Chapter 034 Chapter 34 (Additional update)

That day, Yu was waiting for Xu Duanyi at the screen wall.

Seeing the carriage approaching from a distance, she hurried over to meet it.

Xu Duanyi didn't know she was outside at first.

It was Bixi who lifted the curtain and went outside first. She saw Shiyu approaching from not far away and called out in surprise, "Shiyu?"

Before anyone could answer, she asked curiously, "Why are you here?"

It was already dark.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Duanyi was sitting in the carriage and had not gotten out yet.

Hearing this, she also looked out of the carriage and saw her personal maid walking towards this place.

She was also surprised.

After the rain came, she asked her, "Why are you waiting here?"

Before Shi Yu could answer, Xu Duanyi subconsciously asked, "What happened?"

She knew her personal maid well.

If nothing serious happened, she would never wait here.

After blurting out this sentence, Xu Duanyi seemed to suddenly think of something, and the expression on his face changed slightly.

Almost immediately, she looked at Shi Yu again.

When he saw her approaching, the color of her face changed drastically, and Xu Duanyi knew something had really happened.

Recently, she only asked Guo Shiyu to do one thing.

My heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Faster than the drums of battle.

"master……"

After Shi Yu came, I wanted to speak.

However, Xu Duanyi, who reacted immediately, stopped him and said, "Let's talk about it later."

There are other people here.

Not to mention the servants serving at the screen wall, the coachman waiting beside it also counts as one.

I don’t know if this is what she was thinking, but no matter whether it is or not, Xu Duanyi doesn’t want others to hear it.

Shi Yu nodded and said nothing more at this time.

Bixi is smart.

Even if she didn't guess everything, she could guess some of it. Something had happened. She didn't dare to say much, and together with Shi Yu, she helped her master get off the carriage.

Xu Duanyi didn't say anything either.

She let two maids help her get out of the carriage.

But she was so distracted at the moment that she didn't even notice that she almost stepped on empty air.

"Master, be careful!"

Bixi noticed that Xu Duanyi almost stepped on empty air, her expression changed immediately, and she reminded him.

Shi Yu even grabbed Xu Duanyi's arm.

After helping Xu Duanyi stand steadily on the ground, Shi Yu also looked worried and asked immediately, "Master, are you okay?"

Xu Duanyi shook his head and said, "It's okay."

But she knew in her heart how uneasy she was and how fast her heart was beating.

"Go back first."

Xu Duanyi said this with great effort, but she did not refuse Bixi and Shiyu's offer to help her. The master and his two servants left the place amid the greetings from the servants of the palace.

Wait until you leave the screen wall.

After entering the path leading to Linfeng Pavilion.

Xu Duanyi asked Shi Yu to explain the situation first.

Shi Yu did not hide anything. She lowered her voice and told her master everything she had discovered today.

"After you left the palace today, Xue Fu suddenly said she had a stomachache."

"Scheff?"

Xu Duanyi repeated the name.

She thought for a while and asked, "The one with the mole on the lip?"

Shi Yu nodded: "That's it!"

Xu Duanyi didn't say anything more and just let Shi Yu continue talking.

Shi Yu replied "yes" and continued to talk to Xu Duanyi: "I didn't think much about it at first. I just thought that the girl would have a few days like that, and there was nothing to do anyway, so I let her go down to rest."

"But who would have thought that when I asked someone to prepare the brown sugar water and personally delivered it to her, Xue Fu was gone!"

Shi Yu felt a little angry when he thought about this.

Xue Fu kept lying. I even thought she really had a stomachache and asked someone to prepare brown sugar water!

My good intentions have led to bad results!

How could Shi Yu not be angry?

The most infuriating thing is that this person has already served the master, but still has second thoughts, and doesn't even think about whether her actions will cause trouble for the master!

"What happened next?"

Xu Duanyi asked her.

Shi Yu suppressed her resentment and continued to speak to Xu Duanyi in a low voice, "You told me to pay attention to the people below, especially not to go to the study of Prince Nan'an."

