Su Shaoge heard this and came back in through the window, awkwardly nodding at her: "Sorry!"

  Returned to the account - in the meantime, Song Yi Xiao deliberately avoided going behind the screen to show that he had no intention of prying into his secrets.

  Until the quiet room heard the "click" sound of the machine opening, and after a while, Su Shaoge's footsteps came out of the account, and said warmly: "Madam, the book has been taken, tonight there is much offense, please forgive Madam!"

  She merely said: "No matter, just ask the young master not to mention this matter to others in the future, lest people's words be feared!"

  "This is natural..." Su Shaoge's words were cut off as a fierce barking of dogs suddenly came from not far away!

  It was late at night and the sudden noise startled everyone, especially Song Yiliao who was particularly afraid of dogs. As soon as she heard the sound, her heart skipped a beat, and in her panic, she accidentally knocked over a crystal lamp that was behind the screen!

  Su Shaoge had originally planned to leave, but upon hearing the noise, she couldn't help but worry: "Madam?"

  The crystal lamp was burning with oil, originally for lighting at night. But this suddenly turned over and spilled onto Song Yixiao's skirt, setting it on fire. Song Yixiao was in a flurry trying to put out the flames, how could she still answer him?

  It happened that the upper part of the screen had some carved flowers and grass, with a gap in between, allowing Su Shaoge to see the flames, knowing something was wrong, her face changed slightly, she rushed behind the screen, her palms flying, extinguishing the flames in a few slaps, and anxiously asked: "Is anyone burned?"

  Song Yi laughed and was shocked, and after trembling for a while, she hoarsely said: "I don't know!"

  First startled by the barking of dogs, then splashed with oil and fire, she was already terrified to the extreme, her whole body numb and senseless, how could she feel whether she was injured or not?

  Su Shaoge heard the words and was speechless, pausing for a moment before speaking in a low voice: "Madam, burns are not to be taken lightly, if scars form it will be a big deal. Are you going to go into the tent right now and take a closer look? If there's an injury, we need to hurry up and invite the imperial physician to diagnose and treat it!"

  Song Yixiao knew he was right, but at this moment she didn't have the slightest bit of strength. She forced herself to take a step forward, but stumbled and almost fell to the ground! Su Shaoge saw her situation and had no choice but to reach out and support her. However, when he held onto Song Yixiao, he inadvertently lowered his head and caught sight of her skirt being burnt to tatters, revealing much of her skin in many places. He couldn't help but feel embarrassed and quickly looked away.

  Although he could avert his gaze, he couldn't avoid the faint scent of fragrance that wafted up to his nostrils, nor could he ignore the slippery sensation transmitted from the palm holding Song Yishang's arm.

  "People say that Wenrou Xiang is the tomb of heroes, and it's really true!" Su Shaoge realized her own heart was racing, and she couldn't help but feel a chill. She quickly pushed aside distracting thoughts and thought to herself, "But right now, the Su family is facing great danger. If Zhao Wang can't ascend to the throne, my entire clan will be in peril... This isn't the time for romantic entanglements! Moreover, this Song madam is still another man's wife!"

  After he woke up, Song Yishang was no longer as concerned as before. Although still polite, she also hid a hint of unfamiliarity. He helped her sit down on the couch and then exited the tent, saying in a low voice: "If the lady has no other instructions, I will take my leave first!"

  "You may go!" Song Yi smiled, actually not wanting him to stay long either. Upon hearing this, he nodded and waited for him to jump out of the window before hurrying to lift up her skirt to examine in detail. After a while, she let out a sigh of relief: "Fortunately!"

  Perhaps because the skirt was wide and didn't cling to her skin, and the fire was put out in time, although it burned several holes, she wasn't seriously hurt.

  Since it was like this, she didn't need to call anyone else either. She took off her burnt skirt and continued with the arrangements.

  It was probably because she had been frightened earlier, although she felt very tired mentally, but after lying down, she couldn't sleep no matter how hard she tried. Suddenly, she thought of her husband: "If only he were here, it would be better, at least I could muster up some courage!"

