The fire at Lingxiao Pavilion was finally extinguished at the crack of dawn, leaving the entire pavilion in ruins.
Everyone thought that the fire had burned all night and the people inside must have died, until they found Su Xuening and Su Yun'an in the water vat, and Qingshan under the wet quilt, and realized how lucky these three people were!
The news that Su Xuening and Su Yun'an were still alive quickly reached Zhong Shi's ears. Zhong Shi was so angry that she almost fainted: "Useless! All of you are useless! Didn't I tell you not to go put out the fire? What are you all good for?!"
The messenger was Song, the most capable maidservant of Madam Zhong: "This old servant has already passed on Madam's orders. No one from the second branch dared to put out the fire. It was the Third Prince who led the Imperial Guards to put out the fire!"
"What did you say?" Madam Zhong was completely stunned. As if facing a great disaster, she slumped onto the stool and stammered, "How did the Third Prince know that there was a fire here?"
Granny Song shook her head: "This old servant does not know."
After a moment of silence, Madam Zhong suddenly stood up and said, "Quickly help me undress."
"Yes," Song Mama replied and stepped forward.
Jingxuexuan.
"Ning'er, Ning'er..."
"Quickly summon the imperial physician!"
In her dazed state, Su Xuening heard that voice that was all too familiar, a voice that haunted her like a nightmare, a voice that had haunted her from her past life until now.
"Imperial Physician, quickly examine Ning'er!"
As if sensing someone was about to approach her, Su Xuening suddenly woke up.
When she saw that a royal physician was about to take her pulse, Su Xuening seemed frightened and instinctively shrank to the corner of the bed.
Upon seeing that Su Xuening had woken up, Xuanyuan Yu exclaimed with delight, "Ning'er, you're awake!"
Seeing how frightened Su Xuening was, Xuan Yuan Yu quickly comforted her, "Don't be afraid, you're injured. I'll have the imperial physician take a look at you."
Xuanyuan Yu glanced at the imperial physician, who then tried to step forward.
Su Xuening seemed to finally remember everything, and grabbed Xuan Yuan Yu: "Where's Yun An!"
Before Xuan Yuan Yu could answer, Su Xue Ning anxiously shouted, "Yun An..."
“Yun An is in the side room next door,” Xuan Yuan Yu replied quickly.
Su Xuening immediately got out of bed and ran to the next room, where she found Su Yun'an lying on the small couch.
"Yun'an." Su Xuening stepped forward, tenderly touching Su Yun'an's little face, and softly called his name.
Su Yun'an opened her eyes groggily and saw Su Xuening softly about to call for help when she caught sight of Xuan Yuan Yu standing next to her. Suddenly, she burst into tears, feeling wronged: "Sister, someone is going to set us on fire and burn us to death."
Although she knew that Su Yun'an was acting, seeing his aggrieved look still made Su Xuening feel extremely sorry for him, and her eyes reddened as well.
Seeing the siblings in such a state, Xuanyuan Yu felt extremely distressed.
When Su Renyi arrived with his second wife and her family, Su Yun'an was wailing loudly.
Upon seeing Su Renyi and Zhong Shi, Su Yun'an instantly looked as if she had seen a ghost, pointing at the second branch of the family and screaming in terror, "It's them! They wanted to burn us alive!"
In an instant, Xuan Yuan Yu, several imperial physicians, and the imperial guards who came to help put out the fire all looked at Su Ren Yi and Zhong Shi with strange expressions.
Su Renyi's face turned a deep purplish-red, while Zhong's face turned pale, her eyes filled with a chilling murderous intent.
Upon hearing this, Su Muyao was the first to object: "Su Yun'an, what are you yelling about? It's your own yard that's flooded, what does it have to do with us!"
With tears streaming down her face, Su Yun'an glared angrily at Su Muyao: "It was you! You plotted against my sister, and now you wanted to burn me alive!"
The Imperial Guards around couldn't help but whisper among themselves upon hearing this.
"You're talking about the incident where the third young lady of the Su family was defiled by a beggar, right? I heard that he originally intended to harm the eldest young lady of the Su family, but ended up harming her instead."
"What a tragedy! They harmed the older generation and now they're harming the younger ones."
"The waters of the Yong'an Marquis's mansion run deep."
The sympathy and indignation around him made Su Renyi's face turn dark: "An'er, the matter hasn't been investigated yet, how can you talk nonsense?"
After reprimanding Su Yun'an, Su Renyi turned to Su Xuening: "Ning'er, I've already explained Su Yuxin's matter to you. You can't just keep making empty promises!"
Su Xuening hugged the sobbing Su Yun'an tightly, her eyes red as she glared at Su Renyi: "Red lips and white teeth? Second Uncle, explain to me then, the fire at Lingxiao Pavilion burned all night, where were you all night? With such a huge fire at Lingxiao Pavilion, you just turned a blind eye and only came now?"
"..." Su Renyi opened his mouth as if to explain something, but he couldn't utter a single word.
Last night, fearing that Zhong would be bothered by the matter of Jinzhu, he went to Zuihuanlou for drinks, as someone invited him there. It wasn't until this morning that someone told him about the fire at the Yong'an Marquis's residence, and that's when he rushed back.
But how could he talk about going to brothels in front of so many people!
"Ahem~" Su Renyi coughed lightly, then stammered an explanation: "I had something to do last night and wasn't at the manor..."
"Not in the manor?" Before Su Renyi could finish explaining, Su Xuening coldly retorted, "Then is the entire second branch of the family not in the manor? Or are all the people from the second branch of the family dead? Such a huge fire at Lingxiao Pavilion, and not a single person from the second branch of the family showed up!"
The phrase "They're all dead" caused everyone in the second wife's family to change their expressions.
Su Muyao completely lost it, pointing at Su Xuening and yelling, "Su Xuening, watch your mouth!"
Su Feiling glared at Su Muyao, suppressing Su Muyao's impending outburst, and then spoke softly, "Big sister, don't be angry. We probably slept too soundly last night, so we really didn't know that Lingxiao Pavilion was on fire."
Su Xuening didn't want to hear Su Feiling's lies at all: "Qing Shi!"
“Your servant is here.” The man with the gray hair and dark face stepped forward.
"Did anyone from the second wife's family come to put out the fire last night?"
"No!" Qing Shi's eyes reddened with grievance as he spoke of this: "Last night, I went to the second branch of the household for help. All the servants in the second branch knew about the fire at our Lingxiao Pavilion, but not a single one came to put it out."
Su Xuening finally lost her temper: "Listen to this! The master of the second branch is fast asleep, and the servants of the second branch are indifferent to our plea for help. The fire at Lingxiao Pavilion burned all night. If we hadn't found a water vat to hide in, Yun'an and I would probably be charred corpses."
Su Xuening's angry words once again drew everyone's astonished gaze to the second branch of the family.
When they arrived, they saw how big the fire was. Not to mention the people of the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion, the entire capital city probably knew that the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion was on fire. How could the people of the second branch not know?
They definitely knew, but with such a huge fire, not a single member of the second branch of the family came out to control the situation, and the servants were even more unwilling to come out and put out the fire. This really speaks volumes!
Su Xuening took Su Yun'an's hand, her gaze sharp as she stared at Madam Zhong and Su Feiling: "Someone in the Yong'an Marquis's mansion is trying to harm us, and this fire is definitely not an accident! Yun'an, let's go report to the authorities!"
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