Chapter 590 is particularly important.

"Perhaps the Princess Consort can go back and ask the Prince about this matter." Gu Shuyan said, handing Consort Yun's memorial tablet to Princess Chuxia. Finally, she couldn't help but remind her, "Princess, please take this memorial tablet back carefully and remember not to let anyone know about it."

Consort Yun was a deposed concubine who died in the Cold Palace. If others found out that a memorial tablet had been erected for a deposed concubine, Lu Hexuan would be in deep trouble, even if he had several heads.

Princess Chuxia finally realized what was going on. She carefully wrapped up the memorial tablet, stopped insisting that the monk make room for it, thanked Gu Shuyan, and quickly left the sacrificial hall.

After Princess Chuxia and the others left, the monk walked in from outside and bowed to Gu Shuyan with his hands clasped together.

"Thank you, kind lady!"

Regardless of how Gu Shuyan got Princess Chuxia to leave, the monk deserved to thank her.

"It was nothing, Master, there's no need for such formality." Gu Shuyan returned the greeting before the monk handed her three sticks of incense.

After offering incense to Gu Rui, Gu Shuyan placed the snacks she had brought in front of the offering table.

However, upon touching the offering table, Gu Shuyan was suddenly startled: "Master, have the clothes under the memorial tablet been put away?"

Gu Shuyan remembered that when she came last time, she placed that set of little clothes under the memorial tablet, but now the area under the memorial tablet is empty.

Upon hearing this, the monk hurriedly stepped forward. He vaguely remembered that Gu Shuyan had taken a piece of clothing earlier, and he had reminded her that she could cut out paper clothes, burn them, and send them to the person she was worshipping, but Gu Shuyan refused outright.

"How could this be?" The monk was also puzzled.

The spirit hall is a place for enshrining spirit tablets, and usually only those who come to offer incense and the temple disciples in charge of this area will set foot here.

The temple disciples would never touch the items on the offering table, especially since they were children's clothes. So the only possibility is that they were taken away by someone who came to offer incense!

“Please don’t worry, female benefactor. This humble monk will ask the disciples in the temple to see if anyone has noticed who took the clothes.”

Having met countless people, the monk saw Gu Shuyan staring silently at the spot where she had lost her belongings, and knew that the clothes must be extremely important to her.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master."

Since the temple required its disciples to offer incense to the worshippers every day, the monk immediately called over all the disciples who had recently offered incense. However, upon inquiry, none of them had noticed when the robes had gone missing.

"Master, could you please take a look and tell me which worshippers have visited the offering hall recently?"

People who usually enter temples to offer incense are registered upon entry, which is why Gu Shuyan asked this question.

"That's natural, but there are quite a few people coming in, so it might not be easy to find the person who might have taken the clothes."

The monk said he had already brought the daily registration book. Looking at the names on the pages of the book, Gu Shuyan immediately began to search carefully.

"Madam, are those clothes very important?"

Gu Shuyan was never one to make a big fuss about her work, so seeing her making such a big show of looking for a piece of clothing today, Wuyin couldn't help but ask.

Gu Shuyan didn't have time to answer her, but simply nodded and said, "The clothes themselves are nothing special, except for the embroidery on the chest, which I used a special technique to prevent anyone from taking it."

Gu Shuyan's answer was not a lie. Because Gu Rui liked magnolias, Gu Shuyan used the embroidery techniques she had learned to embroider a magnolia.

The embroidery technique complemented the unique weaving method used earlier, both of which were taught to her by the old woman, so she couldn't show them to others.

Gu Shuyan quickly scanned the names in the register, and finally her gaze fell on a name that was all too familiar to her.

Luo Yuping! Could it be her?

"Does the benefactor already know who it is?"

Seeing that Gu Shuyan's rapidly moving hands had stopped, the monk couldn't help but ask a question.

Upon hearing this, Gu Shuyan closed the register and handed it to the monk, saying, "Thank you, Master."

After saying that, Gu Shuyan led the group away from the temple quickly. On the way back to the city, none of the maids dared to utter a sound when they saw Gu Shuyan's serious expression.

At the Yongshou Marquis's residence, Luo Yuping and Luo Dong sat facing each other.

"Is what you said true, elder sister? Can such a small embroidery really pose such a threat?"

Luo Dong stared at the white orchid on the small piece of clothing, finding it hard to believe that this thing could threaten the Gu family.

"Don't underestimate this small embroidery. This is a unique carving and embroidery technique from the previous dynasty's Nie family. I once saw two pieces of carving and embroidery in the palace, but since they were the only two left from the previous dynasty, we dared not touch them."

Although she was the Crown Princess, Luo Yuping was very cautious at that time. She had to please her mother-in-law, the Empress, and be careful not to let anyone find any fault with her to attack Lu Tianhua.

Although she had never touched it, judging from the embroidery technique, Luo Yuping was certain that it was carved embroidery.

"The Nie family of the previous dynasty? Weren't they executed along with their entire clan long ago?"

Luo Dong had heard a thing or two about the Nie family from the previous dynasty. It seemed they had once been a prominent family, possessing not only ancestral crafts but also a concubine whom the emperor greatly favored.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long, and the emperor's incompetence and tyranny led to the downfall of the previous dynasty.

After the founding emperor took the throne, in order to demonstrate his benevolence, he released all the women in the harem out of the palace.

Who would have thought that, in order to avenge the deceased emperor, the imperial concubine would seduce the new crown prince.

The founding emperor had only one son at the time. Seeing that the crown prince was becoming increasingly incompetent and muddleheaded, the emperor had no choice but to execute the imperial concubine in a fit of anger.

At this point, everyone thought it was over, but to the founding emperor's surprise, the Nie family sent another daughter to the Crown Prince's residence.

Having learned his lesson from the Consort, the Crown Prince became wiser this time. He no longer brought the Nie family's daughter to public view, and the Emperor, believing he had changed his mind, entrusted him with state affairs with peace of mind.

However, as the Crown Prince's power grew, he gradually revealed his ambition, and he even raised an army to force the Emperor to abdicate.

Ultimately, the crown prince was deposed, and the emperor directly appointed the crown princess's legitimate son as the crown prince's grandson. As a result of this incident, the Nie family was exterminated along with their entire clan.

After the emperor's death, he left a will stipulating that if any remnants of the Nie clan remained in the world, they must be executed.

Because of the emperor's decree, not only did people with the surname Nie disappear completely, but also carved embroidery and silk fabrics disappeared for hundreds of years.

"Throughout history, have any families whose entire clan has been exterminated ever truly lost their ancestral line?"

Those born into this world often seek revenge, and who can guarantee that the Nie family truly left no descendants behind?

"Does Eldest Sister mean that she suspects the Gu family is related to the Nie family?" Luo Dong guessed, looking at Luo Yuping's expression.