Peach Blossom.

Tao Ye felt something was wrong. The voice was very real and definitely not her imagination!

Yu'er was sleeping soundly in bed, apparently not affected at all.

Tao Ye walked out of the room again. Everything was quiet and there was nothing unusual in the corner room. She walked into the room again and the strange sound rang out again!

She was basically certain that the sound came from her room, not the corner room where Qingxing had lived before.

She went in the direction of the sound and walked to the small corner farthest from the bed. The sound came from a drawer in the corner.

Seeing that the drawer was locked, Tao Ye suddenly remembered that she had locked the mirror in this drawer before. So the so-called strange sound was just the sound of fingers tapping the mirror.

What a false alarm!

She had forgotten about the mirror since she locked it up for several days without using it!

She quickly found the key, took out the mirror, looked at one side of the mirror, then turned to the other side, and sure enough, she saw Chen Ji appear in the mirror.

"Oh my God! How busy are you? You haven't even paid attention to me for so many days?" Chen Ji's voice came from the mirror.

"I'm sorry... I... it's hard to put it into words..." Tao Ye pursed her lips, not knowing where to start talking about recent events, and it seemed that she didn't want to talk about it.

"Did something big happen?" Chen Ji looked very concerned.

Tao Ye replied: "There is indeed one thing... The princess beat a maid to death... No, it should be said that she forced a maid to death..."

"Well! What's the big deal about it? It's not the first time that she beats or forces servants to death!" Chen Ji smiled casually.

Tao Ye looked at Chen Ji's indifferent attitude and could roughly imagine how many cruel things the princess had done in those years in the princess's mansion.

Chen Ji said again: "I came to you in a hurry because I have something important to ask you."

"what?"

"You have stayed at the Wang family twice. Have you ever met Wang Jing's father, Wang Yi?"

After Chen Ji asked this, Tao Ye suddenly realized that after she came to the Wang family, she had never met the master of the Wang family, Lord Situ Wang Yi.

Not only have I never seen him, I haven't even heard anyone from the Wang family mention him! It's as if Wang Yi doesn't exist! This is really a bit abnormal!

So Tao Ye shook her head: "I haven't seen it. Why do you think of asking this?"

"I saw a man on the road today, and I thought he looked very much like Wang Yi. But I am not familiar with Wang Yi, so I am not completely sure. You have been in the Wang family for quite some time. If you have never seen Wang Yi, it is entirely possible that Wang Yi is not in the Wang family at all! Then the person I met today is very likely Wang Yi!" Chen Ji pondered and speculated.

"Isn't it rumored that he is sick?" Tao Ye remembered that when she was in the princess's mansion, the princess and the maids all said that Situ Wang Yi was very ill and had been ill for a long time, and he could die at any time, so the princess was anxious to marry him.

Chen Ji smiled and said, "Seeing is believing, hearing is not. Can you help me find out whether Wang Yi is in the Wang family?"

Tao Ye vaguely remembered that on the second day after she first came to Situ Mansion, when Xiao Rui and Zhou Yunniang came together to persuade her to leave, Xiao Rui once said, "And what about your father-in-law? What if the princess finds out? You are the most filial child!"

Thinking about it this way, Wang Yi is probably hiding something!

"I think Mantangjiao should know a lot about my father-in-law. Now I live in the Wang family with the identity of Mantangjiao. How can I find out?" Tao Ye felt very embarrassed.

Chen Ji thought for a moment and said, "Mantang Jiao may know very well, but the princess certainly does not know. You can use the princess to find out. She has been spoiled by the queen mother since she was a child. Although she is extremely willful and selfish, she is not very cunning. It is very easy to fan the flames for her!"

Tao Ye was a little puzzled: "But... why do you insist on asking if he is at the Wang family?"

Chen Ji smiled and shook his head: "Silly girl! I am already dead in the eyes of the world. I finally escaped to Yongchang County. If there are people here who can recognize me, or have a grudge against me, would I dare to show up and surrender to the King of Yongchang?"

Tao Ye thought it made sense and had no choice but to agree.

The next morning, Tao Ye opened her eyes and thought about one thing, which was to rush to deliver food to Wang Jing. Life in the mansion was not easy, and she had to do more useful things while she could!

She had asked about this the last time she met the Ghost King, and learned that all the ancient trees could be used as places to pick up takeout.

So, she went to the kitchen again and pretended to cook, then put the empty plates and bowls into the lunch box when no one was around, then walked out of the kitchen, and when she passed by an ancient tree, she put down the lunch box, pretended to comb her hair, then picked up the lunch box and came to the central courtyard.

After entering the central courtyard, she heard the servants talking about how the princess had brought her maids to the palace early in the morning to pay her respects to the empress dowager. She must have wanted to give the empress dowager an explanation for Qingxing's death.

When the princess and her servants were away, the Situ Mansion was indeed peaceful and tranquil. Tao Ye could go anywhere without any obstruction. She easily came to the outside of Wang Jing's room. The door was ajar, so she pushed it open.

After pushing the door, she suddenly remembered that she forgot to knock, which seemed impolite.

Wang Jing was writing. When he heard the door being pushed open, he raised his head and smiled at Tao Ye: "Thank you for cooking for me again."

Tao Ye was immediately uneasy when she heard this. Mantang Jiao and Wang Jing had lived together for eight years, so how could Wang Jing not know Mantang Jiao's cooking skills? And the food at Guiwang Restaurant was terrible, and she was afraid that the truth would be revealed after taking a bite!

But since it had been delivered, she had no choice but to continue. She took out the food from the lunch box and placed it on the table.

Wang Jing put down his pen, picked up his chopsticks and started eating. After every two bites, he looked up at Tao Ye and smiled.

