Song Sanniang returned to the general's mansion from the military camp. When she found Xie Jinze, he was sitting in the yard in a daze, holding something in his hand.

Only when she came closer did Xie Jinze come to his senses and look at her.

"General Cheng, do you have something to talk to me about?"

As he said this, he calmly stuffed the thing in his hand into his sleeve.

Song Sanniang pretended not to notice his little action and just nodded.

"Things in the military camp have been dealt with for now. I'm going back to the General's Mansion because I need to tell you something."

Upon hearing this, Xie Jinze turned sideways and extended his hand towards the study. "It seems to be a big deal. Why don't you come to the study with me to discuss it?"

Walls have ears, and it's better to talk about this in a private space like a study.

Song Sanniang followed Xie Jinze into the study.

Song Sanniang looked at Xie Jinze and said word by word, "The emperor passed away three days ago."

When she said this, Xie Jinze's pupils shrank suddenly, but he quickly adjusted his expression.

"General Cheng, is this the news you were so secretive about? My Xie family was imprisoned because Emperor Jing believed the slander of a villain and disregarded the long-standing relationship between the emperor and his subjects. Where was he when my grandfather died unjustly in prison?"

"I was almost humiliated before. If it weren't for General Cheng's rescue, I don't know what Jin Yan would be like now."

Song Sanniang listened to his words, was silent for a while, and finally sighed.

"Master Xie, there's no need to test me anymore. I promised Your Majesty that I would do my best to take care of you."

Although Xie Jinze tried his best to be patient, Song Sanniang could see the disbelief in his eyes.

"You, you know my identity?"

"His Majesty told me this, and that's why he issued an edict allowing me to redeem you from the brothel and resolve your dilemma."

In the original plot, in order to avoid exposing the secret of his body, Xie Jinze had to escape on the day when he became the top courtesan and auctioned his virginity, which attracted the attention of Concubine An and Xiao Tingmo's party.

Afterwards, Xie Jinze hid his identity and built up his power. Emperor Jing secretly helped him a lot and played an irreplaceable role in it.

However, due to the frequent contacts and mobilization of his men, Concubine An, who was his bedmate, soon discovered that something was wrong and followed the clues to find Xie Jinze.

Eighteen years ago, she gave birth to a stillborn baby. It was such a coincidence that the queen gave birth to a stillborn baby just after she dealt with the stillborn baby. She had doubts at the beginning.

However, seeing that the late queen's grief did not seem fake, and not discovering that Emperor Jing was doing anything else in private, he finally dispelled his suspicions.

Concubine An was, after all, carefully cultivated by a prominent family. She had witnessed many underhanded tactics since childhood, and was the ultimate winner of the palace fight in Emperor Jing's harem.

I just had some doubts, but now, with the help of Xie Jinze's portrait, and the eyebrows and eyes that resembled the late queen, I discovered the secret.

Following some clues, they were able to reconstruct the entire process of eighteen years ago, when the former queen successfully gave birth to a prince and then replaced the dead baby with one that was moved out of the palace.

Then Concubine An directly told Xiao Tingmo and her brother from her natal family about this matter, and started hunting down Xie Jinze all over the world.

Now, after Song Sanniang arrived, she directly repelled the barbarian enemy army, avoiding the original owner's death, and was then summoned by Emperor Jing.

She was able to return to the capital, and when Emperor Jing wanted to arrange a marriage for her, she, a woman who loved men, did not want to delay an innocent girl, so she revealed her secret, which won Emperor Jing's trust.

That was an unspoken deal.

On the surface, it seemed that Song Sanniang used her military merits to redeem a courtesan whom she loved. However, outsiders said that she was obsessed with sex and actually used her military merits to exchange for a low-level slave.

But in fact, Song Sanniang avoided the emperor's marriage, avoided her identity being exposed, and reasonably rescued Xie Jinze from the brothel.

Afterwards, Song Sanniang returned to the border, and Xie Jinze also left the capital safely and naturally.

Win-win.

But even without Xie Jinze as the trigger, Emperor Jing only lived a few months longer than in the original plot.

Thinking that the handsome old man who was so elegant and easy-going when they met before is now gone, Song Sanniang felt a little regretful.

Coming back to her senses, Song Sanniang saw that Xie Jinze had calmed down, and continued to speak.

"Their hands can't reach that far yet. You can continue to stay here. Don't worry, I've already informed the mansion. They won't affect you."

"Thanks."

Looking at Song Sanniang's leaving back, Xie Jinze was silent.

At some point, the dark figure standing beside him spoke, interrupting his thoughts.

“Master, why don’t we move out of the General’s Mansion, otherwise.”

There are empty houses everywhere in the city, so it is not difficult to find a place to live. Yin thinks it is better to move.

All the way from the capital to Tongguan, he discovered that Cheng Yuchuan obviously had some other intentions towards his master. This was not acceptable. Given his master's status, that kind of situation could not happen, so he had to be on guard.

After hearing this, Xie Jinze hesitated for a moment. He thought that doing so would make him seem like an ungrateful person, and Cheng Yuchuan hadn't explicitly expressed his friendship for him.

Maybe he was just loyal to Emperor Jing and that's why he took such good care of him.

Finally, under Ying's persuasion, Xie Jinze had no choice but to harden his heart and decided to wait until General Cheng returned to the general's mansion next time, explain everything clearly, and then move out of the general's mansion.

General Cheng is a good man, but he can only let him down.

On the way back to the military camp, Song Sanniang learned from the system about the conversation between Xie Jinze and the guard beside him.

"Host, this is really making me laugh to death. The male protagonist doesn't know you are a woman and even guesses that you want to have a relationship with him. Now you want to move out of the general's mansion."

Song Sanniang kept moving, riding on horseback and concentrating on the road ahead leading to the military camp.

"It's okay, he can't move out."

Sure enough, a few days later, just as she said, Xie Jinze took the initiative to call a servant from the general's mansion to find her and said that he had something important to discuss.

When they arrived at the general's mansion, Song Sanniang was a little surprised to find Xie Jinze standing at the door waiting.

Seeing her coming, he met her inquiring gaze and his eyes flickered.

Song Sanniang sighed in her heart and to the system.

"Xie Jinze was well-raised by the Xie family, but unfortunately he is too much of a gentleman. He hasn't done anything bad yet, but he acts so guilty. It seems he still needs to be beaten by life."

Song Sanniang looked at Xie Jinze with curiosity, "I wonder what Master Xie wants to talk to me about?"

Xie Jinze looked a little embarrassed, but when he thought of the news he had just received, he put aside the inexplicable emotions in his heart, took a deep breath, looked at Song Sanniang and spoke seriously.

"General Cheng, Xie wants to make a deal with you."

"Oh, I'd like to hear more about it."

Song Sanniang raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she was really curious about the content of the transaction he mentioned.

"I received a sum of money earlier, and I heard that the soldiers defending Tongguan seemed to be short of food."