Seeing that no one was around, Shi Shu quietly walked towards a bamboo grove at the back.
As she walked deeper into the bamboo forest, she turned back to make sure no one was behind her, then blew a few bird calls towards the depths.
A moment later, a figure quietly appeared in front of her.
The maidservant, her expression completely changed from when she was in front of Ge Yin. Her face was grim as she knelt down: "Master! The Prince's elite troops will soon be stationed at the Prince's residence."
The man, dressed in a black cloak and wearing a mask, said coldly, "Are you all ready?"
"Ready! We await the master's command."
"Okay, find an opportunity to have someone discover that evidence."
"It's a cold voice," the man in black said.
Shi Shu nodded immediately: "Understood!"
When she came out of the bamboo forest again, Shishu carefully observed her surroundings before quickly returning to Ge Yin's courtyard.
Half an hour later, two hundred elite soldiers from the Prince's Palace arrived at the Ge residence, filed in, and then tightly closed the gate.
"What's going on? Isn't Young Master Ge someone the Prince values highly? How did things suddenly change?"
"Is there even a question? It must be that Young Master Ge offended the Prince!"
"No way! I heard that at Old Madam Cui's birthday banquet not long ago, the lady from the Ge family dressed up in her finest clothes to offer her congratulations. Is she a candidate to become the princess in the Prince's mansion?"
"What princess? Princess Fang is currently in seclusion at Fenglin Temple! Even if Lady Ge marries into the royal palace, she can only be a concubine!"
"Being a concubine would be great, so why the sudden change of heart?"
"How could we ordinary folks possibly know about the secrets and shady dealings within these wealthy and powerful families?"
...
The people outside the Ge residence were whispering and gossiping.
In a private room at Fengle Tower, Li Feiyi listened excitedly to the gossip relayed by Shu Kui: "Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect Xiao Yuan to be such a womanizer, he'd get involved with any woman!"
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