Chapter 84 Is that him?
Ye Lanzhou knew that she had to leave today. After all, she lived in the west courtyard. In order to let her rest in peace and to show her noble status, the Ye family placed her in the quietest west courtyard. Usually, few people came here, only a few maids and servants on duty passed by.
Ye Lanzhou didn't need Xie Chengyan's help. When it came to climbing over walls, Xie Chengyan might even be worse than her. The walls of the Nanyang Old Temple were twice as high as the Ye Mansion, and she had climbed them easily. This small, low wall was no problem at all.
It was already late at night, and Xie Chengyan chose a sparsely populated road.
Today is a clear night, and the moonlight shines on the bluestone slabs, as bright as daytime.
The street was so quiet that only the sound of two people walking could be heard. Xie Chengyan suddenly interrupted the silence: "What's going on in the Ye Mansion recently?"
Ye Lanzhou pondered the recent events at the Ye Mansion, the most significant of which was Ye Lingchuan's tricking of the Fifth Sister to Wanhe Tower, nearly leading to an affair between the Fifth Sister and Pei Song. Xie Chengyan should have known about this, as it happened at Wanhe Tower. Just as Hong Luo claimed she could find Ye Anyun's whereabouts, Xie Chengyan appeared at Wanhe Tower.
He also told her to go to the owner of Wanhelou if she had any problems, so Ye Lanzhou guessed that Wanhelou must be Xie Chengyan's intelligence organization, so he should know what happened there.
But no one knew what happened after they returned to the Ye Mansion, so they said, "Madam Ye was placed under house arrest. Before she was locked up, she had a big argument with Ye Zhixing, saying that when Empress Dowager Xu was pregnant, it was Ye Zhixing who took care of her, and that now Ye Zhixing had become attached to the Xu family."
"I have checked many places in the Ye Mansion recently, and it doesn't seem like there is a place where a body can be hidden." She remembered the divination she had just done - the body was in the south.
She believed it now, but Xie Chengyan might not. Perhaps, just like when the old temple keeper first told her about the divination, he didn't believe these mysterious things.
Ye Lanzhou was afraid that Xie Chengyan would think he was lying if he told him, so he simply stopped talking and said, "The late emperor's body should not be in the Ye Mansion."
As to where it is, it is unknown.
Xie Chengyan surprisingly didn't question her words. He just said, "Forget it then. When you've avenged your great hatred and the baby is born, tell me where you want to go and I'll do my best to help you."
These words were completely beyond Ye Lanzhou's expectations. She didn't know what happened in the past few days, but Xie Chengyan's attitude towards her seemed to have improved. He no longer had the condescending attitude of a superior like before, but more like an alliance.
What he just said was the most wrong thing he had said since she met Xie Chengyan. It sounded well-intentioned, but it made Ye Lanzhou feel a chill down her spine. She didn't feel like she had done anything beneficial to him recently.
So he asked, "Your Highness, have I done anything recently? Why are you suddenly asking to help me?"
Xie Chengyan's expression suddenly grew serious. He lowered his eyes to look into Ye Lanzhou's, his upturned pupils unconsciously revealing a sentimental expression. He said, "It wasn't recently, but eight years ago. The capital moved north, and I was stationed in Jinling City. Later, Jinling City was destroyed, and my army retreated to Nanyang. A commander and I were injured and collapsed in a mountain in Nanyang. We were later rescued."
Ye Lanzhou stared at him, his mind gradually reminiscing about the person he met in the mountains when he was a child. Was that person him? How could that person be him?
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