After the letter was sent, Ren Yaoqi waited for news in the other courtyard, but she waited from morning to afternoon, and there was still no news from the Yanbei Palace until it was dark, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but feel more and more worried.
"Miss, it's very exposed outside, so go back to the house and be careful not to catch a cold." Mulberry put a heavy padded crimson cloak on Ren Yaoqi's shoulder and persuaded softly.
Ren Yaoqi always felt that the room was stuffy. After practicing swordsmanship, he stood under the veranda outside for a long time. He didn't think that he had not moved for a long time. It was really cold to be said by Mulberry, so he nodded.
At this time, there was a sound of wings flapping from an old locust tree branch in the yard, and the old woman in the yard was surprised: "Huh? How can there be a crow? This is really unlucky."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help frowning.
Mulberry noticed, and lightly scolded the old woman: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's not a rare bird. You can still see one or two in the winter. What a fuss!"
The old woman knew that it was taboo to say unlucky things in front of the master at the gate of the mansion, so she hurriedly snorted and smiled and said, "Miss atonement, this slave is in debt, nonsense, don't mind."
Although Ren Yaoqi didn't say anything, the anxiety in his heart became more and more obvious.
Early the next morning, Ren Yaoqi asked the people below to prepare a carriage, and she was going to visit the princess at the palace of Yanbei.
For some reason, she was always a little uneasy in her heart. Although she knew that Princess Yanbei might not have the time to meet her at this time, she still wanted to take a look. Even she herself didn't know where this uneasiness came from.
Is it because he is worried about the situation in Ningxia, worried that the Zeng family will come to Yanbei, worried that Fang Yacun's own house will be implicated by the Ren family colluding, or is it purely just worried about Xiao Jingxi's safety at the moment.
As soon as she entered the Yanbei Palace, Ren Yaoqi felt something was wrong. She couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, but it seemed that even the women and maids who were walking on the road looked solemn.
When Ren Yaoqi came to Jiuyang Palace, she didn't see Princess Yanbei, she was received by Madam Xin.
Mammy Xin asked Ren Yaoqi to sit down, let the maid serve her tea, and said with a smile: "Miss Ren, sit down for a while, the princess has just gone to visit the old concubine, and the servant will let someone report that you are here."
Since the last time she saw Ren Yaoqi save Mrs. Xu, she has been very friendly to her. In addition to the relationship between Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jinglin, every time Ren Yaoqi came to the Yanbei Palace, she would tell the people below to greet her well. .
Ren Yaoqi hurriedly said: "I don't have anything important. Today, I came to the palace to greet the princess. If the princess has something to do, it's better not to disturb her."
Madam Xin said: "The old princess is ill, the doctor is taking the pulse, and the princess is guarding her."
"Old Wang Fei, is she okay?" Ren Yaoqi asked with just the right amount of concern.
Madam Xin sighed: "It's not because of General Wu, Madam Wu is still young."
Wu Xiaohe died suddenly, and Xiao Wei became a widow, a childless widow, and it was no wonder that the old princess was seriously ill.
But Ren Yaoqi felt that there was a look of worry in Mammy Xin's eyes, but judging from the relationship between the princess and the old princess, Mama Xin might not be worried about the situation of Xiao Wei's mother and daughter.
Is there something else going on
Ren Yaoqi sat in the side hall of Jiuyang Hall for a while, and talked with Xinmao for a while, and inadvertently found out that Xiao Jingxi had not come back.
The princess never came back, and Ren Yaoqi didn't want to stay for too long. After a cup of tea came into his mouth, he planned to leave first.
Not wanting to wait for her to leave, the princess sent her maid Sujin over.
"Miss Ren, the princess asks you to stay for a while longer, she will be back soon. And it's almost noon now, the princess asks you to stay at the mansion for dinner." Su Jin said to Ren Yaoqi with a smile.
Ren Yaoqi glanced at the sky outside. She came early today and didn't sit in the palace for a long time. It was still early for lunch at noon.
However, Su Jin's words are just a rhetoric for staying guests. Ren Yaoqi will naturally not be serious with her. What she is more curious about is what the princess wants to do with her.
It's not that the princess never left her to eat, but that was when Xiao Jinglin was still in the Yanbei Palace. She ate with Xiao Jinglin. After Xiao Jinglin left, she seldom came to the Yanbei Palace. The princess also had a lot of things every day. Even if she comes, she may not be able to see it.
And now it must be intentional to keep her here for dinner.
Ren Yaoqi waited for another cup of tea in the side hall of Jiuyang Palace before the princess came back from the old princess.
Seeing the princess coming, Ren Yaoqi hurriedly got up to greet her, but was supported by the princess' hands. The princess smiled kindly and said, "Wait for a long time? Sit down, there is no outsider so you don't need to bow."
Ren Yaoqi first helped the princess to the seat, and then sat down and said with a smile: "It didn't take long for Xin mama and several sisters to talk to me all the time."
"Oh? What are you talking about?" the princess asked with a smile.
