What if Mr. Zhou just found out the truth? Wouldn’t it be dangerous for Madam to go?
Su Qingyu shook her head and said, "If Mr. Zhou really knew, it would be just as dangerous for the Third Master to go."
What's more, she was confident that she could explain the matter clearly before Mr. Zhou took action.
And according to her speculation, Mr. Zhou should not be aware of it at this time.
Su Qingyu put on her cloak without hesitation and walked towards the outer courtyard.
She took Feicui into Mr. Zhou's room alone, while Zhenzhu waited outside.
About a quarter of an hour later, Su Qingyu came out with Jadeite, and Zhenzhu breathed a sigh of relief.
On the way back to the main courtyard, Zhenzhu asked, "How is it? Did Madam explain everything to Mr. Zhou?"
Su Qingyu smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Zhou said he believed it, but in reality he was skeptical. I told him to invite that person for a drink right now and spread the news."
"When the time comes, I will naturally let him hear the truth about his daughter's fall from the cliff."
Pearl tilted her head. "Madam, is this a strategy of turning the tables?"
At this time, not far away, Jiang Qi was patrolling with his guards and looked at Zhenzhu.
Su Qingyu teased, "Even if I were to use this tactic against you, it's no match for our Pearl's beauty trap."
Pearl was puzzled, and when she heard Feicui laughing, she started laughing too.
"What are you talking about, madam? Honey trap?
Turning around, he saw Jiang Qi looking at him.
Zhenzhu blushed, glared at Jiang Qi, and followed Su Qingyu.
Jiang Qi touched his chin, confused as to why he was being glared at.
Some guards quietly started to make noises, wondering if Deputy Commander Jiang would become henpecked in the future. It looked like he was. One person said this, and the others followed suit.
Jiang Qi's face darkened. "Everyone, go to the training ground after patrol. I will personally test you today."
The guards who had been smiling just now had their smiles frozen on their faces in an instant.
After returning from Mr. Zhou, Su Qingyu went to see Shen Yue again.
Ever since the news of Li Yunzhou's defeat came back from the Northern Frontier, Shen Yue has lost a lot of weight.
Su Qingyu could probably guess some of the inside story of the battle in Northern Frontier, but she didn't dare reveal it to Shen Yue. Shen Yue couldn't keep secrets, and it would be bad if someone with ulterior motives guessed it.
So she could only come and comfort her from time to time and tell her not to worry too much.
The two chatted for half an hour. Seeing that Chen Yue was in a much better mood, Su Qingyu got up and left to see the old lady.
On the way back to the west courtyard, a steward came to report some trivial matters in the mansion, and Su Qingyu answered them one by one.
Now the inner house of the Shen family is completely under the control of Su Qingyu. Although not all the people in charge are her confidants, as long as it is something she orders, no one dares to deliberately neglect or cause trouble.
No one in the Shen family could find any fault with her housekeeper.
Su Qingyu did not try to win people over on purpose, she just spoke according to the rules of the mansion.
Because she had handled several matters in the past with such swiftness and ruthlessness, the servants were somewhat afraid of her.
However, this winter's task of purchasing charcoal and cotton clothes made the people below her respect her a lot.
During the Chinese New Year, several managers who performed well were publicly rewarded with generous rewards. However, these people were not Su Qingyu's confidants. Two of them were even not good at speaking and only knew how to work silently.
After Su Qingyu gave the rewards in public, everyone suddenly realized that as long as they did their job well, even if they couldn't flatter, the Third Lady would know what was going on.
So after the New Year, the people under me work harder and more pragmatically.
Su Qingyu saw these changes and was really satisfied.
So often, it's not the fault of the subordinates being cunning and cunning, or only knowing how to talk. The subordinates will gradually become like the kind of people the master likes.
The boss likes people who are good at talking and flattering, so naturally there are few people who can do practical work.
When they were almost at the Moon Gate in the west courtyard, they saw a servant sneaking towards the outer courtyard on a fork in the road not far away.
Su Qingyu could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with the servant, and she felt that his back looked somewhat familiar.
"Jadeite, go see what's going on with that guy."
"Yes." Feicui answered yes and rushed over quickly.
The servant noticed someone behind him and was about to run when Feicui tripped him and he fell to the ground. Everything in his hands fell to the ground.
"Madam, he stole things from the mansion." Feicui said loudly, and grabbed the servant's wrist and pressed it behind his back.
Hearing this, the servant stiffened his neck and struggled hard, shouting, "I didn't steal anything. Miss Feicui can't accuse me wrongly."
When he looked up and shouted, Su Qingyu recognized him. It was Yuanbao, the servant beside Shen Zhao.
Su Qingyu was also very familiar with the things on the ground. To be more precise, she was very familiar with them from her previous life.
A flower vase made of eight-treasure cloisonné enamel and a pair of Longquan kiln incense burners with auspicious beasts were both things in Chen Zhao's storehouse.
Su Qingyu walked closer and signaled Feicui to let the person go.
"Yuanbao, you said you didn't steal these things, so why are they all in your hands? I see you're leaving the house, are you going to sell the stolen things?"
Su Qingyu asked this, but she didn't really believe that Yuanbao had stolen something to sell. Yuanbao had been with Shen Zhao since he was a child and was very loyal to him.
If she said that Yuanbao stole things from Chen Zhao's house, she would believe it, but if she said that Yuanbao sold Chen Zhao's things, she would not believe it.
At this moment, Yuanbao was questioned harshly by Su Qingyu, and he tried his best to defend himself.
"Third Madam is very discerning. How dare I steal the eldest young master's things? These are really not stolen."
Su Qingyu snorted coldly, "The thief didn't admit that he stole the things. You said you didn't steal them, so why don't you tell me where you are going with these things?"
Yuanbao knelt on the ground, rolled his eyes, and kowtowed to Su Qingyu.
"Madam San is very discerning. These are some of the things that were picked out from the warehouse that are a bit damaged. The eldest young master asked me to take them out and find someone to repair them."
As he spoke, he picked up the vase and showed it to Su Qingyu, "Third Madam, look at the bottom of this vase. It's been knocked a little bit and deformed."
Su Qingyu was very familiar with these things. This eight-treasure cloisonné enamel vase was Chen's dowry. It was brought back from overseas by Chen's uncle and had some bumps along the way.
Chen didn't repair it in order to keep a memory, so why would Chen Zhao think of repairing it?
But Yuanbao was smart enough and spoke seriously.
Su Qingyu pretended to understand something and said, "I see. It seems I misunderstood you. Go ahead."
Without asking any more questions, he turned around and continued walking towards the west courtyard.
It was not until they entered the west courtyard that Su Qingyu gave any instructions to Feicui.
"Go out and keep an eye on Yuanbao to see what he's doing. Don't let him see you."
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