"Prepare the carriage for the Holy King's Palace!" With Zong Jiu's call, Xuan Yuanpeng's imperial carriage headed towards the Holy King's Palace.
Seeing Xuanyuan Peng follow Bai Shi to the Holy King's Mansion, Consort Su was so angry that she felt like killing someone.
That damned Bai woman, she's seduced the Emperor again! She's utterly shameless!
“Mother Consort…” Xuan Yuan Yu hadn’t expected Xuan Yuan Peng to leave with Bai Shi like this, and looked helplessly at Consort Su.
"Return to the palace!" Consort Su said irritably, and then angrily boarded the sedan chair.
After Consort Su left, Xuan Yuan Yu reluctantly turned back to look at the Yong'an Marquis's residence before following her.
The most important thing now is to go back and persuade his father to grant him and Ning'er a marriage decree. Once his father issues the decree, no matter how unwilling Ning'er is, she will be unable to resist.
As soon as Xuan Yuanpeng and his group left the Yong'an Marquis's residence, the imperial physicians also left.
Zhong cried and begged them to treat Su Muyao: "Please, take a look at our Yao'er, is there any way to put her tongue back on?"
Hearing Zhong's ignorant request, the imperial physicians were speechless and said, "Second Madam Su, please don't joke around. How can a severed tongue be reattached?"
Another imperial physician chimed in, "Moreover, the Emperor himself ordered the tongue to be cut off. Who would dare to take that tongue? Madam Su, please don't harm us."
Looking at Su Muyao, whose mouth was gushing blood, Zhong felt her heart breaking: "At least stop the bleeding for our Yao'er, she's been bleeding non-stop."
The imperial physicians remained unmoved: "It seems that Miss Su doesn't trust our medical skills. Since she doesn't trust us, why should we humiliate ourselves?"
"It's just stopping the bleeding; your physicians can do that too."
"Miss Su, farewell." The imperial physicians ignored Su Renyi and Madam Zhong, only greeting Su Xuening before leaving.
"Miss Su, we've troubled you greatly, so we'll take our leave now." The ladies and noblewomen also bid farewell to Su Xuening.
Now that the Emperor has granted this house to Su Xuening, she is the true owner of the house, so they did not greet Su Renyi and Madam Zhong.
Of course, Su Renyi and his family are in a mess right now, so they probably don't have the energy to deal with them.
Su Xuening also curtsied to them: "There are many inconveniences in the mansion today, so I won't keep you any longer. I will host a banquet for you after the mansion is cleaned up. Please understand."
“Miss Su, you are too kind. In the future, there will be no elders in your household. If you and your siblings encounter any difficulties, please do not hesitate to ask.”
“That’s right. We all had a relationship with your mother. If you and your brother need anything, just ask.” Several ladies who were on good terms with the Mu family looked at Su Xuening and Su Yun’an with pity.
Su Xuening curtsied to them and said, "Thank you, ladies."
"And your mother, we should find her as soon as possible." They were quite worried about Mu Shi, who had been missing for a long time.
Speaking of Mu's disappearance, Su Xuening said with a solemn expression, "My mother is missing, and we are very worried that she may have been harmed. Yun'an and I are also very concerned."
Upon hearing Su Xuening's pointed words, the ladies immediately thought of Su Renyi and Madam Zhong.
It's likely that the disappearance of the Mu family was also the work of the second branch of the Su family. After all, once the Mu family was driven away, the eldest branch of the Su family would have no elders left, and the siblings in the Su family would be at the mercy of the second branch.
It's a pity, the siblings are very clear-headed, and they can't be manipulated by them just because they want to.
As for the Mu family, they've been missing for so long; I wonder if they've been harmed by them.
Seeing that the ladies also looked worried, Su Xuening reassured them, "Ladies, don't worry too much. Now that Lord Cen has taken over the case, I believe he will be able to help find Mother."
As soon as Su Xuening said this, all the ladies turned to look at Cen Jinfeng.
"Lord Cen, please help me find Madam Su!"
"Lord Cen, you must thoroughly investigate this case, and focus on certain individuals."
"I'll leave Madam Su's matter to Lord Cen."
Each of them spoke a few words, and Cen Jinfeng quickly nodded to them, saying, "Ladies, rest assured, I will do my best."
As he spoke, Cen Jinfeng bowed deeply to Su Xuening and said, "I will definitely investigate Madam Su's matter thoroughly!"
"It's truly rare to hear Lord Cen's determination to 'investigate to the end' again. Then I'll leave my mother's matter to Lord Cen." Su Xuening smiled faintly and curtsied to Cen Jinfeng in return.
Su Xuening's obvious sarcasm and indifferent expression made Cen Jinfeng sense her distance and distrust.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Cen Jinfeng didn't bring up the past again: "Your household is busy today, so I won't bother you any longer. I'll bring people to ask about the details of the case in a couple of days after you've settled in. Farewell."
Cen Jinfeng cupped his hands in greeting to Su Xuening, then left with the Shuntian Prefecture yamen runners.
The ladies and noblewomen all bid farewell to Su Xuening, and Su Xuening even had Bihe and Lülian see them off.
The last to leave was Madam Tang. Looking at the devastated Jingxue Pavilion, she said with an unnatural expression, "If you siblings need anything, you don't need to ask outsiders. No matter how dire the Dingping Marquis's Mansion is, it is still your maternal family. Even though your uncle is gone, your aunt and your cousin will definitely help if they can."
Su Xuening knew that Tang Shi meant well. Although Tang Shi was not close to her mother, which also meant that they had little affection for this aunt, the only warmth she had in her past life came from Tang Shi.
In her previous life, after she was imprisoned in the Cold Palace by Xuan Yuan Yu and Su Fei Ling, Tang Shi would try every means to send her things whenever she entered the palace, and sometimes she would even secretly come to see her.
At that time, she pretended to be crazy. Even though she knew that Tang was a good person, she didn't dare to reveal herself in front of her. So, Tang always looked at her with such heartache and regret. Moreover, it is said that she often visited Yun'an at the Yong'an Marquis's residence. However, the Yong'an Marquis's residence was controlled by Zhong and the others, so she was probably powerless to help Yun'an most of the time.
Although she didn't know why Tang was not close to her mother, she knew that Tang was a good person.
Su Xuening bowed to Madam Tang before speaking, "What do you mean by 'fallen into poverty'? Even if we were down on our luck, the Marquis of Dingping's title would still be there, but my brother and I have lost our father's title of Marquis of Yong'an."
Seeing Su Xuening's disappointed look, Madam Tang opened her mouth and comforted her, "Every cloud has a silver lining. Yun'an is still young. It may not be a good thing for him to have the title of Marquis of Yong'an now, and it may not be a bad thing for him not to have it now."
None of the members of the second branch of the Su family are kind-hearted. If the title of Marquis of Yong'an had really fallen into Su Yun'an's hands early on, Su Yun'an might not even be alive to stand here.
Su Yun'an is still young and doesn't have the ability to protect himself yet, so asking for this title now is really not a good thing.
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