Peach Blossom.

Tao Ye watched Wang Jing eat in Wang Jing's room, but her heart kept thinking about the story about Wang Jing and Mantang Jiao that she had read in Guishan. She thought that once her takeaway was completed, she would have to leave sooner or later, and Wang Jing would know the truth one day.

So, should she do something to prepare Wang Jing mentally? Should she tell Wang Jing the truth in person, or wait for Wang Jing to find out one day?

"I went to my father's study today and felt something strange." Wang Jing's words brought Tao Ye back to reality from her thoughts.

Tao Ye asked, "What's wrong?"

"I feel that the candlestick I saw when I entered the study today seemed to have more wax wax than when I left yesterday." Wang Jing was still eating while speaking.

Tao Ye's heart skipped a beat. She carefully memorized the location of every object she moved in the study last night, and confirmed again and again that everything was back to its original state before leaving. The only thing she didn't expect was that the candle she took to the study left wax behind when she took it away.

Wang Jing chewed his food and continued, "I just can't figure it out. No one else has the key to my father's study except me, and the key has never left my hand. Why is there so much wax in the study?"

"Maybe you remembered it wrong?" Tao Ye couldn't help feeling guilty when she asked this question.

Wang Jing shook his head: "I don't think so. Every time I leave my father's study, I will memorize the location of everything in the room, for fear that someone will move something."

Tao Ye's heart was beating even faster. She was afraid that she had done something bad to Wang Jing. Thinking about it carefully, Chen Ji's character might not be trustworthy.

At the same time, she had to admire Wang Jing's observation skills.

"You have such a good insight, but you really don't feel that the food I cook tastes different from before?" Tao Ye was a little nervous, but curiosity made her ask this question.

Wang Jing suddenly put down his chopsticks and turned to Tao Ye: "I'm sorry, I..."

Tao Ye was even more curious, she really didn't know where Wang Jing's apology came from!

"There is something I have never told you. My feet hurt so much, so the chief physician prescribed me some medicines with strong pain-relieving effects. The stronger the medicine, the more toxic it is. After taking them day by day, my sense of taste... gradually diminished. So, even if you are a good cook, I can't taste it... Seeing you cook for me so attentively, I didn't have the heart to tell you..." Wang Jing lowered his head and gently held Tao Ye's hand.

"You...you have no sense of taste?" Tao Ye was shocked by the answer.

"Not completely, there's still a little bit." Wang Jing held Tao Ye's hand tighter and comforted Tao Ye: "You don't have to be sad, it's okay to have no sense of taste!"

"How could this happen?" Tao Ye didn't know why tears were already streaming down her face.

Wang Jing quickly took Tao Ye into his arms and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's really okay!"

Some things in life are too coincidental. She replaced Mantangjiao's identity, and Mantangjiao was a person with similar temperament, likes and dislikes to her; she needed to deliver unpalatable meals to Wang Jing to complete the task, and Wang Jing was a person who had lost his sense of taste.

Tao Ye was a little confused, but according to the current situation, if she didn't take the initiative to tell Wang Jing, he might never know that his wife was a fake.

But she... always had an urge to tell the truth.

Wang Jing held Tao Ye quietly for a while, then suddenly picked Tao Ye up and carried her to the bed.

Tao Ye realized that Wang Jing had another idea. She jumped out of his arms in fear and hurriedly cleared the dishes on the table: "I...I should go back."

Wang Jing hugged Tao Ye's waist from behind and said, "Don't leave tonight, okay?"

"But I'm not actually..." Tao Ye turned her head and almost blurted out the words, but when she saw the haggard face in front of her, she swallowed them back.

"You are not what?" Wang Jing was very puzzled.

"I..." Tao Ye was conflicted, conflicted, and still conflicted.

"What's wrong with you?" Wang Jing looked confused.

Tao Ye didn't know what to do. She hurriedly put all the plates and bowls back into the lunch box, then ran out with the lunch box.

At night, after Tao Ye coaxed Yu'er to sleep, she was sleepless again. She kept thinking about many things: Wang Jing's foot disease and the painkillers that hurt his body; Mantangjiao's death, which was still unknown to the Wang family; and the manuscript with pictures copied by Chen Ji in the study...

The more she thought about it, the clearer her mind became.

She took out the mirror and tapped on it, but Chen Ji did not appear.

She had no choice but to put the mirror down and knocked again after a while, but Chen Ji still didn't show up.

Tao Ye felt something was wrong. Chen Ji was a free man now, with only Mada, a person he trusted very much, by his side. There should be very few times when it would be inconvenient for him to talk to her.

Moreover, before this, every time she knocked on the mirror, Chen Ji would almost appear immediately.

She became more and more suspicious, so she simply took the mirror to the bed and knocked on the mirror every once in a while.

That night, she seemed to have closed her eyes, but also seemed not to have fallen asleep. In short, she knocked on the mirror countless times that night, but Chen Ji never appeared.

Tao Ye deeply suspected that she had been deceived. She didn't dare to imagine when this scam started. After all, even her disguise as Mantangjiao and sneaking into the Wang family were Chen Ji's ideas...

Tao Ye got up at dawn. She wanted to ask Wang Jing what was written on the paper copied by Chen Ji? Why did Chen Ji go to such great lengths to steal it?

She put on her clothes and didn't even have time to comb her hair before running into Wang Jing's room and waking him up while he was still in bed.

