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

He took another look at the cloth left by Prince Yun.

After a while, he finally sighed and said, "Zhao Chuan, tell me, if a person tells too many lies, will they become true?"

Zhao Chuan lowered his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, I don't understand the profound truth. I only know that 'what's fake can never be real'."

Emperor Mingqing nodded.

"Go back."

"Yes."

...

No one would have thought of it.

Su Qishun originally killed someone just because he caught him cheating, but a case of treason was actually involved behind it.

Not only that, the story that Su Qishun was secretly replaced by Liang with the legitimate son of the Marquis of Changping was also widely spread.

Because the case of Su Qishun's murder of the eldest son of the Earl of Yong'an was related to treason and rebellion, all the people in the Changping Marquis's Mansion were arrested and interrogated.

Su Kang, who was arrested and sent to Tianlao by the Ministry of Justice for embezzling military pay, and Su Sui'an, who was taken away later, were released instead.

The moment he got off the carriage, Su Sui'an felt as if he was in another world.

Ji Lanshuang had already been waiting outside the gate of the Su Mansion with Su Jinchi.

At this time, all the people arranged by the Ministry of Justice had been withdrawn.

Liu'er and Mei'er were half a body length behind Ji Lanshuang on the left and right, while Nanny Deng and Suguo were behind Ji Lanshuang.

Further behind were the other servants and guards of the Su Mansion.

After seeing the father and daughter return safely, Ji Lan's heart finally settled down.

"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back."

Then, they would jump over the fire basin and use the water boiled with grapefruit leaves to wash their hands and face to remove the bad luck in one go.

The group returned to the Su Mansion in a mighty procession and closed the door.

Su Sui'an stepped forward and bowed to Ji Lanshuang three steps away from her.

"It's unfilial of a daughter to make mother worry."

Ji Lanshuang wanted to reach out to help, but was stopped by Su Sui'an.

"Mother, my daughter is still dirty. Wait for her to wash herself first."

Although it was just a false alarm in the cell and she did not suffer serious injuries, she actually saw Su Qishun and his son being tortured, and her body was stained with their blood.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that the jailer who whipped the father and son had some old grudge against them, and every whip was aimed at taking the father and son's lives...

Although the father and son could not bear the torture, they signed the agreement without hesitation.

But that alone is not enough...

Prince Yun will definitely take the opportunity to make Su Qishun or the Changping Marquisate take more blame.

Thinking of this, Su Sui'an's eyes became a little colder.

Whether she can use the incident at the Marquis of Changping's Mansion to bring down Prince Yun's Mansion will determine the fate of her Su Mansion in the future.

She has to add fuel to the fire.

After returning to Tingyu Cottage, Su Sui'an bathed and washed himself as quickly as possible.

By the way, wash away the decadent atmosphere that was picked up from the Heavenly Prison.

Su Kang arrived half an hour after Su Sui'an had taken a bath.

After the "shared suffering" in the prison, Su Sui'an's attitude towards Su Kang improved a bit.

Compared to the previous time when Su Kang was "asked" to leave as soon as he arrived, this time Su Kang was not only served tea but also snacks.

The father and daughter sat down at the stone table in the front hall of Tingyu Cottage.

"Daddy, try the chestnut cake from North Street. It melts in your mouth and is very sweet. I've been thinking about it every day during the two days in the prison."

Su Kang saw Su Sui'an eating the cakes and sipping tea in his hand as if nothing had happened, as if waiting for him to speak.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke.

"Su Qishun's identity was stolen back. Was it you who did it?"

Su Sui'an withdrew his hand that was about to take more pastries, and chewed carefully the pastries that he had not completely swallowed.

Su Kang continued, "Logically speaking, one of the crimes Su Qishun signed was identity theft. If His Majesty wanted to deal with Su Qishun, we should have returned to the Marquis of Changping Mansion instead of the Su Mansion. But now His Majesty just released us and did not mention the matter of the Marquis of Changping Mansion..."

"So, what do you think, Dad?" Su Sui'an looked at Su Kang with deep eyes, like a cunning fox ready to find food at any time.

Judging from her expression, she probably already knew what was going on.

