Chapter 296 - 296 Unyielding
296 Unyielding
“No, that’s not it.” Madam Beining hurriedly stood up to explain, but Lin Suisui clearly didn’t intend to say anything else to them. She stood up and slowly walked out of the door under the escort of Bai Guo and Yin Qiao.
When Madam Beining saw that Lin Suisui was about to leave, she panicked. She quickly took two steps forward and chased after Lin Suisui as she explained anxiously, “Madam, listen to me. It’s not that I want to be disrespectful to you, but I’ve always been a talkative person. She’s just too anxious. As a parent, it’s normal for her to lose control of her emotions in a moment of panic.
“Please be magnanimous and forgive her this time!”
“You’re looking for the wrong person.” Lin Suisui stopped and turned to look at Madam Beining. “As you know, I’m just a woman like you.
What you want is really beyond the limits of what I can help with.
“I think you should ask Marquis Beining to go to the Imperial City’s government office to ask my husband about the situation! That’ll be much more useful than you looking for me.”
Madam Beining didn’t expect Lin Suisui to reject her request for help so bluntly. For a moment, she didn’t know what to do. She turned to look at Mrs. Tang, who had not said a word since she entered, and the woman standing beside her.
“Madam Liu, please wait for a moment.”
Seeing that Lin Suisui had already walked to the door, the woman finally couldn’t stand it anymore. She anxiously stopped Lin Suisui, who was about to leave. “If you’re unwilling to help, we have nothing else to say. However, I heard that the daughter-in-law of Madam Beining is still in your residence. We want to bring her back this time!”
“Madam, I’m afraid I can’t agree to this.”
Lin Suisui stopped and turned to look at the woman who had clearly come prepared. She smiled slightly, but it couldn’t hide the coldness in her eyes. “Do you know that she’s already pregnant?
Moreover, she was pushed down in Cold Mountain Temple that day, so she almost had a miscarriage and she can’t leave the bed yet! So what if you bring her back?
You can’t possibly plan to use her to threaten Mr. Song, right?”
“That was just a misunderstanding. No matter what, we’re still a family. Do we have to jeopardize our relationship because of these children?
Madam Liu, forgive me for being blunt, but you’re just an outsider in this matter. His wife has to return to the Song family and Marquis Beining’s ministry!
She can’t stay here forever, right?”
Since the woman mentioned Zhou Ningqian, she must have come prepared. She took two steps forward as she advised Lin Suisui with a fake smile, “As the saying goes, we persuade people to make peace instead of falling out. We all know that you’re kind, but there are some family matters that can only be discussed among the Song family. You should let us see Zhou Ningqian.”
“But this is not Marquis Beining’s ministry, but my home. If I don’t relent today, not to mention you, even the emperor won’t be able to barge in!”
Seeing that the other party was already planning to fall out, Lin Suisui naturally didn’t intend to maintain any pretenses anymore. “Bai Guo, see the guests out!”
With Lin Suisui’s order, Bai Guo naturally didn’t stand on ceremony with them. With a raise of her hand, a few maidservants rushed in and pushed them out of the door.
After Lin Suisui returned to her room, she thought of something as she instructed Yin Qiao, “Go tell Su Le to send someone to send the news to Lu Ze and ask him to send a message to Mr. Song.”
After instructing Yin Qiao, Lin Suisui walked around the long corridor and went to the courtyard where Zhou Ningqian was staying.
“Madam, I’ve troubled you.” As soon as she saw Lin Suisui, Zhou Ningqian, who already knew what had just happened, sat up apologetically. She wanted to bow to Lin Suisui to apologize, but she was stopped by Lin Suisui.
“Don’t move. Just take good care of yourself.” Lin Suisui pressed Zhou Ningqian back to the bed. Then, she sat down beside the bed. “I’ve already instructed someone to send a message to your husband. These things are supposed to be handled by them, so just take care of yourself and don’t think about those complicated things.”
“The person who accompanied my mother-in-law today is Mrs. Beishun, my father-in-law’s sister.” When Zhou Ningqian heard Lin Suisui mention what had happened today, she told her the name of the woman Lin Suisui had never seen before.
“Although she has been married for many years, she has never left our residence. Her father-in-law doesn’t deal with anything, and her mother-in-law is unreliable.
She would come back from time to time to help deal with ministerial affairs.
I’m not afraid that you’ll laugh at me if I tell you this, but there’s no one reliable in Beishun Ministry now! To put it bluntly, if not for her, I’m afraid even Beishun Ministry’s manor would have been sold long ago!
I had actually mentioned this to my mother-in-law a few times before, but she told her what I had said to Mrs. Beishun.
She has never liked me!
After all, she’s targeting my dowry!
I married into Marquis Beining’s ministry, so if I have to use my dowry to support my husband, I’ll accept it! After all, we’re a married couple!
“But why should I use my dowry to subsidize Mrs. Beishun?”
At the mention of that woman, Zhou Ningqian couldn’t hide the disdain in her eyes at all. “I really don’t want to go back to that manor anymore!
If my husband handles this matter well, I’m willing to share joy and hardships with him. But if he still wants me to endure it for the sake of the ministry, I definitely won’t tolerate it anymore!”
“It’s fine. You’re living in our residence now. If you’re unwilling, no one can take you away from here, not even your husband!” Lin Suisui reached out to take Zhou Ningqian’s pulse as she comforted her with a smile. “You’re my patient. Before you completely recover, it’s only right for me to protect you.”
“Thank you, Madam.” Zhou Ningqian looked at Lin Suisui with red eyes and thanked her in a low voice. Then, seeming to have thought of something, she looked at Lin Suisui and asked nervously, “There’s something else. I wonder if you can help me ask Mr. Gu if my fifth sister, Mingmin, my wet nurse, and a few girls are doing well in the Imperial City’s government office?”