Song Ning was so moved she almost cried. See, their county magistrate is still the most reliable.

After telling the story, Song Ning felt much better and even ate an extra bowl of rice that night.

Zheng Gaoyi couldn't wait until tomorrow, and went to Jiangning County as soon as Song Ning left.

It was already dark when they arrived at the Xie residence. Xie Linzhou was having dinner with Princess Jianing, and Xu Jiaojiao was also there.

As soon as Zheng Gaoyi entered, he saw Xu Jiaojiao, who was eating at the same table, and frowned slightly.

Princess Jianing laughed and said, "You really know how to time things. We were just about to eat, so you should sit down and eat too."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but I have urgent business to attend to today." After saying this, he looked at Xie Linzhou.

Xie Linzhou roughly guessed what it was about, so he got up to take his leave.

As soon as he entered the study, Zheng Gaoyi told him what had happened.

"Was that really given to you by Song Ning?"

"That's what she said, so it must be true." As she spoke, she took out a small bottle.

"This was given to me by Er Ya; it should be the same thing."

After handing the items to Zhang Ping, Xie Linzhou looked at Zheng Gaoyi and asked, "Why did she go to your place?"

"You're saying I heard you have a girl you like? The one we were having dinner with just now?"

Xie Linzhou's eyes turned cold: "Who told you that?"

“Er Ya, that young lady came during the day, but you weren’t there. She said she was entertained by your future wife and that your servants were impolite. Judging from what she said, she must have suffered some grievance at your residence.”

A dangerous glint flashed in Xie Linzhou's eyes: "She came today?"

"Didn't your family say that she came to find me because she couldn't see you? But speaking of which, do you really like that Miss Xu? What's so good about being delicate? She's nowhere near as capable as my Er Ya."