Chapter 183 Well done
The time Xie Chengyan had been away was neither long nor short. Ye Lanzhou had done a lot of things in the capital, taking over Xinglinchun and arranging the wedding of Yang Jiyu and Pei Xuan. He had told Xie Chengyan almost everything, without hiding anything from him.
She thought he would think she was doing too much and would attract attention, but he said nothing and just told her to be careful.
Only when the topic of Pei Xuan summoning Yang Jiyu to Nongxiang Hall did Xie Chengyan open his mouth again, saying, "Pei Xuan has been frivolous since he was young. Yang Zheng's sister will definitely not be happy if she marries him."
He was also there when Yang Jiyu got married, because she was Yang Zheng's sister, and Yang Zheng only had that one sister. The two of them had lived together for many years, which was quite pitiful. Originally, he said he could add some money to Yang Jiyu's dowry, making it count as Yang Zheng's, but Yang Zheng refused.
Women have no say in their marriage, and now even girls from poor families are implicated.
Then he thought of Xie Zhaochu. He had no feelings for this youngest sister, but she was still half his blood. Lu Qianshan had said that Xie Zhaochu wasn't having a good time in Southern Xinjiang. Before she even arrived, the Young Master of Southern Xinjiang, Helian Qi, had already made things difficult for her.
Fortunately, Southern Xinjiang has indeed become much more peaceful. Helian Qi is still a man of his word.
During his time in Southern Xinjiang, Xie Chengyan's mind raced. It was clear that men were fighting for the throne, but in the end, they had to use that woman as a bargaining chip. When Xie Zhaohe first said these words, he hadn't taken them seriously, but now even a girl from a poor family was implicated...
The current situation in Yin State has become so rotten.
He wanted to use the late emperor's other bloodline to stir up trouble in the court, but who knows what the situation would be like then.
"How is Yan Su?"
Ye Lanzhou replied, "It was a close call. Luckily, I got back in time that day." She paused, then recalled the incident with the palace spies. "Achang is dead," she continued, "he was on duty, eaten to death by a poisonous insect. But with Achang dead, I wonder if the other spies in the palace will be alert, making it even harder to find them."
Ye Lanzhou was indeed worried about this matter. She seldom saw the Grand Empress Dowager, and the struggles among the court officials basically did not involve the Grand Empress Dowager. However, she sat firmly in the palace, and her status was equal to that of Xie Zhao, who held the imperial seal.
You have to know that Xie Zhaohe had to work hard for the government for so long before someone supported her, and the Empress Dowager, a woman sitting in the harem, actually had such a status, which shows that she is not as simple as she seems.
How could it be possible that she only had one spy planted in the palace?
Strangely, Xie Chengyan didn't seem to care. His gaze lingered on Ye Lanzhou's lips, and he suddenly remembered the gentle peck he'd given her when he'd pulled her into the alley. He hadn't seen Ye Lanzhou in a while. The events in Southern Xinjiang had indeed unfolded quickly. That batch of gunpowder was the last. If the murderer couldn't be found, the previous two batches would be hard to recover.
He never felt that he had any attachment to anyone, nor was he willing to admit that Ye Lanzhou could control his emotions, but during the days he went to southern Xinjiang, he did miss her a little, and not only emotionally, but also physically.
After listening to Ye Lanzhou's speech, he only said: "Well done."
Ye Lanzhou felt as if she was choking. She suspected that Xie Chengyan hadn't listened at all. She looked up at him, only to see him slowly rubbing the edge of the teacup with his fingertips, his eyes dark and unclear.
Every time he had this look, something almost out of control would happen afterwards.
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