Ye Zhen gestured for Wan Xing to lift the curtain, and smiled, "Vice Envoy Lei, please speak."
"I ran into the young mistress on the street last time. I wonder if the carriage she was riding in was the same one that belonged to the Marquis?"
"When I went back to my parents' home that day, I did borrow my mother-in-law's carriage, which was more impressive."
It wouldn't be difficult for Lei Ce to investigate this matter, and Ye Zhen had no intention of lying.
She asked in confusion, "Why does Vice Envoy Lei ask about this?"
"Young mistress, do you really not know?"
Lei Ce's eyes suddenly sharpened, like twin blades shooting towards Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen was stared at like that, and suddenly clenched the handkerchief in her hands, as if she was frightened.
However, she maintained the dignity of being the young mistress of the Marquis's mansion and tried her best to remain calm, saying, "Please, Vice Envoy Lei, explain further."
Lei Ce had a fierce appearance and had been in the Martial Virtue Division for many years. Few people were not afraid of him when he deliberately released his aura.
Ye Zhen's reaction was no different from that of any other woman who had ever seen him.
He stepped closer, his gaze sharpening even more. "Young Madam, do you still remember why I stopped your carriage that day?"
"Remember……"
Ye Zhen realized what was happening and stood up abruptly, nearly hitting her head on the car roof. Fortunately, Wan Xing reacted quickly and used her hand to protect her head.
"Miss, be careful!"
But Ye Zhen didn't care about his own head anymore. He reflexively looked under the seat, and when he remembered that this was not Liu's carriage, he hurriedly asked, "Does Vice Envoy Lei mean that the assassin was hiding in my carriage that day?"
"Hasn't the young mistress noticed anything?"
Ye Zhen shook his head. "Those are assassins who kill people. If I had known, how could I have dared to ride in that carriage?"
She survived the ordeal. "I even rode in a carriage all the way to the manor. Fortunately, the assassin didn't hurt anyone in the manor, otherwise I would have been truly guilty."
Immediately, she wondered, "But no suspicious person was found at the Marquis's residence that day. Chen Qing was also there at the time. Could Vice Envoy Lei have made a mistake?"
If there were assassins, Chen Qing and the guards of the Marquis's residence should have noticed.
Lei Ce had no evidence to prove that the assassin was definitely hiding in Ye Zhen's carriage, and stopping the carriage today was just a test.
But the result was clearly not ideal.
If he insists on stopping the carriage, it would be saying that the guards of the Marquis's mansion are all useless. Without solid evidence, he cannot accuse the Marquis's mansion of intentionally protecting the assassin.
Lei Ce smiled and said, "What the young mistress said makes sense, but I am anxious because we have not been able to catch the assassin yet."
Today I heard about the hidden compartment in the Lady of the Marquis's carriage, and since I happened to run into the Young Mistress, I couldn't help but come forward to bother her. I hope the Young Mistress will forgive me.
Ye Zhen replied politely, "Vice Envoy Lei is only doing his duty; I can understand."
Lei Ce stepped back, and the coachman shook the reins, but just as Wan Xing was about to lower the curtain, he asked again, "Does the young mistress know what the assassin did?"
Ye Zhen replied, "The Wude Division is handling cases, and we dare not inquire about them casually."
This answer is very much in line with the expectations of a woman confined to her home.
After the carriage had driven away, a trusted aide asked, "Boss, did you notice anything?"
Lei Ce narrowed his eyes. "You keep a close eye on it yourself."
They didn't find out anything.
But he always felt that the roast chicken that day was too coincidental, and the assassin's disappearance made no sense.
"Be careful not to let Xie Tingzhou find out."
He had no objection to Xie Tingzhou, who had suddenly become his superior, but Ye Zhen was a member of the Marquis's mansion, and it was hard to guarantee that Xie Tingzhou wouldn't protect her for the sake of the mansion.
He also vaguely guessed why the Emperor wanted him to keep it a secret from Xie Tingzhou.
The assassin who broke into the palace that day was most likely the Crown Prince, as Xie Tingzhou had a good relationship with the Crown Prince before joining the army.
If the Crown Prince were to hide in the Marquis's residence in the carriage, Xie Tingzhou might very well help him escape.
Everything in this world leaves a trace. Persistence pays off. As long as he doesn't give up, he will surely find that person.
Lei Ze's eyes were firm and full of confidence.
Wanxing peeked outside through the gap in the carriage curtain and asked in a low voice, "Miss, does that person suspect you?"
Ye Zhen smiled calmly, "It's alright, he has no evidence."
If there were evidence, there would be no test today.
Xie Tingzhou had warned Liu Shi about the hidden compartment in her carriage being exposed, and that Lei Ce would come looking for her again, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.
"If we find anything delicious along the way, we buy some."
Lei Ce must have become suspicious because of the roast chicken that day. If she was a foodie, then buying roast chicken that day couldn't be considered a coincidence.
Coincidentally, both she and Wanxing loved food, so even Lei Ce's surveillance couldn't uncover any clues about this matter.
As they were talking, they came across a dried fruit shop, and Wanxing immediately stopped the carriage and went into the shop.
It's enough for a teenager to eat, so no matter how much we buy today, it won't go to waste.
After a short while, Lei Ce's men saw Wan Xing carrying large and small bags out of the shop.
A short while later, they entered another braised food shop, picked up two large bags, and boarded the carriage.
Along the way, whenever they encountered a food stall, Wanxing would buy things. Just when the man suspected that Ye Zhen was deliberately buying things to cover up his actions...
They entered the cloth shop again, and Ye Zhen got off the carriage this time. The master and servant picked out several bolts of cloth and two bags of scraps.
Then I went to the rice shop and bought two bags of rice...
After Ye Zhen returned to the Marquis's residence, that person also returned to Lei Ce's side.
"They left all those things in a courtyard, where two old women guarded it."
My subordinate listened for a while, and it turns out that someone from the south came to the capital to seek refuge with Ye Zhen, and these things were all prepared for them by Ye Zhen.”
Lei Ce frowned deeply after hearing this.
Having made no progress in surveillance today, his subordinates then said, "When Ye Zhen returned to the manor, he brought back several roast chickens, presumably as a tribute to Marquis Zhongyong."
No wonder the Marquis of Zhongyong gave her half of his fortune; she knows how to please people.
However, this subordinate noticed that the fabrics were all ordinary cotton cloth, not even silk. This young mistress of the Marquis's mansion is quite stingy. Now that she has half of the Marquis's mansion in her hands, it's one thing to buy ordinary cloth for the relatives she's relying on, but to buy two bags of scraps of cloth..."
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