"Alright, then take good care of the maid. From now on, the negotiation and reconciliation between our shop and the Lin family will be left to you."
"I have to prepare for my wedding later, so I may not have time to take care of you. If you don't understand something, ask your third cousin or mother."
Su Shunci was so happy that he almost jumped up. He put his arms around Su Qingyu's neck and kissed her twice.
Su Qingyu shook her head lovingly, what a child.
The next morning, fresh shepherd's purse was delivered from the farm.
After Su Qingyu had breakfast and got dressed, she took her things and went to the Shen family.
Inside Qingyuan Residence, Shen Yue sat with Old Madam Shen on the kang by the window. When Su Qingyu entered, the two of them were talking privately with their heads down.
Su Qingyu first paid her respects to the old lady, and then exchanged greetings with Shen Yue.
Shen Yue pulled her to sit beside her and said angrily, "Sister Su hasn't been here for a while. Grandma misses you."
Logically speaking, since Su Qingyu and Shen Zhixiu are engaged, Shen Yue should not call her sister anymore.
But it’s too early to call her Third Aunt. I can’t call her Aunt or something like that, so I can only call her that for now.
Su Qingyu apologized to the old lady, "I've been busy at home these days, so I haven't come to pay my respects to you."
Madam Shen waved her hand and said, "Yue'er is just teasing you. I know you have a lot of things going on at home. Is your grandmother okay? You should try to persuade her. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Don't take these troubles too seriously."
Su Qingyu nodded and said, "Grandma is fine, but she's been a little troubled by these family matters these past two days. You're right, I'll try to persuade her when I get back."
Neither of them mentioned Gu Ruoyun's scandal directly, but they both knew it clearly.
Su Qingyu ordered someone to bring in the shepherd's purse, and then said to the old lady, "I heard that you like to eat shepherd's purse wontons. It just so happens that fresh ones were delivered from the farm, so I thought of bringing them over for you."
The old lady ordered the servants to accept it, then took Su Qingyu's hand and said, "It's amazing that you still think of me. Come here with me for lunch and let's have a good chat."
Su Qingyu smiled and replied yes, then chatted with the old lady and Shen Yue about family matters.
After a while, Han Cui, who was beside the old lady, came in to report.
"Madam, the second young lady is here to pay her respects to you."
"Let her in."
The second young lady Han Cui mentioned is Chen Zhao's biological sister, the eldest wife's second daughter, Chen Ying.
When Su Qingyu heard that Chen Ying was here, she suddenly clenched her outstretched palms into fists.
In her previous life, Shen Ying had often troubled her, relying on her status as the legitimate daughter of the Shen family to unscrupulously bully her newly married sister-in-law. Furthermore, Su Qingyu and Shen Yue were close friends, and Shen Ying disliked Shen Yue the most.
In her previous life, Su Qingyu hadn't treated her well, leading to a bitter quarrel between the two. Even when Shen Yue married into Prince Duan's mansion as a successor, Su Qingyu vaguely felt that Shen Ying had been behind it.
When Shen Ying came in, she saw Su Qingyu and Shen Yue sitting next to each other, with Shen Yue's hand still holding Su Qingyu's arm. A hint of disdain suddenly flashed across her eyes.
She first saluted the old lady, then greeted Su Qingyu. Shen Yue stood up and saluted her again, and then everyone sat down.
"Why are you here at this time?" asked Mrs. Shen.
It was not the time to pay respects. Shen Yue was here to accompany Su Qingyu. When Shen Ying came over suddenly, the old lady thought something was wrong.
Then Shen Ying took the old lady's arm, rested her head on her shoulder, and said in a soft voice: "I missed my grandmother, so I came to see her."
"I just came back from my eldest brother's place. He knelt in the ancestral hall all night and almost caught a cold."
"Sister Su, why is it that every time Big Brother meets you, he has to be punished by Third Uncle when he comes back?"
"You're not whispering in my uncle's ear before you even get married, are you?"
Shen Ying said this with a smile, seemingly joking, but in fact she was accusing Su Qingyu of provoking the relationship between the uncle and nephew of the Shen family.
If Old Madam Shen was a narrow-minded and unreasonable person, she would have probably scolded Su Qingyu with a sullen face.
Fortunately, Shen Zhixiu had briefly mentioned what happened at the Su family yesterday. So Old Lady Shen turned around and scolded Shen Ying with a sullen face, "It was your eldest brother who broke the rules yesterday. What does this have to do with your sister Su?"
"Go back and tell your mother that I said it. If you don't discipline your children, I will do it myself."
Shen Ying shrank her neck in fear and whispered, "Yes, grandma, I know I was wrong."
The side of his eyes that glanced at Su Qingyu and Shen Yue were filled with resentment and viciousness.
Su Qingyu's face remained expressionless, not at all unhappy about Shen Ying's words.
He smiled and said to the old lady, "Old lady, don't give those shepherd's purse wontons to Cousin Cheng. I heard that pregnant women can't eat shepherd's purse."
Su Qingyu's words shocked the old lady. "Pregnant? Who is pregnant?"
"Don't you know yet? Cousin Cheng is pregnant again. She might not be feeling well, so she hasn't told you the good news yet, right?"
"Although my aunt's matter is a bit embarrassing, Cousin Cheng is innocent after all. Please don't have any opinions about her, old lady."
Su Qingyu's words were sincere, and it seemed that she was sincerely pleading for Cheng Ruijin.
Old Master Shen's face darkened, and he ordered Nanny Hua, who was waiting by the side, "Ask the eldest young master and Concubine Cheng to come over, and tell them I have something to ask them."
Aunt Hua bowed and retreated.
Seeing that the old lady's face was not looking good, Su Qingyu asked thoughtfully, "Is the old lady taking into consideration that the eldest young lady hasn't entered yet?"
The old lady sighed and said, "The position of the principal wife is still unsettled. None of the families I've been looking at lately have agreed on anything. After the scandal between him and Cheng Ruijin got out, the marriage is no longer certain."
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