prince attendant

When Mu Qing was anxious, the Third Highness had already walked over and greeted the aunt again. She looked familiar, so the aunt teased and said

"I didn't expect that the third son would bring such an immature child here, ha, he didn't come here to open buds for this young master, did he?"

Mu Qing blushed for a while, Ji Lan coughed and said

"Stop—stop flirting, this is not someone you can flirt with, Ruyu, let's go."

Ji Lan didn't dare to call people presumptuous, so she was about to pull Mu Qing's sleeve to leave, but when she turned around, she was pulled back by Mu Qing. Mu Qing stood motionless, looked at Ji Lan again, and said in a low voice

"Three—Young Master, tell me to go up and take a look. I want to confirm one thing, just take a look, and I will come over when I have a stick of incense."

Seeing that his expression was not right, Ji Lan stopped joking and asked worriedly

"What's the matter, who do you want to see?"

However, Mu Qing just shook his head, not confirming his identity, he didn't dare to share this matter with others, so he pointed to the door and window, and said to Ji Lan

"I don't know—I hope it's the person I want to see. I'll tell you about it after I confirm."

Seeing that he rarely showed such a nervous and anxious expression, Ji Lan didn't want to ask more questions at the moment, so she gave the girl a look and said

"I wonder if my aunt can show me some face?"

The girl grumbled, looked at Mu Qing and smiled as if she understood clearly.

"This is really amazing. I hooked up with someone before I saw anyone—ha, the third son still has to give face, but you can't shout. The girls upstairs are all girls who have never seen anyone. , I can teach you to go up by giving the third son a face, but you can't mess around, otherwise, the concubine will not follow me."

Mu Qing knew that she had misunderstood him, but he didn't want to explain anymore, so he hummed, the aunt waved her hand, and a servant ran over, the aunt whispered something to him, and the servant ran up, Pushing open the door, after a while, he came out again, came downstairs, and said

"Auntie, it's already agreed."

Then the aunt said to Mu Qing

"It's time for a stick of incense, young master, go up."

Mu Qing looked at her gratefully, turned around and ran upstairs. Aunt looked at his back with erratic eyes, sneered, slapped the fan a few times, and then said with a little disdain

"Men are used to showing affection. The little girl doesn't know when she will meet someone, so she won't tell me."

"Tell you, don't you want to suffer a meal of flesh and blood?"

Ji Lan stood aside, took her words, and said

"There is no need to doubt that my friend has never been in the place of fireworks. In such a state, it should be that something urgent has happened, and there is no need to punish this girl. Besides, it may not be the case today. The girl is about to be taken away by us."

The aunt clicked her tongue and said,

"So, now I'm going to prepare the box for the ransom, ah, and the deed of sale, it's really a waste of time to get it here."

Ji Lan shrugged and smiled again.

"There is no need to be so eager, let's wait for the result first."

When they were talking, Mu Qing had already walked to the concealed door and stood there for a while before making up her mind to open the door and go in.

The door was filled with the scent of peach blossoms, and seeing him push the door in, the girl inside immediately stood up, and looked at him with flickering eyes, looking a little uneasy and afraid.

Mu Qing closed the door, regained her senses and looked at the girl who was holding the pipa, and she was also looking at her own girl, she was dressed in water-red clothes, but she had pretty features, but——

It seems that the age is not right, Mu Qing is a little vacillating in her heart, thinking that she may be thinking too much, but she still walks over, the girl subconsciously took a step back, and realized that she was picking up a guest, so He hurried over again, opened a stool for him, and went to prepare tea again.

Seeing her pretending to be calm, Mu Qing asked

"Don't know the girl's name?"

"I——my name is Bai Lu."

Miss Bai Lu replied in a low voice, brought the tea to Mu Qing's eyes, and stood aside.

Mu Qing didn't care about the cup of tea, just looked at the girl Bailu, her heart had calmed down at the moment, but she still had a bit of undying hope, so she said

"Miss Bailu, can you take off your—"

"Son!"

The girl immediately interrupted him with a cry, her heart fluctuated again, she took a few steps back, and said with some fear

"Young master! I, I don't pick up guests, my aunt agreed with you, just to talk about it - how can you go back on your word!"

At the end of the speech, her voice was already trembling. Seeing her so scared, Mu Qing instantly realized that her words might have misunderstood her, so she quickly said

"It's not what you think, I just want to take a look at your arm - to verify one thing."

However, the other party's heart had already been alerted, thinking that he was an apprentice who deliberately made a fool of himself, so he immediately refused without thinking.

"I don't know you, and there is no mark on your arm. You may have identified the wrong person."

Hearing this, Mu Qing felt a burst of pain and despair in his heart. He knew that nine out of ten he really admitted his mistake, but he still couldn't help but stood up, and said to her pleadingly

"Miss Bailu, I beg you, I just take one look to make sure of one thing. I will stand here without moving, and I will never do anything to humiliate you. You can take scissors or a knife. If I really If there is any misconduct, you can immediately take precautions."

Bai Lu looked at him suspiciously, perhaps seeing that he didn't look like an apprentice, and seeing that he had such a sad expression, she felt that he shouldn't be such a person, so she didn't take out the scissors, and carefully slipped off the clothes , exposing his shoulders and arms.

Looking at that smooth and white shoulder, Mu Qing's heart sank completely, as if the last spark had been extinguished, there was not even a tiny mole on that fair skin, let alone a mark like a butterfly. .

Seeing him lowering his eyes, Bai Lu immediately gathered up his clothes, walked to the stool beside him, sat down modestly, and said

"It's not me, right? I'll just say——we haven't met."

The expectation came unexpectedly, and the disappointment came so quickly. Although he was mentally prepared to admit his mistake, but confirmed with his own eyes, he still let his heart sink, and he felt more frustrated than ever before.

Mu Qing covered her eyes and was silent for a while before slowly asking

"how old are you?"

Bai Lu sat on the side, looked at him with some doubts, didn't know what was wrong with him, but answered the question honestly

"16 is old."

"Where is home?"

"There is no home."

Mu Qing raised her head to look at her, Bai Lu dodged for a moment, shook her fingers, and continued with a look of pain in her eyes

"My hometown is in the mountains of Cangzhou. There was a severe drought at home for several years, and I couldn't survive. My parents sold me for rice, noodles, and money. Later, I moved here. People in this world can't go back—that's why I said I have no home anymore. gone."

None of the information matched. Mu Qing removed the affirmation in her heart little by little, just like extinguishing the light of a lamp. The last light was also extinguished, leaving only the final silence.