Wishful Things

There was only Qing Ying, a serving girl in the room, Xu Mingyi sat down and asked.

Cui nodded, but her expression was not very good-looking.

"The government has found out that the last time that Qi Lin appeared in the city was in the bamboo forest behind a teahouse in Chengnan Lane." Cui explained what Wen said in the letter: "It is said that the waiter in the teahouse saw him. Yes, and after Qi Lin appeared, another little girl wearing a veil came over..."

This kind of situation is very easy to remind people of the private meeting, and everyone likes to watch this kind of thing, so the guy can still have some impressions after nearly 20 days.

"According to the guy's general description, that little girl should be Qing'er who went out to sell jewelry that day..."

Cui Shi said: "People from the government went to the uncle's mansion to ask who the little girl is. Naturally, the uncle's mansion dare not say it clearly. Right now, I only hope that the government can find Qi Lin as soon as possible."

As long as Qi Lin is found, Qing'er's whereabouts can be known.

But now the Bo Mansion, the Wen Family, and the Duke of Zhen's Mansion are also secretly inquiring about Qing'er's whereabouts.

But even so, Cui Shi still felt uncertain.

People in this world are sinister and everything is unpredictable. There are countless people lost inexplicably every year in places that can be seen and invisible.

Even the capital is no exception.

But how many can really be found?

In particular, Qing'er has been missing for a full twenty days, enough time for too many things to happen, and enough for many original clues to disappear.

"City South Alley..."

Xu Mingyi asked thoughtfully: "Mother, did you mention the name of the teahouse in the letter?"

"It seems to have been mentioned..."

It's just that she didn't deliberately remember it.

Cui subconsciously picked up the letter paper on the small table next to her.

really--

"It's called Xuesheng Tea House."

Xu Mingyi nodded.

That's a coincidence.

Cousin Qing actually disappeared near the Xuesheng Tea House, and that was probably the last time she appeared in front of people.

"Why did Zhao Zhao ask this on purpose?"

"My daughter just thinks that since someone has seen Cousin Qing there, someone needs to inquire carefully nearby."

Choi nodded.

This is natural.

The mother and daughter also talked about the scattered clues they had obtained in the past few days, and the girl was always serious before meeting, Cui couldn't help being touched.

In the final analysis, Zhao Zhao is so concerned about Qing'er's affairs, but because of her mother.

She will also work hard to be Zhao Zhao's mother.

"lady."

Nanny Feng came in and said softly: "The congratulatory gift has already been sent to the Zhan's family. The wife of the Zhan's family left the servants for dinner, but the servants declined."

Choi nodded.

"Understood, you go down."

Nanny Feng responded "Yes" and withdrew.

Xu Mingyi looked at the yellowed banana leaves outside the Xuan window, and was distracted for a moment.

Zhan Qian was promoted.

From the head of the sixth rank to the doctor of the fifth rank official department.

It is always hard to find official positions in the Six Ministries, and Zhan Qian might not feel that such an advantage fell to Zhan Qian in the past, but now she is sure that it must be related to the Xia family.

These days, Zhan Qian sent secret letters to Xia's family more and more frequently.

But recently, Zhan's family had nothing to gain from their Zhen Guogong's mansion, and Zhan Yunzhu was cut off because of Liu Yi's incident, so he had to be more careful-would Xia Tingzhen be so generous to a pawn who did not make any contribution?

There are countless officials, large and small, available under him, and each layer is full of interests, and there must be more than one who is waiting to climb up.

Could it be that the Zhan family has contributed elsewhere?

Xu Mingyi guessed subconsciously.

It wasn't until Cui Shi ordered Qingying to go to the kitchen to see if the dim sum was ready that Xu Mingyi came back to her senses.

"What snacks did the kitchen make today?" She asked suddenly.

Qing Ying smiled and replied: "In addition to the ones that I make every day, there are also jujube paste cakes that girls like to eat, and ox tongue cakes that young master likes."

"Then ask the kitchen to pack some for me, and I will take it out."

Qing Ying responded without doubt.

Cui couldn't help asking one more question: "Who is this snack for? Do you need to ask the kitchen to make some more?"

"Send it to the Princess." Xu Mingyi smiled and said, "This is enough."

Cui Shi nodded.

After Xu Mingyi returned to Xiyuan, he entered the study and wrote a note, instructing Azhu to send Zhu Xiu to Dingnan Palace in the capital.

It was mid-afternoon, and in Dingnan Palace, Wu Chao was practicing sword in the courtyard.

The figure of the young man seemed to be slender and thin, which is unique to this age, but a silk robe with narrow sleeves was soaked in sweat and stuck to his back, from his broad shoulders to his arms, he outlined a strong curved line.

"Young master."

Seeing Wu Chao put away the sword, the servant hurriedly stepped forward to take it over.

Knowing his son's habits, the servants had prepared hot water in advance, Wu Chao went straight to the ear room to take a bath.

When he came out again, he changed into a snow-white jacket, and the black hair on his forehead was covered with drops of water, which further made his eyebrows and eyes dark, and his skin white like jade.

The boy was stunned unconsciously.

His son is really good-looking.

But don't watch too much——

Because if the young master finds out, the young master will be angry.

But isn't good-looking just to be admired? If he has the face of a young master, he would like to wander the streets every day to benefit the people of the capital.

But relatively speaking, he is still very lucky, after all, he can still serve in the Young Master's yard personally, and those maids who really died of drought are those maids who want to enter the Young Master's yard to serve and feast their eyes.

The young master doesn't like to let the maids get close.

But the young master is already seventeen...

This worried Mrs.

Wu Chao entered the study with only his middle coat on.

But as soon as he sat down behind the desk, he heard a cry.

"Snapped!"

The Celestial Eye flew in, and threw the thing it was holding in its sharp claws onto the desk.

After Wu Chao saw what it was, he frowned tightly.

It was a hairpin.

And it's Miss Xu's hairpin——

He looked at the big bird squatting on the desk in front of him with its bust up, as if it was asking for credit.

He let the bird go out to look for Sui Mountain together, but the bird ran to the Zhen Guogong's mansion again?

...and even stole Miss Xu's hairpin!

Today is stealing hairpins, and I don't know what to steal tomorrow.

What's wrong with the bird now?

"Go back." Wu Chao ordered in a cold voice.

Big Bird tilted his head suspiciously.

Then it suddenly flew towards the direction of the bookshelves, circling in front of a bookshelf.

Wu Chao didn't understand what it meant at first, but when he saw the small box in the bookshelf, his face darkened.

The box contained Miss Xu's previous hairpin...

Naturally, he didn't want to hide it here, but after he took it away and threw it away, he was picked up by this troublesome stupid bird.

He threw it three times and the bird found it every time...

Under such annoyance, he had no choice but to put it away temporarily, but he forgot it after putting it away.

But what does the bird mean at this time?

Could it be that he secretly had the habit of collecting Miss Xu's hairpins?

——The big bird risked stealing the hairpin just to satisfy the owner's shady habit?

Good evening everyone~