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Song Qingning looked blank, as if she knew nothing about it.

"You didn't receive the letter I sent you?" The confidence on Madam Liu's face vanished.

More than ten days ago, she sent a letter to Song Qingning, instructing her to use her military merits to petition for Yan'er to be granted the title of county princess.

In this battle at Youcheng in the southern border, the Great Jing Dynasty achieved a great victory.

The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement, and there would be no more fighting in the southern border for the next few years.

This means that Song Qingning will have no chance to earn military merit again.

This is the only chance to elevate Yan'er's status to its peak.

"A letter? What letter?" Song Qingning was still clueless.

Lady Liu firmly believed that Song Qingning would not dare to deceive her.

"There must have been a mishap during the delivery, but it's okay, we can still make it in time."

"Go to the palace now and see the Emperor. Tell him that you will use your military merits to petition for your cousin to be granted the title of County Princess."

Liu's attitude was firm. Seeing that Song Qingning didn't move, she grabbed her wrist urgently, "Come with me!"

Even if Song Qingning has to kneel in the palace and beg, she will still plead for the title of county princess for Yan'er.

But even though she held onto Song Qingning, she couldn't budge her an inch.

"It's too late," Song Qingning suddenly said.

None of the people present had truly grasped the meaning behind that phrase, "It's too late."

A palace servant shouted from outside the door, "The imperial edict has arrived!"

Everyone in the hall went out and knelt down to await the imperial decree.

……

Song Qingyan rushed to the front yard, just as the procession announcing the imperial decree arrived.

She dressed up carefully in a gorgeous gown and knelt at the very front of the crowd.

The one who came to deliver the imperial edict was Eunuch Gao, who was standing next to the emperor.

"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Lady Song Qingning, a woman of outstanding talent and remarkable military achievements, is a model for the women of our Great Jing..."

The imperial edict lavishly praised Song Qingning's military achievements, which Song Qingyan found particularly grating.

But she endured it.

The imperial edict praising Song Qingning to the heavens was utterly meaningless.

The children of the second wife are as lowly as mud; a single word from the first wife can reduce them to their original state.

The title of county princess is the most real honor.

"General Song's women's battalion made the greatest contribution in the Battle of Youcheng. Therefore, General Song is hereby awarded three thousand taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, one hundred acres of fertile land, ten bushels of pearls, ten bolts of brocade, and a number of pearls and jade..."

"General Song, please accept the imperial decree."

After reading the imperial edict, Eunuch Gao walked past the richly dressed woman kneeling at the front and handed the edict to Song Qingning, smiling as he said:

"His Majesty instructed this old servant to tell General Song that the rewards you requested for the other female soldiers in the Women's Battalion will be delivered to their residences one after another."

Song Qingning accepted the imperial decree and said, "Thank you for your great kindness, Your Majesty."

Song Qingyan: "..."

Imperial edict...that's all?

The gifts were all in the form of gold and silver; what about her title of county princess?

Song Qingyan turned to look at Madam Liu.

Liu assured her firmly that she would request the title of County Princess for her, establish an ancestral hall for her, include her in the family genealogy, and grant her unparalleled glory.

Liu seemed to wake up suddenly and quickly got up.

"Wrong, wrong, we don't want these rewards. Qingning is of lowly status. Her military merits this time are meant to petition the Marquis's eldest daughter to be granted the title of County Princess. Could you please trouble Your Majesty to change it..."

Altering the imperial edict?

Eunuch Gao's face suddenly darkened.

"General Song was personally appointed by the Emperor. She is the only female general besides Empress Meng from back then. You say she has a lowly status?"

He then gave Liu a cold glance. "Altering the imperial edict? The Yongning Marquis's mansion wants to question the Emperor's grace?"

The people from the Marquis's mansion kneeling on the ground broke out in a cold sweat.

Madam Lu quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Father-in-law, please calm down. My sister-in-law was impulsive and didn't mean it that way. The Emperor values ​​Qingning highly, and the entire Yongning Marquis's mansion is grateful for His Majesty's boundless grace."

Grandpa Gao remembered Madam Lu.

Lu Taifu's daughter was a close friend of Empress Meng before she was married.

One was a scholar, the other a warrior; both were exemplary ladies of noble birth in the capital.

