On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

Gu Xiuyan still looked hurt as he looked at Su Sui'an.

The latter didn't even have a wrinkle on his brow.

But she really loved him before.

Could it be that she is still angry about what happened before?

Yes, definitely angry.

Gu Xiuyan suddenly realized.

There was a bit more emotion in his eyes when he looked at Su Sui'an.

"Since breaking off the engagement is what you want, I will grant your wish."

She had loved him before, and it was impossible for years of affection to be destroyed overnight.

Since she cared so much about him because of what Zhao Qingwan did to her before, she still cared about that cup of tea.

Then he would go along with her wishes and cancel the engagement. When she regretted it, her anger would subside, and then he would take the trouble to win her back...

Gu Xiuyan is full of confidence.

I just thought that Su Sui'an was still the same as before, saying that she no longer liked him, but then she would continue to find all kinds of gadgets for him...

Su Sui'an didn't know what Gu Xiuyan was thinking, but seeing his determined eyes, he probably guessed what he was planning.

He said no more.

Let Gu Xiuyan take his people away on his own.

The city gate soon returned to calm.

Seeing Su Sui'an looking thoughtfully at the direction where Gu Xiuyan left, Liu'er couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Miss, do we still need to go into the city now?"

Originally, Manager Fu had enough time to arrive, but Young Master Rong would have been in great danger.

Now that we have been delayed by Young Master Gu, I'm afraid it's too late to go find reinforcements.

but...

"Miss, I actually feel that you seem to be a little too concerned about Master Rong."

Liu Er told Su Sui'an what she was thinking truthfully.

"After all, Mr. Rong is just an accountant. It's really not worth it for Miss to run around like this."

In Liu'er's opinion, if Master Rong is favored by the Ninth Prince, it is his fate.

There is no need for my young lady to get involved in this mess, but...

"Since he has pledged his loyalty to me, it is only right and reasonable for me to do my best."

Although he is just an accountant.

Yes, he is just a bookkeeper...

Just a counting house...

Su Sui'an kept reminding himself.

No one noticed that just as the carriage entered the city gate, a lame man with pockmarks on his face and a cane ran very fast in the other direction.

It was beyond Su Sui'an's expectation.

This time, when I went to Dingbei Palace, I failed to meet Fu Jingrong.

The servants respectfully and politely "invited" Su Sui'an to the front hall, where she was received by Yi Zhi.

"Miss Su, you are a quarter of an hour late. My master has to go out for something and can't wait for Miss Su, so he specially asked me to stay to receive you. I don't know why Miss Su sent the invitation so urgently?"

The situation is urgent. If Yi Zhi waits to tell Fu Jingrong, it will be too late.

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Su Sui'an hurriedly said goodbye to Yi Zhi and left.

Liu'er followed Su Sui'an all the way, and seemed to not understand why Su Sui'an was so anxious.

This is often the case. The more anxious you are, the more situations you will encounter on the road.

In the past, it only took half an hour to get from the Dingbei Palace to the Ninth Prince's Palace, but today the whole Luojing seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. On the way, there were either riots in restaurants and people gathered to watch, blocking the road, or mothers inexplicably appeared on the street and frantically looked for their lost children, alarming everyone nearby.

After being delayed along the way, it was already afternoon when Su Sui'an arrived at the Ninth Prince's Mansion.

The gate of the Ninth Prince's Mansion was tightly closed, and the guards outside the door explicitly rejected everyone's requests for a meeting.

Just when Su Sui'an was about to quietly climb over the wall and enter the Ninth Prince's Mansion to find out what was going on, he found two servants in the back alley carrying a corpse wrapped in a torn straw mat and throwing it onto a black carriage.

When throwing the body onto the carriage, the servant did not forget to spit on the straw mat wrapped around the body.

He cursed viciously, "You deserve it. If you don't accept my toast, you'll have to drink the penalty wine."

With the servant's rough movement, the hand on the corpse slid down the straw mat and rested softly on the shaft of the carriage.

The bloody hands dyed the plain sleeves red, and there were also a few stains of ink on the sleeves, and the edges of the sleeves were frayed.

Su Sui'an recognized at a glance that it was Rong Xian's clothes.

She was suddenly struck by lightning and was completely stunned.

One of the servants recognized Su Sui'an.

Hurry forward to confirm.

"You are... Miss Su?"

Seeing Su Sui'an lose his composure, Liu'er immediately blocked Su Sui'an in front of her, pointed at the carriage, and asked, "What's going on?"

"Nothing happened," the servant looked disdainfully at the body wrapped in a straw mat and thrown on the ox cart, "It was just that the villain wanted to assassinate the Ninth Prince and was executed on the spot."

Righting the law on the spot?

Su Sui'an's face turned pale.

but...

The body was wrapped in a straw mat, which means it may not be Rong Xian...

Su Sui'an, hoping for a lucky break, ignored the servants' calls and stepped forward to push away the two servants.

Uncover the straw mat.

All the hope I had collapsed in an instant after seeing that bloody face and that familiar figure.

Upon closer inspection, Su Sui'an even saw a scratch on the bloody wrist that was deep enough to see the bone.

Obviously, that person committed suicide with the intention of dying.

Thinking about how the young man was still full of energy and expectation for the future last night, and told her that he would marry her and move into the Su family after she had settled everything, but today he has turned into a bloody corpse.

Su Sui'an's eyes went dark, he staggered back two steps, and almost fainted.

"Miss."

Liu'er hurried to support him.

"Miss Su, this is a traitor. We should not have anything to do with such a person."

The servant kindly reminded.

If she really was a traitor, the Ninth Prince would not have dealt with her in such a secretive way. No, if the Ninth Prince really wanted to deal with someone, he would not have been so "ostentatious". He obviously knew she would come.

As a result, Prince Dingbei avoided her, and she encountered other obstacles along the way to the Ninth Prince's Palace...

Gu Xiuyan's sudden appearance...

Things that seemed unrelated were connected together by her to form a closed loop.

For a moment, Su Sui'an couldn't tell what he felt.

I just felt like my originally full heart suddenly had a big hole in it.

The emptiness made her feel cold all over.

"Miss..."

Hearing Liu'er's worried voice, Su Sui'an realized that the two servants had already left the back alley in a carriage.

Her eyes slowly focused, and she glanced at the Ninth Prince's Mansion with an ambiguous look, and said softly to Liu'er, "Let's go back."

Seeing that Su Sui'an's face was obviously a few shades paler than before, Liu'er said worriedly, "If the young lady is reluctant..."

"There is nothing I am reluctant to give up. No matter if it was the case in the past, it is no longer the case now."

Su Sui'an's eyes were cold.

It was as if she was not the one who had just lost her composure.

"Remember, we went to the city today just because we were bored and wanted to pick some cloth. Nothing happened."

"Yes."