Su Chengjiang could only nod and said, "I understand. I won't tell you."

After a night of tossing and turning, the two finally returned safely to the Marquis' Mansion.

"Tonight is really dangerous."

After getting off the car, Su Chengjiang sighed, "If I had known this would happen, I would have rather not attended the palace banquet."

Su Jinyue glanced at him. In his previous life, his second brother had accomplished nothing and had no ambition.

Even if she helped in this life, her second brother wouldn't be that smart.

"Okay, we're already at the gate, let's stop talking."

"knew."

"You guys have a good rest. You can contact me anytime if you have any problem." Mu Ze said finally.

Su Jinyue nodded, "Sure."

"Oh, by the way." Before leaving, Mu Ze suddenly called her, "Xiaoyao Tower should have news about the people from Western Xinjiang soon. I will come to you then."

Su Jinyue was slightly stunned, but saw that Mu Ze had turned his horse around and whipped away.

The night was quiet with only the stars twinkling faintly in the distance. She watched Mu Ze's figure disappear, then looked back at the Marquis' Mansion before stepping in.

"Maybe this is just the beginning." Su Jinyue murmured.

After the two returned to the Marquis' Mansion, Su Jinyue returned to her own courtyard, while Su Chengjiang was called to Jiang Caiping's courtyard.

"You went to a palace banquet today, why did you come back so late?" Jiang Caiping frowned.

Su Chengjiang remembered what Su Jinyue had just said and told him that he must not tell anyone else about what happened in the palace.

He was stupid and could not lie. His eyes were wandering. "Because... because I was delayed for some time in the palace."

Seeing Su Chengjiang hesitating like this, Jiang Caiping couldn't help but become more suspicious, "What on earth delayed him? He can't even give a proper reason."

Su Chengjiang hurriedly explained: "It was really because of some things that were delayed at the banquet, and Jin Yue and I couldn't do anything about it."

Inside the room, Jiang Caiping noticed that Su Chengjiang was absent-minded, so she waved her hand and asked everyone in the room to leave.

"Now it's just you and me here. Tell me what happened in the palace."

Su Chengjiang couldn't help feeling anxious. If he had known that his mother would call him over, he would have brought Su Jinyue with her. How could he explain this to her now?

I might as well just throw the question to Su Jinyue. Since she was the one who told me not to say anything anyway.

When Su Chengjiang thought of this, he immediately looked at Jiang Caiping, "Mother, it's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that I don't know what to say."

"At the end of the palace banquet, my sister was called away by the Queen's entourage, so he stayed in the Imperial Garden waiting for her."

"When she comes back, it will be this time."

Jiang Caiping seemed a little unconvinced and looked at Su Chengjiang suspiciously, "Really?"

Su Chengjiang nodded vigorously, "Really!"

Jiang Caiping also knew what kind of temper her son had. She raised her hand and waved, "You are tired from today's palace banquet. Go back first."

"By the way, your brother has been making a fuss in his room these days. If you have time tomorrow, go see him."

Jiang Caiping raised her hand and rubbed her forehead, "Please persuade your brother too, he is becoming more and more out of shape!"

Su Chengjiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, mother."

After leaving Jiang Caiping's yard, Su Chengjiang went straight to Su Jingnian's yard.

Outside his yard, there were several servants guarding.

When they saw Su Chengjiang, they all bowed and said, "Hello, Second Young Master."

"Well, my mother asked me to come and see my brother. You guys just wait outside."

"Yes, Second Young Master."

The servant pushed open the door and Su Chengjiang walked in. The candlelight inside was dim.

He looked at the furnishings in the outer hall. It was quiet inside, as if no one was there.

"Brother?"

Su Chengjiang tried calling Su Jingnian, but when no one answered, he turned to the inner hall.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, Su Chengjiang was so frightened that he stopped in his tracks!

“Brother?!”

It hasn't been long yet, but Su Jingnian has become noticeably thinner.

He was leaning on the table, staring at the book with a wandering look.

"Brother, are you okay?"

Su Jingnian raised his head and stared at Su Chengjiang with sinister eyes, "Do you still recognize me as your big brother?"

"I thought you had been in cahoots with Su Jinyue for a long time."

Su Chengjiang felt a little guilty and looked around, "Brother! What do you mean by this!"

"snort!"

Su Jingnian snorted weakly, staring at Su Chengjiang, "Didn't you accompany her to the palace banquet today?"

Su Chengjiang was suddenly speechless. He did accompany Su Jinyue to the palace.

But this matter was originally arranged by the mansion, and he was actually not very willing to do it in his heart, but he could not refute Su Jingnian's accusations.

"This... isn't this the mansion's... arrangement by my mother?" Su Chengjiang spoke awkwardly, trying to defend himself.

Su Jingnian showed a disdainful smile on his face, "Second brother, are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?"

"For such an important occasion as the palace banquet, they locked me, the eldest son, in the mansion and asked you to go to the palace?!"

"I..." Su Chengjiang was speechless for a moment, and a sense of unwillingness inexplicably rose in his heart.

Su Chengjiang looked at Su Jingnian and said, "Brother, what you said is wrong."

"If you hadn't caused trouble, why would I have gone to the palace for my brother?"

As he spoke, Su Chengjiang complained, "Besides, Zhiyao is our sister, how can you...how can you be with her?!"

Su Jingnian laughed coldly twice and looked at Su Chengjiang with hatred, "Now even you say so?"

"Yao'er is just the adopted daughter of the Marquis' Mansion. She has no blood relationship with us. Why can't I be with her?!"

Su Jingnian suddenly became hysterical, "You people just can't stand seeing me get better! You can't stand seeing Yao'er get better!"

He staggered to his feet and pointed at Su Chengjiang, "You are like this, and so is mother!"

"You all favor Su Jinyue! She has only been with us in the Marquis' Mansion for a few years, and your hearts are all biased towards her!"

Su Chengjiang took several steps back, thinking that his brother was crazy. "I have always felt sorry for Zhiyao and always treated her as my sister. Your brother has seen it..."

“Nonsense!”

Su Jingnian couldn't listen to Su Chengjiang's words at all. "Only me! I'm the only one in the whole mansion who loves Yao'er the most!!"

He suddenly rushed over, grabbed Su Chengjiang's collar fiercely, and glared at him, "Who do you think you are!"

"Who is Su Jinyue? Why did she take away everything that originally belonged to Yao'er? I love her so much! I won't allow you to hurt her!"

After saying that, Su Jingnian opened his mouth and bit Su Chengjiang!

“Ahhhhh!!!!”

The servant who was guarding outside the house heard the screams from inside the house and immediately pushed the door open!

When they came in, they saw Su Jingnian, who looked like he had gone crazy, biting Su Chengjiang's ear tightly, and a large amount of blood was gushing out!

Su Chengjiang's face was twisted into a mess. "Quick! Pull him away!"

The servant reacted and immediately stepped forward to pull the two apart.

Su Jingnian got mad and bit Su Chengjiang's ear hard and refused to let go!

“Aaaaaaah!!”

The servant outside ran out, "Go find the madam! Go find the madam!"