The Rebirth of the First Daughter as the Head of the Family

Chapter 180 The Late Decision

When Song Jinyue and Cousin Zhi left the palace, along the way, Cousin Zhi didn't even show a smile on her face.

His brows were deeply furrowed, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"Cousin Zhi, you should ask your grandmother first, and then promise the queen."

Song Jinyue took a deep breath, which broke the deadly silence.

Zhang Dingzhi gave a wry smile and shook his head, with a cool look in his eyes.

"Before, my mother mentioned this matter to me. Grandmother was worried about my aunt's situation in the palace. Now that the queen mother has been tossing a lot in the palace, although grandma never mentioned it, she is getting thinner day by day. Mother sneaked into it several times. Tears back..."

"I was born in such a family and enjoyed the blessings that others envy. Thinking about it now, it's time for me to repay it."

"Furthermore...His Royal Highness, he is not completely unreliable. In the future..."

"I can live smoothly in the future even if I think about it."

Zhang Dingzhi drooped his eyes, his eyes no longer had any fantasies about his future husband.

Song Jinyue couldn't speak to persuade her again.

Naturally, they need to pay some price for their family background.

No matter who the Zhang family's military exploits were promised by cousin Zhi, the emperor would be suspicious.

If it was promised to the Crown Prince of the Tian family, even if the Son of Heaven feared that the Crown Prince would covet the throne, but after all he was concerned about the birth of the Central Palace, so naturally he had to take a little care of the Shangzhong Palace.

After leaving the queen, the two didn't say much.

Song Jinyue personally helped Cousin Zhi get into the carriage, gave a few more instructions, and watched Zhang's carriage leave.

Gradually, she felt a little empty in her heart.

"Jin Yue?"

Song Jinyue turned her head to look, only to see Qin Sheng in court clothes, about to leave the palace.

"Why did you come down?"

"The emperor summoned me to talk in the study, and it was delayed. Are you going to enter the palace?"

"I just left the palace and am going back to the mansion. Are you going back to the mansion too?"

She looked at the box in Qin Sheng's hand and asked.

"I'm going to visit the city inspector."

Seeing him mentioning the city inspector, Song Jinyue couldn't help but think of the incident of He Yuanjia breaking into her boudoir last night.

She never mentioned this matter to anyone, and she naturally kept it from Qin Sheng. Thinking of He Yuanjia's warning her not to touch the bell, she couldn't help worrying about whether the city inspector had spies.

Therefore, he asked about the prisoners in the patrol department.

"I heard that shopkeeper Li and a woman named Ling'er were imprisoned in the City Patrol Prison?"

"I'm about to go to the city inspector for this matter."

Qin Sheng shook the black lacquer box in front of her eyes, and then continued: "This bell is the palace maid given to Miss Song by the fifth prince. The spies from the Northern Kingdom got involved in one place..."

Song Jinyue was taken aback, never expecting that the person was rewarded by the Queen Mother.

She sent people into the palace to inquire before, but there was no news. When she entered the palace today, she forgot to ask her aunt.

"Then Your Majesty?"

"This matter has not been widely spread yet. Your Majesty wants to find out in secret first, so as not to tire the Empress Dowager's reputation."

This matter can be big or small.

It all depends on whether Ling'er can provide any usable information.

Song Jinyue silently wrote down what Qin Sheng said, and before leaving, she specifically told Qin Sheng that the weather was dry these few days, and that the cell of the city inspector should be strengthened a little bit.

Qin Sheng wanted to ask more questions, but Song Jinyue had already boarded the carriage and returned to the Duke's Mansion.

When she lowered the car curtain, she saw Qin Sheng and wanted to catch up and ask, but she just pretended not to see it, and slowly lowered the car curtain.

She didn't know who she could trust, and she couldn't rashly reveal the speculation in her heart.

Where Qin Sheng got the news needs to be verified, and she has specifically instructed Qin Sheng.

Thinking about it, he would naturally guess the meaning.

Just now, the black box in Qin Sheng's hand was supposed to contain the emperor's own imperial decree, but now that it is involved in the Queen Mother's palace, the emperor will inevitably have to think about the queen mother.

She couldn't help but think of the strangeness of the prince.

He told the coachman to go straight to Zhangfu.

Because of the delay with Qin Sheng at the gate of the palace, when she arrived at the gate of the Zhang Mansion, she was a quarter of an hour later than Cousin Zhi.

The mother-in-law greeted her and went to the old lady's courtyard.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, I saw a woman guarding the gate of the main house, and a maidservant waiting outside on the porch.

The woman guarding the door saw her coming and saluted, "Miss Cousin, let the old slave go in first and pass the word."

After saying that, the woman knocked on the door and heard voices from inside, so she lifted the bamboo curtain, opened the door and walked in.

Not long after, the woman came out and welcomed her in.

Qiu Yun waited outside.

The doors and windows in the house were closed tightly, and the sunlight came in through the gaps in the windows, illuminating the house with a faint light.

Grandmother leaned on the soft couch, cousin Zhi sat on one side, and aunt Xie stood in the room with her back turned.

"Grandmother, aunt, cousin Zhi."

After Song Jinyue saluted one by one, Mrs. Xie slowly turned around, her eyes slightly red.

"Yue'er, sit down and talk."

Mrs. Zhang pointed to the vacant seat beside her, motioning for her to sit down and talk.

"Zhi'er, your grandmother has never restrained you since you were young, and you were destined to enter the palace since you were born... Although your aunt has never mentioned this matter these years, the crown prince has always kept the East Palace vacant, and the emperor has never intervened This matter."

"The reason is that one day, you can enter the palace..."

Mrs. Zhang took her granddaughter's hand, patted it lightly, and sighed several times.

This matter was originally a certainty, although it was never mentioned publicly.

Because of this, the Zhang family really didn't want to send their daughter into the palace anymore.

The Zhang family relied on the military merits earned by generations of ancestors on the battlefield to gain a stable position in the court, and it definitely did not rely on their status as relatives in the palace to gain a foothold in the palace.

The queen also couldn't bear to send her niece into the palace, it was the hardship she had suffered, and she didn't want her niece to suffer again.

After all, only she knows the bitterness of the mother of a country.

If it wasn't for the uproar caused by the prince over Yan'er, who would dare to send their daughter to the East Palace now?

And now the prince has become like that again.

Not to mention that no one dared to send their own daughter into the East Palace.

At this time, the Zhang family, including the queen, had to face the fact that Zhang Dingzhi was going to be sent to the East Palace.

Xie Shi quietly shed two more tears.

"Grandmother, I saw His Highness the Crown Prince today, and I always feel that His Highness is so stupid."

Seeing that everyone looked sad, it was nothing but fear that the crown prince would continue like this forever.

Only then did Song Jinyue talk about what he saw today.

Mrs. Zhang didn't know the key to it. In the letter from the queen, she only vaguely mentioned to her that the prince's illness may be difficult to recover, so Zhang's house should be prepared.

"Yue'er is serious?" The old lady asked her for details.

Song Jinyue then described in detail what she saw the prince today.

After leaving the Zhang Mansion, Song Jinyue went straight back to the Duke's Mansion.

She did not go back to Ming Zhuxuan, but went straight to the front hall and ordered Song Qing to be called.

Song Zhi is still guarding outside the City Patrol Department, she specially told Song Zhi not to make any mistakes, if someone robs the prison, he must take the shopkeeper Li and Ling'er away.

(End of this chapter)