The Three Halls Review Meeting

  On the street, Song Lingyu's carriage came to a stop. Huizhen got out first, then Zixuan followed, and finally helped Song Lingyu down.

  She raised her head and took a look at the two-story building in front of her, where people were coming and going. She blinked her eyes, then rubbed them again, afraid that she had seen wrongly.

  "This is not the original Song Lingyu's Embracing Moon Building, this is clearly the capital's number one wine building, Wang Yue Lou!"

  "Miss, this..." he stammered, his eyes wide with shock as he pointed at Wangyue Tower.

  Song Lingyu took a step forward and said calmly: "I made an appointment with the Sixth Princess to have dinner together, and then go watch a play. If not here, where else can we go?"

  Wei Zhen said in a low voice, "I knew it, Miss couldn't have gone to the Moon-Embracing Building. I must have misheard."

  Song Lingyu was led into a private room by the shopkeeper as soon as he entered the wine house, and the person sitting in the private room was obviously Lian Ping.

  As soon as she saw Song Lingyu, she walked over with a familiar smile: "Sister Lingyu, when I heard them say you were going to invite me to watch the play, I simply didn't dare believe my ears!"

  Song Lingyu smiled and said: "You've already called me sister, so I'm inviting you to watch the play with me. What's all the fuss about?"

  Song Lingyu treated herself as a younger sister, and she was exceptionally happy.

  Lian Ping had been clinging to Song Lingyu all day, just like an old friend. Song Lingyu was also very patient and accompanied Lian Ping for a whole day, from Wangjiang Tower they went to the first theater in the Imperial Capital to watch a play, and it wasn't until late at night that the two parted ways.

  As soon as Song Lingyu entered the Song Mansion, she saw the steward pacing back and forth at the entrance. She knew very well why the steward was here, but pretended to be surprised and asked: "Steward, what are you doing here?"

  The housekeeper saw Song Lingyu finally returned, and hurriedly walked up: "Ah, young lady, you've finally come back. The old master is waiting for you in the main hall, hurry over."

  As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw Song Yuan sitting with a furious expression, with Old Madam and Eldest Madam sitting on either side of him. Standing beside Eldest Madam were Song Linglong and Fourth Aunt, while only Second Aunt stood beside Old Madam, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of a trial in three courts.

  The old lady's clothes were a picture of indifference, her eyes closed as she fiddled with the Buddhist beads in her hand. The second aunt behind her was bent down, looking at something unknown. On the other side, the big madam's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, Song Lingyu thought, she should be thinking about how she still hasn't come back yet. Next to her, Song Lingluo also lacked her usual smile, with a face full of worry. The fourth aunt had an expression that seemed to want to watch the excitement.

  Song Lingyu stepped across the threshold and walked in, while Zhi Lan and Hui Zhen were not allowed to enter the main hall casually, so they could only stay outside and wait. Song Lingyu looked at Song Yuan blankly: "Father and mother, what happened?"

  Song Yuan saw Song Lingyu return and suddenly remembered what the big madam had just said, so he immediately stood up and pointed at Song Lingyu, shouting: "Kneel down for me!"

  Song Lingyu's face changed and she quickly knelt down, looking at Song Yuan with surprise and fear.

  The old lady looked at Song Yuan faintly and said slowly, "Things haven't been clarified yet, how can you just listen to one side of the story and determine Lingyu's guilt? Lingyu, stand up and tell me where you went today."

  "Yes." Song Lingyu responded to the old lady with a single word, her voice trembling as if she had been frightened. After standing up, Song Lingyu looked at Song Yuan in panic and said, "Yesterday I asked Zilan to invite Sixth Princess to watch the play together, so today early in the morning I went to the Liangting to feed the fish before leaving the house to meet her."