Shen Zhixiu got up and walked out of the main room and headed towards the main courtyard.
Wenzhu followed calmly.
Shen Zhixiu asked, "Have you checked everything? What's going on?"
Before coming out of Qingyuanju, he quietly instructed Wenzhu to investigate the matter, and it seems that the investigation is almost done.
Wen Zhu whispered, "I've investigated thoroughly. It was the Second Young Lady and Aunt Zhang who led the Third Young Lady to the North Garden. They intended to knock the Third Young Lady unconscious and have her serve Prince Duan."
"But Feicui, who was with the Madam at the time, happened to be following the Third Miss. She noticed something was going on and fed the medicine to the Second Miss. Afterwards, she threw the Second Miss into Prince Duan's room. This was also agreed to by the Third Miss."
Shen Zhixiu's expression remained unchanged. He asked, "Where was Madam at the time? Did she know about this?"
Wen Zhu replied, "Madam was busy with trivial matters in the inner courtyard at the time and didn't know anything about it. It was only after she sent the people in that Feicui took the third young lady to the west courtyard that Madam found out what was going on."
At this point, Wenzhu hesitated and asked, "Third Master, jadeite..."
Wen Zhu knew Shen Zhixiu well enough to know that the jadeite had violated a grave taboo. In that situation, pushing the Second Young Lady into Prince Duan's house without even consulting the Third Lady was more than a servant could handle.
Shen Zhixiu waved his hand and said, "She belongs to Madam. As long as she doesn't do anything to offend Madam, I won't ask about anything else."
Wenzhu breathed a sigh of relief. He had wanted to take this opportunity to plead for Feicui. But now it seemed unnecessary. He thought to himself, "The Madam is indeed the one who has the most face."
Shen Zhixiu went directly to Shen Ying's yard, and when he entered, Chen was not there.
Chen Ying stood on a small stool in the room, a white silk hanging from the beam. A maid stood beside her, carefully supporting her.
Seeing Shen Zhixiu enter the door, Shen Ying put her head into the white silk.
He was still shouting, "I won't live any longer. I've been plotted against by my own aunt and sister. How can I still have the dignity to live?"
Chen Ying was already weak today, with red and swollen eyes and bloodshot eyes. Coupled with the slightly trembling tone of her voice, paired with the white silk, there was a sense of desolation.
But when she spoke, her eyes were still glancing at Shen Zhixiu. Whether she really wanted to commit suicide or was just pretending, Shen Zhixiu could see through it at a glance.
"Can't reach it? I'll let Wenzhu come in and help you."
Shen Ying was so frightened that she immediately retracted her head and sat on the stool, shouting unhappily, "Third Uncle is partial. Third Aunt and Shen Yue treat me like this, and you don't make the decision for me."
Since childhood, Shen Zhixiu has always cared more about Shen Yue than her, which has become a thorn in Shen Ying's heart.
Later, Shen Zhixiu married Su Qingyu, and Su Qingyu also became good friends with Shen Yue, which made Shen Ying feel even more uncomfortable.
Shen Zhixiu sat down on the chair opposite Shen Ying, glanced at the maid beside Shen Ying, and motioned her to leave.
When only the uncle and nephew were left in the room, Shen Zhixiu asked, "Make the decision? How do you want me to make the decision for you?"
When Shen Zhixiu asked this, Shen Ying was delighted. She knew that her uncle was still on her side.
"Uncle San, the conflict between Shen Yue and I is a matter between sisters. But Aunt San is too vicious to treat me like this. And her maid should be executed on the spot."
Shen Ying deliberately didn't target Shen Yue, but only mentioned Su Qingyu. The person she hated the most in her heart was also Su Qingyu.
If she disliked Su Qingyu before because of Shen Yue, then now Shen Ying's hatred for Su Qingyu is overwhelming.
She had already heard what happened today from Chen. If it weren't for Su Qingyu, she wouldn't have lost her virginity to Prince Duan, let alone become a concubine.
But even if she became a concubine, she had to drag Su Qingyu into the water before leaving the Shen family.
Uncle San never tolerated any injustice in his eyes. His biggest taboo was that someone would damage the Shen family's reputation and interests due to internal strife. If Uncle San knew what she had done, he would never let her act so recklessly in the Shen family.
Shen Ying talked about what happened today in a chaotic manner. It turned out that Su Qingyu and Shen Yue were plotting to murder her, but she did not mention anything about what she wanted to do to Shen Yue.
Without raising his eyelids, Shen Zhixiu asked calmly, "So what do you want?"
Shen Ying heard the coldness in Shen Zhixiu's words, but she just thought that he was angry with Su Qingyu.
Then he blurted out, "If you ask me, she is not worthy of being the Third Madam of the Shen family."
"Uncle San should divorce her and marry a well-educated and sensible woman."
"As for her, if Third Uncle likes her, then he can keep her by his side and serve her. If he doesn't like her..."
Shen Zhixiu raised his eyelids and looked at Chen Ying, "What if I don't like it?"
A sinister look flashed across Shen Ying's eyes, and she blurted out what was in her heart.
"Then just throw her directly onto the farm to fend for herself, or expel her from the house and let her go back to the Su family."
The aura around Shen Zhixiu grew colder and colder, and he said calmly, "I didn't even know you were thinking this way."
Shen Ying didn’t have much contact with Shen Zhixiu, so she didn’t know that the more he acted like this, the more furious he became.
He was still asking, "Uncle San, what are you going to do with her?"
Shen Zhixiu sneered, "Dispose of? I feel sorry for her, but I can't wait."
Chen Ying's face fell when she heard this. She stood on the stool again and put her head into the white silk.
"Uncle San, if you don't punish her, I really won't live anymore."
"I've suffered so much injustice, but Uncle San didn't stand up for me and even said he felt sorry for her."
In Shen Ying's opinion, crying, making a fuss, and then threatening to commit suicide always worked. The fact that Shen Zhixiu came proved that he still cared about her, his niece.
Shen Zhixiu stood up slowly and took two steps forward. He saw Shen Ying's legs standing on the stool. He looked up at Shen Ying, who was looking at him triumphantly.
Wenzhu, who was standing outside, suddenly heard a bang coming from the inner room, as if something had fallen to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, Shen Zhixiu walked out.
"The second young lady has hanged herself. Go in and let her down."
Wen Zhu was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked in. Only then did he realize that Chen Ying was hanging in the air and Wu Zi had fallen to the ground.
After Wenzhu put the person down and checked her, he hurried out and said to Shen Zhixiu, "Third Master, the Second Miss has passed away. Please accept my condolences."
Shen Zhixiu instructed, "The Second Young Lady has cleared her name with her death. Send someone to inform the masters and mistresses. I'll go speak to the old lady myself later."
"I will send people to notify everywhere right away."
Just at this moment, Chen walked into the yard, holding chicken soup for Shen Ying.
As soon as she entered the yard, she heard Wenzhu's words.
The chicken soup in his hand fell to the ground, splashing everywhere.
She didn't care about the people in the yard and rushed in.
Immediately afterwards, Chen's tearful crying was heard from inside the house.
"Ying'er, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me."
"Wake up, Ying'er. Mom's just going to be out for a while. Why are you so upset?"
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