Chapter 184: Anger
The fourteen-year-old girl had tender skin, and the slap came so suddenly that the shock overwhelmed the burning pain.
"Sister, why did you hit me?"
"Why did I hit you?" Princess Yi'an raised one eyebrow, her usually gentle face now showing a sharp look. "If you hadn't been drunk and insisted on talking to me that day, why would I have gone to the rockery? That would have been fine, but you procrastinated and caused Princess Lingque to get hit on the head with a stone. Do you know how much trouble this caused me..."
Kou Wan listened to Princess Yi'an's endless rants, her heart growing colder and colder. Finally, she couldn't help but ask, "Sister, do you mean you'd rather be the one being hit by the stone?"
Princess Yi'an was even more enraged by Kou Wan's questioning tone, and without hesitation she said, "What do you mean I'd rather? It should have been you!"
"But sister, it was you who called Princess Lingque over—"
"Kou Wan!" Princess Yi An was exposed and became furious. "You've even learned to talk back, haven't you?"
Looking at her hand that was about to move, Kou Wan suddenly didn't want to say anything.
"Don't cause me any trouble in the future." Princess Yi'an had enough of the scolding and turned around and left.
There was a loud bang of a door slamming shut, and Kou Wan threw herself on the bed and sobbed.
When Princess Yi'an left the Weiwu Marquis' Mansion, Kou Wan did not show up. Kou's mother was dissatisfied and ordered the maid to call Kou Wan.
"My mother is looking for me." Kou Wan said with a dull expression after entering the room.
Seeing her like this, Kou's mother frowned and said, "Your sister has returned to the palace, why didn't you even show up?"
"I feel uncomfortable." Kou Wan lowered her eyes, her heart filled with sadness.
She knew that if she neglected her sister in the slightest, it would all be her fault.
Kou's mother raised her voice slightly: "Not feeling well? Didn't you go out shopping this morning? Now that your sister is back, you feel uncomfortable?"
"Yes, I feel uncomfortable when she comes back!" Kou Wan cried out.
Mother Kou was furious at this: "I've told you long ago that your sister was blessed to be able to enter the palace to accompany the Queen Mother. As her younger sister, you're not happy for her, and you have so many petty thoughts. Is that what I taught you?"
"What did mother teach me?" Kou Wan raised her face, fingerprints still visible on one cheek. "She taught me to be submissive to her. I'm obviously her sister, but I'm like a little maid? Mother always said that her entering the palace to accompany the Queen Mother would bring endless benefits to the family, but what benefits did she bring to the family? If she didn't enter the palace, the Weiwu Marquis Mansion would also be the Queen Mother's family. If she entered the palace, she would be the only one to enjoy the benefits of being a princess. I think mother is the one who is confused-"
With a loud slap, a slap landed on Kou Wan's face.
The familiar pain came along with dizziness. Kou Wan covered her face and stepped back step by step. Before Kou's mother could open her mouth to speak, she turned around and ran away quickly.
"This evil creature!" Mother Kou slammed the table in anger and didn't take it seriously.
In her opinion, her younger daughter still has a childish temper and it is time to discipline her.
However, Kou Wan did not return to her room, but rushed out of the Chuihua Gate crying.
Seeing her tear-stained face, the gatekeeper at the corner gate asked, "Second Miss, where are you going?"
Kou Wanli ignored him and ran out from the corner door.
"Second Miss, Second Miss--" The servant didn't expect Kou Wan to rush out directly, and she disappeared before he knew it. He thought something was wrong and hurriedly sent a message inside.
The maid who received the letter quickly reported to Kou's mother: "Madam, the second young lady has left the house."
Kou's mother became even angrier.
He ran out after saying a few words. How willful!
It was inappropriate for a noble lady to run away crying, so Kou's mother hurriedly ordered the servants to go out and look for her.
The Marquis of Weiwu's Mansion is located in a prosperous place with people coming and going on the streets. The people in the Marquis of Weiwu's Mansion divided into two teams to search for Kou Wan, which felt like looking for a needle in a haystack.
At this time, a beggar ran across several streets to a private house and knocked on the door.
"Is Master Xing here? I discovered something."
Upon hearing this, the gatekeeper let the beggar in.
In the side hall, Ah Xing asked the beggar, "What's going on?"
"While I was resting against the wall, I stumbled upon a crying little girl. Out of curiosity, I took a few more glances. Unexpectedly, someone covered her mouth and dragged her away..."
Ah Xing listened quietly to the beggar's words, with no expression on her face. "How many people dragged her away? Did you see where she was dragged to?"
"There were two people, a man and a woman. I followed them quietly and saw them taking the little girl into a private house... Oh, Master Xing, that little girl should be from the Weiwu Marquis Mansion."
The place where he begged was near the Marquis of Weiwu's Mansion, and he had seen the little girl coming out of the Marquis of Weiwu's Mansion with her maidservant several times.
"The Mighty Marquis' Mansion?" Ah Xing's cold expression changed.
There are so many unfortunate people in the world that it is impossible to manage them all. Knowing the kidnapper's hiding place and informing the patrol officers on the street is the most he can do. When he learned that the little girl was from the Weiwu Marquis Mansion, Ah Xing changed his mind.
He didn't understand the relationship between these wealthy families. He only knew that the girl from the Weiwu Marquis' Mansion and Ah Hao should be noble ladies from the same circle, and maybe they even had a friendship. So he had to ask Ah Hao's opinion.
He took out a few copper coins from his purse and handed them to the beggar as a thank you for the information. He then asked a young man in the yard to go with the beggar to confirm the kidnapper's hiding place, and then hurried back to the general's mansion.
After hearing the answer from the disciple, "The second young lady hasn't gone out," Ah Xing went straight to Luoyingju.
Lin Hao was free, so he was combing Lin Xiaohua's hair. Lin Xiaohua was enjoying herself, gnawing on a carrot with her mouth wide open.
Ah Xing looked at Lin Xiaohua and walked towards Lin Hao.
Every time he saw Lin Xiaohua, he felt that this was a lucky donkey, who was really good at reincarnation.
"I just got a piece of news from a beggar." Ah Xing sat down next to Lin Hao and spoke straight to the point.
Managing the various aspects of the Lin residence's beggar shelter and dealing with various beggars eager to take advantage, Ah Xing grew significantly over the winter. He came up with the idea of offering small benefits to the beggars who roamed the streets year-round and gathering information. He even earned some money from the information he filtered, ensuring that the silly girl he loved would not be left without financial resources.
"What news?"
"Are you friends with the girl from the Weiwu Marquis' Mansion?" Ah Xing asked first.
Lin Hao said honestly: "No."
She still remembered that the girl rolled her eyes at her. Although she appreciated her reminder later, they could not be considered friends.
"That's okay." Ah Xing relaxed, touched Lin Xiaohua and prepared to leave.
Lin Hao held him back and said, "How can you leave halfway through a conversation? What's going on?"
"A beggar saw a girl from the Weiwu Marquisate fall into the hands of a kidnapper..." Ah Xing explained what he had learned. "Since you two don't have much of a relationship, just ignore it. I'll have a beggar tell the patrolling yamen runners."
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