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

Speaking of Gu Xiuyan's current situation, Prince Yun was a little hesitant, his eyes darting back and forth on Gu Xiuyan's body, his meaning was obvious.

After all, Gu Xiuyan was working in the Ministry of Justice before, so some things would be much more convenient if they were handled by him.

Now that Gu Xiuyan was wrongly imprisoned because of a confession he made under torture, he was ordered to reflect on his mistakes at home...

Whether he can be employed is still a question.

As if he could see the worry in Prince Yun's heart, Gu Xiuyan coughed a few times and said calmly, "If the prince needs it, a few commoners who slandered the court officials are nothing to worry about."

The implication is: those few people who had previously reported the incident would not cause him any trouble, and he could be reinstated at any time as long as he wanted.

Prince Yun nodded, "It's best that you have this awareness."

He watched with his own eyes as Gu Xiuyan's disguised defiance gradually disappeared before his eyes.

Vanity gradually crept into Prince Yun's heart.

He nodded with satisfaction, said a few words to Gu Xiuyan to make sure he got some rest, and greeted Old Madam Gu a few more times before letting Gu Xiuyan leave.

It was not until Gu Xiuyan left the study and the servant came to close the door again that the smile on Prince Yun's face slowly faded.

He sneered in disdain, his eyes and eyebrows filled with contempt for Gu Xiuyan.

"Ignorant child."

When he tried to win him over before, he acted high and mighty.

Now that he is half dead, I want to win him over...

How can anything be so cheap?

but...

If I can use Gu Xiuyan's hand to overthrow Su Kang and get her...

So, what's wrong with putting on a show?

There are few people around him whom he can trust now. The appearance of Gu Xiuyan can be used to dampen the arrogance of Su Qishun and others, so that those people will not forget their own weight over time.

After leaving Prince Yun's Mansion, Gu Xiuyan did not go back to Duke Gu's Mansion immediately. Instead, he turned the carriage around and headed for the north of the city.

He asked the servant to buy a plain oil-paper umbrella from a stall selling umbrellas before leaving.

That night, a small note appeared on Fu Jingrong's desk.

...

Gu Xiuyan's trip to Prince Yun's Mansion was kept secret.

But there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and it was two days later when the news reached Su Sui'an's ears.

During this period, Gu Xiuyan's house arrest order was lifted, and Su Sui'an also made some speculations.

She thought of many possibilities, but she never expected that Gu Xiuyan would be in cahoots with Prince Yun.

When Mei'er brought the news, Su Sui'an was handing a letter sealed with a wax stamp to Liu'er, asking Liu'er to send someone to deliver it to Su Xinlian.

After Liu'er left, Su Sui'an sat down at the desk, muttering to himself.

"So... Gu Xiuyan is really in league with Prince Yun?"

Her brows were furrowed, her eyes fixed on the flickering candle flame.

Whenever she thought of Gu Xiuyan's constant pestering of her, she felt inexplicably disgusted.

A few months ago, he wanted to kill her so that she would give way to Zhao Qingwan. Now he is pretending to be affectionate, which is really disgusting...

At this moment, Mei'er, who had just left the room after reporting the news to Su Sui'an, came back and knocked on Su Sui'an's door.

"Miss, Aunt Deng is here."

Su Sui'an was a little surprised.

Since her father came back, Nanny Deng has almost always stayed by her mother's side.

Suddenly came...

I'm just afraid that something unusual might happen suddenly.

"Let her in."

Nanny Deng walked into the room with her body hunched.

When he saw Su Sui'an, he seemed to have found a savior and could not wait to get close to Su Sui'an.

"Miss, I have noticed something unusual happening in our yard recently."

Su Sui'an knew that Nanny Deng always cared about Ji Lanshuang's affairs, and she was efficient and sensible in her work.

If there weren't so many abnormalities, I think they would never come to disturb us.

Su Sui'an changed his cold attitude in front of others, and asked Madam Deng to stand up with a gentle expression. He then told Mei'er, "Go make Madam a cup of tea."

"Oh, Miss, it's already this late, how can this old servant have the heart to drink tea?"

As she said this, Nanny Deng was about to stop Mei'er.

Su Sui'an's look stopped him from moving.

