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Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuyue immediately hid the package behind her body.

But when she met Xie Jinglan's slightly changed gaze, she didn't want him to overthink it, so she pretended to explain.

"It's not that I'm stingy and unwilling to show you, it's just that this object is extremely dangerous. To tell you the truth, my family suffered a terrible misfortune because of this thing."

Jiang Yuyue spoke with great seriousness, "Even I don't know how many people are eyeing this treasure covetously. Therefore, the fewer people who know the true nature of this thing, the better. If you know too much, it may bring you a deadly disaster. I am doing this for your safety."

"Oh? Is it really that terrifying?"

Xie Jinglan continued, following her words, "Then how could you dare to find such a dangerous object and carry it with you? Aren't you afraid someone will come knocking on your door?"

"I found it not so that I would keep it by my side."

Jiang Yuyue replied, "Of course I understand the principle of 'possessing a treasure is a crime,' but I have already thought it through. This dangerous treasure should be offered to someone who can be a backer for our Jiang family, so that it can be used to its fullest potential."

Upon hearing this, Xie Jinglan asked again, "Then do you have someone in mind?"

Faced with his repeated questioning, Jiang Yuyue was slightly displeased, but since she had already revealed so much, she couldn't just stop talking. Thinking that Xie Jinglan didn't leave the house and didn't know what was going on outside, she casually replied, "Your Highness Prince Jing."

Upon hearing this, Xie Jinglan hesitated for a moment, his expression somewhat subtle. He truly hadn't expected to hear such an answer from her.

Logically speaking, Jiang Yuyue and "Prince Jing" have no connection at present, so why did she have this idea?

He remained silent, staring intently at the woman before him.

"Alright, it's time to go back. If we linger too long, Xiaoliu will probably worry when she finds out we're not here."

The lantern light was dim, and Jiang Yuyue did not notice the abnormality in Xie Jinglan's expression. She did not want to continue the previous topic, so she immediately changed the subject and suggested returning home. Although Xie Jinglan had questions in his mind, he did not say them aloud.

As for Jiang Yuyue's earlier reply that she would present the treasure to Prince Jing, she was not entirely sure, since she still hadn't been able to find out who had wiped out the Jiang family.

Although Xie Yunqi and Prince Ning are the most suspicious, Prince Jing also happened to be in Jinling at that time. Therefore, she will not surrender to Prince Jing until he is cleared of suspicion.

Otherwise, if the massacre of her family was truly the work of Prince Jing, and she foolishly offered up the treasure, wouldn't she be being sold out and still counting the money for him?

Jiang Yuyue wouldn't do something as foolish as throwing a lamb to the slaughter. She needed to carefully consider who to give the item to.

After the two returned home by the same route, Jiang Yuyue was really curious about what was inside the box, so she made an excuse to avoid Xie Jinglan.

"I got dirty while I was looking for something in that yard. You go to sleep first, I'll go take a bath."

Xie Jinglan naturally knew that this was just her excuse, but he didn't expose her. He simply nodded and let her be.

Jiang Yuyue carried the package out the door, turned a corner and went straight to the kitchen. She placed the box on the cutting board, picked up the cleaver next to her and chopped it down hard.

Strangely, Jiang Yuyue used almost all her strength, but when she slashed down, the box didn't budge at all, not even leaving a crack.

Jiang Yuyue: ...

Even though she is pregnant now and her strength is not as great as before, she still has the foundation of martial arts she has built since childhood. Surely she can't even break a wooden box?

She tried several more times, but the result was still the same.

How about trying to burn it?

The charcoal fire in the stove next to her was still burning. Jiang Yuyue added some firewood and the fire immediately grew bigger. After hesitating for a moment, she still threw the wooden box in. But she didn't expect that even such a big fire could not burn the box. There wasn't even a trace of char on its surface.

Jiang Yuyue was surprised. Although she couldn't figure out the secret, the sturdiness of the box confirmed that she hadn't picked up the wrong thing.

Even though she was indeed somewhat curious, seeing how sturdy the object was, she figured it must not want others to know what was inside. Just as Jiang Yuyue had warned Xie Jinglan earlier, the more you know, the more dangerous it might be. Therefore, she decided to give up on the matter.

Just then, Jasmine, who had been woken up by the noise from the kitchen, rubbed her eyes and came in. Seeing that it was Jiang Yuyue there, she quickly said, "Miss? What are you doing in the kitchen in the middle of the night? Are you perhaps hungry? If you want to eat, you can just tell me. Why do you have to do it yourself?"

"No."

Jiang Yuyue immediately waved her hand, while shielding the stove, and casually made up a story, "I was just a little cold while sleeping, so I came out to warm myself by the fire. The charcoal fire in my room seems to have gone out, could you go and rekindle it for me?"

Warming yourself by the fire?

Jasmine was still sleepy and her mind was hazy, so she didn't think things through carefully. She just listened to Jiang Yuyue's instructions and immediately went to do them.

Seeing that Jasmine had finally been distracted, Jiang Yuyue hurriedly used fire tongs to take the box out of the stove.

She did this not because she didn't trust Jasmine, but because the fewer people who knew about these things, the better. This matter concerned the lives of her entire family, and it couldn't be revealed casually.

However, Jiang Yuyue was really curious about what material the box was made of, given its pristine appearance. But she didn't have time to investigate these unimportant details; she needed to find a place to hide it quickly.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Yuyue felt that this thing was not very safe to put anywhere and would be easily exposed. After thinking it over, she finally came up with a less-than-respectable place.

That was... the outhouse.

Before Jasmine returned, Jiang Yuyue quickly found a shovel in the storeroom, groped her way to the outhouse, dug a hole next to it, and swiftly placed the wooden box inside and buried it.

The latrine was filthy and the stench was unavoidable. Ordinary people would avoid it at all costs, and no one would want to go near it, let alone guess that such an important treasure would be hidden here.

Jiang Yuyue felt a little relieved after doing all this.

However, being pregnant now, her physical strength was indeed much worse than before. After walking for such a long time and then going through all that trouble, she was covered in sweat, mixed with the stench from her time in the outhouse. It just so happened that she had lied to Xie Jinglan earlier.

Go and have Jasmine boil water for a bath.