Reborn to marry a playboy, the scumbag kneels down and calls me aunt

When Su Xuqing returned home, Shen Xuanheng also returned from outside. He found a meteorite from somewhere. The meteorite was about half a person's height and the color was the same as mutton-fat jade. The most valuable thing was that the stone looked like a crooked longevity character.

In Shen Xuanheng's words, it is rare and in line with the theme of the Queen's birthday, making it perfect for celebrating her birthday.

Shen Xuanheng sent someone to lock his hands in the fourth-room warehouse, while Su Xuqing pulled him into the room, and then the couple closed the door to talk.

"What's wrong? I saw you were absent-minded just now. Did something happen?"

Shen Xuanheng was very perceptive and could tell that Su Xuqing seemed to be worried about something.

"I went back to my parents' home today. Aunt Zhao was poisoned."

"Oh?"

Shen Xuanheng raised his eyebrows, then smiled and said, "Isn't this a good thing? Do you still care about your aunt's life or death?"

Su Xuqing shook her head, frowning, "I didn't care at first, but Su Min'er's suspicion of me made me suspicious. The ordinary people in the capital have heard about the grudge between Aunt Zhao and me. If she was poisoned and killed, who do you think is most likely to be suspected?"

"It's you."

Shen Xuanheng's expression gradually became solemn, and he gave the answer without hesitation.

"So you think the person who poisoned you was actually targeting you?"

"Well, this possibility is very high."

Su Xuqing nodded and sat on the armchair by the window thoughtfully.

Shen Xuanheng sat next to her and asked in a low voice: "Could it be Su Min'er?"

"It shouldn't be. Today at the Duke's Mansion, I had doubts about her, so I forced her to kneel down. But she really knelt down in order to let me save Zhao. If she was the one who poisoned her, she would have brought trouble upon herself."

"makes sense……"

Shen Xuanheng's eyes were grim, and he immediately guessed who did it.

"My husband, I suspect this matter has something to do with the government."

Shen Xuanheng's eyelids twitched in surprise. He had never told Su Xuqing who was the mastermind behind the assassination, mainly because he didn't want her to get involved in the conspiracies and intrigues of the officialdom.

But no one expected that she had already begun to doubt the government.

"Ma'am, where did you get this from?"

Shen Xuanheng hesitated for a moment and asked.

Su Xuqing's peach blossom eyes were full of thought, and then she said, "Let's assume that Zhao died of poisoning, and Su Min'er suspected me of being the murderer. But even if I was put in jail, I couldn't be convicted without real evidence. So what did the instigator want to achieve by spending so much effort?"

"So you're guessing that someone wants to put you in a cell and then do something to you?"

"Yes, there should be no one else who could easily take action in the prison except the government, right?"

After listening to Su Xuqing's analysis, Shen Xuanheng nodded approvingly. His wife's thinking was very sharp and she thought of the key point so quickly.

After thinking it over again and again, Shen Xuanheng decided to tell Su Xuqing the truth.

"Madam, you are right. The person who really wants to harm you is the Minister of Justice, Xu Younian. He was the one who asked the Bloody Clothes Tower to assassinate you. I guess he is also involved in the poisoning this time."

"he?"

Su Xuqing was a little surprised. She quickly said, "But I have no grudge against this person. Why did he...why did he do this?"

“I still haven’t figured this out.”

Shen Xuanheng leaned back in his chair, a hint of hostility between his handsome brows, "It was precisely because I couldn't figure out his motives that Liang Heng deliberately let Xue Tao go in an attempt to lure him out. I thought Xu Younian would be busy looking for Xue Tao during this period, but I didn't expect that he was still planning to target you."

Su Xuqing was very puzzled when she heard this, "Since you already know that the murderer is him, why don't you just go to his house and ask for punishment?"

"Madam, I think so too." Shen Xuanheng spread his hands and said bitterly, "It's a pity that there is no evidence. Xue Tao's one-sided statement alone is not enough to bring down a second-rank official of the court. We need a mountain of iron evidence."

Hearing this, Su Xuqing took out a purse from her sleeve and said, "This was something Zhao picked up on the road a few days ago. There were some medicinal residues left in it. She accidentally inhaled the powder and became poisoned and fell ill."

As she spoke, Su Xuqing turned the purse upside down onto the table, spilling some medicine residue.

After careful identification, Su Xuqing pointed to one of the herbs and said, "This herb is called Aconitum, and it is extremely poisonous. It is only used as medicine when poison is used to fight poison. No one would use this herb casually. My husband, you can have someone secretly visit the various medicine shops in the capital to see who bought Aconitum. Maybe you can follow the clues and find out something."

"Okay, I'll have someone take care of this."

Shen Xuanheng responded, then raised his hand and gently stroked Su Xuqing's cheek. He said softly, "Madam, I'm sorry for wronging you. When I find evidence, I will tear this man into pieces."

Su Xuqing pressed his hand on her cheek and rubbed it obediently, "Don't say such scary things. It won't hurt to make him look decent."

"My wife has a kind heart like a bodhisattva. I bow down to her."

"You are just talking nonsense, you only know how to do mischief."

In the evening, Ministry of Justice.

Xu Younian leaned back in his chair, his eyes gloomy. He slowly looked at his master and said coldly, "What did you say? The poison in Zhao was cured by the Crown Prince's Consort?"

"Exactly."

The master bowed and said, "I have already sent someone to confirm it. It is absolutely true."

Xu Younian's eyes were solemn, and after a long while he sighed, "It seems that this girl really can't be kept."

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Xu Younian half-closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then slowly said, "The Queen's birthday is coming soon, so let's put this matter aside for now and talk about it after the birthday. But Xue Tao must be dealt with quickly."

The master's face was bitter when he heard this. "Sir, we have already turned the capital upside down. It seems that Xue Tao has gone underground after a hole was dug. We can't find her at all."

Xu Younian glanced at the master coldly and cursed: "You are such a loser that you can't even handle such a small matter. Get out and prepare your horses."

"Yes Yes Yes."

The lawyer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and ran out.

It was getting dark. Shen Xuanheng and Su Xu were about to go to bed after washing up when they suddenly heard a few cuckoo calls outside the room.

Shen Xuanheng left the room on the pretext of going to the toilet and found Baizhu in a secluded place.

"What happened so late at night?"

Bai Zhu looked at Shen Xuanheng meaningfully and said jokingly, "I hope I won't disturb the Pavilion Master's good deeds."

"The monthly salary is halved."

Shen Xuanheng's eyes were dim.

"Wrong, wrong."

Bai Zhu clasped his hands together and said, "Pavilion Master is very generous. He will not hold it against me, right?"

"Tell me what's going on."

Bai Shu said slowly with a serious expression, "Just now, the Minister of Justice Xu Younian went to Tianxing Pavilion to look for you, but the guards in the pavilion sent him away because you were out for something."