Unfortunately, after Lu got married, she never appeared in the public eye again.

I heard that she has been bedridden for many years, and her sister-in-law is in charge of the household affairs in the Marquis's mansion.

Out of consideration for Madam Lu and Song Qingning, Eunuch Gao did not pursue the matter further.

After Eunuch Gao left, everyone in the Marquis's mansion was still shaken, except for Madam Liu, who was burning with rage.

How dare Madam Lu call her reckless!

Liu glared at Lu with resentment, but she couldn't lash out at Lu in front of the clan elders.

He could only angrily rebuke Song Qingning: "Song Qingning, how can you be so selfish? You worked so hard to earn military merit, and you're using it to seek out these mundane things like gold and silver treasures for yourself, without thinking about the overall situation of the Marquis's mansion at all."

Song Qingning sneered inwardly.

Is it selfish not to lay out the flesh and blood for Song Qingyan to consume?

From then on, she will only become more "selfish" towards them!

Song Qingning feigned grievance, "Mother misunderstood me. I didn't know that Mother wanted me to use my military merits to exchange for the title of county princess for my cousin. Now that I know, it's not too late to exchange for my cousin next time I get military merits."

"Not too late?" Madam Liu's face darkened.

Yan'er had reached marriageable age, and she originally planned to have Song Qingning use his military merits to ask the Emperor to bestow upon Yan'er the title of County Princess.

With the title of county princess, Yan'er's marriage prospects were no longer limited to ordinary officials' families.

Yan'er has a chance to become a member of a noble family, a royal concubine, or even a princess.

Lady Liu dared not reveal her inner thoughts.

This is because Yan'er is still bound by her marriage contract with the Jiang family.

Thinking of the marriage agreement, Madam Liu felt even more agitated. She glared fiercely at Song Qingning, "Next time? The border is safe now. When will I ever get another chance to earn military merit?"

A sharp pain shot through Song Qingning's right leg as memories of her past life flooded back.

The border is stable, and there will be no more wars in the next few years.

Therefore, after Song Qingyan was granted the title of county princess in her previous life, Liu Shi, seeing that she was no longer useful, devised a plan to cripple her right leg.

The bone in his right leg was fractured, and due to a mistake during treatment, even after it healed, it was noticeably shorter.

She became crippled and married into the Jiang family in place of Song Qingyan, enduring endless cold stares and mistreatment.

Song Qingning's voice suddenly turned cold, "Mother complains about the long wait. Eunuch Gao shouldn't have gone far. Why don't you invite him back and ask His Majesty to change the imperial edict?"

Liu's face turned pale.

The clan elders immediately rebuked Liu: "Liu, altering the imperial edict is such a treasonous act, it must not be mentioned again."

"His Majesty has bestowed so many rewards upon Qingning, which shows how much he values ​​her. What Eunuch Gao said earlier is right. Qingning is the only female general after Empress Meng. I believe that even if there is no war on the border, Qingning will be able to make meritorious contributions in other places."

"Yes, it's not too late to ask for the title of County Princess for Qingyan then."

A feeling of pent-up frustration welled up in Liu's chest.

She didn't want Song Qingning to have any glory.

But now the imperial edict cannot be changed.

She didn't want to suffer a loss.

Seeing Song Qingyan's dimmed eyes, Madam Liu felt extremely distressed. She also noticed the chests and boxes of gold, silver, pearls, and jade displayed in the courtyard.

Lady Liu wanted to compensate Yan'er, saying, "Song Qingning, these things bestowed by the Emperor will not go into your private treasury."

Song Qingning nodded: "It won't go into my private treasury."

Liu wanted to put the rewards directly into Song Qingyan's private treasury, but with the clan elders present, she still had to maintain some decorum, so she said, "Put them all into the main house's treasury."

She was in charge of the household affairs, and she also had the key to the main storeroom.

All these rewards will be given to Yan'er as her dowry, making her proud.

"I'll listen to my mother," Song Qingning said, lowering her eyes.

Entering the main storeroom, everything belongs to the main storeroom.

It won't be so easy for Liu to use this on her two children!

She now has another important matter to attend to.

Song Qingning looked at the clan elders and said, "Since all the uncles are here today, let's open the ancestral hall and start working on the clan genealogy."