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

Soon, Su Sui'an felt a very oppressive figure standing in front of her bed.

He stared at her for a long time, breath held.

As if to confirm whether she was really asleep.

Su Sui'an tried hard to make his breathing long and steady.

After a long while, she finally felt the figure move, and the other party stretched out his hand towards her! !

Just as the hand was about to touch her neck, Su Sui'an suddenly opened her eyes, grabbed the wrist of the man with her backhand, and said in a cold tone, "Who are you?"

The person who came was a masked man in night clothes.

When the cold fingertips touched the hot wrist pulse, the other person's body paused noticeably.

A faint scent of agarwood crept into her nostrils.

The familiar aroma made her a little more wary of the visitor's intentions.

"Miss, how are you? Do you need Liu'er to come in?"

Liu'er's voice came from outside.

The man who was held at the vital point by Su Sui'an took advantage of the moment when Su Sui'an was distractedly looking outside the door to escape, flipped out of the window swiftly, and disappeared into the night after a few jumps.

If it weren't for the refreshing and soft touch still lingering in her hands, Su Sui'an would even think that it was just a dream.

Looking at the half-open window, she rubbed her fingertips gently and said to Liu'er outside the room, "Nothing, no need to come in and serve."

As if possessed by a ghost, she gently raised her hand to her nose and sniffed.

It's still that faint scent of sinking water.

It was very light and subtle, but it surprisingly calmed the violent emotions that were brewing in her body.

The previous voice, the pill that cured her cold, and the faint fragrance overlapped...

Su Sui'an couldn't help but frown.

What is the origin of the man in black tonight?

...

Duke Gu’s Mansion.

The doctor in the mansion worked for most of the night before he found the silver needle embedded in Gu Xiuyan's leg.

The moment the silver needle was pulled out, fine and dense pain spread from the almost invisible needle hole on his leg. The leg, which had been numb for most of the night, gradually regained its sense of pain.

When Gu Xiuyan was removing the silver needle from his leg, the coroner came to report that the dead secret guard died because the embroidery needle had completely penetrated into the Shenque acupoint, shattering his meridians.

The embroidery needle presented by the coroner was exactly the same as the silver needle taken out of Gu Xiuyan's leg.

They are just ordinary needles.

And judging from the brightness of the needle, it seems that the owner does not use it often.

But this is a neat way to hurt people.

How could Su Sui'an, a woman, learn it?

Just when Gu Xiuyan was suspicious, Cong Ming walked quickly to his side and whispered something.

After hearing the words "thank-you banquet", Gu Xiuyan's eyebrows jumped at first, and then returned to his usual calm look.

"Then follow their arrangements."

Since Su Sui'an said that his toast was not tasty, he should drink a penalty drink.

...

The next morning, just after Su Sui'an had breakfast, Liu'er came to Su Sui'an with two maids, two old women, two doormen about eight or nine years old, two young men dressed in scholar's clothes, and four strong servants.

"Miss, these are the people sent over by the Ninth Prince's Mansion yesterday. They said that the Ninth Prince asked them to recognize you as their master. From now on, they are yours and will not go back to the Ninth Prince's Mansion..."

Su Sui'an looked at the dozen or so people in front of him with scrutiny.

Among these servants, there are old and young, some are good at literature and some are good at martial arts. It is obvious that they are added according to the lack of manpower on her side...

I got to know her so well the first time I met her...

For no reason, Su Sui'an became a little more wary of Murong Qi.

After the twelve servants introduced themselves one by one, Liu'er dismissed them and added something to Su Sui'an.

"Oh, Miss, yesterday Mr. Rong said that because you had helped him before, he asked the Ninth Prince for a favor. During the days when you were helping Madam settle the dowry and subsidizing the Marquis' Mansion, he came to help with the accounting."

"Master Rong?"

Su Sui'an was in a trance.

Obviously, she had forgotten about the boy during these busy days since she came back.

"It's that Young Master Rong Xian." Liu'er reminded.

Although Mr. Rong had been careless enough to bump into their carriage before, he really helped them a lot this time.

Liu'er's impression of her improved a lot all of a sudden.

Speak of people and they will appear.

Mei'er's voice came from outside.

"Miss, Master Rong Xian is here."

I remember that day when the young man was wearing a white cotton shirt, he still exuded an air of nobility that could not be concealed no matter how hard he tried.

Su Sui'an suddenly thought of Murong Qi...

The person who can make the Ninth Prince personally take action...

While he was thinking, Su Sui'an had already arrived at the outer room.

The young man was wearing a light grey cloth shirt with a waistband and stood in front of the door with a lowered brow.

Where is the elegance and grace that we had when we first met?

Because Rong Xian has a cousin who is a guard under the Ninth Prince, when Liu'er sees Rong Xian now, it is as if she has seen a walking gold ingot, and her eyes light up.

But because Su Sui'an's expression was still indifferent, she couldn't show too much in front of Su Sui'an.

Rong Xian, on the other hand, saw Su Sui'an appear, his eyes lit up slightly, and he bowed to Su Sui'an, "Miss Su."

Su Sui'an stared at Rong Xian's eyebrows for a long time.

I always feel that these eyebrows and eyes are beautiful, but unfortunately they are no longer as stunning as when I first saw them.

"Master Rong."

She was not a slave, and she had come to help her with the grace of the Ninth Prince, so she had to observe the proper etiquette.

Su Sui'an smiled slightly and was about to return the greeting to Rong Xian, but was interrupted by Rong Xian in shock, "No, no, if it weren't for the young lady's help, Rong Xian would have starved to death on the street. If the young lady doesn't mind, just call me Xiao Rong."

Small?

Seeing his face that looked only sixteen or seventeen years old and still had a youthful look, Su Sui'an understood.

Compared to her, he is indeed young.

She didn't hesitate, and nodded to him and said, "Xiao Rong, thank you for your care these days. I will have someone send the account book to you and the other two people in charge of accounting later. If there is anything you don't understand, you can write it down first and ask Aunt Deng later."

"no problem."

The young man smiled at her.

When his narrow eyes looked at her, they seemed to hide the stars. A slightly warm breeze blew by, adding a bit of tenderness to his smiling eyebrows.

Su Sui'an was in a trance.

When she reacted, she found that her brows had softened and the corners of her mouth rose uncontrollably.

She shuddered and immediately tightened her upturned lips and returned to her usual indifferent attitude - this boy's smile was actually contagious, she underestimated the enemy.