Aunt Xue wanted to mention Su Yuankai again, so she said, "Miss, look at this..."

Before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Mrs. Lin.

"Aunt Xue, please take good care of the Marquis here. I will go back first. As for the eldest young master, the Marquis will naturally find a solution."

Then he said to Aunt Lian who had been following him, "Don't disturb the Marquis's rest here. I just happen to have something to talk to you about."

With that said, he left with Su Qingyu and Aunt Lian behind the old lady.

There was only one Aunt Xue left in the house, who resignedly stayed to take care of Su Chengye.

On the way back from the outer courtyard, Mrs. 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."

"Mom doesn't want you to be begging for help from your husband's family before we get married. Mom agreed to your marriage not to pave the way for people like the Su family to do things."

Su Qingyu's heart felt hot, her mother was the one who really had plans for her.

The whole afternoon after that, Aunt Xue was the only one taking care of Su Chengye in the outer courtyard. Mrs. Lin did not go again, nor did she let Aunt Lian go.

Su Qingyu naturally didn't want to go and hid in Bishui Pavilion doing embroidery work.

In the evening, it was getting dark outside.

Jade walked in and handed Su Qingyu a letter and said, "Miss, this is what the third young master ordered."

Su Qingyu's expression brightened. Could it be that the matter she had asked her third cousin to investigate into Aunt Xue had already been solved?

She opened the envelope neatly and read it carefully.

It was indeed the result of Lin Wuchen's investigation. He said that he had checked all of Aunt Xue's relatives and possible contacts, and found no clues at all.

In other words, Aunt Xue did not let her relatives raise her brother.

As soon as Su Qingyu put down the letter, Amber came in and reported, "Miss, Aunt Xue wants to see you."

"Oh? Please come in, Aunt Xue." After saying that, he put away the letters on the table and continued to sew.

When Aunt Xue came in, Su Qingyu also took the last injection and motioned for Aunt Xue to sit down and talk.

Then he asked: "Aren't you taking care of your father? Why are you here at this time? Is there something wrong?"

Aunt Xue sat down on the brocade, and then said cautiously: "Miss, your brother's matter..."

Su Qingyu interrupted Aunt Xue and asked, "Aunt, have you asked father? What did he say?"

Aunt Xue's expression was stagnant. She had asked several times, but the Marquis never said what to do. He just said that people would not die in the Ministry of Punishments and told her not to worry. When she asked again, the Marquis became anxious.

She was really worried about her son, so she had no choice but to come to Su Qingyu.

Su Qingyu just took one look at her expression and roughly guessed what was going on. Her father only loves herself, and his own son has to come second. He probably wanted to wait and see the emperor's attitude and didn't dare to get Su Yuankai back rashly.

"I know what my aunt means, but it's useless to beg me. Let me tell you the truth, even if my eldest brother is standing at the door of the Su family, my father may not let him in."

"Auntie, it's better to go back and take good care of father, and then take the opportunity to beg for mercy from him. It will definitely be much easier for my father, a third-rank servant of the household department, to fish out people from the criminal department than for me, a young lady from the inner house."

Su Qingyu dismissed Aunt Xue with just a few words. She didn't even give her a chance to continue, so she let Pearl see her off.

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 her brother, can she be interrogated?

She is now distracted by worrying about Su Yuankai, so interrogating him at this time should be more effective, right?

Thinking of this, Su Qingyu couldn't sit still and wished she could tie up Aunt Xue immediately and question her.

But there is great knowledge in interrogating this matter. She didn't dare to ask her rashly, fearing that she would miss the opportunity because she didn't understand.

Su Qingyu thought about it for a moment, then went to Dongjima's study.

She asked Jade to grind the ink, then spread out the paper and started writing.

The bottom line is: Mr. San is well.

Su Qingyu first told Lin Wuchen's investigation results in the letter, and then said that she wanted to interrogate Aunt Xue. She knew that the third master must be busy with the Xu family's affairs, and hoped that the third master could help find someone who was good at interrogation.

The whole letter was written in a very polite manner. At the end, he said that if it was inconvenient for the Third Master, he could just say it directly and there was no need to make it difficult.

After reading the written letter again, he put it in an envelope and ordered Feicui to deliver it to the west courtyard of the Shen family.

"The third master is probably not at home. Just tell the gatekeeper and he will come back and hand the letter to him."

Jade said yes, turned around and went out to deliver the letter.

Less than half an hour later, Jade entered the study with a cold air, holding an envelope in his hand.

She handed the envelope to Su Qingyu and said, "Miss, this is the third master's reply to you."

"It was a coincidence. As soon as I arrived at the gate of the west courtyard of the Shen family, I met the third master returning home."

Su Qingyu opened the envelope, and there was only one sentence written inside: At the beginning of tomorrow, she will take someone to the back door of the Criminal Department.

Su Qingyu had been to Shen Zhixiu's study many times in her previous life, so she could naturally recognize it as Shen Zhixiu's handwriting.

She thought maybe he helped her arrange someone from the Criminal Department. That's fine, the people from the Criminal Department must be good at interrogation.

The next morning, it was just as Su Qingyu expected. Aunt Xue came to Bishui Pavilion again and begged Su Qingyu to help her.

Su Qingyu did not refuse this time, but after Aunt Xue finished crying and begging, she said, "Auntie, follow me to a place, 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."

In this way, Su Qingyu took Aunt Xue to the back door of the Criminal Department without any effort.

When she got there, Wenzhu was already waiting at the door.

"Miss Su, please come down with me." Wen Zhu made an invitation gesture with a respectful attitude.

Aunt Xue recognized that this was the Criminal Department and immediately became energetic.

"The eldest lady brought me to the Criminal Department to take your brother back?"

Su Qingyu nodded and said, "Auntie is right, let's go see my brother first."

As soon as Aunt Xue heard this, she followed Su Qingyu closely.

The place Wenzhu took Su Qingyu to was the cell behind the Criminal Department where important prisoners were interrogated alone.

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 coming in, his eyes fell on Su Qingyu.

He couldn't help but think of the letter he sent to Su Qingyu last night. He was not polite and the writing format was extremely strict.

If it weren't for the signature, he would have thought it was written by one of his subordinates.

Su Qingyu was stunned when she saw Shen Zhixiu and blurted out.

"Shouldn't Third Master be busy with the Xu family's affairs? Why do you have time to come here in person?"

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