Lady He immediately exchanged a look with Old Man Ye and, realizing that they could no longer deceive Ye Jiu, simply gave up the pretense.
"Xiaojiu, tell your mother the truth. You were in such a hurry to leave right after eating—were you planning to meet Prince Jing?" Lady He asked.
Ye Jiu raised an eyebrow, "Mother, how did you come to know about Prince Jing?"
Yesterday, when Prince Jing came, he didn't announce his identity, did he?
So, how did Lady He find out?
Noticing the doubt in Ye Jiu's mind, Old Man Ye sighed and said, "Yesterday, when your eldest brother, second brother, and I were going out, we happened to walk behind Prince Jing and recognized him."
With that, Ye Jiu understood and answered, "I was indeed going to meet Prince Jing, and it's about the sweet potato matter. It's time to start breeding the seedlings, isn't it? Since Prince Jing came for the sweet potatoes, I was rushing over to hand things off to him."
