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

Su Zhizhi hadn't expected Su Peizhi to say that, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry. But after thinking about what Su Peizhi had just said, Su Zhizhi thought for a moment and said, "So Lord Xie's deceased wife was your sister. But I seem to have heard that your sister..."

Su Peizhi's face suddenly turned pale. "What do you want to say?"

Su Zhizhi chuckled and said, "I don't want to say anything, I just want to remind you, Mr. Su, you should think before you speak. Your elder sister is already dead, and now that Mr. Xie lets you live in his mansion, it's only for your elder sister's sake. Mr. Su should not embarrass Mr. Xie."

After these words were spoken, Su Peizhi's expression became even uglier.

"Xie Yun, you are just an orphan. My elder sister... Miss Su has just passed away, and you dare to hang around here. If Miss Su still has a spirit, she will definitely not let you go easily. In my opinion, the cause of Miss Su's death now is probably related to you."

"Oh? What do you think, Master Su, has anything to do with me? I was brought into the mansion by Lord Xie only after her death. Lord Xie only took pity on me, and now you're blaming me, tsk tsk tsk..."

The confrontation between the two made the surrounding guards very embarrassed.

Although not many people knew Su Zhizhi's identity, they were all trusted by Xie Chengjin. Each of them was a close confidant who followed him through thick and thin. Su Peizhi was also Xie Chengjin's brother-in-law. They just watched their siblings quarreling and felt that they shouldn't be here.

Finally, Su Peizhi couldn't bear it any longer, snorted coldly, and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Seeing that something was wrong with Su Peizhi, Su Zhizhi realized that what she had said just now was a bit harsh. She was suddenly annoyed and struggled for a moment. Su Zhizhi still cleaned herself up as quickly as possible, and then followed Su Peizhi cautiously, fearing that Su Peizhi had encountered any accident.

But in a corner where no one noticed, there were actually a few servants hiding. Although they didn't hear much, they heard Su Peizhi's last few words particularly clearly.

"So, Madam won't take it seriously..." The servants knew that Su Zhizhi and the others had left, so they dared to speak, their faces full of shock.

This matter spread like this, but when the rumor fell into the public, it was spread even more excessively. Some even said that Su Zhizhi was murdered by Xie Yun. Xie Yun was Xie Chengjin's mistress outside. In order to gain power, the concubine attacked the wife...

In short, there were all kinds of rumors. By the time Su Zhizhi found out, Xie Yun's reputation among the people had been completely ruined, and Xie Chengjin was also despised by others. What's more, in order to speak up for Su Zhizhi, some people even came to the door of Xie's house and threw some dirty things, making everyone in the house miserable. But Xie Chengjin didn't feel a thing.

Su Zhizhi was also very helpless when she encountered such a situation, but since it had already happened, she was too lazy to intervene. This also gave her a reason to stay in the house, and she became more and more reluctant to go out.

In her spare time, Su Zhizhi passed the time by reading some folk novels. There was really no other way. Su Zhizhi didn't like those serious books. Xie Chengjin had to ask the housekeeper to buy some novels for Su Zhizhi, for fear that Su Zhizhi would get bored and do something unexpected.

Xie Chengjin no longer had any worries, and he was unstoppable in the court, at the peak of his career. "Killing his wife to prove his truth" made the emperor more confident in Xie Chengjin. For a while, Xie Chengjin was in the limelight, and he could more or less intervene in all the big and small affairs in the court, and he also had a lot of evidence in his hands.

But at this time, Xie Chengjin received a letter from Sigoya. In his heart, Sigoya expressed that he wanted to discuss a cooperation with Xie Chengjin, but Sigoya did not write down the specific matters in the letter.

Xie Chengjin looked at the letter in his hand and fell into deep thought. He actually didn't have any good feelings towards Sigoya, and he was even more reluctant to accept the other party's proposal of cooperation.

Xie Chengjin simply rejected Sigoya's proposal in a righteous and stern manner, but he still underestimated Sigoya's shamelessness. The other party was not surprised by Xie Chengjin's refusal at all, and directly acted first and asked for permission later and visited him.

When Xie Chengjin received the news, he felt like the sky had fallen. He didn't expect Sigoya to be so difficult to deal with. However, since Sigoya came to visit him, Xie Chengjin had no way to refuse and had to invite him in respectfully.

Xie Chengjin was waiting for Si Geya in the study, but Si Geya seemed to sense some unusual aura on the way to the study. Su Zhizhi seldom left the house on weekdays, and even seldom stepped out of the yard because she needed to conceal her identity. It happened that day that Su Zhizhi stayed in the house and felt bored, so she simply came out to relax, but she never expected to run into Si Geya head-on.

Su Zhizhi's pupils suddenly shrank, and she quickly dodged to the side, but still attracted Sigoya's attention.

Sigoya glanced sideways in Su Zhizhi's direction, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes. He turned his head and asked the servant leading the way, "Who was that girl just now? I don't think I've ever seen her around your master."

The servant was stunned for a moment, then explained: "That is Xie Yun, Miss Xie, an orphan that the master brought back from outside some time ago. She now lives in the mansion."

"Xie Yun... I heard on the way here that Madam Xie passed away. Is this true?" A dark light flashed in Sigoya's eyes.

"Of course it's true, Lord Si, let's go quickly. As for Madam's affairs... I dare not say much. If you have any questions, please ask my master." The servant obviously did not want to say more.

Sigoya just shrugged his shoulders and didn't feel surprised at all.

Just as he was walking towards the study, Sigoya showed a playful smile on his face. Others might not think that Su Zhizhi and Xie Yun had any relationship, but in Sigoya's eyes, that was not the case.

Sigoya had previously put a poisonous insect in Su Zhizhi's body. Although the insect had been removed, the scent of the insect remaining in Su Zhizhi's body was not so easy to dissipate. The servant just said that Su Zhizhi had died of illness, but Sigoya happened to feel the scent of the poisonous insect in Su Zhizhi's body on Xie Yun. Therefore, Sigoya had an intuition that perhaps Su Zhizhi and Xie Yun were the same person.

Arriving at the study, Si Geya pushed the door open and walked in. Xie Chengjin raised his eyes and pierced Si Geya with a sharp gaze. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Sir Si, what exactly is the purpose of your visit today? If you want to cooperate with me, then you don't have to ask for it."