Chapter 16 - A Frightening Fragment Lost in Memory (2/2)

Seeing his master still looking out of the window, a servant cautiously stuttered out the question in an obsequious tone.

“Go and find out about this Sixth Miss Wei.”

The man who was addressed “Your Highness” involuntarily curled his lips as he recollected how hastily Wei Yuewu avoided his gaze. The smile immediately diluted the sternness of his face, making him look much tender.

“Yes, Your Highness. What about the son of the Duke of Yan State…” The servant hesitantly asked as he observed his master was in good spirits. They had been originally on their way to the mansion of the Duke of Yan State, but now he just couldn’t guess which way his master was intended to go, so he found himself having no choice but to ask. Their present direction was completely opposite to where the mansion of the Duke of Yan State was.

The master’s carriage had happened to pass the intersection where the accident took place and he had seen the whole process.

What puzzled the servant more was his master’s order to change their route and follow the Sixth Miss Wei’s carriage instead.

“We are not going to the mansion of the Duke of Yan State now. He’ll come to the palace himself.”

As the smile faded away from His Highness’s face, a faint trace of blankness flashed in his eyes, “And don’t keep too close a watch on the nunnery either. Wait a while!”

He had seen clearly what that girl had done a moment ago. The symbol of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang was stuck by the maid beside her. He had never seen such a clever and cool-headed girl before. Comparing his own response when he heard of Yan Huaijing’s coming to the capital with the girl’s composure, he could only reproach himself for being overreacting.

Even the Sixth Miss Wei reacted better than him.

Now that Yan Huaijing was in the capital, he could not possibly run away…

“Understood, Your Highness.”

The servant, of course, wasn’t able to figure out that his master had reflected on himself because of Wei Yuewu. The servant raised the curtain and passed the order to the coachman outside, “Back to the palace!”

The coachman nodded. He thought of that hit-and-run coachman, and there was a trace of hesitation in his eyes. But in the end, he raised his whip without saying anything.

The carriage gradually disappeared in the crowd. No one would ever think that the wheel of fate had somehow started running since this encounter around the street corner…

For Wei Yuewu, what had happened was no more than an unplanned encounter. Now her carriage stopped at the gate of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang. She got off from the carriage with Jin Ling waiting on her aside. Yan Huaijing had given the maid to her, so she would be her master from now on.

Being intelligent, dexterous and agile, Jin Ling was exactly the person Wei Yuewu needed most at the moment. It was really a good thing to have Jin Ling as her maid.

When the carriage stopped at the gate, there was no one waiting for them and the doors were tightly closed.

Wei Yuewu looked around coldly. She didn’t see a soul. Her eyes grew sharp because she didn’t believe that no one knew she was arriving today.

Yan Huaijing had sent someone to inform the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang when they reached the capital.

What’s more, that maidservant had returned hurriedly to give Wei Yan the message.

Jin Ling stepped forward to strike the doorknocker against the door. After a long while, the side door was half opened, and a servant came out, who contemptuously shot a sidelong glance at Jin Ling and glared at her before rebuking, “Who are you? How dare you so wantonly use the knocker of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang? Scram!”