Her mother originally had a set of twelve gold hairpins with the Five Blessings and Longevity patterns. Her mother gave her two on her tenth birthday, and also gave Su Shunci two on her tenth birthday.
Judging from the carved patterns on these two, they should be the ones that belonged to Su Shunci.
Aunt Xue knew that Su Qingyu was used to seeing good things, so she specially selected the best ones in the storeroom. As for where this hairpin came from, she couldn't remember clearly, but vaguely remembered that it seemed to be a birthday gift given to her by Su Chengye a few years ago.
"As long as you like it, young lady. Only something of this quality is worthy of you."
Su Qingyu smiled and asked her to put the jade away, then thanked Aunt Xue.
Seeing this, Aunt Xue pursed her lips and tentatively said, "Miss, you said Yuan Che's current status is not up to par, and the only one in the eldest branch who can inherit the title is your eldest brother. Is his inheritance... a foregone conclusion?"
She came here to ask Su Qingyu's attitude. If she could get Su Qingyu's support, then Su Yuankai would definitely be the heir of the Marquisate.
After all, this young lady has the Shen family and Mr. Shen San behind her, and her words carry a lot of weight in the Su family.
Su Qingyu smiled and said, "Auntie, there's no one left in the main house, but there are still the second and third houses."
"Auntie should know how much Grandmother dotes on Second Uncle. If Grandmother were to think of promoting the Second Branch, Father, out of filial piety, wouldn't be able to say anything."
"And Yuan Che, as long as Father likes him, what does it matter if his status is not up to par?"
When Aunt Xue heard this, she immediately panicked.
"Miss, what should we do? This title cannot fall to the second branch. No matter how fierce the quarrel between you siblings is, you are still siblings with the same father."
Su Qingyu sighed, "Auntie, you know that the person my father dislikes the most right now is me. Besides, as someone who is about to get married, some things are hard to say."
"If Auntie can trust me, I have an idea."
Aunt Xue's expression suddenly brightened, "Miss, please speak."
Su Qingyu's red lips opened and closed, a smile on her lips, "I was thinking, if Big Brother had a closer relationship with the Xu family, wouldn't the position of Crown Prince be easily within his grasp?"
"Auntie, can you talk to Big Brother? If Young Master Xu Liu needs any help, Big Brother should pay attention to it."
"It would be a shame not to seize such a good relationship with the Xu family."
Aunt Xue was stunned at first, then she carefully considered Su Qingyu's words, and the more she thought about it, the more the smile on her face grew.
"What the eldest lady said makes sense. I will go back and talk to your brother."
"Take care, auntie."
After Aunt Xue left, Feicui replaced Su Qingyu's tea and asked in confusion, "Young lady, why are you still teaching Aunt Xue? Do you really want the eldest young master to inherit the title?"
"I'm not being nosy, but because of what the young master did to you last time at Huguo Temple, you can't let him succeed."
"If he becomes the head of the Su family, my wife will probably have a hard time."
Su Qingyu couldn't help laughing. "I'm not stupid. Don't worry, if Su Yuankai does what I say, he will suffer."
Half a month later in his previous life, Xu Liangping got into a big trouble and was nearly beaten to death by Xu Ge Lao. Su Yuankai approached at this time, and it was estimated that he would get involved in Xu Liangping's affairs.
By then, let alone inheriting the title, it would be hard to say whether you can even save your life.
Feicui twitched her lips and said, "That young lady made a profit this time. She received two hairpins and also came up with a bad idea."
Hearing Feicui mention the two hairpins, Su Qingyu frowned slightly, "Send someone to call the fourth sister over."
Not long after, Su Shunci came in, rubbing her hands and said, "Big sister, are you looking for me?"
Su Qingyu pulled her to her side, grabbed her cold hand and asked, "Why didn't you bring a hand warmer?"
Su Shunci chuckled twice and replied, "I heard that Big Sister was looking for me, but I forgot about it in my haste."
Su Qingyu covered her hands and signaled Feicui to bring the two hairpins over.
She opened the box in front of Su Shunci and asked, "Aren't these two hairpins your birthday gifts from your mother? Why are they with Aunt Xue?"
Su Shunci turned to look at the two hairpins, her eyes widened, and she said in disbelief, "She's taking them away again?"
Then, Su Shunci said angrily, "Auntie lied to me. She said she had put it away for me, but Auntie Xue took it away again."
"This was given to me by my mother, and I couldn't bear to wear it."
Su Qingyu didn't expect that Su Shunci had no idea about it at all. It seemed that the hairpin was given to Aunt Lian for safekeeping.
"Aci, what's going on? You still don't want to tell your sister?" Su Qingyu sighed and asked softly.
Su Shunci thought of the grievances that the mother and daughter had suffered over the years, looked at the two hairpins again, and her eyes were suddenly filled with tears.
"Big sister, it's not that I don't want to tell you, I just don't know what's going on."
"I only know that Aunt Xue would visit my aunt every once in a while. I didn't understand what they said, but every time she took a lot of things from my aunt."
"The jewelry that my mother gave my aunt, and the tonics that my elder sister gave my aunt, were all taken away by Aunt Xue."
Su Qingyu's expression was cold, and she asked in a deep voice, "Do you remember what they said? It's okay if you don't understand. Just tell me as much as you remember."
Su Shunci twisted her hands together and thought for a long time before she spoke. "Aunt Xue said that eighteen years ago... Madam... gave birth to something. She also said that if this matter were to get out... Madam... would be unable to live as a human being and would be burned to death or something."
"Every time she said that, my aunt turned pale with fear and had nightmares at night."
Su Shunci's few words made Su Qingyu freeze in place. Su Shunci might not understand what was said, but she understood most of it.
Eighteen years ago, she didn't know what had happened, but it had a huge impact on her mother. Now, Aunt Xue had seized on this incident and was using it to threaten Aunt Lian.
Su Qingyu tried hard to pull back her messy thoughts and whispered to Su Shunci, "Fourth sister, next time Aunt Xue causes trouble, you will tell me the first time, okay?"
Su Shunci nodded vigorously, "I remember, I will definitely tell big sister."
After sending Su Shunci away, Su Qingyu was stunned for a long while, completely baffled. What could have happened to make Concubine Lian so frightened?
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I thought the matter of Gu Ruoyun would remain deadlocked for a while, but unexpectedly there was a turning point the next day.
The next morning, Lin Wuchen sent someone to inform her and asked her to go to Lin's Trading Company.
When Su Qingyu arrived at the flower hall in the backyard of Lin's Trading Company, she saw Shen Zhixiu was there too, playing chess with Lin Wuchen.
Is it a coincidence, or was it Shen Zhixiu who called her here?
While Su Qingyu was wondering, she heard Shen Zhixiu say, "No more, let's get down to business."
"The Cheng family's affairs have been thoroughly investigated. Marquis Pingning had deep feelings for the young mistress of the Cheng family, but she played him around."
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