Soon after, Zhu Sanniang entered the house carrying a cloth bag, placed it on the wooden table, and quickly unwrapped it for Zhao Zhi to inspect in front of her.

Zhao Zhi bent down to examine it closely; the jade seal, needle case, and jade pendant were all present and accounted for.

"Thank you, everything is included." As she spoke, she looked up at Zhu Sanniang and noticed that the other woman's eyes were clear and devoid of any curiosity, which further confirmed her previous deduction.

Which country woman could remain calm upon seeing such treasures?

However, given that Qin Sheng was unwilling to reveal her true identity, and that Zhu San Niang had saved her and Cui Shenghe, Zhao Zhi had no reason to inform her elder brother Zhao Yi of the news, lest she repay kindness with ingratitude.

"Third Sister".

"Hmm, is there anything else you need, young lady?" Zhu Sanniang looked at Zhao Zhi with a smile, then suddenly remembered something, turned the cloth bag inside out, and took out a jade pendant and a copper bell from another layer. "These belong to that young master."

She chuckled softly, "I was worried I'd mix your things up, so I packed them separately."

But that wasn't what Zhao Zhi wanted to express. "Third Sister, I see you're older than me, how about I call you 'Sister Zhu'?"

“You look like someone of high status and wealth. It’s really inappropriate for you to call me ‘elder sister’,” Zhu Sanniang said as she rearranged the items and handed them to Zhao Zhi.

Then, seemingly casually, she mentioned, "The day I found the girl, several people from Da Xuan helped bring you and this young master here. The one who was leading them seemed to be an old acquaintance of the two of you. I heard others call him 'Your Highness'."

"Your Highness?" Zhao Zhi's eyes lit up. Could it be that the voice she heard when the cave collapsed was not an illusion?

"Sister Zhu, could you describe that person's appearance?"

Zhu Sanniang smiled slightly and described the man's appearance in detail. Zhao Zhi became even more certain that Shen Hanshan must have gone to Chaoyu Mountain to look for him.

"Did he see my jade pendant and other items?" Zhao Zhi wanted to confirm whether Shen Hanshan knew that she had found the long-lost jade seal of the Yun Dynasty.

Zhu Sanniang shook her head and said that after seeing that she was unharmed, the man left with his men. Zhao Zhi, upon hearing this, felt that something was amiss.

“Perhaps he doesn’t want others to know you’re here.” Zhu Sanniang’s words made Zhao Zhi suddenly realize something. She looked directly at her and asked unconsciously, “Will you leave after we leave?”

Zhu San Niang lowered her head, remained silent for a moment, and then softly replied, "Perhaps."

Zhao Zhi looked at her with complicated emotions. It was not hard to imagine that she must have gone through a lot of hardships on her way from Lingyang to Chunsheng County of Yunchao.

During the time Zhao Zhi spent with Zhao Yi day and night, she had come to realize that her elder brother was cold-hearted and would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

For him, familial love and romantic love are never constraints. On the contrary, if these emotions cannot help him, he will not hesitate to destroy them.

The fire at Prince Rui's mansion and Qin Sheng's affair with Imperial Physician Song Jin were all Zhao Yi's doing. Zhao Zhi felt more fear than affection for her elder brother. Therefore, when she learned that Shen Hanshan had gone to Chaoyu Mountain to find her, her first reaction was not that Shen Hanshan was concerned for her, but that she suspected he was acting under Zhao Yi's orders to seize the Yun Dynasty's imperial seal.

Because Zhao Yi had revealed to her that his grandfather's lifelong wish was for Yunchao and Daxuan to merge so that there would be no more war between the two countries.

Once Shen Hanshan reports to Zhao Yi about finding the imperial seal in Chaoyu Mountain, Qin Sheng's secret of faking her death will be exposed, and she will inevitably have to find another place to stay.

Ultimately, it was she who dragged this unfortunate woman down with her.

"Sister Zhu, you are so knowledgeable. Have you ever thought that since you have changed your identity, you might as well change your life and become a female official?"