Fortunately, these turbulent matters have nothing to do with Song Yixiao for the time being.

  After receiving the imperial edict, someone from the Wangfu helped her entertain the middle-ranking official who came to announce the edict - after all, the Hengshan Wangfu was a member of the royal family and would receive an edict of grace every year during festivals. As for dealing with middle-ranking officials, everyone above and below was familiar with it.

  She herself was summoned by Wei Mengying after receiving a round of congratulations.

  After kneeling for nearly half an hour, Wei Mengying gazed at her daughter with a dim and gloomy look in her eyes. The girl was still lowering her head and closing her eyes, looking very well-behaved. Only then did she say lightly: "Get up!"

  Song Yi Xiao didn't move: "Daughter knows her guilt is deep, no face to meet mother, kneel more, heart still feels a bit relieved."

  "You're pleased, but have you ever asked if I'm pleased or not?! " Wei Mengying sat up straight, her voice cold and mocking, "As a mother, watching your own flesh and blood kneel for so long, does it feel good to you?!"

  Song Yi Xiao finally lifted her eyes, which were already filled with tears: "Daughter knows wrong!"

  Wei Mengying pointed to a nearby embroidered stool, her face tense and ignoring her tears.

  "Why hide it from Mother?" As soon as Song Yi laughed and got up, stumbling over to sit down properly, she then asked in a low voice, "You've known about this all along, haven't you?!"

  "I..." Song Yi Xiao had just said one word when she was interrupted by her: "Tell the truth!"

  Wei Mengying showed a ferocious expression in front of her daughter for the first time, "Either you never call me mother again!"

  “………………”

  After a long silence, Song Yi Xiao finally spoke with a choked voice: "At first, it was because of the order from the Qingjiang County Master, I didn't dare to believe it myself - six years ago, when I first met Lord Jian, Mother, you personally instructed me to keep my distance from him, lest I incur the displeasure of the princess!"

  "So I was thinking, after things are settled, I'll let you know!"

  "That day when I came back from Boling Hou's residence, you said someone had proposed a marriage to me... I was so anxious in my heart! Without saying anything to you, I ran out!"

  "In the following days, I was sulking and deliberately didn't want to talk to you!"

  "But waiting and waiting, there's no news of the marriage, worried that something has changed, even more embarrassed to say anything!"

  Lowering her head, rubbing the hem of her clothes, she muttered, "......dragging on like this, the imperial edict will come down soon, and only then can I breathe a sigh of relief."

  Wei Mengying glared at her, furious to the point of laughter: "How dare you say that?! Do you know or not, with your background, being able to have such a marriage is what kind of blessing!"

  "As your mother, even if I'm not capable of much, I am still a princess!"

  "You should have told me about this earlier! If you had waited until the imperial edict was issued, as your mother, wouldn't I have been able to find out and make arrangements for you?!"

  "How dare you sulk over such a big matter?!"

  "Do you still know what's important and what's not?!!!"

  "My own daughter can be so stupid!"

  "Why don't you just go ahead and be more stupid, and annoy me to death?!"

  Wei Mengying was furious, "You really are lucky - in such a muddled way, this marriage actually worked out! Do you know how sought after Jian Gongye is in the imperial capital?! Back then, Cui Xianliang was still young, but because of rumors that Lu Guanlun took good care of you, she didn't hesitate to try and take your life!"

  "If it weren't for Zhiqin, the cypress trees on your tomb would be lush and green!"

  "Such a big lesson just passed a few years ago, and you've already forgotten it to the ninth heaven?!"

  "What great virtues have your ancestors accumulated for you to live so well until now!"

  "You good-for-nothing thing!!!"

  "Actually dared to say relieved——"

  "It's been almost a month since the Shangsi banquet, and you didn't mention it to me until now?!"

  "As your mother, I'm so fed up that I'd rather die!"

