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He dismissed the servants and sent Chen's mother to keep watch outside.

Madam Lu got up, served food to Song Shiyin, and then served soup to Song Qingning.

She busied herself around the table, every movement extremely meticulous, as if trying to make amends.

Song Qingning noticed that there were tears welling up in her eyes beneath her forced smile.

"Mother!" Song Qingning said.

The voice was soft, yet it struck Lu's heart with tremendous force.

The tears in my eyes finally became uncontrollable.

"I'm sorry, Ning'er, A-Yin, I'm so sorry. I don't deserve to be a mother." Madam Lu's voice choked with sobs. She didn't know how to face her children. Her children should resent her, and she hated herself too.

"If only I had been more careful back then, I wouldn't have let her..."

Song Shiyin couldn't bear to see her blame herself. "Mother, Liu's repeated replacement of children must have been a meticulously planned scheme, impossible to guard against. Mother is also a victim."

Even though their mother didn't know the truth about the baby swap, she still treated them very well.

He didn't want to resent his mother.

The one who should be resented and hated is the culprit, Lady Liu.

Now that they know the truth, they are making the Liu family pay the price.

That's not all...

Song Shiyin thought about what Ning'er had told him about "that life," in which all four members of his family died tragically.

"We all need to live, that's the most important thing!" Song Shiyin said.

Song Qingning agreed with her brother.

To survive, one must face not only the Liu family, but also the people behind them.

The last time they followed her, they only learned that the person behind Liu might be related to the Duke of Shen's mansion, and then there was no further progress.

"We need to push them a little harder."

With Song Qingyan's marriage to Jiang Sheng now a fait accompli, Liu's only remaining hope is Song Mingtang.

If Song Mingtang were to get into trouble again, Liu would certainly not sit idly by and wait for her doom.

We must take action against Song Mingtang!

There's also Song Changsheng.

This second master of the Marquis's mansion was like a transparent person. He was indifferent to everyone, and he was not close to her and her brother, nor to Song Mingtang and Song Qingyan.

He probably didn't know about the baby swap.

However, she always had a bad feeling about Song Changsheng, so she had to be wary of him.

The following day, Song Qingning went to Cangling Pavilion.

Xie Xuanjin wasn't brewing tea; instead, he was looking at a scroll.

Song Qingning hadn't intended to disturb him, but then she heard him ask, "How's the tea-making practice going?"

Song Qingning: "It'll do."

It was probably impossible for the Prince of Huai to accept it.

He had previously said that he would see how well she was learning next time they met.

They met twice after that. Once, she asked him for poison, but it was too rushed that time and she didn't have time.

Another time was at Jinsheng Tower, when Prince Rui and Shen Yue were present, which was inappropriate.

"I am thirsty," Xie Xuanjin said.

Song Qingning: "..."

Should I have her brew tea?

Seeing him staring intently at the scroll without even lifting his eyelids, Song Qingning became curious about what he was looking at.

The thought flashed through my mind, but I suppressed it.

If it's classified, that's not something she should be curious about.

Song Qingning sat down and brewed tea.

In the secluded room, only the occasional clinking of teacups could be heard.

Soon, the aroma of tea filled the air.

Xie Xuanjin looked up at Song Qingning, whose technique seemed quite skilled.

Xie Xuanjin recalled a fragment from his dream.

In his dream, he was brewing tea, and a voice, seemingly coquettish, whispered in his ear, "If I could brew tea too, I'd definitely brew it better than you. What a pity..."

The sound ended with only endless desolation.

When he woke up, the word "what a pity" lingered in his mind and even caused him a sharp pain in his heart.

"Your Highness?"

Song Qingning presented the prepared tea to Xie Xuanjin.

The sound pulled Xie Xuanjin back to reality.

Xie Xuanjin looked at the face in front of him and felt somewhat dazed.

"Your Highness? Is my face... dirty?" Song Qingning touched her cheek.

"no."

