To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

Su Mingyue had given You Ziping acupuncture and instructed the servants to take good care of him. This acupuncture treatment should allow him to sleep soundly, and he should be able to sleep until tonight or early tomorrow morning.

She'll come over tomorrow morning.

On the carriage ride back, Xiao Zhan asked Su Mingyue directly, "Do you prefer little boys or little girls?"

"Why are you asking?"

"Judging from your attitude towards You Ziping just now, you seem to really like the little baby."

"I really like it."

“We’re not getting any younger, so having children is something we can really consider.” Xiao Zhan looked at Su Mingyue earnestly, not wanting to miss a single expression on her face.

Su Mingyue shifted away guiltily: "I don't have any plans yet. If you want to have a child, you can also find..."

Xiao Zhan held her head and sealed her lips with his.

She's never been good at sweet-talking; once you shut her up, she can't say no.

Su Mingyue was already speechless at someone's behavior of getting aroused at the drop of a hat.

"Why are you in such a hurry to have a baby? After the wedding, you'll naturally have a child." Su Mingyue rolled her eyes at him. "Take me to Qian's Medical Clinic."

Xiao Zhan looked at her rosy lips with satisfaction: "Why don't you go later? Your lips are too obvious right now."

Xiao Zhan's mention of it only made things worse. Su Mingyue touched her lips and found them to be red and swollen. She said irritably, "If you get aroused again, you're not allowed to sleep in my room tonight."

"I promise I won't do anything reckless." Xiao Zhan's eyes were smiling. "I'm going to see the Crown Prince later. I'll take this opportunity to ask him if he has found Zhou Wenjun's whereabouts."

Xiao Zhan got off the car halfway there.

The carriage swayed and rocked its way toward Huaihua Hutong. Halfway there, it rolled onto something, jolted, and then the horse seemed to be startled.

First, the horse neighed a few times with its hooves pointing upwards, then it began to lose control and ran wildly through the streets.

The driver in front was thrown off his horse due to its aggressive behavior.

Su Mingyue lifted the curtain and saw that the horse was frightened and was running wildly in the street. Wherever it went, the people were terrified and ran in all directions.

"Miss, the horse is startled! What should we do?" Xingchun gripped the carriage tightly, her voice filled with terror.

Not far away, two children were playing, with a wall behind them.

If the horse were to run directly over the child, not only would the child be seriously injured, but the carriage itself would also be torn to pieces.

Scenes from three years ago suddenly flashed into her mind.

At that time, the carriage had gone out of control, and there was no road ahead but a cliff. Fu Jingsheng appeared at that moment and helped her grab the rope, preventing her from falling.

Just as the carriage was about to hit the two children, a figure descended from the sky and grabbed the horse's reins.

The horse stopped in front of the two children, less than half a meter away from them.

The two children didn't cry; instead, they looked at the horse with curiosity and excitedly pointed at it, laughing.

"It's a horse, a big horse."

"It really is Malaysia, it's so tall."

"I want to ride it."

The child's parents quickly took the two away.

The carriage came to a stop, and Su Mingyue dismounted, walked to the horse, and looked at Xiao Zhan on its back: "Didn't you say you were going to the Crown Prince's residence? How come you're here?"

"When I left, I thought I was being followed, so I came back." Xiao Zhan patted the horse's back to calm her down. "The horse was startled by someone. Luckily I came, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable."

Su Mingyue hugged Xiao Zhan's waist: "Thank you."

"It's alright now. My heart was pounding in my chest just now. Thank goodness."

Su Mingyue buried herself in his arms, and her vision suddenly blurred.

This was the first time she had been so clingy since I met her; it seems the situation just now really frightened her.

He scooped her up and carried her back to a nearby carriage, leaving Wang Lin to clean up the scene. He also made him pay for any damage caused by the carriage's passage.

"Were you frightened?" Xiao Zhan gently placed her on the soft couch. "It's alright, I'm here now."

"No, I just thought of something else. Three years ago, I met Fu Jingsheng because my horse suddenly got frightened. I was looking for herbs on a mountain, and when I found them on the way down, my horse suddenly went berserk for some reason. Fu Jingsheng appeared at that time. I was so jostled around in the carriage that I almost passed out. It took me a while to get off the carriage after it stopped."

When I came out, I only saw Fu Jingsheng. His palms were red and swollen; he said they were from pulling the rope. Just now, I suddenly remembered this. Fu Jingsheng doesn't know martial arts; at that speed and with that kind of external force, there's no way he could have held onto the rope. Someone must have helped him. In other words, from the moment the carriage was startled, I was part of that person's scheme.”

"You mean, today's situation and the situation you had three years ago were caused by the same person?" Xiao Zhan's brows furrowed, his eyes filled with coldness.

He was determined to find out who was behind this, as the person behind it was so malicious.

"The answer is about to be revealed." Su Mingyue chuckled, "He really wants to get rid of me as soon as possible."

"What are you going to do next?"

"When I returned to the Su residence, he gave me a great gift, so I must give him a great gift in return. I also need you to investigate his affair with Consort Mei."

"An investigation is underway. After her death, her servants also began to die one after another."

“We definitely won’t find anything in the capital. We’ll send people to Hezhou to investigate. If there really was something between them, it’s impossible for any clues to have started in the capital. Su Sihai was so focused on becoming the top scholar that he schemed against my mother and the He family’s wealth in order to make it to the capital. This shows that his motives for going to the capital were not pure.”

If the Fourth Prince were in the capital, he could find an opportunity to have Xiao Wu conduct a paternity test for him and Su Sihai.

He's not home, just lure him back.

……

Su Sihai ran into Xiao Zhan bringing Su Mingyue back at the door.

"Mingyue, what's wrong?" Su Sihai saw Mingyue being supported by Xiao Zhan, her face pale, and thought she had been injured, so he quickly went forward to check on her.

“Father, the carriage was suddenly startled when I got home and almost crashed into the courtyard wall. Fortunately, the Prince appeared in time and saved me, and I was able to escape with my life.”

"How could the horse be frightened when it was perfectly fine? Didn't your groom check it before setting off?"

"There were no problems when we set off, but a problem suddenly occurred halfway through the journey."

"It's good that everyone is alright. Thank you, Your Highness, for saving Mingyue. Please come in." Su Sihai gestured for her to enter.

"I'm relieved that Mingyue is alright. I will definitely find out why Mingyue's carriage was startled. Mingyue, I have some official business to attend to first, and I'll come to see you later. Don't worry, I will definitely find out the truth of this matter and see who wants to harm you."