After Su Qingyu got dressed, she walked towards Ziwei Garden. According to her instructions yesterday, the servants of Ziwei Garden packed up the things to be taken to the hot spring villa overnight.
Four carriages had stopped at the door. The first one was for Lin's mother and daughter. It was covered with thick woolen mats and the heater was already lit.
Su Qingyu originally wanted to see if the cushion was thick enough. Going out in the cold winter would be no joke if you got cold.
As soon as she lifted the car curtain, her brows were tightly furrowed.
This taste...
"Bai Lu, change the carriage. You don't have to send this one back. Just follow me." Su Qingyu's voice was a little cold.
After sending Lin to the hot spring resort outside Beijing, Su Qingyu returned without staying for a moment.
After returning home, she asked someone to call the coachman named Erxi to the side hall.
Erxi drove an empty car to the outskirts of Beijing and then drove an empty car back. He was already very nervous.
As soon as he entered the side hall, he knelt on the ground and said, "Greetings, Miss."
Su Qingyu hummed, then looked at him coldly from her seat. The boy, about sixteen or seventeen years old, had dark skin and a mouthful of white teeth when he spoke. One could tell from his eyes that he was an honest child.
"Do you know why I called you here?"
"I don't know, please tell me clearly, miss." Erxi's voice ended with some panic, and the palm of his hand that was pressed against the blue brick trembled slightly.
Su Qingyu snorted and asked, "Who put the woolen mat in the carriage?"
The woolen mat was fumigated with musk. It took more than half an hour to travel from the Su family to the imperial farm outside Beijing. The air in the closed carriage was not circulated. With such a heavy musk smell, the mother might have had a miscarriage.
In her previous life, because of Chen Zhao's "impotence", Su Qingyu did a lot of research on pharmacology. The musk in the carriage was obviously of top quality, and its medicinal effect was extremely strong.
Gu Ruoyun was really willing to spend so much money. She now increasingly suspected that it was Gu Ruoyun who caused her mother to give birth prematurely in her previous life.
When Erxi heard the word wool mat, he couldn't stop shaking.
"Miss...Miss, I know I was wrong. I beg for your punishment."
Su Qingyu reached out and slapped the nanmu tabletop, and shouted harshly, "Speak."
Erxi spoke the truth in a halting manner.
It turns out that Yue Tao, who served Gu Ruoyun, was Erxi's cousin and also his daughter-in-law.
Last night, Yuetao took a wool mat and musk to Erxi's house, and the two of them worked until midnight.
Erxi felt that doing so was tantamount to murdering his master, but Yuetao said that by the time his wife had a miscarriage, no one would be bothered to investigate the matter, and the wool mat would be thrown away without anyone noticing.
Yuetao also gave Erxi ten taels of silver. With these ten taels of silver, Erxi could marry Yuetao in a grand ceremony.
Things were pretty much as Su Qingyu had imagined. She whispered to Zhenzhu beside her, "Go check where the indentures for him and Yuetao are."
Pearl nodded and went down to investigate.
After a cup of tea, Zhenzhu came back quickly, "Miss, I've made sure that Yuetao's indenture is in the hands of my cousin's wife. All the servants in Shaohua Hall also have their indentures in her possession."
"As for this Erxi, he didn't sell himself to get in."
Just as Su Qingyu had expected, the indentures of the maids in each courtyard of the Su family's inner mansion were all with the masters of each courtyard.
She whispered a few more instructions to Pearl, who nodded and went out.
Su Qingyu picked up the celadon-glazed white porcelain teacup, took two sips, and said, "Do you know what the crime of murdering the mistress is? Once this evidence and your testimony are sent to the Ministry of Justice today, you will be dead."
Erxi was already afraid. He had never done anything bad. After fumigating the wool mat last night, he couldn't sleep the whole night.
Hearing Su Qingyu say this, he became even more frightened. He could lose his life for ten taels of silver.
"Miss, I will never dare to do that again. Please spare my life."
Apart from begging for mercy, Erxi didn't know what else to do, because his forehead was already bruised from kowtows so hard.
Su Qingyu sat at the top, drinking tea without saying a word. The less she spoke, the more panicked Erxi became.
Su Qingyu didn't put down the teacup until Zhenzhu and Yuetao came in.
Yue Tao was initially surprised that the eldest lady was secretly looking for her, but when she saw Er Xi, she panicked.
She knelt beside Erxi and looked at his red and swollen forehead, which was covered with blood. "Cousin, what happened?"
Su Qingyu snorted, "You're still asking him what happened? You've really hurt him badly."
Yue Tao had become a top maid in the Marquis's mansion, so naturally she knew everything. As soon as she saw this scene, she knew that things had gone wrong.
She did not shirk responsibility and said directly to Su Qingyu: "Miss, I did this. It has nothing to do with my cousin. Please let him go."
When Erxi heard Yuetao say this, he quickly said, "Miss, just deal with me. Please let Yuetao go."
Su Qingyu's mouth curled up slightly. She didn't expect that she was still in love with someone. If she was in love, this would be easy.
She looked at Yue Tao, "Why did you do this?"
Yue Tao said without hesitation, "Once, I offended Madam and was punished by her. I have been holding a grudge ever since."
She made it clear that she wanted to take charge of the matter herself and didn't want to involve Gu Ruoyun.
Su Qingyu also understood. After all, the indenture was with Gu Ruoyun. If she really exposed Gu Ruoyun, she would not end up well. It would be better to take the responsibility. Gu Ruoyun could also make amends to her family.
"Yuetao, if you answer like that, I can only send you two to the Ministry of Justice."
"As for whether there is a mastermind behind this, it depends on the ability of the officials in the Ministry of Justice."
"But guess what, can you two still survive?"
"Poor thing, these poor mandarin ducks. I don't know if it's worth it to work so hard for others."
Yue Tao knelt on the ground, biting her lower lip tightly, her face pale.
Until Su Qingyu spoke again, "Zhenzhu, go to the Ministry of Justice and report to the police, and say..."
Before she finished speaking, Yue Tao said, "I'll tell you everything, Miss. It was my cousin who asked me to do this, and the musk was also given by my cousin."
Su Qingyu pondered for a moment and said to Erxi, "You can let me spare you. Sign a contract to sell your body, and I will give you twenty taels of silver."
Upon hearing this, Pearl said, "Miss, he made a serious mistake, and yet you still gave him so much silver. Twenty taels of silver could buy several little girls."
Su Qingyu waved her hand to stop Zhenzhu from speaking and continued, "I want you two to work for me. I will also find a way to get Yuetao's indenture. You now have two choices: either obey me from now on, or go to the Ministry of Justice. Make your choice."
"After five years, I will set you free and give you some money to buy land back home."
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