Su Juan didn't have many jade pendants in her hand, but that was the only one that looked like half a piece and had passed through Lin Xizhi's hands.

When Lin Xizhi returned it to her at Liu's house, Miao Qing saw it and remembered that it was not strange to have such a jade pendant, but why would she want to borrow it?

That's not an ordinary jade pendant.

Seeing Su Juan's reaction, Liu Miaoqing was afraid that she would be embarrassed, so she said, "It's okay if you have any difficulties and can't lend it to me."

Su Juan looked at her with a smile and asked tentatively, "It's not that there is any difficulty, but why did you think of borrowing my jade pendant?"

Liu Miaoqing suddenly remembered what her father said last night.

"It's my father. He was looking for a jade pendant that looked exactly like yours, so he wanted to borrow your jade pendant to take a look. He also said it would be a bad idea to alert others."

As she spoke, she looked around.

Su Juan was slightly stunned, "Your father already knows that the jade pendant is with me?"

"Yes." Liu Miaoqing nodded and asked, "Is this jade pendant important? Why do you all seem so nervous?"

Su Juan grabbed Liu Miaoqing's hand and led her to her carriage. "This is not the place to talk. Let's go somewhere else."

Liu Miaoqing felt inexplicably nervous, and had a vague feeling that she was about to encounter something serious, especially Su Juan's reaction, which reminded her of her father's reaction last night.

After arriving at the Duke's Mansion, Su Juan took Liu Miaoqing directly to the yard and told Dongdong to watch the door to prevent anyone from approaching.

There was a charcoal fire burning in the room. Su Juan took out the half jade pendant from the secret compartment of the jewelry box in the inner room and placed it in front of Liu Miaoqing. "Do you want to see this one?"

Liu Miaoqing did not avoid Su Juan and took out the picture that her father had stuffed into her last night from her sleeve. She unfolded it and saw that the pattern on the picture was the opposite of the jade pendant in front of her, but they could be put together as a whole piece.

When Su Juan took a look, she found that there was even a pattern. It seemed that the Minister of the Central Secretariat was indeed looking for the little princess who had been lost.

She poured herself a cup of hot tea and stared at Liu Miaoqing while drinking it. On the way back to Beijing, she had been thinking about how to make the Duke of Heping's identity clear so as not to appear deliberate. Now it seems that it would be better to use the Liu family's hand.

Liu Miaoqing put the jade pendant back on the table and nodded, "It should be this one. I will only borrow it for two days at most and I will definitely return it to you."

Su Juan pursed her lips and lowered her eyes to smile, "No hurry, do you know why Lord Liu is looking for this jade pendant?"

Liu Miaoqing was silent for a moment. "My father said that a good friend of his was investigating something and said that this jade pendant was the only clue."

She thought, since she wanted to borrow it, she naturally couldn't hide it from Su Juan.

Su Juan stroked the teacup with her fingertips, [From what Miao Qing said, it seems that the Minister of the Central Secretariat did not tell her anything about the matter.]

[That's right, how can I say something that's not confirmed yet? ]

Liu Miaoqing was slightly stunned. Is this jade pendant important?

Su Juan said sternly, "You have to think carefully. Once you give the jade pendant to Lord Liu, there will be another storm in the capital, and it is very likely that your Liu family will be involved."

Hearing this, Liu Miaoqing was puzzled, "Can you explain it more clearly?"

She could tell from the texture of the jade pendant that its owner was either rich or noble, but from what Su Juan said, it seemed as if there was some big secret hidden inside.

Su Juan put down the teacup, poured another cup of hot tea for Liu Miaoqing, and asked her, "Do you know that the current emperor and empress are not without children?"

Liu Miaoqing's pupils narrowed slightly, and she looked at Su Juan, "I've heard something about it, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"Rumor has it that the queen gave birth to a daughter several decades ago and took the princess to recuperate outside the palace. The Tao family was jealous and sent someone to assassinate her, so the princess died young. Your Majesty took his anger out on the Tao family, so the Tao family fell into decline and no one has served in the court since then."

Su Juan's lips curled slightly, "Giving birth to a daughter is true, Tao's assassination is true, but the princess's early death is false."

Liu Miaoqing suddenly clenched the teacup. Ajuan would not talk about this for no reason. Could it be that the princess was related to this jade pendant, so her father was looking for the princess's whereabouts for His Majesty?

She looked at Su Juan suddenly. The jade pendant was in Ajuan's hand. Is it impossible? If the princess were still alive, she should be in her thirties or even forty now, but Ajuan is only a few years old.

unless

Su Juan placed another jade token that the Queen had given her on the table. "This is the jade pendant that the Queen gave me two years ago. She said it was her token of trust. With this jade pendant, I can enter and leave the palace freely. The pattern on the jade token is the same as the jade pendant."

Liu Miaoqing was confused at this moment, with a bunch of things in her mind that were difficult to sort out.

Father, jade pendant, Su Juan, jade pendant, Queen, Duke Ping, Xie Xun, all these were pointing her thoughts to one truth, but it was too bold and she dared not think about it.

Ajuan is Ajuan, how can it be

She drank several cups of hot tea, trying to calm herself down and think carefully.

Su Juan just poured her cup of tea after cup, giving her time to think calmly.

After nearly half an incense stick of time, Liu Miaoqing finally calmed down, "So, that's why the Duke allowed you to live here, and that's why the Queen likes you so much."

No wonder she always felt strange. Even if Duke Ping liked Su Juan so much, wasn't he afraid of being criticized by others for letting Su Juan live in the Duke's Mansion every day?

The Queen likes Su Juan too much, and it doesn't seem like ordinary love at all.

She was originally puzzled. When Xie Xun went to Xuzhou, he went with her even though he had no official position. He had to follow Su Juan all day long. When they met those refugees and bad guys, he stood in front of Su Juan the first time. Even if Xie Xun was kind-hearted, why did he have to be so cautious?

If Su Juan is the queen's bloodline, then everything makes sense.

Su Juan frowned slightly. She didn't think about the Queen's matter. If Duke Ping had discovered it long ago, then did the Queen know it as well?

Although the Queen was very kind to me in the past, there was always a limit. I didn’t even notice it. I don’t know when that kindness started to change. Now that I think about it, it seemed like indulgence and doting.

She picked up the jade pendant on the table, spread out Liu Miaoqing's hand, and put it in hers. "If you have seen my biological mother, you will find that she looks very much like your majesty and the queen."

Liu Miaoqing didn't say anything, just looked at Su Juan. In fact, she didn't need to have seen Ajuan's biological mother. Now looking carefully, Ajuan's appearance was indeed very similar to the emperor and the empress.

At this moment, she only felt that the jade pendant in her hand was too heavy. It was no longer an ordinary jade pendant. She finally understood what Su Juan meant by that sentence just now.

The court is now in a stalemate between Prince Jing and Prince Han. His Majesty has been reluctant to appoint a crown prince, and at the same time he has asked my father to find the jade pendant. He must be looking for the whereabouts of the princess. If Su Juan were to regain her status as a princess at this time, it goes without saying what will happen next.

She clenched the jade pendant tightly. She didn't believe that Su Juan was just telling her about the jade pendant. Her tone was a little heavy, "Juan, what do you want me to do?"

Su Juan suddenly felt relieved. It was easy to talk to a smart person. Looking at Liu Miaoqing in front of her, she said slowly, "I want to use your father, Lord Liu, to restore my identity, change my surname to Song, and enter the royal family."

Liu Miaoqing's face was tense. "Is that all?"

Su Juan opened her red lips slightly, her voice cold, "One day he will establish a crown prince and support me as the crown princess."