That night.
The Gu Mansion is very lively.
Both families, along with Yun Manyu and several of her concubines, came over. Su Jingmo, however, did not show up. Changshan Mansion was in such a state of disrepair that he could not afford to leave.
Several tables were set up in the main courtyard, bustling with activity.
Su Qi did not stop Zhao Yuan's concubine from staying in the courtyard. She asked Xiang He to invite everyone over.
This made the concubines flattered.
The children sat at a large table by themselves, with Zeng Wuming and Zhi Yi watching over them.
Zhao Yuan had no one to accompany him, so Su Qi asked Yingyi to send Zhao Yuan to the Changshan government office and let him follow Su Jingmo to learn some things.
Su Qi and the others sat at two tables together.
Su Qi, Yun Manyu, Liu Qingyin, Qin Wan, several concubines, and Susan sat at one table, while Zhao Yuan's concubines sat at another.
The whole family had a lively meal together.
After dinner, they returned to their respective courtyards.
Nanny Jiang came over and talked to Su Qi for a while, and it was nothing more than what happened in Susan's yard.
"I think Madam's sister has a gentle personality, but Master Zhao is not the kind of person who favors his concubines over his wife. All the concubines' excessive behavior has been suppressed by Master Zhao."
Su Qi nodded. Zhao Yuan was indeed worthy of help.
It seems that he also likes Susan, otherwise why would he leave the capital with Susan?
"Madam Jiang, take this opportunity to suppress them with your words. To prevent them from having any improper thoughts in the future, find a powerful and knowledgeable madam. Then find a human trafficker to buy a few servants. Remember that the head maid and the matron in charge must be powerful and have their own ideas."
"Let these servants know who the master of the Zhao Mansion is? Don't let them have bad intentions in the future."
"Madam, you really care about this sister. I will do it tomorrow." Nanny Jiang was naturally happy to help. Everyone has a few capable helpers.
"Madame Rong, who was released from the palace with me before, was a good person."
"Then you can ask her to serve Madam Zhao. Just tell Madam Rong that Madam Zhao is a little weak right now. Her life will be no worse than others in the future."
"Of course." Nanny Jiang thought that as the future queen's concubine's sister, she would at least be granted a title.
Maybe it's much bigger than the Zhao family's title.
Nanny Jiang thought that she would be Su Qi's close friend in the future, so she smiled and walked out of the yard towards Qingru Academy.
Another day passed.
Shen Liehu came over with his two sons.
Su Qi's people told Su Qi the whole story.
It turned out that after Liu Qingyin was kidnapped.
The Shen family also went around looking for someone, but everyone in the village said that Liu Qingyin had run away with someone. They said that she couldn't stay in the Shen family anymore, so she naturally left to find a better way out.
Shen Liehu simply didn't believe that Liu Qingyin had left. He suddenly became depressed and went to the mountains and forests to look for Liu Qingyin after dinner every day.
Or go to the next village and ask around.
How would anyone know?
His son had gone with him to look for the person for a few days before, but after hearing the gossip in the village, he became even more unwilling to do so.
Shen Liehu ignored other people's advice and went out every morning with two steamed buns in his pocket.
Before Su Qi's men even reached the village entrance, they saw Shen Liehu, like a wandering ghost, asking everyone he met: "Young man, have you seen a gentle-looking woman in her forties? She's wearing a blue floral double-breasted coarse cloth shirt and a horse-faced skirt embroidered with hibiscus flowers."
"Who are you looking for?"
"My husband's surname is Liu, the same as Liushu." The hunter Shen was hunched over, looking increasingly old.
"Are you Shen Liehu? Is your wife Liu Qingyin?"
"It's me. Do you know where my wife is?" Shen Liehu laughed like a child.
The people Su Qi sent did not tell Shen Liehu where Liu Qingyin was now. They only said that she was abducted by evil people and was now rescued.
Let Shen Liehu go there.
When Shen Liehu heard this, he was so frightened that he lost one of his three souls. He hurriedly asked Liu Qingyin if she was injured.
I was relieved to hear that there was no one.
He returned home and took all the money he had at home. It was only six taels of silver plus a few hundred copper coins.
