Su Jingnian's face flushed instantly. "You! What nonsense are you talking about?! Is this something you, as a woman, can say?!"

"I just said your words reversed, why are you angry?" Su Jinyue tilted her head slightly and asked in confusion.

Su Zhiyao leaned against Jiang Caiping, looking like she was being bullied, and said softly, "Brother and father, don't blame me. This happened because of Zhiyao, so I can't blame you."

Hearing Su Zhiyao say this, Jiang Caiping immediately snorted coldly: "You can't blame anyone but Zhiyao. This damn girl is blaming me for marrying you off as a concubine, and she's even acting like a spoiled brat!"

Su Chengjiang was a hot-tempered and reckless man. He pointed at Su Jinyue and started to talk without restraint. "You just blame Zhiyao for stealing your identity as the eldest daughter of the Su family! No one wants you to be taken away by mistake. It was not her fault that Zhiyao was just a baby in swaddling clothes at the beginning!"

"Do you want the Su family to lose face in the capital because of this? If I had known you were like this, I would not have let mother take you back from the farm if I had known your identity!"

When he said this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at Su Jinyue, "You look like a petty and mercenary person. Your calculations have all been made against your own people."

Su Chengjiang pretended to fan his nose with his hand, "Even from such a distance, I can smell the sour smell of a country bumpkin on you!"

Su Zhiyao leaned against her mother. Although tears were still on her face, she was very happy because of Su Chengjiang's words.

Next, Su Jinyue would probably not be able to hold back and would make a big scene in front of her father!

Normally by this time she would have gone crazy and annoyed everyone.

Unexpectedly, Su Jinyue seemed not to hear what Su Chengjiang said, and asked in Su Yan's direction: "Does father think so too?"

What Su Chengjiang said was really unpleasant to hear. If it were to be spread out, people outside would definitely say that they were mistreating their own daughter harshly. Su Yan naturally could not admit it.

And if a commotion really breaks out today, who knows what this damn girl will do!

Su Yan suppressed his anger and said, "Don't stand outside and talk. Let's go to the front hall."

Su Jinyue had no objection. She restrained her attitude of confrontation with them and followed Su Yan obediently all the way.

However, Su Jingnian felt something was wrong and kept looking in the direction of Su Jinyue. She used to be not good at speaking and had a petty personality that was spoiled on the farm.

If Cheng Jiang had said this to her in the past, she would have probably made a scene by now. Why is she so calm today?

As soon as everyone sat down in the front hall, the servant outside came to report that the young master of the Xie family and the old lady of the Xie family heard that the marquis and the young master of the Xie family had returned home, so they came to visit.

Su Yan's expression changed slightly. They did not publicize their return to Beijing today. How did the Xie family know about it?

Even though he had doubts in his heart, Su Yan still said, "Welcome General Xie in."

"yes."

After the servant left, Su Jinyue felt a little doubtful. Su Yan and the others returned to Beijing today on a temporary leave and naturally did not announce it. So how did Xie Qingxu know about it?

Su Jinyue glanced and saw Xie Zhiyao, who was sitting diagonally opposite her, holding a handkerchief and looking out the hall door with hope in her eyes.

She raised her eyebrows slightly and understood.

Xie Qingxu was dressed in gorgeous clothes today, looking very decent. When he entered the hall, he bowed to Su Yanqing proudly and said, "Greetings, Lord Marquis."

Madam Xie had already sat down in the seat of honor naturally. "When my grandson heard that the Marquis had returned to the capital from the border, he did not dare to delay for a moment and came to visit the Marquis's residence."

Su Yan smiled and said, "Even if General Xie didn't come today, I would have sent someone to invite you over. My daughter is useless, and she has caused quite a joke in the Xie Mansion."

Hearing Su Yan's words, Xie Qingxu straightened his back even more, showing his arrogance to the extreme. He glanced at Su Jinyue who was sitting next to him and said, "My Lord, you are too kind. We are all family. It's fine as long as the misunderstanding is resolved."

After saying that, Xie Qingxu looked in the direction where Su Zhiyao was.

Su Zhiyao looked at Xie Qingxu shyly, with a little girl's joy in her eyes.

Xie Qingxu smiled and raised his eyebrows at Su Zhiyao.

Fortunately, Zhiyao had written to him in advance, letting him know that Ning Yuanhou would be returning home today. This was a good opportunity to teach Su Jinyue, this ignorant bitch, a lesson!

Seeing the two of them exchanging glances without paying attention to anyone else, Su Jinyue rolled her eyes in her heart. These two really wished they could use the sky as their pillow and the ground as their bed and roll into each other the next moment.

"My father returned to Beijing today without informing anyone. How did General Xie get the news so quickly?" Su Jinyue asked.

"I……"

Just as Xie Qingxu was about to argue, Su Jinyue interrupted him, "Could it be that someone leaked the news?"

Su Zhiyao sat aside with a slightly changed expression, and she lowered her eyes without looking at Xie Qingxu who was standing in the hall.

Liu smiled and tried to smooth things over. "General Xie and Old Madam Xie came here to visit the Marquis. Why are you making a fuss about this, Jin Yue?"

"Brother Xie knew that my father was returning to Beijing, so he came to meet me out of kindness. Su Jinyue, why are you so sarcastic?" Su Chengjiang looked down upon Su Jinyue's behavior.

"Second aunt's words can be said to be a woman's opinion. Second brother, do you have any brains to say this?"

Su Chengjiang lost his temper, slammed the table and stood up, "What are you talking about?!"

Su Jinyue didn't even look at her, she turned to the crowd and said, "General Xie has been leading troops in battles outside for many years, he should understand that it is a secret that the generals have not been announced to enter the capital."

Xie Qingxu's face froze. He was in such a hurry to see Su Yan that he had completely forgotten about this matter!

Su Jinyue continued, "Since it is a secret, someone is leaking military intelligence. If what happened today gets to His Majesty's ears, will my second brother bear all the wrath of His Majesty?!"

Leaking military intelligence is a capital crime. No matter how stupid Su Chengjiang is, he would not be stupid enough to take the blame on himself.

At that time, he had been forced by Su Jinyue to the point of being speechless. He staggered backwards with a face as pale as paper, and sat down on the chair, not daring to say a word.

Seeing Su Chengjiang's cowardly look, Su Jinyue looked at Old Lady Su and said, "So, it seems that my second brother is unwilling to take responsibility. If the military intelligence leak gets out, how will our Ningyuan Marquisate deal with ourselves in front of His Majesty?"

When Old Lady Su heard Su Jinyue's words, she was unwilling to let Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion be affected, "Yan'er, who else knows about your return to the capital?"

Su Yan quickly looked at Old Lady Su, "Mother, we... just asked for personal leave to return to Beijing, and no one else knew about it!"

Old Madam Su is not a fool, she understands the trick. It must be that one of her family members leaked the news!

"The Ningyuan Marquisate prospers together and suffers together!" Old Lady Su's voice was old and angry, "Who leaked the news?!"