"Where are the people?" Nanny Yan came over in a hurry and saw two people in a miserable state.
Yuxiu was better off, as she had changed her clothes, but the eunuch was still in his original clothes. He sat on the ground with a blank look in his eyes, as if he had lost his soul.
Luo followed Nanny Yan and when she saw the scene, her vision went dark, her legs went weak, and she almost fainted.
The old woman beside her hurriedly reached out to support her.
She had just arrived and was waiting here, waiting for Qu Xuexin to come and see her. Although she resented what her daughter had done, she was her daughter and she had already received retribution. She would not have a good life now or in the future.
She admitted that it was all her daughter's fault, so she didn't dare to look for her daughter for so long.
The Eastern Palace was not a place she could go, nor was it a place she should go.
But now the Princess of England's tone has softened, and she even took the initiative to tell her the news. How could she really ignore her daughter and secretly hide it from the master and son? She asked the Princess of England to bring something to her daughter, but her daughter was determined to ignore her and blamed her for ignoring her.
This time, it was the Prince of England's Palace who sent a message saying that Qu Xuexin had relented and was willing to meet her.
Luo was extremely grateful to Qu Moying. She knew that the Princess of England was magnanimous, otherwise how could she give her such an opportunity. She really wanted to raise this daughter for nothing, but when she thought of how adorable she was when she was a child, she couldn't bear it.
Tell yourself that this is the last time, and after seeing her this time, you will never see her again. From now on, she is her and I am myself.
She brought a lot of banknotes and wanted to give them directly to Qu Xuexin. From now on, she would be a real person without a maternal family. She felt sorry for her daughter and felt more and more sorry for her niece.
Her niece was very generous to be able to do this, and she couldn't let her niece down any longer.
But now her daughter didn't come, but two servants who looked so miserable came. Luo Shi felt uneasy.
"Something happened to Madam Qu. When we came here just now... it was raining too heavily. Madam Qu... she might... might have fallen into the river..." Yu Xiu said in a trembling voice.
After hearing what she said, Luo's eyes went dark and she fainted without saying a word.
Nanny Yan hurriedly had Luo escorted inside and asked her in detail about what had happened. The eunuch had to speak for her.
The eunuch also came to his senses at this time, wiping his face with water that was either rain or tears, and cried, "It was too dark and it was raining heavily so we couldn't see clearly. After we went up the slope, we hit a small rock and the carriage slipped. When we moved backwards, it tilted to one side. That's when the lady fell out of the carriage, and once she fell... she fell into the river."
"Have you looked for it?" Nanny Yan asked anxiously.
"I've looked... but nothing, nowhere... nothing at all." The eunuch cried.
Yuxiu also wiped her tears: "Mammy, we were looking for it there at the time, and there were cries from people. The water over there was too fast, and this maidservant... this eunuch and I searched everywhere but couldn't find it... We really couldn't find it."
After losing the person, both of them panicked and searched there for more than half an hour. Later, they became desperate. Yuxiu suggested coming here first to report to their master.
After all, everything over there is done secretly, and there is no one in charge right now.
Nanny Yan frowned, thought for a moment and said, "I'll send a few more people to take a look, maybe we can find it."
"Thank you... Thank you, Ma'am." The eunuch was crying so hard that he couldn't speak. Compared to Yuxiu, he was the one who had to take responsibility. Even if Qu Xuexin was just a demoted lady, someone had to take responsibility for something like this. It seemed that this eunuch would not live long.
Nanny Yan turned around and told a few guards to go out and look for him. After a while, she had someone change the clothes for the eunuch. When Qu Moying came, he also brought the eunuch with him. After finding a set of clothes for him to change into, he sat here waiting for news.
The wind and rain outside were still strong, but the thunder was quieter and seemed to be farther away.
No one spoke in the hall. Everyone was quietly waiting for news. After something like this happened, no one was in the mood to talk about anything else.
The eunuch of the Eastern Palace collapsed on the ground, completely exhausted, trembling from time to time, paralyzed by fear...
Finally, the guards came back and found nothing. This news was not surprising to those present. With such heavy rain, such fast-flowing river, and such a dark night, it was a miracle to find it...
The air was now dull, with the only sound being the eunuch's suppressed sobbing.
Nanny Yan sighed heavily and asked someone to help the eunuch over: "Should we make this matter public?"
“Don’t… Madam… Madam was demoted here. She was disliked by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and offended him. Madam had a good life in the palace in the past… Now it’s like this, you’d better… you’d better not make it public. I will report this to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and explain the matter. I won’t implicate the Prince of Ying’s Palace.” The eunuch wiped his tears and said.
“Is there no need for Yuxiu to go with us to the East Palace to explain?” Nanny Yan looked at the eunuch and said.
