"Almost." Xiao Duo's expression faded. "But these men in black committed suicide after being caught. Without anything to prove their identity, I'm afraid there's no way to investigate this matter."

Su Jinyue thought for a moment and said, "After I returned to Beijing, Xiaotao collected a lot of interesting stories about Beijing for me, as well as many secrets about Beijing."

"I remember reading in a book about the secrets of the capital that there is a street in the capital that only welcomes customers at night. It does a shady business. There is a Xiaoyao Tower in it. It is said that it helps people get rid of disasters for money."

Xiao Duo had fought in the northern border for many years, and even when he returned to Beijing, he knew little about the things in the capital.

Hearing Su Jinyue's words, Xiao Duo's eyes moved, "Perhaps there will be clues there. It seems that I will have to consult Miss Su on future matters in the capital."

In fact, where did the Secret Records of the Capital come from? Su Jinyue knew about the existence of Xiaoyao Tower from her previous life. If this incident had not happened today, she probably would not have remembered it.

The prince was assassinated about two months after this. His Majesty was furious and sent many people to investigate before he discovered the existence of Xiaoyao Tower, but he still failed to eradicate it.

Su Jinyue thought of this and raised her eyes to remind Xiao Duo, "This Xiaoyao Tower is quite capable. If you want to investigate, you must be very careful and don't be careless!"

Xiao Duo looked at Su Jinyue and asked, "Is this also recorded in your secret record?"

Su Jinyue was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Of course."

Seeing her momentary hesitation, Xiao Duo did not expose her. Su Jinyue had too many secrets, and he did not want to uncover them one by one.

"Miss! We are back!" Xiaotao brought the little princess back to the shore.

Su Jinyue handed the jade bead to Xiao Duo and said, "I'll trouble you, General, to take the princess back to the palace."

Yuzhu was still holding the glass lamp box in her arms. She felt too awkward to be separated from Su Jinyue and kept pulling at her clothes.

Su Jinyue squatted down and patiently comforted her, "After some time, I will go to the palace to accompany you for a few more days, okay?"

When Yuzhu heard that Su Jinyue was going to enter the palace, her eyes suddenly lit up. A dimple formed on her round cheek. She nodded solemnly at her and then followed Xiao Duo step by step.

After seeing them off, Su Jinyue took Xiaotao to look for their own carriage, but the marquis's carriage was nowhere to be seen!

"This...why is the carriage gone?!" Xiao Tao said anxiously.

There was no need to guess, as she knew it was Su Zhiyao who had caused this again. Su Jinyue said, "There is a carriage ahead, let's go."

When they returned to the Marquis' Mansion later, Su Jinyue was called to the front hall by Old Madam Su.

Before Su Jinyue stepped into the front hall, she heard Su Zhiyao crying. Su Jinyue lowered her eyes and walked into the front hall, "Grandma, mother."

Su Zhiyao's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she leaned against Jiang Caiping looking extremely sad.

Bang!

Old Lady Su slammed the table heavily, "Jinyue! Zhiyao and you are both the face of the Marquisate. Today, the daughter of the Chu family came to provoke Zhiyao, why didn't you help her!"

"Is the little grudge between my daughter and her family worth letting her embarrass herself in public?!"

Jiang Caiping listened to Su Zhiyao's one-sided story and thought that Su Jinyue really lost face in the Marquis' Mansion. She looked at Su Jinyue with unkind eyes, "Jinyue, after you returned home, your mother tried her best to make up for you, and your sister also gave in everywhere. How could you be so cruel as to embarrass her!"

Liu listened from the side, raised the corners of her lips and said sarcastically, "If you ask me, since you were not raised by my family, you will not care about my family's affairs."

"Look, Zhiyao has been back for half an hour, and she just came back now. I'm afraid she didn't take this matter to heart at all."

Liu said to Old Lady Su: "Mother-in-law, she should be taught a lesson!"

Su Jinyue said, "Sister, you came back early. I don't know what happened on the East River Bank that made me come back so late."

"No matter what happened, you shouldn't have let your sister come back alone!" Old Lady Su was unhappy, "I've been too lenient with you recently, so you don't know the severity of the rules in the Marquis' Mansion!"

Su Jinyue spoke calmly, "It was because His Majesty was assassinated that many noble ladies and gentlemen in the capital were held hostage. It was a very dangerous scene and many people were injured. I treated them and that’s why I came back a little late."

Su Zhiyao sobbed and raised her head from Jiang Caiping's arms, "Sister, I don't mean to blame you. Why did you make up such a lie? His Majesty didn't leave the palace at all, so how could he be assassinated?"

Liu snorted beside her, "She is full of lies. You can't trust her words, mother-in-law. I guess she is afraid that you will punish her, so she told such a lie!"

“Nonsense!”

Old Lady Su tapped her cane heavily, "Do you know how serious the assassination of His Majesty is? You actually used this incident to make up a lie to deceive me!"

"Someone! Lock the young lady up in the ancestral hall to reflect on herself and make her copy the sutra a thousand times! She can only be released after she has finished copying!"

The old women on both sides wanted to step forward and attack Su Jinyue, but she raised her cold eyes, and those who wanted to attack immediately dared not to come closer!

The two old women had been punished by Su Jinyue before, and their arms were still sore in the cloudy and rainy day, so they really didn't dare to take any action.

Su Jinyue curled her lips and smiled sarcastically, "I can walk by myself!"

Bang!

The sound of chains shaking was heard, and the candles in the ancestral hall began to sway faintly.

This time even Xiao Tao was locked in, "Miss, why doesn't the old lady listen to what you have to say?"

These past few days, Old Lady Su must have disliked her for a long time and was just looking for an opportunity to punish and suppress her.

Su Jinyue walked to the futon and sat down without caring. Xiao Tao walked over and said, "Miss, take a rest. I will copy the Buddhist scriptures for you."

"No, neither you nor I need to copy the Buddhist scriptures." Su Jinyue said: "I have done nothing wrong, why should I copy the Buddhist scriptures?"

Xiao Tao sighed, "It's all Su Zhiyao's fault. Miss was punished to go to the ancestral hall twice in one month."

This life is much better than the previous one. In the previous life, she had been sent to the ancestral hall so many times with bruises all over her body that she couldn't even count them.

I thought I would be locked up here quietly for the whole night, but I didn't expect it to be just after midnight.

Su Jinyue was leaning on the table and feeling sleepy when she heard the sound of a lock being unlocked outside. She looked towards the door. Who would be coming in at this time?

Squeak——

The door of the ancestral hall was pushed open, and Jiang Caiping walked in carrying a food box, with the maid behind her carrying bedding.

"Mother." Although Su Jinyue was surprised that Jiang Caiping would come over at this time, her expression remained calm.

Jiang Caiping put the food on the table and looked at Su Jinyue with a frown on her face. "Jinyue, I know you have never liked Zhiyao, but she is the daughter raised by your mother."

"You are my biological daughter, you should understand my painstaking efforts. She is a good child with a miserable life." Jiang Caiping said: "It was she who persuaded me to come and see you today, fearing that I would hurt your feelings."

Su Jinyue felt nauseous and laughed at herself, "Is this what my mother came to tell me?"