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"Mother will take care of you!" She said softly and solemnly.

"Hmm!" Chu Yuning replied heavily.

The mother and daughter snuggled up to each other until the carriage arrived at Chu Mansion and then got off separately.

Today, Chu Kuo Xiumu, originally he planned to personally go to the Kang'an Hou Mansion to pick up the Su family's mother and daughter back to the house, but the brother-in-law had no one to accompany him, and his mother and mother-in-law had important matters to discuss, so he could only stay in the mansion and send the Wang Steward to pick up the people.

Su Shi took Chu Yuning back to Xiufeng Courtyard first, and just after the second gate, Mama Liu hurriedly greeted her with an anxious look.

However, after not seeing her for three days, Mama Liu's gorgeous hair turned snow-white, the wrinkles between her eyebrows were also deeper, her eye sockets were deep, her eyelids drooped, and the whole person seemed to be several years old.

"Madame! You're back! The old slave can't stand you! Mama Liu whimpered, and with a "poof", she knelt down in front of Su.

"Nurse, hurry up, what's going on?" Su Shi was busy bending down to help the person up.

Mama Liu wiped away her tears, "Madame, come with the old slave." ”

The master and servant came to Xiufeng Temple.

As soon as he stepped into the main house, Su Shi stopped.

All the valuable furnishings in the house have been removed, and the same is true in the bedroom, and even the things that the Su family has married have disappeared without a trace.

Su Shi helped Mama Liu sit down on the pestle, "Nurse, don't cry, money is something outside the body." Having said that, there was a frost on the face.

Even if this is the case in the house, it must be that the treasury where she holds her dowry has long been emptied.

"Whose idea was this?"

"It was the old lady of the in-laws who brought the third aunt and grandmother yesterday and told the girl-in-law to move. The old slave couldn't stop it, and whenever there was a girl in the courtyard who resisted, they were all beaten by the board. ”

"What about you?"

"I'm fine." Mama Liu shook her head and smiled bitterly, "The old slave is old, and the old lady is afraid that she has some concerns, and she is afraid that the notoriety of killing the house slave will spread in the house, so she doesn't dare to do anything to the old slave!" The old slave is useless, and he can't keep Madame's things! ”

"Mama, you don't have to. If they dare to take their mother's dowry, they have to have the guts to spend it. Chu Yuning sneered at the corner of his mouth, and said with a heavy look in his eyes.

Su Shi touched her head, "Yu Ning don't be angry, that's my dowry, unless I allow it, even if they move to the sky, they have to give me back one by one!" ”

Mama Liu saw that Su's face was gentle and gentle, but her tone was firm, and she couldn't help but let go of most of her heart.

However, they are now isolated in the mansion, and the old lady of the in-laws is in collusion with the old lady of Chu, how can this dowry be easily returned.

"Mama, you go and tell the girl to fetch some hot water. Let's freshen up and go to the main courtyard to 'say goodbye' to the old lady! Su Shi said softly, only the word please An bit heavy.

Mama Liu took the order and left.

Chu Yuning leaned over to Su's side, lowered his voice and asked, "Mother, is there anyone else in the outer courtyard who can be used now?" ”

Su Shi pondered for a while, and shook his head a little sadly.

Since the old lady Chu has joined hands with the old lady of her in-laws, Mu Shi, to make an action, she must have arranged this mansion like an iron bucket, and there is no leakage.

Just wait for the two of them to come in, so that they can be at their mercy!

I'm afraid that in this Xiufeng Courtyard, some people see that the situation is not right, and they have secretly taken refuge in Mrs. Chu's place, thinking that they will find a good way out in the future!

Chu Yuning pulled her hair a little irritably.

"There it is!" At this moment, Su suddenly remembered someone.

"Do you remember the little beggar named Lan Zhou?"

Chu Yuning smiled bitterly and nodded.

At the critical moment, in this mansion, the only thing they can rely on is Lan Zhou.

Just because, she was sure in her heart that Lan Zhou would not betray her.

I don't know where the confidence comes from, obviously the two of them have only met a few times in this life, and she actually has this intuition.

Earlier, he was still thinking about driving people out, but now that he is in a predicament, the first thing that comes to mind is him, Chu Yuning is very disgusted with himself in such a situation.

