Nighthawk: "…………"

"After all, Xihe is now a noblewoman of the Northern Xia Beast Controlling Clan. If she continues to have close contact with people from the Eastern Chu Kingdom, she will be blamed. I usually burn the letter after reading it."

Nighthawk explained, but his expression was a little unnatural. It must be that he himself felt that this explanation was too high-sounding.

That was not the real reason why he burned the letter.

"Oh..." Jun Ning felt a little disappointed after hearing this, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

What she was disappointed about was that after so long, she had no news from Lan Xihe. It was as if she and Lan Xihe had never met each other before. They were strangers from beginning to end. Even the letter she wrote to Nighthawk, she

Can't see.

And she was relieved because she didn't see the letter, which meant she didn't personally confirm that Lan Xihe had not mentioned her in any letter.

As long as she doesn't confirm it herself, she can pretend it didn't happen.

Jun Ning comforted herself like this.

Nighthawk: "Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's have dinner?"

This matter is not very pleasant, and Nighthawk is deliberately avoiding it.

Jun Ning had no intention of continuing the conversation.

The two of them started eating. After eating, Nighthawk sent Jun Ning back to Qi's house, while he returned to Qianji Pavilion.

…

The days passed very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, Jun Ning has stayed in Qi Mansion for a month. However, Qi Xiangsi leaves early and comes back late every day. Jun Ning has not seen her at all, let alone persuaded her to report to Emperor Yongning to dig up Qi Qin's grave.

Already.

It's snowing in winter.

On this day, Qi Xiangsi went out early in the morning, but it was almost dark and she hadn't come back yet.

Jun Ning was a little worried, so she went to wait at the door.

The snow on the ground was up to her ankles. Jun Ning stepped on the snow with one foot deep and the other shallow, wandering at the door of Qi Mansion, waiting for Qi Xiangsi to come back.

But it was completely dark, and Qi Xiangsi still didn't come back.

Aunt Zhang on the side helped Jun Ning hold an oil-paper umbrella to avoid the flying snow.

But it was snowing and it was really cold.

Aunt Zhang looked at Jun Ning's frozen red ears and said with concern: "Ah Ning, let's go back and eat something hot before we wait? You are weak, but you can't suffer from cold and hunger."

Since the death of the Queen Mother, all of Nanny Zhang's emotions have been devoted to Jun Ning and Qi Xiangsi.

At this moment, seeing Jun Ning being cold and hungry, it was even more uncomfortable for Aunt Zhang than being cold and hungry herself.

Nanny Zhang looked at Jun Ning distressedly, "If you are freezing or hungry, I will feel sorry for you."

"Mommy, I'm not hungry, and it's not too cold." Jun Ning hugged Mrs. Tang and said, "If you are hungry, why don't you go back and eat first? I can wait alone."

"A Ning, what are you talking about? You are the master, and you haven't even eaten, how can I eat by myself? You are really a shameful old slave."

"What are you talking about, mama? You have taken care of Xiangsi for so many years, and you have been devoted to me for so many years. The friendship between you and me is more than just a master-servant relationship. A Ning truly regards you as her elder." Jun Ning

He advised: "Just go and eat something. You are old and will get hungry early, so you can't stay hungry."

However, Nanny Zhang refused to leave no matter what, insisting on waiting with Jun Ning.

The two waited for another hour, but still didn't see Qi Xiangsi come back.

Seeing that the night was getting darker, Jun Ning was not ready to wait any longer, "Mommy, please immediately notify the servants and soldiers in the mansion to set off to look for the young lady. We must search all the streets and alleys of the imperial capital and places where the young lady often goes.

"

"Yes." Grandma Zhang also attached great importance to this matter, and she hurriedly went to notify someone.

A quarter of an hour later, the entire government mobilized to search for Qi Xiangsi.

…

Qi Xiangsi was not around, and was being locked up in the woodshed behind Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion.

It was a cold day. She was wearing thin clothes, and her limbs were stiff from the cold. What was even more frightening was that she was tied with a rope and could not move at all.

She felt that her whole body was cold and there was no warm place.

So cold, so cold.

She lay on the cold ground, tears streaming down her face.

She hated herself for not listening to Sister Ning's words and insisting on hanging out with Jun Yang. Now, Jun Yang owed a lot of gambling debts, and creditors came to Jun Yang every day to ask for money.

Except for the part that Sister Ning gave her for safekeeping, the rest of her money was used to help Junyang pay off his debts. However, Junyang owed too much money. She gave her so much money to repay her debts, but she still had not paid off.

Those creditors are all gangsters.

They said that if Junyang didn't pay back the money they owed them, they would chop off both of Junyang's hands and feet, making her a cripple in the future.

In a hurry, Jun Yang kidnapped her and tried to use her to threaten his sister Ning so that he could exchange a large amount of money to pay off his gambling debts.

She couldn't understand. She was so kind to Junyang, treating her as her own sister, and giving her so much money. Why would she treat her like this? Why?

Shouldn't she be grateful?

Unfortunately, this is just Qi Xiangsi's idea.

Junyang is not even grateful to me for raising her, so how can he be grateful to Qi Xiangsi, who has only been friends with her for a while?

The badness of some people is intrinsically bad and cannot be changed.

The more Qi Xiangsi thought about it, the sadder she became. String after string of water drops flowed out of her eyes, dripping down her cheeks and onto her neck.

She could feel that her tears were hot, but her heart was cold.

Why?

Qi Xiangsi burst into tears.

But her mouth was blocked by a cloth and she couldn't make much sound, she could only make a whimpering sound.

At this moment, the woodshed door was opened.

A smelly boy walked in and placed a steamed bun and a bowl of rancid-smelling rice soup in front of Qi Xiangsi.

"Eat!" The boy helped Qi Xiangsi remove the cloth that blocked her mouth and said, "It's hard to change money if you starve to death. Eat quickly, don't starve to death."

Qi Xiangsi shook her head in disgust, "I won't eat it. Take away all these disgusting things from you."

Even the lowliest laundry girl in their family wouldn't be able to eat these things. How dare he give them to her? What does he think she is? A pig?

"I want to see Jun Yang." Qi Xiangsi said very reluctantly, "I don't believe she would eat these things for me. After all, I gave her so much money and called her sister for so long?"

"You still want to see our lady, haha, what are you dreaming about?" The boy said, "Wake up."

"As for the fact that you don't want to eat this food and are ready to starve yourself to death." The boy said with a fierce look on his face, "It's not up to you. You can eat what I tell you to eat, and don't ask for conditions. Ha, you have already fallen to this point.

Now, what else is there to choose from? Poor people are very particular.”
Chapter completed!