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Situ Bai greeted her properly, and the servants in the mansion naturally did not hesitate. Shu Jing Rong was beaten badly, and she laid on the bed for a whole month.

During this month, Shu Jing Rong had a long dream.

She dreamt of what happened seven years ago. In the third month of the fireworks, when the willows were still green, she followed her mother home to sweep the tomb. As she passed the relay station, she coincidentally met a young man in a brocade robe whose body was covered in wounds that were all over the place.

In order to thank her for saving his life, when Young Master left, he untied the jade pendant at his waist and gave it to her.

She did not take this matter to heart, and threw the matter of the jade pendant to the back of her mind when she returned to the Prime Minister's Estate.

Afterwards, a few days later, the empress set up a banquet and invited the rich and influential to step on the snow to admire the plum blossoms. She brought Sister Shu to go with her.

When Xingrong arrived at the palace, she lost her way. She looked around anxiously, and when she came to the rockery in the garden at the back of the palace, she discovered that Shuxingrong was having an intimate meeting with a man in a brocade robe. Men and women were not close, and it was forbidden for Xingrong to meet the man in private.

Shocked, she asked Xingrong for the reason. Xingrong told her that the man she met was the king of imperial court, and that his mother, Mei Fei, was ill. She had heard that she had written well and wanted to entrust her to write a copy of the Diamond Sutra to bless his wife.

She didn't doubt Xin Rong's words. After all, Jing Wang's identity was noble, and many beautiful ladies in the capital had secretly promised him that with Jing Wang's status, he wouldn't have any ill intentions towards an ordinary looking Xin Rong.

After returning home, she wrote a copy of the Diamond Sutra for Xingrong day and night, and the matter was put aside.

Afterwards, as time passed, the autumn wind began to wane and the autumn to hunt. After she had frightened her horse, she had almost died from the mouth of a fierce beast. It was Prince Jing who had risked his life to save her.

It was said that beauties loved heroes. King Situ Bai was handsome and had saved her life. When their relationship had just begun, she actually couldn't control her heart and secretly wished for him.

The taste of having a crush on someone wasn't pleasant, men and women shouldn't get too close. Since Shu JingRong couldn't say what she felt, she could only start to eat and not lose weight.

Little Sister Shu, Xingrong, didn't know how to read her mind. She actually acted like the Hong Ye was actively helping her meet with Jing Wang.

Although Shu Jing Rong promised Jing Wang in her heart, he was still reasonable. He knew that his daughter couldn't do something that would hurt her reputation.

However, her fanaticism towards Situ Bai led her to the wrong side of the table. Under the urging of Xingrong, she began to privately communicate with King Jing.

In order to prevent others from finding out, she didn't dare to tell anyone else. She only believed in Xingrong, and let Xingrong act as the Hong Ye between her and the Jing King.

This communication lasted for three years. It wasn't as if she hadn't seen Situ Bai in the past three years. She had seen him every time there was a banquet in the palace. Situ Bai treated her like any other person, unable to see any difference.

She didn't think too much about it. She had always thought that he was deliberately putting on an act to protect his reputation.

However, he hadn't thought that all of this would turn out as if it were a heartless action. The person that Duke Jing liked was Xin Rong.

After a month of being muddle-headed, Shu JingRong couldn't figure out a lot of things. The reason for everything was that Xin Rong and King Jing had decided to spend the rest of their lives together. She was afraid that she might harm them, so she thought of an excuse to cover it up.

She had foolishly fallen into this lie. For the past three years, she had been unable to sleep at night as she looked at the letter that Duke Jing had written to Xingrong. She had even personally replied with sincere emotions.

How ridiculous! She was actually living a lie, living someone else's love, giving up her heart for it.

When she thought about the three years of true love she had given for Situ Bai, Shu JingRong felt extremely ashamed and wished that she was dead.

There was one more thing that she could not understand. That was, why would the jade pendant gifted to her by that colorful-robed young master appear in Little Lian's hands?

She remembered that after she took the jade pendant back to the Prime Minister's Estate, she had instructed the maidservants to place it at the bottom of the chest. She hadn't paid any attention to it. Could it be that Xiao Lian had stolen the jade pendant and taken it for herself?

But why would King Jing say that this jade pendant was a token of love that he had given Xingrong?

Could it be that there are two identical jade pendants in this world?

What she couldn't understand was why Situ Bai would assume that she had killed Xingrong. Didn't Xingrong fall into the water and die from the cold?

Why do they think she was murdered?

Why did the personal maidservant Xiao Lian, whom she had always trusted, so confidently identify her as the murderer of Xin Rong?