The next day, Song Yixiao's request to see her grandmother was rejected: "Madam heard that Miss has an injury on her foot and is really worried, please let Miss recover in the Writing Moon Pavilion first, and then go to serve her illness later!"

  The foot injury was brought up again, and Song Yixiao felt a deep sense of crisis in her heart: "My relationship with Jian Xu Bai is absolutely not as deep as I said yesterday! Once Liu Zhenxiang finds out from his father, I'm done for! So it can't be delayed!"

  She composed herself and said to the maid, "I came back just to serve my grandmother. How could I not go see her because of some minor illness? There's no such logic in this world!"

  "The young lady's filial piety, I will report to the old madam." The maid said slowly, "But this time the old madam fell ill, it is ultimately because of excessive worry. If she sees you injured and serving her, she might be heartbroken and worsen her condition, which would not be beneficial for her recovery. For the old madam's well-being, please calm down a bit, miss!"

  Song Yi's face sank, and she slapped the table, shouting: "Be honest with me, how is Grandmother? I heard when I came - not very well? How can you still stop me from serving her?"

  "The old lady was indeed not feeling well before, but I heard that after you came back, she seemed to be in high spirits and has already recovered." The maid, still fuming from being scolded, replied with a wooden face, "So, Miss, don't worry about it anymore, just focus on nursing your own wounds!"

  "Grandma is fine, so I can rest assured!" Song Yi smiled and guided for half a day, just to get her to say that. At this point, she didn't mind her attitude either, and sighed to Zhao Mama and others beside her, "When we come back, my mother also has some cough, don't know if it's better or not now. Fortunately, Grandma is recovering on this side, otherwise, one side is the birth mother, the other side is the biological mother, if they both fell ill at the same time, I really don't know what to do!"

  "Your words are quite something," Zhao's mother scolded. "Princess Wang is a lucky person with a heavenly aura, and she only coughed a few times before, who knows if she's not better by now?"

  "Mother is right, I was the one who spoke wrongly." Song Yi smiled as if she had just reacted, and waved her hand at the maid, saying lightly, "You can go down now!"

  The maid sulkily retreated and went to the Moon Dan Hall where Madame Pang lived, recounting everything in detail. She was just thinking of reporting this to Song Yishang when Madame Pang's expression suddenly changed: "Did she mention that before she came, Wei Shi, that cheap woman, coughed?"

  Seeing the maid nod, Mrs. Pang gritted her teeth, "That cheap woman has a good idea! I've just called my granddaughter back, and she wants to pretend to be ill and take someone back?! Don't even think about it!"

  She had been at odds with Wei Mengying for ten years, like arch-enemies, and would not hesitate to assume the worst about each other. Upon hearing this, she immediately concluded that Wei Mengying was plotting something!

  This former daughter-in-law is not what she used to be - Mrs. Pang's hatred has reached the bone, yet she doesn't dare to neglect her, thinking for a moment, with an unpleasant expression, she ordered those around her: "Let Yixiao come over in the afternoon, and from now on, let her come to my bedside every day to attend to me."

  She was originally very impatient with this granddaughter, but now it's not possible to see her. Otherwise, Wei Mengying would send someone to ask, and Song Yishang would be here as a servant, but in fact, she couldn't even see her grandmother's face, so wouldn't it be better to go back to the Hengshan Wangfu to serve her own mother?

  "After all, my mother-in-law is older than me. If I'm not well for a day, unless that cheap woman really dies and needs to go to the funeral, otherwise, who would dare to take me away?" Pang thought so, only then did she feel that the stuffy air in her chest was slightly relieved.

  But didn't know Song Yi Xiao heard the news and secretly called it lucky, hurriedly calling Thin Mama to the front to remind.

  After lunch, the master and servant arrived at Yuandan Hall. They stood in the courtyard under the scorching sun for nearly half an hour before being led into the inner chamber to pay their respects to Mrs. Pang, who was lying on her bed.

  "Get up." Mr. Pang took the ginseng tea handed over by the maid, took a sip before saying "no need to be polite", and didn't look at his granddaughter, just said indifferently, "I don't know when I'll recover from this illness either, it's rare that you still remember me and are willing to come back and see me, it's hard on you from now on."

  "How can I dare to take it as a compliment?" Song Yi smiled and lowered her eyebrows, "Serving the elderly is a matter of course, how can you say it's hard work?"

  Just as Mr. Pang was about to speak, his mother-in-law suddenly sneered and said: "Mrs. Pang is so old, but she still uses despicable means to bully her own granddaughter, isn't that a bit beneath her dignity?"

  This came out of the blue, and Pang was stunned at first. The room fell silent for a few breaths before she suddenly flew into a rage: "You lowly maid! What did you just say?!"

  "Did the slave girl say something wrong?" Thin Mother sneered, "In the past, Miss Song was almost harmed by that poisonous woman, Liu Shi, and nearly ended up in a brothel! Not only did you not look for your own granddaughter, but you also believed Liu Shi's lies and reported her death to outsiders! Later, you drove Miss Song out of the house without reason——now that you're ill and want your granddaughter to take care of you, Miss Song rushed back without hesitation, but she was made to wait outside for half an hour, standing until she was shivering with cold, before being allowed in. What does this mean?!"

  She bent down, stroking Song Yixiao's sunburned cheek with a pitying expression, "Poor Miss Song, to have such ruthless and cruel relatives, if not for the queen's presence, how would you have gotten by?"

  The servants in the inner chamber were all stunned, and Mrs. Pang directly smashed the jade pillow over: "It was your master who was at the Song's house, and he couldn't help but teach me rules and regulations every morning and evening! What a lowly wretch! How dare you lecture me!"

