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"Did you see that? The woman in the carriage is the one with the surname Ye. Go and find out who she is. " Zhuo Su 'er said to the man beside her in a low voice, "Don't follow that Ye woman anymore. You've been following her for a few days, and you were only able to follow her this time. Her guards are not simple. If you keep following her, something might happen."
"Yes, miss," the man replied.
The people working for Elder Zhuo and his daughter in the capital were all Qian Luosha's people. They were all Elder Zhuo's confidants and hadn't been bribed by Teng Ye. A few days ago, Zhuo Su 'er had called a few people to find Ye Zhen's whereabouts. Even if they found her, they couldn't track her.
Zhuo Su 'er watched the carriage disappear into the corner of the street. Who was this Ye woman? She seemed to have a high status in the capital and had many experts by her side.
And third senior brother … They still didn't know who he was.
The more Zhuo Su 'er thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She couldn't help but slam the table. "Why can't we find him? Is he still hiding in the palace?"
"What's wrong?" Elder Zhuo walked in from outside and asked when he saw his daughter's annoyed face.
"Father, I just saw the woman with the surname Ye here, but I didn't ask anyone to follow her. I asked Tong Gui to follow the other woman. We don't know her identity, but someone else should know," said Zhuo Su 'er.
Elder Zhuo nodded solemnly. Recently, he had always felt that no matter what he did, there would always be someone stopping him. Nothing was going his way. He almost suspected that Teng Ye had also come to the capital and was hiding in the shadows to plot against him.
"Father, we've been in the capital for so many days. Apart from contacting your former subordinates, we haven't done anything else. Especially about third senior brother, could he already know we're in the capital?" Zhuo Su 'er asked quietly.
"Him?" Elder Zhuo frowned. "He doesn't have that kind of ability."
In Elder Zhuo's mind, even if Rong Zhan, who he had never taken as a disciple, was capable, at most he had a higher status. He definitely didn't have that kind of ability to control all his movements in the capital.
Zhuo Su 'er felt that this matter had something to do with third senior brother. But since her father said so, perhaps she was overthinking it.
"I heard that your second senior brother and Teng Ye are coming to the capital. Prepare yourselves. Don't let them ruin our plans," Elder Zhuo instructed.
"Alright." Zhuo Su 'er nodded.
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Ye Zhen did not know that she had been followed these days. Every move of the Zhuo father and daughter was under Mo Rongzhan's control. Naturally, he would not let the Zhuo father and daughter have any possibility of threatening her.
Returning home, Ye Rou first went to see Pei shi and told her about how she had run into Lu Fang-er on the street.
"Mother, what do you think we should do?" Ye Zhen asked in a low voice. "I thought that if grandmother was still alive, she would not ignore Lu Fang. She already knew that she had misunderstood grandmother. If she was allowed to live that kind of life in the Liang family, grandmother would not be at ease."
Pei shi was infuriated when she heard about Lu Fang-er's misfortune. She hadn't expected Liang Chun to be so excessive. Even if he liked raising catamites, at the very least, he should have given Lu Fang-er a son or daughter. Otherwise, how could she maintain her footing in the Liang family? What hope would she have?
"Liu shi is outrageous. We can't ignore the slightest bit of family affection. I'll find a way to make the decision." Pei shi said. She understood what kind of blood feud there was between the Ye and Lu families. Although Yao Yao was still the same as before, it was a fact that Lu Lingzhi had killed her sister. It would be too difficult for her to ask Yao Yao to save Lu Lingzhi's sister.
Ye Zhen knew what Pei shi was worried about. In fact, she no longer had any resentment. The person who killed her was Lu Lingzhi. Old Madam Lu and Lu Shiming treated her like family. Although Lu Fang-er was not on good terms with her before, she did not do anything to hurt her. Even for the sake of Old Madam Lu, Ye Zhen should reach out and help her.
What's more, the Lu family had long been broken up. Could it be that she still couldn't let it go?
"Mother, you are the elder of the Lu family. We really need you to come forward. However, we have to think of a way to make Liang Chun release Lu Fang-er willingly." Ye Zhen said.
Pei shi nodded heavily. "What do you think we should do?"
Ye Zhen thought carefully and whispered to Pei shi after a while, "Mother, why don't you go to the Liang family tomorrow and walk with Fang 'er first? Leave the rest to me."
"What are you going to do?" Pei shi asked.
Ye Zhen smiled and said, "Don't worry about it, I have my own way."
Pei shi thought that since Yao Yao was willing to help Lu Fang-er, there must be no problem. She just had to listen to her and do what she said.
Coming out of Pei shi's room, Ye Zhen was still thinking about who could deal with Liang Chun for her. In fact, the easiest way was to go to the palace to find Mo Rongzhan and let him issue an edict directly. However, she felt that if she asked Mo Rongzhan for help in this matter, what else could she do in the future?
She also didn't want to trouble Mo Rongzhan with Lu Fang-er's affairs.
"Where is Xue Lin?" Ye Zhen remembered that it was Mo Rongyi who took her to the mustard seed garden. It was best to ask him for help in this matter.
Hong Ying said, "Xue Lin is in front. Are you looking for him?"
Ye Zhen smiled and nodded. "Let him go to the palace for me. I want to make an appointment with the young prince."
It was not suitable for her to enter the palace at this time. If she entered the palace without seeing the Empress Dowager, it would be impossible. She didn't want to see the Empress Dowager, at least not at this time.
It wasn't long before Ye Yiqing arrived.
"Father, did you enter the palace today?" Ye Zhen glanced at Ye Yiqing cautiously, wondering if he had come to see her because she went to find Zhao Yang.
Ye Yiqing nodded. "Well, I just came out of the palace."
"Then … have you seen the Empress Dowager?" Ye Zhen asked again.
"I have, but she probably doesn't want to see me anymore. When you enter the palace in the future, just respect her on the surface. Don't worry too much about other things." Ye Yiqing whispered.
It seemed that he had angered the Empress Dowager quite badly.
"The Empress Dowager used to be really good to me." Ye Zhen sighed. "Father, can't you see if the Empress Dowager is hypnotized?"
"Even if she is hypnotized, all this is now her subconscious." Ye Yiqing said. He did not have the same feelings for the Empress Dowager as Ye Zhen. "Don't be too sad."
Ye Zhen nodded with a bitter smile, "I know, but I would rather believe that the empress dowager was hypnotized to treat me like this."
"The Empress Dowager has a palace maid who seems to be quite liked by the Empress Dowager. Do you know her?" Ye Yiqing suddenly asked.
"A palace maid?" Ye Zhen froze for a moment, "I only know that the Empress Dowager used to like Aunt Cheng the most. Now … perhaps there are some new maids who serve her well."
Ye Yiqing asked casually. He glanced at his daughter. "Did you go to Gourd Alley today?"
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