Chapter 44 I will never drag you down
"My uncle said that daddy would be back soon, but he hasn't come back yet. My uncle lied..."
Song Baoling felt a little aggrieved. She believed Jun Tingsheng's words last night and thought that she would see her father when she woke up, so she slept very well all night.
However, she didn't see her father when she woke up.
"My uncle didn't lie to you, it's just..."
Jun Tingsheng didn't know whether he should tell her the truth of the matter, but thinking of Song Baichuan's current situation, he couldn't bear to let Ling'er worry.
After thinking about it, he gently touched Song Baoling's head and said, "Ling'er, be good, your father may have been delayed by something, so that's why he couldn't come back."
"Let's do this. I'll go find out more information later. You just wait at home and you're not allowed to run around. Do you understand?"
Song Baoling couldn't tell whether what he said was true or not, so she hesitated for a moment and nodded obediently: "Okay, Ling'er listen to my uncle."
Here, the old lady also noticed something was wrong. Yesterday, Song Baichuan sent more manpower to the mansion, but they stayed away all night that night, and there is no news yet.
There are various signs that something must have happened to Song Baichuan.
After Mrs. Li realized that something was wrong, she immediately sent someone out to find out the news. Unexpectedly, she actually found out.
"Mom, something happened, something happened..."
Song Baoling was making the old lady happy, but before she could laugh, Li's shout came from outside the door, and she heard a thump in her heart.
The old lady had already suspected that something had happened, but now that she heard Li shouting like this, she almost lost her breath.
Li Shi came in in a panic and walked straight to the old and the young: "Mom, something happened to the eldest brother. It seems that he deliberately let the enemy go when he went to the battlefield. Now that the Holy One learned about it, the Holy One ordered that the eldest brother be taken away.
He's been detained."
Song Baoling was shocked. No wonder Jun Tingsheng didn't dare to look directly at her and was hesitant to speak. It turned out that something like this happened.
The old lady's face suddenly turned pale. She held the chair and tried to get up, but failed several times.
"No, nothing can happen to Chuan'er. I...I want to see the Holy One. I want to save...save..."
Seeing that she was suddenly speechless, Song Baoling was so frightened that she quickly stretched out her hand to push her: "Grandma, grandma... Daddy will be fine, grandma..."
However, the old lady couldn't bear the blow and finally stood up, only to fall back on the chair the next moment.
"grandmother!"
The old lady fell ill, and because her son was arrested, the entire Song family felt a crisis.
Not only that, at noon, the Minister of Punishment came to the Xuanping Hou Mansion with his people, and without saying a word, they grabbed Song Lianming and Song Lianxin and took them away.
"No! You can't take away my son, you can't..."
Li stood in front of the guards and shouted angrily: "If you have anything to do, go to Song Baichuan. My son and the others are just following orders, why do you arrest them?"
Song Lianming, who was protected behind him, was startled. He turned his head and looked at Song Lianxin. Then one of them held her while the other explained to the guards.
"Mom, my brother and I have traveled with my uncle to fight in all directions. Now that my uncle is in trouble, we will never sit idly by and ignore him."
"And I believe that the Holy Father will give justice to my uncle. You can wait at home for us to come back. Don't worry."
In the end, the Song Lianming brothers were taken away, and Li was heartbroken as she watched, but there was nothing she could do about it.
Fortunately, she knew the wives of several court ministers, and immediately ordered people to prepare gifts, intending to find a way to rescue the Song Lianming brothers.
"grandmother."
When Song Baoling found the old lady in her room, the old lady was sighing, and she seemed to be ten years older than before.
"Ling'er, come here."
The old lady waved to her with a forced smile, and when she came closer, she stretched out her arms to hug her, "Don't be afraid, Ling'er, grandma will protect you."
Song Baoling nestled in her arms, feeling the familiar smell, and gradually calmed down.
The old lady originally wanted to appease Song Baoling, but for some reason, she started to feel melancholy as she thought about it.
"Ling'er, your father has been fighting abroad. I thought I would be able to live in peace when I came back this time, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen."
"Now there is no news about your father, and your brothers have been taken away one after another. We are the only women left in the Song Mansion. We really don't know what to do."
"Ling'er, our Song family is afraid that we will collapse..."
Song Baoling heard her complaints and couldn't help but predict the future of the Song Mansion, and found that the Song Mansion still existed after decades.
"Grandma, the Song family will not fall."
"Ling'er, please stop making grandma happy. The Song family is in a bad situation right now. If something happens to your father, our Song family will have no support and it will only be a matter of time before it falls."
The old lady didn't believe Song Baoling's words at all, thinking that she was just young and ignorant, so she sent her away for any reason.
Song Baoling walked to the door and listened to the sighs coming from the room, and her mood worsened. Even though she had just predicted that the Song family would survive the crisis safely, now that her father's life or death was uncertain, she still had to quickly find a way to help.
On the other side, Jun Tingsheng has been looking around for information, and even asked Jun Fengqing to find a way for him to meet Song Baichuan.
In the prison, Song Baichuan was sitting on a stool. After receiving Jun Fengqing's reminder, he had been acting cautiously, but unexpectedly, he was framed by a traitor.
"Master Hou."
Jun Tingsheng appeared outside the cell. Seeing this, Song Baichuan stood up and walked to him: "Your Majesty, how could you..."
Before Jun Tingsheng could answer his doubts, a man standing next to him said first, "Your Majesty, letting you see Marquis Xuanping now is against the holy will. I advise you to keep your story short and don't cause trouble for you and me."
This person is none other than the Minister of Punishment, Qiao Xu.
Jun Tingsheng turned around and saluted him, "Thank you Qiao Shangshu for your help. Don't worry, I will never drag you down."
After that, he turned back to Song Baichuan again, "Master Hou, I came here to tell you that I will take good care of Ling'er until your matter is resolved."
Song Baichuan knew that he wanted to say more than that, but Qiao Xu kept watching from the side. He could only cooperate and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Ling'er is still young, so I have to worry about everything for You."
"Master Hou, you are serious. Ling'er is my niece. I will protect her at all times."
The two of them talked a few words around Song Baoling, while Qiao Xu was urging him to leave. After all, Song Baichuan was a repeat offender. If the little emperor knew that they had come to see him in private, they might be implicated.
After coming out of the prison, Jun Tingsheng thanked Qiao Xu and was about to leave, but was stopped by him.
"My lord, I would like to remind you that Marquis Xuanping let the enemy general go without permission. This move is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason."
"I advise you to cut ties with the Song family as soon as possible, so as not to be implicated by the Song family in the end and harm King Chengyang."
Chapter completed!