Aunt Lian thought for a moment and said, "Madam has always said that she likes both boys and girls, so she never asks the doctor."
"And they won't let us ask privately."
Her voice trembled as she continued, "Aunt Xue said that if this were to get out, Madam would be burned to death as a demon."
"Miss, how could the Madam be such a good person, a monster?"
"A man was burned to death in our village a long time ago. They said he was the reincarnation of an evil spirit. I saw him burned to death with my own eyes. We must keep this secret and don't let anyone else know."
Thinking of that incident from her childhood, a hint of fear appeared in Aunt Lian's eyes.
Su Qingyu's eyes flashed with coldness, and she snorted coldly, "Monster? She is the biggest monster."
He then slowed down his voice and said to Aunt Lian, "Aunt, mother didn't give birth to Crow. She gave birth to the child, but someone took him away."
"You're not asleep. You might have been drugged."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Lian's expression froze and she was stunned for a long time.
She looked at Su Qingyu in astonishment and asked in disbelief, "Miss, are you saying that the crow wasn't Madam's? What about the child? Did I lose the child?"
Su Qingyu took her hand and comforted her, "How could my mother give birth to a crow? There was no evil spirit born into the world, only bad people who interfered."
Aunt Lian was just blinded by a single thing, and coupled with the childhood incident that had always frightened her, she was stuck in it and couldn't get out. After hearing what Su Qingyu said, she thought about it for a while and figured out the doubts and key points.
"Miss, where is the child that the lady gave birth to?"
"It's all my fault. I'm useless. That's why I lost my child."
Aunt Lian fell into a new state of despair. Could she find her child, who had been missing for eighteen years? Was she still alive?
Su Qingyu said gratefully, "Auntie, I want to thank you. If you hadn't woken up in time, disposed of the dirty things, and found the child, my mother might have really been burned to death."
In this kind of situation, I'm afraid my family would rather believe it.
Crows are an ominous sign. If the old lady and others arrived before Aunt Lian woke up, the consequences would be unpredictable.
Thinking of the dangerous scene at that time, Su Qingyu felt a wave of fear.
She was grateful to Aunt Lian from the bottom of her heart, and felt even more sorry for the suffering she had endured over the past eighteen years.
After comforting her for a while, Aunt Lian's mood stabilized.
Su Qingyu instructed: "Auntie is still the same as before. If Auntie Xue brings up what happened back then again, you can ask her how she knew it."
"If she did it, she would definitely reveal herself."
"Aunt, don't let her know that I already know about this. I want to investigate carefully what happened back then, especially the whereabouts of the child. We'd better not alert the enemy. What if she knows where the child is and takes action in advance?"
Su Qingyu suddenly felt a little excited. Perhaps she still had a brother or sister living in this world.
Aunt Lian listened carefully to Su Qingyu's instructions, then nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, Miss, I will be careful."
"Can we... still find this child?" Aunt Lian asked cautiously.
Su Qingyu said coldly, "Don't worry, Auntie. If he's alive, I'll definitely find him. If he's dead, I'll make the person who hurt him be buried with him."
After comforting Aunt Lian, Su Qingyu returned to the Bishui Pavilion with a gloomy face. She sat alone in the east study for half the night before getting up to rest.
After another five or six days, Lin's body was almost recovered, and Su Qingyu no longer served her personally.
That morning, after getting dressed, Su Qingyu went to Songhe Hall to pay her respects as usual. Because she had been taking care of Lin, she hadn't gone there for half a month.
The old lady curled her lips subconsciously when she saw Su Qingyu coming in. Not a single thing Su Qingyu had done during this period of time was to her liking.
I wanted to say a few words to her, but then I remembered Su Qingyu's extremely wealthy marriage and the importance the Shen family attached to her.
He swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, and after Su Qingyu saluted, he forced a smile.
"Qingyu is here, please sit down. Madam Yuan, go and bring a bowl of candied cheese that the young lady likes."
Although he was smiling, no matter how Su Qingyu looked at it, she felt that the smile was a bit forced.
She didn't care, she stood up and bowed, "Thank you for your concern, Grandma."
"Madam, are we late?" Aunt Xue walked in with a hearty laugh.
Su Qingyu's lips curled up slightly. "Has Concubine Xue already been so proud of the old lady?" A concubine dared to yell and shout in Songhe Hall. This family was really becoming more and more unruly.
Aunt Xue was wearing a pomegranate-red silk-embroidered jacket, a lilac-colored skirt with gold trim, and a pair of gold hairpins embroidered with five phoenixes and pearls. Add to that her wide-open smile, and you'd think her son had won the top spot in the imperial examination.
Su Qingyu stared at the hairpin on her head for a few seconds. If she was not mistaken, it should belong to her grandmother.
It seems that Aunt Xue has made the old lady happy in the past few days.
Su Yihui and Su Yuankai followed behind Aunt Xue. Su Yihui was still like a proud peacock. Su Yuankai also had a smug look on his face. When he saw Su Qingyu, he only glanced at her.
When the old lady saw them come in, her smile was much more sincere than before.
"I heard that Yuankai went to the Xu family again yesterday?" Old Lady Su asked with a smile.
In the past, she always looked down on Aunt Xue's servant background. Unlike Gu Ruoyun, even though her husband's family was convicted, she was still a pampered young lady from a wealthy family.
So she didn't have much hope for Aunt Xue's two children.
But now that Gu Ruoyun's affair has been exposed and her reputation is ruined, Su Yuanche should be unable to inherit the title. Although Su Yuankai may not be a great talent, he is at least related to the Xu family by marriage. Concubine Xue has been so attentive recently, and the old lady has also begun to consider allowing Su Yuankai to inherit the title.
When Aunt Xue heard the old lady's question, she rolled her eyes at Su Yuankai and said, "The old lady should have him beaten. He was drinking with Young Master Xu Liu and several other young masters from aristocratic families last night and didn't come back until midnight."
"He was so drunk that he even told his servants before going to bed to wake him up in the morning to greet you."
"If you ask me, if he drinks so much again, he shouldn't be allowed into the mansion."
Aunt Xue's words sounded like a lesson, but in fact they were also a way to show off that Su Yuankai could drink with Young Master Xu Liu outside, and to demonstrate his filial piety to the old lady.
Sure enough, these few words made the old lady smile.
"Don't lecture him. These things are inevitable when you're out and about."
"Next time you drink too much, you don't have to come and pay your respects. It's true that you should lie down and rest more."
Su Yuankai replied yes and looked at Su Qingyu again. He remembered what his aunt said, that if he wanted to take the throne of the crown prince, it would be best if he got the support of the eldest lady and the lady.
So he felt it necessary to get closer to Su Qingyu.
"Sister, if you are bullied in the Shen family in the future, come back and tell big brother, and big brother will definitely take care of it for you."
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