The next day, Su Shen went to the private school, and Su Li also took a donkey cart back to the town.
It had been seven or eight days since he had been home, and the furniture in the house was covered with a thin layer of dust. As soon as Su Li got home, he started cleaning the house again.
She didn't stop until noon when she had cleaned the whole house.
After that, she went out for lunch, went to the mule and horse shop, hired a carriage, and went to the escort agency she had visited last time, thinking of hiring two more escorts.
Father Su is fine now, and she is also preparing to go to Beijing.
Having read the original novel, she knew that Pei Ji would definitely pass the imperial examination and become the top scorer. As his wife, she would have to go to Beijing sooner or later. She also promised Pei Zhao that she would visit him when Pei Ji took part in the Spring Examination this year.
I don’t know if the little guy misses her, or if he is so focused on studying that he has forgotten about his stepmother.
Su Li originally planned to set off tomorrow. The boss of the escort agency happened to remember her and knew that it was Brother Qin Dao who escorted her and her husband to Qiongzhou last time.
Su Li also wondered if she could invite them back. After all, the two brothers were very professional and would not abandon her and run away at a critical moment of life and death.
The boss said, "Madam Su, that's unfortunate. Brother Qin Dao was escorting an escort to Mincheng yesterday. He probably won't be back until tomorrow night."
"Is that so? If I leave the day after tomorrow, will they take my business?"
Not to mention one day, even a delay of a few days would be no problem. After all, she didn't have to rush to take the imperial examination, and Pei Ji didn't have to wait for her to take care of him.
"Okay! No problem!" The boss smiled. "I'll have them come directly to your house the day after tomorrow."
"Thank you very much..." After paying the deposit, Su Li walked out of the escort agency.
"Madam Pei." Just as she reached the door of her house, she heard someone calling her from behind.
"Mr. Zhang?" Su Li was puzzled. Why did Zhang Huai come to see her?
There were only four people in Changqing Academy who passed the autumn provincial examination: Pei Ji, Lin Muyang, Zhao Xingwen, and one other person she didn't know. However, Zhang Huai was not among them, and therefore, he did not have to go to Beijing to take part in the spring provincial examination.
Pei Ji said that Zhang Huai would continue his studies at Changqing Academy and take part in the Autumn Examination in three years.
Zhang Huai pulled out a letter from his sleeve: "This is a letter Pei Ji sent to the academy. He asked me to pass it on to you."
The town could not receive letters from the post office or the post station, so Pei Ji sent it to the county school and asked him to pass it on.
According to their journey, Pei Ji and his group shouldn't reach the capital so quickly. Ying must have sent the letter from a post station along the way. Su Li took the letter and said, "Thank you for your help..."
"Madam Pei," Zhang Huai paused and said, "It's our Zhang family who has let you down with Ayue's matter. Don't worry, my uncle and aunt have already found a marriage for her, and we won't let him do anything that would harm others..."
However, in this generation of the Zhang family, there is only one girl, A Yue. Although they know that she has done these things, they cannot and do not have the heart to send her to prison, so they have to apologize to Madam Pei.
Su Li raised her eyebrows. Zhang Huai said this, does that mean their family already knows what Zhang Yaoyue did?
It's not surprising. They are all close relatives. When Zhang Yaoyue was provoked by her at the county government office that day, her family members couldn't help but be suspicious of the abnormality she showed.
Su Li is not a saint. She did not say magnanimously, "It's okay, it's all over." If there was no evidence, she would not have let the person who hurt her go.
But she couldn't possibly make things difficult for Zhang Huai. After all, this matter had nothing to do with him, and Pei Ji didn't distance himself from him because of it. So she just smiled and said goodbye to him.
After entering the house, Su Li opened Pei Ji's letter.
The letter began by telling where he had been, then asked about Su's father's situation, and finally said that he had forgotten his mother's belongings at home and asked her to take them with her when she went to Beijing.
The relic that Pei Ji's mother left him?
Su Li entered the study according to the address in the letter.
"The red wooden box on the desk..."
As soon as I entered the study, I saw a small red wooden box lying quietly in the corner of the desk.
Pei Ji actually forgot something in such a conspicuous place? She felt strange as she opened the wooden box.
Inside the box was a white round jade pendant.
A white round jade pendant...
etc!
Why does this jade pendant look so familiar?
It seems to be the same jade pendant that Ji Tingyou gave her before...
She hurried to the bedroom and took out the jade pendant Ji Tingyou gave her, and put the two jade pendants together for comparison.
Just looking at the appearance, they are exactly the same!
Is it a coincidence?
But Pei Ji's mother is just a poor country girl, while Ji Tingyou is the legitimate grandson of the Duke's Mansion. Their identities are so different, how could they have the same jade pendant?
She picked up the jade pendant and placed it in the sunlight. Just as she was about to see the difference in the materials of the two jade pendants, she discovered that under the reflection of sunlight, words could be faintly seen inside the two jade pendants.
"Ji!"
There is a "冀" character inside both jade pendants!
What is going on?
The shape of the jade is not strange, and the material is not rare, but the "Ji" character inside the jade pendant can't be a coincidence, right? It's the "Ji" character of the Duke of Ji's Mansion.
These two jade pendants must have come from the Duke's Mansion.
What is the relationship between Pei Ji's mother and the Duke Ji's Mansion in the capital?
Could it be that Pei Ji's mother, like her, accidentally saved someone from the Duke's Mansion, or had done some favor to the Duke's Mansion, which is why she got this jade pendant?
But this doesn't make sense. If that were true, how could Pei Ji say that it was his mother's relic? It looked like he himself didn't know what the relationship was between this jade pendant and the Duke of Ji's Mansion.
In the original novel, it never mentioned what relationship Pei Ji or his mother had with the Duke's Mansion. And Pei Ji's attitude towards the Duke's Mansion was nothing unusual.
No matter what, Pei Ji's mother must have some relationship with the Duke of Ji's Mansion!
Su Li's heart was pounding, and he felt excited as if he had discovered some big secret.
She must find out what is going on!
By the way, Pei Ji’s mother is also from Sujia Village. She grew up with the original owner’s parents, and the three of them have a very good relationship.
Maybe, Dad and Mom know something?
She had to go back to Sujia Village.
It was still early, so Su Li decided to go back to Sujia Village.
Thinking there was no time to waste, he took the two jade pendants and went out to hire a carriage.
"Ali? Why are you back? Did you forget something?"
Seeing her daughter appear at the door again not long after she returned home in the morning, Su couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Mom, I have something to ask you. Let's go inside and talk..."
In the room, Su Li and Su Shi sat opposite each other at the eight-immortals table.
Su Li took out Pei Ji's jade pendant and said, "Mom, have you ever seen this jade pendant?"
Su was stunned: "Isn't this the jade pendant that Ah Yan left for Pei Ji?"
In the original owner's memory, Pei Ji's biological mother was named Su Wanyan, and the "Ayan" mentioned by his mother was referring to her.
"Then do you know where this jade pendant came from, mother-in-law?"
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