A’Yi and A’Jiao were running around in circles with anxiety.

“How is this possible? How could Young Master poison and harm someone? Someone must be framing him!” A’Yi’s eyes reddened as her hands twisted together tightly.

A’Jiao was slightly calmer than her: “We’ve followed Young Master for so many years—don’t we know what kind of person he is? Besides, Young Master is so intelligent. Even if he wanted to kill someone, he wouldn’t make it so obvious.”

“Then what do we do now?”

“As long as the Court of Judicial Review handles this case properly, they will surely clear Young Master’s name. But if they distort the truth, I’ll die trying if I have to—I’ll force my way into the Imperial Palace to file a complaint with the Emperor!”

“I’ll go too.”

The two were utterly loyal.

Previously, Ji Yinshu had asked them about this and learned that Su Ziluo had rescued them both from the “tiger’s mouth.” If not for Su Ziluo, they might have already fallen into becoming courtesans.

Therefore, to repay this debt of gratitude, even if they had to risk their lives, they were determined to protect their master.

Ji Yinshu remained silent beside them for a long while, having no mind to listen to what they were saying. Her head was now full of thoughts about this murder case.

Her thoughts were heavy! A’Yi thought she was frightened and quickly walked over to grasp her cold hands, comforting her: “Miss Ji, please don’t worry too much. Young Master will definitely be fine. He’s the only heir of the Su family and has distinguished himself with illustrious military achievements. Even the Emperor wouldn’t dare do anything to Young Master. Besides, Young Master is very clever—he’ll surely think of a way to save himself.”

A’Jiao also came over to comfort her: “That’s right, Young Master isn’t just anyone ordinary. Miss, please don’t worry. And… Miss, you must believe in Young Master.”

In A’Jiao’s eyes, Ji Yinshu was the future Madam of the Su household. If this incident caused a misunderstanding, becoming the Su family’s madam would be difficult indeed.

Ji Yinshu: “General Su is a good person. Of course I believe he wouldn’t kill anyone.”

Even if everyone in the world didn’t believe him, she would still believe in him.

“With Miss Ji believing in our Young Master, he’ll definitely be fine.” A’Yi said this, then couldn’t help but sigh, saying, “However, that Miss Liu is truly pitiful. Last time we saved her life and she barely escaped death with great difficulty. Who would have thought that after going in circles, she still couldn’t escape in the end.”

A’Jiao picked up where she left off: “Everyone has their own fate—we can’t blame anything. We can only say her luck was bad.”

“Once we find that murderer, we must have them torn apart by five horses.”

“And we must help Young Master vent his anger.”

The two continued their back-and-forth exchange.

Ji Yinshu naturally also felt that Miss Liu was pitiful. Previously, she had barely survived the poisoning and retrieved her life with great difficulty, only to unexpectedly lose it at the Saixian Tower.

However…

She had doubts and murmured softly: “Why did Miss Liu become Miss Huazheng? What happened in between?”

Previously, she had entrusted Divine Physician Wen to save Huazheng so she could make it in time for the courtesan’s dance performance. But judging from the current situation, Miss Huazheng probably hadn’t woken up yet. Since that Miss Liu’s eyes bore some resemblance to Miss Huazheng’s, Matchmaker Hong had taken a desperate gamble and executed that move from the original plan.

But now Matchmaker Hong had been taken to the Court of Judicial Review. Even wanting to get to the bottom of this matter, there was no opportunity.

A’Jiao vaguely heard something and asked: “Miss, what did you say?”

“It’s nothing.” Seeing that it was getting late, she said, “Alright, you should both go rest. Don’t worry about me anymore.”

“But you’re all alone…”

“If something happens, I’ll call for you.”

A’Yi and A’Jiao had no choice but to go rest first. Before leaving, they didn’t forget to add some charcoal to the brazier to prevent the room from getting cold.

After the two left, Ji Yinshu sat in the room thinking about matters for quite a while.

Jingrong didn’t know when he had come in from outside, standing quietly at the doorway, his deep obsidian eyes falling upon Ji Yinshu.

He had already removed that half-mask, and his handsome face caught the flickering candlelight in the room, losing some of its cold severity and gaining some melancholy.

Over these years, following Su Ziluo through storms great and small, he had developed a streak of cold-bloodedness in his bones and become a merciless assassin—until he met Ji Yinshu, and everything changed!

Although those memories that had vanished from his mind hadn’t yet been recovered, every time he saw Ji Yinshu, the love in his heart grew stronger.

Ji Yinshu lifted her head and noticed him, saying: “You already know everything.”

Jingrong didn’t speak, but this also indicated he already knew.

“Then what do you think?”

Jingrong placed the long sword in his hand by the doorway and stepped inside, saying as he walked: “What do you want me to say?”

His tone was flat.

Not a trace of emotion could be heard.

Ji Yinshu took a deep breath and said: “Can you tell me exactly what grievance exists between Mr. Su and the Wen family that would make you go kill members of the Wen family?”

Jingrong’s expression was solemn as he answered seriously: “I’m not clear on that. He’s never told me either. For the sake of his saving my life back then, I help him with tasks without wanting to know the reasons.”

“Does Qi’er know?”

“Even if she knows, she won’t tell you.”

Yes!

Qi’er had always been by Su Ziluo’s side and knew all his affairs, but without a word from Su Ziluo, she absolutely wouldn’t mention a single word to outsiders.

Ji Yinshu fell silent again.

Jingrong’s sword-like brows furrowed slightly as he asked her: “Do you believe he would poison someone?”

Uh! Ji Yinshu paused, then analyzed word by word: “Previously, he sent you to Nansai to kill Wen Yu, and you nearly destroyed Prince Jing’an’s remains on the boat. He does have murderous intent, but he absolutely wouldn’t be careless enough to poison wine. Someone must have tampered with that wine jar…”

“What did you say?” He abruptly interrupted her, his eyes instantly becoming extremely sharp.

Ji Yinshu was startled by his gaze before saying: “I said, someone must have tampered with that wine jar.”

“Not that sentence.”

“Hm?”

“You just said… we nearly destroyed Prince Jing’an’s remains on the boat?”

From this tone, Ji Yinshu seemed to suddenly understand something, her eyes opening wide in sudden realization: “Don’t tell me those black-clothed people who pursued and attacked the Wen brothers on the boat weren’t your people?”

Jingrong also immediately came to his senses: “The people I brought all died in the Nansai desert. There was no time at all to reassemble forces to pursue and kill the Wen family members. Moreover, Su Ziluo greatly respected Prince Jing’an—he would never send people to destroy his remains, nor did he send a second group to pursue and kill them.”

“So there’s a third group involved?” Ji Yinshu speculated. “The reason they wanted to destroy Prince Jing’an’s remains was to provoke conflict between the Wen and Su families. And today at Saixian Tower, those who tried to kill Old General Wen were also them! Their purpose was to use Mr. Su’s hand to kill Old General Wen and eliminate both the Wen and Su families.”

Jingrong’s brow tightened as he immediately said: “I’m going out for a while!”

As soon as the words fell, he had already quickly gone out the door, picking up the sword from the doorway and preparing to leave. After taking two steps, he turned back and said: “Don’t worry about Su Ziluo—he’ll be fine.”