Hua Changjue was shocked.
There were only fifteen maids and servants who had been able to follow Hua Changjue's family through all the hardships and get here.
They are all house-born children who are loyal to their family, and their fathers and mothers are also loyal servants of the Hua family.
Moreover, they are the most capable people around their masters.
The Hua family can no longer treat them as servants.
Hua Changjue couldn't help but worry at this time.
"Have you sent anyone out to look for it?"
The housekeeper nodded. Jiang gave birth to a baby today, and everyone was worried about the safety of Jiang and the baby.
So when the housekeeper found that they had not returned so late, he did not disturb the masters, but took the initiative to send someone to look for them.
But till now, no one has been found.
"Master, I sent people to look for him this afternoon, but no one was found."
If the butler really couldn't find anyone, he wouldn't have disturbed Hua Changjue and Jiang at this time.
Among the maids who went missing today, there was one named Fuzi, who was only seventeen years old.
She is the daughter of the housekeeper's younger brother. The housekeeper's younger brother died a few years ago, and his sister-in-law remarried, leaving only this daughter.
The butler had no children of his own, so he treated Fuzi as his own daughter. After his wife died, the butler and Fuzi depended on each other for survival.
Fuzi is smart and clever, and has been in charge of purchasing for the kitchen in the mansion.
The housekeeper was very worried that something might have happened to Fuzi.
After Hua Changjue heard what he said, his expression also became serious.
Huaiqing Prefecture is not big, but it is not small either. If he is still a duke, he can find the local prefect and ask him to send officials to find him, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
But now, due to their special identities, they can hardly be seen in public. So even if they want to find someone, they can't do it openly, they can only look for them in private.
Hua Changjue thought that the servant was not bad, if he was found a few days later, he would probably only have some minor injuries.
But maids are all women. If this is lost and something happens, it will be a big disaster.
No matter whether they are servants or maids, they have been with their family for many years. Hua Changjue cannot let anything happen to them, as this will discourage them.
Hua Changjue did not delay any longer and said something to the housekeeper.
"Wait for me a moment."
He quietly went into the house, put on his clothes, and walked out.
"Let's go. I'll tell Li Zhan and the others, and we can go look for it together. It'll be faster!"
The butler nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, sir!"
Hua Changjue waved his hand and was about to walk out, but suddenly he thought of something, turned a corner and went to the next yard.
He thought that it would be safer to go to Qingqing first to feel out the situation and see if there was any news.
If it wasn't an important matter, he wouldn't want to ask Qingqing. He didn't want Qingqing to use that spiritual power, it would be too harmful to her health.
He hurried to the next yard and entered the house where Hua Qingqing lived recently.
I was surprised to find that Hua Lingxuan, Hua Lingyi, Hua Lingjian and others were all in the room.
Hua Changjue looked at them in confusion.
"Why aren't you all asleep yet?"
"What are you all doing here?"
"Where's Qingqing? Is Qingqing asleep?"
Hua Changjue noticed that Hua Lingxuan and the others looked strange, and his brows furrowed.
He strode past them and walked to the bed, and saw Hua Wanru sitting in front of Qingqing's bed, while Qingqing was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, as if she was asleep.
Hua Changjue was stunned, "Qingqing fell asleep."
Hua Wanru shook her head and said helplessly.
"Father, sister Qingqing suddenly fainted just now."
Hua Changjue was startled and quickly sat down in front of Qingqing, leaning over to look at Qingqing's little face.
At this time, Qingqing was lying quietly on the bed with her eyes closed, as if she was asleep. From the outside, there was nothing unusual about her.
He reached out his hand again and gently pushed her, "Qingqing! Qingqing, Daddy is here to see you!"
Qingqing didn't react either.
Hua Changjue pursed his lips and asked Hua Wanru.
"Ruer, what happened to your sister? Have you felt her pulse?"
Hua Wanru nodded.
"I felt her pulse and found it was very weak, like a dying old person."
"To be honest, the situation is a bit dangerous."
Hua Changjue's face looked grim, and he suddenly remembered that last year, Hua Qingqing forcibly saved Zhang Fengjin's life, and the doctor said the same thing that time.
Hua frowned and said, "Qingqing, could it be that this time, the spiritual power was also used up? That's why?"
Previously, they were in Hanzhong Prefecture, and on the night of Hua Lingxuan’s wedding, they were able to successfully avoid the assassination attempt.
Hua Qingqing sensed that something big would happen soon, and it would be unfavorable to their family.
But Qingqing didn't know what exactly happened or how bad it was.
In the end, for the safety of her family, she still used a lot of spiritual power.
Only then did they know for sure that it was the old emperor who discovered that their family had secretly hidden the treasure map.
He wanted to send Pan Chen to secretly kill their entire family and steal the treasure map.
Afterwards, they also received warnings from Qiu Mobai and Zheng Xin, which made them even more certain of the assassination.
To be on the safe side, Qingqing used her spiritual power to calculate the specific time and number of people to be assassinated.
Only then could their family escape and fight back. They could also plot a plan to use someone else as a substitute.
Let the old emperor think that their whole family is dead and he will never trouble them again.
Last time, Hua Qingqing used spiritual energy excessively and her body became very weak. Recently, she has been feeling listless and has no strength.
Hua Changjue and Jiang privately forbade Qingqing to use spiritual power again.
Even if there is something happening at home, unless it is a big deal, I won't tell her so as not to make her worry.
But unexpectedly, Qingqing would faint due to excessive use of spiritual power.
Hua Lingxuan slapped his forehead and looked at everyone.
"Oh, now I remember, when mom was giving birth just now, I glanced at Qingqing."
"I found that Qingqing seemed to be using her spiritual power secretly."
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