Ye Zhi glanced at Ming Yan, then continued, "You don’t understand. Next time, I’ll find an opportunity to tell my mother properly, so she doesn’t make random connections for me." Little Traitor is the destined male lead; as a minor character, how could I dare to reach for the divine being he is, or dare to dream of being the future wife of Prime Minister Shen?

Alas, she must be courting disaster...

To know if she really became Madam Shen, would the sinister and ruthless Investigation Factory not be her playground?

She considered herself quite pretty.

However, beauties are abundant in Shengjing, full-bodied or slender, all kinds are present.

Little Traitor had already passed the children’s examination and was stepping into an official career; if he could remember her small favor in the future and extend a little help to the Ye Mansion, Ye Zhi would be deeply grateful.

The current situation at court was beginning to unravel, and her father had previously asked her if there were any people from the Six Gates secretly watching her. She had observed for a few days but detected nothing.

Later on, her father called Lingbo Fairy and Huan’s father to stay at the Ye Mansion for ten days.

Ye Zhi knew this matter was of great importance.

The Six Gates, directly controlled by the Emperor, were tasked with overseeing the actions of the court ministers, undoubtedly a measure taken because the Emperor did not trust his ministers.

If the Emperor did not trust his ministers, it indicated concern about the instability of the throne.

Her father rarely mentioned court affairs to her, and Ye Zhi seldom asked, knowing only bits and pieces, unable to know the detailed reasons.

Huanhuan stood up from her seat and said to Ah Zhi, "But I noticed Xiao Chen didn’t seem to refuse. Let me imitate his tone at that time." ​​​

"Sure." Ming Yan and Ye Zhi clapped and cheered her on.

"Ahem, ahem." Huanhuan cleared her throat, putting on a solemn face, "I have no parents, nothing to my name, for Ah Zhi to marry into, she would be wronged."

Through her, it was as if they could see the scene in the main hall at that time.

After speaking.

Huanhuan burst into laughter, "Xiao Chen has grown fond of you, you really should give him a chance, it’s rare to see him behave like this." ​​

Ye Zhi was indifferent, "He’s always so aloof, and that’s just the way he talks. Anyway, don’t spread rumors about me and Xiao Chen having an affair, let’s put today’s matter behind us."​​ ​​

Huanhuan hurried to Ah Zhi’s side, grabbed her hand, and said anxiously, "How can you be so cold and unfeeling, if Xiao Chen were here, you would surely break his heart."

"I know my limits." Ye Zhi shook her head, her tone carrying seventy percent pain, thirty percent loss; if she could marry Little Traitor, she would probably laugh awake from her dreams.

However, she’s not the official female lead in the author’s narrative, just a minor character, only able to follow fate.​​

She is now holding him back, preventing him from approaching Liu Qingxi, but what about in the future?

Thinking about Little Traitor being with Liu Qingxi made Ye Zhi’s heart feel stifled, and the sudden inexplicable emotions arose out of nowhere.

Outside the window of the side hall.

Stood a slender and elegant figure, dressed in a blue cloud-patterned tunic, with deep and dark eyes, his face shrouded in uncertainty.

The conversation of the three girls reached his ears.

Shen Chen wasn’t intentionally eavesdropping, but when he heard Ah Zhi say she could never marry him, he paused, silently standing outside the window.

Is that so? She doesn’t want to marry him.

Ultimately, he chose not to enter the side hall and quietly departed.

A quarter of an hour passed.

Ye Zhi waited and waited for Little Traitor but instead saw Tingling Garden’s maid Qiushuang. "Hey, Qiushuang, why is it you? Is Xiao Chen still in the front hall chatting with my parents?"