"This silly girl..."
Watching Yu Xiangrong's somewhat hasty retreat, Murong Xi shook her head and smiled, "Even if you don't stay, you can still go get a meal!"
Chu Xia said quietly from the side, "Your Majesty, you've been chatting all day. If Miss Yu wants to go back, let her go. We can still see her at the newspaper office tomorrow!"
"That's true..."
Then he looked at Jing Zhe and Zhang Xiaoyu and said, "Shall we go back?"
"Okay, let's go back!"
Jing Zhe took Zhang Xiaoyu's hand and walked out first.
Although he planned to spend time alone with Murong Xi today to see if she would be provoked and change.
Unexpectedly, Yu Xiangrong disrupted his plans, and now that Zhang Xiaoyu has arrived, there's nothing he can do no matter what he wants to do. Today is probably over, so he might as well go back with Zhang Xiaoyu to avoid arousing Murong Xi's suspicion.
Seeing Jing Zhe so naturally and obliviously showing affection to Zhang Xiaoyu again, Murong Xi pouted, a glint of light flashing in her eyes, and clenched her fists.
Zhang Xiaoyu, however, was very suspicious at this moment.
Xiang Rong?
Empress sister?
This address...something's not right!
From what Chuxia just said, they've been chatting all day?
A bad feeling crept into Zhang Xiaoyu's heart: Oh no! Could it be that Xiangrong has already been turned?
The thought of this possibility filled Zhang Xiaoyu with worry, and even the joy she felt while holding Jing Zhe's hand vanished...
Back at Wenxiangju, Zhu Xinning happened to be there as well.
"What brings you here, Lord Zhu? Are you also here to ask what I'd like to eat?"
Murong Xi's words to Zhu Xinning were laced with veiled hostility. Although she had a good chat with Yu Xiangrong, she still couldn't stand Zhu Xinning's overly defensive strategy.
"The Empress is indeed clever."
Zhu Xinning said calmly, "However, this Wenxiangju is my Zhe'er's restaurant, so naturally it belongs to me. I'm just visiting my own place, and I can come whenever I want."
"Is that so? Then you can take a good look, Master Zhu."
"Hehe, there's no need for the Queen to worry about that!"
"Does Master Zhu intend to stay here all night?"
"That's hard to say. It's almost Chinese New Year, and those cats and dogs outside might take the opportunity to steal fish. It's only right to keep an eye on them for one night."
"..."
The two women clashed like fire and earth the moment they met. On the surface, they were both friendly, but their words were full of barbs. Jing Zhe, who was listening nearby, felt trembling and thought that he should not stay here for long.
Chu Xia and Zhang Xiaoyu exchanged a glance and stood tacitly beside Murong Xi and Zhu Xinning. Although they also wanted to help their empress (the second sister), they were powerless to help in such a high-level duel.
All I could do was sit back and watch, learning from their experience.
Although gossiping is human nature, Jing Zhe didn't want to gossip about his own woman, and he was afraid that if he wasn't careful, he would get himself into trouble.
After thinking for a moment, she clutched her stomach and said, "Ouch, I don't know what I ate, my stomach hurts! I have to go home!"
Without paying any attention to the women, he dashed out of the building, leaving the four women standing there, looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Stomach ache... how could you run so fast?"
"My stomach hurts... Should I just go upstairs?"
Chu Xia and Zhang Xiaoyu were both baffled, while Zhu Xinning and Murong Xi exchanged glances and lost all interest in arguing.
The men have all run away, what's all the fuss about?
boring!
That's boring!
Murong Xi then waved his hand and said, "Then you can stay here a little longer, Lord Zhu, and don't let a single cat or dog in. I've been busy at the newspaper office all day and am a bit tired, so I won't keep you company any longer! Chu Xia, let's go!"
With that, he turned and walked upstairs.
"Second sister, let's go upstairs too, I have important information!"
"Let's talk about it when we get home?"
"No! My husband can't know about this!"
"..."
Zhang Xiaoyu spoke with a serious expression and a mysterious tone.
...
Go upstairs, enter the room, and close the door.
As if afraid the neighbors would hear, Zhang Xiaoyu pulled Zhu Xinning by the hand to the window furthest from the next room, and then whispered, "Second sister, there's a traitor among us!"
"???"
Zhu Xinning was completely baffled.
"Xiang Rong has betrayed us!"
"..."
Zhu Xinning couldn't help but chuckle at Zhang Xiaoyu's serious expression.
"Xiaoyu, tell me in detail, what exactly happened!"
"I just went to the newspaper office and saw..."
So Zhang Xiaoyu recounted what she had seen and heard at the newspaper office, and concluded by saying, "Second Sister, you have no idea how affectionately those two sisters called each other! They even held hands and chatted in the room all day! Xiangrong has definitely betrayed us—or that empress is too powerful; she has bewitched Xiangrong, and now Xiangrong must think she's very good and listens to everything she says!"
"..."
Although Zhang Xiaoyu is also very smart, she gets flustered when she cares, especially in this situation, and she tends to be extreme in her thinking.
Zhu Xinning laughed and said, "How long have we known Xiangrong? Do you think our relationship with Xiangrong is not as strong as that of this empress whom she has only known for a day?"
"But…"
"You and I both know that Xiangrong is simple-minded, kind-hearted, and easily trusts others. In her eyes, there are hardly any bad people. Chatting with that empress a few times and getting along a little better doesn't mean anything, because that's just the kind of person Xiangrong is!"
Zhu Xinning explained calmly.
Zhang Xiaoyu thought about it and realized that Yu Xiangrong was indeed that kind of person. Even those who sneaked in to listen to storytelling without buying tickets would be kicked out by the waiter if he found out. But if she found out, she would spend her own money to buy them a ticket. In her opinion, how could people who risk being beaten and kicked out to listen to storytelling be bad?
However, she still said, "But how can Xiang Rong keep an eye on people if she's like this?"
Zhu Xinning nodded in agreement this time: "Yes, that's why I felt it was inappropriate when you went to see Xiangrong today. Given Xiangrong's personality, how could she do such a thing?"
"..."
Zhang Xiaoyu opened her mouth, unsure of what to say. It seemed that only a woman like her could do what her man was doing…
"Second sister, if that's the case, then Xiangrong can't go to the newspaper office tomorrow! She's on such good terms with the Empress now, and the Empress even invited Xiangrong to the newspaper office tomorrow. I think she's just trying to cover things up!"
Zhang Xiaoyu analyzed seriously: "When she arranges for Xiangrong to stay in the room, she can legitimately seduce her husband!"
Zhu Xinning nodded in agreement.
"Then, go tell Xiangrong first thing tomorrow morning that she has something to do at home and ask her not to go?"
Zhang Xiaoyu nodded, then hesitated and said, "If Xiang Rong can't go, then who will go to the newspaper office to keep an eye on them?"
"..."
After saying that, he fell into deep thought.
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