Su Chengye was also in a mess at this time. This incident happened too suddenly and he had not thought about it carefully.
Seeing the old lady asking, she said, "Since you know everything, then take Ruoyun as your concubine. The reason we kept it a secret before was because her identity was somewhat special."
"As for those things...I gave them to her to relieve her boredom."
"The embezzlement case needs to be thoroughly investigated. It could also be that the servants are making random accusations."
After these words, it was clear that he wanted to protect Gu Ruoyun.
Su Qingyu suddenly spoke up, "As a daughter, I have no right to interfere with my father's concubine matters. But those things must all be taken back."
Su Chengye frowned and looked at Su Qingyu, "What are you talking about? There's no reason for me to take back what I gave away."
Su Qingyu snorted and said, "Father, have you forgotten that the money you spent on these things was earned from my mother's dowry?"
"This money can support the Su family and buy a dowry for my concubine's younger sister. This is also my mother's duty as the wife of the Marquis."
"But... I can't spend it on a shameless mistress. Everything found in Shaohua Hall today will go directly into the public treasury. Why would she, a cousin living in the Su family, take our family's money?"
Su Qingyu looked at Aunt Xue again, "Aunt, what do you think? Third sister's dowry hasn't been settled yet, but it's going to be given away to outsiders. It doesn't make sense."
"Will these good things become my cousin's dowry? I won't accept that."
Cheng Ruijin saw that the topic had fallen on her head, and the grievances she had been feeling came flooding back. She stood up and glared at Su Qingyu, "Who are you calling an outsider? I..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Gu Ruoyun, "Rujin, step aside. You have no right to speak here."
Su Qingyu smiled sweetly. She knew that Gu Ruoyun did not dare to admit that Cheng Ruijin was a descendant of the Su family, and she even did not dare to admit that Su Yuanche was her son.
Gu Ruoyun had been in the Su family for less than five years. Cheng Ruijin was fifteen years old, and Su Yuanche was five years old. If the blood relationship of the siblings was confirmed, then she, Gu Ruoyun, would be a slut who had an affair with someone behind her husband's back, which was unforgivable.
Seeing this, Aunt Xue quickly agreed, saying, "What the eldest lady said makes sense. Madam has worked so hard for this family. If she knew that the Marquis had done such a thing, she would probably be heartbroken."
"Just tell me how we sisters didn't serve the Marquis wholeheartedly. If you get involved with someone like her, the whole Su family will be laughed at."
As Aunt Xue spoke, she winked at Aunt Lian. Aunt Lian didn't want to say anything, but when she thought of her wife who was still pregnant, she felt indignant.
He said, "The one the Marquis feels most sorry for doing this is Madam."
Su Chengye was in a dilemma when he saw that he had caused public outrage. Before coming here, he had promised Gu Ruoyun to help her keep these valuables, but now he was in a dilemma.
Gu Ruoyun looked at Su Chengye with her phoenix eyes. Others did not understand the deep meaning in her eyes, but Su Chengye saw it clearly.
He thought about it and came up with an idea.
He coughed twice and said, "I'll listen to you. All these things will go into the public account. However, Ruoyun has suffered a lot with me over the years, so I want to promote her to be my equal wife."
When these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned for a moment, including the old lady.
In aristocratic families, there was no such thing as a concubine. Having a concubine was the beginning of a disorder in the hierarchy between legitimate and illegitimate children. When the head of a family began to favor a concubine over his wife, the family was not far from ruin.
The old lady slammed her hand on the table and said, "No, there is no such rule."
Su Chengye refused to give in. "Mother, Ruoyun is already very wronged by being a co-wife. If we don't publicize it, others won't stare at our family's backyard and talk about it."
After saying that, he patted Gu Ruoyun's hand to comfort her.
Aunt Xue looked at Su Qingyu, hoping that this young lady would say a few more words, preferably to kick Gu Ruoyun out.
Su Qingyu continued to drink tea with her head down. She didn't care how Su Chengye wanted to praise Gu Ruoyun. After all, the higher the praise, the harder the Su family would suffer.
And she also realized that Gu Ruoyun probably had some leverage over her father.
Su Chengye was very determined about having an equal wife, so the old lady looked at Su Qingyu.
"Qingyu, what do you say? Logically, you should ask your mother about this matter."
Su Qingyu looked up and said, "Grandma, this is a matter in father's room, how can I butt in on it? As for my mother, don't ask her. Her health is important. Don't pollute her ears with these nasty and dirty things."
Su Chengye and Gu Ruoyun's faces fell again after hearing this awful and dirty thing. Su Chengye felt a surge of resentment in his chest, unable to vent it, as he was being laughed at by the whole family, young and old.
In the end, the old lady couldn't convince Su Chengye and finally agreed to let Gu Ruoyun be his co-wife.
Su Qingyu's face was calm. What if she became a co-wife to a lowly thing that wouldn't last long? By the time her mother returned home after giving birth, the grass on the mother and daughter's graves would have grown.
If you give her some sweet treat now, she will die faster.
Aunt Xue was indignant, while Aunt Lian was worried that it would affect Mrs. Lin's mood.
Not long after, another servant from Shaohuatang came in to report that several pieces of furniture were burned and the indentures of the servants of Shaohuatang were burned.
There were no other losses, and no servants were injured.
Before Gu Ruoyun could react, Su Qingyu spoke first, "Don't worry, aunt. I'll send someone to the government office to reissue the indenture."
Gu Ruoyun frowned and wanted to say that she would not bother her anymore, but then she remembered that she needed the seal of the mansion to renew the indenture contract, and she had no right to do it. So she could only suppress her uneasiness and thank Su Qingyu.
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