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

Chapter 19
Song Jinyue straightened the skirt in front of her. The red agate pendant hanging from her earrings was shining under the sunlight, and when it landed on the lake-blue clothes, it reflected large red water droplets, which looked extraordinarily novel and wonderful.

The two masters sat leisurely in the courtyard, if it wasn't for the messy mud and dead branches and leaves on the ground, there would be a somewhat harmonious atmosphere.

Song Guogong practiced calligraphy in the study today after he came to court, because he had newly obtained a very good Duan inkstone.

When Mrs. Shen sent her maid to invite, Duke Song felt unhappy, feeling that Mrs. Shen had disturbed him, and a drop of ink on a copybook just finished ruined the atmosphere.

Song Guogong sighed, crumpled the copybook into a ball and threw it into the bamboo basket, flicked his sleeves and came to Ming Zhuxuan.

The servant girl informed the Duke of the country that he had arrived.Mrs. Shen hurriedly got up and straightened her clothes, and then went to greet her at the door. Qiu Yun helped her young lady to get up, and walked to the door as well.

Song Guogong's face was not very good-looking when he was disturbed by Mrs. Shen, and his livid face was accentuated by his dark blue robe.

"Master." Seeing that the Duke's face was ashen, Shen slashed at the maidservant with a sharp knife, she really couldn't handle even a small matter!
"Father." Song Jinyue's voice was soft, and she saluted respectfully.

Song Guogong nodded slightly, his frowning brows were stretched a little bit, but the anger that had just faded away caught a glimpse of the mess in the courtyard from the corner of his eyes, and his frowns furrowed a little.

Let's go to see that Mrs. Shen brought a group of black and white people here.

Immediately, he put on a face and glared at Shen Shi angrily.

Shen knew that the Duke must have misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "Master, Yue'er saw the two peach trees as an eyesore, so she ordered the two maidservants in the courtyard to cut down the peach trees..."

"Then what are you doing here with these people?"

"Master, Xi'er went to the palace with Yue'er today, and I saw that Xi'er had never returned to the mansion with Yue'er, so I came to ask, but who knows, I bumped into each other..." Shen said half of the sentence , Zhao Nanny who was behind hurriedly bowed to the Duke, turned around and hurried to the blue-gray stone table.

He brought the rusty iron box to the Duke.

Song Guogong was terrified, it was the art of witchcraft!The emperor's most taboo thing!How could such rebellious things happen again?

Shen observed the Duke's complexion, and then continued softly: "This thing was dug out from under the peach tree in Mingzhuxuan's courtyard..."

Before she finished speaking, Shen's expression fell on Song Jinyue with a gloomy expression.

This thing was dug up in Ming Zhuxuan, it can only have something to do with that little bitch.

Song Guogong snorted coldly, took a step forward, glanced at the contents of the iron box, and felt a rush of blood rushing straight to the top of his head.

That was actually the birth date of the empress and Mrs. Zhang!
Gritting his teeth, Song Guogong glared at Shen Shi angrily, and scolded: "Shen Shi, why don't you go and find out the origin of this thing quickly! This Duke's mansion must be turned upside down by Ben Hou, and it must be found out. That dog slave who ate the ambition and leopard's courage came out and asked him why he wanted to blame Yue'er!"

The whole process was almost finished, Shen's heart trembled, the master was so partial to helping this little bitch!
She stood aside with her head bowed and didn't answer.

Song Guogong's heart is not what Shen Shi thought, Song Guogong just doesn't want to hurt the reputation of the Duke's Mansion because of Yue'er!
"What are you still doing in a daze, go find Steward Song for me!" Song Guogong yelled at the young servant who came behind him.The young servant in a gray cloth jacket hurriedly bowed and retreated out of the courtyard gate of Ming Zhuxuan, and ran all the way, almost falling.

"Master, I feel that I should ask the second lady about this matter, after all, looking at the rust on the iron box, it has been buried for some years..."

"Shut up!" Song Guogong yelled sharply, wishing to scratch Shen's body with the knife in his eyes.

What a fool to be a woman!

This Shen family is really short-sighted, and she doesn't even think about it, if this matter is spread, will the lives of the whole family of the Duke's Mansion be worth it?

I usually see that Shen Shi has a gentle and considerate temperament, why is it that Yue'er has just come back now, why is Shen Shi's way of acting more and more brainless?
In front of all the servants, Song Guogong is slapping Shen in the face. She has been the head of the house for five years, and she is careful every day. Don't show her mercy like this!
What Shen wanted to say was stuck in her throat, she opened her mouth slightly for a while, but she didn't say a word.

His expression was lonely, and his eyes were full of grievances.

Zhao Nanny gently tugged at Shen's dark purple sleeves embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns, and signaled to Shen not to talk too much. Later, an official will come to the door. Even if the Duke is protecting her, the second lady will not way to escape guilt.

Shen lowered her head and put a plain handkerchief on the end of her eyes, that look aroused pity.

Song Guogong regretted it immediately, but in front of everyone, he couldn't bear to coax Shen Shi and cleared his throat.

"Yue'er, you're so good, why did you cut down the peach tree as soon as you came back?" Song Guogong asked the reason.

Before returning home, she had already prepared her speech. The group of Confucian scholars in the blue of the lake stood upright in the courtyard, and there was no trace of timidity in their eyes, "Go back to father, the night before returning home, my daughter dreamed that this peach tree was growing When the green winter was covered with snow and the leaves were lush and full of flowers, I read the ancient books and said that it was an ominous omen, so when I returned to the mansion, I didn't want to raise a teacher and move the crowd to startle the whole mansion, so I ordered the maid in the courtyard to give the peach tree to him. chopped."

Song Guogong understood clearly.

Thank you daughter for being considerate.

"But who would have thought that such a rebellious thing was dug out today." Song Jinyue's face revealed a look of fear.

For a while, Song Guogong felt sorry for his daughter.

At this moment, Steward Song walked in with his eyebrows frowned, followed by several yamen servants who served as patrol officers, leading a middle-aged man with a tuft of beard in a court uniform embroidered with gold embroidered in black.

This person is the well-known black-faced Lord Bao Du of the City Patrol Division. He is most reticent, and because of the emperor's love, there is no official residence in the capital that he dare not investigate!
"Why is Lord Du visiting today? Benhou will order someone to prepare a table of food and wine." Song Guogong hurriedly looked at Guanshi Song behind him, and ordered: "Quickly go and order the kitchen to prepare a table of food and wine!"

Master Du's dark face showed no trace of emotion, he waved his hands, and then he bowed to Song Guogong, and said, "Your Majesty, don't bother, I'm here to handle the case today!"

"Oh? Then, can Master Du borrow a word? This is the inner house after all..."

Song Guogong was worried that the iron box would be found, so he turned sideways to block Lord Du's sight. The iron box that had just been placed back on the bluestone table was now facing Lord Du's sight.

"My lord, you don't need to block it, I have already seen it!" Just now when Lord Du entered the courtyard, he saw the mess of the courtyard and the iron box on the stone table. Guess it and guess it must be a violation that was reported.

Song Jinyue turned sideways, and under the gazes of the outsiders, the Qingyun gauze fan that Qiu Yun had brought from above her hand was just right at this moment, and she was using that fan to cover her face.

Qiu Yun stepped forward unconsciously, protecting the young lady behind her.

(End of this chapter)