"What's going on?" Jian Yu was also a little confused.
"It must be a misunderstanding."
An Qi wasn't too worried. Anyway, he definitely had nothing to do with the guy named Qin Lang. It was possible that another girl was pretending to be him! But since it's a misunderstanding, it's easy to explain.
"I'll go back and talk to dad about this, and we'll see what we do."
"Sister Yu, thank you!"
An Qi thought that Sister Yu must be worried about herself when she knew about this matter. Otherwise, why would she need to investigate something that had nothing to do with it?
With three brothers, she has wanted a sister since she was a child. It turns out that having a sister feels like this and is even better than she imagined.
Wearing a goose-yellow hairpin, her black hair is curled into round temples, she is wearing a light blue dress that looks particularly fresh. There are moon-white flower buds on her forehead. When she smiles, An Qi has two small dimples on her cheeks, full of carefree innocence. .
"You must be extremely careful today to prevent the Shouxi County Lord from making any small moves."
Seeing An Qi's optimistic look, Jian Yu couldn't help but sigh in her heart after giving her instructions, wondering how the An family raised An Qi into a little white rabbit.
"good!"
An Qi smiled and rolled her eyes. Her mother and second aunt returned to her parents' house to visit, so she was the only one to come. She was originally worried about this banquet, but when she saw Sister Yu, she stopped panicking.
Now that I hear Sister Yu say this, I feel more confident. Sister Yu is so kind!
The two of them walked around for a while, and soon it was time for the dinner to begin. Although An Qi wanted to sit with Jian Yu, she also knew that there was no reason for the two of them to be next to each other in such an occasion.
Otherwise, it would cause trouble for Anshi and make it difficult for Sister Yu. She sat back in her seat.
As the banquet progressed, the prefect's wife's plan also began. The maid serving the dishes had her heart set on it, so it would be strange if she didn't get it on An Qi.
A "vegetable soup" pattern appeared under her dress.
"I'm sorry, Miss Ansi, I'm really sorry. How about you come to the vacant room at the back and I can help you clean up your clothes?"
The little maid was uneasy and pale. As she spoke, she looked towards her mistress, fearing that she would be discovered and punished.
In the past, An Qi would definitely not embarrass the little maid and just do what she said. But the situation is different now. As Sister Yu said, she needs to be more careful.
"No, it's just that the skirt is dirty. It's not a big problem. You can go down."
The maid was standing by and wanted to persuade him, so An Cang said, "If you do this again, I will speak out. If you are punished, it is not my fault."
When it came to this matter, the little maid could only walk away in despair.
When the prefect's wife saw that An Qi had not left, her eyes flashed with gloom, she nodded to the Lord Shouxi beside her, and began to make her second plan.
Soon, a strange maid came. She said to An Ai: "Miss An, Second Master An is waiting for you at the entrance of the front yard. It seems that he has something urgent to look for you."
Second uncle?
An Qi subconsciously wanted to get up and go over. Suddenly she stopped and looked at Jian Yu who was sitting in the main seat. She saw Jian Yu picking up the cup and taking a sip, then placed the cup on her right hand side.
The two of them had agreed on a secret code before, and this action meant - negation.
Sister Yu told herself not to go?
An Qi subconsciously looked at the Shouxi County Lord and found that the other party was also looking at her. When she noticed that she was looking over, she immediately looked away.
According to the character of Lord Shouxi, she shouldn't be the first to look away from him! What is she guilty of?
An Qi may have a simpler personality, but she is not stupid. It is obvious that there is something wrong with this maid, just like her dress was stained just now.
She sat back down and said, "Tell your second uncle to go home if you have something urgent. If it's urgent, there's no point in asking me. You should talk to your father."
The maid had no choice but to leave.
The second time, An Qi was not asked to leave again, and again and again, and the prefect's wife knew that if he sent someone again, the other party would definitely be aware of it.
I didn’t expect An Si to be so cautious and alert!
But it doesn't matter, she has other ways.
When everyone was almost finished eating, the prefect's wife spoke and said that she had prepared a game and gifts for everyone. There were notes hidden in various courtyards in the back. Anyone who found the notes could come to her to receive the gifts.
All the girls who have not left the court must participate in this game. It is a gift from her to the younger generation, and the wives of each family also encourage their daughters to look for it.
Others thought the game played by the magistrate's wife was interesting, but Jian Yu only knew that the magistrate's wife had done something wrong to frame An Si.
"I like to look for things the most, so let me wander around too!"
Jian Yu suddenly spoke, which made the prefect's wife's heart sink slightly. It was actually nothing wrong with him hanging around the backyard with other ladies, but for some reason, her eyelids twitched.
Before she could think of how to refuse, Jian Yu had already taken the lead and walked out, saying that she would go and see where they were hiding so that her location would not be exposed to others.
Seeing that Jian Yu was gone, the prefect's wife asked the other ladies to go out to search. She secretly prayed in her heart that nothing would go wrong!
The backyard of the prefect's mansion is very large, consisting of five courtyards in total, which does not include the small gardens, rivers and other scenery around each courtyard. It is actually not easy to find the note in such a large place.
But Jian Yu was lucky. As soon as she entered the backyard, she saw a piece of paper tied to the top of a weeping willow tree. She pulled it out and opened it. She saw a "1" written on it. Jian Yu raised her eyebrows slightly. She thought it would be written directly on it. What about gifts?
After tying the note back to the treetop, Jian Yu found an open space and sat down. From here, she could see all the ladies coming from the table. Soon, Jian Yu saw An Chu coming out.
An Qi came over quickly after seeing Jian Yu. Not only An Qi, but other ladies also came over to say hello to Jian Yu.
This mysterious aunt, according to the mentality of ladies, they have to curry favor with her if they can.
"Everyone, go find the note quickly. We only have two quarters of an hour, so don't waste your time."
Everyone thought the same thing and quickly spread out to look for her. An Ai was next to Jian Yu and told her that the maid had sent a message to her.
"I think the prefect's wife is targeting me for doing this."
An Qi scratched her cheek, feeling like she was being proud by saying this, but that was how she felt.
Jian Yu smiled sternly. Although An Qi was not so thoughtful, his intuition was indeed first-rate and accurate.
Jian Yu was about to say something when she suddenly heard a clear voice, "Be careful!"
The maid came out of nowhere and rushed behind Jian Yu. When Jian Yu and An Zhen turned around, they found that the maid was fighting with a masked man, and the masked man still had a stick in his hand!
So he was going to attack them just now?
Jian Yu narrowed her eyes. The magistrate's wife was really simple and crude in what she did. She planned to knock someone unconscious and take him away without a plan. She was so arrogant and lawless!
The masked man was defeated by the maid and ran away. The maid bowed to Jian Yu and left.
Jian Yu knew clearly that this maid must be the secret guard Zhou Jinyan mentioned.
"What a gift? If we don't look for it anymore, let's just go with the crowd." An Qi was in shock and pulled Jian Yu out.
Jian Yu thought that this was true, no matter how the prefect's wife framed An Qi for murder, as long as she was with everyone and had alibi.
Jian Yu just dealt with a masked man here, and a masked man also appeared next to the male guest in front.
As for the masked assassin in the front yard, he succeeded.
