Chapter 383 - 310. Chen family business
"So hot, so hot!"
Xiao Man came running in from outside Silver Apricot Garden, carrying a steaming pot of spicy noodles.
Zhang Zheng quickly stood up, took the clay pot from her hands, and anxiously placed it on the stone table in the courtyard. As they put down the pot, both of them burned their fingers and instinctively touched their earlobes.
Xiao Man complained, "The Chen family servants are so fickle. The other day when we returned to the Imperial Capital, they were all calling me Miss Xiao Man so attentively. Today, once they saw me go into the kitchen, those nannies hid all the meat without saying a word. If I hadn’t been quick, they’d have taken even the oil, salt, and sauces. Young master, what are we doing staying here? We might as well buy a small house on Chessboard Street, which would also make it easier for you to report to the Governor Mansion in the future."
Zhang Zheng chuckled, "Exactly, with a small house, Ah Xia and I can visit you without having to mind the Chen family’s attitude."
Chen Ji twiddled his chopsticks, "There’s a significant figure who wants me to stay in the Chen Mansion in exchange for giving the Commandery Princess a way out."
Zhang Zheng paused, "Who?"
Chen Ji was silent for two breaths, "The Spy Department, Feng Wenzheng."
Zhang Zheng realized as he scooped noodles into bowls, "What’s that Mr. Feng asking you to stay in the Chen family for? Does he want to move into the Chen family like he did with the Liu Family?"
Chen Ji shook his head, "I don’t know. He only instructed me to retrieve the Chen family’s smuggling account books... but that man rarely speaks the truth, so I don’t know if he actually wants those account books."
He pondered, "That man speaks and acts in contradictory ways. Only when everything settles will we understand his true intentions. I’ve even asked him what he wanted, and he said he already told me... but I don’t know which sentence he was referring to."