  Thinking back now, Wei Mengying still feels a lingering fear - such a good marriage opportunity, if it were to be missed due to her daughter's concealment... The more she looked at Song Yixiao, the angrier she became, slamming her hand on the table and shouting, "Who told you to get up?! Get out of here and continue kneeling! Kneel until your head clears!!!"

  Song Yi silently swallowed her tears and obediently knelt back in her original position.

  Fortunately, the edict has been issued, and she is now the wife of the national duke. Wei Mengying was so angry that she couldn't help but look at her - Thin Mama smiled first: "Miss is still young, it's inevitable to have times when she doesn't understand things. Your Majesty, you can teach her slowly, and if you punish her like this, in case Miss kneels out of a good reason, who will be heartbroken in the end?"

  The old woman went on and on, "Miss, you'll be married in the second half of the year, and these days by your mother's side will only last a few more months. As a married woman, it won't be like when you were a daughter! There are many things you need to learn!"

  "You're pregnant now, and it's still early days. When you're in good spirits, you can remind me a few times, but after a few months when your belly gets bigger, I'm afraid it won't be convenient for you to talk to Miss anymore!"

  "Ultimately, you're so angry because you're afraid Miss will delay her future!"

  "Today's imperial decree has arrived, and you have been summoned alone to see Miss, everyone inside and outside knows!"

  "If Miss is going out from here and something goes wrong, can't it cause rumors?"

  "Outside, let's not mention it, but even the imperial concubines and the second madam in the mansion have never been very fond of Miss!"

  "Are you going to worry about it again when the time comes?"

  "......Niang Niang?"

  Good or bad, the clever and beautiful maidservants all chimed in to help, and Wei Mengying finally turned blue with rage and glared at her daughter: "How did you become so obedient? You were told to kneel and you actually went to kneel?!"

  "Miss, get up quickly! The princess isn't blaming you!" Thin Mama and the others let out a sigh of relief, busily laughing to mediate the situation, "The princess is also worried about you - such an important matter in your life, how could it be because of a tantrum that you didn't tell the princess? The princess is just worrying for your sake!"

  Song Yi Xiao stood up with Cui Chen's support and sat back on the embroidered stool: "It was my fault, I shouldn't have been so willful!"

  Wei Mengying sneered, "How can you not be arrogant? You're arrogant and domineering, but in the end, didn't you still get a imperial decree to marry? You, Song Xiaojie, are born with good fortune, who needs others to worry about you?"

  "Mother!" Song Yi's smile vanished, and tears fell from her eyes. Her teeth bit into her red lips, and the blood drained from her face. She grasped the armrest of the chair, about to kneel down again, "Don't say that... I really know I was wrong!"

  "Sit back!" Wei Mengying's face was expressionless, but her eyes were fixed tightly on her every move. Seeing this situation, she thought it was almost time - after all, she had called her daughter over to question her, not just to vent her anger. With a stern shout, "Have you been kneeling for so long and your knees don't hurt?! I told you to sit down, why are you still kneeling?! Are you afraid that as your mother, I won't have enough to worry about, and you're worried that kneeling won't bring out any problems to make me heartbroken?!"

  Song Yi Xiao silently swallowed her tears again and sat back down.

  "As for you hiding this, I won't say anything else. Just one sentence: if there's a next time, consider me dead! Never ever acknowledge me as your mother again!" Wei Mengying spoke sternly and saw her daughter nod solemnly before softening her tone, "Now that your wedding is approaching, it's the way of a married woman, I really need to have a good talk with you about this. Otherwise, after you get married, you won't even know if you've done something wrong!"

  She said this as she glanced around, and Mother Bao hastily led everyone away.

  "When did Master Jian take a liking to you?" Wei Mengying stirred the tea lid, didn't mention anything about virtues, but first asked about the cause and effect of this marriage.

  Song Yi smiled wryly and looked down, a dejected expression on her face: "It's precisely because he didn't take a liking to me that I didn't dare tell you!"

  "Huh?" Wei Mengying was stunned, "Didn't you get chosen? Why would the Empress Dowager want to grant a marriage to you two?"