"So when I found Xue Fu missing, I went straight to the study of Prince Nan'an to look for her. Guess what happened?"

Without waiting for Xu Duanyi to reply, she spoke first: "I really let this servant find her halfway!"

"If I had gone a little later, I'm afraid this hoof would have sneaked into Prince Nan'an's study."

Shi Yu originally thought that he might be worrying too much.

Xuefu might have gone on something else.

Until she found Xue Fu, who was trying to sneak into the study room near Prince Nan'an's study room.

At that time, Shi Yu became angry.

Just because of the master's instructions, he didn't do anything to Xuefu. He just quietly brought her back to Linfeng Pavilion and kept her under secret custody.

"When you found her, did anyone else notice?"

When Xu Duanyi asked this question, he could clearly hear his own heartbeat.

Even the pulse at the wrist was extremely fast, and the throat became dry and hoarse.

After stepping into the path, she no longer let the two people support her. At this time, in order to control her emotions, Xu Duanyi clasped her left arm tightly with her right hand.

She couldn't imagine how she would explain to Xie Qingya if his men found out.

Fortunately, Shi Yu's next words made Xu Duanyi feel a little relieved.

"not!"

"That girl was quite smart and avoided people along the way. I checked everywhere and didn't find anyone else."

The throbbing of my pulse finally subsided a little.

My heartbeat seemed to have calmed down a lot. Although it was still beating very fast, the suffocating feeling that was about to jump out of my throat finally eased a little.

Xu Duanyi breathed a sigh of relief and asked Shi Yu, "Where is she?"

Shi Yu replied, "To avoid being discovered and noticing anything, I am now being held in your room by my servants, and Xiu Yu is watching over me now."

Xu Duanyi stopped talking.

Afterwards, the master and his two servants returned to Linfeng Pavilion in silence.

There were not many people serving in the yard today, as they were all sent away by Shi Yu to do other things. There were only a few people who, when they saw Xu Duanyi coming back, greeted him from a distance.

Xu Duanyi nodded one by one, and his expression looked as gentle as before.

But if you look closely, you can see that her red lips are tightly pressed together and the light in her eyes looks a little cold.

Go into the house first.

Xiuyu was watching Xuefu inside, and when she heard the noise, she quickly drew the curtain and came out.

Seeing Xu Duanyi coming back, she looked a little sad, and hurried out, knelt down and greeted Xu Duanyi: "Master."

"Where are the people?"

Xu Duanyi asked her.

But his eyes had already looked at the curtain that blocked the inner room.

Xiuyu replied: "Inside."

Xu Duanyi didn't say anything, just glanced at Shi Yu.

Shi Yu immediately understood and took Xiu Yu outside to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from finding out.

Afterwards, Xu Duanyi led Bixi inside.

Xuefu was waiting inside.

After being caught by Shi Yu in the afternoon, she was taken back to the master's house by Shi Yu, and she was unable to go out for the entire day.

But they didn't do anything to her and just told her to stay still.

This made Xuefu really uneasy.

She had just heard the noise coming from outside and knew that the princess had returned. She didn't even dare to sit down and just stood in the room. When she saw the princess coming in, she lowered her head and saluted: "Your Highness."

This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team. It is the old name she used subconsciously.

Having not eaten much for the day, Xuefu felt dry mouth and tongue, and because of the fear of the unknown, Xuefu's voice became even hoarse.

Xu Duanyi ignored Xuefu and only said to Bixi: "Pour her a cup of tea."

After saying this, he walked over to the washstand beside him and washed his hands.

She came in a hurry, but now she didn't look anxious at all.

Xue Fu didn't know what she would face, nor why she was brought here, so how could she dare to drink tea? She hurriedly said, "No, no need..."

But how could Bi Xi listen to her?

She walked aside, poured a cup of tea, and brought it to Xuefu.

Xue Fu didn't know whether to drink it or not. She took a quick glance and saw the eldest princess' back not far away. In the end, she gritted her teeth and drank it.

She was really thirsty too.

