It was already dark but Bai Qianfan still had not returned. Yue Gui had already sent someone with an umbrella to welcome him on the road. It had even been thunder and lightning.
However, the little girl walked around on the road, not waiting for Bai Qianfan, so she could only return to report. When Yue Guiyi heard this, she started to worry, and sent everyone out to look for the princess. Yue Xiang also wanted to go, but she didn't give in, saying, "You're a bit better now, don't go anywhere, just stay inside the house. If the princess comes back, no one in front will take care of you."
Yue Xiang could only agree, as the proverb goes, sickness was like a landslide, sickness was like drawing silk, although she was gradually getting better, but she had never been able to get better, she still looked like she would fall if the wind blew.
Seeing that the people from the Moon Reaching Pavilion had all come out with lanterns and spread out, Qiu Wen stood in the courtyard and twitched her mouth, then walked in and said to Xiu Yuanshuang: "Princess has already sent people to look for the chicken again. It's already been so long, then that chicken will still be alive, what nonsense!"
Xiu Yuanshuang sat under the lamp and read a book, then said indifferently: "Regarding the matters of others, let's not bother about it. For a chicken, let her do whatever she has to do. We can only wait until the Duke comes back."
Qiu Wen said, "When the prince comes back and finds out about what the wangfei has done, he will definitely get angry and might even kick her out in one go. At that time, Master Hou will be the Crown Princess. "
Xiu Yuanshuang shot her a disapproving glance, "Cut the crap."
He looked around the backyard, but didn't see Bai Qianfan at all. Thus, he went to the front courtyard and asked every single question, all of them saying that he didn't see the wangfei coming to the front courtyard. Yue Gui's heart was burning with anxiety, so she could only go up onto the Huailin Pavilion and was stopped by Xiao Kuzi at the second gate.
Yue Gui was a member of the Huailin Pavilion before, so she was familiar with Xiao Kuzi, hence she asked if the wangfei had come over.
Xiao Kuzi joked, "What are you saying, we lost a chicken first, and now we lost our master as well. "Tsk tsk tsk tsk …"
Yue Lao glared at her. "Don't say anything more. Is the princess in there?"
"No," Xiao Kuzi said. "Today I am on duty and have been standing here the entire time.
Xiao Kuzi looked impatient. "I don't trust you, it's going to rain soon, don't let my wife get wet, go look for her somewhere else quickly."
The laurel could only leave gloomily, but had the wangfei ever gone to those places before? A living person couldn't just vanish without a trace, could he? Thinking about the missing Little Yellow, a bad premonition rose up in the laurel's heart.
Thunder rumbled from the horizon and rain fell. She ran to the tree hurriedly, put down the lantern, and held the umbrella. The wind was so strong that the candle in the lantern swayed left and right. She carefully covered her back yard with the umbrella.
When they returned to the Moon Reaching Pavilion with a glimmer of hope, the people who were sent out had all returned. However, all of them had bitter expressions on their faces, and no one saw Bai Qianfan.
Yue Xiang's face turned white, she held up her umbrella and was about to go out to look, but she was dragged back by Yue Gui, and shouted: "Don't cause any trouble, if you want to look, you have to look, but this is not Lil 'Yellow, how are we supposed to look for the Prince Chu Mansion?"
Yue Xiang said with a sad face, "Then what do we do? It's raining so it's too heavy and the princess doesn't have an umbrella. What if she falls sick?"
Yue Guiyi thought for a moment. "I can only ask Lateral Princess to spread the word that I can't find her, I don't believe I won't be able to."
"I'll go beg Lateral Princess," Yue Xiang said anxiously. "It's all because of me that the wangfei fell out with the Lateral Princess. Forget it, let's not talk about that first. Finding the wangfei is more important. "
"No need, you stay. It's raining heavily outside, and looking at your weak appearance, I'm really worried that you'll be blown away by the wind. At that time, not only will we have to find the princess, but we'll also have to find you."
