Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 853 - 855: Testing (2)

Chapter 853: Chapter 855: Testing (2)

Du Wanyue and Du Wanru came early in the morning to visit their older sister and, as soon as they entered the door, they witnessed the maids holding their heads and wailing frantically that the Eldest Miss had disappeared, a dramatic scene. The sisters immediately dropped their faces and shouted angrily, "What are you doing wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves so early in the morning? What do you mean by ’Eldest Miss has disappeared’? You all have completely ruined our sister’s maiden’s reputation, utterly bold and audacious! Just wait until we go back and inform our mother, you’re in for it!"

Having scolded them, Du Wanyue and Du Wanru stepped towards the room, intending to personally search and find Du Wanqiu. Du Wanqiu’s nanny was crying with a runny nose and tears streaming down her face. While kowtowing, she cried out, "Second Miss, Third Miss, the Eldest Miss has indeed disappeared. Last night, Eldest Miss rewarded everyone with a jar of sweet liquor, and everyone drank and ended up passing out. When we woke up this morning, Eldest Miss was nowhere to be found. The bedding on the bed was neatly stacked, and there was no warmth at all, showing she must have run away. Wuu wuu wuu..."

At this moment, the maid in charge of the Eldest Miss’s hairpins and jewelry, Liuzhu, also sobbed and said, "The Eldest Miss’s hairpins and jewelry are all gone. The silver bills and valuable items that were in the jewelry box have disappeared, and Sister Liuli is also missing. Please, Second Miss and Third Miss, take charge and quickly send someone to bring our Eldest Miss back..."

This news was too shocking. Du Wanyue and Du Wanru looked at each other with extremely ugly expressions. After a while, Du Wanyue suddenly shouted, "Foolish things, such a big incident has happened and crying is of no use, go quickly and inform grandfather; also, send someone to the Great General’s Mansion and inform our aunt, the Great General’s Mansion has many people and influence, they must be able to find our sister; Madam Qian, you take some people and search around the mansion first, see if Sister is asleep in the garden, if not, then go to Great Aunt or Grandmother’s courtyard, perhaps Sister went to cherish the time with Great Aunt and Grandmother since she is about to get married!"

Du Wanqiu also said, "Go call Madam Cao, let her speak to Housekeeper Cao. Have him take some little boys outside to look around. As a weak woman, our sister couldn’t have gone far even if she did run."

"Also send someone to the Mansion of Marquis Wuchang to report that one of the maids has stolen the Eldest Miss’s jewelry and ran away, ask him to help chase her down!"

The sister duo issued several commands in one breath, waved their hands following their speech, and the servants hurried off to carry out the orders.

The two sisters paced back and forth anxiously under the corridor, apparently too shocked and frantic to even remember to disperse the onlooking servants both inside and outside the courtyard!

In less than a morning, the news of the Eldest Miss’s escape had caused a huge uproar, and the whole mansion was aware of it. Some who wished to ingratiate themselves had already passed the news to the Mansion of Marquis Wuchang.

Recently recovered a bit, Jin Dapeng of the Wuchang Duke was planning to get married in a few days. Hearing this news felt like a slap to his face, making him so angry that his eyeballs nearly popped out. He rose abruptly, got dressed, and headed straight to Duke An’s Mansion.

At that moment, Duke An’s Mansion was already in a state of turmoil. On returning from the morning court session, Du Ruohai and his son were shocked as if struck by lightning upon hearing about Du Wanqiu’s escape. Du Ruohai collapsed into a chair, his face ashen, muttering woodenly, "It’s over, it’s all over..."

While sending people out to find his daughter, Du Yongzhi also sent for help from the Great General’s Mansion. If his guess was correct, Jin Dapeng would be knocking on their door any minute now, and unless they had someone formidable enough to suppress him, Duke An’s Mansion was likely to be torn apart by him today!

As it turned out, Du Yongzhi’s worries were justified. No sooner had his servant left than Jin Dapeng, furious, burst into Duke An’s Mansion with his entourage.