Zhichun looked around and then whispered, "When the eldest young master returned home, he was first carried to the outer courtyard. Several of the masters of the mansion went there, and the old lady was also carried by the maids to see it in person."

"Later, I heard that the eldest young master had offended the Zhao family and had become mentally retarded, so everyone dispersed."

"The old lady said that she wanted to send the young master to the farm."

After Su Qingyu heard Zhichun's detailed account of what had happened, she was surprised but also knew that it was all within reason.

My grandmother treats the younger generation in the family only by considering whether they are useful.

After Zhichun finished speaking, she saw Su Chengye approaching from a distance and hurriedly bowed, saying, "Then I will take my leave."

Su Chengye walked over quickly and asked, "Why did you two come back so suddenly without telling me in advance? I could have ordered someone to prepare some food and wine."

Su Chengye was respectful to Shen Zhixiu as always.

Su Qingyu said calmly, "We're not having dinner here. I came back to see my eldest brother."

Su Chengye's face darkened upon hearing this. "That rebellious son actually caused such a big disaster. What's there to see?"

Su Qingyu knew that Su Chengye had always been cold towards his children, so she didn't explain.

She looked at Shen Zhixiu, "Then Third Master, go have a cup of tea with father. I'll go see my eldest brother, and then we'll go back home."

Shen Zhixiu nodded and followed Su Chengye to the outer courtyard hall.

Su Qingyu took her maid to Aunt Xue's yard.

Before Su Yuankai appeared in the yard, Aunt Xue came out to greet him.

The moment she saw Su Qingyu, Aunt Xue fell to her knees in the yard.

"Miss, please spare Yuan Kai's life."

Su Qingyu simply didn't go in and sat down at the stone table in the yard.

"Does Auntie know what he did?"

Aunt Xue shook her head and said, "I don't know, I'm just guessing. Did they do something wrong today?"

Someone from the Zhao family had just come and told her what Su Yihui and Su Yuankai had done. Only then did Aunt Xue realize that Su Yuankai had been rescued by Su Yihui. Furthermore, Su Yuankai had been at the Zhao family for the past ten days.

Today is the birthday of the wife of Duke Weiguo, and Su Qingyu will definitely come to celebrate. If she says that Su Yihui and Su Yuankai did nothing to Su Qingyu, she will not believe it at all.

So today Su Yuankai is stupid and Su Yihui is under house arrest for murder, and Aunt Xue guesses that it is all related to Su Qingyu.

Hate? She no longer dared to hate.

She could only blame herself for her foolishness in touching someone else's child. Aunt Xue even felt that what happened today was retribution.

She lost someone else's child, and now both of her children have died a miserable death.

It may also be that she suffered losses at the hands of Su Qingyu several times, so she no longer dared to feel resentment and could only attribute her emotions to retribution.

The only thing she wanted to do now was to beg Su Qingyu to save Su Yuankai's life. Even if he was mentally retarded, he was still her son after ten months of pregnancy.

Thinking of Su Qingyu's ruthlessness, she panicked for a moment. Was it because Su Yuankai survived the Zhao family and she came to chase him down to finish him off?

Thinking of this, Aunt Xue knelt at Su Qingyu's feet.

"Miss, please spare the young master's life. The young master's brain is incurable and he is no different from a dead person."

"I am willing to take the young master to live in the manor and will never return to the Su family. I beg the young lady to show mercy and spare the lives of my mother and me."

"If the young lady needs me one day, I will do my best to help you."

Su Qingyu pondered without saying anything, and suddenly heard anxious shouts coming from the back of the yard.

"Master, please don't run away. Wait for me."

Then a figure jumped out, it was Su Yuankai.

Su Yuankai held a bunch of messy wildflowers in his hand, his face covered in mud. The maid behind him kept calling him, but he seemed not to hear and ran to the front yard with a silly smile.

I don't know what tripped me, but I fell to the ground. I stuffed my dirty hands into my mouth, and wild flowers were scattered all over the ground.

Aunt Xue burst into tears again, then squatted beside Su Yuankai and took the finger out of his mouth to wipe it for him.

"Yuan Kai, be obedient. Your hands are dirty. Let's wash them, okay?"

A maid brought water over, and Aunt Xue helped him wash the stains off his hands. Su Yuankai patted the water in the basin with his hands, and suddenly picked up a basin of water and poured it on Aunt Xue's head.

When the cold well water poured over her head, Aunt Xue shivered subconsciously, but she didn't say a word of complaint and gently helped Su Yuankai wipe his hands clean.

Su Qingyu stood up and left without saying anything.

Concubine Xue's crime of exchanging her brother for her was unforgivable. Death was a punishment, and so was spending the rest of her life facing her daughter's tragic death and her son's mental retardation.

And who knows, there might come a day when she will be needed to testify.

On the second day, Aunt Xue took Su Yuankai to a dilapidated farm of the Su family.

At this point, the Su family's eldest branch of the family was left without a male heir. Everyone's eyes were fixed on Concubine Zeng's pregnancy. Su Qingyu didn't say much about Concubine Zeng's pregnancy. After all, it wasn't the first time her father, who couldn't handle the situation, had raised someone else's child. There was nothing to be surprised about.

In the following month, several more things happened.

First, Su Yihui, the young lady of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion, died suddenly. The Zhao family did not hold a grand funeral ceremony and held the funeral in a hasty manner.

Not long after, Su Xiangling, the second daughter of the Pingning Marquisate, was suddenly brought into the Eastern Palace and became the Crown Prince's Consort. Those who knew the details knew that Su Xiangling was pregnant.

Just as this incident caused some discussion in Beijing, the bad news came from the northern border that Li Yunsi had died in battle.

The Tartars raided the northern border town, killing and wounding countless people, including Li Yunsi, his wife, and their three children.

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