The two daughters-in-law of the Shen family knew that Liu Qingyin was a good person, but they heard that she had been kidnapped by someone else, and now they wanted their family to go look for her.
After counting the money in the family, the two daughters-in-law refused to work.
He was reluctant to take out his own small treasury, even though the total amount of money in the small treasury was less than ten taels of silver.
Shen Liehu was determined to go regardless. The two sons thought for a while and then searched the house for money. They gave it to Shen Liehu and followed him.
The daughter-in-law who stayed at home cried for a long time.
The three men thought they were here with money to redeem Liu Qingyin, but unexpectedly they were taken to a large courtyard.
The three of them didn't know how to move, and were afraid of dirtying the stone slabs if they stepped on the ground.
"Shen Dashan." Liu Qingyin was very happy to see Shen Liehu standing at the gate of Qingyang Courtyard.
Shen Liehu turned his head following the familiar voice, and then looked again. Where was the person?
He turned around several times in confusion, but did not see Liu Qingyin.
"Shen Dashan, why are you looking around?" The person in front of him, dressed in silk and satin, seemed to be speaking.
Shen Dashan bravely looked over, his heart almost jumping out of his mouth.
"Qingyin?"
Shen Dashan’s two sons were so shocked that they couldn’t close their mouths. Is this the stepmother their peasant father found for them?
"mother?"
Liu Qingyin smiled and walked up to Shen Liehu. "Look at your mouth, it's so wide open that I can even see the shit teeth in your mouth."
Shen Liehu quickly shut his mouth.
"Come in."
"Qingyin, where is this? They said you were kidnapped?"
Liu Qingyin smiled and said, "I was kidnapped by that bad guy in order to threaten my son. But I was rescued by my daughter-in-law, who brought me to their home."
"Should we stay here for a few days or go back to Shenjiazhuang? I wonder how the vegetables in the backyard are doing?"
"Mom. Don't worry about home. Yes, yes, we should go back after staying for two days."
Shen Dashan's son looked at Shen Dashan, who was heartbroken. Could it be that his father had lost his wife again?
"What about your son's father?"
Liu Qingyin smiled and said:
"My son is my adopted son, so his father must have his mother."
"You know that's not what I meant."
"My daughter-in-law said that she has already obtained the divorce papers for us. I have no relationship with that family anymore." Liu Qingyin deliberately comforted Shen Dashan.
Shen Dashan breathed a sigh of relief.
Yingyi sent over six sets of clothes, all made of fine cotton. Su Qi thought these three people were not used to wearing silk, so she sent someone to buy fine cotton clothes from a clothing store.
The three of them washed up and changed their clothes.
Gu Beiheng was not at home, so naturally Su Qi met with them.
Shen Dashan and Liu Qingyin declined Su Qi's suggestion. They both wanted to return to Shenjiazhuang.
"Mom. Beiheng also wants you to be with us."
"Qiqi. Beiheng has you and your children, as well as Sister Qin Wan and the others. I feel relieved." Liu Qingyin thought that she was not suitable to stay in the Gu Mansion.
Besides, Shen Dashan and the others are not used to it.
Wealth and glory are dazzling, it is better to go back to Shenjiazhuang.
Seeing that Liu Qingyin and Shen Dashan insisted, Su Qi didn't say anything else.
"Mom, since you insist, I will listen to you. But you also have to listen to my arrangements." Su Qi said with an expression that did not allow for refusal.
Liu Qingyin moved her mouth and finally agreed.
"Don't give too much." Liu Qingyin sighed, "Your uncle is enough to be taken care of by you."
"No. Beiheng and I will be scolded, and we will feel uneasy."
Su Qi inquired about the situation around Shenjiazhuang and had a clear idea of what was going on. She sent Yingyi to find someone she knew to go to Shenjiazhuang and buy a piece of land to build a three-story courtyard.
Land near Shenjiazhuang was very cheap, with even the best farmland costing only eight taels of silver.
Su Qi directly bought one hundred acres of land.
Shen Dashan felt dizzy after hearing this, and his two sons' legs went weak.
"Madam, that's not possible. We don't want to receive anything without doing anything." Shen Dashan's two sons almost knelt on the ground.
They thought to themselves that they couldn’t even give Liu Qingyin a good life, so how could they take advantage of her?
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