The Mute Wife Who Brings Prosperity-Chapter 507 - 474: Are You Planning to Wipe Out the Entire Su Family?
Looking at a table full of nourishment, Aunt Qiu asked Su Yu, "What do you feel like eating? I’ll make it for you."
Su Yu was a bit absent-minded and did not respond.
Aunt Qiu continued on her own, "You’re seriously injured, not suitable for heavy supplements. I’ll make you a bowl of bird’s nest soup."
"Okay." Su Yu’s thoughts returned, and she nodded weakly.
Su Yu was just a concubine’s daughter and had no small kitchen in her courtyard. Aunt Qiu had to go to the main kitchen, which was quite a distance away, to make food for her.
When she returned with the bird’s nest soup, she found a few more servants in Tinglan Garden, including maids and old maidservants.
Seeing Aunt Qiu, each of them curtsied, but their eyes showed no kindness.
Aunt Qiu was full of confusion, "What is this about?"
The leading maidservant said, "We were sent by the Duchess to serve the Eldest Miss. The Duke said that since she saved the Fourth Young Master, she will be treated as a legitimate daughter from now on."
Aunt Qiu understood, secretly smirking. It was called serving the Eldest Miss, but in fact, it was just to keep an eye on her.
With these people around, she must be extremely careful in her future actions.
Aunt Qiu asked Amber to take the people to familiarize themselves with the various areas of Tinglan Garden, while she entered the room herself.
Su Yu heard the talking outside and asked Aunt Qiu, "Did someone come from the main courtyard?"
Aunt Qiu sat by the bed, scooped a spoonful of bird’s nest soup, blew on it, and fed it to her mouth. Only after Su Yu swallowed did she slowly say, "It’s the Duke’s idea. From now on, you’ll receive the treatment of a legitimate daughter, so he sent a few more maids."
It was something she had anticipated long ago, so Su Yu didn’t react much. She just drank a few more sips of bird’s nest soup from Aunt Qiu’s hand before waving her hand to decline more.
Aunt Qiu put down the small bowl and handed her a handkerchief.
As Su Yu wiped her mouth, she thought of something and asked, "You never leave the house, so how did you get in contact with such fierce assassins?"
Besides, people from the Jianghu are not easy to hire. Wealth and connections are both necessary.
Where did her mother get so much money and connections?
Of course, those people were not Jianghu assassins but were under her control. It wasn’t the right time to make things clear, so Aunt Qiu only told her, "Don’t ask too much for now. Once our great vendetta is avenged and we leave the Su Family, I’ll tell you everything."
Hearing this, Su Yu became even more convinced that Aunt Qiu was hiding many things from her.
In fact, she should have realized back when Little Four’s yard was set on fire.
Her mother had managed to plot against someone as powerful as the Third Aunt, arranging everything perfectly in a short time, successfully framing the Third Aunt as Hao Yun’s scapegoat, causing her to fall out of the Duke’s favor, be thrown into prison, and eventually die a violent death there.
Many past events, upon careful consideration, were terrifying.
Su Yu even suspected that Hao Yun’s inexplicable death at the Qiao Family’s Charity House might be related to her mother, but she had no evidence and never thought to prove anything. After all, between her birth mother and a man, she resolutely chose her birth mother.
To her, Hao Yun was a nightmare. Now that the nightmare was gone, she only felt relief.
As for setting up a memorial tablet for Hao Yun, it was based on the little semblance of spousal affection between them, giving him some dignity.
Obediently not asking further questions, Su Yu felt drowsy after drinking the bird’s nest soup and soon closed her eyes after lying down.
Four maids and a maidservant from the main courtyard became familiar with Tinglan Garden and then took turns keeping watch outside Su Yu’s room, occasionally peeking in.
Su Yu was aware that they were monitoring her, so she let them be and just lay on the bed to rest.
...
On the day her injuries showed some improvement, Su Yu went to see the Duchess as scheduled.
In the past, whenever they met, the Duchess never failed to admonish her, but this time, in gratitude for the life-saving grace, she was uncharacteristically amiable.
Su Yu sat in her courtyard for a short while before returning.
Just as she was about to enter Tinglan Garden, Amber came hurriedly from another direction and whispered in her ear, "Sixth Miss is outside the corner gate and wants to see you."
Su Yu paused, not quite reacting, "Who?"
Amber, being a servant, could not directly call her master by name, so she hinted, "The one born of the Third Aunt."
Su Yu finally understood that the person was Su Dai.
After Third Aunt’s death, she took the initiative to go to the Lu Family and became Lu Yanbin’s concubine.
The Su and Lu Families are not far apart, and she has been there for so long without ever voluntarily returning, whether it’s because the rules of the Lu Family are too strict, or because Su Dai has no attachment to this place anymore.
