Situ Dieer was utterly perplexed.
"Moreover, second sister, your personal maid Xiao Qiu is missing."
"What? Xiao Qiu is missing, that’s impossible." Situtu Qinger’s first reaction was disbelief.
Xiao Qiu was given to her by the fourth prince. Although she was nominally a maid, in reality, she was a confidante. Anything important Situtu Qinger had, she would discuss with her and never be stingy with good things, precisely because she was sent by the fourth prince.
Situtu Qinger was wholeheartedly planning to live in the fourth prince’s mansion in the future. If she could win over the servants by the fourth prince’s side, life at the fourth prince’s mansion would surely be easier.
Situ Dieer said, "Really, father has ordered a search throughout the mansion twice, but there’s no sign of her."
"Could she have returned to the mansion with the fourth prince?" Situtu Qinger murmured quietly to herself.
Situ Dieer considered, "Hmm, that’s possible. After all, she belongs to the fourth prince. With the fourth prince’s wedding procession, her accompanying him back is naturally expected. But why would she fra second sister?"
"Fra?"
When Situtu Qinger woke up, her mind was in a daze, still unaware that Xiao Qiu was the one who hard her.
"Yes!"
"What exactly happened?" Several hours had passed since the incident, and while Situtu Qinger’s heart was filled with despair, her mind was gradually clearing.
Hence, Situ Dieer recounted the events that had just transpired for her in detail.
The conundrum troubling the two sisters was, who really was the bride that got into the sedan chair?
Situ Dieer suddenly asked, "Second sister, was elder sister in the room when the incident occurred?"
"Yes, that little cheap person was indeed there."
Recalling this matter, Situtu Qinger felt suffocated. Had it not been for the fourth prince’s repeated insistence on inviting Xuexue to the wedding, perhaps this might not have happened.
"Could it be that the person who boarded the flower sedan was her?"
With Situ Dieer’s remark, Situtu Qinger was shocked, and after a long while, she finally regained her senses and said, "Impossible, hasn’t she already married the War Prince? A woman cannot have two husbands."
"Why not? It’s common knowledge that the War Prince is as ugly as a ghost. It’s understandable that elder sister wouldn’t fancy him."
"But... but..." Situtu Qinger’s eyes darted around twice, and suddenly, she jumped up, muttering to herself, "No, we need to find father. We can’t let that little cheap person succeed; otherwise, not only will the General’s Mansion’s reputation be destroyed, but the fourth prince will be ruined by her as well."
At this mont, Situtu Qinger was solely focused on salvaging her relationship with the fourth prince. Though she was disgraced by her servant, her first innocence was given to the fourth prince. Hence, upon hearing that Xuexue might have taken the wedding sedan chair to marry into the War Prince’s Mansion in her stead, she beca extrely anxious and imdiately wanted to find Situ Yongjie to thwart the situation.
"Yes, yes, let’s quickly find father."
The two sisters, supporting each other, stumbled along in search of Situ Yongjie.
Who knew, after hearing the servant say that second miss was seeking an audience, Situ Yongjie promptly replied irritably, "No eting, no eting! Such a shaless daughter, this General never wishes to see in his lifeti."
When the servant ca out to report this, Situtu Qinger was at her wit’s end.
"You fool, don’t you know how to tell the General that second miss has urgent business with him? It’s a matter of utmost urgency!"
The servant wore a look of grievance; the General, upon hearing it was second miss, wouldn’t even give him a chance to speak, so what could he do?
Despite her anxiety, Situtu Qinger was turning circles in desperation, "Oh dear! What should we do? If we’re late and that little cheap person has entered the bridal chamber, wouldn’t it be a done deal?"
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