Su Xuening was naturally at ease leaving the matter to the Bai family.
Since the Bai family wanted to investigate the matter themselves, Su Xuening decided not to interfere.
She believed that with her mother's abilities, even after a long time, she would surely be able to find some clues.
The two sat in Ningxiang Garden for a while before returning to Linshui Pavilion.
As soon as he returned to the main house, Ye Yun came over to report: "Your Highness, here is the indenture you requested."
Just now at the General's Mansion, when Xuan Yuanzhan heard that Su Xuening wanted Mo Qi's indenture, he immediately asked Ye Yun to arrange it.
Xuan Yuanzhan accepted the indenture and then handed it to Su Xuening: "Mo Qi's indenture."
Su Xuening glanced at the indenture, then looked up at Xuan Yuanzhan again.
Unexpectedly, he even managed to get Moqi's indenture back for her.
He knew what she wanted without her saying a word.
Even so, this person cannot be easily forgiven.
Xuan Yuanzhan had initially thought that seeing her somewhat moved, he would try to take advantage of the situation and curry favor with her to see if he wouldn't have to sleep on the floor that night. But seeing her suddenly cold and stern gaze, he instantly fell silent.
It wasn't until evening that Su Xuening saw Mo Qi again.
"Young Miss." Upon seeing Su Xuening, Mo Qi knelt down and kowtowed to her.
"Get up and answer." Su Xuening felt a little sorry for him seeing his disheveled appearance.
"Thank you, Miss Xie." Mo Qi then stood up.
"Has Su Linyuan's body been handed over to the Zhong family?" Su Xuening asked Mo Qi.
Mo Qi immediately bowed and replied, "As instructed by the young lady, I took it to the grave of the second master in the eastern suburbs. Sure enough, I found the second madam there. I handed the young master's body over to the second madam. The second madam was very sad and fainted on the spot."
Su Xuening remained unmoved by these words: "Has Su Linyuan's body been buried?"
Mo Qi nodded: "Just now, Granny Cai gave me one tael of silver and asked me to buy a simple coffin. After that, the Second Madam instructed me to bury the young master next to him."
Su Xuening was not surprised. Su Linyuan was also a criminal, so naturally he could not enter the Su family ancestral tomb.
It was already quite an achievement that Mo Qi managed to bring him back from the road to exile.
After all, Su Linyuan was a criminal. Even if he died, it should still be reported to his superiors, and he could only be buried on the spot with their permission.
However, the officers and soldiers must have reported this matter and were authorized to bury it on the spot before they dared to hand the body over to Mo Qi. Otherwise, even the body would not have been able to be brought back by Mo Qi.
To her surprise, Zhong only took out one tael of silver to buy a coffin.
That was her most beloved legitimate son, and in the end, he only received a meager coffin. It seems that Madam Zhong truly had no money left. She couldn't even afford a coffin for Su Linyuan!
But if the Zhong family is poor, the Ministry of Personnel should not refuse to provide financial assistance.
Aren't Zhong and Su Muyao currently staying at the Minister's residence? Su Linyuan is, after all, the grandson of the Minister of Personnel. Surely the Minister's residence wouldn't refuse to pay a single tael of silver?
"What is the attitude of the Minister's Mansion? They haven't spent any money to handle Su Linyuan's funeral?"
Even if Su Linyuan is a criminal and his funeral cannot be extravagant, the government can still do its job of giving him more money to buy a heavy coffin!
Mo Qi sighed and shook his head, saying, "The people from the Minister's Mansion had a bad attitude. The young master's body couldn't even be brought into the Minister's Mansion. It was kept outside until he was laid to rest. When we bought the coffin, the Minister's Mansion didn't give us any money. The one or two taels of silver that Granny Cai gave us was not enough to buy a coffin. It was only by adding half a tael of silver that we were able to buy a thin coffin and get it buried."
Mo Qi ultimately felt guilty towards Su Linyuan, so even though this half tael of silver was all the money he had, he used it all to buy him a coffin.
The people in the Minister's mansion are truly ruthless. When the second branch of the Su family was at its peak, the Minister's mansion benefited greatly from the Su family's glory. The second wife even sent a lot of things back to her maternal home.
Now that the second branch of the Su family is in trouble, they won't even part with a single tael of silver! What's more, the young master is the Minister's own grandson, the Minister of Personnel is really too generous!
Su Xuening was not surprised at all.
The Minister's Mansion originally did not want to appear too snobbish, so after the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion was raided, it still accepted Zhong Shi and Su Muyao, who had sought refuge there.
After all, Su Huiyan is still a concubine in the harem, and Su Feiling is pregnant with Xuan Yuan Yu's child. No one knows whether the second branch of the Su family will be able to turn things around in the future.
They had already done enough to maintain appearances, so naturally they were too lazy to do anything else.
Su Linyuan was already a criminal with no value to them, let alone now that he's dead. Why would the Ministry of Personnel waste money on such a person?
"Did you not go back after burying Su Linyuan?" Su Xuening asked Mo Qi.
If he goes back to see Madam Zhong, she probably won't let him leave so easily.
Even though Zhong didn't have Moqi's indenture, in Zhong's heart, Moqi was always a servant of the second branch of the Su family.
Currently, Madam Zhong only has Granny Cai by her side, and she is short of servants, so how could she easily let Moqi leave!
Mo Qi shook his head: "This servant followed the young master to exile and used all the silver to exchange for the young master's body. The half tael of silver left for travel expenses was used to buy a coffin for the young master. Now this servant has buried the young master, and I have done my best for him. This servant's indenture is no longer in the hands of the second madam, and this servant does not want to go back."
On the way to exile, he did not poison the young master. As for the incident at Jingxue Pavilion, even without him, the young lady could still deal with the young master. He was only doing it to protect himself. Now, what he has done for the young master can be considered as offsetting his merits and demerits. He no longer owes the young master anything.
Su Xuening gave Mo Qi a deep look, thinking that this servant still had some benevolence, so she took out a pill from her purse: "This is your antidote. Take it and you won't be poisoned again."
Although she hadn't given Mo Qi any poison before, since she had "poisoned" him, she still had to give him an antidote.
Mo Qi was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Thank you, Miss."
After thanking him, Mo Qi immediately took the antidote and swallowed it.
After taking the antidote, Mo Qi seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Su Xuening with a hesitant expression.
He wanted to ask about Jinzhu's situation, but he didn't dare to ask rashly.
Su Xuening assumed he wanted a contract of indenture, so she took out his contract of indenture: "I keep my word, so here's your contract of indenture too. From today onwards, you're free!"
Mo Qi stared at the indenture that Su Xuening handed over, but did not take it. Instead, he knelt down before Su Xuening again: "This servant has nowhere to go. Please, Miss, allow this servant to follow you. This servant can do anything and will be loyal to you without any disloyalty."
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