If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Before today, Shen Sui'an and Lu Yuan were two strangers.

But now, they are an engaged couple.

A whole team of guards from the Pacification Division stood at the gate, with Lu Yuan standing at the front. The flickering torchlight shone down on his Feiyu uniform, revealing its silvery gleam.

The embroidered spring sword hanging on his waist exuded a murderous aura.

Shen Sui'an recalled the scene in which the Qu family was ransacked in her previous life. She was so frightened that her face turned pale, thinking that day had come early.

"Li'er, don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Shen Suian held Qu Qingli's hand tightly.

She heard that Qu Qingli was ill in the afternoon, so she came to visit her.

I was planning to stay with Qu Qingli at Qu's house tonight, but unexpectedly I encountered the Pacification Bureau coming to arrest people.

She remembered that the biggest crime of the Qu family in the previous life was colluding with Beidi and harboring spies from the enemy country.

When Lu Yuan heard his young fiancée comforting the young lady of the Qu family, a light flashed in his deep eyes.

He was so scared himself, yet he still had the courage to comfort others.

"Search." Lu Yuan ordered, "Don't disturb the women in the Qu Mansion."

Only after hearing Lu Yuan's frosty voice did Shen Suian wake up from his trance.

It’s not a house search!

She looked at Lu Yuan with trembling eyes.

He was also staring at her, his eyes were as deep as a cold pond, but his gaze on her seemed to be filled with scorching heat. She turned her eyes away, not daring to look him in the face again.

"Commander Lu, why did you come to our Qu family when you were hunting for fugitives?" Qu Qingli stared at Lu Yuan indignantly.

She felt heartbroken when she thought about her Sui Sui marrying Lu Yuan, a murderer.

"Li'er, don't offend Commander Lu." Qu Dalang nervously grabbed his sister's hand.

No one wants to offend Lu Yuan from the Pacification Office.

This person is simply an evil spirit.

"The fugitive fled everywhere and was chased by our guards, so he hid in Qu's house." Lu Yuan said.

Qu Qingli muttered, "What a coincidence, Sui Sui has just arrived for a short time and you've caught up with me."

"Really?" Lu Yuan said in a low voice and looked at Shen Sui'an again.

"Ms. Shen, why are you here?" Lu Yuan took two steps towards Shen Sui'an.

As soon as he stood in front of her, a wave of warmth seemed to rush towards him mixed with the cold winter wind.

The moonlight hanging high in the vast night sky shone softly through the clouds on them, making these two people who had nothing to do with each other look inexplicably well-matched.

"I'm here to visit my best friend." Shen Suian replied in a low voice.

Although she accepted the marriage with Lu Yuan, this was the first time she spoke to him like this.

She was nervous.

The fair and jade-like face was a little red due to the wind, and the delicate nose tip looked like a little rabbit.

Although the snow-colored fox cloak concealed her graceful body, he could still imagine her thin waist...

Lu Yuan withdrew his gaze, with dark currents surging in his eyes.

"Ladies, please wait in the lobby and do not disturb the Pacification Office here." Lu Yuan ordered in a deep voice.

Shen Sui'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Madam Qu, let's go in, it's cold outside."

With Old Madam Qu in charge, the Qu family was uneasy but still calm.

They were just whispering to each other, and were somewhat dissatisfied with the Pacification Office and Lu Yuan.

"I will go to the palace tomorrow and report him to the Empress Dowager. He is so rude." Qu Dalang snorted softly.

Shen Sui'an looked at them deeply.

The Qu family still has no sense of crisis, and seems to believe that as long as the Queen Mother and the Empress are in the palace, their status and wealth will remain unchanged for a hundred years.

This is not okay.

She had to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Qu Qingli.

And now...

Shen Suian walked out of the lobby, and almost the moment she appeared, the man outside the door turned around.

His sharp eyes stared at her.

"Commander Lu, may I ask which fugitives are you arresting?" The north wind was howling, and as soon as she opened her mouth she inhaled the cold wind, which made her shiver slightly.

"Is it you who wants to ask, or is it someone from the Qu family who wants to ask?" Lu Yuan took a step towards her and blocked the cold wind for her.

Shen Sui'an lowered his head and said, "That's what I want to ask."

After not hearing his answer for a long while, Shen Suian looked up in confusion, only to see his deep, dark eyes looking at her wantonly.

"You are afraid of me." Lu Yuan said affirmatively.

Shen Sui'an thought he was talking nonsense, so who wouldn't be afraid of him?

"If it's an ordinary fugitive, there's no need to mobilize so many troops." She could see that all those who came to search the Qu family tonight were high-ranking guards from the Pacification Division.

Lu Yuan curled his lips, "It's really unusual. There are so many houses along the way, and he didn't hide anywhere. How did he end up in the Qu family?"

Shen Sui'an frowned: "It's hard to say whether he is hiding here."

"Found it!" The young man came out carrying a man with a wounded shoulder.

Uncle Qu was shocked: "Who is this person?"

"Uncle Qu, this is the criminal who escaped tonight. He was hidden by someone in your mansion." Zheng Wuqing said.

"What?" Mr. Qu was even more shocked. Why would the people in his house harbor a fugitive?

Lu Yuan: "Bring back the fugitive and the people who are harboring him first."

He turned and looked at Uncle Qu: "Uncle Qu, I may need to go to the Qu family for questioning tomorrow."

"We in the Qu family are upright and honest. Commander Lu can come and question us at any time." Old Madam Qu said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, madam." Lu Yuan bowed.

Only then did he leave the Qu family with Si Wei.

Madam Qu glanced at everyone and said, "It's getting late, let's all go back to our rooms and sleep."

Everyone thought he was just an ordinary thief and went back after a few complaints.

"Mother, I will go to the palace to meet the Queen tomorrow. The Pacification Office must give us an explanation for what happened tonight." Uncle Qu said angrily.

The Queen was his cousin and the Queen Mother was his aunt, yet the Pacification Office even dared to come to the Qu family to arrest people.

Madam Qu shook her head and said in a deep voice, "No, what happened tonight is too strange."

"Go and investigate immediately. No matter what method you use, you must find out who the fugitive is."

"Also, who was the servant that Lu Yuan took away just now? Why have I never seen him before?"

Uncle Qu said, "He is a distant relative of ours. He came to ask me to do something for him. I haven't agreed yet, so he is staying at home as a guest."

"Then how could he know a fugitive?" Old Madam Qu frowned.

"Don't be careless."

Uncle Qu didn't take it seriously. He thought that he was just a thief, perhaps an old acquaintance, so he couldn't bear to hide him.

What is this.

He just needs to explain everything to Lu Yuan tomorrow.

"Mother, I'll take you back to the upper room. Don't worry. I'll check it out."

On the other side, Qu Qingli, who had already returned to the house, pulled Shen Suian into the warm bed.

"Hurry, the hand warmer is still hot, hold it to keep warm."

"Sui Sui, do you really want to marry Lu Yuan? He is a famous evil ghost." Qu Qingli asked in a low voice.

Shen Sui'an smiled: "Aren't you having a stomachache? Why don't you feel any pain now?"

"If I didn't say that, how could I call you out?" Qu Qingli said with a smile.

"As soon as I heard about the arranged marriage, I wanted to go find you right away."

"Sui Sui, do you know about Lu Yuan's two concubines?"