Marquis Zhongyong did indeed want to probe Ye Zhen's background; he had no malicious intent.
He didn't know much about his daughter-in-law, Ye Zhen, and didn't know how capable she was.
If Ye Zhen's previous refusal was merely modesty, then there was no need to send someone over to interfere.
If Ye Zhen truly doesn't know, he will speak up.
If Ye Zhen doesn't understand and refuses to ask for help, and just acts recklessly, then he will consider whether to let her continue managing the household.
The Marquis's mansion needs a head of the household, but it doesn't have to be Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen did not make any move, which did surprise him.
However, in his eyes, regardless of whether Ye Zhen was capable or not, she was still a greenhorn who had just taken over the family.
Having spent half his life in the military, he always had confidence in the new recruits, so he didn't interfere.
Upon seeing the portrait Xie Jinyao sent again, the Marquis of Zhongyong's heart softened even more.
But he still didn't agree to stop Xie Jinyao's punishment, and only watched his daughter from the shadows.
The servants in the manor originally thought that things were about to change when the Marquis appointed Ye Zhen to manage the household and punished the eldest daughter.
Seeing that Ye Zhen remained silent, while the Marquis secretly visited the eldest young lady for two consecutive days, the servants concluded that the Marquis valued the eldest young lady more and that Ye Zhen was not going to amount to anything.
Some, like Xie Jinyao, felt that Ye Zhen was incompetent and therefore unproductive, and thus held him in even greater contempt.
Ye Zhen didn't care about this at all. She marked the problematic ledgers and learned about the perpetrators.
She then instructed Wanxing and Chaolu to put away the account books, and prepared to wash up and settle in.
Xing Ze appeared in the courtyard.
Ye Zhenrang had prepared the materials, and Xie Tingzhou invited her over to make a human skin mask.
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