Cui Ru followed her gaze and asked curiously, "Madam, why are you always looking at Situ Sheng?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she looked suspicious, "Hey! Why is he out?! The store needs some help right now!"
Gu Qing's expression changed slightly, and he immediately ordered: "Follow him, and remember not to let him find out."
"Yes! Madam!" Cuiru had been a spy for a long time these days and had become much smarter. After a while, she followed Situ Sheng to a remote alley.
The alley is deep and has a sour smell. It is the place in Beijing where泔水 (swill) is processed.
Cui Ru covered her nose and hid behind the straw mat. Not long after, a little beggar suddenly ran out, grabbed Situ Sheng's hand and said, "Wu Yue is missing."
Not only Situ Sheng, but even Cui Ru was startled and almost exposed.
Situ Sheng frowned and held the little beggar's shoulder. "When did she disappear? Didn't I ask you to take good care of her?!"
"Brother, we treated her well with delicious food and drinks. Last night she wanted to eat candy, and we separated for a while and she disappeared!" The little beggar lowered his head, feeling quite guilty and sad.
Cuiru listened to their conversation and was confused. Who is Wu Yue?
Wasn't Situ Sheng a beggar? How could someone without parents still have someone to care about?
Situ Sheng suppressed his anger and said, "Have you found anyone? There are so many beggars in the capital, and no one can find out the information?!"
The little beggar said helplessly: "Brother, we have been looking since last night, but there is really no clue at all."
"You know, she has a mischievous temper. Maybe she's hiding herself."
"Impossible!" Situ Sheng's eyes were bloodshot. He grabbed the little beggar by the collar and said word by word, "Go find him right now!"
"Brother, don't worry, we brothers have already gone to look for him." The little beggar comforted.
Since Situ Sheng joined Jiaolan, he has shared some of the money he earned with his brothers. Otherwise, no one would give him so much face and even help him look after Wu Yue.
After the straw mat was torn, it was the first time Cui Ru saw Situ Sheng so angry. She was a little surprised. How could this kid have such a bad temper?
It seems that he is always pretending in front of the lady.
On the opposite side, Situ Sheng finally calmed down, seemed to remember something, and said a few words in the little beggar's ear.
Cuiru couldn't hear clearly and was worried about being exposed, so she had to give up.
"Brother, are you serious? We can't afford to offend such a family." The little beggar looked timid.
On the other hand, Situ Sheng had a determined look on his face, "If it really is that stinky woman, I have to provoke her even if I can't afford it!"
"Okay... okay." The little beggar slipped back from where he came from. Situ Sheng looked around and made sure that no one saw him. Then he tidied up his clothes and emotions and walked towards Jiao Lan.
After he left, Cuiru crawled out from behind the torn straw mat and ran back to the mansion to report.
At the Chen Mansion, Gu Qing went to see Pei'er and Cuiping on purpose. The doctor treated them in time, but they could not serve for several days.
The more Cuiping thought about it, the more guilty she felt. She should have known she shouldn't have competed with Pei'er.
This time she learned a lesson and her temperament became more calm. Gu Qing was quite pleased with this and sent someone to secretly deliver her the best medicine for her wounds.
As for Pei'er, although she admitted her mistake on the surface, Gu Qingfa felt that after this incident, she had resentment towards him in her heart.
"Pei'er, take a good rest. Come back to serve me when you're better. There's no need to rush." Gu Qing consoled her. Pei'er nodded with tears in her eyes. "Thank you, Madam, for your concern."
"It's just that Pei'er is thinking that he will finally be able to serve Madam in the future, so a little grievance is nothing."
Wronged? It was the punishment he deserved, but it seemed like he was ignoring the old relationship.
Gu Qing sneered in his heart and applied the medicine to her personally, "Do you still blame the lady in your heart?"
Pei'er hesitated for a moment before shaking her head. "How could that be? Madam, whatever you do is right. How can I blame you?"
Seeing her trying to pretend to be calm, Gu Qing found it ridiculous. He stared at the medicine in his hand, with a cold smile on his lips.
Although this medicine is a good medicine for repairing wounds, if a woman uses too much, it will cause loss of qi and blood.
In her previous life, Liu let Pei'er treat her like this. Otherwise, why did her health get worse day by day after Chen Zhizhou passed away?
The doctor told her that her body had become a hollow shell after taking poison for so long.
Apart from Pei'er, no one served him personally.
"This medicine is excellent. You must apply it every day. Otherwise, it will get worse very quickly. I feel more at ease if you stay by my side and serve me."
These words touched Pei'er's heart. Now she had no choice but to return to Gu Qing and serve him in order to stabilize the Liu family. Otherwise, the lives of her parents and brothers would be in danger.
"Thank you, ma'am."
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Leaving the maid's room, Gu Qing saw Cui Ru waiting outside. He brought her back to the main house before asking, "Did you find anything?"
Cui Ru repeated everything she saw and heard word for word, and Gu Qing's face became increasingly gloomy.
"Wu Yue?" Like Cui Ru, it was the first time she knew that Situ Sheng actually had someone he cared about.
It seems that what he said before about having no parents and no worries was also a lie?
Gu Qing's expression turned much colder: "Besides this, is there anything else?"
Cui Ru shook her head, and the room fell into silence. After a while, Gu Qing waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work today. You can go down first."
"Yes, ma'am."
After Cui Ru left, Gu Qing fell into deep thought and immediately sent someone to look for clues about Wu Yue.
That night, the entire capital city was in turmoil.
The imperial doctors in the palace were at a loss, and His Majesty was furious. Because the Princess of Northern Frontier was covered with rashes, she was unable to sleep with him for a long time, and the imperial concubine was also punished for her poor care and poor performance.
The ministers were panicked. The Princess of Northern Frontier had come for marriage, but they had not expected that His Majesty would attach so much importance to her.
Beautiful women are the root of trouble and are the source of disaster. The ministers in the cabinet have written to Your Majesty, requesting him not to indulge in the beauty of men and women.
Chen Mansion, Lanfang Pavilion.
Gu Qing and Chen Zhizhou sat under the pavilion admiring the moon. The lotus flowers by the lake were fragrant and the night breeze was gentle and comfortable. Gu Qing closed her eyes slightly and listened to him talk about the secrets of the palace.
After he finished speaking, Gu Qing slowly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with a slightly hazy tenderness: "You are telling me about the palace affairs so openly, aren't you afraid that someone with ulterior motives will hear it?"
Chen Zhizhou sat cross-legged on the couch. "I have dismissed the others, and Feng Xuanfeng is guarding the courtyard. Even if I said something I shouldn't have said today, it poses no threat."
Gu Qing laughed, his eyes darkened, "What about me? If I tell others——"
"That will be my fate, Chen Zhizhou." Chen Zhizhou pinched Gu Qing's palm, as if annoyed that she was joking with him.
Gu Qing's smile deepened. "Don't worry, you and I are husband and wife. I will never harm you."
"Of course, if I can't even trust you in this world, who else can I trust?"
Gu Qing's heart suddenly skipped a beat. In his previous life, it was because he trusted himself too much that he ended up like that.
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