The man glanced into the room, but couldn't see anyone clearly. Instead, he was dazzled by the brocade clothes and pearls on their heads.
He knew Aunt Xue's identity, so he naturally guessed that she was a noble person from the capital.
"I'm leaving. I'm leaving."
He turned around hurriedly and pushed the door open to go out.
At this moment, Su Yuankai was looking at Su Qingyu with his head tilted. "Who are you? You are so beautiful."
Su Qingyu looked at him and said, "I am your sister."
Su Yuankai grinned, then broke off a chicken leg from the oil paper and handed it to Su Qingyu, "Chicken leg, sister, have it."
Su Qingyu also smiled at him, "Eat it."
Seeing that she didn't eat, Su Yuankai sat on a chair next to her and started eating.
He continued, "Mom, why did Uncle Gao leave? I can just sleep in the same bed with him, so I won't be cold...I won't be cold anymore."
Aunt Xue's face suddenly changed drastically. She stepped forward and covered Su Yuankai's mouth, "Miss, don't listen to his nonsense. He is stupid now and has no idea what he is talking about."
Su Qingyu's expression remained unchanged as she said calmly, "I'm leaving first. Take care, Auntie."
Then he led his men out of the house.
Su Yuankai's voice came from behind, "Sister, come back tomorrow."
Su Qingyu paused for a moment, then walked out of the yard.
On the way back in the carriage, Pearl couldn't help but ask, "Madam, is Aunt Xue cheating on you?"
"But she didn't even pick a good one, so why did she find an old man?"
"Miss, do you want to tell the Marquis?"
Su Qingyu shook her head and said, "Just pretend you don't know."
She would not forgive Aunt Xue and Su Yuankai. No matter how miserable their lives were, she felt no emotion. But she would not step on them when they were going through hard times. There was no need for that.
Her father has been cuckolded many times, so this one is not a big deal.
On the way back to Shen's house, Su Qingyu looked outside through the gap in the curtains and saw Zhenzhu and Feicui chatting beside her.
"This farm is so shabby. If Aunt Xue hadn't come to live here, I wouldn't have known that our family had such a farm." Zhenzhu said.
Feicui said, "That's because we have many houses and farms. For us, our home is just a place to shelter from the wind and rain, how could we forget it?"
Zhenzhu continued, "You're right. But if this is the case even in the Marquis' Mansion, it must be even more so in other powerful families. If they have any houses they've forgotten, I'll go live there."
Feicui tapped her forehead and said, "You wishful thinking. It's all in the family property deed book. You can see it just by flipping through it. How could you forget it?"
Su Qingyu suddenly turned her head and said in a deep voice, "Stop the car."
Pearl and Jade were stunned and looked at Su Qingyu in confusion.
Jiang Qi also stood by the car and asked, "Madam, what's wrong?"
Su Qingyu ordered in a cold voice: "Send someone to the house where they moved things. Don't alarm them, just see what's going on."
Although Jiang Qi didn't understand what the lady meant, he still followed her instructions. He parked the carriage on the side and kept watch.
Su Qingyu lowered her eyebrows and subconsciously twisted her fingers together.
She was saying, "Why does that house sound so familiar?" When Feicui mentioned the title deed, she suddenly remembered. That house was Chen's dowry house, but it wasn't listed in the dowry deed. It was said that the old man of the Chen family gave it to her after she got married, so it wasn't listed in the deed deed.
She discovered this by accident when she was helping Chen’s family to sort out their assets in her previous life.
If this is Chen's dowry house, are those people all Shen Zhao's people? What are they moving?
Remembering the story of Shen Zhao selling off his property, Su Qingyu was filled with suspicion. She had asked her third cousin to investigate, but he hadn't replied yet. Perhaps the investigation wasn't going to be easy, or perhaps someone else was involved.
Seeing her serious expression, Pearl and Jade fell silent.
After about two quarters of an hour, the people Jiang Qi sent out also came back.
"Madam, those people have disappeared. The house is empty. I looked around but found no obvious traces."
Su Qingyu was not surprised. Given the alertness of that group of people, it was normal for them to leave.
"Let's go back home."
After returning home, she didn't tell Shen Zhixiu about this. Firstly, since it involved Shen Zhao, they were uncle and nephew after all. Secondly, she had a feeling that today's incident was related to Shen Zhao selling off his property. She planned to see what her third cousin had found before telling Shen Zhixiu.
Before bed that night, Shen Zhixiu told Su Qingyu about Li Yunzhou's itinerary. He planned to depart for Northern Xinjiang in three days. After that, he would reorganize his troops and give orders to the army before returning to the capital. The army was moving slowly, and they expected to arrive in Beijing by mid-March.
Su Qingyu counted the days on her fingers. In just one month, her brother would be back in Beijing. She felt both happy and nervous. In her previous life, her brother had faced the Li family alone. In this life, she had to stand behind him.
The next day, when he went to Qingyuanju to pay his respects, Li Chaoyun was sitting there talking to the old lady, dressed elegantly and noblely.
Seeing Su Qingyu coming, Li Chaoyun stood up and saluted, then asked, "Didn't the virtuous concubine send an invitation to Third Aunt?"
Su Qingyu didn't understand what was going on. "What post?"
Li Chaoyun smiled and replied, "Madam Chen has returned to the capital. Her Majesty the Consort invited her to the palace and asked me to come along and chat with her."
"I thought I could go with Third Aunt. After all, Third Aunt's status is extraordinary now."
Su Qingyu sneered in her heart. How could this be a good thing? She would rather read a storybook at home than suffer that punishment.
She also understood what Li Chaoyun meant. He just wanted to say that she was not valued by the nobles in the palace.
Su Qingyu chuckled lightly, "Princess, you're really something. It's not your first time in the palace, so why are you so happy?"
"If it was from a small family, it would be fine. But a princess is of such status that entering the palace is just like eating a normal meal."
Li Chaoyun's expression froze, and he realized that he had lost his composure. He cursed Su Qingyu in his heart, what on earth was she capable of? Shen Zhao had lost his composure before when facing her, and now even she couldn't control her emotions.
Su Qingyu was right. It was just entering the palace, and showing off like this would be considered inferior.
Su Qingyu didn't take Li Chaoyun's visit to the palace seriously. She wished the virtuous concubine hadn't called on her; she simply couldn't be bothered with the pleasantries. Adding Madam Chen to the mix made her even less inclined to go.
But after noon, she finally understood why Concubine Xian hadn't summoned her to the palace. It turned out she was just trying to make things difficult for her, probably because she was afraid that if she went, things would get difficult.
After lunch, Su Qingyu was lying on the couch reading a travelogue. She was thinking that when Shen Zhixiu retired, she would also go and see these famous mountains and rivers.
Suddenly, Zhenzhu walked in, walking hurriedly and looking anxious.
"Madam, please go out and take a look. Someone is coming from the palace."
Su Qingyu closed the book and sat up. "Has there been any decree from the palace?"
Zhenzhu shook her head and said, "It was the Concubine Xian who gave our Third Master a beauty. She is now in the flower hall in the outer courtyard. She was sent here by the Concubine Xian's eunuch."
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