After hearing Gu Qingsheng ask herself, the woman wiped away her tears.
"My name is Xiguo. I came from a remote mountain village to seek refuge with my relatives. I wanted to ask the kind people in the capital for help, so I came here. I didn't expect this woman to not only not help me, but also had me kicked out."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Empress Xi retorted
"Are you here to ask questions?! You just rushed in and started looking for people room by room!"
"It's broad daylight! We're still open! We have customers! If you keep searching room by room, are we going to be able to do business anymore?!"
"Besides, I kicked you out for your own good! Do you know who those people are? If you really piss them off, you'll be in trouble!"
"My kindness is truly taken for granted..."
This is true. Huaixiang Pavilion is full of dignitaries. If Xiguo breaks into each room one by one, she might anger others. For her, a country girl, it is as easy as killing an ant.
and……
Happy fruit.
"Do you have a sister named Chun Guo?"
Hearing this name, Xiguo stopped crying and making a fuss. He stood up, patted his clothes, and looked serious and alert.
"How do you know?"
really.
Hearing the two people's names and their clothes, Gu Qingsheng guessed that the relationship between them must be unusual.
And it’s interesting to hear that they are all here to look for someone.
"She is now a maid in my house."
Seeing Xi Niangzi's meaningful eyes, Gu Qingsheng smiled.
"You can tell me the details. After all, you and your sister are master and servant. I will see if I can help you."
Xiguo's face turned ugly, and he muttered
"That damned girl actually climbed up such a big tree..."
"What did you say?"
Pretending not to hear, Gu Qingsheng asked.
"Ah, nothing, nothing."
Holding back a smile, Xiguo looked at Lady Xi with pride.
"See? This noble man has let me in. Why are you trying to stop me?"
Her appearance was very funny in Xi Niang's eyes. She sneered and turned to go in.
"Come with me."
After saying that, he walked in with his slender waist twisting. Xiguo patted the dust off his buttocks and shouted to the people around him:
"What are you looking at? What's so good about it? If you keep looking, I'll dig your eyes out! Ugh!"
He followed Gu Qingsheng in triumphantly, and the people watching the show left after cursing angrily.
After entering, Xiguo looked around and clicked his tongue twice.
Giving her a mocking look, Lady Xi said
"You haven't eaten yet, right? I'll prepare something for you. Eat first and we'll talk later."
Xiguo became alert and glanced at Xi Niang suspiciously.
"You wouldn't put poison in it, would you? How could you be so kind?"
"Eat it if you want."
Madam Xi said.
After sending Xiguo away, Gu Qingsheng followed Madam Xi to the compartment.
"What are you doubting?"
She put down her pipe and asked Gu Qingsheng.
"I think there must be something fishy going on when things are out of the ordinary."
Gu Qingsheng said.
These two people are so strange. They appeared in Jin and Chu at the same time and said they were looking for someone.
Moreover, whether it is Madam Xi's Huaixiang Pavilion or Prince Duan's Mansion, they are all related to high-ranking officials and nobles, making it difficult for people not to doubt their intentions.
"Looking at Xiguo's behavior towards Huaixiang Pavilion, I'm afraid she doesn't even know who she's looking for, but it must be a noble person, otherwise she wouldn't come to Huaixiang Pavilion to ask."
"She's really good at asking questions. She even asked this."
Lady Xi laughed
"Look at this girl, she's very naughty. Her temperament is not like those of the palace officials. She's so unstable. Why don't you ask her later? She treats you as her savior now."
The people raised in this palace are all very smart and calm. This happy fruit...
"You're right. I'm overthinking it. I'll go ask."
She nodded to Madam Xi and went out to the girl's room. As soon as she entered, she saw her stuffing a chicken into her mouth, and her whole mouth was shiny and greasy.
The moment he saw Gu Qingsheng, Xiguo felt a little embarrassed and dropped the chicken leg in his hand.
"Why, are you full?"
Gu Qingsheng asked with a smile and sat down opposite her.
"I am from Prince Duan's Mansion. Your relative is currently working there."
I originally thought Chunguo had embraced a big tree, but now when I heard that it was Prince Duan's Mansion, Xiguo was not happy at the time.
"How could she work at Prince Duan's mansion? She's not very agile! She was the laziest person in our village back then!"
"Yeah?"
Raising his eyebrows, Gu Qingsheng did not expect the sisters to be like this, and immediately said
"But she's pretty free. Now she's taking care of the princess, and not only does she get a lot of rewards, but she also has nothing to do all day long."
He wanted to test her by saying this, and Xiguo immediately slammed the table and stood up.
"My dear! She can't do it!"
She tutted
"Look at me! I'm very fast!"
Seeing this, she was a little impatient. Gu Qingsheng looked at her and shook his head helplessly.
"Sit down and answer my questions first."
"If you can tell me everything about your visit, I can ask the prince for mercy and let you go to Prince Duan's mansion."
After hearing this, Xiguo felt relieved and sat down on the chair happily.
"Your Excellency, please ask."
"Who are you looking for this time, and where are you from?"
"Chun Guo and I came here mainly to seek refuge with our relatives."
Xiguo replied
"Our village is a small mountain village on the edge of Jin and Chu. It's called Jiming Village. You may not have heard of it, my lord. It's a very poor place."
She waved her hands with a look of disgust, as if she didn't want to talk about the matter of Jiming Village at all.
"A long time ago, the village was hit by a drought. I don't know what happened, but overnight, many people disappeared. After so many years, when things finally started to improve, the authorities started collecting taxes again. It was hard for my sister and I to stay in the village, so we just left."
"Later, we heard that one of our playmates back then had become a high-ranking official in Jinchu, so we two sisters came here, hoping to seek refuge with him, but..."
"But because it's been so long and you don't know where your playmate is, you're looking for him where the dignitaries are, right?"
I said the next words for Xiguo, and Xiguo nodded a little awkwardly.
This makes sense now, and it seems that Chun Guo came to Prince Duan's Mansion for this purpose.
but……
Gu Qingsheng slowly tightened his hands on the table, pursing his lips to suppress the surging emotions.
Jiming Village.
This place.
She is very familiar with it.
It was exactly the village where Prince Duan met A Yue when he went to inspect!
The two sisters came from Jiming Village to look for someone... At that time, only A Yue was brought to Jin Chu by them.
Is this a coincidence?
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