Actually, Ge Mao had no ill intentions; he was just speaking out of habit.

Having been in the military for a long time, he had gotten used to making crude jokes with those veteran soldiers.

In addition, he had little contact with women and couldn't change his ways quickly.

Seeing Su Muxi's face, which was so red it was almost bleeding, he realized that they were not in the Xuanwu Army.

So he quickly changed to a serious expression and asked again, "Su girl, did you use some kind of medicine on the birthmark on your face? The effect of this medicine is a bit too fast. Can you tell me about it?"

Su Muxi glanced at Mai Kun, who quickly turned away, but his ears perked up because he was also very curious about this matter!

Yesterday the princess was quite ugly, how come she looks like a goddess this morning?!

Seeing that Ge Mao wouldn't give up until he got an answer, Su Muxi could only whisper, "Actually, my birthmark was from a gecko birthmark."

Ge Mao kept repeating the words "ghost fetus" to himself, then suddenly his face lit up with excitement. "I never thought there really was such a thing as a 'ghost fetus' in this world. Tell me about it in detail!"

As he spoke, he took another step closer to Su Muxi, only then realizing that he was still holding a bowl of medicine in his hand.

"By the way, drink it while it's hot, it's very nutritious!"

Su Muxi looked at Ge Mao, and in the end, she could only pick up the bowl and drink it all in one gulp.

The moment she tasted the medicine, she knew it was all tonics, and very potent ones at that…

Then Ge Mao complained, "That's more like it! Would I ever harm you? That brat Ye Zeyu refused to drink no matter what I said, as if I were trying to harm him! Su girl knows her stuff!"

Su Muxi blushed again as she thought about Ye Zeyu's actions last night.

Ye Zeyu really doesn't need any supplements. If he were to drink more tonics, it would probably torment both him and her.

Although McQueen wasn't quite sure what a gecko fetus was, he seemed to have a general idea.

But he had other things to deal with right now, so he hurriedly told them about Ye Zerui's guard waking up.

"Mr. Ge, you'd better come with me to take a look."

Upon hearing this, Su Muxi quickly said, "I'll go with you to take a look too."

If we could learn some unknown things about Ye Zerui from that guard, it might be able to help Ye Zeyu.

Then, out of curiosity, he asked, "Where is the Prince?"

"He left early this morning, so he must have gone to the palace."

…

After leaving home, Ye Zeyu went to the Su family first, and personally explained the events of the previous night to Su Xing before entering the palace.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Xiuyuan was still there in the hall.

What surprised him even more was that Qiao Xiuyuan had already come up with a reason for him.

"Get up. You've come because of the assassins at the Marquis of Anyang's residence yesterday, haven't you? I've already heard about it from the Marquis of Anyang."

Ye Zeyu raised an eyebrow and nodded in agreement.

Upon seeing this, Qiao Xiuyuan hurriedly clasped his hands in a fist salute to Ye Zeyu and said, "Your Highness left in a hurry yesterday, and I did not have time to thank you. Thank you for coming in time, otherwise I fear the casualties in the manor would have been even greater, and I would have lost my life. Please accept my bow, Your Highness!"

Ye Zeyu coldly watched Qiao Xiuyuan bow to him, a sneer running through his mind.

They fabricated a baseless assassin, ha!

"You're too kind, Marquis of Anyang."

Not knowing what Qiao Xiuyuan had said to his father, Ye Zeyu decided to remain silent and wait for the right opportunity to respond.

After all, if he were to refute Qiao Xiuyuan's reason at this moment, he would need to come up with a more credible reason.

But he couldn't talk about the despicable things Qiao Xiuyuan had done.

We have no choice but to accept it.

However, he was aware of Qiao Xiuyuan's plans.

Isn't it just about killing two birds with one stone?

He'll grant his wish!

Seeing that Ye Zeyu did not refute anything, Ye Jingchun asked coldly, "Didn't you go to the Tiger Riding Camp? Did you hear something and suddenly turn back?"

If you didn't notice anything, then you must have known!

He used to think that his eldest son was not competitive or eager to compete, but now it seems that this is not the case!

Ye Zeyu knew that the emperor would be suspicious, so he had already prepared his explanation.

"Your Majesty, I truly knew nothing of the assassin. If I had known, I would not have gone to the Marquis of Anyang's residence alone and been injured!"

Ye Jingchun thought about it and agreed. The guards who entered the Marquis of Anyang's residence with Ye Zeyu seemed to have accompanied Su Muxi. If Ye Zeyu really knew there were assassins, he would have brought at least two more guards with him.

"Then tell me what exactly happened."

Ye Zeyu glanced at Qiao Xiuyuan, then lowered his head and remained silent.

Qiao Xiuyuan took the initiative to say, "Your subject shall take his leave now."

But Ye Jingchun said, "No need. You are my confidant. There's nothing you can't listen to, and besides, this matter concerns you!"

Ye Zeyu sneered inwardly. His father really preferred to believe everyone else rather than him!

"Your Majesty, I had already left the city, but after much thought, I decided to return to the capital to request permission to take my third brother with me. My third brother has grown up quite a bit now, and I thought that once he is familiar with the situation at the Tiger Cavalry Camp, I would resign from this post and return to the capital to take a break."

"If it weren't for the accident yesterday that injured me, I would have come to ask Your Majesty for permission last night."

Upon hearing this, the coldness in Ye Jingchun's eyes was gradually replaced by a smile.

“Ming’er has grown a lot recently. It’s good for him to go to the military camp for training so that he won’t be spoiled by his mother! But as the older brother, you must take good care of your younger brother. If anything goes wrong, and Consort Li makes a scene, I won’t be able to help you.”

Ye Ziyu clasped his hands in a fist salute, "Of course! As the elder brother, I will certainly take good care of my third brother!"

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