Chapter 57 Trust 2 I will take my husband to a place
Su He originally wanted to find an opportunity to talk to him about Xie Erlang, but unexpectedly, he mentioned the matter of returning to the Li family to her first.
She smiled slightly: "Don't worry, my husband, I have my father to look after me. He won't dare to do anything to me."
Xie Wuhen hummed softly and looked at her.
As he looked at her, he tapped the table with his index and middle fingers. "Did your father-in-law say anything about my inability to accompany you back to your parents' home this time?"
Su He remained calm, "My husband is very busy with official duties, and father will certainly understand."
Then she asked, "It's been two days since I went back to my parents' home. Why did you suddenly bring it up?"
He put his hands back into his sleeves, clenching them secretly, his face remaining calm and composed. "I just thought of this today, so I just asked casually. I don't have any other intentions."
As he spoke, he stood up, his fluttering eyelashes hiding a surge of emotions: "I have official business to attend to tonight, so in order not to disturb my lady's rest, I will go to the study first." After saying this, he turned and left the room.
Su He stared at his back in a daze until he disappeared into the night at the door.
As soon as Xie Wuhen left, Zhang Xiuhua walked into the room.
She looked terrified: "Could the uncle have discovered something?"
She just heard her brother-in-law mention returning to the Li family at the door.
Su He was silent for a moment, then answered irrelevantly, "Has Ping An Lane been properly arranged?"
Zhang Xiuhua replied, "Don't worry, Miss. We have already made all the arrangements."
Su He's expression relaxed, "That's all right." Then he turned around and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Since he had moved into the study, she could go to bed early with peace of mind.
Zhang Xiuhua was still worried, so she followed and asked, "Miss, are you really... okay?"
Su He said calmly, "Don't worry, aunt."
In the study.
As soon as Xie Wuhen entered the house, he called Wu Sheng over and asked, "Who escorted the young lady back to the Li family the day before yesterday?"
Wu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "The driver who is in charge of picking up the young lady is the driver named Fu Sheng."
He ordered in a deep voice, "Call Fusheng."
Wu Sheng clasped his fists and said “Yes”.
In just half a cup of tea, Fusheng, who lived in the back room, was called to the study.
He bowed respectfully and said, "I wonder why the young master called me here?"
Xie Wuhen asked directly, "It was you who drove the young lady back to the Li family the day before yesterday, right?"
Fu Sheng replied: "Yes, he is indeed a villain."
He frowned slightly, "Young Madam didn't go anywhere else, did she really return to the Li family?"
Fu Sheng was confused: "Where else can the young lady go if she doesn't return to the Li family?"
He then asked, "Did you see the young lady walk into the Li family's gate with your own eyes?"
Fu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand. "No, that's not the case. The young lady told me to take her to Changlong Restaurant first, saying she should have dinner before returning to the Li residence. I wanted to wait outside the restaurant until she finished her meal before sending her back, but she didn't keep me waiting. She said she wanted to go shopping after dinner and could walk back to the Li residence by herself. So... I returned home early."
Xie Wuhen frowned and said, "As expected."
Fusheng felt uneasy, thinking that the young lady had returned from her parents' home a long time ago, and nothing had gone wrong, so why did the young master summon him for this matter?
Could it be that the young lady had complained about herself to the young master?
He trembled timidly: "It is my fault for failing in my duty. I hope the young master will forgive me."
Xie Wuhen was silent for a moment, then asked, "Where did you pick up the young lady from the next day?"
Fu Sheng replied, "The next day, before I could drive to pick her up, the young lady returned home."
"What time is it?"
"It was the hour of Mao, when the young master had just started his shift."
He hummed, and after a moment he said, "You go down first."
Fu Sheng went downstairs in confusion.
You could hear a pin drop in the house.
Even Wu Sheng didn't dare to speak without authorization, for fear of offending his master.
After a long while, Xie Wuhen instructed again: "Tomorrow morning, go to the Li family and ask someone to see if the young lady has returned."
Then he warned: "This matter should not be publicized, you need to inquire privately."
Wu Sheng lowered his head and replied "yes".
The next day, at dawn, he got up early and drove to the streets near Li's house. Through his complicated connections, he found a woman working in the kitchen of Li's house to inquire.
The old woman was blinded by the money and stuffed a handful of change into her hand, and she knew that she had told him everything.
Wu Sheng asked, "Did the Xie family's young lady really not return to the Li family in the past three days?"
The old woman replied, "I really haven't been back. I work in the Li family's kitchen, so how could anyone who came to the Li family escape my sight? To be honest, after the young lady got married, she only visited Xie's eldest son once, on the day she returned home, and she hasn't been back since."
"If you dare to lie, I will not forgive you."
"I swear to heaven, if you dare to tell even a single lie, I will be struck by lightning."
Wu Sheng didn't want to waste any more time talking to her, so he said "thank you" and turned back to report.
In Chunhua Courtyard, Chunlan wanted to find Wu Sheng to find out the truth, but she couldn't find him.
Later, he learned from a servant who lived with Wu Sheng that Wu Sheng had gone to do an errand for his brother-in-law early in the morning, and it was said that it was an errand that "should not be publicized."
She was panicking: "Miss, is the uncle secretly investigating us?"
After all, if he hadn't been suspicious, why would the son-in-law have stayed in the study last night?
Su He comforted her: "Don't panic, it's not too late to ask Wu Sheng later."
Zhang Xiuhua was even more bewildered: "I've said it before, young lady shouldn't marry a Dali Temple Shaoqing. If we're not careful, we'll be dead without a burial place."
