I think it was roughly the same situation in my last life.
It has to be said that what her family suffered in Mingshi was really unlucky for the innocent...
"Watch out for the brazier!"
Cui Xiu sensed the danger and quickly shouted.
Ms. Cui's eyes tightened, and when she saw that she couldn't stop Cui Xin from falling down like a somersaulting bull, she subconsciously stretched out her hand to pull her son.
In her sight, there was a girl's figure stepping forward one step ahead of her.
Xu Mingyi quickly pulled Xu Mingshi away and threw him to one side.
Before everyone had time to react, they heard the girl say "get out of the way" to the servant outside the hall. At the same moment, she lifted up her skirt and kicked the brazier that was about to come into contact with Cui Xin's body.
"Bang!"
This kick was fast and accurate. By the time everyone could see clearly, the brazier had already flown out of the mourning hall, hit the stone steps outside the hall, rolled down, and the burning material flew everywhere.
The servants quickly moved out of the way.
Cui Xin, who fell heavily to the ground, screamed in pain.
Seeing his elder brother grimacing in pain, Cui Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately.
Fortunately, the girl from the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion is very agile. If she really hurts the eldest grandson of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, their future in Yong'an Prince's Mansion will be bleak from now on.
I don't know whether it happened suddenly or for some other reason. The servants standing outside the mourning hall were busy extinguishing the brazier, but no one in the mourning hall came forward in time to help Cui Xin up.
Even Cui Xin's eldest son stood behind his mother Wen Shi without moving.
After a while, it was Cui Xiu who helped his brother to his feet.
Cui Xin cursed and shouted that his arm hurt badly.
Xu Mingyi took a look and guessed that he was lucky enough to have injured his bones, so he said casually: "It's better to hire a doctor."
After all, it was impossible for her to meddle in this business, so she just kicked the brazier away, but she was just afraid that the other party would catch and bite anyone like a mad dog, and if she was burned by the fire, he would turn around and blackmail her family.
Cui Xiu nodded and forcibly helped his brother out of here.
"Sister-in-law, eldest brother always talks nonsense when he is drunk. Don't take it to heart... We don't know what sister-in-law is like." The second wife persuaded Wen Shi softly and sighed.
Other female relatives also joined in the persuasion.
Wen closed her eyes and said nothing. A wave of dizziness hit her, causing her body to sway.
Ms. Cui's eyesight was weak and her hands were quick to support the person.
"Just let them guard for now. I'll go back with you to rest first."
Wen didn't nod or shake his head, but tears flowed from his eyes.
Ms. Cui helped her out of the mourning hall.
Xu Mingyi's sister and brother also left. Halfway there, Xu Mingshi took Ajiu to the guest room in the front yard.
Mrs. Cui and Xu Mingyi accompanied Mrs. Wen back to the Prince's Courtyard.
"Brother and sister, has something happened to Qing'er?"
In the inner room, Ms. Cui asked in a low voice.
Mrs. Wen sat on the couch and cried again when she heard this.
There was no one else here, and she didn't want to hide it from her sister, who she had always had a good relationship with. She nodded and said in a hoarse voice: "Qing'er is gone..."
Gone?!
Ms. Cui looked shocked.
Even though he had just heard Wen's words in the mourning hall and had already made some assumptions in his mind, Xu Mingyi was also greatly surprised when he heard these words.
She had never heard of this in her previous life.
But think about it, she never cared about the affairs of Prince Yong'an's Mansion. If Prince Yong'an's Mansion deliberately suppressed this matter, there would naturally be no chance for it to reach her ears.
"It's so good, how come... it's gone?" Ms. Cui quickly asked, "How many days has it been?"
"It's been half a month..."
"..."
How long has it been?
Ms. Cui frowned tightly.
After a while, he said: "Brother and sister, if you still want to say something, just tell me exactly what happened. If you don't want to tell me, I won't ask any more questions."
Even if she wanted to know the inside story of this matter, she was still an outsider. If Wen didn't want her to intervene, she couldn't force it.
She still didn't know exactly what this was all about.
Wenshi wiped her tears with a handkerchief and tried to calm herself down.
The loss of a beloved daughter is the most painful and terrible blow to a mother, and every time she mentions it, it hurts her again.
But she doesn't think it's time to give up yet.
Only by speaking out can there be hope.
"In the evening half a month ago, the girl in Qing'er's yard suddenly came to find me. She said that around midnight, Qing'er went out of the yard alone. She came back after a long absence and couldn't find anyone anywhere..."
"After searching like this all night, I found out early the next morning that in addition to Qing'er, Qi Lin, the book boy beside the prince, was also missing... He was bought back when he was a child. He is only fourteen or fifteen years old this year.
He is quite handsome, and he grew up with Qing'er, and we are familiar with each other - but if he said that Qing'er would elope with him, I wouldn't believe it!"
"When we talk about elopement, who mentioned it first?" Ms. Cui asked with a frown.
"It was the girl in Qing'er's house who said that Qing'er met Qi Lin twice in those days... and they were both alone." Wen said: "Moreover... Qing'er also left alone on the day she disappeared.
She did not let her maid accompany her to the yard. Later, she found that many of her jewelry were missing, so she asked someone to check. Only then did she find out that after she left the house that day, she had personally sold many of her jewelry into cash.
…”
In addition, her two daughters are already thirteen years old, and she was taking care of their marriage a few days ago——
Piles piled up one after another, it is hard not to think of an elopement.
She didn't agree with this guess and went to find her husband, but unexpectedly the matter reached the ears of her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law believed that this was clearly an elopement and scolded Qing'er for ruining the Yong'an family tradition. She was also scolded for improper upbringing.
She begged the government to send more people to look for it. If it didn't work, she should report it to the officials. She should find the child and find out what happened.
However, the mother-in-law who said all the ugly and vicious words managed to keep vomiting blood. Her husband slapped her in front of the second roommate and said that she would not even think about finding someone in a big way.
If she can't be found internally, she just pretends that she doesn't exist. To the outside world, she only says that she has an emergency and is gone. Even if she is found back in the future, she won't be able to recognize her!
All in all, the most important thing is to suppress this matter and keep the reputation of the uncle from being tarnished.
Her heart was chilled to the extreme after hearing this. She did everything she could and sent everyone around her to look for him, but she could only wait for the news every day and every night.
She also asked her natal family for help, and her father and mother agreed to secretly inquire for her. However, due to the uncle's attitude, her father did not dare to publicize it, and so far there has been no progress.
"By the way, why don't you see cousin Wei today?"
Xu Mingyi asked after hearing all this.
The two sisters of the Cui family are twins, and they should be the closest to each other. Apart from the personal maid, the one who knows the most about cousin Qing is probably cousin Wei.
