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

No matter how many mistakes you make, it is always the subordinates' fault. Admit your mistakes first and you will never go wrong.

Gu Xiuyan narrowed his eyes slowly.

Thinking back to the days when his plans were not progressing smoothly, no matter what he did, his information network was always half a beat slower than before, causing him to lose track of Su Sui'an's family...

Inexplicably, he thought of Fu Jingrong again.

This prince of Dingbei has been living in seclusion since returning to the capital, and even only occasionally appears in the morning court, and when he appears, he wears a mask...

But His Majesty is very partial to this person...

Thinking of this, Gu Xiuyan snorted coldly, and the temperature around him dropped suddenly.

He lowered his eyes and saw that the secret guard was tense, as if waiting for him to attack.

He pursed his lips for a while before speaking to the secret guards, "Get up and keep watching. If this happens again, you will be beheaded."

His voice was soft and his tone was calm, and he casually threatened someone's life as if he was talking about the weather.

The secret guard seemed to be pardoned. He apologized twice and merged into the darkness again.

It was a quiet night with dark clouds covering the moon.

Gu Xiuyan inexplicably thought of a night three years ago.

It was the same sky with dark clouds covering the moon.

Su Sui'an climbed over the wall and brought five or six mosquito repellent sachets. He said that after the rainstorm, there were a lot of mosquitoes, and he himself was more likely to attract mosquitoes, so he specially sewed a few more sachets for him and told him to remember to bring them when he went out...

then...

The wolfhounds in the mansion mistook her for an assassin and chased her and bit her. Her hair was loosened and even a corner of her skirt was bitten off by the wolfhounds. The servants said that she was so panicked that she stepped into a puddle and fell heavily.

When she appeared in front of him, he almost didn't recognize that the person in front of him was her, with messy hair, damp clothes stained with rotten leaves, and a strange smell all over her body.

Although he was in a mess, the several sachets she held in her arms were not only not dirty at all, but even looked clean and fresh.

The stitches on the sachets are of different sizes, and it's obvious that the women who made them were not very good...

What did he say when he saw her?

Gu Xiuyan tried hard to recall.

Oh, he didn't say a word, he just felt that having such a fiancée was enough to disgrace him for the rest of his life.

In a fit of anger, he threw his sleeves and left.

The strange thing is that he clearly had no memory of the scene at that time.

Looking back now, he still remembered her features so clearly.

That day, when he turned around, he saw from the corner of his eye that her eyes gradually changed from bright as stars to dim...

Was she very sad at that time?

As if he had sensed something in his heart, Gu Xiuyan felt as if his heart was suddenly tightly grasped by a big hand, and it hurt so much that he couldn't even breathe smoothly...

He went back to his bedroom like a madman, searching everywhere...

It was already late at night when I came back from Hui's work.

Seeing his master slumped down on the bed, with confusion in his eyes.

He stepped forward worriedly, "Young Master..."

As soon as he said this, Gu Xiuyan grabbed Cong Hui's hand tightly as if he had found a life-saving straw.

"Sachets, have you seen a few sachets in my room that are specially used to repel mosquitoes?"

"Young Master, you have never liked these things, so there is usually only incense in the room..." Cong Hui reminded.

As if he had thought of something, Gu Xiuyan's body stiffened and he slowly let go of Cong Hui's hand.

Even the voice sounded a bit lost.

"I see."

Cong Hui looked at the dejected aura emanating from Gu Xiuyan, sighed silently and was about to leave...

"Wait, send someone to help me find something."

...

The next day.

It was almost noon when Su Sui'an woke up.

She woke up feeling groggy and allowed the maid to help her change her medicine and wash herself.

Until another maid appeared holding a heavy sandalwood carved small wooden box with a lock.

After seeing the patterns carved on the small wooden box, she was startled and became much more sober.

"This is..."

Isn't this the box that locks up her shameful past?

How come he suddenly appeared in Prince Dingbei's Palace?

The maid holding the box lowered her eyes and answered respectfully, "Last night, the secret guards at the Su residence discovered that a shameless scoundrel had sneaked into the young lady's boudoir and stole the box. Guard Yi sent a servant to return it to the young lady."

Someone...

Steal the box?

Su Sui'an suddenly remembered that she was obsessed with Gu Xiuyan at that time and told him that she would put all her feelings into a small box and wait until the two of them got married, and then she would personally hold her full feelings in his hands...

The long-lost feeling of nasal soreness came back again.

Su Sui'an gritted his teeth and turned around, "Throw the things away... No, burn them."

Only she and Gu Xiuyan knew about the matter of the box. Considering Gu Xiuyan's abnormal behavior in recent days, she could guess with her toes that Gu Xiuyan wanted to make amends.

Such unlucky things made her feel disgusted even if she looked at them for one more second. How could she let Gu Xiuyan appear in front of her with these things to disgust her?

...

A quarter of an hour later.

study.

"She really wants to burn it without even looking at it?"

Fu Jingrong was a little surprised.

How much does she hate this box?

Yi Zhi held the box and hesitated, "Sir, I feel that there is nothing good in this box."

Fu Jingrong sneered, "If it wasn't a good thing, would Gu Xiuyan have sent out all the secret guards who were specially assigned to protect him?"

He didn't believe that a person's character would change drastically in a short period of time unless that person had other intentions.

As a man, he knew very well what the look in Gu Xiuyan's eyes meant when he looked at Su Sui'an.

How shameless of you to steal a girl's things...

If there is no trick, he would never believe it.

After giving Yi Zhi some psychological counseling, Fu Jingrong asked him to put down the box and then sent him away.

Just as his hand was about to touch the exquisite little copper lock, he hesitated.

The sandalwood box in front of me has been polished to be smooth and rounded at the corners. Even though it is now a little dusty, it cannot change the fact that it was once the beloved thing of its owner.

Isn't it a bit inappropriate for him to pry open the lock of someone else's box like this?

But the other party no longer likes the box and wants to burn it...

Since it's going to be burned anyway, why can't we let him watch it first before burning it?

But it was Gu Xiuyan’s people who stole it. What if Gu Xiuyan’s people took the opportunity to steal it and switch it?

Can...

She is the owner of the box. Even the owner didn't notice that there was anything wrong with the box, so there shouldn't be any big problem.

He...just took a look...

Learn about her past.

Fu Jingrong was troubled for several times.

In the end, curiosity overcame reason.

He just took a deep breath and exerted his internal strength a little, and the delicate little lock in his hand lost its function.