"Your Highness, the Dingbei Marquis Mansion is indeed on very close terms with Ye Chutang. They say that when the Heir of Duke Dingbei was stabbed, his life hanging by a thread, it was Ye Chutang who saved him. Add to that the Eldest Princess's considerable patronage, and yes, their bond is much closer than what she shares with others."
Who in the entire Capital City didn't know that both the Long Princess Mansion and the Dingbei Marquis Mansion were Ye Chutang's backers?
Xiao Chenglin was lost in thought.
From the scene just now, he was certain that Shen Yanchuan's feelings for Ye Chutang were anything but ordinary.
And as for Ye Chutang…
"Your Highness, shall we send someone to investigate them secretly?"
Xiao Chenglin shook his head. "There's no need."
"Yes."
The more pressing matter at hand was the scene he was about to face upon entering the palace.
Xiao Chenglin scoffed, remembering the frantic way the palace attendants had come to summon him.
