"If you want to save Miss Ye, leave your servants and soldiers behind and come out from the back door of Ye's house. There is someone waiting for you there."
There was neither a title nor a signature. The concise words revealed a strong and tacit threat.
She had the ability to charm a whole yard of maids and women in the back house of the Ye family, and abducted Ye Qinyao without anyone noticing. It can be seen that Murong Shen had planned this matter for more than a day or two.
There must be hidden stakes and internal contacts planted by Murong Shen in Ye's house.
She usually stayed in the inner house, occasionally leaving Zhao's house, and there were many soldiers around her. Murong Shen couldn't find a chance to make a move, so he set up a conspiracy and set up this game in Ye's house.
Should we save Ye Qinyao?
There is no choice at all.
She knew Murong Shen, and Murong Shen also knew her temper. She would never just watch her friend be implicated by her, ruining her reputation and marriage.
Zhao Xi tore the letter into pieces with an expressionless expression. Then she picked up an eyebrow pencil, found a piece of paper from the dressing table, and hurriedly wrote a few words.
Then, Zhao Xiyan called Hosta and Begonia to come in.
"Jade Hosta, I am leaving through the back door of Yezhai now." Zhao Xiyan looked at the Hosta: "I don't know when I will see the light of day again after I leave. Do you dare to go with me?"
Hosta's eyes turned red and she said without thinking: "Even if it's a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, my slave will go with the girl."
Haitang blinked her eyes and shed tears: "I want to go, too."
Zhao Xiyan said softly: "Haitang, I have an important thing to ask you to do. Listen carefully now. Just stay here and wait for an hour before going out. Give this short note to Xu San.
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"Remember, you must wait for an hour. Never go out early, and don't make public what happens in the yard. Don't tell anyone except Xu San."
"Sister Ye's reputation and my life are all in your hands."
Haitang burst into tears and clutched the note tightly in her hand: "Miss, where are you going?"
Zhao Xiyan's eyes were flashing with anger, and her voice was unusually calm: "Don't worry, I will definitely come back."
With that said, he got up and walked out.
Hosta immediately chased after him.
Haitang couldn't stand still and sat on the ground leaning against the dressing mirror. Tears kept falling down. She kept holding the note tightly in her palms.
Zhao Xiyan walked quickly out of Ye Qinyao's yard. Then she slowed down, as elegant as usual, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly. Only by staring into her eyes could one glimpse the flames in her eyes.
Yuhan was in a state of confusion, knowing that she was far less calm than her master, so she simply lowered her head and followed behind her.
Yezhai is a house with three entrances, but it only takes a while to get to the back door.
The person guarding the back door was a woman in her fifties. This woman was thick-set and somewhat ugly. Her smile was inexplicably sinister: "Slave, please open the door for me right now."
Obviously, the woman guarding the door was also a member of Murong Shen. Seeing Zhao Xiyan coming, she was not surprised at all and quickly opened the back door.
Sure enough, there was a carriage parked outside the back door.
This carriage was of a very ordinary style, and the horse that pulled it was not a good horse, but a docile brown mare, which can be seen everywhere in carriage and horse stalls. The driver was mediocre in appearance and not eye-catching at all. There was no one else around the carriage.
The coachman glanced at the hosta behind Zhao Xiyan and swallowed what he wanted to say. When Zhao Xiyan and his servant got on the carriage, the coachman raised his whip without saying a word.
The carriage drove out two streets and was replaced by a carriage.
After walking for another half an hour, I didn’t know where to go and changed sedan chairs again.
The sedan was quite spacious, and the master and servant were not crowded inside. Hosta leaned closely against her master, and her voice was choked with sobs: "Miss, is this Murong Shen?"
Zhao Xiyan said nothing, her eyes as black as ice.
Four strong men carried the sedan very smoothly. After walking for a while, they turned into a street and entered a large house. Then, Zhao Xiyan changed clothes, put on a curtain and hat, and walked a short distance into a large house.
Alley.
There were a total of six households in this alley. The household at the end of the alley opened the back door, Zhao Xiyan's master and servant entered the back door, and the door was immediately closed and locked.
…
Haitang didn't know how long she cried.
Strangely enough, this courtyard has always been quiet. These maids and women lying on the ground don't know when they will wake up.
Miss Ye disappeared, no one knew about it, and her daughter went out, but no one came to ask what happened.
An hour should have passed by now!
Haitang wiped her tears with her sleeve, stuffed the short note in her hand into her sleeve, lowered her head and walked out, and soon found Xu San.
Xu San saw Haitang's eyes were red, and his heart tightened: "What happened?"
Haitang remembered the young lady's instructions in her mind, and whispered with a choked voice: "There are many people here, and it's difficult to talk. Follow me to the tree over there, and I'll tell you something."
Xu San frowned and nodded slightly.
The rest of the soldiers were still gathered together, talking and laughing in low voices when they saw this: "Isn't Haitang and the coachman Li Erhe a couple? Xu San probably wants to fight for love!"
"Bah! You can't hold anything else in your mind except getting a wife. Xu San is just a big piece of wood, he doesn't care about girls."
Xu San did not hear these inappropriate jokes. With his temper, even if he heard them, he would not pay attention to them.
When they arrived under the tree, Xu San asked: "Begonia, what happened?"
Haitang wiped her eyes and whispered what happened before: "...Miss has left long ago. This is the letter that Miss asked me to give to you."
Xu San's expression suddenly changed and he quickly took the note.
The short note was only as big as a palm, and it was written in neat small regular script with hairpin flowers. It can be seen that Zhao Xiyan was calm and not panicked when she wrote the letter.
"I'm leaving for a while."
"Don't tell the prince about this for now. He is fighting in Jizhou, so don't disturb his mind."
"Cover my whereabouts. Over at the Zhao family, only tell my uncle. At the Beihai Palace, don't tell anyone."
After reading the letter, Xu San's eyes turned red.
Anger spread across the prairie fire, burning into a sea of fire in his eyes.
Zhao Xiyan did not mention who set up this situation in her letter. However, there is no need to think about the person behind the scenes. Apart from Murong Shen, there is no one else.
Taking advantage of the prince and the crown prince leaving Beijing, he attacked the girl of the Ye family and forced Zhao Xiyan to leave voluntarily... It was so despicable and shameless!
Haitang was so close that she was frightened and couldn't help but take two steps back.
Xu San suddenly exerted force in his hand, and the letter turned into powder and fell to the ground.
Miss Zhao was right, the prince must not know about this matter. Even he was so angry. If the prince knew about it, he would leave everything behind and return to the capital, rush into the palace and kill Murong Shen.
It's not yet time for the fish to die and the net is broken.
Xu San exhaled a strong breath and looked at Haitang: "You go out of the house first, wait in the carriage, and tell Li Erhe not to ask or say anything. I will arrange the rest."