Su Yu remembered how Hao Yun’s mistake severely injured Little Four, causing Third Aunt to take the blame for him. Now, with Su Dai actively seeking them out, Su Yu feared her intentions might not be good. She furrowed her brow and asked Amber, "Did she say what she wants with me?"
Amber shook her head, "Sixth Miss probably won’t come in. Please give me a definitive answer, Miss. If you don’t want to see her, I’ll go back and tell her."
Su Yu initially wanted to use her own serious injury as an excuse to avoid the meeting, but she thought that Su Dai was already part of the Lu Family; she could only hide for a while. If Su Dai had the mind to press the issue, she would eventually seek her out again.
After much hesitation, Su Yu spoke, "Don’t follow me. I’ll go out and meet her."
...
Su Yu arrived outside the West Corner Gate and saw a rather unremarkable blue-curtained carriage from afar.
As if sensing her approach, someone inside the carriage suddenly lifted the curtain and locked eyes with Su Yu, but did not seem inclined to get down.
Su Yu stiffened her resolve and walked over, her face showing little emotion, "I heard from the servants that Sixth Sister wants to see me?"
Su Dai maintained her curtain-lifting posture, her gaze scrutinizing Su Yu with a hint of amusement.
Su Yu felt intimidated by her stare, "If you have something to say, just say it."
The days Su Dai spent at the Lu Family seemed to have treated her well, as she appeared in excellent health. Hearing Su Yu’s words, Su Dai’s lips curved into a smile, "This is not the place to talk, come with me."
...
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the blue-curtained carriage stopped in front of a teahouse, and Su Yu followed Su Dai upstairs.
The two entered a private room, with Su Dai gesturing with her eyes towards a nearby armchair, indicating for Su Yu to sit wherever she pleased.
Previously, on the carriage, the two had not spoken a word, and thus Su Yu still didn’t know what she exactly wanted to do. She raised her eyes and cast a puzzled look at the other.
Su Dai stood by the window, gazing at the street scene, her voice soft and mysterious, "I heard that Fourth Brother was assassinated and you took the knife for him, which is why you’re in your current half-dead state?"
"Yes." Su Yu confessed without reservation.
Su Dai’s smile spread to her lips, "The Su Family treated you like that, yet you could sacrifice yourself for others. Big Sister truly has a Bodhisattva heart."
Su Yu disliked beating around the bush, "There’s no way Sixth Sister sought me out just to praise me for a bit, right?"
Su Dai’s eyes flickered moments of trance, her words suddenly becoming sharper, "You played this trick of suffering really well. Back in those days, you guys laid traps step by step, forcing my mother into a desperate situation. If I didn’t know her character, I might have thought she was overcome by jealousy and tried to harm Fourth Brother out of irrational hatred."
Upon hearing the phrase "a trick of suffering," Su Yu suddenly clenched her hand around the teacup, staring at Su Dai with a stern expression, "Are you trying to threaten me?"
"Correct." Su Dai’s answer was blunt, "I sought you out specifically to threaten you."
Su Yu flatly denied, "Back then, it was all Hao Yun’s doing; it had nothing to do with me. He was on bad terms with Song Wei even when he was in Ningzhou. The Kongming Lanterns that night were originally meant for the Song family, but due to a mishap, ended up setting fire to Little Four’s courtyard, subsequently involving Third Aunt. That was all his idea."
"Big Sister, do you still find playing this ’dead men tell no tales’ game with me amusing?" Su Dai turned around, her previously pure face becoming gloomy, cold, full of hostility, "Why did your mistakes cost my mother’s life?"
Knowing she couldn’t argue her way out, Su Yu chose to break the pot rather than fix it, "Just say it directly, what do you want?"
Su Dai closed her eyes and exhaled a breath, forcing herself to calm down, "Although the Duke doesn’t participate in politics, his mansion’s defenses remain strict and cautious. Draw me the defense diagram, and we will call even for the past matters."
Su Yu was startled by her, "What do you want with the defense diagram?"
Su Dai sneered at her, "You know the answer; aren’t you just like me, filled with hatred for the Su family, wishing you could destroy it with your own hands?"
"But alone, how could you destroy it?"
Su Dai was only a concubine in the Lu Family; how could she possess such great power?
"That’s my concern, not yours."
What a joke! How could she possibly be alone? It was precisely because Lu Pingzhou hated the Su Family to the bone that she took the initiative to become the concubine.
Now the time is ripe; once they take action, the father-in-law will surely secretly help her.
Seeing Su Yu’s silence, Su Dai spoke again, "As long as you give me the defense diagram, we will be on the same boat. In the future, if the Su Family encounters trouble, you and Aunt Qiu will naturally escape unscathed. Otherwise, don’t blame the weapons for being inconsiderate!"
Su Yu was slightly shocked; she herself only planned to kill Duke Su to avenge her mother, but didn’t expect Su Dai to have such ambitions, "You, you intend to wipe out the entire Su family?"
Su Dai’s mouth twisted into a distorted smile, her answer obvious.
