"Ouyang Jinse, do you want to experience my eighteen cruel tortures?" Jin Yu flexed her wrists as silver needles quietly slipped out of her cuffs.
Jinse burst into laughter. "Your heart is so cruel. As the saying goes, a woman's heart is like a needle in the ocean."
The two bickered as they left the tavern. Ouyang Jinse had to rush back to the Golden Water Palace, so she bid farewell to Jin Yu.
At home, chaos had already erupted.
As soon as Jin Yu stepped through the door, she saw her father with a darkened face. The second mistress and Song Wangqiu were sitting below, looking at her mockingly.
"You've been insisting that you don't want to marry He Shuda, the young master of the He family, but you've been secretly involved with him. Do you not take your father seriously?" Song Qinzhou glared at Jin Yu angrily.
"Father, have you heard some rumors?" Jin Yu already knew what was going on but didn't show any worry on her face.
"Rumors! The whole city of Liuzhou is laughing at me for failing to raise my daughter properly! The He family has already sent someone with the marriage certificate! To save both families' faces..."
"A few days ago, you said you didn't want this marriage. Now you've been secretly meeting the young master of the He family!" Song Qinzhou was so angry that he didn't know what to do.
"Ha! Second aunt is really scheming!" Jin Yu clapped her hands.
Just then, Cheng Song dragged out several hooligans. As soon as these people appeared, the second mistress's face instantly fell. Because the leader of the hooligans was her nephew from her natal family.
"Niancai! Song Jinyu, what have you done to my nephew from my natal family?" The second mistress rushed forward but was blocked by Niaoniao.
The appearance of these three people made Song Qinzhou's face turn even darker.
"Second aunt, I didn't want to pursue this matter out of consideration for our once - family relationship."
"Since you're being so aggressive, don't blame me for being heartless!" Jin Yu gave Niaoniao a look.
Niaoniao splashed a cup of water on the hooligan to wake him up.
The hooligan opened his eyes and saw the second mistress. "Aunt, aunt, save me!"
The second mistress said, "It's okay. The governor is here. Just tell the truth!" Then she looked at Song Jinyu triumphantly.
"I'm deeply in love with Miss Song, but I don't know why I've been brought here." Li Niancai's words made Song Qinzhou so angry that his nose was crooked.
"Yu'er, how could you have two suitors at the same time, the young master of the He family and my nephew from my natal family? Now your reputation is damaged. What shall we do?" The second mistress said hypocritically.
She didn't notice Song Qinzhou's face getting darker and darker.
Jin Yu kneaded her wrists, and her eyes gradually turned cold.
She only said, "What does Father think?"
"Her mother died early, so it's no wonder she lacks proper upbringing!"
The next words of the second mistress made the father - daughter pair feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
"What did you say?"
Song Qinzhou's eyes were a bit scary, while Jin Yu looked at the second mistress mockingly.
"Although Jinyu may lack some refinement, she would never secretly meet a man and get pregnant."
Song Wangqiu was shocked but didn't dare to look at her, feeling guilty.
"What are you talking nonsense about?" Although the second mistress wanted to ruin Jinyu's reputation, she didn't expect the fire to burn back on her own family.
"Aunt, aunt, I'll propose marriage to the Song family. Please help us!" As soon as Li Niancai's words fell, the second mistress and Song Wangqiu instantly fell into hell.
"What are you talking nonsense about? Which Miss Song are you talking about?" The second mistress's eyes were wide with anger.
"Song Wangqiu!" Li Niancai looked at Song Jinyu timidly. He knew that if he said this, the beautiful woman would give him the antidote.
Song Wangqiu's beautiful eyes immediately welled up with tears. "Cousin, what are you talking nonsense about?"
"We already have a child!" Song Qinzhou seemed to understand something at this moment. He only knew that this farce in front of him revealed the evil intentions of the second branch of the family.
"The child is not yours!" Song Wangqiu shouted in a breakdown.
"I'm deeply in love with Young Master He. How could I take a fancy to you, a toad!"
After these words, Song Qinzhou was extremely disappointed! He had indulged the second branch of the family too much. He always thought they were his relatives, but he didn't expect them to act so decisively behind his back.
"Someone! Drive out the second master, the second mistress and their whole family from the governor's mansion. From now on, there will be no more contact with them!"
"No, no, no! Wangqiu couldn't have done such a disgraceful thing?"
"Yes! Your Wangqiu wouldn't do it, but do you think my Jinyu would?" Song Qinzhou's cold words landed on the second mistress's heart, hammering her emotions.
"Second aunt, I felt Wangqiu's pulse at the banquet in the Prince's Mansion a few days ago. The imperial physician in the Prince's Mansion must have felt my sister's pulse too."
Jin Yu raised her eyebrows and continued with a displeased face, "The prince rebuked Father for not managing the family well precisely because of this matter."
Jin Yu's words further stirred up Song Qinzhou's anger. "Get out of the governor's mansion, all of you from the second branch!"
For a moment, the second mistress and Song Wangqiu wailed. The father - daughter pair of the Song family left arm in arm, not looking at the second branch of the family again.
The second master was still in Liuhua Alley. He had never cared about family matters since he was a child.
When he got home, the whole family had already been packed into the carriage.
In Zhuxuan Courtyard, Mrs. Xiang was holding the medicinal diet, listening with great interest.
Seeing Jin Yu so happy, the knot in her heart also melted away.
From then on, there was only their family left as the masters of the governor's mansion. The second mistress never expected that the obedient daughter in her eyes was actually pregnant with someone else's child.
"Yu'er, Wangqiu is pregnant with the He family's child. What shall we do?" Mrs. Xiang was still worried.
This matter was a great disgrace. If it got out, the Song family's reputation would be completely ruined.
"It doesn't matter, sister - in - law." Jin Yu was munching on melon seeds as if nothing had happened.
"No matter who she marries, it will be a blow to the second mistress."
"It's all my fault for being useless, making you clean up this mess for me." Mrs. Xiang felt a bit guilty. Although she was a few years older than Jin Yu, she was not as shrewd as Jin Yu.
"Sister - in - law, we're a family. We should love and care for each other."
Jin Yu said with a smile, "You should take good care of your health and give me a little nephew!"
Thinking of this, there was a smile in Jin Yu's eyes. Now the governor's mansion was finally clean!