"What if we do find something?" the Duke of Wan asked.

The Duchess hesitated for a moment, then turned around to check if anyone was outside the door. After confirming that no one was there, she lowered her voice and said, "There are some assassins in the manor that were prepared for Sheng Yuanhe."

The Duke of Wan was greatly alarmed; the meaning of this was self-evident.

"Don't worry about whether the information Qikong Kingdom gave you is true or false, and don't worry about whether Marquis Anle has hidden anything he shouldn't have. Just remember one thing: you and Qikong Kingdom joined forces to frame him for treason."

"It was also you who colluded with foreign powers and failed to report what you knew. You learned that Marquis Anle might be hiding something powerful enough to overthrow the Anchuan Kingdom, but you didn't tell the Emperor."

“Once these things are exposed, the Wan family will have no way out. Since we are afraid that Su Wenyuan will find out, we might as well go all the way.”

After a moment's thought, the Duke of Wan Guo realized that this was the only path he had.

He's done so many wrong things, yet he still dares to try and find out the truth.

It was a stroke of luck that he and the Wan family were able to save their lives.

The Duchess continued, "Qikong Kingdom has been investigating for hundreds of years without finding anything useful. How could Su Wenyuan discover clues so quickly? Some things are just ethereal and unbelievable; you shouldn't believe them."

"But it's still possible that Su Wenyuan was able to find you. The broken mechanism was clearly sabotaged by someone. Sheng Jingyu's people are everywhere. They're probably close to finding the soldiers who raided your home back then, right?"

The Duchess's guess was correct.

News reached Prince Chen's residence that very evening.

They found the soldier who participated in the ransacking of the house years ago; this man knew some inside details.

This soldier had a good relationship with the leader at the time, and it was from that leader that he learned that he had received silver from the Duke of Wan and that he would surely rise to prominence in the future.

Not long after Marquis Anle died, this leader also died. The soldiers dared not speak of these things. After some time, he was suddenly transferred away and never returned to the capital.

Su Wenyuan was not surprised at all when she learned that it was the Duke of Wan who had arranged for them to smash the walls and furniture.

All these speculations seem to confirm that it was arranged by the Duke of Wan Guo.

We were indeed looking for something, but the most important thing was a picture.

The soldiers didn't know what the specific map was.

There was nothing in the furniture they smashed, not a single piece; it was all empty.

Some of them didn't even know if there were hidden compartments; they just smashed everything they could.

The Marquis of Anle's mansion was large and contained many things, so naturally, many of them came. They didn't know each other, and the place was in complete disarray. Despite the mansion being smashed up like that, no one thought anything was wrong.

Later, those people were all transferred away, and some were silenced. The leader was the first to be silenced.

"What caused the falling out between the Duke of Wanguo and my maternal grandfather?"

Su Wenyuan felt she was about to grasp the key point.

Sheng Jingyu shook his head and said, "I don't know. Some people speculate that it's because Marquis Anle is biased towards me, while Duke Wan supports Sheng Yuanhe. The two have different stances, but Marquis Anle has hardly spoken a few words to me."

Su Wenyuan blinked and said, "Is it possible that everyone was on your side back then?"

There's no need to say anything to him specifically. As long as he doesn't explicitly express support for others, he's definitely supporting Sheng Jingyu.

Sheng Jingyu shrugged indifferently, thinking to himself, "Maybe."

"What kind of map did they find? A treasure map?" Su Wenyuan's eyes lit up.

Sheng Jingyu asked in confusion, "A hidden treasure map? What kind of treasure could that be?"

The Marquis of Anle's mansion was already wealthy enough; on that basis, what important things must have been worthy of his private collection?

"The Imperial Seal of the State!" Su Wenyuan blurted out in a serious tone.

Sheng Jingyu slapped her on the back of the head, feigning anger, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, the imperial seal of Anchuan Kingdom has not been lost."

"That belongs to the Kingdom of Qikong."

"...What use is a jade seal of a fallen kingdom?" Sheng Jingyu couldn't understand her thoughts.

Su Wenyuan chuckled and said, "That's true. Qikong Kingdom doesn't need this at all for its restoration. Just use the banner of restoration as a pretext."

After much speculation, the two decided it would be better to ask Duke Wan directly.

These past few days haven't been good; Sheng Jingyu just submitted a petition for medical leave and has to stay at the mansion.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. It was Ye Shan, who came to tell Su Yuan that he had arrived.

"Who???" Su Wenyuan asked again in disbelief.

Ye Shan emphasized, "Su Yuan."

Su Wenyuan stood up and asked, "Is he better?"

She'd only been sick for less than a day. If she really got better, she'd go find Hua Ling right away and ask him what kind of medicine he made—garbage.

Ye Shan said, "No, he was carried here. He has something to say to you and needs to see you in person."

"He's come looking for me in the middle of the night, is he crazy? Go check on him."

Upon meeting Su Yuan, the first word he uttered was, "Picture!"

Su Wenyuan could not hide her shock. How did he also have a picture?

"What map? Where is it?"

Su Yuan reached out with difficulty, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and handed it to Su Wenyuan.

The diagram, composed of several unidentified symbols linked together, is exactly the same as the one in the Duke of Wan Guo's place.

Su Wenyuan was completely confused and asked again, "Who gave it to you?"

Su Yuan didn't answer, but his eyes held a pleading look, clearly indicating that he wanted something.

What do you want?

Su Yuan struggled to speak, and Su Wenyuan couldn't understand him, so she could only guess and ask, "Do you want me to help Su Lin'er?"

Su Yuan shook his head from side to side.

"Su Xian?"

He shook his head.

"So that's about you?"

Su Yuan became agitated and mumbled, "Medicine, doctor..."

Su Wenyuan suddenly realized, and looked at him with a half-smile, saying, "You want me to find a doctor to treat your illness and prescribe medicine?"

Su Yuan nodded. He had no other choice but to ask Su Wenyuan for help.

Su Lin'er is unreliable, Su Xian is like an idiot, and those concubines are struggling to survive.

After much thought, he could only turn to Su Wenyuan.

His reliance was a map that Yu Qingzhu personally handed to him.

He didn't know the purpose of the diagram; he hadn't seen it or mentioned it in all these years, treating it as if it didn't exist.

After all, he was afraid of death and was already satisfied with reaching the position of prime minister. He didn't want more and never thought about the secret behind this thing.

Su Wenyuan is different; she clings to what happened back then, which might be useful.

Regarding the matter of treating his illness, Su Wenyuan thought about it carefully and finally said, "This picture must have been given to you by my mother. Using it to threaten me won't work, and you probably won't get better anyway."

After saying this, Su Wenyuan beckoned Ye Shan over and asked her to ask Hua Ling some questions.

Su Yuan answered with difficulty. He knew he wouldn't get better, but he hoped to improve slightly, at least to be able to speak more clearly.

He could speak clearly, which meant he could tell Su Wenyuan more about Yu Qingzhu.

It was a transaction between the two of them; the simple diagram in Su Wenyuan's hand was his way of showing sincerity.

After he finished speaking, Ye Shan returned after asking all her questions.

Ye Shan told Su Wenyuan not to worry, and Hua Ling said that no matter how many good medicines were used, Su Yuan would not be completely cured.

But if we want things to be better than they are now, that's still possible.