Seeing Su Qingyu getting up and about to go out, Su Yihui panicked.
He turned to face Su Qingyu and knelt beside her legs, "Big sister, please have pity on me."
"I called off the engagement with the Xu family. It's hard to marry into a good family anyway."
"Although Prince Zhao is older and has children, he is the best home for me."
"I can't compare with my elder sister. She is the daughter of a marquis, her maternal family is wealthy, and the Shen family also values you. I have nothing, I just hope that my elder sister can help me."
Su Yihui cried as she spoke, and by the end only her crying could be heard.
The Third Lady, Mrs. Hai, frowned and said, "What the Third Lady said is true. Whoever owns it should own it. You don't have it, so you want to take what belongs to the eldest lady. That doesn't make sense anywhere."
"My eldest sister-in-law is kind and treats all the concubines' sons and daughters as her own, but you must also remember the hierarchy between legitimate and illegitimate children."
Hai seldom spoke during greetings. She knew that she had no right to speak in front of the old lady.
But today she was really angry. How could a young lady born out of wedlock dare to openly ask for the dowry of a legitimate daughter?
Hai's words were referring to Su Yihui, but to the old lady, it sounded more like a veiled sarcasm towards her.
The old lady wanted to scold Hai, but was interrupted again by Lin. "Third sister-in-law is right. I was too kind before. Come, give Third Miss twenty slaps on the face."
It is said that one should not hit someone in the face. When daughters of aristocratic families make mistakes, they are often punished by being made to kneel or confined to their homes. Even if they make a serious mistake, they will not be hit in the face.
As expected, the old lady disapproved and said, "Daughter, don't hurt your face, go to the Buddhist temple and kneel down as punishment."
Lin said calmly, "I come from a merchant family and always forget the rules of our family. Mother, please don't mind. But since I am the mistress of the house, this order has been issued, and it is difficult to change it."
He turned around and said to the two women beside him with a cold look, "Why don't you do it?"
The two old women stood in front of Su Yihui and started fighting without saying a word.
Slap after slap was heard, and the old lady was terrified. She looked at Lin again. She used to be the eldest daughter-in-law who was very prudent. Why did she seem like a different person recently?
Su Qingyu sat calmly on the side, watching Su Yihui's cheek swell up. After the last slap, Su Yihui fell to the ground.
Seeing that everyone had finished fighting and An had been invited, Lin stood up first and said, "Mother, take a rest. We will go back first."
The old lady leaned on the chair, rubbing her swollen eyebrows with one hand, and waved her hand to signal them to leave.
This morning, she felt like she had lost half her life.
After leaving Songhe Hall and watching Lin and Hai leave, Su Qingyu turned and walked towards Bishui Pavilion.
Feicui came forward and whispered, "Miss, the Third Young Master has sent a message asking to see you. Please come to Ruyi Tower at noon to have lunch together."
Su Qingyu knew she was talking about Lin Wuchen, "You should change your words. Yuan Yi is back. From now on, if you call me Third Young Master, I won't know who to call you."
Jade and Agate were both Lin Wuchen's people before, and after they came to Su Qingyu's side, they always called Lin Wuchen the Third Young Master. Su Qingyu didn't care about these details. But now that the proper Third Young Master of the mansion had returned, calling him that would cause confusion.
Jade smiled sheepishly, "I'll remember that. I'll call you Third Cousin Young Master from now on."
Around noon, Su Qingyu changed into a spring skirt and got on a carriage to leave the house.
In the private room on the third floor of Ruyi Tower, Lin Wuchen was already sitting there waiting for her.
Seeing her come in, he waved and motioned her to sit down.
"Father sent over quite a few cold-water fish from the Black Wilderness yesterday. I sent some to Auntie. I'll have the chef at Ruyi Tower stew two more for lunch. You haven't had any in a while, have you?"
The Black Mangyuan is close to Liaodong, and the cold-water fish there are tender and delicious, which the Lin family loves to eat. So whenever the head of the Lin family goes there on business, he will bring some back.
Su Qingyu's mouth watered when she heard about the fish from the Black Wilderness. She hadn't eaten fish from the Black Wilderness since her rebirth, but Lin Wuchen's words made her a little greedy.
"Did my cousin call me here just to eat fish? Or is there something else?" Su Qingyu asked as she took the tea handed to her by Lin Wuchen.
She was still thinking about what she had said to him last time, wondering if her uncle had replied.
Lin Wuchen didn't keep it a secret, "I wrote to my father about my aunt's divorce, and he only replied last night."
"What did my uncle say?" Su Qingyu asked hurriedly.
Lin Wuchen smiled and said, "My father, second uncle, and grandmother have all discussed it. They mean that the entire grain business in Northern Zhili should be given to my aunt."
Su Qingyu put down the teacup in her hand and said, "How can this be possible? The grain business in the entire Northern Zhili accounts for 20% of the Lin family's annual income."
The Lin family started out as a grain merchant, and Northern Zhili was the main grain sales area. The entire Northern Zhili grain business brought in a considerable amount of money each year.
Lin Wuchen knew Su Qingyu would react this way, and said solemnly, "Father said that my aunt used to work hard for the Lin family's business. When she got married, the Lin family didn't have such a large fortune. They were also afraid that a big tree would attract attention, so they only gave her silver and four shops as a dowry."
"But now that our family business is big, my aunt will be a member of the Lin family after the divorce, so it's natural that she should get a share of the family property. These are what my aunt deserves."
Su Qingyu shook her head and said, "My cousin didn't ask me to pay back the three hundred thousand taels of silver. Now that we have inherited such a huge family fortune..."
Lin Wuchen glared at her dotingly, "Are you still so clear with your cousin? During the last disaster, the Lin family earned over a million taels of silver thanks to your information. Do you think we should settle the score with you too?"
At that time, in order to help Shen Zhixiu, the price of grain in the capital returned to normal. However, because the Lin family had made preparations in advance, they made a lot of money from grain in other places.
Su Qingyu smiled and said, "I provide information, you have to believe it, and you have to be able to earn this money."
She didn't think the Lin family's profits were hers. There were many things she had to decide. Just because she knew there would be an earthquake, she couldn't make money.
Lin Wuchen knew that not only would his cousin disagree, but his aunt would also not agree to hand over the grain business in Northern Zhili to his aunt.
Fortunately, my father and second uncle had already anticipated this.
The waiter brought in the dishes, and Lin Wuchen leaned back in his chair, settling into a comfortable position.
"My father has already arranged for someone to handle these documents."
"Go back and persuade your aunt to get out of this misery as soon as possible. Tell her that these businesses are still waiting for her to make the decision."
Su Qingyu knew that her two uncles truly cared about her and her mother. The business they gave her not only provided financial security, but also helped her mother regain her spirits and forget about the unpleasant things.
"Cousin, should I tell the Third Master about this? I'm afraid this will affect his and the Shen family's reputation."
The door of the private room was suddenly pushed open, and a sound like clear water and crossing stones was heard.
"What did you tell me?"
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