Seeing that it was Wu Jing, Ren Yaoqi asked, "But what happened?"
Wu Jing nodded, and while leading Ren Yaoqi to find Ren Yaohua and the others, she leaned over to Ren Yaoqi's ear and whispered, "The eldest lady of the Guo family just fell into the water."
"The eldest lady of the Guo family?" Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised.
Wujing immediately explained, "It's the eldest daughter of the Guo family in Weizhou. You met her at the Qianjin Banquet. Not long after you left, Fifth Miss, the two daughters of the Jiang family and the eldest daughter of the Guo family arrived. Then, for some reason, they made plans to go boating together again, and that's when the eldest daughter of the Guo family fell into the water."
Ren Yaoqi nodded, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Is Second Young Master Yun also here?"
She remembered that Yun Wenfang had just said that he didn't want her to be involved in the mess. This mess must be referring to Guo Yujiao falling into the water.
Wu Jing hesitated for a moment before saying, "Fifth Miss, Second Young Master Yun once stopped Third Miss to ask where you were going. Third Miss was so annoyed by his question that she lied and said you went to the lake. Just now, she heard someone fall into the water and was startled. She was worried something might have happened to you, so she asked Xiang Qin and the others to come look for you."
Ren Yaoqi nodded. It was not appropriate to ask any further questions at the moment, so she followed Wujing to quickly find Ren Yaohua to reassure her.
When Ren Yaohua saw that Ren Yaoqi was fine, the first thing she asked was whether she had met Yun Wenfang.
Seeing the anger and worry in Ren Yaohua's eyes, Ren Yaoqi told her what happened to him and Yun Wen on the road when he just came back.
Ren Yaohua frowned for a long moment, then told her to stay as far away from Yun Wenfang as possible. She'd seen him twice since his return, and each time he'd asked her about Ren Yaoqi's whereabouts, which made Ren Yaohua wary. While she couldn't say she knew Yun Wenfang well, she could sense he was a dangerous figure, especially since his return from the border.
Ren Yaoqi naturally agreed obediently.
Sisters Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua were whispering to each other here, while the other young ladies were talking about Guo Yujiao falling into the water.
Madam Xu's warming party mostly invited the women of Yunyang Academy. Because the Jiang family also owned an academy, the Jiang and Xu families often interacted with each other. The Jiang sisters happened to be in Yunyang City, so they were also invited. In addition, some well-known daughters of aristocratic families were also invited. For example, Guo Yujiao, who had once made a name for herself at the Thousand Gold Banquet, also received an invitation because she happened to be in Yunyang City.
Later, the Jiang sisters and Guo Yujiao went boating on the lake, but they didn't expect something like this to happen. After the incident, Madam Xu rushed over to deal with it. The guests who came to the banquet couldn't leave at this moment, so they stayed here.
Someone whispered, "How could he have fallen into the water out of nowhere? Didn't he take his maids with him? Didn't anyone see him?"
"I heard that there was no one around when Miss Guo fell into the water."
"Miss Guo and Miss Jiang Ba were arguing at the time..."
Ren Yaoqi was listening to their discussion silently. Shijin, the head maidservant beside Madam Xu, hurried in. She first looked around the warm room, then walked straight to Ren Yaoqi, knelt and saluted, saying, "Miss Ren Wu, our madam wants you to come over."
Although she was a little surprised why Mrs. Xu would look for her at this time, Ren Yaoqi nodded without hesitation, said hello to Ren Yaohua, and followed Shijin.
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