Wang Jing opened his eyes and saw Tao Ye, with a look of surprise on his face: "You got up so early?"

"I have something important to ask you!"

"what's up?"

When Tao Ye was about to ask, she didn't know how to ask. She absolutely couldn't mention Chen Ji, but what reason did she have to go to Wang Yi's study and look at the things on the table?

Seeing that she was silent for a long time, Wang Jing sat up and looked at Tao Ye's face with a worried look on his face: "You have been very abnormal since last night. What's wrong with you?"

Tao Ye had no choice but to ask in a different way: "I just want to ask you, you said last night that there was a lot of wax on the candlestick in the study, is there anything else unusual in the study?"

Wang Jing replied: "Probably not."

Tao Ye felt that she didn't get the answer she wanted, and couldn't help asking again: "Then... is there anything particularly important in the study that you are afraid of being seen?"

Wang Jing was stunned for a moment. He stared at Tao Ye for a while, and then said after a long while: "There is only one most important thing in the study. Don't you know?"

Tao Ye suddenly didn't know what to say.

Wang Jing's eyes gradually became different: "You...you are not right..."

Tao Ye seemed to feel that Wang Jing was already doubting her, and she fell into great anxiety and uneasiness.

"I... I'll go see if Yu'er has woken up!" Tao Ye was afraid to look into Wang Jing's eyes. She didn't know how to respond for a moment and chose to flee.

Under such circumstances, Tao Ye certainly didn't dare to deliver food to Wang Jing today.

When Taoye was having breakfast with Yu'er, Xiuping came to tell Taoye: "The princess's people just said that to celebrate the recovery of the lady, the family will hold a reunion dinner today, so the second young lady does not have to go to school!"

Yu'er jumped three feet high with joy after hearing this: "Great! I finally don't have to go to school!"

Tao Ye was still feeling uneasy, but she just smiled slightly to match Yu Er's smile: "The princess is going to host a banquet, are you willing to attend it?"

"Who's willing to attend her party? I just feel happy that I don't have to go to school today!" Yu'er pouted and continued to eat breakfast.

Near noon, the princess's maid Ruxia came to invite Taoye and Yuer to a banquet.

Tao Ye was worried about running into Wang Jing at the banquet, so she had to make sure whether Wang Jing was going to the banquet before deciding whether to go. "Who is the princess inviting to the banquet today?"

Ruxia smiled and said, "Since it's a reunion dinner, naturally the whole family has to go! The princess has personally invited the wife and the eldest grandmother, and has also specially sent people to call the eldest and third sons home. As for the prince consort... we can only trouble Miss Man to invite them, so that this dinner can be a reunion!"

Tao Ye felt even more guilty after hearing this: "Second brother is so stubborn, how can I... how can I persuade him?"

"Didn't Miss Man remind the princess last night to live in harmony? The princess just wanted to invite the whole family to have a meal together, why must the young lady be so unkind?" The "reminder" that Ruxia was referring to was, of course, the farce that happened in the small kitchen last night.

But Tao Ye was thinking about how to face Wang Jing in the future.

Avoidance cannot be permanent, and crowded places may be more conducive to resolving grudges than places with fewer people.

So Taoye brought Yu'er and Xiuping to the door of Wang Jing's room and said, "Brother, there is a family reunion dinner today. Let's go together!"

Wang Jing walked out of the room, looked Tao Ye up and down, and asked, "Are you feeling better?"

"I... I'm fine." Tao Ye smiled. She didn't quite understand Wang Jing's question, but it was a caring question after all. She seemed to think that maybe she was overthinking it, or maybe Wang Jing didn't suspect anything.

"That's good." Wang Jing nodded: "You know, I never like crowds, you guys go by yourselves!"

After saying that, Wang Jing turned around and went back to the house.

Tao Ye hurriedly grabbed Wang Jing's sleeve and advised: "The princess asked me to come and invite you. There are many unpleasant things between the princess and me, but I still want to live in harmony in the future, so please make an exception for me today, okay?"

"Okay!" Wang Jing picked up his crutches and walked towards the front yard.

Tao Ye followed beside Wang Jing, holding Yu'er's hand, and slowly walked to the banquet place in the front yard.

Xiao Rui, Zhou Yunniang, Wang Dun, Wang Ao, Si Yao, as well as Wang Dun and Zhou Yunniang's children, Wang Geng and Wang Huan, were already here.

"Sister Gillian is here?" Si Yao came over warmly and held Tao Ye's hand.

Tao Ye followed Si Yao and walked forward.

The princess' maids were serving dishes one by one. The maid Rudong was carrying a large basin and suddenly bumped into Taoye from the side.

Yu'er screamed.

In the big basin was the black dog blood that had been prepared in advance.

The black dog's blood suddenly splashed all over Tao Ye, and even Si Yao and Yu'er who were nearby were splashed with a few drops.

Tao Ye suddenly felt her face and skin getting hot!

In full view of everyone, Tao Ye began to shed her skin. The surface skin on her face, her arms, and even her entire body fell off quickly like snowflakes, leaving flesh-colored fragments all over the ground. Finally, her true appearance was revealed, and even the scratch on her face left by her hairpin disappeared.

Everyone was stunned by the scene before them. Yu'er was so frightened that she fainted. Xiuping hurriedly picked up Yu'er and moved away from Taoye.

Si Yao looked at Tao Ye's face and was extremely surprised: "Tao Ye? Is it you?"