Yue Xiang was anxious in her heart, but afraid that her body would not be able to meet her expectations, she dragged her legs, not daring to fight with Yue Gui and said: "Your temper is too impulsive, go over there and be patient. Lateral Princess will say a few words to you, don't take it to heart, I beg of her to be merciful in seeking the Crown Princess."
"I don't need you to tell me that." Yue Guiyi rolled her eyes, walked to the end of the hallway, held up an umbrella with a lantern, and quickly headed towards Fallen Star Pavilion.
A group of servant girls stood under the porch, watching worriedly as the figure of Yue Gui turned around and entered Fallen Star Pavilion's courtyard through the curtain of rain.
Due to the heavy wind and rain, the servants of Fallen Star Pavilion all retreated to their rooms. There was no one left on the walls.
In truth, when Qiu Wen heard it from the inside, she intentionally made eye contact with the little girl to prevent her from coming out.
The laurel was burning with anxiety. Seeing that she had not come out, she put the umbrella and lantern down on the porch and went in.
Just as he entered the house, Qiu Wen's voice transmitted over, "Yo, who is this servant who doesn't know the rules, he barged in without reporting?"
Yue Guiyi swallowed, a smile on her face. "Sister Qiu Wen, it's me, is Lateral Princess here?"
Qiu Wen obviously knew it was her. The two of them had fought before, and after seeing her humble attitude, she knew that she had something she wanted to ask of him, so she intentionally pulled her along. "My master is currently eating, so come back later if you have something on."
Yue Guiyi said anxiously, "This matter is extremely urgent. Elder sister, please let me know."
Qiu Wen scoffed, "Our master is no ordinary person, we don't want him to make a ruckus during dinner, it's better if you come back later."
Yue Gui knew that Qiu Wen was deliberately making things difficult for her, so she kneeled down towards the main chamber and said, "Lateral Princess, my wife has disappeared. I hope that you can be merciful and send someone to look for her!"
Xiu Yuanshuang was indeed eating, but she had never eaten much at night. She took the warm, wet handkerchief handed to him by the servant girl and pursed her lips. Then, he slowly said, "Come in and talk."
Yue Gui crawled into the room and knelt in front of Xiu Yuanshuang, kowtowing repeatedly. "I beg Lateral Princess to look for my wangfei. It's raining so heavily and the sky is so dark.
Xiu Yuanshuang frowned slightly. "What you're saying is that the wangfei is fine and she's going to be cursed to death by you, and she's not stupid. Can't she find a place to hide under such a heavy rain?"
"But this servant has looked everywhere, except for her. Princess doesn't have no one to tell her. She's never been like this."
"Have you sent someone to ask at the gate? Does the princess have an exit? "
"I've already asked. Those on duty said that they didn't. This servant came to the front yard to ask, but said that I haven't seen Consort Wang."
"Since you didn't go to the front yard, then let's go to the back yard. Where did Concubine Princess go to find you?"
"He went, the Concubine Princess sent people to search everywhere, but they were still unable to find him."
"What about Huailin Pavilion? Princess Hua-Yang and Lady Qi Hong have a good relationship, and many of them frequent each other, so they might have gone over to that place. "
"This servant asked Xiao Kuzi at the second gate, and he said that wangfei didn't go."
"You didn't go in to take a look?" Xiu Yuanshuang slowly said, "Xiao Kuzi is unreliable. After he took a little nap, Princess Hua-Yang slipped in. I suggest that you carry it out a bit more. "
"Lateral Princess is right, this servant will come again, but this servant fears that if even the wangfei is not here, I sincerely request that Lateral Princess send someone to search together. With how big Prince Chu's Palace is, with just the few of them, who knows how long they will have to search for this place, in the face of such a heavy rain, what kind of accident has happened to the wangfei, how will this servant live?"
Xiu Yuanshuang revealed a face of impatience, "Go and take a look at the Huailin Pavilion first, there's no need to speak further. "With such a big ruckus, you have to have a name. If the wangfei intentionally hides with you guys, then this wangfei will have to accompany everyone else in the household to play with her. Isn't that a joke?"