The yandere is too beautiful; the fake heiress sneaks kisses through the window every day.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu lowered her brows and remained silent.

Jiang Mingyue paused for a moment and then said, "Of course, it could also be a coincidence. Based on the clues we have obtained so far, the casino should not be related to the black forum."

Jiang Yu didn't mention the Crimson Flower or the Black Forum, but went straight to asking about other things.

"Can the evidence found previously prove that Lu Zhenhua illegally raised funds by operating a casino?"

At this point, Jiang Mingyue's expression turned quite grim.

"No, the evidence seems to have been altered beforehand. All the evidence points to another person, the man I asked you to find yesterday."

"A scapegoat," Qingyu said bluntly.

"Yes, what's troubling us is that we know he's not the mastermind, but we have no evidence. They've erased all information very thoroughly. If it weren't for an anonymous tip, we might not even have been able to find those locations where the funds were hidden," Jiang Mingyue said coldly.

"What about that scapegoat? Didn't we get anything out of him?" Qingyu asked, frowning.

Jiang Mingyue shook her head. "I don't know what they promised him. We interrogated him for two days and two nights, but he just wouldn't say anything."

After a long silence, Jiang Yuyou raised her eyelids to look at Jiang Mingyue and said something inexplicable.

"You'd better keep a close eye on him."

"What?" Jiang Mingyue didn't quite understand.

"His Majesty means that you should keep an eye on that scapegoat, as the other party is very likely to silence him," Qingyu explained softly.

Suddenly remembering something, Jiang Mingyue stood up abruptly, picked up her phone with a serious expression, and went to the balcony.

Jiang Yu gazed at the darkness outside the window, her thoughts unfocused.

Inside the Lu family's old residence.

Upon learning that all the profits he had obtained from the casino had been seized, Lu Zhenhua was so angry that he smashed his phone on the spot, completely enraged.

"Don't let me find out who did this, or I'll skin him alive!!!"

What bad luck has he had lately?

First, he was blackmailed by Shen Ji, then his study was mysteriously robbed, and later, the precious son that Shen Ji sent back became a eunuch.

Now, casinos that had been painstakingly planned for many years have been shut down one by one.

Cut off from his source of income, he threw a huge tantrum in his study, leaving the butler standing outside the door drenched in cold sweat.

After smashing things, Lu Zhenhua calmed down, took out his phone, and dialed the mysterious number.

After the call connected, he spoke in a slightly obsequious tone, "Hello, I'm looking for the head of the family."

After a while, an androgynous voice came from the other end of the phone.

"You'd better have something important to say."

"Master, my house was burgled a couple of days ago and some casino documents were stolen. Now the casino has been shut down, and I'm worried the police might find something. Although I prepared a scapegoat in advance, he has already been arrested. Just in case, I would like to ask the Master to help me resolve this potential problem," Lu Zhenhua said with a distorted expression.

"Useless thing, you dare to bother the head of the family with such a trivial matter?" The other party made no attempt to hide their disdain.

"Please, Master, help me. This matter is indeed quite sudden," Lu Zhenhua pleaded again, bearing the weight of his humiliation.

After a moment of silence, the person on the other end spoke slowly, "This is the last time. If you fail to become the head of the Lu family within a month, you don't need to come looking for me again."

The other party hung up the phone after issuing the final ultimatum.

Lu Zhenhua dropped his fawning smile and gave a disdainful sneer.

If the other party weren't still useful, he wouldn't be begging him so humbly. Once he becomes the head of the Lu family, the other party will be nothing but a fart in his eyes.

But now there is an even bigger problem: in order to open a casino, he has misappropriated Lu's funds, totaling as much as one billion yuan, which he originally planned to return in the near future.

But now that the casino and funds have been seized, where is he going to get so much money to fill this hole?

Once this loophole is discovered, the Lu family will definitely be in deep trouble, and he will have no hope of gaining the old man's approval to become the next head of the Lu family.

The second brother is nothing to fear; the only problem is that he might end up benefiting the third brother.

Lu Zhenhua became more and more unwilling. He was not going to give up something that was so easily within his grasp.

It seems that a marriage alliance with the Jiang family is inevitable.

The next day, Jiang Mingyue and Jiang Yu received an invitation from the Lu family, an invitation to a small gathering sent in Lu Miao's name.

The invitation, which seemed normal at first glance, was suspicious in every way.

After all, their relationship with Lu Miao wasn't good; in fact, they had some grudges against each other, so it was very likely a trap.

Looking at the invitation, Jiang Yu and Jiang Mingyue exchanged a glance and said in unison.

"go."

"We have to go."

The two women shared the same idea; they were just worried about not finding a suitable opportunity to revisit the Lu family's old residence, and the opportunity presented itself to them.

"Are you going to the Lu family?" Shen Ji asked Jiang Yu after learning about the invitation.

"Um."

"Can I not go?"

"Can't."

Unexpectedly rejected without hesitation, Shen Ji frowned his handsome eyebrows, and said in a deep voice while holding the little girl, "The Lu family is not a good place."

"I know."

"Then why are you still going?"

"Because I have to go."

"..."

Jiang Yu suddenly noticed that the Empress was staring at him with her captivating, dark eyes and her thin lips pressed tightly together.

"You're not planning to secretly go see your childhood sweetheart behind my back, are you?" The cold, gloomy voice was full of jealousy and resentment.

The Empress was left completely bewildered by the questioning.

"Why would I go see him?" Jiang Yu asked blankly.

After carefully examining the girl's expression, and confirming that she showed no sign of guilt or pretense, Shen Ji frowned and became more puzzled.

"Then why did you insist on going to the Lu family?"

Jiang Yu thought about it seriously for a moment, then said softly, "To rid the people of a scourge?"

Although the world is no longer hers, as a former emperor who possessed imperial status, she must always take the well-being of all people as her responsibility, no matter when or where.

Let's start by eliminating harm for the people.

Shen Ji touched Jiang Yu's forehead, slightly puzzled.

Why did I suddenly fall ill when I was perfectly fine?

Despite Shen Ji's reluctance, Jiang Yu and Jiang Mingyue still embarked on their journey to the Lu family, taking Qingyu with them.

After watching their vehicle leave, Shen Ji's face gradually darkened.

A short while later, Tingfeng's car stopped outside the door, and Shen Ji got in and left without saying a word.

He was still worried about the young girl going to the Lu family alone.

In the yard, Wang Ma, who had successfully secured the chicken coop, was craning her neck to look at the villa gate while incubating the eggs and being pecked by the mother hen.

Did something happen again just now?

It's ridiculous, but this is only the second time they've openly entered through the main gate after visiting the Lu family so many times.

As Jiang Yu sighed, Jiang Mingyue's eye twitched, and she lowered her voice to give a quiet reminder.

"Keep your voice down, is this something to be proud of?"