even looked at her. This shows that the rules of Cining Palace are very strict.
"Miss Song, please wait here for a moment, and let me go in and inform you." Aunt Gong paused, still polite.
Song Qinghuan nodded and said very politely: "Sorry to trouble you, mama."
When the palace maid entered the palace, Song Qinghuan waited for a cup of tea before a stranger came out and invited her into the palace.
Seeing the Queen Mother required another complicated set of etiquette. Song Qinghuan paid homage and kowtowed. When Neng Jiang allowed her to sit down, sweat was already forming on her forehead.
"Since the Queen Mother has guests here, I will take my leave first."
A familiar voice came from the other side, but it had a slightly cold tone.
Song Qinghuan couldn't help but looked up and saw Xiao Ci sitting opposite him with a look of cynicism on his face.
The young Xiao Jingtong was like an eggplant beaten by frost, sitting on his lap, but behind him stood the expressionless Xiao Jingchuan.
