Ye Zhen's expression stiffened slightly.
He immediately turned cold and said, “Brother is right. It is indeed against moral principles that we are too close, but is brother being too arrogant?”
She walked straight past Xie Tingzhou and stood in front of Cui Yihuan, who was behind him. "What are you doing here?"
Cui Yihuan usually takes a walk in the front yard when Xie Tingzhou returns to the mansion, but Fu Guang secretly tells her to walk around the mansion gate.
As soon as they arrived at the gate, they heard Xie Tingzhou's hurtful words. Although they couldn't understand what was going on between the young couple.
But she knew very well that Ye Zhen had indeed been talking to Xie Tingzhou. As a woman herself, she knew how upset Ye Zhen was and how awkward her situation was.
He quickly agreed, saying, "My grandmother is ill, and I wanted to go back to the Cui family tomorrow to visit her. I heard you were out, so I waited for you at the gate."
Ye Zhen is the head of the household, and Cui Yihuan is a concubine in the Marquis's mansion. It's perfectly normal for her to ask Ye Zhen's permission before going out.
She felt that she had done a good job in repairing Ye Zhen's wounds, but she still looked at Ye Zhen with concern.
Honestly, Xie Tingzhou's words were incredibly hurtful.
Ye Zhen softened his expression, took her hand, and walked into the mansion. "Let's go, I'll have the storeroom prepare some things for your homecoming."
He didn't even glance at Xie Tingzhou.
Xie Tingzhou touched his nose.
After Ye Zhen and the other person left, a man dressed in red led two princes out from behind the wall.
The man in red teased, "Judging from my eyes, which have seen countless women, it is indeed Prince Xie who is being presumptuous. The young mistress has no such feelings for you."
Prince Ning gloated, "I never expected to see you make a fool of yourself today... Hahaha, my trip was worthwhile."
Prince Yun cleared his throat. "Your Highness Xie's words just now were rather uncouth."
Xie Tingzhou's eyes seemed embarrassed. "I've been annoyed by the women at Chunfeng Tower lately, and now I see everyone as a monster."
Thinking it over, he realized that comparing Ye Zhen to a courtesan was inappropriate, so he added, "Although my sister-in-law usually keeps her distance from me, she smiled at me as soon as she got out of the carriage. I was thinking about the case and didn't notice that there was Aunt Cui behind me, so it's no wonder that I misunderstood."
Besides, as the elder brother, I have a responsibility to guide my younger siblings. These words were just a reminder and not an overreaction..."
He seemed to be making excuses for himself, but then he couldn't find any more. Finally, his eyes turned cold, and he glared at the three of them, "Why didn't you remind me?"
The old man treats her like his own daughter. If she complains to him, he'll definitely make trouble for me.
He looked very distressed and impatient.
The man in red sneered, "How would I know what you'd say, or how I could warn you?"
Unable to find fault with the three princes, Xie Tingzhou vented his anger on Xing Ze, who had just returned, saying, "You've been dawdling and keeping me waiting. You can forget about your monthly allowance."
Xing Ze was completely bewildered, but Xie Tingzhou had already taken the reins from him, mounted his horse, and rode away.
Prince Ning asked the other two, "This man is really stingy, should we follow him?"
The man in red waved his hand, "I didn't sleep a wink at Chunfeng Tower last night. I'm tired, so I'm going back to my residence to catch up on my sleep."
Prince Ning was surprised and took two steps back, distancing himself from the man in red. "Little Imperial Uncle, aren't you afraid that your Imperial Aunt will come after you for this nonsense?"
The "little imperial uncle" he mentioned is the youngest brother of the current emperor, the Prince of Liang.
The emperor had once helped the King of Liang's mother, so the emperor took extra care of his youngest brother.
In addition, the Prince of Liang was only a few years older than the two princes, and the three of them grew up together and had a relatively close relationship.
King Liang didn't care much. "She knew what I looked like before she married me. What's there to make a fuss about?"
"Then you should also be careful, don't ruin your health at such a young age."
The man laughed loudly, patting Prince Ning's shoulder with his folding fan. "To die beneath the peony is to be romantic even as a ghost. You'll understand when you have a woman in the future."
Prince Ning pouted, "I would never do that."
That day, I went to Chunfeng Tower with Xie Tingzhou and accidentally ran into the young imperial uncle, who told me that he was a regular customer of Chunfeng Tower.
In their search for the old princess, the three of them followed the young prince and spent two days in the brothel. The girls at Chunfeng Tower were like hungry wolves seeing meat when they saw the three of them, their enthusiasm irresistible.
Let alone Xie Tingzhou misunderstanding Ye Zhen, if a girl were to approach him now, he would also keep his distance.
I was really scared by those girls at Chunfeng Tower.
But this little imperial uncle was enjoying himself, spending his days surrounded by beautiful women and his nights sleeping among them.
Having grown up witnessing his parents' loving relationship, Prince Ning couldn't understand Prince Liang's philandering ways and couldn't help but offer some words of advice, urging him to take care of his health.
King Liang seemed to have taken his words to heart and laughed, "But if we don't go to the brothel to have some fun, life is really boring. Why don't you come with me to catch crickets and we can have a cricket fight?"
Prince Ning hesitated; he was very busy.
He had to keep an eye on Xie Tingzhou and also help find the old princess.
Seeing his predicament, the King of Liang laughed and said, "Then forget it. It's more fun to play with the girls in the brothel."
For some unknown reason, Prince Ning agreed upon hearing this, saying, "Alright, I'll go with you."
Cricket catching usually happens at night, and Xie Tingzhou should be asleep by then.
King Liang chuckled frivolously, "Good lad, you keep your word."
The uncle and nephew exchanged a few more words and agreed on a time to catch crickets. Then, the Prince of Liang excused himself, saying he was tired, and left the Marquis's residence.
The Ning brothers exchanged a glance and decided to follow Xie Tingzhou.
But because of the delay caused by the Prince of Liang, there was no sign of Xie Tingzhou. They guessed that Xie Tingzhou must have returned to the Wude Division, so they chased after him to the Wude Division.
Little did they know that once Xie Tingzhou was out of their sight, he sneaked into the Prince Lin's residence, lying in wait for his prey.
Sure enough, not long after, he saw Prince Liang, who had just been shouting to go back to his residence to sleep, open the secret passage leading to the General's Mansion and jump down.
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