The first birth chart Song Yihuan gave to Abbess Mingfa was the birth time calculated by Qi Lei when Rou Caiwei was pregnant. It was also the birth time of Song Nanzhe!
Back then, the time when Meng and Rou Caiwei found out they were pregnant wasn't far apart. Logically, after Song Nanzhe was born, he should have been ranked fifth in the family genealogy of the Marquis Mansion, while Song Yixuan should have been sixth.
However, because Rou Caiwei gave birth prematurely, Xuan'er was a bit older than Song Nanzhe, so he became the elder brother.
It was imaginable that if the baby could have been carried to full - term, then Xuan'er should have been the "Star of Literature" in Abbess Mingfa's words, definitely not Song Nanzhe.
The second birth chart she gave to Abbess Mingfa was the time after Xuan'er's premature birth.
As Abbess Mingfa said, he was forced to be born prematurely, suffered from a heart disease, and his life would be full of hardships. He might even die young.
Since Abbess Mingfa had once been to the Marquis Mansion, it meant that she had also predicted the fortune of Meng and the baby in her womb. As for whether she had predicted for Mother, it was unknown.
Judging from Meng's actions, if she had known that the baby Mother gave birth to had such a good fate, she wouldn't have remained indifferent. Then, there was a reason for her to cause Little Mother's premature birth!
Originally, according to Song Nanzhe's gestational age, he would never have been born on that day!
Connecting all the events of that year, Song Yihuan's hatred grew even stronger.
Taking a deep breath, Song Yihuan smiled and said, "Thank you, Abbess, for solving my doubts. Abbess, we should act without delay. Let's set off right away."
After a brief preparation, Abbess Mingfa took a young nun and a bundle, and followed Song Yihuan out of the door.
Just as they stepped out of the main gate of Changyue Nunnery, another carriage stopped outside.
The young nun was curious. What kind of day was it today? Why were there so many people coming one after another?
The carriage curtain was lifted, and Nanny Zhao stooped and got out of the carriage. When she looked up and met Song Yihuan's eyes, she was so startled that she lost her balance and fell off the carriage.
The young nun quickly stepped forward to help Nanny Zhao up. Song Yihuan looked surprised and said, "Nanny, why are you here at this time?"
Nanny Zhao steadied herself, and her face looked a bit pale. "Why is Fourth Miss here?"
Song Yihuan said, "Father and Mother have fallen ill one after another. There have been rumors in the mansion that there are ghosts. For the sake of Father and Mother's health, I naturally came here to offer incense and pray. I heard that Abbess Mingfa of Changyue Nunnery has profound Buddhist knowledge, so I planned to invite her back to the mansion to take a look."
Putting her hands together, Abbess Mingfa said, "Amitabha. This benefactor, may I ask what brings you to our nunnery?"
Nanny Zhao looked strange. She hesitated for a moment, took out the token in her hand, and held it out. "I was also entrusted by our young lady to invite the Abbess to Ding'an Marquis Mansion. I didn't expect that Fourth Miss would get here one step ahead of me."
The expression on Abbess Mingfa's face froze. Looking at the token Nanny Zhao held out, she exclaimed, "Ding'an Marquis Mansion?!"
Looking at Song Yihuan, she said, "This benefactor is also a young lady from Ding'an Marquis Mansion?"
Song Yihuan took in all the expressions on her face and said with a smile, "Yes, I'm the fourth young lady of Ding'an Marquis Mansion. The Crown Princess of Ningqin Prince is my elder sister. So, Abbess, do you know our Marquis Mansion and recognize my sister?"
Abbess Mingfa subconsciously denied it. "I don't recognize them. I've just heard of them."
"That's a pity. I thought the Abbess could help my sister." Song Yihuan sighed softly.
Abbess Mingfa didn't know what she was up to and asked, "Why do you say so, benefactor?"
Song Yihuan said to Abbess Mingfa, "My sister attended the Dharma Assembly held by your nunnery in March to pray for the safety of her family. Who would have thought that on her way back to the city, in the peach blossom forest outside the city, she was..."
Nanny Zhao realized what she was going to say and her voice became shrill. "Fourth Miss, watch your words!"
Song Yihuan looked at Nanny Zhao, looking surprised. "Nanny, elder sister was insulted, and the culprit has not been found yet. Changyue Nunnery is so close to that peach forest. If someone has seen the culprit, they might be able to provide some clues so that the Crown Prince can arrest the culprit and avenge sister.
"Why are you stopping me, Nanny? Do you want sister to lose her innocence in such an unclear way?"
Nanny Zhao's face looked extremely ugly, but Song Yihuan's words were reasonable, and she couldn't refute them.
Gritting her teeth, she said, "This matter shouldn't be talked about outside."
Song Yihuan said to Abbess Mingfa, "Buddhists never spread rumors. I believe the Abbess won't reveal the fact that sister was insulted after leaving Changyue Nunnery, right?"
Abbess Mingfa tightened the Buddhist beads in her hand, recited a Buddhist name, and said, "Yes, I will never reveal this secret to a fourth person. However, I really have never seen the culprit the benefactor just mentioned."
Song Yihuan laughed. "Really? Buddhists never tell lies. Can the Abbess swear to Buddha? If the Abbess is hiding something, may she be struck by lightning and die a bad death."
Abbess Mingfa tightened the Buddhist beads in her hand even more, but her face still showed the expression of pitying all sentient beings. "Naturally, Buddhists never lie."
Only then did Song Yihuan stop talking about Song Nanxin's loss of chastity. "Nanny, you came at a good time. I was just worrying about how the Abbess would go back with us. Now that Nanny Zhao is here, it's much more convenient. How about Nanny and the Abbess sharing the carriage, and we all go back to the city together?"
By this time, if Abbess Mingfa refused, it would seem a bit strange.
Secretly annoyed that she hadn't recognized Song Yihuan just now, Abbess Mingfa had no choice but to agree.
Nanny Zhao was extremely anxious at this moment.
She had received an order from Song Nanxin and planned to invite Abbess Mingfa to the Marquis Mansion tomorrow. Who would have thought that Song Yihuan would get there first and invite the Abbess today!
This matter involved the lives of the Marquis of Ding'an and Meng. If she said they should wait for another day, it would be inappropriate both emotionally and rationally. In the end, she had no choice but to reluctantly get on the carriage with Abbess Mingfa.
Soon, the two carriages drove away from Changyue Nunnery one after another and headed towards Ding'an Marquis Mansion.
Inside the carriage, Chunxing couldn't wait to ask, "Miss, did you find out any information just now? Is this Abbess Mingfa related to our mistress's death?"
Song Yihuan sneered. "The relationship is huge."
She told Chunxing about her suspicions. After hearing this, Chunxing clenched her fists tightly and said angrily, "It must be because of this that they killed our mistress. Just for that illusory fortune - telling, they did such a vicious thing. These people will surely be punished!"
Song Yihuan's face was cold.
Yes, just because of that illusory prediction of fate, they poisoned Mother, forced her to give birth prematurely, and let Song Nanzhe take the fate that should have belonged to Song Yixuan. Such means were really too vicious!
If she hadn't saved Xuan'er with all her might back then and raised him well until now, he might really have fulfilled the prediction of that old nun!
Humph, even if Song Nanzhe took Xuan'er's birth time, so what?
Xuan'er's heart disease had already been cured. One day, she would let these people know how outstanding Xuan'er would be!