Su He shouted "Auntie".
The loud shout frightened Zhang Xiuhua so much that her back tightened.
Even Chunlan, who was standing next to her, was startled.
Su He said in a deep voice, "I said it's okay, so it will be okay. Why are you panicking?"
Then he ordered: "Prepare more dishes for dinner, the son-in-law will definitely come home for dinner today."
Zhang Xiuhua slowed down and whispered "OK".
Xie Wuhen came back earlier than usual today.
As soon as the sun set, he strode into Chunhua Courtyard.
At that time, Su He had just prepared the meal in his spare room and also prepared a pot of fruit wine.
He walked into the room, glanced at the dishes on the table, then glanced at Su He, then bent down and sat down at the table.
She offered him a cup of tea and said, "My dear, you have just arrived in time for dinner today."
He answered irrelevantly: "My lady has prepared quite a few delicious delicacies today."
Su He smiled and said, "I have nothing to do, and I'm in a good mood, so I asked the kitchen to make a few more dishes. I hope my husband likes them."
He looked at her deeply: "Why are you so happy, my lady?"
She pretended to be puzzled: "My humble concubine and I live in harmony, and our life is worry-free. Shouldn't I be happy?"
He withdrew his gaze and smiled, a very forced smile.
"My lady, you are absolutely right." He picked up the teacup and drank the tea.
Su He sat down beside him and looked him over intently: "Husband, you look unhappy, but is there something on your mind?"
He said in a low voice: "My lady, you are worrying too much. No."
She then asked, "Then why is my husband unhappy?"
He secretly gripped the teacup, his knuckles turning white, but his tone remained calm: "It's just that the official business is not going smoothly."
"Is it the official business ordered by the emperor?" She had heard him mention it inadvertently.
He responded with a "hmm".
"The Emperor won't blame my husband, will he?"
His gaze still fell on her face. It was a quiet, distant, and angry gaze, like a mountain, right in front of him, but just out of reach.
He answered irrelevantly: "Why not, I'll talk to my wife in detail after dinner."
Su He responded gently, "Okay."
The two of them then started eating.
He picked up food for her and she poured wine for him.
The two of them clinked glasses and had a great time!
Continue drinking and eating in this way until the moon reaches its zenith.
The maids had all left, and the frosty moonlight filled the courtyard.
In the quiet summer night, only he and she were left facing each other in silence.
The wine doesn't make you drunk, but you make yourself drunk. The two of them have never drunk together so happily before.
Su He seemed to be slightly tipsy, with two bright red blushes on her face. Her tone was sticky and gentle: "I am drinking to amuse myself, but you are drinking to drown your sorrows, right?"
Xie Wuhen was clear-headed and frank, "I didn't expect that my wife would see through me."
Su He smiled and said, "The meal has been eaten and the wine has been drunk. If you have anything to say, please speak directly."
He put down his wine cup, his expression becoming more solemn. "Madam, are you aware of the murder that occurred in the melon field outside the city two days ago—the day you returned to the Li family?"
She replied calmly: "I've heard people talk about it, what's the matter?"
"The murderer hasn't been caught yet."
"Is my husband investigating this case?"
"My superiors are investigating."
Su He pretended to be confused: "What does this case have to do with us?"
Xie Wuhen's expression slightly withered. "Someone went to the Dali Temple to report that on the day of the incident, at the hour of You, they saw the lady leave the city gate. But that day, didn't the lady return to the Li family and stay overnight there?"
She fell silent and looked at him.
After a moment, she smiled bitterly: "My husband, are you doubting me again?"
"It's not that I'm suspicious, but someone reported my wife."
"So, my husband went to the Li family today to check whether I had returned, right?"
He also fell silent, staring at her expressionlessly.
The gaze was cold and hard, even carrying a hint of murderous intent.
She stood up, staggered over to him, and asked solemnly, "So, my husband, are you suspecting me of infidelity, or are you suspecting me of murder?"
He also stood up and met her eyes.
He was much taller than her, and he nodded slightly as he looked at her. He said in a hoarse voice, "I'm just wondering why you lied to me, my lady."
The two were at a stalemate, and the atmosphere in the room almost dropped to freezing point.
Then Su He approached him, so close that he almost leaned on him.
This man seems tall, handsome and upright, but in fact he is arrogant, conceited and fragile inside.
She saw through his vulnerability!
In addition to trying to please and cater to this, she also had to fight back and resist in a feigned anger.
She wanted to turn every doubt of his into his deeper trust in her.
She asked, "In my husband's eyes, I, a poor concubine, cannot be trusted at all, right?"
He bit his back teeth, and his handsome features became even colder and more sinister. "Please answer my question directly, madam."
She asked in return, "What if I don't return? Will my husband arrest me and take me to the Dali Temple?"
He secretly clenched his fists and took a deep breath: "My lady knows that I won't do this."
Su He lowered her eyes, tears streaming down her face, her voice choking with sobs: "I don't know...whether my husband would do this. I only know that if my husband trusted me, he would have come to ask me first, instead of investigating privately."
Seeing her crying, he seemed to be reluctant and softened his tone, "If my wife hadn't lied to me first, why would I have investigated privately?"
She wiped her tears sadly and fell silent.
He glanced at her and fell silent.
In the quiet room, you can hear a pin drop, and the only sound is the chirping of insects outside the house.
After a moment, she seemed to calm down and said in a low voice: "I will take my husband to a place."
He wondered, "Where to?"
Su He replied: "Ping'an Lane."
"Why go to Ping'an Lane?"
"That day, I didn't go back to my parents' home, but went to Ping'an Lane."
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