"Okay, then I'll find a day and ask someone to propose marriage." Shen Zhixiu spoke gently, with a faint smile on the corner of his lips.
Su Qingyu waved her hand and said, "I've already made an engagement before, why would I make another one?"
Shen Zhixiu, however, remembered the rumors in the capital over the past two days and said softly, "I will take care of these matters."
Su Qingyu thought the two had reached a consensus, so she asked, "Are you done? Can I eat now?"
After a whole morning of hard work and a fight, she was really hungry.
Shen Zhixiu gestured to her to eat when she was hungry, but he just sat there and drank a cup of tea without moving his chopsticks.
Today, Su Qingyu ordered all the signature dishes, and they were all meat dishes.
Shen Zhixiu glanced at the dishes on the table, stood up and walked to the door of the private room, and ordered: "Stir-fry some lotus root shreds and some spinach."
Soon, the waiter brought up two vegetarian dishes.
Su Qingyu didn't even raise her eyelids, concentrating on fighting the elbow in front of her.
She is probably the only girl in Beijing who can sit opposite Mr. Shen San and still enjoy eating greasy food.
Seeing this, Shen Zhixiu picked up a piece of lotus root shreds and gave it to her with chopsticks, saying, "Eat some vegetables."
Su Qingyu curled her lips, took out a silk handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth, complaining: "In order to observe mourning for you, I have been eating vegetarian food for two months. What? The Shen family can't afford to feed me meat."
Shen Zhixiu, who was still picking up spinach, suddenly stopped. "Observe mourning? The Shen family asked you to do that?"
Su Qingyu shook her head and said, "That's not the case. It's just that since we're engaged, we have to do what we have to do."
Shen Zhixiu took the chopsticks from the spinach plate and picked up a chicken leg for Su Qingyu. Then he asked, "What else do you need to do to observe the mourning period?"
Su Qingyu counted on her fingers, "You can't wear bright clothes, you can't wear bright jewelry, and you can't wear too much makeup."
Shen Zhixiu thought back to that day at Huguo Temple, the scriptures she had copied, the snacks she had made, and the ritual she had performed to liberate him. Suddenly, his heart was moved. She must have been more sincere in her mourning than most of the Shen family.
"That's really hard for you." Shen Zhixiu said with a slight smile.
When Wenzhu came back, Su Qingyu had almost finished eating.
"Third Master, Miss Su, I followed them to a private residence in the east of the city."
"them……"
Wenzhu hesitated to speak, her face slightly red.
Su Qingyu looked at Wenzhu in confusion. Is he embarrassed because he didn't find out anything?
"Just tell me what you saw." Su Qingyu said.
Wenzhu's face turned even redder, and she thought that she couldn't tell what he saw.
Shen Zhixiu frowned slightly and looked at Wen Zhu, "What's going on? Tell the truth."
Seeing she couldn't avoid it, Wen Zhu could only bite the bullet and say, "After they entered the house, they... started to get intimate. It looks like this isn't their first time; they've probably been in this relationship for years."
Su Qingyu was shocked. Gu Ruoyun and Zhou Bu Ren actually had this kind of relationship?
"What did they say?" Su Qingyu asked.
Wen Zhu had been with Shen Zhixiu for many years, investigating many things for him and even witnessing more explosive scenes than this one. But when it came to him saying something like this in front of a girl, he really couldn't open his mouth.
Before he said this, he thought Miss Su would blush and lower her head, not daring to speak.
Seeing Su Qingyu's continued questioning, Wen Zhu continued, "Apart from some intimate and dirty talk, there wasn't much else to say. The lady mentioned that our son can recite poetry now."
Su Qingyu stood up suddenly, "Did you hear correctly? She said...our son?"
Wenzhu nodded and said, "Yes, that's what I said."
Shen Zhixiu looked at Su Qingyu and asked softly, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Su Qingyu's mind was in a mess. Yesterday morning, when she went to Songhe Hall to pay her respects, she heard Su Yuanche recite a poem to the old lady, and the old lady was very happy.
Could it be that Su Yuanche is the son of Boss Zhou?
What is the identity of Boss Zhou?
Shen Zhixiu gestured to Wenzhu to go out first, then stood up, pulled Su Qingyu to sit down, and poured her a cup of hot tea.
He asked softly, "You just called that person 'cousin madam'. She is the biological mother of Chen Zhao's concubine, the new wife of Marquis Pingning?"
Shen Zhixiu spoke in a soft, gentle and mellow voice, and Su Qingyu's anxious mood inexplicably calmed down.
She picked up the Ru kiln teacup on the table and took a sip of tea first.
Then he slowly began to speak, "That woman was my cousin's wife, my grandmother's niece, who was living with us before. That man is the owner of the Zhou Trading Company in the city. He was the one who partnered with the Su family to sell grain a while ago..."
Su Qingyu briefly recounted the previous incident at the Zhou's grain store, and then mentioned that the child was actually Gu Ruoyun's biological child. She didn't say she knew this in her previous life, only that she heard it from Gu Ruoyun's maid.
"Surname Zhou?" Shen Zhixiu murmured.
"The Cheng family case was handled by my teacher, Chen Ge Lao. I later compiled the files myself. I remember the Cheng family's housekeeper's surname was Zhou."
"According to the situation at the time, this man should have been exiled as well. However, he used his connections and spent a lot of money. Since he was an insignificant accomplice, the teacher turned a blind eye."
"Don't worry about this. I'll check it carefully when I get back."
Su Qingyu didn't want to trouble him, so she said, "I've already asked my third cousin to help me check, so I won't bother you anymore."
Shen Zhixiu said, "There are many secrets involved here, and it's impossible for people who are not officials to investigate in such detail. Even if you ask Wuchen, if he can't find out, he will have to come to me."
Su Qingyu stopped being polite after hearing this. If he was willing to help with this matter, who knows, there might be some unexpected surprises.
After coming out of Ruyi Tower, Su Qingyu went to the wing room in the backyard of Lin's Trading Company, intending to pick up Su Shunci.
When she arrived, Feicui was taking care of Su Shunci in the inner room, while Lin Wuchen was waiting in the outer room.
Su Qingyu went in to check on Su Shunci. She was still asleep, but medicine had already been applied to her body. Feicui whispered, "She drank porridge at noon and took medicine. She's feeling much better now."
"We'll go back home when she wakes up." After giving instructions to Feicui, Su Qingyu went to the outer room to talk to Lin Wuchen.
"Thank you, third cousin, for helping me take care of my fourth sister. I heard that starting today, all the porridge stalls have been moved outside the city?" Su Qingyu poured herself a glass of warm water and asked.
Lin Wuchen replied, "Yes, it was Shen Zhixiu who issued the order. Now, the disaster relief in the capital and the surrounding areas has fallen on him."
"How did he deal with Chen Zhao?" Lin Wuchen suddenly asked, his tone somewhat unfriendly and filled with anger.
Su Qingyu did not hide anything and explained in detail Shen Zhixiu's attitude and his intention to get married as usual.
Lin Wuchen's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "He took the initiative to ask for marriage? This is a rare thing. Does he like you?"
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