I thought she was just a bit lacking in virtue, but otherwise a decent and virtuous young lady from a scholarly family, yet it turns out she harbors such vicious thoughts!

  Mrs. Song suddenly felt a pang in her heart as she thought of the days Song Chuyi had spent over the years, and how Song Yan's personality had become increasingly silent in recent days.

  Then she suddenly remembered the letters that Song Chuyi had sent back from Tongzhou these days, all of which reported that everything was fine. Even the letter that arrived on the second day after the attack said that he was safe and sound, without mentioning anything about Li's affairs. Was this because he was afraid of Li or because he suspected that he would be biased towards Li, so he wanted to wait until all the evidence was in hand before exposing the matter?

  She thought, feeling a surge of disappointment and loss at not being trusted, but when she met Song Chuyi's eyes, she couldn't help but look away.

  She didn't dare to think about how anxious and hard the days were before Song Chuyi was raised by herself in Ningde Temple. Even more, she didn't dare to think whether every time she got sick, she had been thinking of Cui Shi with a restless mind, longing for her own redemption.

  She must have thought about it, but because she was too disappointed, she always wore a faint smile, biting her teeth and enduring everything until Li's butcher knife reached her neck, and only then did she dare to muster the courage to fight back.

  Mrs. Song closed her eyes and looked at Li with a deep gaze.

  "Take all these people away." She waved her hand, and immediately someone dragged the group of people away. Then she looked at Li, first letting out a cold snort, before slowly exhaling: "Although your scheme didn't succeed, you indeed did wrong to our Song family. We can't keep a woman as depraved and shameless as you."

  Is this to rest oneself?! Li only felt a surge of hot blood turn instantly into ash, and she knelt down several steps, embracing the old lady's legs, crying with a torn heart: "No! Old lady, don't tell Master, don't tell Master!"

  She spoke incoherently, clinging to Old Lady Song and refusing to let go: "What's more, if I were to divorce me, what would happen to Ah Ning?! How could she hold her head up in the future?! All these years, I haven't had any achievements, but I've had hardships... all for Master and you, Old Lady!"

  As expected, he's looking for death again, Song Chuyi silently sneered.

  Old Lady Song indeed hesitated, as Song Yi had already lost one wife. If he were to marry another daughter-in-law, how would the people of the capital view the Duke of Changning's estate in the future?

  She was about to speak when Lin Hai's servant suddenly rushed in with a flustered expression and reported: "Old lady, madam, Uncle Jinzhong and Auntie have arrived! The old master and young master are receiving guests in the flower hall!"

  Choi's family actually came at this time!

  Mrs. Song stood up with a shocked expression and immediately looked at Song Chuyi with suspicion.

  The timing was so coincidental that she couldn't help but wonder if Song Chuyi had informed the Cui family about something, and that's why they sent someone to come and seek justice for Song Chuyi.

  She immediately busied herself, loudly calling for the senior Mrs. to personally go and welcome Mrs. Cui. The female guests should be entertained by her. Then she had Li Shi and others moved to the Bi Sha kitchen.

  The madam also knew that she couldn't delay, and hurriedly tidied up to welcome her in. However, the warm smile she had put on was not met with a similar warmth from Madame Cui, whose face was as cold as frost and followed closely behind the madam into Ningde Hall with a gloomy expression.

  Mrs. Choi was born into a good family, she is the legitimate daughter of King Zhuang, and also the current princess who was personally enfeoffed by the emperor. In this world, only she, the princess, can be called "uncle" by the current emperor in a proper manner.

  The madam didn't dare to offend her, and the old lady also gave her some face. Even though she saw this cold and frosty demeanor, she endured it without making a sound, smiling and waving at her: "What's going on? Our 13th daughter has never put on such airs in front of the young mistress before."

  Madam Choi stepped forward and took hold of Old Lady Song's hand, glanced around and then broke into a faint cold smile: "Old Lady, where is the second madam?"

  He's really come to settle the score.

  Mrs. Song and the madam exchanged a glance.

  Before Old Lady Song could say anything else, Madame Cui sneered: "This time, Old Lady, you must excuse me. I not only want to maintain the prestige of the Princess of Tong, but also borrow the influence of my uncle."

  Dangjin is her uncle, who has always doted on his niece who lost her father.

  Old Lady Song was immediately startled in her heart and asked repeatedly: "Thirteen Niang, what's going on?"

  "To be honest with you, Madame, Tingting is the only legitimate daughter of the Cui family, and she has always been treated like a precious gem. Mrs. Cui's expression remained unpleasant: "When she was pregnant with Yang'er before, I specifically came to Beijing to see her and also invited many doctors to examine her. They all said that her pregnancy was going very well and the fetal image was good too. But she just had to have an accident."

  Mrs. Song's face turned even more unsightly, and the old lady also felt embarrassed, rolling up her sleeves and coughing a few times.

  "She had an accident, her mother was heartbroken, and I should have come to Beijing with the letter myself. But all the people who were serving her had disappeared." Madame Cui glanced at Old Lady Song, a hint of sarcasm on her lips: "Where did the people around her go? At that time, you told us that it was when they were serving Tingting that something went wrong and they were driven away. Do you still remember, old lady?"

  This is a settlement of old accounts from the year I came to Beijing, and the old lady's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

  The Li family has never let others have an easy time from then until now!

  "Thirteen girl, what do you want to say?" Old Lady Song tapped her fingers on the table and sighed: "Just speak up."

  What's meant to come will come, and Li had married into the family with a tarnished reputation to begin with. It was indeed because of the reason of the dark and mysterious pregnancy that they had sealed her mouth and sent away Tingting's servant.

  "Ying Shu had been searching for them for five whole years, quite lucky, a few months ago, we finally found one of the senior maids who was by Tingting's side back then, named Lianyi. I don't know if Old Lady and Madame still remember her?" Madam Cui's tone suddenly turned stern: "But what we learned from her mouth is completely different from what we heard here! Tell me, whom should the Cui family believe?!"

  The Cui family actually spent five whole years investigating the death of the Cuis! The madam was shocked and glanced at Bi Sha, suddenly realizing a question: whether Li's murder case being exposed together with the past case was just a coincidence or had been planned all along?

  But no matter whether it's a coincidence or the result of Song Chuyi getting in touch with the Cui family, Li will not have a good ending this time-----The Cui family can spend five years investigating the cause of Cui Tiantian's death, which shows the degree of importance they attach to Cui Tiantian. Li will likely pay a terrible price.