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Chapter 184 Song Ning Learns the Truth

With the queen-exclusive personal token that Song Qianning had given her, Song Qianxue entered the palace unimpeded.

Without waiting for the guards to report, Song Qianxue directly asked Shiyou and others to subdue the guards at the gate, and she quickly rushed into Fengyi Palace.

Song Qianning, who was about to go to bed, heard the noise, came out and saw that it was her elder sister, and walked towards her happily.

"Big sister, you're back. I missed you so much. I..."

Song Qianxue did not respond to her words, but just slapped Song Qianning.

The sudden slap stunned Song Qianning. When the palace maids and eunuchs saw someone attacking the Queen, they stepped forward to take down Song Qianxue, but were stopped by Song Qianning.

"What do you want to do? Stop it, everyone. Get out of here..."

Mumei quickly asked everyone to leave, leaving them some space alone.

Song Qianning touched her face and asked aggrievedly: "Big sister, why did you hit me?"

Song Qianxue's eyes were red, and she gritted her teeth and said: "Why did I hit you? Don't you know? Because you deserve to be beaten! I'm hitting you, the unfilial daughter..."

"Unfilial daughter?? What did I do?? Why do you say that to me??"

"My second brother and second sister-in-law are dead, and my grandmother died on the spot due to excessive grief. When they were buried today, you, as a granddaughter and a younger sister, stayed in your Fengyi Palace with peace of mind, without even showing your face..."

"Wait a minute, big sister, what are you talking about? Grandmother and second brother? Dead?"

Song Qianning's eyes widened in disbelief. There must be something wrong with her ears. She just heard that her grandmother and second brother... died? ?

"Don't tell me you don't know. It's such a big thing. If you don't know, is it impossible for the emperor to know? The emperor used this as an excuse a long time ago to order father and elder brother to send troops to Beilin..."

"I don't know, I really don't know, no one told me, I really don't know anything, I wrote a letter to my family a few days ago, why didn't they tell me? Why didn't anyone tell me?"

Song Qianning was a little incoherent. She couldn't believe why such a big thing happened and no one told her, not even the emperor.

Wait! The Emperor! It must be the Emperor. The Emperor concealed it on purpose. If he hadn't ordered the people in the harem to keep their mouths shut, how could she, a queen, not know what happened in her own family?

"Your Majesty, why did he hide it from me? How could he hide it from me? Just to let my father and elder brother attack Beilin? Just because he was afraid that I would object if I knew? Why did he have to invade other people's land? Why can't he just stop? Once a war breaks out, how many families will lose their loved ones, and my mother will continue to worry about the safety of my father and elder brother. Why doesn't the emperor understand?"

Song Qianning hated Murong Jingchu's ambition. Did invading other people's homes make him so happy?

For his own desires, he even hid the death of her family from her. How could he do this to her?

Song Qianxue finally understood what the prince said. The emperor's ambition would lead everyone to an irretrievable situation.

At that time, she and the prince stayed away from the capital because she was afraid that the emperor would mind that the prince was the emperor.

Song Qianxue didn't expect that after she and the prince had been hiding for so many years, in the end it was the Song family that could not escape the emperor's ambition.

"Alas! Father is gone too..."

Song Qianning's eyes widened and her heart contracted when her mumbling was interrupted, and she took a few steps back in pain.

"What do you mean by gone? What do you mean gone? I don't understand what you mean? Big sister, are you kidding me?"

Song Qianxue choked up and said, "A few hours ago, my father's coffin was sent back to the Marquis' Mansion. My mother has been hit hard and is now at the end of her strength. I'm so afraid that she can't hold on..."

Song Qianning didn't say anything else, and dragged Song Qianxue out of the palace gate. She wanted to go back to the Marquis' Mansion, home...

The two of them ran all the way without stopping. When they reached the palace gate, Shi You handed the reins to Song Qianxue.

Song Qianxue climbed onto the horse and pulled Song Qianning. After Song Qianning sat down, the two of them rode away...

As soon as she arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, Song Qianning immediately dismounted and ran straight to the front hall. Her mother was still leaning against the coffin in front of the mourning hall.

Song Qianning knelt down and walked step by step to the coffin, reaching out to touch it.

"Father, how could you leave us alone?"

Song Qianning burst into tears. She thought that ten years ago, the Marquisate had escaped the late emperor's imperial power and saved their lives, but she didn't expect that ten years later, they would still lose their lives because of the imperial power.

Imperial power is indeed something that harms others and oneself. Does Murong Jingchu still remember his indifferent attitude towards everything back then? Perhaps he has already forgotten it completely?

There is no man in the Marquis' Mansion except for the women. As the son-in-law of the Marquis' Mansion, Prince Rui devotes all his efforts to handling all the funeral affairs of Marquis Zhenbei.

Whenever the civil and military officials who came to pay their respects wanted to pay their respects to the empress who was keeping vigil, they would ask Song Qianning to stop them and tell them to just burn incense for their father and not to bother with her.

During this period, the emperor also came to the Marquis' Mansion, but Song Qianning did not want to lose her temper in front of her father's spirit.

She just told Murong Jingchu that she would not return to the palace in the near future and just wanted to spend more time with her mother.

Murong Jingchu knew that hiding the matter of the Marquis' Mansion made the Queen unhappy, so he did not force her to return to the palace.

I thought that once the Marquis's funeral was over, the Queen would return to the palace.

Today, we received a military report from Song Chengyan, saying that a city has been captured on the front line. Song Chengyan also mentioned in the letter that Emperor Beilin proposed peace talks.

He concealed the fact for his own selfish reasons and told the court ministers that the Beilin Kingdom had refused to admit its mistakes. He then ordered Song Chengyan to continue the attack and capture the second city within five days.

He must take advantage of this excellent opportunity and do his best to take down Bei Lin. If the officials knew that Bei Lin proposed peace talks.

Those old stubborn people will start to oppose him to continue attacking Beilin. If the opposition in the court is too strong, it will not be a good thing for him to be in power in the future...

Song Qianning has been staying in the Marquis' Mansion for the past ten days. In just one month, many white hairs have appeared on Jiang's head.

Since the burial of the marquis, Jiang suddenly became like a different person and became busy. She even asked her daughter-in-law's midwife every day whether everything was ready.

Song Qianning and Song Qianxue looked at this and were very worried, but Jiang always smiled and said that the dead could not be changed, and the living must always look forward.

Song Qianning looked at her mother pretending to check the accounts seriously, and she said: "Big sister, I am a little scared when I see mother like this."

"Third brother hasn't come back yet. It's hard to get information at sea. I don't know where they are now. It would be great if third brother could come back."

Song Qianxue asked the prince yesterday if he could send a letter to his third brother. He said it depends on whether his third brother is still at sea.

"I heard that Big Brother has captured three more cities in the past ten days..."

Song Qianxue sighed: "I don't know when it will end. Why is Bei Lin so stubborn? He has already lost four cities, but he still won't bow his head and negotiate peace."

Song Qianning had a bad feeling. According to what her sister-in-law said, her brother had been away for almost a month. Why didn't he write a letter home?

Thinking about how the emperor had concealed the truth from her and done it so perfectly, she couldn't help but suspect that this was again the emperor's doing.

She must verify it with her elder brother in person...