Xu Yixing knew that Yan was completely avoiding suspicion. Bai Yu wasn't his biological uncle, so this aunt wasn't close either, so she couldn't interfere in the affairs of the former patriarch.
"Having said that, my father was worried, so he specifically asked me to come here."
Yan nodded. In her heart, she really wanted to get close to the Xu family, but they always kept a distance from her, and she couldn't force herself to get close to them.
Since the Xu family came to inform us of this today, it means that they really care about this relative. How could they not be happy?
"Since you've come all this way, I'll just ask, how did you lose it?"
"Hui Xiang, my mother's maid, somehow found out about my father's small warehouse and secretly stole the items from it and sold them. It took a long time for them to be discovered, and they lost a lot of things."
"Oh!" When Yan heard that the matter involved the current mistress of the Xu family, she immediately stopped and did not ask any further questions.
"I already know about this. Go back and tell your father, ask him to be at ease and investigate slowly. There will always be clues to follow."
"yes."
"By the way, your wedding to the Seventh Prince is coming soon. What has your father planned for you?" Yan wanted to say something happy, but she didn't know that Xu Yixing was unhappy because of this.
"I don't know about that. I was planning to take some things from the warehouse to buy me some new things, but now that it's been stolen, I don't know what Dad will do."
"Hehehe," Yan pulled her hand and said very gently, "Your father still loves you and will definitely not treat you unfairly! Yan'er, your aunt wants to send you some new clothes and jewelry, but since your family is investigating the stolen goods, it is not convenient for me to go over.
Good boy, you have eaten here, and I will ask the maid to pack up everything later, and you can take it away with you, okay?"
"Of course Yi Yan is happy that my aunt has given me food. But why aren't my uncle and my brothers and sisters here?"
"Your uncle was on night duty yesterday and will be back soon. Your younger brothers and sisters have gone to Prince Cheng's mansion to attend school and will be back in the evening."
Xu Yixing was puzzled: "Prince Cheng's Mansion?"
"Oh, you may not know this yet. The young master of Prince Cheng's mansion has also reached school age. However, Prince Cheng and the Queen Mother both feel that there are too many rules in the palace, and there are no other princes studying in the upper study room right now, so it's not easy to start a new class.
So they simply opened a school in the mansion, invited the teacher to teach there, and invited all the kids around our age to go. It was so lively!
Xu Yixing's doubts were slightly relieved. This Prince Cheng was truly interesting. He had transformed his home into a nursery, with so many young ladies. The daily tea and water expenses alone were quite a lot of money. However, he was a prince, so naturally he didn't care about such a small amount of money.
"That's really convenient. When we grow up, we'll all be very close."
"Of course." Yan was very happy about this. Neither her husband nor she could socialize too much. She could send her children to school to make new friends, which would be very helpful if they were granted an official title in the future.
Yan looked at Yi Yan. It had been a while since they last saw her. She seemed to have grown quite a bit taller and taller. She was already a beauty, and now she looked even more attractive. No wonder Madam Jing had chosen her to be the Seventh Prince's principal wife.
"Yan'er, I shouldn't ask this, but your sister is also a descendant of the Bai family after all." Yan looked at Yi Yan's face, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
"Aunt, feel free to ask me anything. We are all family."
"Everyone says our girl got hurt, but I never saw her. Is it true that you saw her?"
Xu Yixing looked at Yan with pity. She was constrained by her husband's official position and seldom even went out often. No wonder she asked this question.
"It's true. Not only did my sister get hurt, but her temperament has also become strange and irritable. She locks herself in her room all day long. It's really hard to approach her."
"Alas! Never mind, it's fate!" Yan felt extremely sorry. In fact, she had felt a lot of emotions when she got engaged to the Sun family.
According to her, Xu Yixing had a good family background and good looks. Although entering the palace would be a bit restrictive for her, she could still become a prince's consort or a royal wife. Who knew that General Xu had only given her a title to someone from a different family? Why was she so anxious?
However, she did not expect that Yi Yan would have such a wonderful fate now, which made her happy and sad. It was a pity that such a prince's consort was not a child of the Bai family, which was really a pity.
"Madam, the master is back."
"Oh? Let's go, Yan'er, let's go have dinner together!"
Yan took Yixing to the dining room. Bai Yu was a little surprised to see her, but after a few words, he found out the reason. The three of them eating together made Xu Yixing feel a little more at home.
After dinner, her uncle personally saw her out, and told her to bring gifts back to Yiwen and Yixing, and to come back more often when she was free. Xu Yixing went home with a car half full of gifts, feeling very embarrassed.
After returning home, she sent the gift for Yiwen to his courtyard. As for the remaining two, she accepted them all herself. It was impossible for her to give them to a counterfeit.
Xu Yixing sat in front of the doorway, basking in the sun, examining the gifts. Brocade, jeweled hairpins, though not particularly valuable, were still thoughtful gifts.
As she was touching the smooth satin with a smile on her face, she suddenly saw a person in the corner of the yard, watering the flowers with a small bucket.
It wasn't that he was special, it was just a rule in the mansion that cleaning couldn't be done in front of the master, for fear of getting the dust dirty. Now he was sitting in the courtyard, so why were there servants working there?
"Hey! Are you from my courtyard? How come I have never seen you before?"
When the servant heard him being called, he ran over in fear and trepidation, bowing politely: "Second Miss, I just fell here today, so you don't recognize me."
Siqin was standing nearby and had just noticed that the boy didn't seem to be very skilled, but she couldn't yell at him in front of the young lady, so she just kept it in mind and planned to teach him later. Unexpectedly, the young lady still saw it.
"Our rule is that these rough jobs cannot be done in front of the master, don't you know?" Siqin has been a maid for many years and still has some aura.
"Sister Siqin, please forgive me! It's my first day here and I haven't memorized the rules yet."
Xu Yixing waved his hand, it was no big deal. "What's your name?"
"Little Five."
"Puff! Then you must be the fifth, right? What's your last name?"
"My last name is Ying."
"Parrot? That's interesting!" Xu Yixing was halfway through laughing when he suddenly stopped, "Shadow Five?"
The servant looked bewildered, not knowing what the young lady was laughing at. "Well, Siqin, I'm going to take a nap. You all can leave."
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