Xie Qingxu closed his eyes, roared, and rushed towards Su Jinyue, as if he wanted to fight Su Jinyue to the death!

Su Jinyue immediately took out the poison hidden in her arms, and when Xie Qingxu rushed over, she would stuff it directly into his mouth and put an end to it once and for all.

However, when Xie Qingxu had just rushed halfway, two stones suddenly flew from the air and hit his knees directly, causing him to kneel down on the spot in pain!

The servant next to him also wanted to help, but was knocked unconscious by a flying stone.

"Who, who dares to attack me? Come out if you dare!"

Su Jinyue subconsciously looked towards the roof behind her, and only managed to see a fleeting black shadow.

Xiaotao nervously pinched Su Jinyue's sleeve.

Su Jinyue glanced at Xie Qingxu, who was kneeling on the ground and unable to move for a while, and pulled Xiaotao away without saying a word.

Even after getting on the carriage, Xiao Tao was still in shock.

"Miss, I just peeked and saw that the stone seemed to come from behind us. Did someone help us?"

Su Jinyue nodded, fiddling with her wrists and remaining silent for a while.

Xiao Tao continued to mutter, "I don't know who this person is, and what his purpose is today. I wonder if he is targeting the Marquis' Mansion..."

Su Jinyue was silent for a while before she spoke slowly, "I know who he is."

Xiao Tao was stunned and subconsciously wanted to ask, but when she saw Su Jinyue's solemn expression, she swallowed her words back.

After a pause, he said worriedly, "That Xie guy was so arrogant and unreasonable today. I'm afraid he will find ways to cause trouble for Miss in the future!"

Su Jinyue loosened her wrist and suddenly chuckled.

"I'm just afraid that he won't come and cause trouble. Otherwise, how can I let him suffer?!"

As the date agreed with the old lady was approaching, there was no sign of the person who came to propose marriage. Those who knew the news in the mansion were waiting to see an interesting show. However, the person involved, Su Jinyue, was calm and composed. She even had time to water the flowers and plant grass in the yard.

When she was fertilizing the herbs she had planted, Xiao Tao suddenly rushed into the yard with a look of surprise on her face.

"Miss, the master and the two young masters have returned to the court!"

But Su Jinyue didn't even stop pressing the soil, as if she had known it for a long time.

Xiao Tao was startled, "Miss, you...are you unhappy?"

Su Jinyue chuckled and did not answer.

Should she be happy? In order to witness Su Zhiyao's wedding with their own eyes, her father and brother left the tense war behind and rushed back to Beijing from thousands of miles away, just to send their blessings to Su Zhiyao.

Unexpectedly, this departure would lead to a missed opportunity for battle, resulting in a great defeat on the battlefield and the loss of two cities!

The emperor was furious, but her father and brother turned around and put all the blame on Su Jinyue, claiming that she was the one who forced her father and brother to return to Beijing to attend the wedding banquet. Her already embarrassing reputation was made even worse.

The marriage did not receive any blessing from relatives, but was blamed for the fact that his father and brother ignored the war.

After that, Xie Qingxu used this as an excuse to ignore and suppress her, elevating Su Zhiyao's status, and treating Su Jinyue so badly that she was not even as good as a scary person.

She patted on the last layer of dirt, stood up and clapped her hands, saying casually, "Why are you so happy? Judging from their attitude in the past, you don't think they came back for me, do you?"

Thinking about the past, Xiao Tao fell silent for a moment.

In the entire Marquis' Mansion, the people who are most partial to Su Zhiyao are probably Su Jinyue's biological parents and brother.

She hesitated for a while before whispering, "Then Miss, do you still want to meet them?"

Su Jinyue untied her apron and acted casually.

"Yes, why not? I won't be the one feeling guilty."

When Su Jinyue arrived at the door, a large group of people were already standing outside.

Although Su Yan took leave and returned to the capital without much fanfare, he and his two sons were the most promising people in Yongning Marquis' Mansion. Everyone in the mansion attached great importance to them, and except for those who were in official positions outside, everyone else came out in full force.

Even Old Madam Su was standing trembling at the door, looking at Su Yan with a look that was half relieved and half resentful.

"The journey to the border is long and the war is urgent. Why do you have to rush back? You will be exhausted from the journey. Don't hurt yourself."

Before Su Yan could speak, his eldest son Su Jingnian spoke first with a smile.

"Don't worry, grandma. How can you get sick easily after being in the wind and rain on the battlefield? Besides, Zhiyao's marriage is a big headache for the family. We have watched her grow up since she was a child. No matter how difficult it is, we will come back to celebrate!"

Old Madam Su paused and did not respond for a while.

The second son Su Chengjiang at the side said, "It's just that I never expected that something unexpected would happen before the trip. It's been delayed for more than a month. I couldn't drink in the wedding wine, but I think I can still get in this time!"

As he said that, he looked at Su Zhiyao behind Jiang Caiping and asked with a smile, "Where is Xie Qingxu? It's been a long time since we parted on the battlefield. I must get this son-in-law drunk today!"

Su Zhiyao's eyes turned red, and she turned around and leaned on Jiang Caiping's shoulder, crying and sobbing, "It's all my fault, I have failed my father and brother!"

Su Yan noticed something was wrong and frowned at Jiang Caiping. "I came back today and met a few acquaintances on the road. They looked at me with different expressions and seemed to have something to hide. What's going on? I'm not at home. Did something serious happen?"

When Jiang Caiping was mentioned, she became furious and said unhappily, "It's your disappointing daughter!"

"What do you mean by unpromising? How come Zhiyao..."

Su Yan paused, then realized that Jiang Caiping was scolding Su Jinyue, and frowned even more tightly, "Jinyue? What happened to her? Oh, why didn't she come to the door to greet us today?"

"He wants to marry into a rich family, how can he still be interested in our humble mansion?"

Jiang Caiping said sarcastically, "Your good daughter broke off the engagement in public, causing disgrace to both families and also causing Zhiyao's marriage to be cancelled. The Xie family came to the door and shouted that either they should marry together or not marry at all, but she just led the government officials to bring back all the dowry!"

"absurd!"

Su Yan was so angry that her eyes widened. "How dare a girl like her break off the engagement? Which husband will want her in the future?"

"Hmph!" Jiang Caiping snorted unhappily, "Don't do that. She's very proud and doesn't even look down on the Xie family. She said she wants to marry the grandson of the Zhenguogong family!"

"What?!"

Now even the Su Jingnian brothers couldn't sit still.

Su Jingnian clapped his hands in anxiety and anger, "Mother, she is ignorant, why do you let her do whatever she wants? General Xiao is such a big shot, how could he be interested in a village woman like her? If this gets out, won't people laugh at us?"

"Yes, mother, you should tie her up and beat her with twenty military sticks, and see if she dares to say such nonsense again!"

Su Yan's face darkened completely, and he started walking towards the mansion.

"I will now force this unfilial girl to kowtow and confess her guilt at the gate of Xie's house!"