I feel dizzy and heavy, as if I've been filled with lead.
Ye Qinyao opened her eyes with difficulty, her gaze falling blankly in the air. After a while, she slowly regained focus.
This is her boudoir. She is lying on her bed, neatly dressed.
Wait, the sun was high in the sky, it was clearly noon. How could she suddenly fall asleep and half a day pass without her realizing it?
Also, Zhao Xiyan made an appointment with her to be a guest today, why is she still missing?
Why are the maids around me all looking blank and pale?
"Miss, I don't know what happened, but I suddenly fell asleep." A maid whispered softly: "When I woke up, I was sitting under the eaves. I have asked several others, and they are all the same."
"Could he be possessed by evil spirits?"
How come they all fell asleep for half a day for no reason?
Ye Qinyao's mind was in chaos, and she subconsciously ordered: "Don't tell anyone what happened today. By the way, send someone to the concierge to ask why Sister Zhao didn't come?"
The maid responded and went away. After a while, she turned around and reported: "Miss Qi, Miss Zhao has been here today. However, she saw that she was asleep, so she left without disturbing her."
Ye Qinyao was a little troubled and couldn't help but reach out and hit her head: "It's broad daylight, why did you suddenly fall asleep?"
Ye Qinyao, who was living in a boudoir, had no idea that she had been drugged and had been in hell for a while.
…
The official offices of the Ministry of Industry are located on both sides of the royal road. The offices are tall and majestic.
Zhao Yuanren, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was sitting in his signing room at this time, his face full of shock, his eyes full of anger: "What did you say? Yue Yaer really had to leave quietly?"
The tall young man standing in front of Zhao Yuanren turned out to be Xu San.
Xu San's eyes were burning with fire, and he tried his best to hold back and said in a deep voice: "Shilang Zhao, this matter must not be spread outside. Miss Zhao specially ordered that this matter can only be told to Shilang Zhao alone. Everyone in the Zhao family must keep it a secret.
.Otherwise, once the news spreads, Miss Zhao’s reputation will be ruined.”
A girl who was about to be married was forced to live with another man and her whereabouts and return date were unknown. This kind of thing must not be spread.
No matter how angry Zhao Yuanren was, he still knew the severity. He took a deep breath and nodded: "I understand. I announced to the outside world that Yue Yaer suddenly contracted a bad disease. Because the bad disease is contagious, he took the hosta to the farm in the suburbs of Beijing alone."
After a pause, he said in a low voice: "Xu San, the prince is fighting in Jizhou. This matter must be hidden from the prince for the time being."
Strong self-blame and guilt flashed through Xu San's eyes, and he lowered his voice and said: "Miss Zhao also told me the same thing. I will hide this matter for now."
"Young man, please lead people to search everywhere and rescue Miss Zhao as soon as possible."
After Xu San left, Zhao Yuanren was no longer in the mood for errands. He walked around the signing room alone, his brows getting tighter and tighter.
I don't know how long it took before Zhao Yuanren stopped and sighed. Then he wrote a letter to his cousin Zhao Yuanming. In the letter, he said lightly that Yue Yaer was "sick" and needed to rest for a while, so that Zhao Yuanming should not worry.
I don’t know if this letter can fool Zhao Yuanming.
In short, keep it secret for as long as you can!
After finally staying up until evening, Zhao Yuanren cheered up and returned to the Zhao Mansion.
When Mrs. Sun heard what Zhao Yuanren said, she was really surprised and immediately asked: "Yueyaer was fine when she left this morning. Why did she suddenly contract a serious disease?"
"Even if you have to recuperate, you can stay in the yard and not come out. Why did you go to the farm all of a sudden? You didn't even come back to pack your clothes and luggage."
Zhao Yuanren said with a rare serious face: "Yue Ya'er suddenly broke out in red rash all over her body. She didn't even dare to stay with the Ye family, so she hurriedly came to see me at the official office of the Ministry of Industry. I invited a famous doctor from the capital to see her, and the famous doctor said that we should wait
The rash is very contagious, so she has to live alone in another place. That’s why I sent Yue Yaer to the farm."
"Don't publicize this matter. Let the servants in the house keep their mouths tight and not talk nonsense outside. Then ask the doctor to come and show Su Xin and Que Yu all, so as not to contract the same bad disease."
Sun was still full of doubts, but Zhao Yuanren rarely spoke so harshly, so he had no choice but to suppress his confusion and nodded in agreement.
…
It's getting darker day by day.
Several houses in Calabash Alley began to hear the sounds of people. These are all small houses with second floors, and most of the people living here are ordinary people with few assets.
The one at the end of Hulu Alley has never opened its doors.
The people living here are also used to it. The door of this house at the end of the alley is closed all year round. No one comes out during the day. Maybe it is the son of a certain family who secretly saved money for his private residence in an external private house!
Zhao Xiyan sat under the eaves of the corridor, listening to the faint laughter of children coming from outside the courtyard wall. She twitched her lips sarcastically and said to the hosta next to her: "The small hermit hides in the wild, the big hermit hides in the city. As expected, Principal Murong
It’s amazing that you hid me here.”
After staying in this house for most of the day, no matter how frightened Yuhan was, she had to force herself to calm down. Hearing this, he smiled helplessly and said in a low voice: "Yes, in short, this servant would never expect it. Xu San and the others don't know when
I can find it."
There are dozens of cities in the huge capital city, and each city has many streets and alleys like this. On the way here, they changed carriages twice, took a soft sedan, and finally entered this small house.
No face has been shown. It is scattered in the vast sea of people in the capital, just like water flowing into a river.
Xu San and the others only have thirty people. Even if we include Xu Erwu and others who stayed behind in Beihai Palace, there are only a hundred people. How can we find them?
The sarcasm in Zhao Xiyan's eyes became even stronger, and she said calmly: "Colonel Murong invited me to be a guest. I will stay here peacefully."
Under the eaves of the corridor, of course, they were not the only two masters and servants.
Four women were guarding both sides. These four women were all secret guards of the Murong family. They were highly skilled in martial arts and proficient in assassination techniques. They were overqualified for guarding two weak women.
Zhao Xiyan ignored the four of them and just sat there, talking to the hosta from time to time.
When the movement on the courtyard wall stopped, it became completely dark.
The cook in charge of cooking was also a woman and brought hot meals. Six dishes and one soup, as well as Japonica rice and a plate of pasta.
There were four more women "serving" on the side.
This house is not big, but there are quite a lot of people inside. There are eight women just staring at Zhao Xiyan, who are divided into two shifts to "serve" them. Including the cook and a handyman, there are ten women in total.
Individuals are all women.
Zhao Xiyan sat at the dining table, smiled at the hosta and said, "There's no one else around, come sit here and have dinner with me."
At this time, there really is nothing to be particular about, master and servant.
Hosta nodded in agreement, came over and sat next to Zhao Xiyan, and lowered her voice: "Miss, will Murong Shen come tonight?"
