As night fell, Ye Zhen went to the Mo Academy to make human skin masks and told Xie Tingzhou about the banquet.

"Brother, could you tell me about the temperament of those men in the army?"

Since the two parties are going to meet, they naturally need to understand each other to better facilitate the matter.

A while ago, Tse Ting-chou thought Yeh Chen had no interest in acting as a matchmaker.

She got this job today, and after a little thought, she realized that the Marquis of Zhongyong's thoughts were probably instigated by someone.

But he also hoped that his soldiers could get married and have children, so he didn't intend to be coy and was about to ask Xing Ze to explain to Ye Zhen in detail.

Unexpectedly, Ye Zhen was unusually self-aware today. "What would you like to eat today, brother? Vegetarian crab roe or something else?"

Xie Tingzhou raised an eyebrow. "Then try what you're good at."

Since Ye Zhen wasn't the person he was looking for, he didn't want to eat the vegetarian crab roe made by anyone else.

Ye Zhen is skilled at cooking vegetarian dishes because her master loves them.

Delicious vegetarian dishes take more time to prepare than regular dishes, and Ye Zhen wanted to get back to check the accounts as soon as possible, so she cooked a few home-style dishes.

Xie Tingzhou wasn't hungry, but Ye Zhen's cooking skills were indeed excellent, so he used quite a bit of everything.

After the meal, he casually asked, "Do we still need to cook for ourselves in the south?"

She was a young lady from the Ye family and also skilled in martial arts, so no one in the manor dared to let her cook.

Ye Zhen replied casually, "I'm craving it."

The dialogue ended there.

After Xing Ze and Ye Zhen finished telling them about the bachelors, Xie Tingzhou said again as Ye Zhen was about to leave, "Be careful of Xie Jinyao."

He suspected that Xie Jinyao had instigated the Marquis of Zhongyong to organize this matchmaking banquet, with Ye Zhen as the obvious target.

After all, organizing such a banquet is no easy task.

Ye Zhen probably didn't have much experience.

Fortunately, she knew to ask for help.

Sensing his good intentions, Ye Zhen smiled and said, "Thank you for the reminder, brother."

The next day, after giving instructions at home, Ye Zhen boarded a carriage and headed to the General's Mansion.

Accompanying him was Chen Qing, who served by the Marquis of Zhongyong's side. Ye Zhen had taken the opportunity to borrow him from the Marquis of Zhongyong yesterday when he received praise from him.

The General's Mansion is located on Tianjie Street, a street frequented by powerful and wealthy people in the capital. The mansion is magnificent and imposing.

Originally the residence of a first-rank prince, it had been vacant for many years after the prince committed a crime. After Ye Jinghong defeated the Canglang Kingdom, the emperor sent people to carefully repair it and bestow it upon her.

It is the most luxurious and spacious mansion on this street.

However, Ye Jinghong spent most of his time on the border and rarely stayed there, while Ye Zhen only stayed briefly after returning to the capital.

When Ye Zhen was first brought back to Beijing, Wang Shi, under the pretext that they were guests, had him enter through a side gate.

Who goes there?

The guard stood on the steps, looking down at the guard, and asked.

Wanxing explained that Ye Zhen had returned to visit his parents.

The guard replied, "We'll use the side door; the main door is rarely opened."

The guards were all promoted by Ye Wantang. In their eyes, Ye Zhen was just a visiting cousin who used to enter and exit the mansion through a side gate.

Today, naturally, they are not worthy to enter through the main gate.

Chen Qing's face darkened, and he rode forward. "Is it your idea that the young mistress of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion is only allowed to enter through the side gate, or the General's mansion's idea?"

"Then when my lord, the Marquis, comes to visit another day, will he be unable to enter your gate?"

When Ye Zhen lent it to him yesterday, he was somewhat reluctant, feeling that Ye Zhen was taking advantage of him and pushing his luck.

Although he was a close attendant of the Marquis, he was also a military general and not a servant of the Marquis's mansion that Ye Zhen could order around at will.

But seeing the guards of the General's Mansion treat Ye Zhen so disrespectfully today, he couldn't help but step forward.

Ye Zhen's marriage into the Marquis's mansion represents the mansion's reputation, and he must protect her.

Marquis Zhongyong was a prominent figure in the capital, and Chen Qing was always by his side, so the guards recognized him.

He hurriedly said, "Please wait a moment while I inform Miss."

Since Chen Qing had said that, he should have opened the door and let Ye Zhen in immediately.

Miss Ke had just given instructions that if Ye Zhen returned to the manor, he should not enter through the main gate.

He had no choice but to hurry and report back to Ye Wantang.

Ye Wantang was also surprised that the Marquis of Zhongyong would send his personal attendants to accompany Ye Zhen on his homecoming.

It seems that Marquis Zhongyong values ​​Ye Zhen highly.

She has her own ambitions and doesn't want to offend the Marquis of Zhongyong.

After thinking for a moment, he personally led people to the gate to welcome Ye Zhen.

On the way, he couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Xie Jinyao is such a useless piece of trash."

Despite being the daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong, she was given the power to manage the household by her daughter-in-law, Ye Zhen.

But she has no way of finding out exactly what happened at the Marquis's residence.

Years ago, in order to secretly suppress Xie Jinyao, she bribed the servants of the Marquis's mansion and learned a lot about the mansion's inner workings.

Later, in order to win over the Marquis of Zhongyong, she took the opportunity to facilitate the marriage between Ye Zhen and Xie Yunzhou.

Fearing that Ye Zhen would ruin things, they kept a closer eye on the Marquis's residence.

But ever since the Marquis's mansion announced that Ye Zhen was in charge, the servants she used to contact have stopped seeing her, and she has no way of knowing anything about Ye Zhen's situation.

This made her very uneasy.

That's why she spread the rumor of being cursed to lure Ye Zhen to the General's Mansion, wanting to see for herself what Ye Zhen's abilities were.

The gates of the General's Mansion slowly opened in front of Ye Zhen.

The vermilion gate was heavy and tall, bought with my mother's blood.

Ye Zhen narrowed his eyes.

This is her mother's property, her home.

She was her mother's only child; these things should have been hers.

She had to take back what was hers, little by little.

She looked worried and hurried up the steps. "Wantang, how is my mother?"

My mother was unwell, and no one informed me. I received the news yesterday and was so worried I couldn't sleep all night.

She held Ye Wantang's hand, her voice not loud, but loud enough for passersby to hear.

Rumors are circulating that she's brought misfortune to the Ye family, and with her return today, there's bound to be plenty of people watching the spectacle.

Wang was injured for several days, and the Ye family did not release any information. Yesterday, when the Taoist priest came to their door, they revealed Wang's condition to the outside world.

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