When Ye Zhen arrived, Xie Tingzhou was writing something.
Hearing footsteps, he didn't even look up. "The place is ready. Xing Ze will take you there."
"good."
Ye Zhen responded as usual, pretending that the warning from that night had never happened, and followed Xing Ze to the private room.
"Second Young Madam, everything is here. Is there anything else you need?"
After carefully checking each item, Ye Zhen nodded, "These are enough."
After saying that, he began to make it.
Xing Ze left the room and stood guard at the door.
In his view, Ye Zhen was somewhat mysterious, and having seen his master's true face, he remained uneasy.
Ye Zhen knew he was behind her, but she didn't deliberately avoid him. She had studied this craft for many years before she had the ability to make such realistic fakes.
You can't learn it by just glancing at it a few times.
She wouldn't tamper with the human skin mask, so she wasn't afraid of being followed.
An hour later, she washed her hands. "That's enough for today. I'll come again tomorrow."
Xing Ze then led her out again. When they passed Xie Tingzhou, he had already put down his pen and was reading a military book.
Ye Zhen stopped. "Ye Zhen wants to ask my brother about someone."
Who is it?
Ye Zhen sat down opposite him. "May I ask, elder brother, does the Marquis have any generals surnamed He under his command?"
Xie Tingzhou then shifted his gaze to Ye Zhen's face.
Why are you asking him about him?
This is what it means to have.
Ye Zhen met his gaze and asked, "Brother, could you please tell me about that General He?"
How old is he? Where is he from? Is he married? Who else is in his family?
Xing Ze and Fu Guang exchanged a glance. Why did the young mistress's question sound so much like she was looking for a matchmaker?
Xie Tingzhou put down the military treatise, his gaze deepening. "Who are you going to deal with this time?"
He didn't believe that Ye Zhen would still be interested in acting as a matchmaker at this time.
He knew about what happened at the entrance of Jinluzhai that day, and he immediately realized that it was the little fox plotting against Xie Jinyao.
With her skills, if she didn't want to be followed by Xie Jinyao, Xie Jinyao wouldn't even be able to touch her.
He could roughly guess why. Liu had harmed the little fox first, and Xie Jinyao was no good either. The little fox wanted revenge, and he watched coldly without interfering.
But now that the little fox is inquiring about people in the military, he becomes wary.
Ye Zhen poured herself a cup of tea; she was thirsty after being busy for so long.
He took a sip before saying, "To be precise, Liu and Xie Jinyao were upholding justice."
Chaolu told her that Wu Da had secretly returned home before he died.
He said that Xie Jinyao was acting as a chivalrous hero outside the city when he mistakenly took an innocent woman for a concubine who had eloped with someone, and whipped her severely, causing the woman to be captured and tortured to death by a 60-year-old tyrant.
Unexpectedly, the woman's fiancé was a soldier in the army of the Marquis of Loyalty and Valor. Xie Jinyao realized that she had caused trouble, so she hurriedly sought help from the Marquis's wife.
On that very day, besides his trusted confidantes Granny Feng and Guard Wu, Wu Da was also present and overheard quite a bit.
Although Wu Da drove for Lady Hou, he was not considered one of her confidants. Therefore, when he learned of this secret, he was worried that Lady Hou would kill him. So he informed his younger siblings in advance that if anything happened to him, they should leave the capital and return to their hometown immediately.
However, the brother and sister had a deep bond with Wu Da, and being young and fearless, they wanted to avenge Wu Da.
All they knew was that the woman's fiancé's surname was He; nothing else was known.
Marquis Zhongyong held the power of 100,000 troops and had countless soldiers under his command. Chaolu and his companion were just ordinary people, so it was almost impossible for them to find out who the woman's fiancé was.
Even Ye Zhen could only ask Xie Tingzhou.
The surname He is very common, but based on Xie Jinyao and Lady Hou's reactions to the matter, she deduced that the man must be a general.
Xie Tingzhou narrowed his eyes slightly, then suddenly leaned back in his chair, took off his mask and tossed it aside. "I can tell you, but this young master is hungry."
The vegetarian crab roe you sent to my great-aunt last time was quite good; I need to eat my fill to have the energy to speak.”
Ye Zhen needed a favor, and preparing a vegetarian meal wouldn't be difficult; it's just that the mansion might not have the necessary ingredients at night.
But she soon realized she had been worrying too much.
In the past two days, Mo Yuan has quietly set up a small kitchen, which is fully stocked with all kinds of ingredients.
Ye Zhen's doubts resurfaced.
Does he distrust the Marquis's household cuisine? With such vigilance, who exactly is he?
When the vegetarian crab roe dish was served to Tse Ting-chou, she couldn't help but observe his eating manners.
He ate not slowly, but with elegant and composed movements. His Adam's apple bobbed slightly without making a sound of swallowing, which made him seem very refined.
Could he also be a young master from a prominent family?
Xie Tingzhou's icy voice drifted over, "The last person to stare at me like this is now buried under a mountain of weeds."
His eyes held undisguised murderous intent, even a hint of disgust—the disgust of being stared at.
If it were any other girl, she would either be terrified or feel so ashamed that she would die.
Ye Zhen simply tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and remained silent.
She was lost in thought.
Xie Tingzhou spoke up again, "Who taught you to make this vegetarian crab roe?"
It tasted exactly the same as the one he had eaten years ago, but he ate it on the border, while Ye Zhen was raised in the south.
Moreover, the girl who saved him back then was slightly taller than Ye Zhen now, and her voice was different too...
Ye Zhen wasn't stupid; she realized what was going on. "But is this vegetarian dish meaningful to my brother?"
She said she was too hungry to talk, and now that all the ingredients are ready in the middle of the night, and she's asking this question now, it's likely that she's already been preparing to have her cook.
Xie Tingzhou put down his spoon and scoffed, "You're good at praising yourself, but it's just that you find it somewhat to your liking. I have a strange habit; I always feel uncomfortable helping people for nothing."
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