Lin Ziyi's voice had no ups and downs, and no emotion or anger could be heard.
"I was bored in the yard, so I went out for a walk." Xia Jin's heart was beating fast. She thought, "Why is it such a coincidence that you are guarding me here?"
Lin Ziyi's eyes darkened a bit, and he said coldly: "Going to go shopping and climbing over the wall? It's quite novel..."
"They won't let me leave the yard. If I want to get out, I have to climb over the fence..." Xia Jin defended softly. Seeing Lin Ziyi's ugly face, she quickly changed the subject.
"Why did the general come to my place suddenly? Are you hungry? Otherwise, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles!" Xia Jin rolled up her sleeves and walked towards the kitchen.
After walking a few steps, I realized that there seemed to be no kitchen in Changle Yuan. When I was thinking about finding a reason to avoid him, my wrist was held by a big hand.
"Master Song, what did I give you?"
Xia Jin's body froze and only relaxed for a moment. It turned out to be because of this.
"A token. If the general likes it, I will give it to you." Xia Jin took out the token from the cloth bag and handed it to him.
Lin Ziyi looked at the token in her hand but did not take it. He let go of Xia Jin's hand and turned his back to Xia Jin, with an extremely complicated expression on his face.
From the moment Xia Jin managed the food hall in an orderly manner, he knew that Xia Jin was not a woman with no ambition who just waited to die.
Lin Ziyi took her in at first and had no intention of keeping her. He just agreed when he was drunk. His original intention was to take her in temporarily and let her go when the right opportunity comes.
He once swore that he would not get married until the cause of his parents' death was investigated, let alone let his future children live with the hatred of their ancestors.
The reason why he brought Xia Jin to the General's Mansion was that the old lady wanted to see her, and that it was just the right time to let her go. He originally planned to let her leave after Master Song's affairs were settled.
But now Lin Ziyi has changed his mind! He is worried that there is no way to investigate Master Song and collect evidence of Prime Minister Qu's collaboration with the enemy without alerting the enemy.
Isn't the token in Xia Jin's hand the best way now?
However, it remains to be verified whether Xia Jin can be trusted, so let’s observe for a while...
"From now on, when you want to go out, just go through the main entrance, and don't climb over the fence."
After Lin Ziyi finished speaking, he turned and left Changleyuan.
After watching him leave, Xia Jin quickly closed the door, leaned on the door panel and patted her chest.
"Fortunately, the general didn't ask where we went!" Siji breathed a sigh of relief.
"I would feel more at ease if he wanted to get to the bottom of it. He knew it but walked away silently. I always felt like he was hiding something."
Xia Jin sat on the chair, holding her cheek with her hands. She had to resolve her slavery as soon as possible and then leave here openly!
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On the other side, Lin Ziyi came out of Changle Courtyard and saw Butler Luo who was building flower branches with his servants in the courtyard. He remembered what Xia Jin had just said about being 'restricted from leaving the General's Mansion'.
"Steward Luo, come here."
Butler Luo put down his work and walked over, bowing and saying, "What are your orders, general?"
"Who gave the order not to allow people in Changle Courtyard to go out?" Lin Ziyi asked.
"Is this happening?" Butler Luo looked at Xiao Zhuozi beside him.
"Xiao Zhuozi, do you know this?"
In the General's Mansion, Butler Luo is in charge of personnel management, and the affairs of the inner house are managed by Nanny Lin. Xiao Zhuozi occasionally helps Nanny Lin, so Butler Luo asks Xiao Zhuozi.
When asked, Xiao Zhuozi shrank his shoulders and evaded his eyes.
"Speak quickly!" Butler Luo urged!
Xiao Zhuozi didn't dare to raise his head, and he didn't speak loudly even though he was hesitant.
Butler Luo saw this and scolded him: "You should speak louder!"
Xiao Zhuozi was so frightened that he shouted loudly: "Mama Lin told me...said..."
"What did you say?" Lin Ziyi asked.
"Say... Miss Xia is an outsider who cannot be seen in public. Going out will only embarrass the general, so Miss Xia is not allowed to go out, and..."
"You also said... said..." Xiao Zhuozi glanced at Lin Ziyi cautiously, and when he saw his dark face, he quickly lowered his head.
"Mother Lin did not allow the kitchen to deliver meals to Miss Xia, saying that since Miss Xia can make meals that satisfy the general, she must cook herself..."
After saying this in one breath, Xiao Zhuozi knelt on the ground.
"General, calm down!"
With a dark face, Lin Ziyi kicked Xiao Zhuozi away from the road and walked quickly towards the backyard.
In the backyard, the old lady Jun was talking to Mrs. Sun, talking about some recent interesting things.
"Old lady, the general is here!"
The maid came in to report, and Lin Ziyi walked in!
"Zi Yi, why did you come back early today?" the old lady asked.
Lin Ziyi often trained his troops at night and rarely returned to the general's residence during the day. Even if he did come back, it would be in the evening.
Lin Ziyi saluted the old lady and said, "Grandma, Miss Xia is the one I brought back. I don't want anyone to maliciously make things difficult for her."
The old lady and Mrs. Sun looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes. Lin Ziyi would actually say these words for a woman?!
After being surprised, the old lady became confused again.
"You mean making things difficult? Miss Xia is doing well in the General's Mansion, who is making things difficult for her?"
"Grandma has to ask Grandma Lin about this matter. Why did she order Miss Xia not to go out, and why didn't she give her food? Let alone a person, even if I picked up a cat or dog from outside, I wouldn't be guilty of this.
Abuse me!"
Lin Ziyi tried his best to suppress his anger!
Nanny Lin walked out from behind the old lady, feeling blessed.
"General, you have misunderstood! The reason why I don't let Miss Xia go out is because Miss Xia is not familiar with the place. I am afraid that she will meet bad people. As for bringing food to Miss Xia, the servant must be lazy! After a while, the servant
I will investigate clearly and give an explanation to the general and the old lady!"
Nanny Lin has been working in the General's Mansion for many years. The old lady believed in her deeply. Seeing that she had said this, she waved her hand and said: "Okay, now that this matter has been explained clearly, Zi Yi should not be angry.
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Lin Ziyi wanted to say something else, but Sun stepped forward and echoed: "The old lady is right, this matter is not a big deal, just let the servants handle it!" After that, she said to Lin Ziyi.
Ziyi winked.
After all, Xia Jin was just a concubine, and this kind of protection was a bit too much. Besides, although the old lady wanted Lin Ziyi to have more contact with women, her original intention was that he could get rid of his bad habits and marry a well-matched wife.
As for Xia Jin, the old lady didn't take it seriously.
Lin Ziyi didn't say anything more, he nodded slightly and said, "Grandma said so." and left.
After leaving the General's Mansion, he stopped when he reached the door and looked at Mu Gu: "Go buy a yard, the sooner the better!"
"If we buy a courtyard, who will live there?" Mu Gu asked.
"Xia Jin." Lin Ziyi spat out these two words.
Mu Gu was stunned for a moment. Seeing the general on horseback, he quickly mounted another horse and muttered: "Isn't Miss Xia living well in the general's mansion? Why do you want to move out?"