Therefore, Su Kang did not hide it any more, "I suspect that the emperor intends to silence Su Qishun, but the evidence he has now is not enough to uproot the Changping Marquis's Mansion."

and also--

"Things have gotten to this point, and Prince Yun is only being held captive in Prince Yun's mansion?"

He was not reconciled.

As long as Prince Yun is not removed and remains the reigning prince, Su Kang always feels like his home will be robbed at any time.

But he couldn't do anything to the man who coveted his house...

It gave him a strong feeling of powerlessness, as if he couldn't do anything.

Su Sui'an glanced at the red sky and said slowly, "There's no time to rush now. Since Dad has already guessed the emperor's plan, why don't we wait a little longer?"

If she guessed correctly, Prince Yun had already pushed Su Qishun out as a scapegoat and made some promises to the current emperor...

Even if Su Qishun, the Marquis of Changping, is a coward and useless person, he is just the right person to be used as a scapegoat.

Raise a child for a thousand days, use the child for a while.

Su Qishun had lived a wealthy life for decades, so even if he really died because of Prince Yun, it was a worthy death.

Su Kang was worried at first, but when he saw Su Sui'an's confident look, his restless heart inexplicably calmed down.

"Since you said so, I will just keep calm and wait for a while."

That night, Su Sui'an had not yet gone to bed.

A secret guard had landed in front of Su Sui'an's window sill as light as a swallow.

"Young lady, my master has prepared a generous gift for you to celebrate your escape from danger. Please follow me."

Su Sui'an recognized that this was the secret guard of Dingbei Palace.

Without any hesitation, he stood up and followed the secret guard away.

All the way to the wall outside Dingbei Palace.

Su Sui'an stopped.

"Your master, the gift you prepared is..."

"Miss, please follow me."

The secret guard took Su Sui'an into the Dingbei Palace through a side door.

The guards and patrolmen saw the tight clothes worn by the secret guards and Su Sui'an acted as if he didn't see them. They were like a piece of deserted territory in the heavily guarded Dingbei Palace.

All the way to the dungeon entrance.

Su Sui'an then looked at the secret guard in confusion.

"This is..."

The secret guard bowed his head and made a "please" gesture.

"The prince said that the people inside are at Miss Su's disposal."

Who's inside?

Fu Jingrong locked people in the dungeon?

Su Sui'an frowned slightly.

According to the rules of some high-ranking families in Luojing, the dungeons in the mansions are usually used to punish and torture disloyal slaves as a deterrent, so basically no one cleans up the blood and flesh debris left after the torture. Over time, the dungeons will have a foul smell of rotten meat.

In addition, the dungeon is underground and humid. People who make mistakes and are brought in will be frightened and smell these odors. Even if they can leave the dungeon alive in the end, they will inevitably get seriously ill...

In his previous life, Su Sui'an was thrown into the dungeon and punished several times...

Perhaps because he had something even more terrifying in his heart, when Su Sui'an saw the dungeon, he was just a little frightened at first. In the end, under the guidance of another secret guard, he went deeper into the dungeon along the entrance.

The cleanliness of the dungeon surprised Su Sui'an.

Moreover, there was no wailing everywhere, and even the torture instruments were cleaned to a shine.

As early as when the secret guard said that there were people in the dungeon, Su Sui'an thought that they might be Zhao Qingwan and Su Qishun.

But Su Sui'an didn't expect that person to be——

"Hong?"

Lying on the clean straw in the cell was a woman wearing a brocade flowered dress with rich flower ornaments in her hair.

If the secret guard beside him had not reminded him, Su Sui'an would not have recognized that the thin figure in front of him was that of Hong.

"You are..."

The secret guard who led Su Sui'an into the dungeon replied respectfully, "Lord Hong wanted to secretly transfer the former wife of Marquis Changping, but the prince sent someone to intercept him. He said that since we are partners and have cooperated for so long, he must give you some 'income' so that you will have more confidence to cooperate with him."

This is indeed something Fu Jingrong can do.

She always gets some weird "benefits".

Thinking that the two of them hadn't seen each other for nearly a month since their last unpleasant parting, Su Sui'an felt a little sad.

"Where is your master?"

Her words almost came out of her mouth.

The secret guard obviously didn't expect her to suddenly ask about his master's whereabouts, so he had to answer truthfully, "The prince has other things to do, so he told me to make sure the girl is satisfied tonight."