allonlinenovel Chapter 39: Yunshuang is getting married, the marriage is finalized
Chapter 39: Yunshuang is getting married, the marriage is finalized
Song Qingwan seemed to have heard something out of this world. Was she going to be taken away for investigation just because she was passing by?
"Please don't misunderstand Miss Song. The coroner who worked for me has returned to his hometown, so I dared to ask Miss Song for help."
Song Qingwan understood, but was this appropriate for her, an unmarried girl?
Shen Jingyi saw Song Qingwan's concerns, and he also knew that this request was a bit abrupt, but the victim was the son of a noble family in the capital, so one can imagine the pressure of solving the case.
"How about this, I won't go on the errand. If there's anything I can help with, Lord Shen, just come find me."
"Thank you very much, Miss Song." Shen Jingyi bowed and returned the greeting.
Song Qingwan pulled Chunya, who had been afraid to open her eyes, back, and the two soon disappeared in the crowd.
"What a remarkable woman!" Shen Jingyi exclaimed.
After Song Qingwan left, Shen Jingyi ordered his men to carry the corpse back to the yamen for a thorough investigation.
"Miss, you are so brave, aren't you afraid of death?"
"What's so scary? It's just a pile of skin. When a person dies, it's like a light goes out. The dead won't turn into a ghost and jump up to hit you."
Human hearts are much scarier than ghosts. Song Qingwan feels that dead people are cuter than living people.
As soon as Song Qingwan and her companion returned home, they heard a quarrel. They followed the sound and found that several unfamiliar women were quarreling loudly.
"What's so great about your Song family? Are you bullying people just like that?"
"How is the illegitimate daughter of the Song family more noble than the eldest son of our Meng family?"
"That's right. No matter how noble she is, she is still born to a concubine! Why do you look down on me?"
"Everyone, please be patient, let's sit down and discuss this properly."
Song Qingwan didn't want to get involved, but she seemed to hear her mother's voice arguing, so she hurried forward to find out what was going on.
"Mother, what's going on?"
"Wan'er, these are people from the Meng family. They are here to propose marriage and ask to marry Yunshuang." It can be seen that Pang Shi is having a headache.
"Where's Song Yunshuang? Why doesn't she come out?"
Song Qingwan looked around but didn't see Song Yunshuang. Faced with such a ferocious woman, Pang Shi was indeed helpless.
"Alas, she heard that the Meng family was coming, and she didn't even want to see them."
"Does she mean not to marry? This is what the eldest princess wants."
"My mother tried to persuade her, but she wouldn't listen and refused to agree."
Song Qingwan knew that Song Yunshuang would not be willing to marry the son of a sixth-rank official, but would her resistance be useful?
"Is this the eldest daughter of the prime minister's family?" asked one of the women who looked quite kind.
"Yes, may I know what this lady's name is?" Song Qingwan said in a very friendly manner.
“I am Fanyu’s mother, the lady of the Meng family, and you are polite, young lady.”
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. When Mrs. Meng saw that Song Qingwan was so kind, she felt too embarrassed to make trouble anymore.
"Ladies, please take a seat. My mother is not in good health. Please tell me if you have any requests."
In fact, it was not that Pang Shi couldn't handle it, but because of Pang Shi's background, she had never seen such a common woman, so she didn't know how to respond for a while.
Song Qingwan understood it very well. To deal with such people, she should use courtesy first and then force. As long as they are unreasonable, she just needs to be more shameless than them.
"Hmph, we dare not. Our Meng family is, after all, a relative of the Prime Minister's Mansion. You haven't even had a cup of tea for half an hour. Is this how you, the Song family, entertain guests?" The woman who spoke had a fierce face and looked like a tough character.
Song Qingwan curled her lips indifferently. She could even plot to kill a scoundrel like Wu, so how could she be afraid?
"Then you guys just go out and talk. Ladies, please do as you please!" Song Qingwan threw the teacup on the table, with a cold face as if to chase them away.
When Mrs. Meng saw that Song Qingwan was really angry, she quickly suppressed the fat lady and said nice things to her.
"Miss, calm down. This is Fan Yu's aunt. She has a bad temper."
"I'm not afraid of other people's bad tempers. If you don't believe me, let's try it!"
"You..." The fat lady saw that her aggressive tactics didn't work, and she immediately lost her arrogance.
Song Qingwan suddenly felt some sympathy for Song Yunshuang. With a family like this, with the sister-in-law and the daughter-in-law mixed up together, she would definitely not have a good life if she married into the family.
However, this sympathy was only a momentary thing. Thinking that Song Yunshuang would be tortured in the future, Song Qingwan felt comfortable.
"Baocui, go and inform the second young lady. If she doesn't go out, my mother and I will set a date for her wedding."
"Yes, ma'am."
Pang Shi finally came to her senses. She held Song Qingwan's hand with a worried look on her face.
Song Qingwan shook her head gently to indicate that it was okay, Song Yunshuang would definitely come, and it was not up to her whether to marry or not.
Sure enough, after a while, Song Yunshuang limped over, with hatred in her eyes almost bursting out.
"Second sister is finally here. Today, mother and I will decide on the wedding date for you and the Meng family."
"I won't marry, I'll marry you! I'm the daughter of the prime minister's mansion, who the hell is that Meng Fanyu? He's not worthy of me!"
"Shuang'er! Don't talk nonsense. Your marriage is decided by the eldest princess. Do you want to disobey her?"
Pang Shi was also angry, with coldness in her eyes. Could she blame others for this? It was Song Yunshuang herself who did it.
"Our Meng family is a family of officials after all. The second young lady has spoken ill of our Fan Yu and has slandered her husband before she even got married. She really needs to be disciplined." Mrs. Meng was a lady from an official family after all, and she was almost fainted by Song Yunshuang.
In the end, Song Yunshuang's objection was ineffective, and the wedding date was set for next month. The betrothal gifts and dowry were paid half a month later. Now, no matter how capable Song Yunshuang was, she could not escape.
Song Yunshuang was locked in the room all day long. She did nothing but smash things and cry, but no one paid any attention to her. Even Jiang Shi just lived her life quietly with her son.
Song Qingwan had even less time to deal with Song Yunshuang because Shen Jingyi really came to her house.
At this moment, Song Qingwan was sitting on a chair, and Shen Jingyi was sitting opposite her, looking into each other's eyes.
In the end, Shen Jingyi took the lead in breaking the awkward atmosphere.
"Well... I'm a bit abrupt, I hope Miss Song will understand, it's really..."
"Could it be that Lord Shen hasn't found the cause of death yet?" Song Qingwan exposed mercilessly.
"I'm so ashamed. I found several coroners, but none of them could find anything wrong. It's really strange, but the family of the deceased insisted that it was not suicide, so..."
"It can be seen that Lord Shen is having a hard time. I wonder where the body is now?"
Song Qingwan noticed that Shen Jingyi had dark circles under his eyes and his face was covered with stubble. He must have suffered a lot of torture.
"To be honest, the body is still in the backyard of the Dali Temple. Miss Song, please take a look..."
"Lead the way, Lord Shen." Song Qingwan stood up and walked out.
"This is…"
"Aren't you going to perform an autopsy? Then hurry up!"
"Hey, hey, please, miss, the carriage is waiting outside the door."
Shen Jingyi didn't care about the difference between men and women, he grabbed Song Qingwan's sleeve and pulled her out, fearing that he would regret it if he was slow.