Jinzhu lowered her eyes: "The Third Prince admires you, he will definitely come to save you."
Xuanyuan Yu was the only person she could think of who would come to save the young lady.
A hint of gratitude flashed in Su Xuening's eyes: "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the Zhong family?"
Jinzhu smiled at Su Xuening: "When I went to inform the Imperial Guards, I changed into men's clothing and smeared soot on my face. They thought I was a man."
She's clever!
Su Xuening looked at Jin Zhu and suddenly asked, "Do you want revenge?"
Jinzhu looked at Su Xuening with a blank expression, not understanding what she meant.
Su Xuening leaned closer to Jinzhu and whispered in her ear, "She harmed your child. Don't you want to get revenge?"
Jin Zhu looked up, staring at Su Xuening in shock.
An eye for an eye, young lady, you mean...
Su Xuening and Jin Zhu stayed in the bamboo forest for quite a while before parting ways.
When Su Xuening returned from her rendezvous with Jinzhu, Lülian was still kneeling at her door.
Green Lotus didn't dare to look at Su Xuening even once, keeping her eyes lowered and her gaze concealed.
"Miss." Upon seeing Su Xuening return, Bilian hurriedly went to greet her.
Su Xuening took off her cloak and handed it to her: "Change into men's clothes and go buy some tung oil."
"yes."
Bilian hung up Su Xuening's cloak, took some silver from the box, and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Green Lotus suddenly spoke up: "Let me go."
Su Xuening and Bihe looked at Green Lotus together.
Green Lotus repeated with a firm gaze, "Let me go and buy it for you, Miss."
Su Xuening was silent for a moment, then raised her chin at Bihe: "Let her go."
“Miss…” Bihe still didn’t believe Lülian.
How could Miss so easily trust that treacherous hussy, Green Lotus, who betrayed her master for personal gain?
Su Xuening ignored Bihe and only looked at Lülian, instructing: "Change into men's clothing, cover your face with a veil, and don't let anyone know your identity."
"This servant understands." Green Lotus tried to get up, but her legs were so numb that she almost fell over.
After a while, Green Lotus finally stood up.
Bihe reluctantly handed the purse to Lülian.
"Wait a minute." Upon seeing the money bag, Su Xuening instantly remembered something and immediately took the money bag she had taken from the beggar and replaced it with theirs.
"Just go like that." Su Xuening stared at the money bag and smiled coldly.
Green Lotus bowed to Su Xuening and then went back to change her clothes.
As soon as Green Lotus left, Green Lotus complained, "Miss, how could you let her go? What if she tells the Second Madam and the Second Miss? Wouldn't your plan be exposed?"
Su Xuening said calmly, "She wouldn't dare! At least not this time."
Now is the time for her to show her loyalty, so she would never betray them.
Bihe frowned: "If you don't dare this time, what about in the future? Aren't you afraid that this matter will become a handle she can use against you?"
"Trying to control me? She doesn't even dare!" Su Xuening raised her eyebrows and sneered disdainfully, "After this, she won't dare to have any disloyal thoughts again."
The consequences of this are far beyond what she can bear.
Bihe was also clever, and she immediately understood Su Xuening's intention, and smiled and said, "Miss is wise."
An hour later, Green Lotus brought back the tung oil.
Su Xuening was very satisfied and even rewarded her with medicine for her wounds: "Apply it here. You have to be seen eventually. If others see this, they will think I am mistreating my maid."
Green Lotus took the medicine and said cautiously, "It was my own accident that caused this, it has nothing to do with you, Miss."
Su Xuening was satisfied and spared Lülian from kneeling as punishment, letting her go back to her room to rest. However, Lülian refused and insisted on serving her in the room.
Su Xuening also wanted to keep her in front of her, so she let her go.
The next day, just as Bihe and Lülian finished helping Su Xuening with her washing and dressing, a maid came to report: "Miss, someone from Shuntian Prefecture has come and says they have something to report."
Upon hearing this, Bihe's eyes lit up instantly: "Could it be that Shuntian Prefecture has found the arsonist?"
Su Xuening was not so optimistic. She got up and went out with Bihe and Lülian.
The yamen runners who were waiting in the courtyard saw Su Xuening come out and quickly stepped forward to bow: "Greetings to Miss Su."
Su Xuening recognized him; he was the constable Cen Jinfeng had sent to Lingxiao Pavilion to investigate tung oil: "Lord Cen, have you found any clues?"
The constable's eyes flickered slightly, and he said somewhat guiltily, "Lord Cen said that the fire at Lingxiao Pavilion was caused by that servant, A-Quan."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Su Yun'an had somehow gotten out of the room and was glaring at the bailiff: "I told you, Quan couldn't have set the fire, and he's illiterate, so the confession wasn't written by him."
The constable was surprised to see Su Yun'an there. Seeing the injuries on Su Yun'an's face, he felt a little bad, but he still forced himself to say, "He had someone else write it for him. The scholar who wrote it has been found. The scholar went to identify the body and recognized that it was the confession that A-Quan had asked him to write. The fingerprint on the confession is also A-Quan's, so the confession is real and valid."
Su Xuening sneered: "So he also asked the scholar to help him hang himself?"
"Ahem~" The constable coughed lightly, feeling guilty, and lowered his eyes, saying, "The coroner made a mistake in examining the case of hanging. He did indeed hang himself. It must have been that he failed the first time and then tried a second time, which is why there are two rope marks on his neck."
Hearing this absurd reason, Su Xuening didn't even bother to sneer.
She stared at the bailiff and walked step by step to him: "Whether it was suicide by hanging or strangulation, whether the coroner might have made a mistake, you and I both know the answer, and Lord Cen knows the answer as well."
The yamen runner felt extremely uncomfortable under Su Xuening's gaze. He opened his mouth twice, but couldn't utter a word.
Su Xuening stared at the constable, then suddenly said leisurely as if she were letting him go, "Go back and tell Lord Cen that I accept the results of his investigation this time."
The constable breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been granted a pardon, then looked at Su Xuening in shock, seemingly not expecting her to accept the outcome so calmly.
Before coming here, he thought this matter would be difficult to handle. Lord Cen also had the same concern. After all, Miss Su was very sharp in the main hall yesterday, and even Marquis Yong'an was rendered speechless by her.
Seeing through his thoughts, Su Xuening smiled sneer: "But since Lord Cen is so good at judging the situation, I hope that next time you can pretend to be confused and deal with things perfunctorily, just like this time."
The constable stared blankly at Su Xuening, and for a moment felt that the burns on her face did not affect her beauty at all. She still seemed to be as beautiful as ever, unattainable.
This Miss Su is truly insightful and understands everything, yet she simply let the matter go. This is rather strange.
Su Xuening's powerful aura made the constable breathless. He took a deep breath before bowing and saying, "I will convey the message to Miss Su."
After the constable finished speaking, he took his leave.
Su Yun'an shouted angrily at the constables, "A-Quan didn't start the fire. Give us back his body!"
The constable frowned, but before he could speak, Su Xuening said to the servants in the courtyard, "You few follow this sir and go and retrieve A-Quan's body."
"Yes," the servants replied, glaring angrily at the yamen runners.
The constables didn't dare say anything and took the servants back to Shuntian Prefecture.
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