Tao Ye asked tentatively: "Is it delicious?"

Wang Jing smiled and replied, "Very good."

Seeing that Wang Jing was eating normally, Tao Ye felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out what the problem was.

At noon, the princess had not returned yet, so Tao Ye went to deliver food again, and Wang Jing enjoyed his meal just as happily as he had in the morning.

Tao Ye couldn't hold back the question in her heart: "You...how do you think my cooking skills are better than before?"

"Of course it's better." Wang Jing smiled slightly. He really didn't look uncomfortable while eating, and it didn't look like he was forcing a smile!

"Better than before?" Tao Ye almost doubted her ears. If this was true, how bad must Mantang Jiao's cooking skills be?

Although Tao Ye had never tasted the food at the Ghost King Restaurant, she clearly remembered how Chen Ji vomited after taking a bite, Xiao Wan's painful expression when she swallowed, and she witnessed with her own eyes that there were very few guests at the Ghost King Restaurant.

All this is enough to show that the food in Ghost King Restaurant is super bad!

Could it be that Mantang Jiao's cooking skills were really bad? Tao Ye always felt that this was unlikely.

Because Mantangjiao has been a qualified daughter-in-law for eight years in the eyes of her mother-in-law and a qualified mother for seven years in the eyes of Yuer, it is unlikely that she would make food that is difficult to swallow!

Tao Ye walked around Wang Jing's room, looking at the words that had just been written on the desk, and suddenly remembered the divorce letter she saw on Mantang Jiao.

She thought, since Wang Jing dared to say in front of his wife and the princess that he had never written a divorce letter, he should not be lying. Could it be that the divorce letter was not written by Wang Jing? But if the divorce letter was fake, why did Mantangjiao still carry it with her?

Perhaps there is a way to answer the question, which is to compare the handwriting carefully! No matter how similar the calligraphy is, it is impossible for it to be exactly the same!

Tao Ye picked up a piece of calligraphy on the table and said to Wang Jing, "I will take this back and put it in my room."

Wang Jingxiao nodded.

Tao Ye returned to her room and couldn't wait to find the divorce letter she had put away earlier. She hurriedly unfolded it and was immediately dumbfounded... the words on the divorce letter had already turned into black ink balls!

She touched her forehead and sighed. How could she have forgotten that on the night when the two maids came to Situ Mansion carrying the dead body, her clothes and bag were soaked, let alone a thin piece of paper?

"Knock, knock", someone knocked on the door twice.

Tao Ye turned around and saw Princess Si Yao appearing outside the door.

"What are you busy with, sister A Jiao?" Si Yao's voice was light and delicate, just like the day when he first met Tao Ye and instructed Tao Ye to seduce Chen Ji.

Tao Ye felt uncomfortable after hearing this. She put the divorce papers aside and didn't know what to say for a moment: "I have nothing to do... I'm free..."

Si Yao smiled and walked lightly to Tao Ye, holding her hand: "I came here specially to apologize to you! I have neglected you these days, please forgive me, sister!"

"Second sister-in-law is joking! How dare I?" Tao Ye felt goosebumps all over her body. She even wanted to reach out and touch Si Yao's forehead to see if he had a fever. How come he seemed like a different person after entering the palace to see the empress dowager?

Si Yao seemed to be very sincere in her intention to make peace: "You and I married the same husband, how can you call me 'Second Sister-in-law'? I am two years older than you, if you don't mind, from now on, you can call me Sister!"

"Sister?" Tao Ye became more and more confused as she listened. Today was really not a normal day. It was abnormal enough that Wang Jing had his meal smoothly, and the princess's drastic change in attitude was even more abnormal!

"Hey...sister!" Si Yao called her so affectionately, just like a real sister.

Tao Ye secretly guessed that it must be that old woman, the Queen Mother, who saw through Wang Jing's ruse of approaching Qing Xing to get rid of his spies, and then gave Si Yao some new idea like "retreat to advance". In short, it must be that the weasel is paying a New Year's visit to the chicken - with no good intentions!

Si Yao held Tao Ye's arm, still with a pleasant face: "You are my husband's first wife, and Yu'er is my husband's own flesh and blood. It was my fault for letting you live in another courtyard. Today I come here to invite you and your daughter to move back to our central courtyard to live together. Sister, please do me a favor!"

Tao Ye heard this and thought it was a good idea. Living close to Wang Jing would make it more convenient for her to deliver meals, which would help her complete the task sooner.

She was about to agree when she suddenly remembered what Chen Ji said last night about finding out about Situ Wang Yi. Now was her chance.

So Tao Ye also pretended to be close to Si Yao: "Sister is right, but I have been bothering my eldest sister-in-law for many days, and this was originally arranged by my mother-in-law. Now that I want to move, I have to report it to my mother-in-law and eldest sister-in-law first!"

Si Yao nodded and said, "Then let's go meet my mother-in-law and sister-in-law!"

Tao Ye hurriedly held Si Yao and said, "Don't worry, sister. What happened in the courtyard yesterday... made my sister-in-law feel a little uncomfortable. I think it would be better to use the name of moving to a new house as an excuse for the whole family to sit together and have a meal and celebrate a little to get rid of the evil spirit! It can also be regarded as an apology to my brother and sister-in-law!"

Si Yao thought it made sense and nodded again: "This is a good idea. I should also solemnly explain the relationship between the three of us to the whole family!"

Seeing Si Yao being led by the nose, Tao Ye was very proud and continued to guide him, pretending to sigh: "It's a pity... my father-in-law is ill, so we can't have a real reunion dinner, and it's hard for us to show our filial piety..."

"Father-in-law?" Si Yao repeated.