The Comeback of the Charming Farmer's Wife

"Hmm," Ye Zi’an did not deny it.

"Take it out, I need to use it," Yang Chuxia stepped forward and stretched out her hand.

However, Ye Zi’an turned his head and said, "Madam, you know that I cannot give it to you."

"...What did you say?" In her heart, Yang Chuxia wondered why he wouldn’t give her the item; could it be? "Do you know what I want it for?"

"I know." Ye Zi’an closed his eyes briefly, hiding the pain in his eyes as he said indifferently, "Someone sent you a message, telling you to take that item in exchange for information about two other toxins."

"You know and still won’t give it to me?" Yang Chuxia yelled in disbelief, "Have you lost your desire to live? Give it to me; it’s not something good anyway. It’s from the Luo Family—had I known it was such a hot potato, I would have thrown it away right from the start."

"Madam, there are not so many ’had I knowns’ in life," Ye Zi’an helplessly shook his head, "It’s too late for any regrets now, in any case, I cannot give you the item."

"Someone sent you a message too?" At this moment, Yang Chuxia suddenly asked. Unless it was the case, how would he know what she intended to do with the item?

"Yes, someone left a letter on the desk in my office five days ago," Ye Zi’an nodded, "They were asking for that very item."

"You..." Yang Chuxia was almost driven mad by his response—he knew and yet refused to take it out, "What are you thinking? Is that item more important than your life? Give it to me!"

"I can’t!"

Ye Zi’an was adamant, "Madam can have anything else, but not this." This was related to not just his life, but the lives of six individuals from the Ye Family and the numerous from the Yang Family.

"I’ll say it one more time, give me the item!" Yang Chuxia was equally resolute, "Don’t make me say it a second time, and besides, I’m only going to use it, who said it has to be handed over?"

"Madam, please don’t deceive me," Ye Zi’an waved his hand weakly, "If it was not indeed to be handed over, with how easy the item is to imitate, you could just fake it."

"Why won’t you give it to me? It’s just an item from the Luo Family." After a long silence, Yang Chuxia finally asked.

"Madam, I cannot tell you about this matter," replied Zi’an.

Yang Chuxia stared at him for a long while, and then suddenly remembered the Emperor’s visit to Funan.

She recalled a day when the Emperor had spoken to him late into the night.

Why would the Emperor risk coming to Funan? She had never believed it was just to see Brother An.

All at once, she understood something, gave him a deep look, and then left the room, disappearing into the night.

After visiting her sons’ rooms, she quickly went out, heading straight for the city outskirts. Not long after she left the Ye Residence, several figures followed behind her.

She arrived at the appointed abandoned earth temple outside the city.

Yang Chuxia looked around and then shouted loudly, "I’m here! Are you not going to show yourself?"

"Madam Ye breaks the agreement and brings a tail with her; it’s too dangerous to reveal myself," a hoarse voice echoed through the air. Yang Chuxia listened intently but could not discern where the other party was.

However, regarding his mention of a tail, Yang Chuxia looked back and assumed it was the people Brother An had instructed to follow her, and so she said, "Wait for me three miles away."

The moment the sound fell, several figures quickly retreated three miles away.

"Can you show yourself now?"

Subsequently, a person dressed in black and wearing a silver mask just like Yang Chuxia walked out of the earth temple.

"Long time no see!"

To her own surprise, Yang Chuxia actually said such a thing.