In the back bedroom, Lord Zheng sat in a reclining chair, his left hand holding a cigarette, while his right hand continually stroked the fur of a black cat.
Xue Three had already left; he was going to seek out the spy who leaked information.
The Princess falsely reported military intelligence in the carriage, seeking to spend the night within Lord Pingye's residence.
There are two layers to this: one layer is that the Princess had already learned in advance that they planned to place her in a specially prepared residence in the south of the city, so she preemptively requested to stay at their house before they could offer.
The other layer is that the Princess wants something that is within the Earl's Mansion.
What is it that she wants?
Lord Zheng would not overly flatter himself by thinking the Princess wanted him, using the stay at his house as a prelude to seduction.
After all, Zheng Fan was the Lord of Pingye in the north of the city, not Lord Xu in the north of the city,
