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Chapter 30: Alarming the Snake
Tang Ming handed his younger brother to the wet nurse and sat by the bed, embroidering a handkerchief while waiting for his mother to wake up.

After An woke up, she saw her daughter whom she hadn't seen for a year. She felt like she had found her backbone again. She was happy and aggrieved at the same time, and couldn't help but shed tears.

Tang Ming personally wiped his mother's tears with a handkerchief. "Crying after giving birth is a sign of illness. Mother, please take care of yourself."

"How can I not cry? Listen to what people say about me outside. What have I done wrong?" An said aggrievedly, "That little bitch set me up. When your father comes back, I don't know how he will punish me."

"I advised mother not to touch Song's dowry. Even if she wanted to, she should wait until Tang Zhao died. Mother was bewitched by her natal family and refused to listen to her. What's going on now?" Tang Ming said gently, "The An family has put all the blame on mother. Mother is isolated and helpless. Even grandmother is angry with her."

When An heard that the old lady had never come to see her from beginning to end, she felt even more aggrieved.

"Thank goodness, mother gave birth to a younger brother this time. He is both legitimate and the eldest. When he grows up, please make him the crown prince. Then mother's hard work will be over."

Tang Ming patiently persuaded her for a long time before An finally stopped crying. She served her mother a bowl of porridge and fell asleep again. Tang Ming then left and asked Aunt Zhao, who had been waiting by her side, "How is the county lady doing?"

Nanny Zhao said respectfully, "I have been staying at Prince Xuan's Mansion and have never left the house." She hesitated, "Recently, the maidservants around the county lady have been frequently going to Yudaifang to buy sweet soup, every day."

"Oh?" Tang Ming walked down the steps and looked at the willow tree in the yard with new branches. "The county lady likes to eat it, so it must be excellent. Buy me a bowl tomorrow to try it."

Nanny Zhao agreed and followed her to tell her everything that had happened in the mansion during this period in detail before going back to take care of An.

Tang Ming was tired after a day of work and insisted on sorting out the affairs in the mansion before he could go to bed.

The news that the wife of Duke Wei had given birth to a prince spread throughout Luoyang.

Tang Zhao used the excuse of being sick, fearing that his illness would pass on to the mother and baby, so he only sent someone to deliver a gift.

Tang Ming took it with a smile, asked about Tang Zhao's condition in detail, and gave him a lot of good medicine before letting him go.

"This county lady is too bold. Isn't she afraid that others will say she is unfilial?" Nanny Zhao frowned.

"The dowry incident has completely ruined my mother's reputation. The more reputable Princess Zhaoshan is for her kindness and righteousness, the more widespread the story of my stepmother's harsh treatment of the original wife's children has become." Tang Ming thought of himself being mocked and targeted by his brothers and sisters at his great-aunt's house and smiled faintly. "Now, we are begging her to show mercy and let us go."

"Not only can we not accuse her of being unfilial, but we should even help her turn things around," Tang Ming sighed. "Mother raised a tiger to harm her, and now the tiger doesn't want to bother with us. We should be happy."

Madam Zhao agreed with this.

"This sweet soup tastes really good. Buy a bowl every day from now on," Tang Ming put down the silver spoon and whispered, "Send private guards to watch over Yudai Lane."

"Old slave understands."

The next day, Zhaohui came to report that there were three more secret guards in Yudai Lane.

Tang Zhao was fishing by the lake with a fishhook. He had already set up the net and was just waiting for the fish to appear.

"Yu'er" paced around the room anxiously. Now that the second young lady and the old aunt had returned home, he dared not act as recklessly as before. But the day had come, and if he didn't send the money, how would the family survive?
After much hesitation, Tang Wen finally took the opportunity to go out on business, secretly changed a carriage, changed his clothes and put on a beard, and then went to Yudai Lane.

"Manager Tang went to Yudai Lane?" Tang Ming put down his needle and thread. Manager Tang was a loyal manager that his father needed in the front yard. How could there be any other reason for him to go to Yudai Lane, the famous Waishi Lane, in person?

"Did you see it clearly?" Tang Ming asked again and again.

"I followed him all the way and saw him take off his disguise and return to the Duke's Mansion through the side door. I will never make a mistake."

Tang Ming closed his eyes and said, "Go check! I want to see what kind of monsters are hiding in Yudai Alley!"

The private guard received the order and successfully got the family letter from Tang Zhao with the help of Chaohui, but it was the handwriting imitated by Bai Cheng and modified.

After reading the letter, Tang Ming trembled all over, out of anger and fear.

This is why Tang Zhao drank sweet soup every day. She knew it a long time ago!
"Second Miss, the Duke has a mistress and a son?" Madam Zhao was incredulous. "Then the young master won't be the eldest son!"

"I'm afraid I won't even be able to hold on to the throne of the Crown Prince."

The younger brother was only a few days old, and it was unknown whether he could grow up. There was a son who had grown up and followed his father to fight. Who would the father prefer?

Moreover, his mother had made such a huge mistake. If his father took this opportunity to depose his mother, welcome that woman into the mansion, and once again make his concubine his principal wife... Tang Ming simply didn't dare to think about it any further.

The only way now is to take preemptive action while my father is away.

A hint of viciousness flashed in Tang Ming's eyes.

That night, Song Qingyan was sitting under the lamp combing her long hair when a short arrow shot through the window paper and flew straight towards her. The nanny standing beside her reached out and pulled it aside like lightning.

The short arrow shot into the floor tiles, and the tail of the arrow kept trembling.

Song Qingyan's still charming face turned pale. She was surrounded by people and listened to the fighting outside which became increasingly fierce and then gradually became silent.

"Madam, the thief has been caught!" The guard standing outside the house reported.

"Miss, are you okay?" Song Qingyan asked hurriedly.

"Miss, you're fine."

"Is there anyone alive?"

"Everyone who came here is a death warrior. They all committed suicide by taking poison."

"Just deal with it!"

"Madam, would you like to stay at the farm for a while?" asked the nanny beside her.

"No need," Song Qingyan shook her head. The Duke would be back soon, and it would be even more unsafe for them to leave now.

Song Qingyan sent everyone away and sat in front of the mirror, thinking slowly.

Who wants to take her life?

An, or Tang Zhao?
No, An Shi doesn't have that brain. She has lived in Yudai Lane for ten years, and An Shi hasn't found any trace of her. It can't be An Shi.

That's that little bitch. Song Qingyan clenched her hands. She would no longer be as kind as she was before. This time she would definitely take the life of that little bitch!
A-choo! Tears welled up in Tang Zhao's eyes. Who was this wicked person who kept scolding her?
Tang Zhao sneezed all night and had a pair of panda eyes when he heard the news that Song Qingyan was assassinated.

Tang Zhao felt a sinking sensation on her back, as a huge black pot fell on her.

She cursed: "Tang Ming, you idiot!"

At the Duke of Wei's Mansion, Tang Ming, who had not slept all night after receiving the news, looked extremely haggard.

Even the personal guards were given to the concubine, which shows how important the concubine is in her father's heart. If they don't find a way to control the concubine, I'm afraid the three of them, mother and daughter, will not even have a place to stand in the Duke of Wei's Mansion.

Tang Ming bit his lip and wrote a letter in humiliation and sent it to Prince Xuan's Mansion.

Tang Zhao's reply contained only one sentence: On the day Duke Wei returned to Beijing, An personally welcomed Song Qingyan into the mansion as a concubine.

Tang Ming put the note close to the candle flame and burned it to ashes. His face turned pale and blue, and he finally made up his mind.

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