Cheng, the third wife of Duke Yang's Mansion, was sitting in a pavilion on one side of the path and was walking slowly towards this side. Liu Yunxiang's mind turned around, and she always felt that the third lady was waiting for her here on purpose.
"We are indeed looking for a little girl. Have you seen the third lady?" Liu Yunxiang asked.
Mrs. Cheng waited until she reached Liu Yunxiang before she said, "I think I've seen him before."
Liu Yunxiang's eyes lit up, "Where has Madam seen her?"
Mrs. Cheng thought hard for a while and said: "I saw someone from your house looking for this girl with a portrait on the street. I took a look at it and thought she looked very familiar. Where have I seen it? I have been in the house these days. Come on, I haven’t been out for more than half a month before today. Logically speaking, I shouldn’t have seen it, but it looks so familiar that I should definitely have seen it.”
Cheng's words were so confusing that people were confused.
After saying this, she smiled again, "Oh, maybe I remembered it wrong."
"Think again, this child has been missing for more than ten days, and we have been looking for her." Qu Moran couldn't help but say.
Cheng didn't think about it and just shook her head, "I must be dazzled or confused. You two just think I didn't say anything."
After saying that, Cheng turned around and left.
Qu Moran was very anxious and wanted to step forward and hold Cheng to ask, but Liu Yunxiang held her back.
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"If she doesn't say anything, it's useless to ask."
Qu Moran thought about this and widened his eyes, "Does this mean she does know Xiao Wu's whereabouts?"
Liu Yunxiang glanced at the pavilion beside the path, "I just noticed the third lady in the flower hall. She left early, but she never left the house. She was indeed in this pavilion, obviously waiting for me specially. Since you are waiting for me specially, you are determined to tell me the whereabouts of Xiao Wu."
"But she didn't say anything!"
Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "She said it."
Qu Moran was confused, "What did she say?"
"She said that she had been staying at home, but she had seen Xiao Wu. What this means is..."
"Xiao Wu is in Yangguo Duke's Mansion!" Qu Moran said in surprise.
Liu Yunxiang nodded, "And I also thought about how I just saw her having people beat Xie Wenqing, scolding her for being shameless, and sending women to the Third Young Master of Duke Yang's Mansion."
Speaking of this, Liu Yunxiang frowned, "I hope it's not what I thought."
Qu Moran didn't know what Liu Yunxiang was thinking of, but since Xie Wenqing was mentioned, he just wanted to ask her.
"There is no time to find Xie Wenqing. I will go directly to Duke Yang's Mansion."
"I'll accompany you."
"I'll take Zijin, and you can help me move the reinforcements."
Liu Yunxiang went directly to the Duke Yang's Palace from the Fourth Prince's Palace. She went in in the name of meeting the old lady of the Duke's Palace, so she was taken to the east courtyard.
The old lady of the Duke's Mansion, who was over sixty years old and had a full head of hair, personally greeted her at the door of the main room.
"I pay my respects to the princess. May the princess be blessed and safe."
Liu Yunxiang waved his hand, "You're welcome, old lady. After I returned to Beijing, I originally wanted to go to various houses and visit some of your ancestors. However, there have been many things lately, so I postponed it day after day. Today, I Come visit.”
"Princess, you're welcome. Please sit inside."
"No, it will be warm outside in the afternoon. Let's take a walk around the house."
After hearing this, the old lady was stunned for a moment, obviously this request was a bit abrupt.
Liu Yunxiang smiled dryly, "I've always heard that the Duke's Mansion has a pleasant scenery, and I've always wanted to come and see it."
The old lady lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then raised her head and said with a smile: "Then I took the princess to the back garden, where the chrysanthemums were blooming just right."
"That's fine."
Liu Yunxiang followed the old lady out of the east courtyard and carefully looked around, "By the way, which courtyard does the third lady and the third young master live in?"
The old lady paused and asked, "Why does the princess ask this?"
"I heard that the third lady has a cheerful temperament, and I would like to make friends with her."
"Let her visit your palace another day."
"Since we are here today, why don't we go to her hospital to have a look?"
"Princess, look, the back garden is here. Are the chrysanthemums blooming there?"
Liu Yunxiang felt that the old lady was avoiding something intentionally. She said nothing now and followed the old lady to the garden.
"A niece of mine is missing. I have been looking for her recently. Has the old lady seen her?" Liu Yunxiang asked.
When the old lady heard this, she stopped and looked obviously panicked, "Isn't it appropriate for the princess to come to my house to look for someone?"
Liu Yunxiang smiled, "Old madam, why are you nervous? I just want to ask, have you seen her before?"
"never seen it."
"You haven't seen her portrait yet, how do you know you haven't seen her?"
"I...I haven't been out recently, how could I have seen him before?"
The old lady was so nervous that she stammered. Liu Yunxiang was even more certain that Xiao Wu was in this house.
"Ouch, I keep losing my ears. This is my favorite couple!" Liu Yunxiang said anxiously.
The old lady saw that Liu Yunxiang's ear was indeed missing an earring, so she asked people around her to look for it nearby.
"Zijin, let's look for him too."
Liu Yunxiang and Zijin started looking for her in the garden. They deliberately walked around where no one was, and when no one could see her, they sneaked out of the back garden.
"Girl, I wonder which courtyard this third young master lives in. The Duke's mansion seems to be quite big." Zi Jin said worriedly.
The old lady is in the east courtyard, and the Duke is in the middle courtyard. The three young masters and their wives should be in the west courtyard. Let's look for them in a remote part of the west courtyard.
The two of them walked to the west courtyard while dodging the servants. They walked around several times before reaching the west courtyard. Seeing someone coming, they hurriedly hid at the corner of the verandah.
"Second sister-in-law, I've been feeling uneasy these past few days."
"What's wrong?"
"The woman that Third Master brought back didn't seem to be willing. I seem to hear crying every night."
At this sound, Liu Yunxiang turned his head and saw that it was the third lady. The person walking with her was much more ordinary in appearance, but the one who was dignified and delicate was probably the second lady of the Duke's Mansion.
The second lady hurriedly hissed when she heard this, "Don't talk nonsense, the third child is not so unreliable. And your courtyard is so far away from the Qinghe Garden, how can you possibly hear it."
The third lady glanced at the corner of the verandah and said, "The Qinghe Garden is in the southwest corner of the house. It's really far away."
"So don't think too much. As a man, after a few days, when you get tired of waiting, you will come back to watch over you."
"But why should men be able to play whatever they want, while we women can only abide by those dogmas and hope that our husbands will come back to us as soon as possible? This is unfair."
"Oh, third brother and sister, what are you talking about? People will laugh at you if they hear it."
The two sisters walked away while talking. Liu Yunxiang whispered to Zijin: "Let's go to the southwest corner. Xiao Wu may be there."
The master and the servant walked around the west courtyard and walked south along the west wall. After walking for a long time, they finally saw the Qinghe Garden. Just walking to the door, I bumped into someone.
"Are you...are you Princess Zhenbei?"
Liu Yunxiang looked up and saw a gentle-looking man with a slender figure and a fair face, who was looking at her with deep eyes.
