"Go back home." Zhou Mu said and got on the carriage.
"Master, don't be anxious, Miss Gu may have returned to the Hou Mansion long ago." Qi Zhiyuan felt that Zhou Mu was in a worried mood and comforted him.
Zhou Mu sat quietly in the carriage and did not respond.
Qi Zhiyuan did not dare to say anything anymore and drove the carriage back to Zhou Mansion as quickly as possible.
This time there was no need for Zhou Mu to give orders. He passed the message to the next door, asking whether Gu Xiyan had returned to the Marquis Mansion and whether she had gone to the Su residence.
News came back quickly from Min'er. She confirmed that Gu Xiyan said she was going to Suzhai when she left home, but Gu Xiyan has not returned to Xiyuan yet.
Qi Zhiyuan's heart dropped when he saw the letter.
How could someone like Miss Gu, who seems so honest, lie? It seems that Miss Gu is not as simple as she seems.
He didn't dare to hide it and went to Zhou Mu to report truthfully.
"She's not home at this hour, and she lied about going to Su's house. What do you think she was doing outside?" Zhou Mu tapped the table with his long, knuckled fingers, and half-squinted his eyes.
Qi Zhiyuan did not dare to speculate casually: "I don't know."
"You don't know, or you don't dare?" Zhou Mu's eyes fell on Qi Zhiyuan's neck.
Qi Zhiyuan wondered if he could tell the truth?
He touched the cold back of his neck and carefully replied: "Why don't the young master ask the girl himself after she returns home?"
He was afraid that when the young master got angry, he would make fun of him.
Zhou Mu looked towards the next door and suddenly laughed angrily.
At first, he thought she was an honest girl, but now that he thinks about it, he might have made a mistake.
Unless he was going to some shameful place or meeting someone in secret, it would be necessary to lie. Could it be that she went behind his back to meet other men?
Thinking of this possibility, Zhou Mu frowned slightly.
At that moment, he no longer avoided it and simply went to the next door.
Qi Zhiyuan was surprised. He was about to follow him, but Zhou Mu ordered: "Let grandma follow me."
When the concierge of Wanqinghou Mansion saw Zhou Mu, he was very frightened: "I have seen Mr. Zhou, I will go and find Mr. Zhou."
"I'm not here to see the Marquis. You're busy with your work. There's no need to tell the Marquis that I'm here." Zhou Mu glanced at the concierge.
The concierge felt that Mr. Zhou looked like an immortal, but he was very coercive and could make people unable to breathe freely with just one look.
He only responded and watched Zhou Mu go towards Xiyuan.
Yes, Miss Gu left the Hou Mansion early in the morning and has not returned yet. Could it be that Mr. Zhou came here specifically to see Miss Gu? Looking at the direction Mr. Zhou is going, it is clearly Xiyuan.
For a moment, he hesitated as to whether he should report this matter to the Marquis.
However, the Marquis once specifically stated that Mr. Zhou is of high status and everything should be subject to Mr. Zhou's wishes.
After much hesitation, the concierge finally had no idea.
Zhou Mu's journey there was smooth, and he met some women and maids on the way, and all of them seemed to be frozen in place when they saw him.
We can't blame them.
After all, this is the backyard of the Hou Mansion. As a foreigner, it is inappropriate for Zhou Mu to enter a place where no one is around. In addition, Zhou Mu’s fairy-like face really makes it impossible to associate him with a “disciple.”
Together.
Thinking about it again, the eldest girl and Zhou Mu are already engaged, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with going to see the eldest girl?
But after all, it is just an engagement and not a formal marriage. Will it be bad for my uncle to break into Xiyuan in the future?
Everyone had different thoughts and watched helplessly as Zhou Mu headed towards Xiyuan, but no one dared to step forward to intercept Zhou Mu.
The news of Zhou Mu's arrival at the Hou Mansion quickly reached Liu Huiyan's ears, and she was ready to go to Xiyuan to see Zhou Mu.
Seeing this, Aunt He hurriedly stopped her: "Don't act rashly. The eldest girl just got engaged to Zhou Mu, and you go to Zhou Mu. Do you think he can't see your thoughts?"
She also saw Zhou Mu from a distance that day. With such grace and bearing, it's no wonder that the four girls fell in love with him.
This person is already a third-rank official at a young age and has a bright future. How could such a person not understand what the fourth girl is thinking?
"But it's rare for me to see Mr. Zhou once. If I don't see him, how can he be tempted by me?" Liu Huiyan was extremely anxious.
"I can only ask the old lady to find a way to bring you into the Zhou mansion after the eldest girl gets married to Mr. Zhou. But if you don't even have this patience and Mr. Zhou gets angry, the Marquis will definitely not let it go. Hou
I was not joking when I said I would send you to the temple, are you sure you can bear the consequences?" Aunt He said seriously.
Liu Huiyan remembered what Wan Qinghou had said last time, and felt scrupulous about it, so she immediately stopped and went to see Zhou Mu.
That day, Zhou Mu entered Xiyuan smoothly. Shen's mother was frightened when she first saw Zhou Mu. Chunhua was even more stunned in place, forgetting how to react.
Mother Shen was the first to react. She stepped forward to meet Li and said, "Why are you here, Master?"
"I heard that Xiyan hadn't returned home yet, so I was worried, so I came over to wait for her." Zhou Mu walked in the courtyard and stopped under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, imagining that Gu Xiyan usually smelled the fragrance of the flowers here.
Shen's mother was feeling uneasy when Zhou Mu suddenly turned around and asked her, "Where did Xi Yan go?"
Shen's mother was caught off guard when she was killed. The girl went to Jixiang Tower, but except for the three people who were waiting closely, no one knew that the girl was the mastermind behind Jixiang Tower.
Can you tell Mr. Zhou about this? Before leaving the house, the girl lied about going to the Su residence...
"The girl said she wanted to see Miss Su Er." Shen's mother did not panic when she said this. She was not lying. This was indeed what the girl said.
After Zhou Mu thought about the meaning of Shen's mother's words, his eyes fell on Shen's mother's face: "Really?"
Mother Shen's scalp was numb when Zhou Mu looked at her. She didn't dare to look at her and lowered her head.
After that, Zhou Mu didn't embarrass Shen's mother. He just sat down on a wicker chair in the courtyard, as if he was waiting for the girl to come back.
It just so happens that there will be a food festival tomorrow, and the girl will be so busy at Jixiang Building that she won't be back until very late.
Mother Shen prepared the meal and asked Zhou Mu to eat first.
"I'll wait for her to come back and have dinner together." Zhou Mu looked at the night getting darker: "It's so late, isn't she in danger out there?"
Chunhua responded hurriedly: "No, with Miss Hu protecting the girl, the girl will be fine..."
Mother Shen gave her a light kick and told her not to talk too much, so as not to make too many mistakes.
Aunt Yin knew that Zhou Mu was worried about Gu Xiyan, so she pulled Chunhua aside and asked, "Are you sure the girl is okay?"
"With Miss Hu protecting me, the girl will be fine." Chunhua was not sure when asked by Aunt Yin.
The main reason is that I am afraid that King Qin will poison the girl, but isn't King Qin banned? King Qin should not embarrass the girl during the period of His Majesty's ban?
Nanny Yin glanced at Zhou Mu who was pacing back and forth in the courtyard, and then asked: "Young Master was originally going to the Su Mansion to pick up the girl, but he didn't pick her up. Where did the girl go?"
After all, she is a noble daughter of the Hou family. She is nowhere to be found in the middle of the night. Could she have met someone bad?
