For instance, where did the master’s wife go last night, and why didn’t she come back with the palace master; and then there’s the thousand-needles jade that was transported from the Jade Pavilion yesterday, how did it just disappear, was it taken away by someone, could it be his family’s master’s wife?
However, as the most loyal subordinate by the palace master’s side, he wouldn’t ask any of these questions.
"Or, you could go ask the master’s wife yourself?" he suggested.
Hearing this, Jiang Zuo gave Zhe Jue a displeased look.
"I’ve never seen anyone as willing to compromise their brothers as you are; I’ve already been busy enough these days, do you really want to add another worry to my heart?"
He needed to handle many matters in the city, and also had Zhong You by his side who constantly needed his instruction; he felt an urge to die, really wishing he could split himself into two to manage all these affairs.
"News of the master’s wife’s arrival will surely be spread out soon, has the master said how we are to proceed?" he asked.
Zhe Jue shook his head, just as puzzled about the palace master’s intentions.
There were more than one or two infiltrators planted inside and outside the royal mansion; now that the master’s wife had stepped in, those people must be eager to pass on the news.
The palace master could not have failed to anticipate this situation, yet he said nothing.
"Are you saying that Sui Zimo brought a woman... back to Prince Mo’s Mansion?"
In the courtyard, the man sat on the swing, swaying back and forth, his gaze fixed on the subordinate in front of him as he asked with raised eyebrows.
"Yes, my lord, news from Prince Mo’s Mansion indicated that Prince Mo brought a lady into the mansion this morning, and not just that, at noontime Prince Mo personally cooked a whole table of dishes for this woman and they had lunch together at Lake Center Pavilion in Prince Mo’s Mansion," Dou Qiankou reported.
"Personally cooked? Hehe." The man chuckled softly.
Sui Zimo has always been different from them since he was young; it was not surprising he would do things those of privileged positions wouldn’t, being no stranger to activities usually undertaken by women.
However, now in Prince Mo’s Mansion, as the prince of the Wei State, yet cooking for a woman, it shouldn’t be an act but a sign that Sui Zimo truly holds this woman in high regard.
"This subordinate just checked and found out that yesterday Prince Mo also strolled through the market with that lady, bought many things, and for her, spent five thousand taels of silver on the worthless thousand-needles jade from the Jade Pavilion," Dou Qiankou continued.
"Five thousand taels, he’s really generous with his spending." The man chuckled again.
Five thousand taels, even for him, when looking to spend such an amount he would consider whether it was worth it or not.
But Sui Zimo, for a woman, did so without hesitation.
"My lord, your subordinate believes that this woman may well be Prince Mo’s vulnerability. Shall we..."
The man drew out the sound, his penetrating gaze sweeping towards Dou Qiankou.
Dou Qiankou immediately lowered his head, not daring to utter another word.
"Doudou, do you think that after so many years of exertion outside, Sui Zimo is still the naive Prince Mo? If he were not completely confident, would he expose the person closest to his heart to the public?"
His voice was cold as he questioned Dou Qiankou.
There were two possibilities, either the woman who could make Prince Mo cook personally was a decoy to mislead them; or the woman was not ordinary at all and beyond their ability to deal with, with Sui Zimo not considering them a threat at all.
And neither possibility was worth offending Sui Zimo, Prince Mo, over a woman.