Chapter 34: Breaking off Relationship
The academy belongs to her, so it is natural for her to sit in the master's seat.

Song Yanjin didn't let Baizhu watch the tea either, as water resources are very precious nowadays.

The first person on the right is wearing a double-breasted waisted long skirt and a goose yellow gauze outer shirt. Her pretty face is raised proudly, and her arrogant eyes and brows are somewhat similar to Song Yilang. She should be the future Crown Princess Song Yanxi, who thinks highly of herself.

They were wearing a small vest made of thin soft gauze with embroidered edges, the buttons were tied with bow-shaped ribbons, and they had double buns on their heads, adorned with light velvet flower and pearl hairpins. If there was less hostility between their brows, they would be as lovely as dolls in New Year pictures. This pair was undoubtedly the twins Song Yanxi and Song Yanhuan from their second uncle's family.

As a father, Song Yilang opened the conversation first, "Xiao Jin, I asked you to move back to the Song Mansion a few days ago. Yesterday, I went to the West Market and saw that the gate was closed. No one answered when I knocked on the door. Are you ignoring my words?"

Song Yilang looked solemn and his tone was a little stiff.

"Xiao Jin, your uncle is not saying anything bad about you. You didn't come to the Song Mansion to pay respects to your grandmother and meet all of us after leaving Lishan Academy."

Song Yihang replied with a forced smile.

Song Yanxi glanced at Song Yanxi on the right, "Dad is right. We didn't know there was such a big sister. We thought Sister Xi was the legitimate daughter."

"Hahaha, that's right." Song Yanhuan laughed all of a sudden. She wondered if Song Yanxi would still dare to act like an elder sister at home and boss them around.

Xia Yunheng didn't understand these twists and turns, so he grasped the main point and retorted on behalf of his cousin, "My cousin was picked up by my mother from Lishan Academy. My cousin is so busy all day long that she doesn't have time to go to your house."

The sarcastic twins opposite were so ugly that Xia Yunheng couldn't even look away.

"Sir, that's not the way to say it. Filial piety comes first among all virtues of human relations. Since Xiao Jin has returned to the capital, he should naturally go home first to pay his respects to the old lady and meet his father."

Song Yilang had a stern face, looking unquestionable.

Xia Yunheng was in deep thought, and it seemed that the first person he saw when he returned to Lin'an was his mother. He looked at his eldest cousin, meaning, you really didn't go?
Song Yanjin was so angry that he laughed, "I was abandoned by the Song family when I was young. My grandmother and father ignored me in Lishan Academy. Now a group of people came and insisted that I go back. What does father want to do?"

Everyone was silent, each making their own calculations in their minds.

Song Yanxi, who had not spoken since she sat down, now looked directly at the rumored elder sister. Her father only said that she was a female teacher outside, and he thought she was as old-fashioned as traditional teachers. He didn't expect her to be so vicious.

Xia Yunheng was stunned. He didn't expect that his eldest cousin had such a rough life. No wonder his mother didn't want to bother with people from the Song Mansion.

Song Yilang sighed and raised his eyes, "Jin'er, you are a member of the Song family. Now that there is a severe drought, we should gather together to tide over the difficulties. Your father is also worried that you will not have enough food to eat outside."

My cousin had a feast in the academy all day long. Xia Yunheng finally figured out that this group of people were here to take advantage of me. He angrily slammed his hand on the table and said, "My cousin's life or death is now under the protection of my mother, the princess. No one in the Song Mansion needs to worry about it."

Song Yanxi and Song Yanhuan were startled.

"Sir, you should call me Second Uncle. How can you slam the table in front of your elders? Also, the eldest princess has lived in Lin'an for a long time, so it's normal that she can't control the prince."

After Song Yihang finished speaking, he looked coldly at the ignorant child opposite him.

Xia Yunheng was so angry that he jumped up and stood up, glaring back with gritted teeth, "I am the Yunheng prince, you are just a patrolling guard, you dare to teach my mother, the princess, you are not qualified."

