Su Bei thought A'xi had been beaten, but strangely, when she asked Wen Xia to help bathe A'xi, she found no scars on A'xi's body.
The marks on the neck were shallow and not obvious.
"So... does she have any signs of being... violated?" Su Bei asked cautiously.
Wen Xia was stunned for a while before asking, "What is an invasion?"
By the way, in their minds, there seems to be no such thing as being forced. If the master is willing, they must devote themselves. Even if they are really forced, it is not called violation, but pampering.
Su Bei tactfully changed the question: "Do you think she is still a girl?"
Wen Xia tilted her head and thought for a while, "I heard the old maid say that if a girl becomes a young wife, you can tell from her walking posture, but I see that she is no different from Bao Qiu."
Although this statement is not very reliable, Su Bei feels that Asi should still be a girl, or what happened was not forced, but she did it voluntarily.
Could it be that Ah Xi had already fallen in love with one of them? It seemed unlikely.
That's strange.
Asi was placed in the back seat of Fengyao Pavilion. One of Xia Baoqiu would keep watch at night, and Asi would sleep with the other one.
Su Bei was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night when he heard Bao Qiu rushing in and said in a panic, "Abei, Abei! Something is wrong!"
"What's wrong?!" Su Bei asked anxiously.
"Ah Xi seemed to be abnormal. When I returned, the room was dark, so I lit a candle. As soon as the candle was lit, she suddenly shrank into a corner, biting the quilt and shivering!"
Su Bei sat up, put on his clothes in a hurry and ran to where Asi lived.
When the door opened, the room was dark and no sound could be heard. When they lit a candle, they found that Asi was not there.
"Oh no, she doesn't seem to be okay. Could something have happened to her?" Bao Qiu said in annoyance.
Wen Xia also reproached, "You already noticed that something was wrong with her, why did you run away by yourself?"
Bao Qiu muttered, "I thought at the time that she was so scared, how could she run away? We have food and clothes here, isn't it a hundred times better than Mudan Pavilion?"
Wen Xia also nodded, looking puzzled, "It's strange. When I was bathing her, I asked her if the people from Mudan Pavilion always bullied her. She shuddered at the moment, but said no. It shouldn't be the case that she has Ah Bei backing her up!"
No matter how Su Bei thought about it, he felt something was wrong.
She was just about to go out to take a look when she saw someone coming in at the door. It was Chu Younan.
When Guizi saw that everyone was in the yard, he hurriedly said, "You haven't slept yet? It's just right. The prince said he will rest in Fengyao Pavilion today. You guys should get ready!"
Chu Younan walked to Su Bei's side, took off his cloak and put it on her shoulders, and whispered, "It's so cold outside in the middle of the night, what are you doing standing outside?"
Xia and Baoqiu looked at each other, and neither of them dared to speak.
Although Su Bei was a little scared, she thought about it and said, "Your Majesty, Ah Xi hanged herself last night. Someone rescued her, but I still brought her back."
Chu Younan remained silent for a while. He walked into the house and said, "She's just a maid. Take her if you want."
Su Bei heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly caught up with him, saying, "But she seems to be abnormal, and I don't know where she ran off to. I'll ask Yun Xi and Yun Rou to go look for her."
Chu Younan continued to walk in without looking back, "Yeah."
Su Bei hurriedly ordered Yun Xi and Yun Rou to find someone, and she followed Chu Younan into the dormitory.
During the day, Chu Younan pretended to be the master of the palace. Su Bei always felt that Chu Younan came here specially to settle accounts with her, so she couldn't help feeling guilty. When she saw him unbuttoning his clothes, she hurried over to help.
"You know, Asi and I are best friends. She always helped me in the past. So when I heard that she was in trouble, I was a little anxious and rushed in." Su Bei explained in a low voice.
Chu Younan remained silent. Every time he came to Abei, he wanted to drive him away. Today was the first time that he actually took the initiative to help him change his clothes.
He was secretly happy in his heart.
Su Bei secretly glanced at him and saw that his face was expressionless, so he thought he was still angry, so he explained: "When I went in, Ah Xi was lying on the ground. I thought she was injured, and the princess said she wanted to take her as a hostage. If I didn't send anything, she would bully Ah Xi. So..."
"So you agreed?" Chu Younan interrupted her lightly.
Su Bei always felt that he was complaining, so she was more cautious. She put his coat aside and squatted down to help him take off his shoes. "I only promised to send her home once. I think you should have your own ideas. I don't care about others. I just care that Ah Xi is okay."
Chu Younan took off his shoes and socks and got on the warm kang. Su Bei sat on the edge of the kang, silent, but muttering in his heart: I really don't know what you are up to. It would be strange if nothing happened if you locked up so many people together!
Most men would avoid this, but Su Bei was puzzled. What was wrong with Chu Younan? What was wrong with him?
Chu Younan's mood, which had just improved, sank again. This girl was plotting against him again. She was only well-behaved when she was drunk or asleep.
He embraced her with his big hands and was about to hug her into the bed. Su Bei subconsciously said, "Wait a minute, I haven't taken off my shoes yet!"
After saying this, she was stunned.
That's not right! How come she got Chu Younan to bed so easily today? She even took off her clothes for him?!
Wouldn't this person think that I have agreed to sleep with him?! She silently moved away, rolled her eyes a few times, and then said, "I'll go see if I can find her. Ah Xi seems to be a little bit wrong. I'm afraid something has happened to her."
Chu Younan then said, "Of course it's not right. If Mo Qingying wanted to use her to exchange for something, how could she let you bring her out so easily?"
Su Bei sat still, turned to look at him, and suddenly realized: "Yes! I was thinking at that time, Hefeng Cuiliu, Aunt Adong Gui, there were four of them, why didn't they stop them together? If they stopped them together..."
Su Bei suddenly stopped and frowned, "No! I didn't see Adong! Where did she go?"
Indeed, from the time she entered the yard to the time she came out, she had never seen Adong once. Normally, Mo Qingying would have asked everyone to help with such a big commotion, but... where was Adong?
Su Bei and Adong have never gotten along well. Adong has always been jealous of Su Bei's position by Mo Qingying's side. Later, she and Mo Qingying were placed under house arrest together, and Adong stayed in the mansion to do odd jobs, and he even boasted about it arrogantly.
So Su Bei didn't notice Adong, whom she didn't care about.
But what happened today is so strange no matter how I think about it, I just don’t know what’s strange about it.
Just as she couldn't figure it out, she heard Yun Rou outside the door say, "Miss Abei, we found the person and brought him back."