"No need... Slave... This is my fault. It's all my fault." The eunuch took the responsibility, "It can't be because of my fault..."
The eunuch burst into tears when he said this.
"Well, I'll send someone to take you back. Our master is not in good health, and he will be frightened when he hears such news..." Nanny Yan sighed. This was the only way under the current circumstances. Since the Eastern Palace was unwilling to make it public, she naturally would not do something that would go against her will. Her own master was not in good health, and she was unwilling to alarm him like this.
"Okay." The eunuch wiped his tears and nodded in agreement.
Nanny Yan asked someone to arrange a carriage, and the eunuch agreed to it. What to do next was his business. However, Nanny Yan still asked the manager of the manor to go there as well. Even if this matter didn't become a big deal, he had to tell the manager of the East Palace in the hot spring manor to avoid arguing and confusion.
Although I know that Donggong will never really argue, I still have to go through the necessary procedures.
After hearing what Nanny Yan said, the eunuch naturally would not object.
"Wait... a moment." The eunuch was about to leave, but was stopped by a trembling voice. A maid helped Luo out.
"Xin'er really...really fell into the river?" Luo looked at the eunuch, her breathing quickened, as if as long as he said no, there was still a possibility.
Luo Shi could hear the conversations outside, but she still didn't believe it and had to come out to ask this question.
The eunuch knelt down: "Madam..."
He didn't say anything but burst into tears.
Luo's body shook, and the maid hurriedly held her up. Luo almost muttered to herself, "Really... Really..."
Is her daughter really dead
Is it really gone
Even if she resented and annoyed Qu Xuexin, and even wanted to sever ties with her, she could not bear the thought that she was her daughter and that from now on she would no longer have a daughter of hers in the world.
"Madam Fuqu, please go inside and rest." Nanny Yan's face darkened and she ordered.
The old woman didn't dare to let Luo stay outside any longer, and she helped her inside while persuading her.
Looking at the look on his wife's face, he knew the situation was not good. If he stayed any longer, she would probably faint again. It would be better to help her inside to rest.
As for what happens next, it is not something that the people in the Qu Mansion can intervene in. The eldest lady is gone, and the eldest lady cannot be in trouble...
It was a dark room and Ji Youran couldn’t tell clearly where he was. He was still in a daze.
She fell off the carriage and rolled to the right, not to the left. Ji Youran kept the eunuch's words in mind, so she found the right direction and rolled down desperately. Then she hid in the bushes. Just when she wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, she felt a pain in the back of her head, and then she knew nothing. When she woke up again, she was in this place.
Where is this? Has the eunuch brought her back? But this place is clearly not where she used to live, not that room, nor that dark room.
Where is here
I reached out and touched the thing next to me and felt firewood. Could it be the woodshed
I suddenly felt panic in my heart. Why was she in the woodshed? Shouldn't I bring her back and send her back to the dark room? From now on, she will never appear in front of people again.
Whether Qu Xuexin is alive or dead, no one else in the Eastern Palace cares. The only people they need to deal with are Princess Ying and Madam Qu who is keeping a close eye on them.
Actually, it's not difficult to deal with the Princess of England. Originally, the Princess of England didn't care about Qu Xuexin. But Madam Qu asked the Princess of England to keep an eye on her, which is a troublesome matter. Only by dealing with it together can the Princess of England find no reason to send things here in the future, so as to avoid being entangled and unable to get away.
The original plan was that after Ji Youran fell, the eunuch and the maid would look for her by the river, and when they couldn't find her they would leave. Ji Youran would then go back by herself, first returning to the courtyard to wait for the eunuch to come back, and then hide in the dark room as she did in the past.
When something happened to Qu Xuexin, the eunuchs around her would of course be punished. Now that both the "master" and the servant are gone, it would be useless even if the Prince of England's palace sent more people over.
The person is dead, what else can be done
But Ji Youran didn't expect that she would be taken away by someone, and in the woodshed. This was different from what the eunuch had originally planned. Did something unexpected happen
The thunder has gradually subsided, sometimes near and sometimes far away, but the rain is still heavy, pouring down. In this rainy weather, my whole body is almost wet, and I am shivering all over, not just from the cold, but also from the nervousness. My whole body is shaking for no reason.
Through a very small window, one could see lightning flashing outside from time to time, one flash after another, making Ji Youran feel as if the end of the world had really come.
What scared Ji Youran even more was that she didn't know where this place was. Where had the eunuch gone? Why was she alone here...
Is she alive or dead? Where on earth is this
“Someone come… someone come quickly.” Ji Youran closed her eyes and shouted as loudly as she could.
But what she thought was loud was actually not that loud. It was a trembling hoarseness, as rough and stuttering as sand.
"Are you looking for someone?" A voice suddenly came from the darkness, a little vague, and somewhat familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere.