Xin He’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, a hint of doubt flitting across her face. "Let’s follow and find out."
Jinxiu walked quickly along the path, glancing around with a guilty expression. It wasn’t that she was acting well, but that she truly felt like a thief.
She didn’t dare look back as she continued to run forward. Xin He should be following her, and as long as she could get into the study, everything would be fine!
Jinxiu took several turns and finally slipped into the study. Xin He, who was far away, saw her entering the room, and her eyes flickered with hesitation.
Shulan widened her eyes and asked, "What is Jinxiu doing in Lord Marquis’s study?"
Not long after, Jinxiu hurried out of the study, looking surreptitious.
Unable to contain herself, Shulan said, "Miss, I don’t know what Jinxiu is doing in Lord Marquis’s study, but it doesn’t look right. Should we take a look?"
Xin He’s cold eyes watched as Jinxiu easily entered Lord Marquis’s study, and the doorman seemed to vanish without a trace, as if it were a well-laid trap, waiting for her to fall into it!
A faint, cold smile appeared at the corner of Xin He’s lips as if she understood something: "Let’s go, of course, we should go!"
Jinxiu, are you too clever or is the person behind you too clever? I almost fell for your trick of inviting the guest into the urn!
Lady Sun is truly resourceful, even using a discarded chess piece to deceive her.
Xin He turned to Xiaoyu and said, "Go, tell Li Saner that Lady Hou will soon leave the courtyard, and panic will likely spread throughout the mansion because of the commotion happening in the study. Lady Hou’s courtyard will be the most vulnerable at that moment, which is the best opportunity. Make sure to hide both the person and the letter in Lady Hou’s courtyard!"
"Yes!" Xiaoyu responded and immediately turned around, running away.
Xin He then strode towards the study.
As soon as Jinxiu left the study, she nervously hid in a dark corner, keeping watch. Her heart finally settled once she saw Xin He entering the study, and she immediately turned around to run away and report.
In just a short moment, Lady Hou arrived with the guards, and the study’s door was kicked open with a loud bang as they rushed in.
To their surprise, besides the mess inside the room, there was no sign of anyone.
Lady Sun’s eyes filled with astonishment: "What is going on?"
She turned to ask Wei Popo, her gaze not asking what had happened to the study, but instead asking, where was Xin He?!
She had been waiting not far away for Jinxiu’s news and had immediately brought her men over when she heard the report. It should have been just after Xin He entered the room, and even if Xin He had time to be stunned by the mess, she couldn’t have disappeared so quickly?!
The group of guards, now pale from the shock of the scene before them, thought that if even their master’s study could be invaded and turned into such a mess, they might as well die. One by one, they knelt on the ground, "We are incompetent, please spare us, madam."
Lady Sun suddenly felt that everything had spiraled out of her control. From the moment her arranged man disappeared, she sensed that something was wrong. In a hurry, she had no choice but to find another way, but now it seemed that not only both paths were blocked, but she herself seemed to be deeply stuck in the middle of it...
Le Yuanhou arrived in a rush and asked, "What happened?! What happened?!"
As he pushed through the crowd and entered the study, he froze at the sight of the chaos inside. Even the gentle character of Le Yuanhou couldn’t help but roar, "What is going on?!"
Initially alarmed by the intrusion of his study, he was now truly angry upon seeing the mess that had been made.
This was his own mansion!
Lady Sun hurried to explain, "Consort also heard the news and brought the servants here in a rush. Who knew, who knew that when we arrived, it would be like this."
"Who broke in here?! My study has always been guarded, where is the guard?!"
The two doormen trembled as they knelt and said, "We... we also don’t know why, but we heard something unusual nearby and went to check it out. When we came back, the study was like this."
"Scoundrel!" Le Yuanhou had no time to argue with them, immediately searching through his bookcase for anything out of place. He and his colleagues from the Hanlin Academy had spent half a year gathering evidence against Marquis Mu Houchu, how could he let it be lost like this?
But when he opened the cabinet, it was indeed empty.
Le Yuanhou’s face darkened, "Who did it?"
Lady Sun took the opportunity to say, "This person can enter Hou Mansion and even Lord Marquis’s study without being noticed; I’m afraid it’s not an outsider, but an insider."
"Who would be so bold?! When did my Le Yuanhou Mansion produce such a person?!" Le Yuanhou said angrily.
Lady Sun gave Jinxiu a look, and she stepped forward trembling, "This servant... this servant might have seen something..."
"What did you see?"
At this moment, Jinxiu’s mind was actually a mess. She had clearly lured someone here, and if Xin He was here now, she wouldn’t need to say a word. But now, Xin He was not here, so if she accused her now without evidence, what if...?
Jinxiu secretly glanced at Lady Sun and felt a wave of fear. She knew that the only person she could rely on now was Lady Sun.
Jinxiu clenched her teeth and said, "This servant saw Eldest Miss!"
Lord Marquis’s face changed, "What?"
Jinxiu, as if determined, said, "This servant just now, in the garden outside the study, saw Eldest Miss. I was preparing to greet her, but... but Eldest Miss actually let someone lure the doorman away and went directly into the study."
Lord Marquis’s face changed again, and for a moment he was unable to speak. His precious daughter, whom he cherished above all else, had betrayed him for a man...
It was as if Wei Popo suddenly remembered something and cried out sharply, "Oh my, it’s all old servant’s fault! This afternoon, Eldest Miss’s maid Shulan came to ask old servant about some embroidery patterns, and in my free time, I inadvertently mentioned to her how Lord Marquis had gathered a lot of evidence against Marquis Mu Xiang... If Eldest Miss heard about it and she has a good relationship with Mu Xiang, she might have done something foolish."
Lord Marquis’s face turned grim, and his voice became tinged with sorrow, "Send for Eldest Miss."
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