Before everyone had enough fun, a few flashes of lightning rolled in the sky, and then thunder rang out.

"Looks like we've got to go back." Lin Nanfeng watched his sister pull the concentric knot that she had won, and refused to let go of eating and laughing, and suddenly felt a little helpless, he bowed his head at Qiao Mei and the two of them, "Miss Qiao Si, Ziju, I'll take her back first." ”

Seeing the two of them get into the carriage, Zhou Zijie withdrew his gaze.

The rain was already crackling down, and the raindrops falling from the corners of the eaves were like beads with threads, rolling down in a row, and the carriage of the Jingguo Mansion in the distance came in a hurry.

Several people got into the carriage together, and Qiao Mei realized that the ends of her hair were half wet from the rain, so she took a towel and squatted down to wipe it for her.

The carriage burned with a soothing fragrance, warm and comfortable, Qiao Mei relaxed her expression, nested in the corner of the carriage and let her regain her hair.

But Zhou Zijie next to her didn't say anything, she said strangely: "You are very wrong today." ”

Zhou Zijie immediately tilted his head and leaned against the wall of the car, pretending to have a headache, and said unsteadily, "Hey...... It's not a few days ago, you dragged me to accompany you on a street tour, and after you went back, you felt a special headache, maybe it was a wind......"

Hearing his words, Qiao Mei looked at his expression carefully, and the next moment he picked up a small dried fruit, threw it at him, and glared at him: "What about pretending?" Watching you smile! ”

Zhou Zijie was not in a hurry, so he had to take the fruit and put it in his mouth with a smile. The maidservants around looked at it and smiled, and there was a burst of joy in the carriage.

When everyone arrived at the house, the rain became louder and louder, and thunder continued to sound in the sky.

Zhou was afraid that Qiao Mei would catch a cold, so he took a shawl early and waited in front of the mansion, and when he saw her get out of the carriage, he couldn't help but take a few steps, but fortunately, Qingzhu's umbrella was held in time.

Qiao Mei saw Lian and greeted her, she said angrily, "Mother, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhou put the shawl decorated with fox fur on her, "Your body bones have never been good, and such a big rain girl is worried about you." Saying that, she remembered something again, and looked at Zhou Ziju, "Zijue will live in the house tonight, and I will let the house be cleaned up for you." ”

Zhou Zijie smiled, rarely obedient: "Listen to my aunt." ”

The twilight in the dark sky became thicker and thicker, and in the pouring rain, a rapid sound of horses' hooves resounded outside the Jingguo Mansion, and then the vermilion door was knocked.

After a while, the door was opened, and the keeper yawned again, looking at the sleepy eyes that had not yet been fully opened, and asked as if he were half asleep, "Who?" ”

A thunderclap with a flash of light shone down on the man in front of him, and he shivered with fear as he watched the horses neighing and the frightened iron hooves, and the sleepiness disappeared at once.

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On the second day, when Qiao Mei got up, Bai Yue stepped in with some hurried steps, and when Bai Qing just opened the curtain on Qiao Mei's bed, he subconsciously frowned when he heard this movement.

"Girl—"

Qiao Mei blinked his sleepy eyes, and his long black and delicate hair fell down before reaching his waist. Bai Qing waved his hand, and the maid behind him came with the water, and Bai Qing twisted the water on the face towel again, and he had to wipe Qiao Mei's face first.

"I'll come," Qiao Mei took the handkerchief, rubbed his eyes, and then looked at Bai Yue, "What's the matter with being in such a hurry?" ”

Bai Yue showed a trace of panic on his face, and replied: "The fifth prince disappeared last night, and this morning the old lady and the second master have already looked up and down the house, and no one is looking at him......

"How could I not see it?" Qiao Mei put down the handkerchief and got up, "But he didn't go back to the house last night?" Why didn't anyone tell my grandmother? ”

"No, it's not," Bai Yue looked at her and couldn't help but become more nervous, "The fifth prince came back last night, and the nurse watched him stop the lights before turning them out, but I went to wake him up this morning, but there was no one on the couch...... Everyone in the house said they hadn't seen it......"

Qiao frowned, Brother Qi was only five years old, what was he doing running out? What can you do?

When she thought about it, Bai Qing had already dressed her dress and tied the green silk sachet to match the dress, and as soon as she pulled her hair in a bun, Qiao Mei lifted the curtain and walked out quickly.

provoked worship with the white jade jade collar in her hand, and shouted straight behind her, "Girl, there is still a collar that I don't wear—" As she spoke, she went to get Fang Jinpa, and instructed the maidservants, "Go and follow the girl......

Last night it rained heavily, the path was muddy, and the flowers in the garden were smashed by the raindrops.

The moon worshipper who trotted up and gently supported her had eased her expression slightly, and she said with relief: "Don't worry, girl, the fifth prince is the most fun-loving, maybe in which corner he fell asleep......"

Saying that, she lowered her head and was silent, and she knew that this could not be explained. Although the fifth son is in the second room and is still a concubine, in the end, he is still raised under the knees of the second lady, and he also grew up fighting with the girls, how can the fourth girl not worry?

Before arriving in the front hall, Qiao Mei heard the woman's whimper, and when she entered, she saw the old lady Qiao sitting on the top of the house touching her forehead with her hand, and everyone looked pity.

Qiao Mei walked to Zhou's side and sat down.

The only person in the front hall who arrived was Jing Guogong who was not there, and he thought that he was going to investigate the case of Brother Qi'er's disappearance.

The next to kneel on the ground was Aunt Xu, who was crying uncontrollably, she cried and choked: "Mother, please save Qi'er......" Aunt Xu was only favored by the second master with her good looks when she was young.

Qi looked at it hatefully, she had raised Brother Qi for five years, so she naturally regarded him as her own, but she couldn't get used to Aunt Xu's foxy behavior all day long.

"That's it!" Old Madam Qiao sighed deeply, obviously annoyed, she wrung her eyebrows and looked at Aunt Xu, "The forbidden army in the palace has been dispatched, and people can't find it, isn't my heart as a grandmother distressed?" You are crying like this, don't you think I'm useless?! She said so angrily that she slapped the table with a clatter.

The tears in Aunt Xu's eyes seemed to condense, she opened her mouth and wanted to argue, but her mind was blank, and she couldn't speak at once, and the tears quickly rolled down, "No, it's not......"

"Mother, don't be angry, what does she know?" Qi Shi took a handkerchief to cover the corners of his lips, and persuaded Old Madam Qiao to caress him.

Unexpectedly, Old Madam Qiao shook her hand, and snorted coldly, "Another unkind one!" The house is in turmoil, and you feel happy? After that, she got up and scanned everyone's old eyes, and Mama Zhao hugged her, Old Madam Qiao seemed to be choked in her heart, and she was a little speechless, only the mahogany beast pillar in her hand crutched on the ground and "smacked".

Qiao Mei frowned and stepped forward to comfort her, Mrs. Qiao raised her eyes to look at her, there were tears in her old eyes, she grabbed Qiao Mei's wrist vigorously, and said, "Help, help me go back to the room......"