"Let me call you Second Uncle, do you dare to agree?"

"A family of shameless ugly things!" After saying this, Xia Yunheng waved towards the outside, and a group of eunuchs and guards came in.

No wonder I told him not to get involved with people from the Song residence. He doesn’t have much contact with them on weekdays, so today he has been able to broaden his horizons.

Song Yihang lowered his eyes and looked at his elder brother for help, but who knew that this prince had such a hot temper that he would get angry at the slightest provocation.

This second brother always likes to play some tricks, don't you know who is in front of you? Dare to speak so arrogantly, Song Yilang got up with a headache and walked to the middle, "Prince, please be calm, my second brother's words are rough but true, the third brother married into the son-in-law, you have the third brother's blood in your body, Prince, you and the Song family will always have a layer of unbreakable brother-in-law."

Xia Yunheng became even angrier. Who wants to have anything to do with you guys?

He yelled, "Stop trying to make connections here. This is my cousin's academy, not your Song family. Someone, get them out."

Dozens of guards came forward and prepared to take the man away.

"Ah~ Don't touch me!"

Song Yanxi, who was living a life of luxury, screamed and slapped the man away. "Song Yanjin, people in the mansion are almost starving to death, and you just stand by and watch your loved ones suffer? As a teacher, you don't care about family affection and filial piety. Is this how you teach your students?"

The delicate Song Yanhuan was frightened by the five rough guards with swords. She hurriedly pulled her sister Song Yanxi to Song Yanjin and said, "Big sister, please save us. Grandmother has not eaten for three days and is dying in bed."

Song Yihang was restrained by the guards. "You two spineless little things, ask no one but her for help. If one of you starves to death, there will be one less person to eat, which will reduce the burden on the mansion."

Song Yilang held his forehead in annoyance. All his plans were disrupted. He shouldn't have brought these burdens with him.

Xia Yunheng was stunned. No wonder he was morally blackmailing his cousin. It turned out it was just for a bite of food?
Song Yanjin, who was sitting steadily, was also uneasy inside. He raised his hand to signal his younger cousin to let the guards leave.

"Father, I am willing to help the Song family, but there are three conditions." Song Yanjin said and asked Baizhu to get pen and ink.

Song Yilang's heart skipped a beat. What was his daughter trying to do?
It's always good to be able to fill your stomach. Song Yilang sat back and said, "You tell me the conditions. We will do our best to do what the Song family can do."

Xia Yunheng stood proudly beside his eldest cousin, he was also curious.

When Bai Zhu brought the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Xia Yunheng rushed to grind the ink himself.

Song Yanjin spoke slowly and wrote, "First, since we live together in the capital, no one from the Song Mansion (write down all the names of the people in the Song Mansion) can come to Qingyun Academy or West Market to disturb me and make requests of me. Second, the money earned by Song Yanjin belongs to him personally, and the Song Mansion cannot be greedy and take even a penny. Third."

Song Yanjin raised his head and thought for a moment, then continued writing, "Third, my father is not allowed to interfere in anything I do, including my marriage and lifelong affairs."

After writing it, I copied two copies, in triplicate. Song Yanjin personally, the Song family, and the big golden-legged princess would not give a copy.

His daughter acted in such a way that she was determined to sever ties with the Song family. Song Yilang lowered his eyes in dismay, but his mind was racing. After the imperial examination next spring, the court will be infused with new blood and there will be major changes in official positions. It's time to move up a level. My mother is almost starving to death at home, and I can't stay in mourning for three years!
Song Yilang gritted his teeth and nodded to agree to his daughter's conditions. There was a large group of people in the Song Mansion waiting to feed him. In the face of life and death, these were nothing.

"That's impossible. Song Yanjin, you belong to the Song Mansion when you are alive, and you will be a ghost of the Song Mansion when you die. You will never be able to escape."

Song Yihang laughed wildly at his niece whom he had never met before, saying that she was able to buy a huge academy. Now there is a severe drought and the economy is in a bad state, so who knows how much she will earn in the future.

(End of this chapter)