Qingmu Courtyard.
The physician had stopped Su Muyao's bleeding and given her painkillers and sleeping pills. Now Su Muyao was finally asleep.
Madam Zhong pulled the family physician into the outer room: "Will Fourth Miss still be able to speak in the future?"
The physician lowered his eyes regretfully: "The Fourth Miss has lost her tongue and can no longer speak."
Zhong's heart clenched with pain, and she hurriedly asked, "Is there any way to reattach her tongue?"
The physician shook his head: "This old servant has no way to help."
Just as those imperial physicians said, let alone that he couldn't do it, even if a truly miraculous doctor could reattach a tongue, who would dare to do it? This was the Emperor's order to amputate the tongue; who would dare disobey the imperial decree?
Upon hearing the physician's answer, Madam Zhong was heartbroken beyond measure. She clenched her fists tightly, wishing she could kill Su Xuening immediately.
Su Renyi was somewhat disappointed to hear that Su Muyao could no longer speak, and turned to leave.
Upon seeing this, Madam Zhong immediately called out to him, "Where is the Marquis going?"
"Yao'er is asleep. Jinzhu just had a miscarriage. I'm going to check on her!" Su Renyi replied expressionlessly.
Upon hearing this, Madam Zhong instantly flew into a rage, screaming and shouting, "What kind of time is this? Our son is imprisoned in the imperial prison, and our daughter is injured like this, and you still have the mind to go see that bitch!"
Does he even have a heart? These are all his legitimate sons and daughters. Doesn't he feel any pain at all?
Seeing that she still had the nerve to yell at him, Su Renyi also roared angrily, "You still have the nerve to say that? If you hadn't been targeting those siblings and causing so much trouble, how could Su Xuening have orchestrated all this? How could Yuan'er have become a cripple? How could Yao'er have had her tongue cut out? And how could I have been stripped of my military rank?"
"You blame me?" Madam Zhong was furious and screamed, "If it weren't for my scheming, would the title of Marquis of Yong'an have fallen into your hands? Would the Emperor have allowed you to command the city's guards? Now you blame me, but why didn't you blame me when you were the Marquis of Yong'an!"
"you……"
Just as Su Renyi was about to retort, Su Feiling said with a stern face, "Stop arguing, Yao'er just fell asleep."
Su Renyi glanced at Su Muyao on the bed and then fell silent. Zhong Shi's voice also lowered: "I won't argue with you. Yuan'er is being held in the prison now. You need to find a way to save him quickly."
Su Renyi frowned and lowered his voice, saying, "The evidence against him for sexually assaulting Su Xuening is irrefutable. The Emperor himself issued the decree of tattooing him and exiling him. How can I save him?"
Madam Zhong became agitated again, and said hysterically in a low voice, "I don't care how you try to save him, whether you beg the Emperor or Consort Su, you must save Yuan'er. You absolutely cannot let Yuan'er be exiled. Yuan'er's leg is injured like that, he will die if he is exiled like this!"
As his eldest son, Su Renyi couldn't bear to watch Su Linyuan die.
"I'm entering the palace now!"
Su Renyi said something and then left Qingmu Courtyard.
As she watched Su Renyi's retreating figure, Zhong's eyes suddenly reddened: "Your father only cares about that vixen; he doesn't even care about your eldest brother anymore."
Seeing Zhong's aggrieved expression, Su Feiling frowned: "Didn't he enter the palace?"
Then she added, "Mother, you should also be prepared. The Emperor himself made the judgment on my elder brother. I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get him out."
Madam Zhong panicked instantly: "What can we do? With your elder brother's current health condition, sending him to exile is tantamount to sending him to his death!"
Su Feiling frowned, at a loss for what to do.
It seems Su Linyuan's exile is inevitable this time; the only question is whether he can rescue the person on the way.
Just as the mother and daughter were worrying, Zi Shu ran over: "Madam, Miss."
Seeing Zi Shu's anxiety, Su Feiling frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
"The eldest young lady has given the order for all the servants of the second branch to get out of the General's mansion. She only gave them the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to pack their things." All the maids and servants of the second branch have gone to pack their things, and she only took the time to come and report to the young lady and the madam.
Upon hearing this, Madam Zhong immediately flew into a rage: "That bitch! She's trying to drive our whole family to our deaths! I'm going to settle accounts with her!"
Zhong was about to go find Su Xuening again, but Su Feiling stopped her: "Forget it, even the Emperor has awarded this house to her, no matter how much we make a fuss, it's useless, let's not cause any more trouble."
Zhong glared angrily: "So we're just going to let her ride roughshod over us?"
She ruined her whole family; she'll never swallow this insult, even if it kills her!
Su Feiling narrowed her eyes menacingly: "Dealing with those siblings will be a long process, we'll have plenty of opportunities in the future. Right now, the most important thing is for me to become the Third Prince's principal wife."
"But now even your aunt isn't helping us."
When Su Feiling's marriage was mentioned, Mrs. Zhong felt somewhat annoyed.
If she had known that misappropriating the Mu family's dowry would cause Fei'er to lose her position as the Third Prince's principal wife, she would never have acted so blatantly.
This is all Su Xuening's and that bitch Mu's fault!
Su Feiling frowned, pondering how she could regain her status as Xuan Yuan Yu's principal wife. It seemed that, as a last resort, she would have no other choice but to resort to that method.
Jingxuexuan.
Bihe came to report: "Miss, Zishu, who serves the Second Miss, requests an audience."
Su Xuening narrowed her eyes slightly. Su Feiling had just left Jingxue Pavilion when she sent a maid over again, probably because of the maids and servants of the second branch of the family.
Su Xuening raised her chin towards Bihe.
Bihe then went out to fetch the person.
A short while later, Bihe led Zishu in.
"This servant greets Miss." As soon as she entered the room, Zi Shu bowed respectfully to Su Xuening.
The rules governing the servants of the second wife are clearly much better than before.
"What does Su Feiling want to say?" Su Xuening asked bluntly.
Zi Shu bowed and replied, "Our young lady wishes to ask the eldest young lady for mercy. The fourth young lady has just been tortured and cannot be left unattended. We beg the eldest young lady to leave one servant for each of our second mistresses."
As if afraid that Su Xuening would not agree, Zi Shu added, "There are also those things that need to be returned to the eldest son's family, which also need to be sorted out."
Su Xuening raised an eyebrow. Su Feiling was indeed the one who understood her best and knew how to persuade her: "It's rare for my second sister to ask for a favor, so I should give her this much face. Then each of the proper masters of the second branch should keep one servant, and the others should leave the manor according to the rules."
"Thank you, Miss." Having completed her task, Zi Shu immediately thanked Su Xuening and said, "This servant takes her leave."
Zi Shu bowed and was about to leave when Su Xuening suddenly spoke up: "Aren't you afraid of following a master who might drag you down with him at any moment?"
Zi Shu froze, thinking of Bai Qin being dragged to the Meridian Gate to be beheaded the next day, and of her possible fate in the future. A cold sweat instantly broke out on her back.
Seeing the change in Zi Shu's expression, Su Xuening smiled faintly: "You've seen what happened to Bai Qin and Yin Yu. If you want to change masters, feel free to come find me anytime!"
Hearing Su Xuening's words, Zi Shu dared not speak or raise her eyes, and obediently withdrew.
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