Song Chaoyu did not know if there was anyone else behind Song Yanyan.
However, she considered that nowadays, she might not need so many people to deal with.
So she just stared at Song Yanyan, who was kneeling there, her eyes seeming to hold a great deal of indifference: "No matter what you say now, it cannot be changed. Your life did not become worse because of me. Therefore, I have no reason to bear all this that you have brought upon me."
Song Chaoyu's calmness made Song Yanyan, who was originally fearless, suddenly become afraid: "What do you want to do?! What do you intend to do to me?! I am also a daughter of the Song family! I am your elder sister!"
Song Chaoyu looked at the old madam. The old madam's intention was very clear: "We will report you to the authorities, and you will receive the punishment you deserve."
"No! You can't!"
Song Yanyan screamed: "You cannot report me to the authorities! I am also a daughter of the Song family, you cannot send me to prison! My husband is the son of the prefect's scribe, he will protect me!"
Mad.
Song Chaoyu's only feeling was that Song Yanyan was probably mad.
Why did she think they would let her go?
Song Yanyan's eyes were fixed on Song Chaoyu: "You didn't die, did you?! You are still alive, aren't you?! Why do you want to send me to the authorities? No, no! You cannot do this to me!"
The roar made her entire face lose its original appearance, becoming somewhat terrifying.
Song Chaoyu merely sighed softly: "When you poisoned me, did you ever think that I was a daughter of the Song family, and we were also sisters? Since you did not think of me and insisted on putting me to death, why should I spare your life?"
Understanding the old madam's thoughts, Song Chaoyu also became decisive.
She suddenly looked at Song Chaozong and Ning Shi, who were restlessly pacing outside: "Since things have come to this, either the entire Song family is preserved by abandoning you, or you are preserved, but the entire Song family will be slandered or even face legal trouble. What do you think they will do?"
Song Yanyan, who had retained her last shred of stubbornness, suddenly burst into tears after Song Chaoyu's words—
She knew better than anyone how Song Chaozong and Ning Shi would choose.
They would rather drag this broken Song family along than let the Song family finally collapse in their hands!
Song Yanyan's eyes were red, and tears fell like broken strings.
She kept shaking her head, and the last bit of reason she maintained also collapsed at this moment: "No! Don't! Fourth sister, I was just blinded by jealousy! I shouldn't have hated you! But on the first day you arrived, you were so glorious and dignified! And me? I married someone who made the whole of Jiangzhou laugh at me! Fourth sister, I didn't mean to, and I couldn't control myself!"
Tears streamed down her face: "I don't understand, why can you be the Princess of Ning, while a woman like me can only stay in Jiangzhou forever, guarding a ridiculous husband and in-laws, and live a lonely life? In the past, I was the most glorious girl in the Song family, and everyone had to flatter me. But after you came, I was no longer that person! Fourth sister, I was wrong, I was really wrong! You are fine now, aren't you? Fourth sister, spare me, okay?"
Song Yanyan looked very pitiful like this.
But in Song Chaoyu's eyes, there was no trace of pity.
In fact, apart from coldness, there was nothing else: "If I had died at your hands, you probably wouldn't have felt you did anything wrong. Your admission of guilt now is not because you know you were wrong, but because you don't want to go to prison. What is the meaning of such an admission?"
Song Chaoyu's words not only stunned Song Yanyan but also surprised the First Madam and the old madam.
No one expected that this illegitimate daughter, raised on a manor since childhood, could say such things!
Everyone had to admit that Song Chaoyu was right.
Although her words were a bit cold, she was right.
Song Yanyan was not sincerely admitting her mistake, and there was no room for negotiation in this matter.
—
The old madam finally sighed, then opened the door and said to Song Chaozong, who had been eavesdropping outside, "I still say the same thing, how this matter is handled depends on your decision. If you still want to keep Song Yanyan, then the entire Song family of Jiangzhou will have to be buried with her!"
Perhaps at this moment, Song Chaozong and Ning Shi realized that Song Chaoyu was not as easy to deal with as she appeared on the surface!
And the old madam's outwardly peaceful demeanor had completely collapsed.
Song Chaozong even began to feel fortunate that Song Chaoyu was still alive!
Otherwise, he absolutely believed that the old madam would do many things to make their Jiangzhou Song family be buried with Song Chaoyu, and perhaps cease to exist from then on.
"No! I don't want to go to prison!"
Only then did Song Yanyan realize her fear. She knelt and went towards Song Chaozong: "My husband is the son of the Jiangzhou prefect's scribe! You cannot send me to prison!"
Song Chaozong shook his head, then turned away, not wanting to look at the pleading Song Yanyan: "Guards! Take her to the prefect's yamen! This matter must be thoroughly investigated to give Fourth Miss an explanation, and to give the old madam an explanation!"
"No! Don't!"
Song Yanyan's shrill cry rang out: "You cannot send me away! I don't want to go to prison! He will come to save me, you cannot succeed! I will come back properly! I will show you all!"
Whether it was too frightened or because her last line of defense had collapsed, she shouted these words at Song Chaoyu.
Song Chaoyu calmly watched as the strong maids and servants stepped forward to restrain Song Yanyan, and then said to Song Yanyan: "It seems your husband has not appeared for these two days. Even if he hasn't heard the news, you haven't returned home for two days, shouldn't he be anxious and look for you? But he hasn't appeared, and his family hasn't appeared. Don't you know better than anyone what this means?"
Song Chaoyu's tone was light, but she spoke the cruelest truth: "So they have probably given up on you long ago, or rather, they never took you to heart from the beginning. Your current clamor is just a final struggle. Are you giving yourself courage, or do you want to scare us?"
Song Chaoyu's words could be described as "piercing the heart."
They made Song Yanyan unable to even continue her final frenzy.
She struggled for a moment, and after hearing Song Chaoyu's words, her entire body suddenly relaxed.
She allowed the servants and maids to drag her out, and everyone knew that her life was completely over!