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

Chapter 196 The imperial decree came from the palace
Song Jinyue got up slowly, walked to the desk and sat down.

She picked up the writing brush hanging on the shelf, and a piece of rice paper was spread on the table.

Picking up a pen, he wrote down the location Nanny He had mentioned on it, and added some of his own thoughts to it.

That courtyard probably belonged to Mr. Dingzhou Xiang, and if he followed the house to check, he might be able to find some traces.

She folded the letter paper, put it in the envelope, and carefully sealed the envelope with a red candle.

At this moment, Qiu Yun returned, and Song Jinyue put the envelope in her arms.

"Miss, the carriage is waiting at the door."

Song Jinyue nodded slightly, then got up and left the mansion with Qiu Yun.

In the carriage, Qiu Yun saw her lady resting on a soft pillow, so she took a thick blanket from the side and covered her lap.

Song Jinyue frowned slightly, but her eyes did not open.

Qiu Yun sat quietly by the side and guarded her lady, trying to reduce her sense of existence so as not to disturb her lady by making any noise.

After the carriage came to a complete stop, Song Jinyue raised her eyes and got out of the carriage.

When the young servants in Zhang's mansion saw that it was Miss Song's family who came, someone came up to greet her immediately, and someone went in to pass the news.

Song Jinyue went to the courtyard of her grandmother Mrs. Zhang Lao.

When Aunt Xie heard she was coming, she rushed to the old lady's courtyard, and happened to bump into Song Jinyue at the gate of the old lady's courtyard.

"Auntie, I came today to ask you something."

Song Jinyue saluted, and before her aunt could speak, she said why she came.

Mrs. Xie helped her up, and then looked at the people following behind her. Her mother-in-law took a few steps back with her maidservant.

"Yue'er, what's the matter?"

Only then did Mrs. Xie drag her to the corridor beside her and asked.

"I want to ask my aunt to send my letter to Cousin Ping in Dingzhou."

Song Jinyue took out the envelope from her pocket and handed it to her aunt Xie.

Mrs. Xie asked suspiciously: "A few days ago, Ping'er wrote a letter saying that he was coming back for the New Year soon, but you want to drag him back to give you something?"

Song Jinyue shook her head slightly, and explained: "The people serving Mrs. Shen's house are from Dingzhou. I asked for some clues, and I want to ask Cousin Ping to investigate secretly for me."

When Shen heard this, she couldn't help frowning, her eyes were full of reproach, "Yue'er, my aunt has repeatedly told you not to meddle in this matter, if you really have something good or bad, then..."

Mrs. Xie didn't blame her for asking her son to investigate the case, but blamed her for disregarding her own comfort.

After all, Mrs. Xie is still afraid of what happened in the past few days.

Song Jinyue squeezed her aunt's palm.

"Auntie, I will act carefully. Don't worry, I will not disregard my own safety. It's just that this matter... can't be delayed. I'm worried that there is something important in it."

Seeing her niece like this, Xie gave up trying to persuade her and put the envelope away.

Song Jinyue also told her aunt not to mention this matter in front of her grandmother, and that she came here today to see her grandmother and her aunt.

The two agreed, and then Mrs. Xie led Song Jinyue into the back room.

The old lady stretched her neck and looked eagerly at the door.

Can't help complaining: "Didn't you say that Yue'er is here? Why hasn't she come yet?"

As soon as the old lady finished speaking, the curtain outside the house was lifted by the old woman, and the old lady smiled immediately.

Mrs. Xie took her niece and bowed to the old lady.

Before the two could speak, Mrs. Zhang beckoned her granddaughter to sit down in front of her.

"Yue girl, come and sit with grandma."

Song Jinyue walked towards her grandmother with a smile, and the old lady pulled her to sit beside her.

"Yue girl, why didn't you ask someone to deliver a letter before you came? Have you had dinner yet?"

The old lady held her granddaughter's hand lovingly, her eyes were full of pity.

"Grandma, I didn't come here until after dinner."

After Song Jinyue finished speaking, she looked at her aunt Xie and asked about Cousin Zhi.

"Auntie, why didn't you see Cousin Zhi?"

She was outside just now, and she didn't want to delay too long, so she didn't ask for a while, thinking that Cousin Zhi wanted to come on her way.

But I sat for a while, but I didn't see Cousin Zhi coming.

Seeing her niece mentioning her daughter, Mrs. Xie was stunned for a moment, with a bit of sadness on her face, and the smile on Madam Zhang's face also stopped, and she couldn't stop sighing.

Since that day, Zhang Dingzhi came back from the palace.

Her marriage with the prince was acquiesced by everyone in the Zhang family.

Zhang Dingzhi accepted the matter with a dull expression, but these days, he never stepped out of his courtyard except to say hello.

How reluctant was she in her heart.

But this matter, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Xie are not easy to refuse for her.

Therefore, Zhang Dingzhi was given enough space to let her take a break by herself.

"Zhi'er doesn't go out much these days..." Mrs. Zhang patted her granddaughter's hand and said in a low voice.

"Grandmother, aunt, then I'll go see Cousin Zhi and come back later."

"Alright."

When Song Jinyue left her grandmother's courtyard, her aunt Xie also got up to leave.

She sent her niece to her daughter's courtyard, but instead of going in with her, she asked Song Jinyue to comfort her daughter well.

Song Jinyue agreed, and told her aunt about delivering the letter so don't delay.

"Yue'er, don't worry, my aunt will arrange for someone to deliver the letter today."

Song Jinyue watched her aunt leave before stepping into Cousin Zhi's courtyard.

Seeing her coming, the maid hurriedly went into the house to report to her young lady.

Song Jinyue stopped the maid, and she walked in alone.

Stepping over the threshold, sandalwood is burning in the incense burner in the house, and the faint smell of sandalwood makes people feel peaceful.

After scanning around the room, she saw a light purple figure in front of the desk. Cousin Zhi was lying on the desk, her black hair scattered randomly on the desk.

Xiumei frowned slightly, her eyes closed tightly.

Until Song Jinyue came close, Zhang Dingzhi never opened his eyes.

Song Jinyue walked to Cousin Zhi's side, raised her hand and gently pushed Cousin Zhi's arm, and called out softly, "Cousin Zhi, I'm here to see you."

Zhang Dingzhi suddenly opened his eyes, looked up to one side, and saw Song Jinyue.

There was a bit of sourness in his heart, and the smile on the corner of his lips showed a bit of helplessness.

"Cousin, you are here, I didn't hear..."

Zhang Dingzhi got up and took her to the outside table to sit down.

He poured tea for her himself.

"Cousin Zhi..."

What Song Jinyue wanted to say was stuck in her throat for a while, and she didn't know how to say it.

Cousin Zhi put the tea in front of her, knew what she was going to say, shook her head slightly, sighed, and then said: "Cousin, I'm fine, I'll be fine in a few days."

After the words fell, a look of disappointment flashed in Zhang Dingzhi's eyes.

After sighing several times in succession, Song Jinyue couldn't help but sighed too.

"Cousin Zhi, why don't we go shopping in the street."

"In a few days."

Zhang Dingzhi felt powerless all over, his eyes dimmed.

The house fell into a dead silence again.

This was the sound of hurried footsteps outside, followed by two knocks on the door.

"Miss, the imperial edict has come from the palace, and the old lady asks you to go to the front to receive the edict."

(End of this chapter)