Xie Xuanjin turned his gaze away, took the teacup, and as if to hide something, drank the tea in one gulp.

"How is it?" Song Qingning asked, looking at him.

Tense yet hopeful.

The Prince of Huai drank it in one gulp, which shows that it wasn't bad.

After swallowing a cup of tea, the aftertaste lingered in my mouth; the flavor wasn't particularly good.

It doesn't meet his requirements at all.

The tea soup foam was not fine enough, the steeping time was too short, and the water temperature was too high, all of which affected the quality of the tea soup and were unsatisfactory.

But the look in her eyes overlapped with the "what a pity" she uttered in her dream.

Xie Xuanjin lowered his eyes. "It's acceptable!"

Song Qingning knew that this was already a great compliment to the Prince of Huai.

This greatly boosted Song Qingning's confidence. "Is Your Highness still thirsty?"

Before Xie Xuanjin could answer.

"Your Highness has worked hard reading the scrolls; let me brew you another cup of tea."

Song Qingning happily went to grind the tea powder.

Xie Xuanjin opened his mouth, but seeing the relaxed smile on her face, he ultimately did not stop her.

A cup of tea was served, and Xie Xuanjin drank it very slowly this time.

"Your Highness, isn't it good?" Song Qingning asked tentatively.

"It's acceptable."

The same evaluation as before.

Song Qingning felt quite accomplished and wanted to brew another cup.

She was about to speak, only managing to utter the word "King," when Xie Xuanjin interrupted her, "I have something to show you."

Song Qingning: "..."

To her surprise, Xie Xuanjin took out a scroll and handed it to her.

Song Qingning took it.

Several things were recorded on the scroll.

Yesterday, after the results of the imperial examinations were announced, an old woman caused a scene at Donghua Gate, shouting "The imperial examinations are unfair!" She was arrested by the officials of the Prefect of the Capital.

The young woman beside the old woman pleaded for mercy, and the Prefect of the Capital arrested her as well.

Both of them were imprisoned.

Once in prison, the two men begged for mercy, claiming they had been instructed to "cause trouble." When asked who had instructed them, the young woman pushed out the bride from her household.

The Prefect of the Capital went to that household and imprisoned the "new bride" as well.

What a farce.

In her previous life, Song Qingning was implicated by that mother and daughter and was imprisoned for quite some time.

Later, the mother and daughter turned around and accused her, claiming that it was because of her that they were arrested and imprisoned.

Blame her!

Song Qingning smiled slightly.

In this life, it's Song Qingyan's turn to suffer all of that.

Song Qingning couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Are you happy?" Xie Xuanjin glanced at her.

"I'm so happy!"

She's happy that bad people get tormented by other bad people.

Then continue reading.

The second thing is about Jiang Sheng.

There is a lot of betting going on about "Jiang Sheng winning the championship", with many people placing bets on Jiang Sheng to take the top spot.

In the end, Jiang Sheng didn't even make the list; the bookmaker won all the bets, and everyone lost.

The gamblers who lost money were unwilling to accept it and blamed Jiang Sheng for their misery.

They searched everywhere for Jiang Sheng's whereabouts.

But Jiang Sheng seemed to have vanished into thin air.

"Disappeared into thin air? Did he go into hiding? Or is someone protecting him?" Song Qingning thought of Prince Rui.

She still didn't think that Prince Rui had taken a liking to Jiang Sheng.

"It's not necessarily that someone is protecting him; perhaps someone wants to take advantage of him," Xie Xuanjin said.

Song Qingning was still thinking of Prince Rui.

"Jin Yu Man Tang profited greatly from this bet. There were rumors that Jiang Sheng had been favored by Prince Rui, which made him the favorite to win."

"This outcome has angered the loser; Prince Rui must sever ties with Jiang Sheng!"

Song Qingning was curious about how Prince Rui planned to sever ties with Jiang Sheng.

But then Xie Xuanjin said:

"He not only wants to sever ties with Jiang Sheng, he has other motives!"