Su Qianqian hadn't had a full meal for two days.

She was still wearing the Crown Prince Consort's Crown Robe she had worn when she jumped from the West Mountain Temple that day.

But the Crown Robe was filthy, the sleeves and hem were torn by branches, exposing the undergarments inside, making her look extremely disheveled.

With a black cloak over the Crown Robe, she mingled with the crowd wearing the cloak and eventually returned to the Su Mansion.

In front of Su Qianqian on the table were various pastries. In her urgency, she didn't bother washing her hands, grabbing the pastries with her dirty hands and stuffing them into her mouth.

When her mouth became dry from eating, she randomly picked up the teapot on the table and started gulping water directly from the spout.

In this state, she was a far cry from the person Zhao Yi had once grovelled before.

She no longer resembled the Capital City's finest female scholar.

When Su Changyuan entered from the backyard, he saw Su Qianqian in such a disordered state.

A hint of pain flashed in his eyes, which then dimmed again.

He had thought about many things during this period.

But he still couldn't understand.

With such a promising future, how did Su Qianqian step by step fall into the abyss?

Su Changyuan initially thought that monk from the West Mountain Temple had seduced his daughter.

But through his inquiries during this time, he discovered that wasn't the case.

That monk from the West Mountain Temple and Su Qianqian had never had any inappropriate contact.

On the contrary.

That monk was implicated by Su Qianqian and fell under the Sixth Prince Zhao Yi's resentment.

Though Su Changyuan was unwilling to admit it, the facts were laid bare before him.

All of this was of Su Qianqian's own doing!

Su Changyuan sighed and walked in from the back hall.

Upon seeing Su Changyuan, Su Qianqian's eyes lit up, and she quickly stood up to greet him.

"Father, you're here!"

With her mouth full of pastries, her speech was muffled and sounded quite ridiculous.

Su Changyuan sighed, picked up the teapot, poured her a cup of tea, and affectionately said, "Good child, you have suffered!"

Su Qianqian took the tea and drank it all at once.

Su Changyuan intended to persuade Su Qianqian to go to the Imperial Clan Court and surrender.

But Su Qianqian spoke first.

She glanced toward the back hall, surprised not to see Lady Su.

Su Qianqian asked in confusion, "Father, where's Mother? Didn't I tell Xiao Cui to call both of you, why isn't Mother here? Where's Xiao Cui, why is she missing too?"

Su Changyuan reassured her, "Your mother went out to buy groceries. I sent Xiao Cui to find her. Whatever you need to say, tell me, it's the same."

Su Qianqian had no doubts.

Hearing her father's words, her face immediately showed a look of joy.

Su Qianqian solemnly said, "Father, this time I've returned carrying a tremendous opportunity I want to share with you and Mother!"

Hmm?

Upon hearing this, Su Changyuan was taken aback.

He looked at Su Qianqian and instead of answering, asked, "Qianqian, what happened that day at the West Mountain Temple? Aren't you fine now? Why did the Imperial Clan Court's message say you jumped off a cliff?"

"I did jump off a cliff!" Su Qianqian waved her hand and said.

Su Changyuan: "Why?"

Su Qianqian naturally couldn't say it was because she couldn't find Master Fajing at the West Mountain Temple, so she thought of climbing down the cliff.

Initially hearing she was sent to the West Mountain Temple, Su Qianqian was quite happy.

Because Master Fajing was at the West Mountain Temple.

Su Qianqian thought that once she arrived at the West Mountain Temple, she could be together with Master Fajing, and almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

However, what she didn't expect was, upon arriving at the West Mountain Temple, she discovered that Master Fajing wasn't there at all.

She asked a novice monk and found out that Fajing had been colluding with the West Mountain Temple's arch-rival, the Arhat Temple, had his status as Buddha's Son stripped by the Abbot, and was expelled from the West Mountain Temple.

The novice monk, after being heavily bribed by Su Qianqian, finally hinted that Master Fajing might have gone to the Arhat Temple, and Su Qianqian could try asking there.

Su Qianqian wanted to go to the Arhat Temple, but the palace eunuchs disagreed.

The Empress had decreed for Su Qianqian to meditate quietly at the West Mountain Temple.

If she ran away, everyone would be in trouble!

Su Qianqian naturally wasn't willing to be trapped in that wretched temple for a lifetime, so she took a risky move and planned to climb down the cliff to leave the mountain.

Unexpectedly, she slipped and fell directly from the cliff.

Perhaps recalling the terrifying experience of jumping off the cliff, the blood drained from Su Qianqian's face.

She took a deep breath, suppressed her fear, and then solemnly said to Su Changyuan, "Father, the tremendous opportunity I mentioned earlier is related to my cliff-jumping incident!"

Seeing Su Qianqian unwilling to elaborate, Su Changyuan sighed inwardly and then focused his attention on the opportunity Su Qianqian spoke of.

He was eager to see what kind of opportunity would make Su Qianqian risk her life to come back and involve both him and his wife!

Su Qianqian did not answer directly but cautiously closed the front hall door.

Noticing this, Su Changyuan fell silent.

Although not exceptionally clever, he was well-read and considered himself to have some intellect.

His wife Lady Su, though spoiled, wasn't dumb either.

Su Changyuan couldn't fathom.

How could two intelligent people have such a foolish daughter?

What good would closing doors and windows do now?

Su Qianqian had been sitting in the front hall, eating and drinking for half a day with the doors wide open.

The attentive had already spotted her!

Closing the doors and windows now was like making a pointless gesture.

Su Qianqian didn't know what Su Changyuan was thinking.

Nor did she find her actions inappropriate.

After closing the doors and windows, Su Qianqian approached Su Changyuan, mysteriously saying, "Father, do you know the Heaven-Facing Sect?"

Heaven-Facing Sect?

Hearing this familiar yet foreign name, Su Changyuan was stunned for a moment, then felt a jolt in his heart.

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