"Ye Zhen knows some disguise techniques. If you need it, brother, I can help you."
She hid the money very well, and it was not easy to find it.
If Xie Tingzhou came here today only to inquire about the assassin's identity, there's no need for him to go to such lengths.
He also needed her to keep his identity a secret, so he sought out those pieces of evidence as leverage against her.
This person never returned to the capital in his previous life, but now he's here. Ye Zhen deduced that it was because he had dealt with the assassin that day that things had changed.
Since he was not the true heir of the Marquis of Zhongyong, he could not reveal his identity. Therefore, his fairly excellent disguise skills were something he could use.
Ye Zhen's words were both a threat and a surrender.
They were each other's leverage. She was weak and alone in the capital, and Ye Zhen thought her identity as the heir of the Marquis of Zhongyong was quite useful.
At least Lady Hou was wary of him.
Marquis Zhongyong also seemed to value him highly.
Xie Tingzhou's eyes were deep and cold. He approached Ye Zhen step by step, staring into her eyes, "Are you really Ye Zhen?"
How could Ye Zhengqing, that spineless coward who always hides behind his sister, give birth to such a daughter?
He was very skeptical.
Ye Zhen's gaze remained unwavering as he smiled, "The real deal."
She was not Ye Zhengqing's daughter, but Ye Zhen.
The name was given by the mother.
Back then, my mother and aunt were pregnant at roughly the same time, and the doctor diagnosed that they were both carrying female fetuses. So my mother decided on the names Ye Zhen and Ye Wantang.
We plan to make a choice based on the child's temperament after the child is born.
However, on the day of her delivery, she received an urgent imperial edict requiring her to rush to the battlefield to fight the enemy. She had no choice but to entrust her newborn daughter to her sister-in-law, who had given birth two days earlier.
The uncle and aunt disliked the character "桢" (zhen) for being too harsh, so they gave the name "晚棠" (wan tang) to their real daughter.
To the outside world, she said she hoped her child would be as outstanding as her aunt, and therefore named him 'Zhen'.
No one knew that the child had been switched, and that the name Zhen was the one they had left over.
But Ye Zhen liked it very much.
When her mother saw her, she touched her head and smiled, saying, "You and I, aunt and niece, are destined to be together. Originally, I preferred the character 'Zhen'."
Your cousin is gentle and mild-mannered, which doesn't match your personality; on the contrary, you are resilient and determined, which is excellent.
Xie Tingzhou couldn't detect any flaws in her expression.
They could only assume that a bad bamboo shoot had produced a good one, or perhaps that the little dwarf had inherited the traits of her invincible aunt.
He swaggered out the door.
Wanxing was extremely nervous and followed closely until they left the courtyard. Seeing that no one had noticed Xie Tingzhou leaving the young lady's courtyard, she hurriedly closed the gate and returned to her room.
"Miss, how are you?"
Ye Zhen said, "Bring me some hot water."
Her back was soaked.
Dealing with Tse Ting-chou is no easy task.
He was even more difficult to deal with than the Marquis of Loyalty and Valor, but fortunately she did not choose to be his enemy.
While Wanxing was getting hot water, Ye Zhen personally cleaned up the mess on the table. When her fingers touched the broken pieces of the teacup, her breath hitched slightly.
Xie Tingzhou suddenly changed his attitude just now; it must be out of pity.
A compassionate person is unlikely to be too bad.
But Ye Zhen dared not let his guard down.
At the same time, he pondered why Xie Tingzhou wanted to investigate the assassin's information.
Only by knowing yourself and your opponent can you cooperate better.
After changing her clothes, she took Wanxing to the kitchen of the manor.
They will be returning to the capital tomorrow, and they cannot fail to express their gratitude to Madam Wang.
Having come to the village on short notice, she hadn't brought anything to give as a thank-you gift. After thinking it over, she decided to cook some vegetarian dishes for the old man.
She couldn't help but sigh as she picked up the kitchen knife.
The county magistrate had a considerable amount of money, and it's a pity that it's now in Xie Tingzhou's hands.
She wasn't wealthy. Having grown up on a farm, the Ye family never gave her anything of value. Later, when she married into the Marquis's mansion, her dowry was impressive on the surface but actually quite meager.
Although she earned some money privately, she used it for many purposes.
After she avenged herself and fled far away, she would need money to protect herself.
"After you get back, contact Yinyue and ask her to return to the capital."
Yinyue was another maid of hers, a few years older than her and Wanxing. She was capable, calm, and much better at fighting than Wanxing.
When Yinyue first entered the Marquis's residence, the Marquis's wife realized that Yinyue was not someone to be trifled with, so she deliberately found fault with her and wanted to deal with her.
Ye Zhen then took the opportunity to let Yin Yue leave the mansion and take care of some things for her outside.
Right now, she needs help and also wants to drink moonlight.
On the other side, when Lady Hou heard that Marquis Zhongyong did not recognize Xie Yunzhou and had buried him carelessly, she felt dizzy and her vision blurred.
She cried out, "I want to see the Marquis!"
The guards outside the door were the personal guards of the Marquis of Zhongyong; without the Marquis of Zhongyong's order, no one dared to let her out.
Lady Hou immediately sensed that something terrible was about to happen.
When she saw that lunch consisted of only a bowl of plain porridge and a small dish of side dishes, she felt both angry and frightened.
She realized that this was the Marquis of Zhongyong's punishment for her.
He found out about her lie.
Lady Hou immediately thought of Ye Zhen.
"It turns out I misjudged her and underestimated her, and now she's the one who's caused me to end up like this."
Ye Zhen actually had the ability to make the Marquis believe her.
This is really bad.
She hurriedly had someone prepare pen and ink and wrote a letter to her daughter, Xie Jinyao, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong.
The letter ostensibly informed his daughter that he was unwell and needed to recuperate at the farm, and asked her to make sure to comfort his younger brother.
Secretly, they conveyed a message only the mother and daughter understood: Ye Zhen had harmed her, and she wanted her daughter to investigate the whereabouts of Ye Zhen's other maid, Yin Yue.
After being imprisoned, Lady Hou thought through the whole matter carefully.
Ye Zhen may have been hiding her talents all these years, but no matter how capable she is, she couldn't possibly have accomplished so much. She must have had other helpers around her.
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