She was hesitant at first and didn't dare to drink it, but when her dry lips touched the cup, she couldn't care less. Just like a fish that had been dehydrated finally returned to the water, she quickly held the cup, tilted her head back, and drank it in big gulps.

"Xuefu."

After washing her hands, Xu Duanyi wiped them with a handkerchief and walked over.

"Ahem. Ahem."

Xuefu, who was still drinking water, suddenly heard the voice and was so nervous that she couldn't help coughing.

After coughing twice, she turned to the direction of the princess and replied with her head down, "I am here."

Xu Duanyi looked at her and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

Xue Fu didn't dare to say that she had something to do. She stood there nervously holding an empty cup and replied, "No, nothing."

Xu Duanyi didn't ask any more questions.

She sat on a chair in the house, took the tea that Bixi had just brewed, took a sip, and then continued to ask in a calm voice: "Then do you know your mistake?"

Xue Fu looked hesitant.

In fact, she didn't know what she did wrong.

After being caught by Shi Yu, she also asked, but both Shi Yu and Xiu Yu said nothing and just asked her to stay still.

She was hesitant and not sure whether it was what she guessed, and she did not dare to answer rashly.

Afraid of revealing secrets that shouldn't be revealed.

Therefore, Xue Fu struggled for a long time, and could only lower her head and whisper: "I shouldn't have deliberately lied to Sister Shi Yu just to avoid being lazy."

Bixi's suppressed voice of reprimand came from behind: "Foolish thing, you still dare to deceive your master even now!"

Xue Fu shuddered all over after hearing this reprimand.

Before her brain could react, her knees went weak and she fell to her knees.

"Your Highness, I, your servant..." Her face turned pale and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

徐端宜看着她，忽然嘆了口氣。

“姨母怎麽找了你？”徐端宜邊說話，邊放下手中的茶盞，除此之外，她并未說別的。

但這短短一句，就已經足夠讓雪芙感到震驚了。

原本埋着頭不敢擡起的人，這會一臉震驚地擡起頭：“殿下，您……”

徐端宜看着她，回答了她想問的話：“你還真當我什麽都不知道？”

雪芙起初是真的這樣以為的。

當初她在離宮之際，被丹楓姑姑領着去見了太後，當時太後娘娘還特地囑咐她，不許讓長公主知道，更加不許牽連到長公主，沒想到……

她心中仍有茫然，不明白為什麽事情會變成這樣。

大腦渾渾噩噩。

但看長公主的樣子，顯然不是不清楚的樣子。

最後咬了咬牙，雪芙還是面朝着長公主，俯身跪了下去。

額頭點在地上，滲人的冰涼穿透大腦，雪芙只覺得渾身冷得一顫。

但她不敢起身，強忍着寒意，伏跪着。

“奴婢不是故意隐瞞殿下，奴婢不知道殿下已然知道，是太後娘娘不想牽連殿下，奴婢才……”

“你當你這樣做，真不會牽連我？”

徐端宜打斷她的話。

不等雪芙開口，徐端宜又問：“你今日是不是想去謝清崖的書房？”

都到這個時候了，雪芙自然不敢再有所隐瞞，猶豫着點了點頭，輕輕答了一聲“是”。

自上回送謝家女郎去南安王的書房那邊，雪芙就漸漸上了心，想着書房向來是重中要地，這南安王若是真有問題，肯定能從這書房中查出什麽。

只是沒想到，她還沒沾到那書房的邊，就先被時雨抓了回來。

雪芙其實還有所不解。

既然殿下知道她要做什麽，為何還要阻攔她？

她遲疑着問道：“奴婢事先打聽過，那書房沒人，奴婢這才想着，悄悄去打探一番……”

她不知道她做錯了什麽。

徐端宜卻沒開口，而是看了碧溪一眼。

碧溪立刻會意，接着她的話與雪芙說道：“這南安王若是真有問題，你覺得那書房，真會什麽人都沒有？”

“何況書房是什麽地方？就算沒問題，也不可能一個人都沒有。”

“你就這樣貿貿然過去，可想過，若不是時雨及時出現，先帶走了你，你就正好入了他們的圈套！”

