Su Qingyu froze in her chair upon hearing this. He had asked Shen Zhixiu to do this? Wouldn't that mean Shen Zhixiu would be able to tell what was going on at a glance?
She recalled that when Shen Zhixiu was talking to her on the carriage returning home, he specifically mentioned Shen Zhao's injury.
Recalling the scene now, she suddenly realized that Shen Zhixiu's words seemed to be a test.
Lin Wuchen was still teasing her, "The man who made these sleeve arrows used to make weapons in the Ministry of Works. If you want these little things, just go back and ask your husband for them."
After he finished his joking words, he realized that Su Qingyu was in a daze, and there was even some panic in her eyes.
Lin Wuchen stood up, walked around the desk, and came to Su Qingyu's side. He asked softly, "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
Su Qingyu stood up and said, "Cousin, I have something else to do at home, so I'll go back first."
She couldn't wait to go back to find Shen Zhixiu, he should have already suspected it.
On the way back home, Su Qingyu looked conflicted, wondering how to explain herself so that Shen Zhixiu would understand her actions.
She couldn't tell him about her death and rebirth, nor did she dare to tell him. But she didn't want to lie to him openly. There were some things she could keep unsaid, but she couldn't lie.
Su Qingyu still hadn't figured out what was going on until the carriage entered the yard.
"Madam is back, the Third Master is back and is taking a bath and changing his clothes." Chuntao, who was guarding the door of the inner room, reported in a low voice.
Su Qingyu was stunned. She was planning to change her clothes and go to the study to find Shen Zhixiu, but he came back first.
Chuntao gently pushed the door open, and Su Qingyu stepped in.
From the bathroom at the back, the sound of running water could be heard. On the horizontal bar in the inner room was Shen Zhixiu's brocade robe, which had been removed and was about to fall to the ground because it had not been hung properly.
Su Qingyu walked forward and picked it up, and suddenly felt a tingling sensation at the tip of her finger.
"ah."
She screamed subconsciously, and then she saw that there was a silver needle pinned on the cuff of his brocade robe.
Su Qingyu's eyes flashed, and she recognized the silver needles from the sleeve arrows. Several of them must have pierced Chen Zhao's shoulders, and the one at the edge fell to the ground.
The tip of Su Qingyu's right index finger was pricked and bleeding. Just as she was about to find something to wipe it, Shen Zhixiu grabbed her hand.
"You got pricked? Blame it on me. I forgot to take the silver needle out."
"Does it hurt?"
He rushed out after hearing the screams. He had just thrown on a nightgown and water drops were sliding down his cheeks onto his chest.
Shen Zhixiu pinched her finger with heartache, and then took a clean cotton towel to gently wipe the blood from the wound.
Fortunately, the wound was not pierced deeply and there was no further bleeding.
Seeing Su Qingyu looking at the silver needle on the ground, Shen Zhixiu reached out and rubbed her head, saying softly, "I'll go in and clean myself up and change clothes. You take a rest first, I'll be out in a while."
When Shen Zhixiu turned around and went in, Su Qingyu bent down to pick up the clothes that had fallen on the ground, and then picked up the silver needle on the ground and put it on the kang table in the banquet room.
Not long after, Shen Zhixiu changed into casual clothes, walked out of the bathroom, and sat down opposite Su Qingyu again.
"Third Master, do you have something to ask me?" Su Qingyu asked softly, her jade-like fingers subconsciously stroking the patterns on the celadon teacup.
When Shen Zhixiu saw her coming back from outside, his expression tensed. Thinking of the silver needle just now, he suddenly asked.
"Where did you go?"
"I went to Lin's Trading Company to give something to my third cousin."
Shen Zhixiu had a vague suspicion that she must know the origin of the hidden arrow. Seeing Su Qingyu looking like she was waiting for him to come to her and question her, he couldn't help but feel distressed.
He stood up and walked behind Su Qingyu. He leaned over slightly and put his arms around her, resting his chin on her shoulder.
"Qingqing, I have something to ask you."
Sensing the presence of the person behind her, Su Qingyu was momentarily puzzled. She was going to kill his nephew, so shouldn't he have been furious and questioned her? Why did he even embrace her?
"Are there still some issues between you and Shen Zhao that I'm unaware of? Has he done anything heinous?"
"During the time I went to the Northwest? What did he do privately?"
After returning from Guangfulou, Shen Zhixiu kept wondering why Su Qingyu had tied the hidden arrow to Cheng Rujin. The best explanation was that she was convinced that Shen Zhao was involved and wanted to use Cheng Rujin to kill him.
Shen Zhixiu recalled the day he returned from the northwest and went to Huguo Temple. It seemed that the look in Su Qingyu's eyes when she looked at Shen Zhao was already filled with hatred. Based on his understanding of Su Qingyu, simply running into Shen Zhao and Cheng Rujin would not cause her to act like this.
He thought about it over and over again, always feeling that there was something he didn't know. Or perhaps, Shen Zhao had done something to make Su Qingyu hate him, and the two of them had formed a mortal feud without his knowledge.
Su Qingyu was a little surprised, he guessed it.
She knew that with Shen Zhixiu's intelligence, he would find out sooner or later, but she didn't expect it to be so soon.
Su Qingyu turned her head slightly, looked at his profile, and asked in a low voice, "Third Master, do you believe me?"
Shen Zhixiu leaned over, held her face in his hands, and their eyes met.
"I believe you. I believe everything you say."
Su Qingyu stared at him with her sparkling eyes, trying to see clearly what was in his heart.
"Shen Zhao and I...are mortal enemies, the kind that can't be resolved."
"He didn't intend to hold back against me. If I hadn't reacted this time, the rumor about the Shen family's third wife and her nephew having a secret meeting would have spread throughout the capital."
"He risked his own reputation to drag me into the abyss."
"He cleared himself of all charges, but I know he was the mastermind behind all this. However, Li Chaoyun's visit to Guangfulou must have been Cheng Ruijin's own decision."
The moment she walked in, she figured it out and said everything she could.
If they were just a couple sleeping together but dreaming different dreams, she could have said nothing. She could have just been the Third Madam Shen for the sake of appearances and lived her own life. But Shen Zhixiu doted on her to the core.
She couldn't tell him a lie, and she couldn't bring herself to tell him a lie.
A deep look of heartache welled up in Shen Zhixiu's eyes, and he reached out and held Su Qingyu in his arms.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Tell me what he did and I'll take care of it for you."
Su Qingyu's cold and beautiful face pressed against his chest. "In order to let Cheng Ruijin enter the Shen family, he wants my life."
"I survived a great disaster and was able to find a way out of this desperate situation."
She shook her head again. "I don't need you to make the decision for me. Just believe what I say."
"He is the eldest grandson of the Shen family. Would you...want me to let him go?"
This is what Su Qingyu is most worried about. She is afraid that Shen Zhixiu will ask her to resolve her feud with Shen Zhao for his sake.
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