  It's been several months since she got married, and she had already gotten used to sleeping with Jian Yu Bai, but this was the first time she realized that when he was by her side, even if they had conflicts, she would never feel as anxious and helpless as she did at this moment.

  "I had unknowingly come to rely on him!" Song Yi laughed as she suddenly came to her senses, but after a moment of melancholy, she became even more perplexed. "The freshness of the new marriage will eventually fade away, and I don't know if he'll change in the future."

  Even if Jian Yu is a very gentle and considerate good husband now, weren't her parents before she was seven years old also very good?

  "In her grandmother's eyes, there was only her grandson; her father treated her like a precious gem in the palm of his hand; and her mother wholeheartedly planned for her future... Song Yi smiled wistfully as she gazed at the canopy above, her eyes filled with self-mockery. "I once devoted myself to pleasing those who have abandoned me like worn-out shoes. How could I still dare to give away this heart of mine?"

  Some wounds are like spilled water, impossible to recover, even if you start over, they're hard to forget.

  When she was tossing and turning, Su Shaoge, who was not far away from the Lu Xuan Pavilion, was staring at her damaged sleeve with a solemn expression.

  A white-feathered long arrow, with a piece of sleeve attached to it, was pinned to the bluestone brick not far behind him.

  This bluestone paver comes from deep mountains, extremely durable and wear-resistant, so it is often used for mountain trail construction.

  But this arrow pierced through the stone for three inches, showing how astonishingly powerful the archer was!

  "Next time you dare to offend my family's lady, this arrow will not be aimed at your sleeve, but at your head!" A slightly hoarse voice came from behind the fake mountain not far away, full of cold intent. "Now, get out of here!"

  "Remember that later!" Su Shaoge heard the words, but didn't get angry, and even bowed his fist in the direction of the fake mountain, saying warmly, "I've long heard that Mr. Lü has the ability to shoot a hundred paces through the poplar trees, tonight I'm lucky enough to witness it, I'm overjoyed!"

  "Do you know what's going on with that family?" Mr. Lü didn't buy his good attitude and sneered, "The lord has many capable people under him, do you think only the Su family has some wealth? If you still have ideas about my wife, even Su Nianyi that old scoundrel can't save you! Are you not leaving, or does our family need to give you another arrow?"

  Su Shaoge smiled and said: "I don't dare, I'll take my leave!"

  When he returned to Cuizhu Court, Zhao Wang was anxiously waiting for him and saw the torn sleeve. He exclaimed: "Did Brother Biao fight with someone? Was it Ah Xiao's brother?"

  "Hmm." Su Shaoge nodded, taking off his damaged outer garment as he spoke. "Originally, I had already avoided many prying eyes, but who would have thought that just as we were about to leave, that Song madam accidentally knocked over the lamp, spilling oil on herself and almost causing a big incident? I couldn't just ignore it and walk away. With this delay, of course, we were discovered."

  He also said, "Jian Xiuhong attaches great importance to his wife, otherwise he would not have secretly kept Lü Qinghong behind!"

  "Lyu Qinghong?" Zhao Wang was shocked. "But isn't that the divine archer who shot and killed five Uighur generals with three arrows in the chaotic army?"

  "Otherwise, how could I have left behind half of my sleeve?" Su Shaoge's tone was calm, but with a hint of arrogance. "Although I haven't put all my energy into martial arts, ordinary archers wouldn't be able to use such methods to warn me."

  Zhao Wang didn't have the heart to boast about his brother's exceptional skills, but instead complained: "I said it from the start, how could such an important book be taken out of the Jianguo Gongfu? If you really want me to see it, making a copy would be better than taking out the original! At least with a copy, we can still deny it if necessary. But if the original falls into the hands of the Crown Prince's people, that would be a disaster!"

