Chen spoke in a tone that sounded good for Shen Zhixiu, implying that marrying Su Qingyu would cause Shen Zhixiu a lot of trouble.
Su Qingyu smiled faintly, took the tea handed to her by the maid, and gently put it aside.
Without showing any anxiety or anger, she said, "I don't agree with what you said, sister-in-law. If Third Master's career is affected by this little thing about my family, then he doesn't need to be the Deputy Minister of the Cabinet anymore."
"Even if my sister-in-law has some complaints about my family, I can understand. But I don't feel comfortable hearing her implicitly question Third Master's abilities."
Su Qingyu finished her words calmly and calmly. Chen's face changed, and she subconsciously twisted her handkerchief with her hands, explaining, "That's not what I meant."
After saying that, she secretly glanced at the old lady's expression. They had been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for many years, and she could see that the old lady was a little unhappy.
Shen Zhixiu chuckled and said, "My mother-in-law really loves us. She should have divorced us before we got married. But for the sake of our marriage, she dragged it out until now."
"My uncle Lin and my mother-in-law were afraid of affecting me, so they never asked me for help, no matter how difficult it was."
His words were full of obvious protection, and Su Qingyu felt warm in her heart again.
The old lady nodded and said to Su Qingyu, "When you have nothing to do, go spend more time with your mother. I have heard about these things. She has been wronged."
Seeing that the old lady had no intention of blaming Su Qingyu, Chen thought for a moment and spoke again.
"Zhao'er is getting married next month, so it's not good to have this kind of news spread at this time."
"What if this gets out of hand and gets reported to Princess Yongjia, delaying Zhao'er's marriage?"
Su Qingyu couldn't help but roll her eyes. What did her mother's divorce have to do with Shen Zhao? It wasn't Shen Zhiheng and Chen's divorce.
Before Su Qingyu could speak, she heard the fine cloth curtain outside being lifted, and Yang walked in while speaking.
"Sister-in-law, you're really worrying too much. My third sister-in-law's parents are divorced, it's not a big scandal."
"Instead of worrying about this, sister-in-law should worry about the young master's previous uninvited affair."
As Yang was talking, she walked in. She bowed to the old lady and smiled kindly at Su Qingyu.
Su Qingyu stood up and politely gave Yang her seat.
After hearing what Yang said, Chen said unhappily, "Second sister-in-law is really worried. Did you hear everything we were talking about in the room?"
"If you have time, you should take care of the household. This morning, the needlework department sent the third young lady a dress with a needle inside. Poor third young lady got her arm pricked."
The sisters-in-law Chen and Yang had been fighting openly and secretly before, and in the past few months, they had been secretly making trouble for each other because of the housekeeper's power, but they still kept some face on the surface.
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been so angry lately, but I often talk about these things openly.
Su Qingyu's brows tightened when she heard this. Shen Yue was pricked by a needle?
Mrs. Qian, the needlework expert, is Yang's confidant, and Yang would not let anyone deliberately target Shen Yue for no reason.
She didn't believe that Chen hadn't done anything here, but she actually stabbed Shen Yue on purpose to deal with Yang. She deserved to die.
Sure enough, the old lady's eyes narrowed as she asked, "Yue'er was pricked by a needle? These people are so careless."
Chen said, "Who says it's not true? If it were me, that woman should be sold off."
A hint of coldness appeared in Su Qingyu's lowered eyes. It seemed that this was Chen's purpose.
The old lady turned around and asked Yang: "Has the person been punished?"
Among these granddaughters, the one she likes the most and loves the most is Shen Yue.
Upon hearing this, Yang immediately said, "I've already fined him three months' wages."
Chen took out a silk handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of her eyes twice.
"Mother doesn't know, I really love Yue'er. Her little arm was pricked red. Thinking about it now, it feels like a knife is cutting my heart."
"Only fining her three months' salary is too easy for her."
When the old lady heard this, she agreed and said, "Your sister-in-law is right. The punishment is too light. I think she should no longer be in charge of sewing. She should be sent to do rough labor on the farm."
Shen Zhixiu shook his head slightly. His mother was really old. If this had happened three years ago, she would have definitely seen the clues.
After the old lady finished talking about how to deal with the old woman who was doing needlework, she remembered what Chen said about Su Qingyu.
He turned around and said to Chen with a stern face: “Chen Zhao’s marriage has nothing to do with his third aunt’s family affairs.”
"If the Shanjun Prince's Mansion cancels the engagement because of this, then so be it."
This marriage was not arranged in a clean way to begin with, so if I really cancel it, I will be at peace with myself.
Chen was so frightened that she dared not say anything more. She was very satisfied with Shen Zhao's marriage, but she didn't want to cause any trouble with the old lady.
Su Qingyu told the old lady about the details of today's trial. Later, seeing that the old lady looked a little tired, they got up and left Qingyuanju.
"Third Master, go back and do your work first. I'll go see Shen Yue."
She was still thinking about Shen Yue's arm and wanted to go see how she was doing.
Shen Zhixiu whispered, "You've been tired these past two days. Go sit for a while and then go back to rest."
Su Qingyu nodded to let him rest assured, and took the servants to Yilanzhu where Shen Yue lived.
Yilanzhu is not far from Qingyuanju, separated by a garden and a water pavilion.
It looked not far, but it was a bit of a detour. Su Qingyu was not in a hurry. The Shen family's house was designed by a master from Jiangnan, and the gardens and waterside pavilions were all beautifully designed.
Passing by the corridor beside the waterside pavilion, the master and servants looked at the koi in the pond again and walked even slower.
Turn right at the end of the corridor and you will find a viewing pavilion. Turn left and go down the corridor and you will be not far from Shen Yue’s residence.
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