The wheels moved forward and the carriage gradually moved away.

After being put into the prison cell of the Censorate, Zhang Lanheng realized that he had uncovered a lot of dirt during the past few days due to his thorough investigation of the Xu family. He now cried out for injustice and cursed.

Po calmly passed through many checkpoints and finally stood in the cell at the end.

Compared with the previous ones, this cell is most heavily guarded.

However, Mrs. Zheng, whose wrists were shackled, had no sense of crisis of being imprisoned.

She was wearing a white gauze dress with a green plum pattern and stared at the small window of the cell in a daze.

A Bao looked around secretly for a while before signaling to the warden to open the cell door.

Sit down and say, "I have something to ask."

Madam Zheng was still staring at the small window above her head, as if she was in a trance, and she murmured, "I have told Xiao Yunzheng everything I know."

Hearing this, Abao quietly clenched his fists in his sleeves.

Mrs. Zheng did tell Xiao Yunzheng a lot.

For example, the Pei family has a stronghold in Wancheng, Xijiang, which should be in the northwest of the city; for another example, the Pei family raises a female spy who uses her beauty to collect information...

But what she wanted to know most was——

A Bao stared at Mrs. Zheng indifferently and asked coldly.

"Mrs. Zheng, is she just an ordinary female spy of the Pei family?"

After hearing these words, Mrs. Zheng suddenly came back to her senses.

He suddenly chuckled and looked at Po thoughtfully.

As their eyes met, Abao's look grew colder.

"King Xiao is very cautious. When he accepted Madam Zheng into the family, he must have investigated her background to avoid bringing disaster upon himself."

"And Madam Zheng, you have been competing for favor with Princess Xiao for many years."

"With Princess Xiao's ruthless style and scheming, she would hate to kill you, and she will keep a close eye on your every move at all times and in all places."

"Even so, you are still flawless."

"On the contrary, the Zheng family took advantage of the fact that a lady from the royal palace appeared."

"One person gets the Tao, and the chicken and the dog ascend to the sky."

"Either, someone helped confirm the identity of the Zheng family's daughter behind the scenes; or, the identity of the Zheng family's daughter has been true from the beginning to the end." Whatever the possibility, Madam Zheng does not look like the round-faced little maid she caught in the palace at the beginning.

Use it and throw it away, no regrets.

A Bao stared closely at Mrs. Zheng's subtle reactions.

But after living a life of luxury for many years, he does have a certain demeanor.

It is no wonder that although King Xiao had many beautiful concubines, the most favored one was Madam Zheng.

Keeping laughing, Mrs. Zheng made a strange request.

"I want one, steamed cheese with sugar."

Seeing that A Bao was silent, Madam Zheng chuckled and said, "It has to be the third shop on the right at the entrance of Juting Street. It's the old shop called Queqiaoxian."

As if thinking about something, A Bao nodded to Hong Xiu.

After a while, in silence, Mrs. Zheng leisurely sipped the cheese.

On the night of the fire at Prince Xiao's mansion, she had planned to escape during the chaos.

But he first bumped into the mad Xiao Jianghe, then was stopped by Xie Wuai, and then met the secret guards sent by the princess, who came to negotiate with him with Zheng Youwei's severed finger.

When the palace was surrounded, she was imprisoned.

Was it a coincidence or some strange mistake? Or was there a spirit in the Xiao Palace?

We need to keep her as a witness for Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Mrs. Zheng looked at the steamed cheese in her hand with a mocking and sighing look.

"The daughter of the Zheng family was sold into the mountains, but was rescued by the Pei family. She became the best female spy of the Pei family until she gave birth to two daughters whose fathers were unknown."

"The older one was taken away and became a maidservant of Master Nan, but she fell into the water one day and died."

"The younger one will continue to be a female spy, using her beauty to make a living."

Mrs. Zheng was so immersed in reminiscing about the past that she didn't notice it for a moment.

When Abao heard this, he frowned in surprise.

Madam Zheng, on the other hand, thought about herself and said nostalgically, "The Pei family bought an orphan girl and raised her on the farm since she was young. When she was thirteen years old, she went down the mountain to carry out the mission."

"I'm the best, spy girl."

"Even the three top female spies of the Pei family back then couldn't get close to King Xiao."

"Pei Nanshan sent me."

"I only danced once in front of King Xiao."

"And the prince asked me if I liked steamed cheese with sugar."

"Of course I answered, I like it."

"After all, I heard that the imperial concubine in the palace likes this steamed yogurt with sugar very much." Madam Zheng smiled meaningfully and looked at Abao.

I wanted to ridicule the princess and mock her mother for having an old lover.

But he finally realized that the princess looked like she had seen a ghost.

"You are actually...?" A Bao was shocked.

In his previous life, Pei Guichen once told her that he was not Madam Pei’s biological son.

Because it was a scandal, the matter was kept secret since he was born and raised under the name of Madam Pei.

Until my grandmother came to the door.

Only then did he understand why Madam Pei had ignored him since he was a child.

On the New Year's Eve in her previous life, she took him to light lotus lanterns to pray for her mother.

In the chaotic night wind, Pei Guichen spoke calmly, but he held her hand tightly: "How dare a maid give birth to the eldest son before the mistress."

"He deserved to be killed, didn't he?"

Hearing this, she couldn't bear it. She shed tears and tried to comfort him: "Don't be sad, I will protect you in the future."

The screams of execution in the prison cell suddenly came.

A Bao suddenly came back to his senses and stared at Mrs. Zheng with a lot on his mind.

Pei Guichen never mentioned this aunt.

Even in his previous life, many years after he ascended the throne.

Zheng Zhen'er never showed up from beginning to end.

Perhaps, Pei Guichen is also unaware of this past event?

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