Rewarding the illegitimate son
Song Lingyu calmed down slightly after hearing Song Yishan's voice. Song Yishan took the sword from Song Lingyu's hand and stabbed at the black-clothed man. With this move, they had a weapon, although still at a disadvantage, but it was somewhat better.
The sound of horseshoes came from afar, and Song Yishan's heart hung again. Wouldn't another person have come? This time, he really couldn't stop it.
The sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, Song Yishan turned his head to look. On the horse in the distance sat two people, one was Song Lingyu's maid, Huizhen, and the other was Mu Xiaojuan, who had been awarded a title for his great contribution in resisting the Minxi people. Behind the horse were some soldiers holding weapons.
The leader of the masked men saw that things were not going well and immediately gave the order to withdraw.
When Mu Xiaoqian arrived in front of Song Lingyu, the masked man had already disappeared without a trace. The soldiers wanted to chase forward, but were stopped by Mu Xiaoqian: "No need to chase, those people are from Minxi Country, very cunning." After finishing speaking, he looked at Song Yishan's clothes with several cuts and asked: "Are you okay?"
Song Yishan shook his head: "I'm fine."
Song Lingyu looked at Song Yishan with tears in her eyes: "If I had known that something like this would happen today, I wouldn't have let you come out with me."
Song Yishan looked at Song Lingyu and said: "This matter cannot be blamed on you, you are also being implicated."
Mu Xiao picked up the cloth on the ground, tore off some to simply bandage Song Yishan. "I will report this matter to the Emperor."
Song Yishan nodded and then left with Song Lingyu.
As soon as she returned to the Song Mansion, the second madam received news that the second young master was injured. The second madam was a timid person by nature, and even though it was Song Yishan who was injured, she only came over with a pained expression to take care of him personally, not daring to make a fuss.
Song Yuan soon found out about this matter, came over to comfort him for a few words and then left.
Unexpectedly, the next day, Mu Xiuzhen personally brought some gifts to the Song family.
Song Yuan obviously did not expect this and looked at Mu Shao with some confusion. "General Mu, I didn't come to greet you from afar."
Mu Xi ordered someone to bring the things over, then turned to Song Yuan and said: "Song Chengxiang, you're too polite. I came today because of the matter with the Minxi country people yesterday. Yesterday, I told the Emperor about the whole story, and the Emperor said that the youngest son of the Song family risked his life to protect his sister, and might have even fought back against the Minxi country people unarmed. This spirit is truly commendable, so today I was specially dispatched to take a look at him, and also to reward him with 100 taels of silver and some high-quality wound medicine."
Song Yuan obviously did not expect that as a small illegitimate child, he would still receive the emperor's reward. "I thank you on behalf of my illegitimate son for your great kindness."
Mu Xiao nodded and continued: "There is still one more thing, that is about the eldest daughter Song Lingyu."
"What's this supposed to mean?"
"It's because of me that the Minxi people suddenly attacked Big Sister this time. The Minxi people were originally after me, and a while ago I wanted to thank Big Sister in person for saving my life, so I accidentally let them see me. I think it's because of this reason that they chose to start with Big Sister. So yesterday I told the Emperor my idea, which is that I'll stay by Big Sister's side to protect her, and if the Minxi people come again, I can catch them all at once."
Song Yuan hesitated for a moment, Mu Shuo and Song Lingyu were after all different in gender, but the Emperor had already given the order, how could he disobey? After thinking about it, he still chose to agree. "In that case, I'll have to trouble General."
