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

After yelling at Su Sui'an for a few words, Gu Xiuyan left with Cong Ming, who followed with the Eight Treasures Cake.

The backs of the master and servant were as straight as coffin lids.

Su Sui'an just found it funny.

In the past, she thought everything about Gu Xiuyan was good-looking, and she took every word of Gu Xiuyan as her guide, and never questioned anything he said.

But since she knew that Gu Xiuyan might be getting closer to Zhao Qingwan because of the jade pendant, she realized that Gu Xiuyan was not as good as she thought.

Because her love for him covered up all his shortcomings...

Now I'm awake...

Su Sui'an was secretly scared: Fortunately I woke up.

Looking at Gu Xiuyan again, Su Sui'an discovered that this man seemed to be just a normal man except that his skin was whiter and his features were more delicate than those of ordinary people.

Why did I insist on marrying him as if I were under a spell?

Her thoughts were drifting further and further away. She shook her head to get rid of the other messy things in her mind, turned around and walked quickly back towards the direction of Changping Marquis Mansion - it was already nearly an hour past the time she agreed to return, and she hoped that Liu'er would not reveal the truth.

Fortunately, Ji Lanshuang was pestered by Su Jinchi today and had no time to see her.

Su Sui'an had just returned to Ruoli Garden, and Liu'er breathed a sigh of relief as if she had seen reinforcements.

"Miss, you are finally back."

"What happened?"

"There's nothing serious, it's just that the young lady has been out and hasn't come back yet, and I'm worried." Liu'er expressed her thoughts truthfully.

While Su Sui'an let Liu'er help her change her clothes and comb her hair, she recalled the refugees she met along the way back to Changping Marquis' Mansion.

Not long ago, when she gave money to the little beggar to help find someone to catch up with the carriage, she discovered that the number of beggars in Luojing had increased a lot recently. Occasionally, she listened carefully to those people talking in other dialects and heard a few words that sounded similar to "cotton" and "land". Combined with the memories of her previous life, Su Sui'an pieced together a general idea of ​​their conversation.

Those refugees originally came from Sanli Township, Su County, Yancheng, and originally made a living by growing rice or sweet potatoes.

Later, because there was a foreign businessman who often came to their neighborhood to buy a crop called elephant grain, and the price he offered was very generous, more and more people switched from growing grain to growing elephant grain.

At the beginning, the people who planted elephant valley did taste the sweetness and soon became wealthy in the local area. However, as more and more people planted elephant valley, the businessman began to lower the price and instigated villagers in other villages to start planting elephant valley on a large scale.

Because the rhizomes of the elephant valley are domineering, once they take root, they will remain deep in the soil. Within ten or eight years, the deep-rooted rhizomes will not rot at all.

It will be impossible to grow other crops until the roots of the elephant valley rot.

Within two years, famine began to appear in Sanli Township. However, this was just the beginning...

Thinking of this, a dark color quickly flashed across Su Sui'an's eyes.

"Help me find Master Rong."

This concerns the fate of the Yuan Kingdom in the next few years. If she tries to curry favor with the Ninth Prince, she might even get some unexpected gains.

Rong Xian quickly arrived at the door of Su Sui'an's room.

When he saw Su Sui'an coming out from behind the door, he was no longer as enthusiastic as before.

Especially when she met Su Sui'an's eyes, her little expression looked like she was about to cry.

"I wonder why the young lady has come to see me?"

Su Sui'an raised his eyebrows, "Why, I will eat people?"

So far away?

Under Su Sui'an's gaze, Rong Xian took another small step forward with a fearless attitude.

Su Sui'an took a step forward.

Rong Xian took a step back reflexively and raised his hand to block, "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."

His tall body curled up into a ball, trembling with fear, looking particularly funny.

"I admit that I was a little anxious this morning, but I definitely didn't mean to scare you."

I had planned everything, but I never expected that this tall and strong man could be so cowardly.

That's right. After all, no matter how tall he is, he is just a teenager of 16 or 17 years old...

Su Sui'an tried to explain to him as softly as possible, fearing that he might accidentally speak too loudly and scare the other person to death.

Unfortunately, after she said a lot, Rong Xian just showed his timid eyes and secretly glanced at her.

"I promise..." Su Sui'an raised his right hand and put up three fingers, "I will never pinch your neck again, okay?"

"you sure?"

"Sure, sure. When did I ever lie to you?"

We've only known each other for a few days, how could I have the chance to lie to you?

The boy finally lowered his noble arm that was covering his face.

The pair of peach blossom eyes that were full of affection even for dogs were now filled with aggrieved expressions.

"Make sure you don't strangle me again."

He seemed extremely serious as he confirmed with her again and again.

Su Sui'an inexplicably felt a sense of guilt, and his tone of voice became softer when he spoke to him afterwards.

"I came to you this time not to strangle you, but to ask you for a favor."

Her tone was hesitant.

After all, he had just pinched his neck in the morning and questioned his origins, and now he suddenly changed his words...

Rong Xian covered his neck and asked cautiously, "Miss Su, what do you want me to do for you?"

"No need to cover your neck anymore. I won't choke you again. Really, believe me." Su Sui'an was a little helpless.

"It's okay girl, once I recover and my neck doesn't hurt anymore, I won't hold my neck anymore."

Su Sui'an was amused by Rong Xian's serious and fearful look.

These days after her rebirth, it was the first time she smiled sincerely at someone other than her family.

Deep down, she always had a feeling that Rong Xian would not do anything bad to her...

He is just a simple young boy who knows nothing, how could he have any bad intentions?

"I want you to help me ask Zhuang guard to come out. I have something that I need him to tell the Ninth Prince. If this matter embarrasses you, you can also tell me directly and I will think of other ways."

As he spoke, Su Sui'an's voice became a little softer, for fear of scaring the timid boy.

"Miss, if you have something to ask the Ninth Prince, I can help you to make an appointment with him." Rong Xian smiled shyly, "The Ninth Prince likes to be straightforward. If you beat around the bush too much, it will easily disgust him."

"You have not been in Beijing for long, but you know the Ninth Prince thoroughly." Su Sui'an glanced at him.

Rong Xian's smile remained unchanged, and he nodded in agreement, "His Highness the Ninth Prince also said the same thing to me. He said that I am one of the few people in Luojing who understands him, and that we have a special affinity. A few days ago, His Highness even wanted me to live in his house, but my cousin declined."

In just a few words, a lot of information is revealed.

Su Sui'an's eyes gradually revealed strange emotions as he looked at Rong Xian, and even Liu'er beside him widened her eyes in shock.