At this time, outside the prime minister's residence, the people who had gathered to watch the excitement early in the morning saw the Jingzhao prefect leaving with the officials, especially the prime minister's eldest daughter and the Shen family returning home together, and there was constant discussion for a while.

"Didn't they say that the carriage that Miss Su took back to the city yesterday had an accident? The groom of the Prime Minister's Mansion died on the way, and Miss Su and her maid disappeared. Rumors were rife that Miss Su had been murdered, but she turned out to be at her grandfather's house. It's really ridiculous. What kind of a fuss is going on in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

A middle-aged man jokingly said, "What could possibly happen? Can't you see it?"

A younger man standing nearby laughed and said, "He's not very smart, how can he think so deeply?"

The person who spoke at the beginning pursed his lips and said, "I was joking, do you really think I don't know? This Miss Su is the daughter of the prime minister's wife, but her mother has passed away, and the current mistress of the prime minister's wife is her stepmother. And this stepmother has sons and daughters, but Miss Su is the daughter of the prime minister's wife, so of course she hopes that Miss Su will die outside."

"It seems that you still have some cleverness in you."

"Do you think I'm stupid?" The man sneered, and then said: "Sure enough, this stepmother is unreliable."

At that moment, another voice was heard saying, "The Prime Minister's family is so large and powerful that it is beyond the imagination of ordinary people like us. Although the second wife is also the principal wife, and the children born to her are also legitimate, if there is no pressure from the children of the real principal wife, her status and position will naturally be higher."

"According to what you said, they wish Miss Su would die? Isn't there an old lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion? The Prime Minister, as a father, doesn't care?"

"Who knows what's going on in the deep courtyard?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present had a meaningful expression on their face, which was truly thought-provoking.

"Ah——" Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from the crowd. Everyone was frightened by the cry and looked over together.

The person who made the noise was a little embarrassed, and then said: "Think about it carefully, if something really happened, shouldn't it be suppressed first to protect the girl's reputation? Why did they report it to Jingzhao Prefecture immediately after they got here?"

"I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Jing discovered it on his way back to the city."

The man chuckled and said, "Everyone knows that the second Miss Su is the future Princess of Jing. Moreover, Miss Su was rejected by Prince Jing, but she won the first prize at the birthday banquet of Princess Zhaohua. Her reputation has risen rapidly and she is the best in the capital. If His Royal Highness Prince Jing has any selfish motives, there must be something fishy going on here."

"You're trying to say that the robbers staged a play when Miss Su's carriage was intercepted by robbers. They wanted to kill Miss Su. But Miss Su was not in the carriage at all. The robbers got the money, killed a coachman and fled."

"You said that, not me." The man lowered his voice and said, "You really don't keep your mouth shut. You just spill everything."

The man realized that he had said something wrong and covered his mouth. After a while, he remained calm and said, "This matter has already spread. There are so many people in the capital, who wouldn't talk about it? The Prime Minister's Mansion is high up, can they dare to kill all the people who talked about it in the imperial city?"

At this point, the man simply became unscrupulous. He said, "No matter what, as Miss Su's stepmother, the Prime Minister's wife is not a good person to Miss Su. If the facts are really as I said, then she is completely black-hearted."

In the streets and alleys, rumors were spreading in an instant...

……

At this moment, Zhu hurried into the mansion. She had to see the old lady immediately.

Inside Fuxi Hall.

When Old Madam Su saw Zhu's panic-stricken look, she frowned.

However, when she heard the whole story, her face fell.

Seeing this, Aunt Xu, who was standing nearby, hurriedly took the teacup from the old lady's hand.

At the same time, Chunying, Zhu's personal maid, ran in. Zhu had just sent her to keep an eye on what was going on outside.

Chunying bowed to the old lady and the lady, but she did not dare to speak rashly.

Madam Su said in a solemn tone, "If you have something to say, just say it!"

Chunying then did not hide anything and told the rumor that had spread outside.

They said that the Madam was a black-hearted and vicious stepmother who wished for the death of the wife's daughter. There were even many people who speculated that the Madam had set up a trap to kill the eldest daughter, and that the old Madam and the Prime Minister had let it go and were accomplices...

Zhu interrupted Chunying's words. She didn't want to hear any more of the rumors that would bring her bad reputation. She shouted coldly, "That's enough, stop talking."

Chunying shivered, lowered her head, stood aside, and kept silent.

Old Madam Su looked extremely unhappy. She had never thought that the killers from the Hidden Killing Tower would actually fail. What on earth happened yesterday?

The people sent by Hidden Killing Tower to carry out this mission are all experts. How could they not be able to deal with a woman like Su Huan?

According to Zhu, when Su Huan just came back, she said at the door that she met Prince Ning on the way back to the city, so she went back to the city with Prince Ning, and then went directly to the Shen family.

Could it be that it was Prince Ning’s men who took action?

But this is not true. Judging from what Prince Jing said, Prince Ning left Princess Zhaohua's villa just one step earlier than Prince Jing.

How could it be possible that Prince Ning caught up with Su Huan's carriage in such a short time, and wiped out all the people from the Hidden Killing Tower without leaving any trace when Prince Jing caught up?

How could the strength of the assassins from Hidden Killing Tower be so weak?

And from what Prince Jing said, there were no signs of a fight over there. There were only traces of some sharp arrows shot at the carriage, and the groom was also shot dead by one arrow.

The most important thing is that when Prince Jing was on his way back to the city, he did not see the carriage from Prince Ning's mansion until he reached the city gate. People on Prince Jing's side said that Prince Ning's carriage did not take the official road back to the city, but took another small road.

What a hell.

Seeing the old lady in deep thought, Zhu couldn't help but said, "Old lady, this matter..."

Madam Su's eyes turned cold, and she stood up and said, "Follow me to Su Huan's courtyard first."

Zhu didn't think much about it and just did what the old lady said.

Old Madam Su stood up and walked out of Fuxitang, heading all the way to Su Huan's Lanyuexuan.

Over here, inside Lanyuexuan.

Su Huan invited her three brothers in and were drinking tea and talking.

At this time, Nanny Xia, who was serving outside, came in and said, "Miss, it's the old lady coming."

The next moment, Old Madam Su appeared in front of everyone.

Su Huan stood up and called "Grandma" with a forced smile. As for Zhu who was standing beside her, she didn't take her seriously.

Shen Yanchu and his two brothers also bowed perfunctorily to Madam Su.

Madam Su: "Huan'er, what happened yesterday was too dangerous. Fortunately, you returned safely."

Su Huarao said deliberately, "If Grandmother had sent someone to look for my three brothers first, perhaps there wouldn't be so much trouble. Grandmother, you don't want anything to happen to me, do you?"

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