"Although Zhixiu is gone, the Third Madam of the Shen family cannot be wronged."
"The West Courtyard where Zhixiu lived before has already been renovated. Qingyu will live in the West Courtyard when she moves in, and she won't be bound by the constraints of the First and Second Houses."
Su Qingyu froze there. She remembered that in her previous life, the Shen family found a daughter of the merchant Jiang family for Mr. Shen San. She was only brought to the old house for a low-key wedding, and later sent to the Shen family's house in the west of the city to live alone.
But when it comes to her, everything is different.
Su Qingyu thought about this and suddenly came to her senses. There was no comparison between the daughter of a small merchant and the daughter of a marquis. Her status required her to live in the Shen family's old house. How could the Shen family possibly let her live in the small courtyard on the west side of the city?
She looked up and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, old lady. Qingyu is flattered."
Since it has come to this, she can only accept it calmly. She can't say that she wants to separate from the family. Fortunately, the west courtyard of the Shen family has a separate door, which should not affect her from doing her own things.
After finally seeing Mrs. Zhao off, the grandfather and grandson returned to the banquet room of Songhe Hall.
Su Qingyu whispered, "Grandma, the cooks in the small kitchen all fell ill today, and someone added meat oil to the kitchen oil. I want to investigate this thoroughly, and I won't tolerate any punishment for the servants."
"They even dared to cause trouble when my grandmother was entertaining guests. Who knows what kind of trouble they will cause in the future."
Old Madam Su's face was also frighteningly gloomy. What she cared about most was the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion. She felt a little embarrassed by what Madam Zhao had said just now. When she thought about it now, she still felt angry.
"Investigate for me. If you find anyone, don't cover up for them. Sell them all out for me."
"If you can't bring yourself to do it, just come back to me and I'll deal with them myself."
Su Qingyu smiled sweetly and said, "Why bother grandma? I'm going to marry into the Shen family in the future, and I have to learn how to do these things. If grandma is at ease, I will take full charge."
Madam Su said cheerfully, "Just make the decision. Don't worry if you make any mistakes. Grandmother will cover you."
These days, troubles have been happening one after another in the mansion, and the old lady suddenly realized that this eldest granddaughter, born of a legitimate family, is superior to the others. She used to think Su Yihui was dignified and Cheng Rujin was lovely, but these days, she saw that they were just pretentious and useless.
After getting the old lady's approval, Su Qingyu got up and left the main courtyard and went to the small kitchen at the back.
The maids were picking vegetables at the door. Su Qingyu looked down at them and said, "Come here, take these four to Hanyan Pavilion."
Hanyan Pavilion is an abandoned house, and Su Qingyu plans to get rid of the termites in the Su family's inner house there.
Behind her were two servants, whom she had specifically asked for from Nanny Yuan.
The two maids came forward and scolded, "Didn't you hear what the young lady said? Get up and go over there."
In a side hall of Hanyan Pavilion, Su Qingyu sat at the top drinking tea, while the four maids knelt on the ground.
"Tell me, who changed the oil?"
"And who gave the two masters the medicine?"
The leading woman, Wang Po, stiffened her neck and said unconvincedly, "Miss, please don't wrongly accuse me. I've been serving in the kitchen for over ten years and have never done anything wrong."
Su Qingyu slammed the teacup in her hand heavily on the table, making a dull sound.
"Do you think I'll interrogate you if I haven't found out everything?"
"I'll give you a chance to tell the truth. If you don't, then I'll have to tell it."
"Don't think I don't know how much money you've made from your small kitchen over the years."
"The assistant manager of the main kitchen's purchasing department is your distant cousin, right?"
"There are also small managers in the small warehouse who are in charge of rare medicinal herbs. One of them is your son-in-law."
"I've already calculated that all of your relatives hold lucrative positions, and they've earned at least fifty thousand taels of silver in the past few years."
"Fifty thousand taels, that's enough for your whole family to die several times."
After Su Qingyu finished speaking a few words, Wang Po's face turned pale.
"Miss, this is unfair. How could we possibly be so capable? Fifty thousand taels of silver is not fifty taels. Madam has been the housekeeper for many years and will not allow us to do this."
Su Qingyu sneered in her heart. Of course, it was impossible for them to take such a large sum of money on their own. Most of it would probably go into Gu Ruoyun's pocket.
In the past few years, my mother has focused her main energy on the shop outside, and Gu Ruoyun also helps out with the affairs of the inner house. My mother doesn't want to cause unrest in the family, so she turns a blind eye to many things.
However, no matter how much money Gu Ruoyun took from the Su family, she would have to return it to her.
Su Qingyu stood up, walked to Wang Pozi, leaned forward slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Why don't you tell me? If you don't tell me now, I will sell your whole family out immediately, and to the dirtiest and most despicable place."
Mrs. Wang knelt on the ground and trembled all over. The eldest lady's words were so cold that they made people feel chilled.
"I said, I said, it's... it's my cousin's wife."
Su Qingyu interrogated five people in a row, all of whom were Gu Ruoyun's men. After the interrogation, she locked them up in a side room while she sat in the side hall thinking about what to do next, trying to figure out how to get Gu Ruoyun to give up the silver.
Zhenzhu brought up some hot tea and said, "Miss, this time we really have Yuetao to thank for this. The list she gave us saved us a lot of trouble."
Su Qingyu nodded and said, "I'll pack twenty taels of silver and send it to her later."
As soon as he finished speaking, the dilapidated courtyard door of Hanyan Pavilion was kicked open.
Su Chengye and his men came rushing in, accompanied by Aunt Xue, both of them had gloomy expressions.
Su Qingyu frowned slightly, stood up and went out to greet him.
"Why is father here? Is there something wrong?"
Su Chengye raised his wrist and hit Su Qingyu in the face.
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