Maybe his father is taking care of his own face, and it seems that he is looking for an opportunity to pull the strings for his father. Thinking like this, Qianqian's eyes were weird when she looked at a girl in the Hou Mansion, and she couldn't help but look at other people's feet.

I waited until Qiao'er came back in the afternoon.

"How? Any news? Qiao'er asked as soon as she stepped into the door.

"Miss!" Qiao'er's face was pale and a little embarrassed, and she wanted to say it but didn't say it.

Qianqian thought that she was tired of talking all the way, so she hurriedly poured a cup of tea and handed it to Qiao'er's hand, but Qiao'er pushed it away, and a line of tears followed.

"What the hell is going on?" Qianqian was anxious to stomp her feet.

"Miss!" Qiao'er looked sideways and looked behind her, the door of Qianqian's boudoir was closed, and there was no sound outside, even the birds in early spring did not have a trace of chirp, so she said: "Sister Rue Xiang may have an accident!" ”

Qianqian's scalp was numb, and although Rue Xiang had deliberately scratched her fingers on her father's orders, she believed that Rue Xiang was forced to do so.

Rue Xiang is also a personal maid who has been with her for many years, and she is a person who grew up with her, although the friendship between master and servant can not be described as heavenly grace, but Qianqian treats her well, and she is also thinking about when she is interested in someone, and she can do her best to fulfill her.

I never thought something would happen to her.

Qianqian's face sank: "Why do you say that?" ”

Qiao'er just lowered her head and took out a cloth bag from her sleeve, and when she unfolded it, it was an embroidered shoe, the beige upper was finely and densely embroidered with goose yellow spring flowers, and Qianqian recognized at a glance that this was the embroidered shoe that fell under her father's bed.

"I know these shoes, they belong to Sister Ruexiang! I saw her on her feet yesterday afternoon! Qiao'er's slender eyebrows were tightly frowned, her face was full of worry, and her eyes were full of fear, "If something hadn't happened to Miss, why would Sister Yunxiang have left her shoes on the street?" ”

"Where did you find these shoes?" There was a beat leaked in his heart, and his mind was instantly chaotic, and his hands were propped up on the table, supporting his body that was about to fall.

She couldn't clear her thoughts, how could her other shoe end up in her father's room if something had happened to Rue. There is still the fragrance of spring flowers in my arms, and it has become stuffy at this time, which makes people upset.

Qianqian faintly felt that something terrible had happened in the Hou Mansion, and this terrible thing was hidden behind a thin layer of veil, if she picked up the veil, she would definitely see blood in her eyes.

I only heard Qiao'er's voice in my ears: "I found it on a street in the West Market, and I threw it in the corner as garbage." ”

Qianqian shook her head, the pearl on the tassel gently patted her face, the subtle coldness soaked her skin, she tried hard to keep herself awake, thought about it and said, "How many people saw it when you found the shoes?" ”

Qiao'er frowned: "In the afternoon, we were all looking for them separately, and I was the only one who found this shoe." I was scared, so I hid it and brought it back to the young lady to see! ”

"That's good!" Qianqian wrapped up the embroidered shoes, stuffed them into the dark pavilion under the soft collapse, turned around and instructed Qiao'er, "Don't tell anyone about this matter first, not even your father!" ”

"Why, Miss?" Qiao'er was so anxious that she only shed tears, she was closer to Rue Xiang on weekdays, and her heart was like frying when she saw Rue Xiang's whereabouts unknown.

"Qiao'er, I know you're worried about Rue!" Qianqian took Qiao'er's hand and comforted her, a layer of cold sweat oozed from her palms because of nervousness, "But this matter seems to be very complicated at present, and it is not something that you and I can solve." When my uncle comes back in the evening, I'll discuss it with him. But remember not to tell my dad about you finding embroidered shoes right now! ”

Qianqian looked nervous, Qiao'er nodded at a loss, and suddenly seemed to remember something: "Miss has a big incident on the street today!" ”

Qianqian has been trapped in the boudoir, of course, she doesn't know what happened, she was panicked in her heart, and her face turned white when she said this, "What's the matter?" ”

"Last night, a fire broke out on the side of Guiyifang, burning more than a dozen houses in a row, and dozens of people died!" Qiao'er said that her hands were shaking, "Miss, I'm so scared!" Will Sister Rue Xiang also be inside, her shoes were found near Guiyi Fang! ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Qianqian scolded in a low voice, and her voice couldn't help shaking, "The fire burns in the middle of the night, how could Rue Xiang go there in the middle of the night!" ”

Qianqian's heart was about to jump out of her throat, her fingers twisted the dense embroidery on the cuffs, she bit her lip and said, "You just excused yourself by saying that you were going out to buy me rouge gouache, and quietly watched around there to see if there was any news." If you have any news, don't tell anyone, tell me first when you come back, wait for your uncle to come back in the evening and discuss it with him. ”

Qiao'er also felt that there were many mysteries and didn't dare to do it without permission, and she couldn't find a good way at the moment, so she had to follow Qianqian first and go out to guard. And Qianqian was waiting for Jinyu alone in the Hou Mansion.

This afternoon was drowsy, although the sun shone obliquely in, reflecting the carved flowers on the door of the carved moon cave on the goose down blanket on the ground, but there was only Qianqian in the room, and her mind was full of all kinds of thoughts, and the quiet air was uneasy.

The sun shadow is slanting to the west, and the cold of early spring rises with the sun, Qianqian sits on the soft collapse near the window, a pair of long and thin eyebrows curled like black beads. Rue Xiang and Qiao'er were not there, she was distraught and didn't bother to find someone to get her a hand stove.

A pair of bamboo shoot-like hands are frozen into ice strips.

The first to come back was Jin Yu, a azure cloak covering the purple official uniform, and the night cast a dark shadow on him, and even his face was a little gloomy.

"You're finally back!" Qianqianying pulled up to help Jinyu untie the ribbon of the cloak, and when Jinyu touched Jinyu's jaw, Jinyu found that Qianqian's hands were cold and cold.

"Why are your hands so cold?" Jinyu shook Qianqian's hand and held it in her palm, "Why don't you let someone get you a hand stove!" ”

Qianqian withdrew her hand from Jinyu's hand, turned around and put the cloak on the screen, although her heart was blocked with a bunch of words that she didn't know where to start, she still pretended to be calm and said, "Rue Xiang is not here!" I'm too lazy to call others! ”

The room fell silent for a moment, and Qianqian's figure paused in front of the screen, letting the tassels on the hairpin sway gently, making a small sound in her ears.

"Aren't there still Qiao'er them?" Jinyu stepped forward and stood behind Qianqian and said softly.

A heavy figure leaned towards her behind her, and Qianqian didn't know why when Jinyu stood behind her, her heart, which had been flustered all afternoon, finally calmed down a little.