She burst into tears and threw herself into Wei Tingyu’s arms.
But she heard Wei Tingyu stammer, “Don’t blame my sister, she’s doing this for our good! Think about it, even if we got that load of silver notes back, do you think my sister would take even half a tael of silver? It would all be yours…”
Dou Ming stared at her husband with her mouth open, tears still glistening on her cheeks.
Meanwhile, Madam Wang Junior, exhausted from the day, was sitting at her dressing table removing her makeup when she saw her husband stumble in, clearly seven or eight parts drunk.
She quickly stood up to help her husband lie down on the large kang bed by the window, then personally poured him a cup of hot tea before preparing to continue removing her makeup.
Unexpectedly, her husband grabbed her hand and asked about the bride with a smile.
After all, Song Mo had almost become his brother-in-law!
Madam Wang Junior couldn’t help but laugh and began to tell Wang Qinghuai about Song Mo’s foolish behavior in the bridal chamber, exaggerating a bit.
Wang Qinghuai suddenly sat up, sobering up six or seven parts instantly. His previously hazy eyes became sharp and keen: “What did you say? Song Yantan let the bride’s attendants arrange things?”
This was a way of showing respect to the bride’s family.
Madam Wang Junior was startled and said, “What’s wrong? I’m not making up stories about Young Master Song. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Third Master Zhang. Third Madam Zhang was there too, and so was Elder Madam Lu.”
Wang Qinghuai fell silent and sat there in a daze.
Madam Wang Junior looked very anxious and after a while, she cautiously asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”
Wang Qinghuai gave a bitter laugh and said, “This Song Yantan is something! It’s a good thing my sister didn’t marry him, otherwise she might have been skinned alive if not killed outright!” He sighed deeply and lamented, “In the future, whoever marries their daughter to the Song family to be Song Yantan’s stepmother would be a fool!”
Madam Wang Junior didn’t understand.
But Wang Qinghuai said, “These things are in the past now, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. But there’s one thing I must tell you: either don’t associate with that Dou woman at all or if you do, you must be very careful and never offend her!”
Madam Wang Junior was even more puzzled.
But she always treated her husband’s words as golden rules. Seeing her husband lie down, she didn’t ask any more questions and kept his words in her heart.
Wang Qinghuai closed his eyes but couldn’t fall asleep.
Song Yantan, he’s daring!
Not only did he fool the Emperor and Empress, but he also dug a pit for his father to fall into, and even their Wang family couldn’t escape being used as his “helpers.”
Judging by Duke Ying’s behavior today, it seemed he hadn’t noticed yet.
This was still because of the character for “filial piety,” which gave Duke Ying the moral high ground. If not for this “filial piety,” what kind of fate would Duke Ying face…
He couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart.
He wondered if the Dou sisters’ switched marriages had anything to do with Song Mo.
Otherwise, how could things have worked out so conveniently?