Ren Yaoqi had seen the figure in the woods before, but because it was some distance away and obscured by the shadows of the bamboo, she couldn't see it clearly. Seeing that Madam Xu wanted to go after her, Ren Yaoqi nodded and let her go. Ren Yaohua asked her maid Wujing to go with her.
"Who was that person just now?" Ren Yaohua frowned and muttered to herself. She liked to frown often, so there were always two raised lines on her eyebrows due to her age, and her beautiful face had a serious look.
Ren Yaoqi walked slowly towards the bamboo forest, and Ren Yaohua thought for a moment and followed him.
Spring is almost over, and many newly emerged bamboo shoots have already sprouted tender green leaves. There are also many round holes in the soft, wet soil, left by the maids and servants who came to dig bamboo shoots a while ago. They didn't dig for shoots just to satisfy their greed, but because this bamboo forest is not large, just a scenic spot, so the density of the bamboos must be carefully controlled and they can't be allowed to grow wildly.
The soil in this bamboo forest is very soft, and stepping on it will leave footprints of varying depths.
Ren Yaoqi lowered his head and looked at the two lines of footprints left recently, as if thinking about something.
"This must have been left behind by the two people before." Ren Yaohua said.
The two footprints were one large and one small, and both had the round, pointed toe pattern commonly worn by women's embroidered shoes. They couldn't have been left by a man. If they weren't secretly meeting, why would they run away when they saw them approaching?
"Let's go to my aunt's yard first. We can't guess the answer here." Ren Yaoqi shook his head.
"Sister, there is only my aunt's yard nearby. Maybe those two people escaped to my aunt's yard. We can keep an eye on them to see who is behaving deliberately." Xiang Qin came over and said softly.
Xiangqin's was also very likely. Ren Yaohua nodded and took the lead to hurriedly walk towards Ren Shijia's yard.
Several maids and servants were standing in the courtyard, laughing and seeing Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua coming in, they hurried forward to pay their respects. Ren Yaoqi glanced at them and found that they were the servants that Ren Shijia brought back from the Lin family.
"Did anyone come in just now?" Ren Yaohua looked at their shoes one by one and found that they were all clean and without any trace of dirt, so she asked.
The maids and servants looked at each other in surprise. An older servant said, "Third sister, we didn't see anyone come in. We were the only ones in the yard just now."
Ren Yaohua was a little disappointed.
"What's happening to Third Sister and Fifth Sister..." the old woman asked tentatively.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and said, "It's okay. We just saw someone walking in front of us. We thought it was one of the sisters who arrived first, so we asked."
The old woman said hurriedly, "The eldest young lady and the fourth sister came here earlier. After seeing the young master, they left."
"Then you must have seen it wrong. Is my aunt still resting? Can she see the guests now?" Ren Yaoqi asked.
The old woman smiled and said, "The Madam is probably still resting. I will take the two sisters to see the Young Master. He looks very energetic."
Ren Shijia had just given birth this morning, so it was normal for her to still be resting.
The two sisters did not bother Ren Shijia, but followed the mother-in-law to see the baby. As soon as the child was born, he was handed over to the wet nurse who had been prepared in advance, and did not live with Ren Shijia.
When Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua went there, a wet nurse, four maids, and four old women were all guarding the room. The child was still asleep, his eyes closed, his palm-sized face wrinkled and pink. He looked like a monkey, and it was hard to tell where his spirit was, nor could he knock a hole in his head.
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