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Only then did Fu Ninghui remember that she had unintentionally left the two sisters Zuo Youlan behind, and she immediately added, "The westerners are different from us, an hour counts as an hour. The clock has a mark, and the shortest needle takes half a day to complete one lap, and by the time I finished two laps, it would be already be a whole day … When Mu Xiu comes, my two sisters will also come with Seventh Sister to our house to play, alright? "

Zuo Youlan and Zuo Youlan's eyes immediately lit up, and in the next moment, the light in their eyes suddenly went out. Just when Xu Mingwei was curious about what was going on with them, she heard Zuo Youzhu sigh with a bit of depression, "I have to ask my family about this, only then will I be able to leave."

"Oh yeah, shouldn't we go over there and take a look?" Fu Ninghui asked for their opinion.

She immediately ran to the outer hall to ask the little palace maid on duty if she saw where Xu Minglan had gone.

The little palace girl thought for a long time and finally remembered that Xu Minglan went out with the young miss of the Yang family. The two of them did not bring the girl with them.

Xu Mingwei panicked and asked, "Then do you still remember in which direction they went?"

The little palace maid pointed at the back door of the Eastern Courtyard, "This servant remembers that the misses left from there, but in the end, this servant isn't clear on where they went."

Xu Mingwei thanked the little palace maid and asked for Yang Jinxi's living place. Before she could tell Fu Ninghui and the others where she was staying, she grabbed her skirt and sprinted along the corridor.

Fu Ninghui was not at ease with her, she instructed Zuo Youlan and Zuo Youlan to sit in Xu Minglan's courtyard and wait for them, she herself also carried her skirt and chased after her.

Although Jade Peaches was strong, her legs and feet were not as fast as Xu Mingwei's. By the time she caught up to the young mistress, gasping for breath, Xu Mingwei had already seen Yang Jinxi's room, but there was no one around.

"Strange, where can they run to?" At this time, Fu Ninghui, along with her personal servant, Yin Hong, ran over.

"A few living people can't just be lost like this." Seeing that Yang Jinxi was not around, Xu Mingwei decided that the worst case scenario would be for the two of them to hide in some corner and fight. The best hope would be for the two of them to meet each other at first sight and walk around the garden together.

However, even Xu Mingwei herself did not believe the last possibility.

"Come, let's go to the back door and take a look." She turned around decisively.

The group of people hastily went back the way they came from. Some of the court ladies who passed by did not dare to reveal anything, as they did not know how they would deal with Senior Servant Liu and the others if they were to find out.

The Zuo Youlan sisters saw them leave and return, and curiously followed, asking, "You haven't found anyone yet?"

Xu Mingwei shook her head and said, "There's no one in Yang Jinxi's room. Hopefully they just went to take a walk in the garden."

Zuo Youzhu said innocently, "That's right, the garden outside is so beautiful that I wouldn't feel tired even if I wandered around inside for a day."

Her childish words would've definitely made Xu Mingwei and Fu Ninghui laugh at her. However, they were no longer in the mood for jokes. They lifted their skirts and quickly went outside to look for someone.

"This way. From the size of the four sets of footprints, they should be the Fifth Sister and the rest. " As expected, Fu Ninghui was born in a general's family. Not long after she left the Eastern Palace Hall, she discovered fresh footprints on the muddy ground.

Xu Mingwei heaved a sigh of relief in her heart. With the palace being this big, if Fu Ninghui wasn't at the side carrying them, they would be like headless flies, just flying around randomly.

With Fu Ninghui leading the way, they soon passed through the sea of flowers and arrived at the River Gazing Pavilion.

"The footprints broke right here, and there was no sign of them leaving …" Weird, did they just disappear into thin air? " Fu Ninghui had already looked through the pavilion multiple times, inside and outside. She couldn't find any trace of Xu Minglan and the others leaving the pavilion.

