Zhou Jing'an was silent and shook his head. "I'm afraid she'll think too much if I tell her, but this matter will have a conclusion in the next few days. Once these things are completely resolved, I can spend more time with her."

"If Ling'er asks, just say I'm having a banquet with my colleagues and friends."

Although Ye Song still felt it was inappropriate, he nodded in agreement.

In this way, for three consecutive days, Zhou Jing'an went out early and came back late, and only returned home late at night.

Even Zizhen and Luzhu felt something was wrong and couldn't help but worry.

Lu Zhu frowned and said, "Young Madam, how about I go and ask around?"

Jiang Ling, however, seemed unconcerned and was reading the newly published storybook with great interest. "What are you asking?"

This newly published storybook is of very high quality. It tells the story of a woman from a mountain village who went up the mountain to collect herbs and accidentally saved a wounded man. She used her medical skills to revive him, and she saw that the two of them were secretly in love.

However, based on her experience and the hints and foreshadowing in the book, this man was most likely a royal noble, perhaps even a prince or a crown prince.

The direction of the story afterwards is also easy to guess.

Although the story is old-fashioned, the writing is good and fascinating, and it is quite interesting.

Lu Zhu said anxiously: "Of course I want to find out what my son-in-law does outside every day."

Zizhen added, "My son-in-law goes out early every morning and comes back late at night. Isn't the young lady worried?"

Jiang Ling shook her head. "Don't worry, isn't he out partying with his friends? There's nothing to worry about."

She looked at the two people who seemed more anxious than she was, and comforted them with a smile.

The time has not come yet, you have to cast a long line to catch a big fish.

But if her guess was correct, Zizhen and Luzhu would wait until tomorrow at most and then they would go and find out secretly.

It will be almost done by tomorrow.

She just went with the flow, which maximized the drama and made the plot development more reasonable.

Just as she expected, when Zhou Jing'an returned late at night again, Zizhen and Luzhu could no longer bear it.

The reason was that Ye Song gave the clothes that Zhou Jing'an had taken off to the maid to wash, and Zizhen, who happened to get up at night, saw it. After thinking about it, she decided to go over and take a look.

Just then, Ye Song told the maid, "Wash it clean! Make sure to wash away the smell of rouge and powder."

Upon hearing this, Zizhen's heart sank, and she was shocked and angry.

I hesitated there, not knowing what to do.

Jiang Ling has already fallen asleep and cannot be disturbed. Besides, Zhou Jing'an has just gone to bed, so we cannot alert him.

After much deliberation, Zizhen discussed it with Luzhu and decided to investigate secretly.

When Ye Song came over again in the afternoon of the next day to say that Zhou Jing'an would not be back for dinner, Zizhen and Luzhu looked at each other secretly, and Zizhen found an excuse to secretly follow him out.

Ye Song practiced martial arts and had sharp hearing, so she didn't dare to follow him too closely. She just pretended to go out to buy cakes and walked around very cautiously.

This time, he didn't come back until dusk.

Jiang Ling had just finished her meal at that time.

When she saw Zizhen was not there, she knew what she had done, so she had dinner early while it was still daylight.

"Zizhen, where have you been?" She pretended not to know.

Zizhen put the basket she used to pretend to buy things on the table, and angrily took out a piece of clothing from it. It was the one she saw Ye Song giving to the maid to wash yesterday, and she took it away on the pretext of something.

Her face turned red with anger, mostly because she was angry on behalf of Jiang Ling.

"Miss, the young master actually went to Chunxiangyuan!"