The Command to Pamper the Husband - Chapter 51

Song Jin was jolted awake from a nightmare, unable to return to sleep due to the lingering fear and doubt.

Meanwhile, Song Dingzhong hadn’t slept at all that night.

Perhaps Han Bo had administered too strong a dose of medicine, as the wild man leader remained unconscious.

Han Bo stood before Song Dingzhong, unable to conceal the shock in his eyes.

“Master, are you saying that the eldest young master and the Fourth Prince have switched bodies?”

Han Bo’s voice trembled as he spoke, despite his advanced age.

Song Dingzhong nodded, “I have already informed Shen Yue that Jin’er is actually a girl.”

Han Bo’s mouth gaped in astonishment.

“Master, then the eldest young master, no, the young miss, she…”

Song Dingzhong gave a bitter smile.

“There’s no choice. Now that Jin’er is in Shen Yue’s body, she must return to the capital with Shen Yue. Can we hide this?”

Shen Yue was truly foolish for not realizing something was wrong with his own body for so long!

“But how can the young miss enter the capital? If discovered… Master, we have hidden this for sixteen years, it would all be for nothing. Moreover, that person is now investigating sixteen-year-old girls, not even sparing the dead ones.”

Song Dingzhong let out a heavy sigh.

“How could something so strange happen in this world? Two people just switched bodies for no reason. It defies logic. I always felt that this was destined by fate, that Jin’er must be involved in this matter.”

Han Bo shook his head.

“Master, this won’t do. If something goes wrong, how will we explain it to the master?”

“There’s no choice now. I have already sent someone to South China Mountain to invite Daoist Feng Qing. Once we find the Daoist, we’ll see if there’s a solution. Otherwise, with Jin’er in Shen Yue’s body, what can we do?”

Reluctant as he was, Han Bo couldn’t say a word.

“But I fear for the young miss’s safety.”

“I fear too, but fear is useless. We can only do our best to arrange everything. However, plans can’t keep up with changes, especially in the perilous palace.”

After a moment of silence, Han Bo suddenly looked up at Song Dingzhong, clenched his fists, and said, “Master, why not just give up? The safety of the young miss is paramount. What happened back then, let’s just… let it go.”

Song Dingzhong’s face twitched.

“Let it go? How can we let it go? The lives of hundreds in Yuqing Palace, can they be let go just like that? The lives of thousands in the master’s maternal family, can they be let go just like that? Why do you and I cling to life?”

Song Dingzhong’s excitement was mirrored by Han Bo’s.

With veins bulging on his forehead, Han Bo exclaimed, “But we can’t just watch the young miss go to her death! She is the master’s only bloodline!”

Song Dingzhong’s clenched fist swung in the air, as if trying to dispel his endless resentment.

“How could I be willing? But even if we want to give up, how? Would Shen Yue give up? He has been plotting for so long, how could he give up just because of us!”

Han Bo retorted, “He is not important. Nothing is more important than the young miss’s life. At worst, we will kill Shen Yue!”

“Do you think I haven’t thought of that? But now, Shen Yue is in Jin’er’s body. If one day their souls suddenly switch back, where will Jin’er’s soul go if we kill Shen Yue?”

Han Bo…

This was truly maddening!

“Then imprison him.”

“Imprison him? Jin’er is in Shen Yue’s body now. How can Jin’er go out and meet people in that body? Or do you mean imprison Jin’er too? Would Jin’er be willing? For how long?”

Han Bo…

His chest felt like it was burning with fire and weighed down by lead.

“Moreover, Shen Yue is now the Fourth Prince. If a prince suddenly disappears, won’t it cause a huge uproar? He disappeared in Yuzhou; what about the people of Yuzhou? What about Lord Zhao?”

“Besides, Qian Lai is already on his way to the capital. The Duke’s Manor in the capital will soon have some movements. What about the Fourth Prince’s residence in the capital? Will those living people follow him to the grave too?”

Song Dingzhong’s words rendered Han Bo speechless.

No matter how many reasons there were, they couldn’t convince him to send Song Jin to the capital.

Poor old Han Bo, in agony, raised his hand to clutch his head, “Is there really no better solution?”

Song Dingzhong shook his head.

“Right now, the only path is for Jin’er to enter the capital. What we urgently need to do is figure out how to explain the disappearance of Song Jin to the people of Yuzhou.”

Song Jin left as Shen Yue.

And Shen Yue left as the female version of Song Jin.

So, where did the original male version of Song Jin go?

If we openly declare that Song Jin was always a girl disguised as a boy, it would definitely arouse the Emperor’s suspicion, especially since sixteen-year-olds are currently a national hot topic.

Song Dingzhong took a deep breath, sighing out all his lifelong worries.

“Tomorrow, announce that the newlywed young miss fell into the water and died. Song Jin, devastated by grief, followed her.”

From then on, there would be no young miss of the Song family, nor an eldest young master.

To hide someone’s identity, death was the best method.

Like a walking corpse, Han Bo nodded mechanically.

“What about Wan Xi? What will happen to her?”

Song Dingzhong replied, “I lost both my son and daughter-in-law, overwhelmed with grief. To ease my sorrow, I will leave Yuzhou for the capital, and Wan Xi will follow me. As for her identity…”

As if unable to bear the sadness, Song Dingzhong took a breath.

“The new daughter-in-law of the Song family suddenly died, and her widowed mother couldn’t bear the shock and also passed away. She had a daughter, whom I pitied and adopted as my own, bringing her to the capital. She is seventeen.”

Han Bo understood.

“This daughter will be our young miss.”

Song Dingzhong nodded.

Han Bo continued, “What about her name?”

“Say that she, out of gratitude for my adoption, voluntarily changed her name to Song Jin to commemorate her brother-in-law.”

Han Bo…

Despite his grief, Han Bo couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his eye.

This story…

Even a storyteller wouldn’t dare make up something like this!

“Master, will people believe it?”

Song Dingzhong replied, “If the act is thorough, it becomes the truth.”

With the general plan set, Song Dingzhong gave Han Bo many detailed instructions, which Han Bo then left to carry out.

At this moment, the sky was still dark.

The Song family courtyard was quiet.

In this silence, a sudden cry rang out.

“Help! The young mistress fell into the water! Someone, help!”

Han Bo had found someone to shout these words, which were shouted with heart-wrenching urgency.

As the cry echoed, another voice followed.

“Master, master, come back! Master!”

It was Wan Xi’s exaggerated acting.

“Someone help, the young master fell into the water too, help!”

The piercing screams shattered the night’s tranquility.

These cries came from the base of the wall, not only alarming the Song family but also the people outside the wall.

In an instant, countless lights flickered on.