“It’s not that I’m trying to pressure Your Highness, but that Your Highness simply doesn’t trust me. Since I’ve chosen to help you, I won’t use this silver hairpin to make trouble.”

"Furthermore, Your Highness might as well think about it carefully. If this servant were to intend to harm you, there are plenty of ways and means to do so."

Xiao Heye's face was extremely ugly. He took out the silver hairpin from his sleeve and casually threw it on the table.

The silver hairpin fell onto the marble table, tinkling as it slid a short distance before rolling to the edge.

This time, Xiao Heye was completely enraged.

This person has a cold and unpredictable personality. He will help with anything, no matter how big or small, if he doesn't like something, even the smallest thing can annoy him.

Su Tiyue frowned, feeling the temperature around her gradually getting colder. Even though there was a charcoal fire burning in the room, she still felt cold.

That chill came from the bottom of my heart and spread to every part of my body.

Su Tiyue gazed at him silently for a long time before weakly speaking, "What Master Xiao said is true. I also heard about the Spring Breeze Pavilion this morning. You really did what you said. It's my small-mindedness that I upset Master Xiao over a hairpin..." Su Tiyue turned her head slightly to look at the silver hairpin and said, "Since Master Xiao likes it, then I will give it to you."

After Su Tiyue finished speaking, she pursed her lips and walked towards the door. The voice came from behind her again: "Since Your Majesty has heard about the Spring Breeze Pavilion, then this servant will say one more thing. Please put your mind at ease, Your Majesty. This mudslinging will not be done to Your Majesty."

She turned around, nodded to him, and said softly, "Thank you."

On the way back, Su Tiyue came to a realization. In truth, this whole affair was destined from the beginning; she was the passive party, and Xiao Heye held far more than just a hairpin in his hands.

Su Tiyue was passive and vulnerable, while Xiao Heye was the exact opposite.

In the end, it all boils down to four words: "I have no choice in the matter."

...

In the case of Prince Rong, the Emperor gave Xiao Heye three days. On the third day, he indeed caught the murderer and solved the case.

This incident caused quite a stir throughout Yong'an City.

The assassin who killed Prince Rong was a prostitute from the Chunfeng Brothel. She had heard that Prince Rong had promised to redeem her and take her as a concubine, but he later broke his promise and married another woman from the brothel. The original woman harbored resentment and, after getting him drunk, seized the opportunity to kill him.

I heard that when the people from the Eastern Depot found the prostitute, she had already committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

This explanation was reasonable, well-founded, and everyone believed it without a doubt.

Su Tiyue almost believed it herself.