Instead of answering, Su Muyao stood up and bowed, saying, "Muyao is unwell and cannot accompany Your Highness. Please forgive me."
Su Ruojin didn't say anything more. She had Yanluo deliver a gift she had prepared, then got up and left the backyard. After bidding farewell to Xiao Yanchu and Deng Yi, she left the Deng residence.
Xiao Yanchu asked, "Ah Jin, how is it?"
"Su Muyao has indeed changed, becoming as cold as Fifth Brother said, and determined to sever ties with the Su family."
"But Yan Chu, if you were an ungrateful and cold-blooded person, would you still think of saving your maid when you're about to die?" Su Ruojin lowered her eyebrows slightly, as if she was thinking about something.
"No, I'll only be concerned with saving my own life," Xiao Yanchu replied.
Just like when Empress Wu and Gao Hongyuan fled together, she found it troublesome to bring along an extra nun named Hui, so she directly ordered the guards to kill her.
“But I just saw that the maid next to Su Muyao was still Hongxiao.”
Xiao Yanchu understood Su Ruojin's meaning.
Hongxiao was sold into servitude to the Su family. She was a maid who had served Su Muyao since childhood, so she was considered a member of the Su family. If the Su family was in trouble, she would naturally not escape it either.
If Deng Yi was considering Mu Yao's feelings and brought her personal maid along, that would only be if Su Mu Yao took the initiative to suggest it; otherwise, it would be unreasonable to care about a mere servant.
Su Muyao left the prison on her own, taking Hongxiao with her.
Either she wasn't as cold-blooded as she appeared, or Hongxiao knew some secret of hers, and she didn't dare leave Hongxiao in prison.
What exactly is the reason?
Furthermore, the Su family's treason case is a major case. Deng Yi is just a minor Dali Temple Assistant, so how could he have such great ability to bring out Su Muyao and Hong Xiao?
Su Ruojin voiced her doubts.
"I heard that Deng Yi has won the Emperor's favor by assisting Lord Liu in handling the case of the Su family's treason, and is now on the verge of being promoted to Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review," Xiao Yanchu gave an answer.
The rank from fifth grade to fourth grade is a rank that many people can never reach in their entire lives.
Deng Yi is only twenty-two years old, yet he has already reached this level, which is already considered exceptional.
There were very few officials of the fourth rank who reached the twenty-second rank in the history of the Great Chu.
Such a young and promising person, with a bright future, could be released even by Su Muyao. She's just a little maid, so the Dali Temple officials will naturally turn a blind eye.
"Wasn't Deng Yi born into an ordinary family in Binzhou? How come he can do this?"
The officialdom is not that simple. If you are an ordinary person, you can pass the imperial examination with your own ability and become one of the top three officials.
Even if one becomes the top scholar in the imperial examination, generally speaking, one can only enter the Hanlin Academy and serve as a sixth-rank compiler.
Without a powerful background, the difficulty of advancing from the sixth rank is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
I had never heard of Deng Yi being close to any nobleman before.
It seems that many changes have occurred in the Great Chu during their time in Xiaoyue.
However, given the current situation of the Su family and Mu Yao's identity, the fact that Deng Yi was still able to help her get out of prison and was willing to marry her shows that he is a decent person.
True feelings are revealed in times of crisis.
Su Ruojin then thought of the injuries on her father and brother. Although they looked serious, they weren't actually that severe. And this Deng Yi was the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, who was in charge of supervising the trial of the Su family.
so.....
The fact that his father and brother were not seriously injured may have been due to Deng Yi's secret help.
If that's the case, regardless of the Su family's background, Su Muyao's choice to marry such a person wasn't a mistake.
Even so, all these explanations make sense.
But Su Ruojin still felt there were many suspicious points.
Although people's hearts are fickle, especially when facing great calamities, Mu Yao changed her mind far too quickly.
Mu Yao was raised by Madam Su. Would the Su family really raise such an ungrateful child?
Furthermore, Deng Yi was originally from the Dali Temple. He brought Mu Yao home as a concubine. Wasn't he afraid that the court officials would impeach him for being involved in the case and prevent him from participating in the trial of the Su family's treason case?
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