No matter how many plans Ye Wantang has, she only has one life.

She was afraid of dying, and in the end, she had no choice but to hand over the letter.

Xie Tingzhou took the letter and gestured to Ye Zhen, who was hiding in the shadows, to leave together.

After bandaging her wounds, Ye Wantang smashed up She Gu's room.

"Who is he? Why is he in the general's mansion?"

How did you manage to secure the mansion? How could assassins come and go so freely within the general's residence?

Within a single day, she suffered whip marks, then knife wounds, and her reputation was ruined.

The letter was also taken away; she didn't even bother to examine Yin Jiuniang's handwriting closely enough to see how someone could imitate it.

Ye Wantang vented all her anger on Shegu.

Faced with the questioning, Shegu closed her eyes.

The general's mansion is indeed not as solid as it was when the general was alive.

However, if Ye Wantang hadn't sent half of the guards in the mansion out to search for Yin Jiuniang, and hadn't worried that the people below would discover the truth about her poisoning, she wouldn't have used the excuse that she needed to rest and withdrawn everyone to the outer courtyard.

Even if the assassins don't catch anyone when they enter the backyard tonight, they'll at least notice.

Shegu, unwilling to silently criticize her young master for reaping what she sowed, simply closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Anyway, she couldn't answer.

Ignored, Ye Wantang became even more agitated and slapped She Gu across the face.

"Your mother trusted you and let you stay by my side, and this is how you repay my loyalty?"

If Shegu had found Yin Jiuniang earlier, she wouldn't have had to personally intervene at the Marquis's residence today, and none of what followed would have happened.

It's all Shegu's fault.

So he slapped him again, and the insults became even harsher.

"If it weren't for me, you would have gone to the battlefield with Mother and died in battle. You would be nothing but bones by now, and you wouldn't have been able to act so arrogantly all these years..."

The maid who had followed Shegu for many years couldn't bear to hear it anymore and couldn't bear to see Shegu being beaten again, so she begged for mercy.

"Please calm down, Miss. What happened today was due to our oversight, not the fault of the head steward."

The head steward has worked hard for the General's Mansion for half his life, and now he is paralyzed in bed. How can Miss blame the head steward for the assassination attempt on the mansion?

And the insults were so vicious and cruel.

Wu Bi's words were like adding fuel to the fire for Ye Wantang.

She glared at the maidservant and said, "If that's the case, then you shall cut off your own legs as punishment."

For the maidservant, losing her leg meant she was useless and had no place in the general's mansion.

All the maids, including She Gu on the bed, were shocked. No one expected Ye Wantang to give such an order.

You should know that these maids were all personally selected by Ye Jinghong.

They have been loyal to Ye Wantang for many years.

Seeing that the maidservant did not move, Ye Wantang roared, "Why aren't you making a move? Don't forget who your master is."

The other maids knelt down and begged for mercy, and Ye Zhengqing stepped forward to mediate...

Ye Zhen was unaware of what was happening at the General's Mansion. She and Xie Tingzhou returned to the Mo Courtyard together.

The letter she received from the general's mansion was also in her master's handwriting, and in the letter, her master asked Shegu to take care of her.

Tears welled up in her eyes.

Master is really still alive.

But his master was truly in danger, which is why he dared not reveal his whereabouts.

How exactly will she find her master?

Xie Tingzhou replied, "Since Senior Yin says he is coming to the capital, he must be confident in escaping this predicament."

Searching for her rashly might ruin her plans. What you need to do now is let Senior Yin know about the discord between you and Ye Wantang.

Therefore, even if Ye Wantang finds Yin Jiuniang first, Yin Jiuniang will still be wary of her.

Ye Zhen also had this plan. Tomorrow she would spread the word about how Ye Wantang had harmed her, and she would also let her master know that she was doing very well in the Marquis's mansion.

Noticing Xie Tingzhou's use of the term "master," and recalling his unusual behavior earlier in the day, she realized that he was not paying attention to Xie Tingzhou's way of addressing his master.

Ye Zhen asked, "Why did you help me, brother?"

And I helped them many times.

Ye Zhen could sense that Xie Tingzhou had previously been wary and distant towards her.

Xie Tingzhou pretended not to know that she was asking about matters that occurred during the day, and replied, "Every spy who infiltrates an enemy country deserves respect, and I, the young master, do not wish for anything to happen to them."

In many cases, they are in far greater danger than the soldiers on the battlefield.

Conversely, enemy countries often hate them more than they hate the soldiers on the battlefield.

Therefore, many spies, upon returning home, fearing retaliation, preferred to give up their official titles and honors, only receiving some rewards from the court in secret, and living out their remaining years in peace.

What Senior Yin provided to Da Yuan this time was the enemy country's battle plan.

The fact that she was able to obtain such confidential information shows that she had approached someone extraordinary, and that she had earned their complete trust.

She betrayed her opponent, causing the enemy country to suffer a great defeat. Her opponent must hate her to the extreme and want to kill her as soon as possible.

However, Yin Jiuniang was able to escape from the enemy country and even send letters to the emperor and Shegu in the capital, but she did not ask for support, which shows that she had her own methods.

Judging from Ye Zhen's skills, her master's martial arts must be quite good as well.

That's why he advised Ye Zhen not to act rashly.

As for Xie Tingzhou's change in attitude towards Ye Zhen, it was because he discovered the real reason for Ye Zhen's unusual behavior.

When they first met, Ye Zhen disguised himself and killed several people from the Marquis's mansion. He was also involved with the palace's secret guards.

Her appearance was so different from what Xie Tingzhou knew about the young mistress of the Marquis's mansion that he couldn't help but doubt her identity.

As a key military general of Dayuan, any unusual behavior around Marquis Zhongyong was worth Xie Tingzhou's attention. He even suspected that Ye Zhen was a spy targeting Marquis Zhongyong.

But if Ye Zhen is Ye Jinghong's daughter, and the Ye family of three took everything from her and conspired with Liu and her son to harm her, then Ye Zhen's series of actions would only be revenge.

In addition, Xie Tingzhou received a message from the south during the day confirming that the person in front of him was indeed Ye Zhen, who grew up in the manor.

Xie Tingzhou dispelled his doubts about Ye Zhen.

Although he could tell that Ye Zhen was hiding something, Xie Tingzhou would not stop Ye Zhen unless it involved the safety of the country.

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