  Thin mother dodged and let her pass, listening to the sound of Yu Zhēn's slap in the back, but she didn't budge: "My master is now going to be here, do you dare to move Miss Song? You only take advantage of the opportunity when your own mother is not around, being harsh on a child who is not even ten years old. You, this old madam, are shameless, and I, as a servant, feel ashamed for you!"

  As soon as the words fell, Pang's family jumped up from the couch!

  Thin Mother exerted force and grasped her hand, already prepared to take a loss - after all she was just a servant, relying on Wei Mengying's princess identity, able to speak disrespectfully to Peng Shi was one thing, but actually taking action against Peng Shi's formal order was another matter. However, Peng Shi, although pretending to be ill, was old after all, and under the sudden anger, hastily got up, just standing on the ground, her brain spinning, she couldn't even get a word out as she pointed at Thin Mother!

  "Old lady!!!!!"

  Watching Pong's head fall down with wide eyes, the stunned onlookers suddenly came to their senses and rushed over to check.

  Inside the room, it was a mess, but Song Yixiao and Bao's mother took advantage of the situation to slip out - not that no one wanted to stop them, but Song Yixiao said with a pitiful expression: "Grandmother is so angry now, if she wakes up and sees me and Bao's mother, won't it add fuel to the fire? I think we should go back to Xingyue Pavilion first, and come back later when Grandmother has calmed down to apologize."

  This makes sense. Moreover, even if they left the Moon Dan Pavilion, there were people watching them and not allowing them to leave the Zhuangzi, so the two of them returned very smoothly to the Written Month Pavilion.

  Mrs. Zhao had been waiting anxiously, and seeing the situation, she hastily welcomed them into the inner room, personally lowering the curtains to confirm no one was eavesdropping, before softly asking: "How is it?"

  "Is Mother Bai's tongue still something to worry about?" Song Yi smiled lightly, "It's even better than I thought, and it actually knocked Grandma out cold!"

  "Fainted?" Zhao's mother exclaimed, "What if it angers Master..."

  "Father is not at home again!" Song Yi smiled and said, "Didn't they say he went out early in the morning? Now the only one in charge of the house is Grandma."

  As for Song Yuan's current situation, I'd like to ask Jian Xu Bai, but he didn't come in person. Does he think sending a few servants would be enough to get the inside information?

  "Zhao's mother reminded: 'But Old Lady Ke is also...' "

  Your grandmother isn't very kind either, miss!

  "Zhao, you're really muddled!" Thin Mama had been brewing a cup of tea since she came in and was now drinking it halfway through. She finally couldn't help but interrupt, "You think that Old Lady Peng didn't want to see Miss this morning, why did she change her mind later? Wasn't it because Miss mentioned that Princess Wang had a cough and suspected that Princess Wang would use her illness as an excuse to take Miss away, so she was willing to let Miss go to the Moon Dan Pavilion to 'take care of her'?"

  At that time, Song Yixiao's plan was only told to Bao's mother, and only a few words were said to Zhao's mother. As a result, Zhao's mother was still confused: "What did sister mean by this?"

  "I just mentioned my mother's cough, and grandma can think so much. Just now, thin mom was unusually aggressive, and grandma was still angry, but after calming down, wouldn't she think even more?"

  Song Yixiao turned the tea bowl in her hand and smiled, "For example, Baoma was actually urging Grandma to take drastic measures? And Baoma dared to do so, perhaps because Mother had already known that the Jin family had instructed the Song and Liu families to harm us mother and daughter, but still let me come back. Apparently, Mother had a plan in place, just waiting for this side to make a move and catch them off guard?"

  "After all, 'concerned then chaotic', the grandmother is just a biological son of her father, and the father has no male heir. As for the father's future safety, the grandmother is most concerned! Especially since everyone knows that the mother is now backed by King Hengshan, even with the Jin family as a support, who knows what will happen to the father if they are not careful? So unless she is 100% sure, how dare the grandmother move me? Not only does she not dare, but also the father and the Liu family want to take action, she will stop them!"

  "But when Master comes back, he'll definitely find out about this too?"

  "You're also a mother, how can you not understand the heart of being a mother?" Thin Mama smiled. "As for the troubles that an only child may encounter, can a mother not believe in their existence and not doubt their non-existence? It's okay if Master doesn't mind, but it's enough if Old Madam is worried - besides, Princess Wang loves Miss so much, even if she's deceived for a moment, she won't be deceived forever! We just need to hold on for a few more days without anything happening and that's fine!"

  Song Yixiao sipped her tea and didn't say a word: she was certain that this method would be effective against the Pang family, aside from the reason she mentioned, there was another reason - Wei Mengying's remarriage achievement. Think about it from the Pang family's perspective, having been suppressed by her for ten years as a lowly concubine, suddenly becoming the queen consort who could command respect and courtesy!

  With such a big gap, Pang always thought badly of Wei Mengying, how could he possibly question the extent of Wei Mengying's sinister intentions?!

  "The more Grandma felt that Niang was sinister, the less she dared to underestimate her!" Song Yi smiled secretly, thinking, "The more she doesn't dare to underestimate Niang, the more she doesn't dare to move against me now!"

  Of course, this temporary safety did not satisfy Song Yishiao.

  "After grandma decided to keep me safe first..." She still had a next step plan in her mind.

  But the plan didn't change quickly - that night, Song Yixiao was informed: "One of the guards who escorted Miss back has climbed over the wall and run towards the direction of the imperial capital!"

  ...From the moment they entered the Zhuangzi, Song Yixiao's men were all placed under house arrest. Now, someone had actually managed to escape and seemed to be planning to report back to the Wangfu in Hengshan. This sudden turn of events was too surprising, and after being stunned for a moment, Song Yixiao couldn't believe it: "Could it be that the Liu family didn't know about my relationship with Jian Xuebai and are intentionally testing me?"