  "It's precisely because it's important that we can't just copy a backup!" Su Shaoge said seriously, "Moreover, at the end of the year, I was busy dealing with matters and didn't even have time to introduce you to our people one by one. Without showing you the record book, after entering the court, you wouldn't even know who your own people are, wouldn't that be chaotic?"

  "What were you doing before that, still staying in the Luonguan Pavilion?" Zhao Wang said with a puzzled expression, "I told you to bring it with me at all times, but you insisted it wasn't safe - and now look what's happened! If it weren't for that Lu fellow having some sense, you might not have made it back today!"

  Su Shaoge said helplessly, "Isn't it because Yuan Xuepei was the one who advised us to move here? He's very close to Jian Xiuxian, you know that, and although he himself said this time he's helping out because his sister received a request from Jiang Xiaojie, how can I not suspect that Jian Xiuxian gave him some instructions before she left?"

  Seeing Zhao Wang's bewildered expression, he sighed and said, "When Jian Xiu brought people to treat Miss Nie personally, the entourage was not many, but they were all extraordinary. Lü Qinghong was one of them. We hastily moved our residence and had to avoid Princess Yushan's mansion, so who knows if they might have taken advantage of the chaos to steal important things? So I hid the book in the Luonong Pavilion, planning to retrieve it when we left. It should have been the safest place. Who would have thought that after everyone left, such an important thing was left there?"

  In fact, he was unwilling to tell Song Yixiao the method of opening the mechanism at that time. It wasn't that the mechanism was particularly confidential - the Lounong Pavilion was the property of the Qingjiang County Master, and the large furnishings inside were also purchased by the Qingjiang County Master. The hidden compartment was actually known to people who often came to the Qunchun Pavilion, and how to open it was an open secret.

  Su Shaoge wanted to personally go get the booklet mainly because she didn't want Song Yixiao to see what was in the hidden compartment!

  That's the original ledger of the Su family's accumulated power over the decades!

  Once leaked, those superficial allies are nothing to worry about, but the undercover agents would be in a terrible situation - especially many of them were sent into the enemy's camp at great cost. If their identities are exposed, the loss is unimaginable!!!

  It's not just that helping Zhao Wang fight for the throne is no longer an option, but whether the Ji Guo Gong Fu can continue to exist is also a question!

  So even when Yuan Xuepei met with him and explained the situation, Su Shaoge still chose to be cautious.

  Originally, what he did was unnecessary, but it didn't matter - who would have thought that Zhuo Ping'an suddenly had a strange idea and set the Cut Willow Pavilion on fire?

  Moreover, due to the seasonal wind direction and Qingjiang Junzhu's various concerns, Su Shaoge thought that the empty Lounong Pavilion would be temporarily used, not to mention that Song Yixiao chose to stay in his hidden bookroom to avoid suspicion?!

  Although he knew that Song Yixiao had only come to the Spring Pavilion for the second time, and might not have known about the secret compartment under the pillow, Su Shaoge did not dare to gamble with the future and lives of his family on this possibility - how could he not sneak out at night to retrieve the things?

  He took the risk himself for a reason: "If it were anyone else who went tonight, they would probably be dead at Lü Qinghong's hands by now! That wouldn't be going to retrieve something, but rather delivering a big gift to Lü Qinghong! It's just me, he doesn't dare to directly take my life!"

  Moreover, I used to regard that Mrs. Song as a mere pawn, but now seeing her status in Jian Xiu's heart, it seems that she is worth paying more attention to from now on!

  Song Yixiao was completely unaware of these things. The next day, early in the morning, Yuedeng and Lijyu came to attend to her dressing, smelled a burning smell in the room, and saw that a skirt had been burned halfway and thrown on the footstool, they were all shocked, asked about what happened, Song Yixiao only said: "I got up in the middle of the night and accidentally knocked over the lamp, fortunately no one was hurt."

  Even so, the two maids were also frightened - after reporting the matter to the young lady of Qingjiang County, who had originally planned to return to the imperial capital, she felt that she could no longer stay in Yuanchuntang, otherwise, who knows how many more things would happen!

  "Let's set off after lunch!"