  "He said he was just teasing me because I'm short and would look up to him!" Song Yi had just been caught off guard, and if her mother were to seize the opportunity to ask her to help her younger brother rise through the ranks - it would be hard to refuse!

  So I was choked with sobs and pouting, fearing that my own mother would not see my grievances and resentment. "Then at that time, I happened to pass by his side, he just casually took off the jade pendant for me! After leaving the house, I really didn't know how to spend this day?"

  "I'm still considered a big deal, huh!" Wei Mengying heard this and let out a sigh of relief, lightly laughing, "You really are a silly child! Why didn't you think about it, in the imperial capital, there are many official misses with low status who know how to curry favor, but Sima Gong chose you specifically, even if he doesn't love you deeply, at least he must have some liking for you!"

  Song Yi Xiao reminded: "It's because I happened to pass by, he was too lazy to continue looking!"

  "That's also fate!" Wei Mengying narrowed her eyes, "Men of Jian Gongzi's age often say one thing but mean another. Just listen to what he says and don't take it to heart! You will be his first wife - just based on this point alone, he absolutely won't dislike you! Since that's the case, Mother guarantees she'll teach you how to make him dizzy with love!"

  As for this, the former Song family's grandmother and current Princess of Hengshan was full of confidence, "Men are like that, they only have so much thought! You're my own flesh and blood, how could I not teach you everything?"

  Song Yi smiled with a slightly red face, opened her mouth but didn't make a sound.

  Wei Mengying didn't think much of it, a proper lady among the inner chambers, always felt embarrassed when bringing up this topic: "Don't be shy and not listen! This woman relies on her father and brothers in her natal family, after marriage she relies entirely on her husband - no matter how powerful her natal family is, if she still relies on them after marriage, even if she appears to be living a glorious life, deep down it's all heart-wrenching tears!"

  Never mind what kind of person your husband is, as long as you're his wife for a day, you have to win him over and make him happy, or else you'll never have a good life!

  "The first thing to guard against is a concubine!" Wei Mengying spat out her tea, and seriously brainwashed her daughter, "What tolerance and magnanimity without jealousy - these words are just for show, anyone who really believes them is an idiot! If you like someone, even if they just glance at someone else, you'll feel uncomfortable in your heart! Let alone taking a proper concubine to serve him?"

  "Even if you don't like him, he's your husband. You can't let someone else take him away! Otherwise, even if he's not the kind of person who favors his concubine over his wife, a wife who has lost favor will have no face inside or out. Not to mention that without favor there are no children, and without children, you'll still be watching as your husband's illegitimate son inherits the family business and takes care of his mother."

  "It's good that the illegitimate child has a conscience by then. If he doesn't, he'll have to suffer the bitter consequences!"

  "Wei Mengying's words were heavy with emotion, 'So you must coax Jian Gongye well and try to make him not take a concubine, dote on you alone!'"

  If the daughter really doesn't behave, she has a way, "Turn back and give you a few medical prescriptions, grab the medicine and feed those vixens, guaranteeing they die naturally without leaving any clues!"

  In order to let her daughter continue her own glory of giving birth to a son, Wei Mengying was also worried, "In the first two years, my mother sent someone to search for the secret recipe for giving birth to a son. There were several effective ones, and your younger brother came from one of them - when you get married, bring it with you, as long as you have a son, the backyard will be quiet again, and the elders can also be dealt with!"

  At this point, he couldn't help but feel a little indignant. "If I had been able to have a son back in the Song family, there wouldn't be any place for that old thing from the Pang family to speak!"

  Before Song Yixiao could comfort her, she coldly sneered, "But isn't it true that your father still doesn't have a son to this day? It's clear that the Song family's ancestors didn't accumulate virtue and only know how to blame their daughters-in-law for not being filial!"

  You just said that it was because of the accumulated virtues of the Song family ancestors that I am still alive today!

  Song Yi Xiao maintained a well-behaved posture and thought silently: "I just want to get through this!"

  Do you want to give me a long experience now?