Seeing him lower his head slightly, Xiao Lingyu hesitated to speak. "Oh, there's one more thing. Wen Ge'er told me yesterday that when we were boating in Mo Garden last time, you were holding Yunqian's little cousin and sitting on another pleasure boat. Your eyes were fixed on our pleasure boat. Who were you looking at? I don't think it was Wen Ge'er, after all, Wen Ge'er was wearing a monkey mask. You must have been looking at Yunqian..."
"To be honest, I was indeed watching Yunqian. I heard about my cousin's story when I married into the Cui Mansion. Since the Cui and Meng Mansions have always been at odds, as the Cui family's daughter-in-law, I can't appear in front of the Meng family. I can only watch my cousin's son from afar and hope that he lives a good life. Fortunately, he has a father who dotes on him."
Liu Yue's heart was in her throat, but luckily it was night and the light was dim.
Mrs. Su has such sharp eyes that she might have discovered her relationship with Qian'er.
"So you've been quietly caring for your cousin's son all these years?"
"That's not the case. If I meet someone on the street, I will stop and look at them from a distance."
Xiao Lingyu frowned slightly, but Liu Yue remained calm, "Madam Cui, why don't you tell us the truth about what happened back then?"
Liu Yue said: "I really have nothing to say! Everything is just your random guesses."
Xiao Lingyu stood up while holding Xiao Xier in his arms. "It's okay if you don't tell me! Someone in the Meng Mansion will tell me what happened back then. After all, Wen Ge'er only dropped his mask in the Meng Mansion, so that's why he was captured in the Cui Mansion!"
"Madam Su!" Liu Yue was anxious. "I advise you not to investigate what happened back then. The Cui family is not someone you can mess with!"
"Brother Wen is my son now, and he will be my son forever. As his mother, I will never let the murderer who persecuted my son go! Even if the other party is a scourge or a beast, I am not afraid!"
"Madam Su, I know you're not afraid. Are you going to avenge Wen'er and disregard the safety of other children? You can't afford to offend the Cui family!"
Liu Yue knew very well that she could find out the truth of what happened back then, and Nanny He was still serving Qian'er in the Meng Mansion.
She was not worried about the truth being exposed, because the only outcome waiting for her was death.
What I am most worried about is how Qian'er will deal with it when he finds out the truth?
Can he accept it?
His mother has been by his side all these years, but he has never seen her.
Xiao Lingyu said, "We were able to break into the Cui Mansion at night, so we must be able to protect ourselves. You are Wen'er's aunt, and I hope to learn the truth from you. I will only give you seven days to consider it."
Seven days later, the results of the provincial examination would be announced. She was Wen'er's aunt and had risked her life to save Wen'er. She wanted to give her a decent life.
The family of three disappeared into the night, and Liu Yue's mood fell to the bottom. What should she do?
"Mother, why do we have to wait for my aunt to tell us herself? We should know the truth about my third brother's murder sooner and avenge him sooner!"
Xiao Xier turned her little head and pondered the conversation between her mother and her aunt at Cui's house just now.
I am absolutely certain that the old man from the Cui family is the villain who persecuted my third brother.
"It was you who caused the Cui family's Patriarch to suddenly fall ill, right?"
"Ah!... I didn't!" Xiao Xier was so scared that she trembled in Xiao Lingyu's arms.
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, "You three siblings were missing for over half an hour last night. Do you think Mother didn't know?"
My mother is so scary, nothing can be hidden from her!
"Mother, I won't do it again. I just wanted to teach him a lesson. If I had known last night that the old man from the Cui family was the murderer who persecuted my third brother, I wouldn't just scare him. I would have poisoned him so that he couldn't speak."
"Fortunately, you didn't do that. Seven days later, the Cui family would be in big trouble and would have been unable to protect themselves. Your aunt would have told you the truth about what happened that day."
Xiao Lingyu wanted to bring up the Cui family's disregard for other people's lives, which would be another piece of evidence.
"Su Yi, we still need to investigate how many lives the Cui family has taken over the years..."
Su Xingyi nodded, "I understand."
"Madam Su, this is a carrier pigeon that flew here half an incense stick ago." Su Yun came over holding a scarlet carrier pigeon.
Xiao Lingyu recognized at a glance that this was the one raised in the eldest prince's mansion, and hurriedly pulled the letter off the pigeon's leg.
"Xiao Yu, is this news from Zhu Xu?"
Xiao Lingyu handed him the letter and told Su Yun to take the carrier pigeon away and take good care of it.
Xiao Lingyu placed Xiao Xi'er beside Su Ningwen and said, "Everything is going smoothly in the capital. With the old virtuous king and the imperial censor involved, the Cui family will be doomed this time!"
Su Xingyi looked at the words "The prince ordered us to wait" on the note, and then he realized that Feng Jinyu was actually a prince, and it seemed that he was even the eldest prince.
No wonder Yan Wei and Zhu Xu are so capable!
"Mother, you've done so much to avenge Third Brother. You're going to destroy the entire Cui family, aren't you?"
Xiao Lingyu said softly, "The Cui family has committed many crimes. I had no idea they had persecuted Wen Ge'er before. This is a perfect opportunity to avenge both old and new grudges at once!"
Xiao Xier looked at the sleeping Su Ningwen and said, "Mom, come up quickly. It's late. We should go to bed early."
Xiao Lingyu simply washed up and went to bed, lying between the brother and sister.
The brother and sister instinctively moved closer to Xiao Lingyu.
Su Xingyi saw Su Ningwen with a smile on his face, wondering if he was awake or having a beautiful dream?
I think he was very happy to have his mother accompany him to sleep.
Su Xingyi made a blanket for the three of them and then lay down on the soft couch under the window.
He picked up the letter and read it carefully. After half a cup of tea, he put it away. He tossed and turned several times on the couch before falling asleep...
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"Young Master, the people we sent out came back and said that Li Ming'an and the other two are missing." Meng Fu'an hurried to the study.
"Missing?"
"They went looking for people according to the address. They found out that Li Ming'an sold his house to a pawnbroker two years ago after burying his mother. He followed the caravan to the Western Regions and there's no trace of him since. The other two girls came from poor families. They were both sold to raise their children. They received their indentures and never returned!"
Meng Zilu felt that something was fishy, and he was even more certain that there was something hidden behind Wanwan's childbirth. It was an indisputable fact that Wen Ge'er was his son.
"I understand. Go ahead."
"Noble!"
"Master, Nanny He and Qinghe haven't shown any suspicious behavior these days... It's not a good idea for us to monitor them like this. Why don't we use some tricks to get them to tell us the truth about what happened back then?"
Meng Gaoyu had told him that he must not have any conflict with the Cui family before the results were announced.
He now suspected that the Cui family might have harmed his son. If he heard from Nanny He and Qinghe that it was related to the Cui family.
He might not be sane at that time!
"Not for now. Let's keep an eye on it for a few days... Send someone to find out if anyone from the Cui family went to Linghua Temple to pray four years ago. Have you found any results?"
Lai Bao said: "Not yet, but there will be news soon."
Meng Zilu thought that as long as he could confirm that someone from the Cui family had gone to Linghua Temple to pray for blessings, he would go and meet Wen Ge'er, and then settle the score with the Cui family!
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