"You are in the Ninth Prince's mansion, why did you choose to follow the Fourth Master?"
After a long silence, Jiang Ranli spoke again. She didn't understand what Yinzhen gave to Qiu Die that made Qiu Die willing to choose to be his.
"To answer the concubine, I have been an orphan since childhood. If it weren't for the Fourth Master's rescue, I would have died long ago," Qiu Die told the reason truthfully.
Jiang Ranli pursed her lips. She didn't expect Qiu Die was an orphan. She didn't expect Qiu Die to enter the Ninth Prince's Mansion to be Yinzhen's spy in order to repay the life-saving grace she had given her.
"My dear Concubine, I know you are worried about me. Please spare my life. If you are really worried about me, just keep me in front of you and keep an eye on me. I am willing to serve you like a slave and have no other thoughts," Qiu Die said as she kowtowed again. This time, blood oozed from her forehead.
Jiang Ranli didn't want Qiu Die's life. Although Qiu Die was Yinzhen's person, she had never done anything bad from beginning to end, and she even helped her. But if she let Qiu Die go, Jiang Ranli would really be worried. After all, she was still the spy in the mansion.
Should I tell Yinzhen about this?
Jiang Ranli was a little hesitant. The princes had been planting spies in each other's houses, and everyone should know it. But if the matter of planting spies was made clear, then they might not be able to maintain their current state of inaction. Maybe, the relationship between them would become worse.
Because she knew what would happen in the future, Jiang Ranli didn't want the relationship between Yin'er and Yinzhen to become too strained.
After thinking for a long time, Jiang Ranli decided to keep it a secret for the time being, so he looked up at Qiu Die who had a hopeful look on her face.
"You have been with me before, and you will stay with me in the future. But I hope you remember what I said today and have no other thoughts."
Just as Qiu Die said, instead of worrying about her, it is better to just keep an eye on her.
"Thank you, Concubine Shu, for your help. Thank you, Concubine Shu, for your help."
"Are all the people in the courtyard where I lived before still here?" Jiang Ranli thought that there were more than just Qiu Die's spies in the mansion, and thought of the people in his former courtyard.
"To answer your question, Concubine, they are all still here. During the years when you were not in the mansion, I and they have been guarding that small courtyard," Qiu Die replied.
After hearing this, Jiang Ranli felt much more at ease. In fact, compared to asking whether the people in the courtyard were still there, she wanted to ask more about how many of Yinzhen's spies were still in the mansion. But she knew that Qiu Die would rather die than tell her, so she didn't ask.
"Let them stay in the yard, I will move back in after some time."
If you can't find more spies, then all you can do is keep an eye on them under your nose.
After Qiu Die left, Jiang Ranli fell into a drowsy sleep. She had been tormented by Dong E for a long time and her face was injured. She was extremely tired now.
The other side.
Yinzhen came to Dong E's courtyard. Originally, in the entire Ninth Prince's Mansion, Dong E's courtyard was the most lively and magnificent, but now, this courtyard looked desolate.
Most of the servants who had followed Dong E before were involved in the incident of hurting Jiang Ranli today, so they were captured and beaten with sticks by Chang Shun and his men, and dealt with according to Yin'er's instructions. At this time, only Dong E and Qingmei were left in the huge courtyard.
Dong E sat dejectedly on the ground, staring at the blood-stained ground in a daze, until Yinzhen approached, she came back to her senses.
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