Chapter 177 The Woman in the Painting

"Mu Qing! Mu Qing!" Hu Xin'er didn't bother to put on her shoes. She just felt her heart beating violently and looked around anxiously.

"What happened?" The eldest princess had just returned from her business. When she heard that Mu Qing was missing, she immediately mobilized everyone to look for him. However, there was no sign of him either in the princess's mansion or the Lu family.

Mu Qing disappeared just like that.

After waiting for so many days, she finally saw her husband wake up, but he suddenly disappeared. How could Hu Xiner accept this?

The eldest princess and Erdong exchanged a glance, then stepped forward to comfort the anxious Hu Xin'er: "Put on your shoes first and wait at home. If things don't work out, I'll ask Father to find someone!"

Erdong also advised: "If you get sick from exhaustion, there will be no one to support the Lu family!"

"Lu family...where is mother? I want to find her, she must know something!" Hu Xiner suddenly had an idea and wanted to run over regardless of the obstruction.

"My aunt is very ill now. She can't even get up or say a word." The eldest princess couldn't bear it. "Xin'er, don't worry. I'm here, and I'll definitely find Mu Qing!"

Hu Xiner was so anxious that tears were about to fall. She felt that Mu Qing must be in danger now, but she could not help at all.

"If only I hadn't fallen asleep last night!"

Because of excessive self-blame and tension, she was forcibly taken back to the room.

Erdong closed the door and heard a soothing voice from inside: "Xin'er, it's not your fault. If someone really wants to arrest Mu Qing, there's nothing you can do. The most important thing is to protect yourself. You still have us!"

After venting her emotions, Hu Xiner finally regained her sanity and stayed in the Princess's Mansion without going out.

She waited for a few days at first, and during this time she thought any movement she heard was Mu Qing!

But all I got in return was disappointment.

Later, she simply drew Mu Qing's portraits one by one, posted them in the imperial city, and searched for him throughout the city.

The eldest princess and Erdong also helped to look for it, but found nothing.

Mu Qing seemed to have disappeared out of thin air!

"Will the person be transported to another place that night?"

The eldest princess asked in frustration.

There was actually someone in this world that she couldn't find, and he was right at the foot of the imperial city!

The person behind the scenes simply defied the imperial power, and for all these years, she, who prided herself on being smart and clever, hadn't noticed it at all.

Erdong analyzed, "It's unlikely. Xin'er slept during the curfew that night, and no one could leave the city. We sealed off the city gates in time afterwards."

However, after such a long period of closure, nothing has been found, and the people are already complaining.

The emperor can't hold out for long either.

Hu Xin'er's face turned pale. "If it's in the capital, then why can't we find any clues?"

The eldest princess asked worriedly, "Why are your dark circles so heavy? Have you not slept for several days?"

Hu Xiner was silent. She couldn't sleep all night these days. Whenever she closed her eyes, all she could see was Mu Qing.

Even during the day, I began to feel dazed, and kept feeling that I saw Mu Qing coming back.

"You can't do this. I have to find a doctor for you!" The eldest princess ran out in a hurry.

The imperial physician prescribed tranquilizers for Hu Xiner, and the servants served her wholeheartedly.

Hu Xiner was finally able to fall asleep under the effect of the medicine, but she would wake up after only half an hour.

That day, she suddenly saw Mu Qing push the door open and come in with a smile on her face.

"You're back?!" She immediately took the initiative to greet him, tears streaming down her face.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?"

The illusion disappeared, and the person who was holding her with a worried look on his face was Feng Ge!

"What are you doing here?" Hu Xiner had been feeling anxious and uneasy these past few days, coupled with insomnia for many days, and she yelled out of control.

"Sister, I'm here to take care of you." Feng Ge did not pretend to be aggrieved this time, probably because he knew that this trick would not work on Hu Xiner.

Instead, he showed the same gentle expression as Mu Qing: "Xin'er, no matter what happens, you can't tire yourself out..."

"Get out!" Hu Xiner shook off his hand, but she was temporarily out of strength and could only hold on to the table to keep her balance.

Feng Ge was not annoyed. He hurried forward, but stopped three steps away from her and whispered, "Sister, I know I can't replace Mu Qing, and I don't want to ruin the relationship between you. I just want to stay by your side."

"Just because I look like your mother, you have to be filial to me?" Hu Xiner found it ridiculous.

This sentence was too harsh, and Feng Ge felt uncomfortable: "Sister, whether you believe it or not, I am willing to stay by your side to take care of you and be your servant!"

Hu Xiner looked up and found that he was showing the same helpless expression as Mu Qing, and hallucinatory double images began to appear in front of her eyes.

She shook her head vigorously: "Get lost! Put away your disgusting behavior, you are not even one ten-thousandth of Mu Qing's ability!"

Feng Ge's expression changed: "Except for that face, I am not as good as him in any way. It's just that he met you first!"

"You've finally revealed your true colors?" Hu Xin'er sneered, "Feng Ge, do you know how disgusting it is that your sense of shame has surpassed the bottom line of being a human being?"

"You said I'm disgusting?" Feng Ge seemed really angry and grabbed Hu Xiner's wrist and dragged her out.

"Let me go! Where are the people from the princess's mansion?" Hu Xin'er noticed something was wrong and struggled desperately, but her body was overdrawn for many days and was completely unable to break free from Feng Ge!

Feng Ge did not answer, but pulled her out with a gloomy expression.

"Where are you taking me?" Hu Xin'er demanded, yelling, "Someone! There's a fire!"

Feng Ge sneered and said, "I'm going to take you to see what kind of person Mu Qing, the one you've been thinking about, is!"

He dragged her out without saying a word.

Hu Xin'er stopped struggling after hearing this and followed him into the sedan silently.

But when we arrived at the destination, we found that it was actually "Spring Breeze Drunk"!

I just don’t know why, the Chunfengzui that was once like a den of brothel is now deserted and dilapidated!

The wine pool dried up, the lotus platform fell over, and a cool wind blew from a cave somewhere, which was a bit creepy.

Feng Ge seemed to be very familiar with this place. He pressed some mechanism and a golden carved hollow door appeared.

He took Hu Xiner in and went up the stairs inside the door. Only then did Hu Xiner discover that Chunfengzui actually had several floors.

Meicheng could see traces of former extravagance, but now it was crawling with spiders and dust.

Feng Ge pulled her to the top floor. In the entire spring breeze, the only sounds were the footsteps of the two people.

The two men came to a room in the middle of the top floor. Feng Ge's expression was extremely gloomy and he pushed the door open.

There was a portrait of a woman hanging on the wall.

Feng Ge pulled Hu Xin'er in front of the portrait and said, "Look carefully!"

Hu Xiner opened her eyes wide in disbelief. The woman in the painting... was actually the one in the brocade bag, Mu Qing's mother?