Su Qingyu didn't want to get off the car here, so she told Feicui, "Take your third cousin to the side hall in the west courtyard to serve tea. I'll go back and change my clothes and then come over."
A quarter of an hour later, Su Qingyu changed her clothes and went to the side hall in the west courtyard.
When I went in, Lin Wuchen was sitting calmly drinking tea.
"Third cousin just mentioned Su Yuankai. What happened to Su Yuankai?"
Lin Wuchen motioned for her to sit down and said, "Su Yuankai ran away."
Su Qingyu was startled, a little surprised, "ran away?"
"To be precise, he was rescued." Lin Wuchen finished speaking and lowered his head to take a sip of tea. "This top-grade purple bamboo shoot tastes really good. Make some for me later."
Su Qingyu nodded, turned around and told Zhenzhu to prepare tea.
"Has the person been found? Was he taken away by Su Yihui?"
Lin Wuchen's gentle eyes flashed with surprise, "How did you know?"
Su Qingyu also imitated what he had done just now and drank a sip of tea pretending to be calm.
"Guess."
Based on her understanding of Lin Wuchen, if someone disappeared, Lin Wuchen's first reaction would definitely not be to come to her place and calmly drink tea, but to dig deep into the ground to look for that person.
If he can talk so calmly about someone running away, it must mean that the problem has been resolved and the person has been found.
As for the person who is capable and willing to rescue Su Yuankai, it is only Su Yihui.
When Lin Wuchen heard her say it was just a guess, he shrugged and said in a long tone, "As the saying goes, 'Small things breed badness.' Marrying Shen Zhixiu, how come you have become so cunning?"
Su Qingyu put down her teacup and rolled her eyes at him. "You made me act like I was stupid."
Lin Wuchen said hurriedly: "Not stupid, how could my cousin be stupid. Then what do you think of Su Yuankai?"
"Where is he? He can't be in the Duke of Weiguo's mansion, right?" Su Qingyu asked.
Lin Wuchen nodded.
"The person has been placed in the back house next to the small gate on the west side of the Weiguo Mansion. If we force him out, it might alert the Zhao family."
"How about I do it tonight?"
"Anyway, even if the Zhao family is alarmed, Shen Zhixiu will clean up the mess for me."
Su Qingyu raised her hand to stop Lin Wuchen from speaking, "Don't worry about him. Have your people keep an eye on him nearby. If he doesn't leave the Zhao family, ignore him for now."
She didn't want the Su family's scandal to be known to everyone. Moreover, it involved Aunt Xue and Li Yunzhou's background.
Lin Wuchen agreed, stood up and went out to tell people to do something.
Su Qingyu sent Feicui back to the Su household to confirm whether Aunt Xue had told anyone about her brother. Her slender fingers tapped the armrests of the chair. It seemed she would need to take Aunt Xue under control once she was done with Ah Ci's affairs.
Half an hour later, Feicui came back to report that she had confirmed that Aunt Xue had not told anyone about the incident.
Early the next morning, Shen Zhixiu went to court, while Su Qingyu got up, put on makeup and combed her hair, preparing to go to Yushu Hutong to accompany Su Shunci.
Shen Yue also went with her, holding the gift from the old lady to Su Shunci.
When they arrived at Yushu Hutong, Su Shunci and Bai Sulian were already dressed.
Su Shunci was wearing a honey-pink long Su satin dress with a gold filigree and kingfisher hairpin. Seeing Su Qingyu and Shen Yue approach, she held up her skirt and went out to greet them, letting them in.
Not long after the two arrived, Lin Wuchen also came, holding an exquisite red lacquered wooden box in his hand.
"This headgear is for you, put it on."
Lin Wuchen stuffed the box in his hand into Su Shunci's hand.
Su Shunci didn't understand what was going on. When she opened the box, she gasped in shock. "Third cousin, this... this is too valuable. I can't accept it."
Inside is a complete set of gold-inlaid gemstone carved headpieces. The patterns carved out of the gemstones are exquisite and delicate, and each line is just right. It is obvious that it was made by a master.
Su Qingyu also took a look and thought to herself that her third cousin was indeed worthy of being the young master of the Lin family. The materials for this headpiece, plus the labor, would cost at least 18,000 taels. She didn't even blink when her third cousin presented it to her.
Seeing Su Shunci push the box back, Lin Wuchen stuffed it back in unhappily.
"Wear it if it's given to you. For an occasion like this, you should dress up a little more so that others won't look down on you."
Lin Wuchen sighed inwardly, why is this girl so unreliable?
Su Qingyu stepped forward, closed the jewelry box, and said, "Since this headpiece is for Fourth Sister, I will accept it on her behalf. I'm sorry for the expense, cousin. But this headpiece can only be kept as a dowry and cannot be worn today."
Lin Wuchen was puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Seeing how confident my cousin was in what she said, is there any rule here?
Su Qingyu explained, "Cousin, there are certain rules and regulations for the adoption of a godparent in a family like the Marquis of Loyalty. One of them is that the elders of the Song family must re-comb Fourth Sister's hair and wear the head ornaments and jewelry given by the Song family."
"Fourth sister can only wear a decent set today. Otherwise, if the one prepared by the Song family is worse than what Fourth sister wears, it will be embarrassing for everyone."
Lin Wuchen suddenly realized that he had almost done something bad with good intentions.
He hurriedly said, "Then Fourth Cousin, please keep this headgear and save it as a dowry in the future."
Su Shunci blushed, turned around with the box and handed it to the maid.
Afraid that Su Qingyu and Lin Wuchen would talk about dowry again, she went to the side and chatted with Shen Yue.
Su Qingyu shook her head. After all, she was still a little girl. No matter how smart she was in public, she would still feel embarrassed when talking about getting married.
After a few people chatted for a while, they heard the sound of gongs and drums outside.
A little maid ran in happily, "Miss, Miss, the Song family has come to pick up the relatives."
Bai Sulian immediately stood up, straightened her clothes and hair ornaments, and looked at Su Qingyu nervously, "Miss, is it okay for me to look like this?"
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