Chapter 120: Competing with the Princess for the Talented Scholar

  "Old lady, you're being a bit too deceitful, aren't you?" Song Tang said, struggling to get up, but ended up stumbling and falling to the ground.

  I was afraid he would get angry, and seeing him fall down made me even more shocked. I quickly went forward to help him up. He fell to the ground, still making "huffing" sounds as he inhaled cold air, but it was useless, and he just kept coughing nonstop.

  I was greatly startled, and hastily searched everywhere, in the confusion I finally found the menthol packet, and quickly handed it under his nose. He took a few fierce sniffs, and only then did he slightly calm down, but still made a "gurgling" sound from his throat, which was extremely unpleasant to hear.

  "Come, take the second young master back to Yihua Hall and invite a doctor!" The old lady was also afraid at first, but after seeing Song Tang calm down a bit, she instructed: "Take the second young madam to my Tongque Pavilion again, let her know what the rules of the Song family are."

  She looked at me, not with malice, but with helplessness: "Su'er, don't blame me for being heartless, I've already told you that if there's even a slight mistake, the Song family's punishment won't be lenient!"

  "Second Young Master's wife, this Second Young Master has gotten into some trouble, your life will be gone in an instant, how can you be so ignorant?!" The servant, Yin Cha, standing beside the Grand Lady, pointed at me and said: "Once bitten by a scorpion, forever wise. You must remember from now on, anything that happens in the Song household must first be reported to the Grand Lady!"

  I sensed that there was more to her words than just the fact that I had taken Song Tang out for a walk. Firstly, the old general's wife was extremely afraid of the old general seeing Song Tang walking in the garden; secondly, she was using this matter to accuse me of acting on my own authority.

  What was it that I did that she wasn't satisfied with and didn't agree to? Thinking back, it was just the matter of Hong Ling.

  Hong Ling was sent by her to Song Tang's house to gather information, and I unexpectedly intervened, letting Hong Ling follow Song Ming. And she must have thought that I knew about Hong Ling's pregnancy all along but didn't tell her, so she accused me of not serving Song Tang well as a crime?

  I watched Song Tang struggling and refusing to leave, wanting to come over and argue, but not daring to.

  I couldn't bear it in my heart, so I just nodded at him and said: "You go back first, I'm fine. Remember, when you're better, take good care of me!"