Su Qingyu was not surprised. When she saw Su Xiangling in the prince's carriage that day, she had expected this situation.
She was surprised that Shen Zhixiu suddenly brought up this matter.
"Is the Third Master's return to the capital today related to my Second Uncle?"
After Shen Zhixiu finished washing, he changed into clean casual clothes.
"The prince wants to transfer your second uncle to a new position and have him work as a grain official in the Ministry of Revenue."
"Did the Third Master agree?"
"No, but even if he didn't go to the Ministry of Revenue, he wouldn't be guarding the city gates. The prince only needs to speak to the Ministry of War, and your uncle will be promoted. It's just not as lucrative as being a grain official."
Su Qingyu smiled indifferently, "The Second Master of Pingning Marquis Mansion naturally cannot guard the city gate all the time."
Shen Zhixiu remembered what the Crown Prince said today and reminded him, "The Crown Prince said that the second young lady of the Su family will soon enter the palace as a concubine."
Su Qingyu's eyebrows moved slightly, "Third Master, we should return to the capital tomorrow. I think Wenzhu has been traveling back and forth between the capital and the villa these days, which is really too much trouble."
"Mr. Qian and the new accountant still have some accounts to settle, so I should go back and take a look."
Shen Zhixiu thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll come back to pick you up after the morning court tomorrow."
Su Qingyu shook her head and refused, "No need to answer, I will go back with my fourth sister and third cousin."
"It just so happens that I have to go back to the Su family to see my grandmother and father. I will be back home before dinner."
The couple discussed what to do the next day before going to bed.
The next morning, Shen Zhixiu got up early to attend court.
Su Qingyu and others had a leisurely breakfast, and the maids and servants packed up their things and loaded them onto the carriage.
The carriage slowly drove out of the villa, and the three of them sat in a carriage to make it easier for them to talk.
When they arrived at the west gate of the capital, they were blocked again and the gate was in chaos.
Su Qingyu peered through the gap in the carriage curtain towards the city gate. After looking for a long time, she couldn't figure out what was going on.
The person driving the carriage today is Jiang Qi, deputy commander of Shen Zhixiu's guards.
"Don't worry, Madam. I'll go and see what's going on."
Jiang Qi reported, got off the carriage, walked towards the city gate, and squeezed into the crowd.
After a while, he trotted back to the carriage.
"Madam, it was General Su who was guarding the city gate. It was your second uncle who was beaten."
"He's lying on the ground now, waiting for the doctor to come."
Although Su Chengyan was transferred to guard the city gate, his rank remained, so everyone still called him General Su.
Su Qingyu was stunned. Second uncle was beaten?
"Do you understand? Why?"
Second Uncle is now half the prince's father-in-law, and there are still people who dare to fight him? She was a little curious.
Jiang Qi quickly replied, "I've asked several people, and they said that the wife of the Marquis of Pingning before General Su got into trouble was your mother."
"He claimed your mother was bringing contraband into the capital and made things difficult for her, preventing her from entering the city. Fortunately, a young man came to her rescue, and it was that young man who beat General Su."
"That person has already sent your mother back to the capital. I was in such a hurry to report this that I haven't had time to find out who that person is."
Su Qingyu was a little anxious now. "Mother has returned to Beijing? We should go into the city immediately."
She didn't bother to settle accounts with Su Chengyan and wanted to go into the city first to see how her mother was doing.
Su Shunci's face was tense as she angrily said, "Has Second Uncle gone mad? His daughter hasn't even ascended the throne yet. If he ever becomes the emperor's father-in-law, he'll be in despair."
Lin Wuchen glanced at Su Shunci and said, "Fourth cousin, be careful with your words."
Such outrageous words should not be uttered.
Su Shunci knew that he had said something wrong and immediately shut up, his face still ashen.
Su Qingyu didn't care about that and snorted, "If she wants to ascend to the throne, it depends on whether I agree or not."
Then he raised his voice and ordered Jiang Qi, "Let's go into the city."
After receiving Su Qingyu's instructions, Jiang Qi drove the carriage towards the city gate.
A soldier stopped the carriage and said, "Who are you? Can't you see that something bad has happened? Wait over there."
Jiang Qi directly took out Shen Zhixiu's token and said, "The Third Madam of the Shen family is returning to the city, and you dare to stop her?"
The officers and soldiers were so frightened that they quickly stepped aside and said, "I am blind, please forgive me, Madam."
"I'll have everyone get out of the way right now, you'll be there later."
Soon, the people at the city gate made way for them. Jiang Qi knew that Su Qingyu was anxious, so he drove his carriage towards the city.
Su Qingyu sat upright in the carriage, not even glancing at Su Chengyan. She would deal with him after she had seen her mother.
Jiang Qi drove directly to Lin Wanyin's house in Yushu Hutong.
The carriage stopped at the gate. Su Qingyu got out and walked quickly into the yard, with Su Shunci following closely beside her.
Lin Wuchen followed behind the two sisters and advised, "You two should slow down, your aunt will be fine."
"Mother, you're back?" Su Qingyu shouted as she entered the yard.
Lin Wanyin came out from the main hall upon hearing the noise. Although she looked a little tired, she was in good spirits and uninjured.
"I've only been in the hospital for a short time, and you've already heard the news?"
Su Qingyu looked Lin Wanyin up and down. "I heard that your second uncle gave you a hard time? Are you okay?"
Seeing that her mother was fine except that she was a little tanned, Su Qingyu felt relieved.
Lin Wanyin was afraid that her daughter would worry, so she hurriedly explained.
"Don't worry, Master Li happened to be passing by and helped me out."
Su Qingyu was stunned. Young Master Li? Which Young Master Li?
Just as I was wondering, I saw Li Yunzhou walking out from the main hall.
"Greetings, Master... Madam Shen."
Li Yunzhou wanted to call her "Master's Wife", but when he saw Lin Wuchen and Su Shunci were there, he took his words back.
Su Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't call her "Master's Wife" in public.
"Hello, Master Li, are you the one who helped my mother out of this predicament? Thank you very much."
Because of Shen Zhixiu's relationship, Li Yunzhou was very polite and respectful to Su Qingyu.
"Mrs. Shen, you're too polite. I'm just on my way, so I'll help..."
Speaking of this, he was a little embarrassed for a moment.
Su Qingyu's mother was divorced, so calling her Madam Su was a little inappropriate, and Madam Lin was even more wrong. If we were to talk about seniority, since this was his teacher's mother-in-law, should he call her Grandmaster?
Seeing that he was stunned, Lin Wanyin said, "If Master Li doesn't mind, please call me Auntie."
Logically speaking, she shouldn't have said this, as her family background was much different from the Li family's. But for some reason, she felt that the young master of the Li family was a good boy the moment they met, and she felt inexplicably close to him.
Li Yunzhou hurriedly said, "It's because Auntie doesn't dislike me. Today, it's just a small favor. Auntie, don't take it to heart."
He also thought, if he called the teacher's mother-in-law "Auntie", would the teacher kick him?
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