Daughter Reborn as the Head of the Family

Mrs. Du bent down and took the moon-white brocade from Song Jinyue's hand, looked at it carefully, and asked with a probing look on her face: "Second Miss, was this brocade a gift from the palace earlier?"

"Exactly, Mrs. Du has really good eyesight."

Song Jinyue answered calmly.

Mrs. Du's expression was a little strange. She handed the things back to Miss Song. She stood up, saluted everyone and said, "My master is looking for me. I'll go ahead and take a look."

This statement has a somewhat perfunctory tone.

Song Jin Yueran turned sideways and watched Mrs. Du leave, holding the moon-white brocade in front of her eldest sister Song Jinxi.

"Sister, I have thought about it a lot and specially selected this gift. I wonder if I am satisfied with it?"

A slight smile, a look of sisterly love.

After Song Jinxi saw what was in her hand, her eyes showed a bit of fear. She looked at her mother, Mrs. Shen, for protection.

Mrs. Shen frowned. Seeing her daughter in such a panic, she stared at the moon-white brocade cloth carefully for a few more times.

Only then did I realize why my daughter was afraid.

The brocade was used to make the clothes for the witchcraft doll. Because it was so long ago, she didn't think of it for a moment.

Now I suddenly remembered it, and my face became a little gloomy.

Everyone at the table was puzzled.

Auntie Xie said: "Why. Mrs. Shen and Miss Song now don't even look down upon the gifts given by the Queen in the palace?"

Mrs. Xie sneered and continued: "I really don't know, what can catch the eyes of Mrs. Shen and Miss Song now? Tell us so that we can go back to our hometown and follow the preferences of Mrs. Shen and Miss Song again. Well,

Just prepare a congratulatory gift!"

Mrs. Xie said and looked at everyone at the table. Since Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Lin didn't say a word, everyone just avoided Mrs. Xie's eyes.

"Yes, don't ask us to prepare the gifts. Mrs. Shen and Miss Song will look down upon them. It would be inappropriate to waste the gifts in vain."

A chuckle came from the silent dining room. Song Jinyue followed the sound and saw a well-dressed woman in a dark blue skirt echoing the sound.

This person is the wife of the official Zhao family, and is already the concubine of Mrs. Lin's family.

It is not without rumors in the capital that when Mrs. Zhao was still in the boudoir, she was extremely favored by her aunt and married a son-in-law who was the most beautiful woman at that time, so her future was bright.

Mrs. Lin originally intended to marry her legitimate daughter to Mr. Zhao, who was then a concubine, but there were some gossips between her daughter and Mr. Du, so she gave up and had to give up the good relationship to this concubine.

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Before Mrs. Zhao left the palace, she suffered a lot at the hands of her aunt.

After leaving the pavilion, and because of her husband's success, her status in her natal family has also increased.

The abuse she suffered at the hands of her aunt when she was young has become a knot in Mrs. Zhao's heart, so she often doesn't give face to her aunt at banquets with Mrs. Lin.

Because Mrs. Lin was worried about her son-in-law, she had no choice but to hold back her anger, and when she returned home, she started chatting with Mrs. Zhao's aunt.

Mrs. Zhao learned that there was another noise when she came to the door.

The two of them came and went, much to the amusement of the people in the capital.

Mrs. Lin immediately had a serious face, but Mrs. Zhao smiled to herself, pretending not to see her aunt's face.

"Big sister? Don't you want to accept it?"

Song Jinyue looked sincere, but Song Jinxi felt like she was being roasted on a fire, with no way out.

Mrs. Shen calmed down, stood up and took the brocade from Song Jinyue with a smile. Her palms seemed to be burned by fire. Still smiling on her face, Mrs. Shen accepted the brocade.

"The ladies are laughing. Xi'er is just happy and surprised for a moment. Who would have expected that Yue'er would be so generous and send a congratulatory gift? We Xi'er are very happy."

Mrs. Shen glanced at everyone, explained with a smile, then looked at Song Jinyue and motioned for her to sit down. She turned around and handed the things into her daughter's hands. She shook her head slightly to signal her daughter not to panic and show off her mistakes.

Song Jinxi took the brocade, looked at Song Jinyue and nodded slightly, indicating that she liked this gift.

Song Jinyue raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled. Shen was startled, afraid that she would say something else, but she saw Song Jinyue slowly sit down.

Didn't say anything more.

Qiu Yun stepped forward, leaned over to Song Jinyue's ear, and whispered a few words.

Song Jinyue's eyes paused, and then she gradually smiled.

Song Jinxi had been watching Song Jinyue's actions. Seeing her like this, her heart dropped, and a bad premonition gradually came over her.

"Sorry to keep you waiting for so long."

Mrs. Du, who had just left the table, returned.

"Then let's have a banquet." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Mrs. Shen called on the maid to serve the dishes.

The banquet just started.

Everyone was chatting, laughing and whispering, and Song Jinxi finally relaxed a little.

Zhang Dingzhi, who was sitting next to Song Jinyue, gently tugged on his cousin's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "How is it?"

"Don't worry, Cousin Zhi, everything is in order. Master Du will be here later."

It was just as she expected.

The female family members just put down their dishes and chopsticks, and the steward from outside came to send a message, saying that Mr. Du wanted to see him.

Mrs. Shen's heart skipped a beat and she had no choice but to ask Manager Song to bring Master Du over.

The young lady who had not yet left the pavilion retreated to the side of the screen. Song Jinyue was waiting outside because she was the owner of the house.

"Mrs. Shen." Mr. Du came alone and stood at the door to greet her.

"Master Du, please sit down and talk." Mrs. Shen called the servants to bring a stool, but Master Du refused to sit down.

"I heard that Miss Song got a high-quality moon-white brocade today?"

Although it was a question, Mr. Du's eyes were extremely firm.

Song Jinxi panicked and drank tea with her head lowered while holding the teacup, hiding the panic in her eyes. However, the green jade hand holding the teacup was trembling slightly under her sleeves that could not be seen by others.

Mrs. Shen was startled, as if she had just come to her senses, and hurriedly asked Nanny Zhao beside her to bring the congratulatory gift she had just received, and said, "I wonder what Mr. Du is talking about is the congratulatory gift my Yue'er gave to her eldest sister today?"

While talking, Aunt Zhao came forward holding the moon-white brocade cloth.

Mr. Du raised his hand and touched the cloth, and his eyes were extremely certain that this thing was made of the material of the witchcraft doll.

He picked up the cloth, looked at Song Jinyue, and said, "Is this cloth really a gift from the princess?"

Song Jinyue nodded slowly and explained: "Yes, this piece of cloth was given to me by the queen back then. My daughter cherished it very much, so she has never used even half an inch. Today she specially gave it to my eldest sister as a gift for adding makeup."

In just a few words, she explained clearly the origin of the cloth and stated that it had not been used at all since it was received.

Mr. Du's eyes were full of probing questions.

The witchcraft doll was in the city patrol department before, and he only thought it looked familiar, and he didn't remember where he had seen it.

He also took the witchcraft doll to his wife and asked Qian'er. His wife also thought it looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.

Master Du also sent officials to interrogate him in the capital, but these days yielded no results.

Who would have expected that they would see him at the banquet in the Duke's Mansion today.