Mother Xin smiled and said, "Miss Ren likes the cat raised by the slave, and the slave chatted with her for a while."
Then Mama Xin picked up some interesting things about "Bai Xue", which made everyone laugh. Ren Yaoqi secretly paid attention to the princess's expression, but couldn't see anything, so she couldn't guess the real intention of the princess to leave her.
After some jokes, the princess instructed Xinmao to say: "Take someone to the kitchen to take a look, and ordered not to bring the vegetarian food over today, Yaoqi stayed in the Jiuyang Palace for dinner, just as Lin'er did when she was at home, The food is more refreshing."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but ask: "Princess is eating fast?" When she and Xiao Jinglin had dinner together before, she hadn't noticed that the princess was eating fast.
I don't want to think that Xinmao said: "The princess has been fasting for more than ten years. Only when the princess stays in the Jiuyang Palace to eat, the princess will order the kitchen to send meat dishes, but the princess herself only uses vegetarian dishes."
Xiao Jinglin likes to eat. When she is there, they usually set up a table of delicacies. Some of them are so good because the county owner requires high quality, and they can't even tell whether they are meat or vegetarian. Ren Yaoqi and the princess have eaten several times. , noticed that she used it very little, and only thought she was having a bad appetite.
Madam Xin withdrew, and took all the maids in the palace, leaving only Su Jin and Qiluo as attendants.
Ren Yaoqi knew that the princess was going to talk to her about business.
Sure enough, the princess got up and said to Ren Yaoqi, "Come with me." After saying that, the princess walked to the inner hall.
Ren Yaoqi didn't ask much, got up and followed behind her.
Ren Yaoqi, the inner hall of Jiuyang Palace, had also been with Xiao Jinglin before. This is the place where the princess rests on weekdays. Generally, it does not receive foreign guests, only some people who are close.
The princess beckoned Ren Yaoqi to sit with her on the soft slump before she said to Su Jin and Qiluo: "You guys go out first, don't let anyone come in without my order."
Sujing and Qiluo also withdrew.
Ren Yaoqi became more and more curious when he saw that only she and the princess were left in the inner palace.
The princess looked at her and smiled, and said, "I have fasted for more than ten years, do you know why?"
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while: "Could it be that the princess has a relationship with the Buddha?" Ren Yaoqi is naturally nonsense, but this statement is the safest.
The princess shook her head and sighed: "No, in fact, I didn't believe in Buddhism when you were so old, and I even found it funny when I saw the elders in my family kneeling in the Buddha hall to ask for the blessing of the Buddha."
Ren Yaoqi didn't interrupt, she knew she didn't need to interrupt at this time.
"After I gave birth to Jingxi, he... He was not in good health. After a consultation with several doctors, they said that he could not live. After hearing this, I cried to death, but there was nothing I could do. At that time, I thought of asking the Buddha. bless."
Although the voice of the princess was light, it had a soft firmness: "I make a wish to the Buddha, if Jingxi can live well, I am willing to devote myself to the Buddha from now on. ."
Having said that, the princess smiled, looked at Ren Yaoqi and said, "My Buddha is indeed merciful, and Jingxi finally survived."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but be silent when she heard it. She had rarely seen pictures of the princess and Xiao Jingxi getting along with each other before, and the one or two mother and son she occasionally saw didn't have too close words and deeds in front of people. The princess and Xiao Jingxi are both serious people, and their emotions are not exposed. The princess cares for Xiao Jinglin because Xiao Jinglin is her daughter.
Now after hearing what the princess said, Ren Yaoqi understood that the princess might not be as concerned about Xiao Jingxi as she is to Xiao Jinglin. It's just that raising a son is different from raising a daughter.
The princess sighed, the worry in her eyes no longer concealed, "Jingxi he disappeared on the way back to Yanbei, Yanbei Wangfu sent several passers-by to look for him, but he couldn't find it, so far there is no news."
Ren Yaoqi was shocked when he heard the words: "My father said that Second Young Master Xiao was with people when he separated from them, and those people also disappeared together?" Ren Yaoqi knew that those people were all excellent martial arts masters, Not to mention there are people who are secretly protecting in the dark.
The princess sighed: "Only a few corpses were found, along with the horses from the Yanbei Palace, and the rest of the people, including the carriage, disappeared, and no matter how you look for them, you can't find them."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help frowning, and she didn't have time to think about why the princess kept her here to tell her this. She was also very worried about Xiao Jingxi's safety now.
Before Xiao Jingxi didn't reply to her letter, she still wondered if she didn't come back to Yunyang City because she didn't show up well, but now the princess said that even the people sent from the Yanbei Palace had no news of Xiao Jingxi, Ren Ren. Yao Qi also felt bad.
Could it be that the assassins succeeded this time, Xiao Jingxi has already…
Thinking of this, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help shaking his head.
No, Xiao Jingxi will not die so easily.
Although the people in the palace did not find anyone from Xiao Jingxi, they also did not find his body, right
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The author remembers that he said that there will be three shifts, although it is a bit late~〒_〒
This is the first update! The author continues to work hard