Transmigrated Genius: Fragile Heiress Reigns Supreme-Chapter 711 - 712: Status (2)

"What do you think?" Xiqiu’s face was full of smiles, while Min tilted his head, concentrating deeply for a long time. Then he suddenly looked up at Xiqiu and said, "There should be, right? Otherwise, why would he be afraid? He must have seen it before, which is why he keeps thinking about it."

Xiqiu was startled, thinking about tonight’s events, and couldn’t help but softly say, "There’s actually nothing inside the turtle shell, and the little turtle hasn’t seen anything. You see, didn’t his mother light a candle to carefully search inside?"

Min was filled with bewilderment and doubt, so Xiqiu smiled and said, "Look, the little turtle in the end still went into the turtle shell to sleep. He was very safe, wasn’t he? And he didn’t see any monsters, right? So, a lot of scary things..." She nodded at Min’s head, "are just imagined by our little heads."

Is it really like that? Min looked at Xiqiu with doubt, and Xiqiu smiled again and continued to speak... Her hand lightly patting Min on the back. By the third time the story was told, Min had fallen asleep nestled in Xiqiu’s arms. The sky outside brightened as Bihuai gently pushed the door open and whispered in Xiqiu’s ear, "Nurse Zhang said for you to rest, there’s no need to worry about Xing, I’m there."

Hesitating for a moment, she added, "Tiancheng and Nanny Cen are cleaning up in the yard, and the third uncle is leading people to search around. You haven’t slept all night, take a break!"

Xiqiu nodded upon hearing this and replied, "Then I’ll take a break!" Bihuai agreed, helping to cover Xiqiu and Min with blankets, putting down the canopy, and quietly retreating.

Xiqiu was indeed tired and, seeing Min sleeping soundly, smiled lightly and closed her eyes to sleep.

Tong Quanzi and a few senior brothers, following Xiqiu’s method, arranged over ten jars in the garden as if setting up a formation. They also sprinkled a lot of chicken, duck, and sheep blood on the ground, and six jars were already sealed with earth...

Tong Quanzi called out loudly, "After a night of hard work, everyone can go wash their faces and change clothes. In half an hour, we’ll gather here again to search the garden once more. We can’t let any fish slip through the net!"

This is no joke; if just one slips through, it will be a disaster.

No one dared to take chances, so they all nodded in agreement and went back to freshen up...

Biwu was rubbing her eyes, squatting far away, staring intently at the jars on the ground. When Tong Quanzi turned around and saw a little girl with her sleeves rolled up still not moving, he couldn’t help but walk over and ask, "Aren’t you going back to rest?"

"No need!" Biwu didn’t even look at Tong Quanzi, excitedly waving her hands, "You all go, I’ll stay and watch here."

Tong Quanzi chuckled, finding the little girl charmingly naïve, shook his head, and went back to the outer courtyard with Tong Minzhi.

Min woke up refreshed, and his first reaction upon opening his eyes was to look for Xiqiu. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiqiu was still lying beside him, sleeping peacefully. He chuckled for a while... At that moment, Xiqiu seemed to sense his movement and, though not sleeping soundly, moved slightly. Min was startled and immediately closed his eyes to pretend to sleep.

After a while, seeing Xiqiu make no further movement, Min first opened one eye and realized she hadn’t woken up. He sighed with relief and moved closer to Xiqiu, stretching out his short, chubby little hand to pat her just like she had when lulling him to sleep...

Very lightly, he tried hard to remember the lullabies the nanny hummed when putting him to sleep, but he couldn’t recall the lyrics, so he hummed the tune of "Autumn Lake Moon Night," Xiqiu’s favorite. The wind slipped through the window gap, gently swaying the canopy. Min’s hand grew tired, but he continued to pat, feeling this sensation was wonderful—how nice it would be if Mother could always sleep by his side.

Xiqiu woke up nearing noon. Bihuai lifted the canopy and stood by the bed, smiling, "Madam Qian has been waiting for you for half an hour."

"What?" Xiqiu sat up, "Madam Qian is here?" Bihuai nodded, "She has been here for half an hour. This servant said I would call you, but she insisted that you should wake up naturally, saying there was no urgent matter, so I didn’t insist."

Xiqiu furrowed her brow, lifted the blanket, and got out of bed, realizing only then that she was sleeping in Min’s bed. She glanced at Min involuntarily, and Bihuai, seeing this, smiled and said, "Young Master Min is in Young Master Xin’s room. Young Master Xin also woke up, and the nanny just fed him half a bowl of rice soup. Nurse Zhang said everything is fine now."

Xiqiu finally felt relieved and let Bihuai help her take off her overcoat and little jacket, then changed into an imperial concubine color jacket with a light green gold-edged overcoat in a simple hairstyle. Assisted by Bihuai, she returned first to the bedroom, washed her face, combed her hair, and then went to the Warm Pavilion. The Warm Pavilion had already been cleaned, with Nanny Cen moving new porcelain and jade ornaments from the storeroom onto the shelves, seemingly having learned from experience. This time they only displayed rare but not so valuable items so that even if they were broken, it wouldn’t be as distressing.

Madam Qian was sitting on the kang drinking tea. When Xiqiu lifted the curtain and entered, Madam Qian immediately stood up and walked over with a smile in a few steps. Xiqiu apologized, "I’m really sorry to let you wait for so long. These maids are truly too unruly; you were being polite, and they really didn’t wake me."

"No worries, no worries!" Madam Qian was wearing a dark blue overcoat. Her head wasn’t adorned with the usual extravagant hairpins and golden hairpins, but now simply with two or three cold pins. Even with some powder on her face, one could still see she was tired. She smiled, "I have carried before, so I understand how you feel. After a night like this, even we can’t bear it, let alone you." She heard from the servants that Xiqiu wasn’t in her own room but was staying with Min because she was afraid he was frightened, so she couldn’t help but secretly marvel, looking at Xiqiu with a new perspective.

Xiqiu and Madam Qian sat down facing each other on the kang, with Bihuai bringing in new tea. Xiqiu looked at Madam Qian and asked, "Did you come because you have something to discuss?"

"Yes." Madam Qian looked at Xiqiu, her brows tightly knit, "Things haven’t calmed yet, and our Lord hasn’t come back. I couldn’t stay at home, so I thought to come sit with you." She paused, then reached across the kang table to hold Xiqiu’s hand again, "Thank you for yesterday. I found it strange that the Empress summoned at that hour; I’ve never even seen that eunuch beside the Empress before, so I was cautious and had someone inquire. But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t find out anything, and with the Imperial City gates tightly closed, there was nothing anyone could do. I ended up pacing back and forth in the room, feeling anxious."

Xiqiu understood that feeling and nodded. Madam Qian then continued, "Luckily, your maternal uncle arrived. It was unexpected that you shared my thoughts. My unease immediately disappeared, and I had that eunuch detained, sent to the Capital City Government early this morning!"