Aunt Xue wanted to mention Su Yuankai again, so she said, "Miss, look at this..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Lin.
"Madam Xue, please take good care of the Marquis here. I'll be leaving now. As for the eldest young master's matter, the Marquis will naturally find a way."
Then he said to Aunt Lian who had been following him, "Don't disturb the Marquis's rest here. I just happened to have something to talk to you about."
Having said that, he followed the old lady and left with Su Qingyu and Aunt Lian.
Only Aunt Xue was left in the house, and she resigned herself to staying to take care of Su Chengye.
On the way back from the outer courtyard, Lin whispered to Su Qingyu, "No matter what your father, grandmother, and Aunt Xue say, don't go to the Shen family to plead for them."
"Mother doesn't want you to beg for mercy in your husband's family before you even get married. Mother agreed to let you marry into the family, but not to pave the way for the Su family to do things for you."
Su Qingyu felt a warm feeling in her heart, because her mother was the one who really cared about her.
For the rest of the afternoon, only Aunt Xue was in the outer courtyard, caring for Su Chengye. Mrs. Lin didn't go there again, nor did she let Aunt Lian go.
Su Qingyu naturally didn't want to go, so she hid in the Bishui Pavilion and did embroidery.
In the evening, it gradually darkened outside.
Feicui walked in and handed Su Qingyu a letter, saying, "Miss, this is sent by the Third Young Master."
Su Qingyu's expression brightened. Could it be that the matter about Aunt Xue that she had asked her third cousin to investigate had already been resolved?
She opened the envelope neatly and read it carefully.
It turned out to be Lin Wuchen's investigation results. He said that he had checked all of Aunt Xue's relatives and people who might have had contact with her, but found no clues.
In other words, Aunt Xue did not let her relatives raise her brother.
Just as Su Qingyu put the letter down, Hubo came in and reported, "Miss, Aunt Xue wants to see you."
"Oh? Please ask Aunt Xue to come in." As she said this, she put away the letter on the table and continued to do needlework.
When Aunt Xue came in, Su Qingyu had finished her last stitch and motioned for Aunt Xue to sit down and talk.
Then he asked, "Isn't Auntie taking care of Father? Why are you here at this time? Is there something wrong?"
Aunt Xue sat down on the brocade stool and said cautiously, "Miss, your brother's matter..."
Su Qingyu interrupted Aunt Xue directly, "Aunt, have you asked father? What did father say?"
Concubine Xue's expression froze. She had asked several times, but the Marquis hadn't said what to do. He only said that the man in the Ministry of Justice wouldn't die, and told her not to worry. The more she asked, the more anxious the Marquis became.
She was really worried about her son, so she had no choice but to come to Su Qingyu for help.
Su Qingyu only needed to take one look at her expression to guess what was going on. Her father only loved her, and even his own son had to take a backseat. He probably wanted to wait and see how the emperor would react, and didn't dare to hastily bring Su Yuankai back.
"I know what Auntie means, but it's useless for you to beg me. I tell you the truth, even if Big Brother is standing at the gate of the Su family now, Father may not let him in."
"Auntie, you should go back and take good care of father, and then take the opportunity to plead for mercy. It will definitely be much easier for father, a third-rank minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to rescue the person from the Ministry of Justice than for me, a young lady from the inner chamber."
Su Qingyu sent Aunt Xue away with just a few words, without giving her a chance to continue speaking, and asked Zhenzhu to leave.
After Aunt Xue left, Su Qingyu paced back and forth on the floor of the banquet room.
Since Aunt Xue’s relatives and old friends did not raise my brother, can we interrogate her?
She is now distracted by worrying about Su Yuankai. Interrogating him at this time should be more effective, right?
Thinking of this, Su Qingyu couldn't sit still anymore and wanted to tie up Aunt Xue and question her immediately.
However, the subject of interrogation was a vast undertaking, and she did not dare to ask her rashly, fearing that she would miss the opportunity due to her own ignorance.
Su Qingyu pondered for a moment and went to the study in the east room.
She asked Feicui to grind the ink, then spread out the paper and started writing.
The first thing I wrote was: I hope the Third Master is well.
In the letter, Su Qingyu first told about Lin Wuchen's investigation results, and then said that she wanted to interrogate Aunt Xue. Knowing that the Third Master must be busy with the Xu family's affairs, she hoped that the Third Master could help find someone who was good at interrogation.
The entire letter was filled with extreme politeness. Finally, he said that if Third Master was not comfortable, he could just say so and there was no need to make things difficult for him.
After reading the written letter again, he put it in an envelope and asked Feicui to deliver it to the west courtyard of the Shen family.
"Third Master should not be at home. Just tell the gatekeeper and give him the letter when he comes back."
Jade replied yes and turned to go out to deliver the letter.
Less than half an hour later, Feicui walked into the study room with a cold look on her face and an envelope in her hand.
She handed the envelope to Su Qingyu and said, "Miss, this is the reply letter from the Third Master."
"What a coincidence! I just arrived at the gate of the Shen family's west courtyard and ran into the Third Master returning home."
Su Qingyu opened the envelope and saw only one sentence written inside: At the beginning of the Si hour tomorrow, take people to the back door of the Ministry of Justice.
In her previous life, Su Qingyu had been to Shen Zhixiu's study many times, so she could naturally recognize that this was Shen Zhixiu's handwriting.
She thought he might have arranged for someone from the Ministry of Justice to help her. That was a good idea, as someone from the Ministry of Justice must be good at interrogation.
The next morning, just as Su Qingyu expected, Aunt Xue came to the Bishui Pavilion again and begged Su Qingyu to help her.
Su Qingyu did not refuse this time. Instead, after Aunt Xue finished begging, she said, "Aunt, come with me somewhere, and I will consider agreeing to you."
Aunt Xue was like a headless fly at this time. She immediately agreed after hearing this, "Where to go? As long as the young lady agrees to help, anywhere is fine."
Just like that, Su Qingyu took Aunt Xue to the back door of the Ministry of Justice without any effort.
When she got there, Wenzhu was already waiting at the door.
"Miss Su, please follow me." Wen Zhu made a gesture of invitation with a respectful attitude.
Aunt Xue recognized that this was the Ministry of Justice and immediately became alert.
"Miss, did you bring me to the Ministry of Justice to take your brother back?"
Su Qingyu nodded and said, "Auntie is right, let's go see my brother first."
When Aunt Xue heard this, she followed Su Qingyu closely.
The place where Wenzhu took Su Qingyu was the cell behind the Ministry of Justice where important criminals were interrogated separately.
As soon as you enter, you can smell the strong smell of blood.
In the innermost room of the cell, Shen Zhixiu stood with his hands behind his back. Seeing several people come in, his eyes fell on Su Qingyu.
He couldn't help but think of Su Qingyu's letter last night. Not only was it polite, but the writing format was also extremely strict.
If it weren't for the signature, he would have thought it was a memorial written by a subordinate.
Su Qingyu saw that Shen Zhixiu was also stunned and asked without thinking.
"Shouldn't Third Master be busy with the Xu family's affairs? How come he has the time to come here in person?"
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