Chapter 3661 Missing

Xinping remained silent, staring at the mother and son.

At this point, everyone knew without asking that the woman in front of him, wearing a straw hairpin and a cloth skirt, who looked like an ordinary village woman, was Liu Yueze's wife.

To be more precise, it was her teacher's wife.

Master’s wife…

As soon as these two words came to her mind, Xinping couldn't help but frown. Although she hadn't eaten anything along the way and could even be said to be "hungry and cold" at this time, as soon as she thought of the two words "Master's wife", she inexplicably tasted a bitter taste on the tip of her tongue, which was bitterer than any medicine she had drunk as a child.

It’s so bitter…

Ever since Liu Yueze came to Beijing to report on his work and mentioned his wife and children to her in the post house, Xinping had imagined what this woman looked like more than once. She might be very white, or very dark, or tall, or sturdy, or from a wealthy family, or have elegant manners, or even be rude and unreasonable, requiring her gentle teacher to take great care of her with great patience.

But she could never have imagined that Liu Yueze's wife would be such a person.

She was neither pretty nor ugly, neither tall nor short, and there was no way she could be remembered after the first sight. She didn't even have any education and hadn't even read the Analects of Confucius.

Xinping couldn't help biting his lower lip, a hint of anger appearing on his face.

At this moment, Chu Yun, who was standing beside her, saw her expression and felt a little worried in her heart - Her Royal Highness the Princess was usually not arrogant, and she had been serving the princess since she was very young, and the two of them were like sisters. That was why Princess Xinping told her the secret feelings hidden in her heart. But no matter what, the princess was a princess, and once she got angry, the consequences would definitely not be something an ordinary person could bear.

When Chu Yun saw Xinping staring at Mrs. Liu with a somewhat annoyed look, he cried out in his heart that something was wrong.

She cautiously tugged at Xinping's sleeve and whispered, "Ms.?"

Xinping was suddenly shocked.

She turned her head to look at Chu Yun, her face uncertain, and whispered: "Why are you pulling me?"

Chu Yun whispered, "Your servant, I see you're a little unhappy. Are you cold? If so, let's go into the Liu Mansion to warm up, or wait for Master Liu to come back..."

Xinping couldn't hear what she said next. He just frowned and said, "Why am I unhappy?"

Chu Yun looked at her again and said nothing.

After Xinping said that, he seemed to feel guilty and hurriedly looked away to look at the mother and son. At this moment, Mrs. Liu had put away the oil-paper umbrella in her hand and helped her son brush off the snow foam on his trouser legs. She seemed to feel the gaze behind her and looked back at them.

Xinping's heartbeat became even more irregular.

At that moment, she wasn't just unhappy. She knew very well that in that moment, she had already thought very far ahead, even thinking about how she should think about her doting father and mother - if they didn't care, she would secretly go to her brother, the Crown Prince, or Han Wang Chengjun, and ask them to find a way to get this vulgar woman away from her teacher, and then -

Then……

But all these thoughts disappeared without a trace the moment those sincere and gentle eyes looked over.

Mrs. Liu glanced at them, then lowered her head and said a few words to her son. The child took the oil-paper umbrella from her hand, ran over, and held the umbrella high in front of Xinping: "My two sisters, my mother asked me to give this to you."

Xinping was stunned. He looked at the child's fair and clean face, his bright eyes and white teeth, which revealed his beauty. Then he looked up at Mrs. Liu. She had already pushed the door open and walked in, but had not closed it yet. She was obviously waiting for her son to come back.

Xinping's throat choked for a moment, and he swallowed hard before he managed to find his voice again: "Why did you—, give it to me?"

The child said, "You don't have any."

After saying that, he looked back and saw the corner of his mother's clothes peeking out from the door. He raised the umbrella a little higher in a hurry: "If you don't have an umbrella, take one. I have two at home, which is enough."

Xinping finally reached out and took the umbrella.

The child immediately turned around and ran back. When he stepped over the threshold, the two small doors were immediately closed.

Xinping stood on this side of the narrow alley, looking at the two closed doors, then looked down at the oil-paper umbrella in his hand which was still stained with some snow foam. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether he felt cold or warm.

But my face felt a little hot, as if it had been hit hard by something invisible.

She immediately turned and walked to the other side of the narrow alley.

Chu Yun was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly chased after her, saying softly, "Miss, why are you leaving? Aren't we supposed to wait for Master Liu to come back?"

He was calm and kept silent, walking forward.

Chu Yun said again: "Miss, you haven't seen Master Liu?"

One of them was walking in front, and the other was chasing behind. Soon they had walked a long way. Chu Yun finally caught up with her. Just as he was about to say something, he heard footsteps coming from the front. The two of them subconsciously looked up and saw four sedan bearers carrying a small sedan coming from a distance under the gloomy sky.

The alley was too narrow for a carriage to fit in, so the sedan chair was also very small, just big enough for one person to sit in, so the four sedan bearers carried it easily and walked very fast.

Xinping's steps paused as the sedan chair passed by her.

And the direction they were heading was Liu's Mansion.

Chu Yun obviously understood that the people living in this narrow alley were not wealthy, and no one could afford a sedan chair. The coachman had also said that Lord Liu would only take a sedan chair home when he went to the government office to do business.

So the person in that sedan chair was——

She was a little nervous, yet a little happy as she clutched Xinping's sleeve tightly and said in a low voice, "Princess, that is—"

Before he could finish his words, he saw Xinping standing in front of him, his whole body stiff. Although he stopped and didn't move forward, he didn't look back either.

Chu Yun looked at her in surprise, then glanced at the four sedan bearers who had already passed by, walking very quickly. Soon, the sedan chair would disappear into the depths of the narrow alley. She hurriedly said, "Princess, that's Lord Liu. Aren't you coming to see him? Why haven't you gone over yet?"

“…”

"Princess?"

Xinping still didn't speak.

The footsteps were getting farther and farther away. The rustling sound of falling snow gradually covered up the sound of the distant footsteps.

Chu Yun couldn't believe it. She subconsciously ran to Xinping and looked down at her. She saw that Xinping's face was very calm, but her red eyes clearly showed that she was suppressing something.

"Princess……"

She was about to say something when suddenly, several dark shadows jumped out from around her.