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Su Peisheng kept his head down, not daring to look at the Fourth Master, because Lanqin had sent someone to specifically inform him that if the Fourth Master wasn't going to the South Courtyard, he shouldn't mention it; if he was going, he should tell him he was out.
"The concubine sent Chunxi to deliver a message, saying she went to the shop to check on things; there's been a small incident," Su Peisheng whispered, looking at his toes. He wouldn't dare lie to the Fourth Prince, but for Lanqin's sake, he lied too. He knew Lanqin must have something she didn't want the Fourth Prince to know. Therefore, Su Peisheng dared to tell this lie for Lanqin; if it were detrimental to the Fourth Prince, he wouldn't dare say it.
Fourth Prince was taken aback but didn't suspect anything. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then let's go to Lanxing Residence. It's been a long time since I had dinner with Fourth Princess and Fifth Princess. Let's have dinner with them today."
Su Peisheng was unaware that Lanqin had made him lie because of Wuxiha's matter, so he also didn't know that he couldn't let the Fourth Master go at this moment.
Meanwhile, Bechuk was sitting in Ushiha's room when she saw that all of her maids had been called into the room.
“Sometimes your mistress does things that don’t follow the rules, and you all join in the commotion? Chunsi, if you had reported to Mother earlier, perhaps this wouldn’t have happened. Mother has already taken people out to search for her. You should all pray that Fourth Princess is alright, otherwise none of you will escape responsibility,” Wuxiha said.
"Fifth Princess, please, Fifth Princess, beg us to plead for mercy!" Chunshao knelt down with a thud. She felt aggrieved. She and Chunni usually served outside and didn't know who Wuxiha was going to see. Now she was implicated like this, and she was really unwilling to accept it.
"You don't need to cry anymore. Maybe your mother can find your fourth sister. If nothing's wrong, she'll just be lecturing you. But do you know how serious the consequences will be later?"
The three maids immediately bowed and paid their respects.
"Oh, Bechuk, you're over here?" As the Fourth Master stepped in, he saw Bechuk sitting in Ushiha's seat, with several maids kneeling on the ground.
Ushiha quickly told them to get up and bowed to the Fourth Master, saying, "Father, what brings you here? I was helping Fourth Sister reprimand a few maids. They're usually too noisy and have no manners."
Fourth Master walked to Bechuk's side, looked around, and not seeing Ushiha, asked, "Where is your fourth sister?"
"Um, Father, Fourth Sister went to Hongli's place." Bechuk had no choice but to continue lying.
“Oh, I originally wanted to have a meal with you and Ushiha at your mother’s place. But now your mother is out, and Ushiha has gone to Hongli’s place. What should we do? Wait?” the Fourth Prince said.
“Father, why don’t you go back? We can arrange to have a meal at Mother’s place with Hongli tomorrow,” said Bechuk.
Fourth Master nodded and left Lanxing Residence alone.
Meanwhile, Lanqin's carriage finally stopped in front of the Shengchang Inn. It was a large inn in a good location, so it was considered one of the more well-known inns in the capital.
When Baoqin helped Lanqin down, she specifically asked the coachman to check the stables of this inn to see if there were any carriages from the Yongwang Mansion.
After the coachman tied up the horses and returned to report that there really was one, Lanqin felt reassured.
After Lanqin inquired whether there were any people of other races in the inn, the innkeepers, seeing how generous Lanqin was, naturally told her.
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