However, except for Lan Zhou, they are not at ease with anyone.

Moreover, Lan Zhou was injured in the shoulder and had to go out of the house to change the dressing, the reason was reasonable and would not arouse suspicion.

"Mother, there is a way, unless you have to, you may have to try it." Chu Yuning put his head against the side of Su's ear, lowered his voice and whispered a few words.

Su Shi listened with his eyebrows, and immediately said, "No!" ”

Chu Yuning didn't expect her mother to refuse so simply.

"Mother has any other way?"

"We'd like to send a letter to your grandfather."

"From the capital to Jinling, it takes five or six days to ride back and forth. Besides, how do we find the trustworthy? In addition, it is not known whether my grandfather will come to help after receiving the letter. I think that it is better to rely on myself than to expect from others. ”

Su Shi looked at Chu Yuning in a daze, and never imagined that he would hear these words from his eight-year-old beloved daughter.

No, her proposal was enough to shock her.

"Mother." Chu Yuning softly hugged Su's waist and pressed her cheek against her chest, "Yu Ning doesn't want you to have any mistakes, let alone part with you." That method is excellent, Yu Ning is not afraid of being scolded, as long as you are good, Yu Ning will be satisfied. ”

"You make me think again."

"Mother, this matter is without further ado, if it is too late, we will really become the trapped birds in the cage!"

"Well, that's what you say." Su Shi rested his chin on the top of Chu Yuning's head and sighed heavily.

"Nurse, I seem to have dropped a string of beads on the carriage, go to the stable and help me find it." Chu Yuning called the nurse, walked to the table, took a pen and wrote a note, rolled it into a roll, and handed it to the nurse with a bag of silver, and whispered to her to hand it over to Lan Zhou.

Lan Zhou is so smart and knows what to do.

The nurse nodded, put the things in her arms and walked away, still chattering in her mouth, "Look at my hairy hands, even the beads on the girl's head can be lost!"

Su asked Mama Liu and learned that her stepmother Mu and her third sister Su Chenniang were talking to the old lady in Songtao Courtyard, while her uncle was discussing matters with Chu Kuo in the outer study.

The mother and daughter briefly freshened up, and then went to Songtao Courtyard to greet Mrs. Chu and Mu Shi.

After a few people saw the ceremony, Mrs. Chu acted as if the events of the past few days had never happened, and Mu Shi did not ask half a word.

"Sit down." Old Mrs. Chu let the girl sit down, but she didn't order anyone to send Chu Yuning away.

"Yu Ning, come to sit here with the third aunt, I haven't seen you for a few years, you have grown so tall. Look at this face, it is as delicate as a fairy child in a painting. ”

In a room full of people, only Aunt Su and Su Chenniang were left, and they could talk and laugh freely at Chu Yuning.

Chu Yu smiled at her shyly.

"Thank you, third aunt, Yu Ning is injured, just accompany her mother."

Su Chenniang squeezed out a kind smile at her, picked up the tea bowl on the desk and drank tea, but didn't ask where her injury came from.

Chu Yuning looked at it coldly, the old lady Chu squinted her eyes slightly like an old monk, and her step-grandmother Mu closed her eyes slightly, looking like she had nothing to do with herself.

Is this who doesn't plan to speak first? Waiting for Su Shi to hold it back?

Chu Yuning thought like this, and put his hand on Su's knee and rubbed it.

The mother and daughter glanced at each other, and just like Mrs. Chu and others, they regarded themselves as outsiders and sat calmly drinking tea.

There was such an eerie silence in the room for about a quarter of an hour.

After all, Old Lady Chu is the owner of this Songtao Courtyard, and if she is quiet, she can't hold her face.

Therefore, she put down the Buddhist beads in her hand, opened her eyes, and looked at the Su family, "I have discussed with the old lady of the in-laws, your innocence has been lost, your reputation is hindered, and you can no longer be the housewife of Chu Mansion." How many chaste women in the previous dynasty were hanged by a yellow sorghum tree, fighting for a clean reputation. If you don't want to take this path, why don't I donate to build a nunnery on the outskirts of Beijing, and you can shave and practice there and pray for the blessings of your parents and relatives? ”