“屆時，你讓殿下如何，又讓太後娘娘如何！”

這卻是雪芙沒想過的。

她也是急着辦這件差事，想着一直找不到合适的契機，不若去書房看看，或許就能查出什麽，沒想到……

雪芙這下是真的怕了。

她小臉白得不行，人也如被秋風掃落的樹葉一般，打着擺子發着抖。

“殿下、殿下！奴婢錯了！”

雪芙仰起一張淚流滿面的臉，哀聲哭道：“是奴婢思慮不周，險些誤了差事！奴婢萬死也難辭其咎！”

她心下慌張無比，不知道自己會被怎麽處置。

徐端宜看着她，忽然嘆了口氣：“你先起來。”

本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理　　雪芙不敢。

最後還是碧溪扶起了她。

“這件事，除了你，還有誰知曉？”徐端宜問她。

此時雪芙六神無主，自然是徐端宜問什麽，她答什麽。

本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理　　她搖着頭，哽咽回道：“這件事只有奴婢一人知曉，丹楓姑姑當時只帶奴婢去見了太後娘娘，但太後娘娘額外有沒有找別人，奴婢也不知道。”

徐端宜看着雪芙的臉，辨別她說的是謊話還是真話。

看了一會，徐端宜收回視線。

雪芙說的是真的。

但這并不能讓徐端宜徹底安心。

即便這是真的，也不能保證，除了她之外，就真的沒有其他人了。

唯一讓徐端宜松了口氣的，還好，就算還有其他人，她們應該彼此之間，也不知道對方究竟領了什麽差事。

這也方便了她之後如何做，不會令她們胡亂猜測。

這也勉強算是不幸中的萬幸了。

未讓雪芙發現她心中所想，徐端宜看着她，繼續詢問自己想知道的關鍵信息：“姨母當日是怎麽交代你的？”

雪芙這會六神無主，只知道回答徐端宜的話。

這會聽她詢問，自是下意識接着話回道：“太後娘娘只是讓奴婢進入王府之後，仔細查探下南安王，看看他是不是真的和外頭表現出來的一樣，若有異，奴婢便會想法子給丹楓姑姑遞信。”

“遞信？”

徐端宜故意問：“怎麽遞？”

雪芙十分信任她，未敢隐瞞，盡數回道：“城東有間胭脂鋪子，其實是宮裏有錢的姑姑和公公們一起合資開的，平時有什麽消息和買賣，都會送到那兒去。”

徐端宜看了眼碧溪，見她點頭，便問雪芙：“可是那間錦記齋？”

雪芙點頭應道：“就是那間。”

心裏有了成算，徐端宜暫時按而不表，只看着雪芙說：“我知你立功心切，但你今日實在莽撞，若非時雨及時帶走了你，你可知曉自己會面臨什麽？”

雪芙聽碧溪先前說完之後，便已慌張無比，此時也只敢讷讷說道：“是奴婢莽撞……”

“不管南安王有沒有問題，你這樣貿然過去，被人發現便是死罪一條。”

“到時候你自己保不住性命，還會牽累我失去南安王的信任，影響姨母的大計。”

徐端宜每說一句，雪芙的臉就白一分。

“所以我剛才問你，可知錯？”

又是“撲通”一聲，雪芙跪到了地上，哭着跟徐端宜說道：“是奴婢行事魯莽，奴婢知錯！”

這次徐端宜沒讓她立刻起來。

而是以一種探究的目光，繼續審視着雪芙。

雪芙被她看得臉越來越白，呼吸也被她不自覺屏住。

不知過去多久，徐端宜忽然輕嘆了口氣，說了聲“罷了”。

“總歸你也是為了給姨母辦事。”

“先起來。”

碧溪再次把雪芙扶了起來。

雪芙這會身軟腿軟，若不是被碧溪扶着，恐怕就又摔倒了。

“你如今這模樣，也不适合露于人前，明日開始，你便去打理我的庫房，先不要與旁人接觸了，免得被人發現端倪。”

