Master, Please Believe Me

"Don't flatter me. Your merit is yours."

Verdant Green Maiden waved a hand.

Gao De gave an embarrassed smile, deeply admiring Verdant Green Maiden's words. Now this is what a good superior should be! He continued, "It will likely take some time before the Bad People elsewhere send back their replies. I'll continue dispatching men to monitor Prince Jin's Manor."

"Mm, good."

Verdant Green Maiden nodded.

As Gao De spoke, he was about to take his leave when something suddenly occurred to him, and he halted.

He turned to Verdant Green Maiden, who was still deep in thought, and said, "My lady... there is one more matter. I'm not sure whether I should mention it."

"It concerns Prince Jin's consort's maternal family—the Wu family."

Verdant Green Maiden had only told Gao De to investigate Prince Jin.

But since Wu Ruyi was Prince Jin's consort, investigating Prince Jin's Manor had inevitably led him to her natal family.

As a result, he had learned some news concerning the Wu family.

Gao De had instinctively sent people to investigate the Wu family as well, though he feared Verdant Green Maiden might be displeased by his acting on his own initiative.

That was why he had initially struggled over whether to tell Verdant Green Maiden about this.

But after turning it over again and again, he decided that Verdant Green Maiden was probably not someone who was cold and unfeeling.

At that, Verdant Green Maiden glanced at him.

"Speak."

"What is it?"

Gao De drew a deep breath, chose his words carefully for a moment, then said to Verdant Green Maiden, "Wu Yuanqing of the Wu family seems to have been associating frequently with the Aristocrats of Hebei lately, especially..."

"The Dou family of Xia!"

"The Dou family?"

Verdant Green Maiden raised a brow,