Mei'er was ready to leave at first, but when she heard what Nanny Deng said, she was about to stop and wait for her young lady's most specific instructions. Unexpectedly, she had just paused for a moment when she heard her young lady say "Go" without hesitation.

Guessing that the matter must be very important, Mei'er did not stay and left quickly.

"Mammy, since this is an important matter, the fewer people who know about it, the less risk of it being leaked."

Su Sui'an said this and made a gesture of clasping his hands towards Madam Deng.

Nanny Deng thanked Su Sui'an profusely and sat on the embroidered cushion not far from him, and began to talk about recent events.

According to Nanny Deng, things in Ruoliyuan have been acting abnormally these days.

First, a few blind maids wanted to climb into Su Kang's bed and were sold out by Su Kang.

After that, outrageous things happened. Some girls from brothels would sneak into the Su Mansion pretending to be maids, just to have physical contact with Su Kang.

Once, a brothel girl who pretended to be a maid stripped herself and got into Su Kang's bed and was caught by Ji Lanshuang.

If it weren't for the deep love between the two and Ji Lanshuang's familiarity with Su Kang's character, I'm afraid the misunderstanding would have already occurred.

What's even worse is that there were several times when Su Kang wanted to be intimate with Ji Lanshuang, but he was always interrupted by various things.

Either someone from the front yard came looking for his daughter, saying that Su Kang had abducted a good girl; or there was a fire in the opera house; once, Su Jinchi even disappeared, and was finally found sleeping in the hollow of the rockery...

There are endless near misses like this.

However, as long as the couple sleep in separate rooms, everything will be fine...

Today, a Taoist priest came to my house and said that Su Kang was no longer the same Su Kang after returning from Yumen City, but was possessed by an evil creature...

"Hey, this, this, if these words get out, won't the general be regarded as a monster?" Nanny Deng was so anxious that she stuttered. She turned to look at Su Sui'an with a thoughtful look on her face. Nanny Deng told her her deepest thoughts, "Miss, it's not that I'm superstitious, but these situations are really weird. Madam has always asked me not to tell you, but I feel that there is no one in the Su Mansion who is more reliable than my own girl..."

As she spoke further, Nanny Deng's voice became lower and lower.

Because, from the moment she spoke her true thoughts, Su Sui'an stared at her with his deep eyes...

His sharp eyes seemed to see through her innermost thoughts.

She couldn't help swallowing and called out tentatively, "Miss?"

"Why do you think it's just weird, and don't think that someone is targeting you specifically?" Su Sui'an stared at Nanny Deng's eyes without blinking, and there was no emotion in his voice.

Nanny Deng's eyes froze for a moment, and then she slapped her head as if waking up from a dream.

"Yes, why is it that with so many coincidences, I only think of those strange and supernatural things, but never thought that someone is targeting me?"

Naturally...

"Recently, servants in the mansion have been chatting from time to time. They think that many things in the mansion are weird these days. They also analyze them very well. I was led away by those people without knowing it."

Nanny Deng came to the conclusion with gritted teeth.

He stood up and went to settle the score with those gossipy maids.

Su Sui'an called him.

"The other party is well prepared and wants to plot against you. You are in the open and he is in the dark. You can defend against one but not a whole group. It is better to find a few trustworthy people to keep an eye on those gossipy servants and see who they will contact in the end."

Su Sui'an's tone was cold, and a chilling aura that was difficult to conceal suddenly emanated from him.

It was as if they had anticipated that someone would infiltrate the Su Mansion and cause trouble.

Nanny Deng wanted to ask, but when she saw that Su Sui'an looked like someone who was not someone to be trifled with, she suppressed her curiosity.

Su Sui'an obviously didn't have the patience to discuss this with Madam Deng in detail. "Madam, please do as I say. If there are any changes, you can come to me as soon as possible."

"Then the master..."

Nanny Deng was a little hesitant about whether to tell Su Kang about this.

Su Sui'an pursed his lips.

"I told him personally."

Fu Jingrong had mentioned to her before that Su Kang was very likely to have been reborn.

These days, she has been paying close attention to the affairs of the Marquis of Changping's Mansion, the Hong Mansion, and the Earl of Yong'an's Mansion, and has not had time to look for Su Kang.

Now she can take this opportunity to test it out.