Qianqing Palace.
As the place where His Majesty is hosting a birthday banquet for hundreds of officials, there are countless people busy here even if it is not yet time.
The figures of eunuchs and palace maids intersect here.
Outside the palace, countless officials and their families walked step by step to the palace in an orderly manner under the inspection of officials from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Rites.
The whole world celebrates His Majesty's birthday.
As His Majesty's ministers, they had already prepared for this time. Basically every family had prepared generous birthday gifts, and some even traveled thousands of miles from other places just to attend His Majesty's birthday banquet.
Xingyonghou Mansion!
When Grandma Zhou saw the maid Xiaocui coming back, she asked slowly: "How is it? Have you found her?"
Xiaocui raised her head and looked at Aunt Zhou, and whispered: "Where did the slave go to look for Wang Ru's house, but her brother and mother said that Wang Ru had been taken back to the house by her uncle a long time ago, and it had been some time. He also asked if something happened, and I felt something was wrong, so I hurried back to report to you!"
"What?" Grandma Zhou was shocked when she heard this. She felt something bad for no reason: "How long has it been since you were picked up by your uncle?"
Xiaocui said: "It has been about more than a month, and his mother still asked why her daughter didn't send any money back this month."
Hearing this, Nanny Zhou couldn't bear it any longer, and walked towards Liu Shirui regardless of what she was currently busy with.
I was just arranging the rewards for everyone in the Hou Mansion today. I found that the maid had not returned to the house for a long time, so I sent someone to check.
The reason for the panic now is that Wang Ru is none other than Wang Ru. She used to be Miss Liu Shirui's personal maid. After Zhang Yuhang entered the house, she was arranged to serve her uncle.
What's more important is that this person knows everything about Liu Shirui.
When he arrived at Yong'an Residence, he saw that Liu Shirui was still accompanying Liu Ziheng. He didn't care about anything else at the moment, so he walked forward and told everything he knew.
"What?"
Liu Shirui looked at Aunt Zhou in disbelief and said, "You mean, Xiaoru was picked up by her husband more than a month ago, and Xiaoru's whereabouts are unknown this month?"
This maid knows everything about her family and what she does. If it falls into Zhang Yuhang's hands now, she doesn't dare to think what will happen.
"Miss, has there been anything wrong with my uncle during this period of time? If he really knew what you had done, the consequences would be..."
Speaking of this, there was a hint of fear in Nanny Zhou's voice. If such a scandal was really exposed, she would not dare to think about it.
"Something's wrong?"
Liu Shirui also thought about it carefully. If she had known about this kind of thing, she would have made the whole city a riot. But thinking about it, Zhang Yuhang's attitude towards him seemed to have not changed much during this period.
Suddenly, something came to her mind: "Everything has been basically normal during this period of time. If there is something wrong, there is only one thing."
"What's up?"
"He used to take our daughter very seriously and spend a lot of time at home with her, but during this time, he barely visited the child, which is very abnormal.
I always thought it was because he had become busy recently and didn't have so much energy. But now that I think about it, his change is indeed a bit unbelievable. How could a person who likes his daughter so much be so busy? The reason is that I don’t even want to meet him. "
Grandma Zhou frowned. At this time, the old lady and everyone else had basically gone to the palace to celebrate His Majesty's birthday. No matter what she said, she was just a servant and didn't know how to deal with it.
Then she asked: "Miss, have you still been in contact with Zhou Wenbin during this period? How is he?"
"Zhou Lang!"
Liu Shirui's heart tightened, "During this period, I basically had no contact with him. The old lady ordered me not to step out of the Hou Mansion, and I have no contact channels."
"He didn't find anyone to contact you and ask you for money?"
"No."
"That's not right." After hearing this answer, she was almost certain that Zhang Yuhang definitely knew something. Even Zhou Wenbin might have been controlled by Zhang Yuhang.
Otherwise, according to Zhou Wenbin's nature, it would be absolutely impossible not to ask his lady for money for a month.
If he had this ability and backbone, the old lady wouldn't look down on him so much.
"Where's Pony, where is he?"
As Zhang Yuhang's most trusted person, if Zhang Yuhang really discovered something, Xiao Ma would definitely be the insider.
But Liu Shirui's words made her heart sink to the bottom for once, "I don't know, after the old lady went out this morning, he also went out afterwards."
"Somebody come!"
Upon hearing this answer, Grandma Zhou immediately shouted.
"See Grandma Zhou!"
Seeing Xiao Cui next to her, she looked at Liu Shirui again with an unkind expression: "Where is Zhou Yuan?"
Zhou Yuan is also the other boy beside Zhang Yuhang, Xiao Zhou.
Liu Shirui was also startled by Nanny Zhou's expression at this moment, but she still said: "I heard from my husband that he has been assigned to do work by himself for some time."
"Asshole!"
At this moment, Aunt Zhou really wanted to slap Liu Shirui hard on the face, but thinking of her identity, she still endured it.
"Why didn't you tell the old lady about this in time?"
"Husband, he said!"
"Husband?" Aunt Zhou said with a bitter smile: "Don't you know that these two people were placed by the old lady to monitor Zhang Yuhang? They disappeared, and you stayed by his side without even the slightest notice?"
"I!"
Liu Shirui was very aggrieved. Isn't everything the same as usual?
Why is Grandma Zhou so nervous? Does Zhang Yuhang really know what he is doing?
But based on her daily life during this period, she didn't find anything else different.
Aunt Zhou was no longer in the mood to say goodbye to this young lady. She immediately said to Xiaocui:
"Now, don't alert anyone. Go everywhere to find Xiaoma for me. Remember, no matter what method you use, you must find him. Just tell him that there is something going on in the house and ask him to come back. Do you understand?"
People like herself in the palace could not enter, and at this time, His Majesty's birthday banquet was probably about to start. Even if she found him, she would not dare to leave halfway before His Majesty's birthday, so she wanted to find Xiao Ma first.
After verifying all this, wait for the old lady to come back, and then make a judgment based on the actual situation.
Seeing Xiao Cui leaving and hearing the laughter of the servants in the mansion, her heart felt as if a huge boulder had been pressed against her, making her almost breathless.
Outside Xingyonghou's mansion, inside a teahouse.
The waiter walked into the box and handed a letter to Xiao Ma.
"Brother Xiao Ma, this is a letter from your house. Please read it."
Xiao Ma put down the tea cup in his hand, opened the envelope, and read it carefully.
After a moment, he placed the envelope in his hand on the table.
During His Majesty's birthday banquet, the Marquis Mansion also had to reward its servants. Naturally, Wang Ru and Zhou Yuan were also included in the rewards, and it was reasonable for them to be found.
He opened the window and looked at the time outside. Night was approaching.
But at this point in time, even if you find some clues, what's the big deal?
