In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Su Zhizhi bit her lip. She still felt a little painful carrying so many expensive jewelry, but then again, if you don't sacrifice the child, you can't catch the wolf. If she wanted to get the key information, she had to be willing to sacrifice it.

"Since my sister likes it, just take it. Don't be polite to me." Su Zhizhi said while trying to suppress her heart bleeding.

After hearing this, Guo Meiling looked at Su Zhizhi with great gratitude and said, "Thank you, Sister Su, for your hospitality. Sister Su is so generous. You are such a good person."

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi forced a smile and said, "It's okay."

The two then exchanged pleasantries, and Su Zhizhi took the opportunity to extract some useful information from Guo Meiling.

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi felt that it was a little fairer, otherwise all her jewelry would have been wasted.

Before she knew it, Guo Meiling had been in the mansion for several hours, and the sky was gradually getting dark. No matter how thick-skinned Guo Meiling was, she knew it was time for her to go home.

Guo Meiling reluctantly said goodbye to Su Zhizhi, "Sister Su, it's getting late now. Thank you for your hospitality. It's getting late now, so I'll take my leave now. I'll come to visit you next time I have the chance."

As Guo Meiling spoke, she took a greedy look at Su Zhizhi's jewelry box.

How could Su Zhizhi not see through her little thoughts? However, Su Zhizhi still pretended to be very understanding and said, "Look at what you said, sister. I felt like we hit it off when we chatted today. You are welcome to come to my house again next time."

Seeing this, Guo Meiling nodded excitedly and agreed, "Okay, okay."

In this way, Guo Meiling left Xie's house reluctantly.

After Guo Meiling left, Su Zhizhi felt very irritated staying in the room alone. She looked at her jewelry box and saw that so many pieces of jewelry were missing. Suddenly, her heart felt like it was bleeding. If she hadn't wanted to get useful information from Guo Meiling, she would not have been willing to do this.

At this moment, Su Zhizhi hated Guo Meiling so much that her teeth were itching, and this was what Xie Chengjin saw when he came back. He saw Su Zhizhi staying alone in the room, with her cheeks puffed up and sulking.

Xie Chengjin was surprised when he saw Su Zhizhi gritting her teeth. It was very rare to see Su Zhizhi with such an expression.

"What's wrong with you?" Xie Chengjin asked with concern. He thought Su Zhizhi was exhausted from cooking these past two days.

After hearing this, Su Zhizhi shook her head, took a deep breath, and then explained angrily, "In order to extract information, she actually gave more than a dozen pieces of jewelry to Guo Meiling."

Su Zhizhi gritted her teeth. Although reason told her that it was worth it to exchange these things for trust, she still felt a little painful.

After hearing this, Xie Chengjin nodded thoughtfully. If he could really get the information, then a dozen pieces of jewelry would be nothing.

Xie Chengjin patted Su Zhizhi and said, "Don't be sad anymore. I'll give you some compensation."

When he said this, Xie Chengjin looked calm and composed. Su Zhizhi didn't hear clearly what Xie Chengjin said at first.

"You say that lightly. That's not your jewelry. You said...what did you say? Are you serious?"

Su Zhizhi was very excited and jumped up to look at Xie Chengjin. Xie Chengjin didn't expect that Su Zhizhi would be so happy.

"The restaurant's business is so good, I'll compensate you. However, the important thing is whether you have obtained any key information."

Xie Chengjin felt that Su Zhizhi was like a child at the moment, and Su Zhizhi came back to her senses after hearing what Xie Chengjin said, and she nodded.

"Of course. I wouldn't be willing to give it up if I didn't get the crucial information." Su Zhizhi said seriously.

After hearing Su Zhizhi's words, Xie Chengjin signaled Su Zhizhi to continue.

"Guo Meiling said my father has another mansion in the west of the city. I think she's not quite right. There must be something fishy going on. But risks and rewards are often proportional, so I plan to go take a look."

Su Zhizhi was in a good mood and spoke out all her thoughts. After hearing this, Xie Chengjin frowned.

"I'll have someone go and investigate the mansion over there."

Xie Chengjin said to Su Zhizhi. After hearing what Xie Chengjin said, Su Zhizhi nodded and said that it would be better for him to investigate first, otherwise it would be a disaster if there was any danger.

"Tomorrow is your last day of rest. What are your plans?"

Xie Chengjin glanced at Su Zhizhi. He thought that if Su Zhizhi had no plans, he would ask Su Zhizhi to go out and relax. However, he didn't expect that Su Zhizhi actually had her own plans.

"I'm going to visit the eldest princess tomorrow. What do you think?"

Su Zhizhi's words made Xie Chengjin swallow back what he wanted to say. He just nodded. After all, this arrangement was not bad.

"Alright, then you can go tomorrow. Just be careful and I'll take care of the things at the mansion."

Xie Chengjin said to Su Zhizhi, and after hearing what Xie Chengjin said, Su Zhizhi nodded.

"Don't forget to compensate me." Su Zhizhi looked at Xie Chengjin mischievously.

Xie Chengjin smiled. Su Zhizhi's temper was really cute. She was frowning about these things in the last second, and was extremely happy in the next second.

"Okay, don't worry, I will never forget it." Xie Chengjin looked at Su Zhizhi seriously and said.

Su Zhizhi smiled with satisfaction upon seeing this.

The next day.

Su Zhizhi arrived at the princess's residence as promised.

Xu Wanqing was quite enthusiastic when she saw Su Zhizhi.

"Zhizhi, how are you doing recently? No one in the palace is making things difficult for you, right?" Xu Wanqing held Su Zhizhi's hand. On the surface, she was asking Su Zhizhi how she was doing recently, but in fact, she wanted to find out about Concubine Wan's movements. After hearing this, Su Zhizhi smiled.

Obviously, Su Zhizhi knew what Xu Wanqing was thinking, so she continued speaking along with what Xu Wanqing said.

"Everything is fine, but Concubine Wan has some troubles recently." Su Zhizhi looked at Xu Wanqing and said to her.

After hearing Su Zhizhi's words, Xu Wanqing showed a satisfied smile, but she remained calm and said, "Look how anxious I was, I forgot to let you sit down. Come, sit down, and we'll talk slowly."

Xu Wanqing gestured for Su Zhizhi to sit down. After the two sat down, Xu Wanqing called the servants to make tea and poured tea for Su Zhizhi herself.

"Zhizhi, you just said that Concubine Wan has some worries?"

Xu Wanqing looked at Su Zhizhi and asked anxiously, and Su Zhizhi nodded.

"That's right. Concubine Wan has been a little worried about her brother Xuan recently." Su Zhizhi answered truthfully.