“南安王那，有我看着。”

雪芙求之不得，迫不及待就應了。

她心中感激長公主。

這要是被丹楓姑姑和太後知道，只怕就得直接扒了她的皮。

也虧得是長公主。

雪芙又想跪下，給人道謝了。

徐端宜沒讓，只最後問了一句：“可還有什麽要與我交待的？”

未等雪芙說，她又道：“你也知道姨母的性子，若知曉你一來就犯了這樣的錯，難保不會牽累你的家人……在王府，我尚且還能護你周全，但若被姨母察覺，我也護不住你們。”

雪芙臉色又是一變。

她忙絞盡腦汁想了想，最後還是蒼白着小臉，搖了搖頭：“奴婢知道的就是這些，當日丹楓姑姑說了，未免被人發現，若無不對，便不讓奴婢去錦記齋。”

她說完，見長公主看着她，似乎還在審視她這話。

她生怕自己不被信任，忙道：“殿下，奴婢真不敢欺瞞您！”

“好了，我信你。”

徐端宜最後還是松了口。

“你今日收拾下，明日一早便去庫房吧。”

徐端宜說的這個庫房，是她單獨擺放嫁妝的一處地方，平時就連住也是在那邊。

這也是為了避免被其他人發現雪芙有異。

雪芙自然不敢有異。

徐端宜讓碧溪送人出去。

待人一出去，她就忽然疲憊地撐着桌子軟下身子，無人知道，她從知曉這件事後，手腳就一直都有些發軟發寒。

太陽穴還在突突直跳。

徐端宜按着那處地方，大腦依舊有些亂糟糟的。

雖然早就猜過，姨母對謝清崖不信任，會安排人進王府打探情況，但這一幕真的發生了，還是令徐端宜後怕不已。

她不知道，除了雪芙之外，還有沒有別人；也不知道，自己這樣做能挽救多少……

更不知道，謝清崖會不會知曉。

若他此刻已然知曉，那她日後該如何面對他？

還有姨母……

若姨母知曉她的所作所為，又會怎麽想？

她那麽疼她。

若她知曉她這麽做，必定會對她失望無比。

清淨太平的日子還未過多久，徐端宜便再次感到疲憊無力。

左右為難。

雖然早已料想過這一幕，但徐端宜的心裏，還是十分難受。

她忽然趴在了桌上。

臉埋在雙臂之中，從來都是端莊從容、遇事不迫的徐端宜，如今好似又變回了小時候的樣子，碰到事情只想逃避。

肩頭忽然被一只手輕輕按住。

徐端宜知道是碧溪。

她沒擡頭，繼續以這樣的方式逃避着。

碧溪輕聲安慰她：“您別擔心，現在就我們幾個人知曉，太後娘娘和南安王都不知道。”

這其實并不是很好的安慰。

但這種時候，除了這樣的話，也不知道還能說什麽了。

而徐端宜，終究還是徐端宜。

她會累，會難過，會無力，但這些情緒過後，她還是會重整旗鼓。

不管如何。

現在事情還是可控範圍內。

"Let Shi Yu continue to watch the people in the yard. You go back to the Marquis' Mansion and pick out another capable guard to keep an eye on Jin Ji Zhai."

"Remember to draw a copy of each person my aunt gave me, and let him focus on these people."

Bixi agreed to all of them.

She was about to go out to give orders when Xu Duanyi suddenly grabbed her sleeve.

Bixi turned around.

I saw a face that was completely different from usual.

Her most admired master now looked up, and her gentle and beautiful face was now nervous and afraid. He pulled her sleeve and asked her, "Does he... really not know?"

Looking at her master who was as fragile as a child, Bixi's nose suddenly felt sore and she subconsciously wanted to cry.

But she still held back, smiling and comforting, "You have to believe in Shi Yu, she is very powerful."

Xu Duanyi thought about it and felt a little relieved.

"You go ahead."

She said, letting go of her hand.

Bixi left immediately.

Otherwise, if you take a step at night, tears will fall.

…

But this night.

Xie Qingya still knew about this.