Xu Mingwei walked to the side of the pavilion and looked down. It was a steep hill, the trees were dense, and she couldn't see if there was anyone down there.

She thoughtfully looked around the pavilion, and as expected, she saw traces of soil being dug out. She quickly called out to Fu Ninghui, "Sister Ning, look! They must have fallen down! "

The few of them were all shocked. The mountain was covered by trees, they didn't know how deep it was actually, if Xu Minglan and the others really fell, their lives would be in danger.

"What should we do? Sister Ning, could they have already died …? " Zuo Youzhu was so scared that she was about to cry, the little girl following her immediately pulled her into her embrace, covering her mouth, and said, "Miss, do not cry, you will attract the attention of the mama, and will implicate the ladies."

Zuo Youlan was also very afraid, but she still mustered up her courage and held onto his sister's hand, and said softly, "Sister, do not be afraid, there are still Sister Ning and the others, not afraid, be good, not afraid …."

Zuo Youzhu held back her tears and looked at the lush and verdant mountain slope. She was so scared that her face turned white, and she immediately threw herself into the embrace of the servant girl, not daring to come out again.

Xu Mingwei thought that if Xu Minglan and the others were to see this, they would definitely plead for help because of the warning given by Senior Servant Liu. Now, they could only think of a way to see if there was any way to save them.

"Peaches, go back and ask someone for a rope. Tell them the girls want to play tug of war." Xu Mingwei turned and instructed the peaches.

When Fu Ninghui heard this, she also said, "Let Yin Hong follow along. It would be more trustworthy to have more people."

Xu Mingwei nodded.

Jade Peaches and Silver Red received their orders, held their hands together and went to pick up their skirts. After a while, he brought them back a thick hemp rope. However, it was still a bit short of the original length. At most, it could only go down to ten meters.

Xu Mingwei tied the rope around Bi Tao's waist, and tied the other side of the pillar tightly. After checking that there were no mistakes, he said to Bi Tao, "It doesn't matter how far you go, if you don't see anyone, hurry up and come. Do you understand?"

"Foolish!" Xu Mingwei cursed in her heart, Bi Tao was only a child herself, what should she do if something happened if she continued to take the risk?

If it really isn't possible, let the palace maids know that they are coming to save them. At most, they would be punished, but as long as Fifth Sister and the rest bite them to death, they would accidentally fall down, and the Senior Servant Liu might not chase them back. The Yang and Xu families were sworn enemies, Xu Mingwei had a presumptuous impression that the two of them going down the hill must have had a quarrel or something, which was why she was a little guilty at the start, and did not dare to reveal anything. Now that she understood that the two people involved were probably both down there, even if she called for help, she could find an excuse to hide the cause of the matter.

But it was too late for her to figure it out now, and Peaches had untied herself and refused to follow her orders to search down the hill. There was no better way than to wait for Peaches to come up.

"It moved. Sister Wei, look! Look! The rope is moving!" Zuo Youlan suddenly whispered excitedly at this time.

Xu Mingwei and Fu Ninghui immediately looked down. As expected, the hemp rope was bounced straight again, trembling with the movements of the people below.

"It must be Jade Peach and the others." Fu Ninghui consoled Xu Mingwei.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a little girl wearing pink clothes crawling out from the emerald green bushes. It was Peaches. Xu Mingwei immediately noticed that there was a little girl wearing a purple cheongsam dress on the back of the peachy peaches. Due to her side profile, he was unable to figure out which one she was referring to.

When Jade Peaches was almost at the pavilion's fence, Silver Red and the others went over to help pull her up. It was only then that Xu Mingwei saw clearly that it was Yang Jinxi.

"Are you alright? Where did you fall?" Fu Ninghui saw that her legs were weak and worried that she was injured.

Yang Jinxi shook her head and replied weakly, "It's just a sprain, there are still three people down there, and they're not injured."

Xu Mingwei was relieved and asked curiously, "Is my Fifth Sister also down there? How did you two get down there? "