She has a slender waist and delicate bones, and is able to seduce the ascetic horse.

Chapter 15 Accident
"No, no, no, let's go over first!" Qingmai was startled and quickly said with a smile, "If you have anything to do, let's wait until we see Madam."

Shen Jiaojiao had a cold face and let Ke Xin and Keying help her get into the carriage.

The carriage drove quickly toward the outskirts of the city.

Shen Jiaojiao lowered her eyelids and looked calm, but her hands hidden in her sleeves were tightly twisted together, and her fingertips were pale from the pinch.

She didn't want to go, knowing that it would be bad if she went.

But the adoptive mother specially sent someone to invite her, and it was in front of the Lin family. She didn't want to make it difficult for the adoptive mother.

Suddenly, Keying sat next to Shen Jiaojiao, poured a cup of hot tea and put it into her hand.

"Miss, Aoxue's origin is unknown and cannot be trusted." Keying said boldly.

Feeling the warmth from her palms, Shen Jiaojiao's tense emotions relaxed a little.

She raised her eyes to look at Keying and smiled.

"I know what's appropriate."

"Miss, I have people staring at Mo Wei, why don't you also look at Aoxue?" Ke Ying's face was full of worry, "What did Aoxue just give to the lady?"

Shen Jiaojiao took out the porcelain bottle from her sleeve and said, "It is said to be a medicine to relieve pain, but I can't use it."

As he spoke, a blush appeared on his face.

Keying took the porcelain bottle and looked it up and down, "Don't worry, miss. I'll find a familiar doctor outside to check it later. If it's a good medicine, I'll find a way to make Aoxue use it for miss. There are a few more capable people around miss, That’s more reassuring.”

He said and returned the porcelain bottle to her.

"Well, I'll leave this to you. I can always rest assured that you will do things safely." She took the porcelain bottle and put it back in her sleeve.

Hearing this, Ke Xin couldn't sit still and sat next to Shen Jiaojiao, pouting and saying dissatisfiedly: "Miss is partial!"

"Nonsense." She pursed her lips and smiled, pretending to twist Kexin's arm.

Ke Xin dodged while quietly meeting Ke Ying's eyes.

The two maids teased Shen Jiaojiao in a tacit understanding to ease her nervousness.

After a short while, the noise outside gradually became louder, and the carriage seemed to be driving into a market.

Pass through this market and turn a corner to reach the city gate.

The carriage slowly stopped.

Kexin opened a corner of the car curtain and carefully looked at the situation outside.

"Miss, there are officers and soldiers at the city gate checking." Ke Xin said.

"Officers and soldiers?" Shen Jiaojiao was surprised, "Why do we need to investigate when we leave the city? In the past, didn't we just investigate when we entered the city?"

The barley outside opened the curtain and walked in.

"Miss, please be patient. The city guards don't dare to stop my Meng Mansion's car. They just need to wait for a moment and they will be released soon."

"Okay." She nodded, and then asked doubtfully: "Why are you suddenly searching for people who have left the city?"

"I don't know the specific situation. I just vaguely heard someone say when I entered the city that the prefect's home was robbed."

"I understand." She nodded again and raised her chin towards the empty seat opposite, "There are many people outside, so just sit here."

After all, she is the eldest maid who is favored by her adoptive mother. She is good-looking. If she sits outside with the coachman and is noticed by others, it will cause trouble for her adoptive mother.

Qingmai bowed gratefully, "Thank you, Miss."

In the originally warm carriage, there was an extra person named Qingqi, which made it look awkward.

Qingmai saw that Kexin had opened the car curtains, which was not polite, so he raised his eyes and glared at her.

Ke Xin smiled and didn't dare to look again.

After a while, the coachman's shout came from outside, which sounded like he was shouting to Qingqing Barley.

Qingmai hesitated for a moment, then opened the curtain and went out.

"Miss, I'll go out and take a look too." Ke Xin said.

Shen Jiaojiao was sure that there would be no danger at the city gate, so she nodded in agreement.

Who would have thought that once Kexin left, he would never come back.

She and Keying waited inside for a long time, and what they were waiting for was the news that they were going back home.

When the carriage returned to Meng's house and got off the carriage, he saw Kexin getting out of the carriage in front and running back.

"That carriage in front... is the foster mother coming back?" Shen Jiaojiao asked.

"Miss, not madam, but young master." A trace of joy appeared on Kexin's face. "At the gate of the city, the young master recognized the coachman and the emblem and asked us." As he spoke, he leaned close to her ear and lowered his voice.

"The young master saw me winking at him, so he asked Qingqi to go outside and ask me alone. I told the young master about the lake tour, and the young master made the decision to have the carriage come back."

Shen Jiaojiao took a breath and was about to scold Kexin, but when she saw the man getting off the carriage, she winced and kept silent.

The man was slender, wearing a black robe, and still had the familiar dark gold belt around his waist.

Shen Jiaojiao's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Why do you have to wear this belt?

Thinking of the unhappy breakup before, she felt even more unsure, hoping that her adopted brother would not look her way.

Meng Hui paused and turned to look at her.

The expression on his face was indifferent, as if nothing in the world could arouse his interest.

Seeing her adopted brother looking over, Shen Jiaojiao's pupils shrank suddenly and she quickly looked away, not daring to meet her adopted brother's eyes.

Go, go, go, go!

She muttered silently in her heart, trying her best to hide her panic.

"Don't leave the city today, it's not safe."

After leaving these words, Meng Hui turned around and entered the house.

Shen Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief, almost unable to stand, and leaned softly on Kexin.

Ke Ying had just packed up the things in the carriage, opened the curtain and was a little surprised to see Ke Xin.

"Is that the lady in front? Why don't you return to our carriage?"

After saying that, Keying noticed that her lady's expression was not right, so she quickly jumped out of the carriage and asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Shen Jiaojiao waved her hands feebly, "Help me back to the Pearl Courtyard first."

Only when she returned to Mingzhu Courtyard and drank two cups of hot water did she regain her composure.

The indifferent eyes of the sworn brother flashed through his mind from time to time.

She was so flustered that she didn't know why her adopted brother appeared at the gate of the city, nor why he disobeyed her adoptive mother and asked the coachman to drive the carriage back to the Meng Mansion.

I can’t understand it, so I simply don’t want to think about it.

She suppressed her doubts to the bottom of her heart, leaned on the couch, and looked at Kexin.

"You brave bad maid!"

An angry rebuke made Kexin and Keying kneel down at the same time.

"When you met your adopted brother, why didn't you go back to the carriage and report it first? What on earth did you get into with your adopted brother? It seems that I indulged you too much in the past, and I actually developed such a fearless character like you!"

Kexin lay on the ground and said incoherently: "Miss, that's not the case. The matter was urgent at the time and I didn't have time to come back and report to you..."

"You still dare to quibble?!" Shen Jiaojiao was so angry that her chest felt tight, and she felt like there was an evil fire rushing through her internal organs, making her head dizzy.

"Miss, that's not what Kexin meant."

Seeing that something was wrong, Ke Ying quickly tugged on Ke Xin's sleeves, "Apologise to Miss, quickly!"

Ke Xin took two steps and knelt at Shen Jiaojiao's feet.

"Miss, it's all my fault. If you are angry enough to hit me and scold me, don't be angry with yourself."

Shen Jiaojiao lowered her head and looked at the panic expression on Ke Xin's face.

She closed her eyes forcefully, took a few deep breaths, and managed to suppress the anger in her heart.

"Tell me everything that happened at the city gate!"

Ke Xin didn't dare to delay, so she hurriedly spoke and started telling.

"I followed Qingqi out of the carriage and saw the young man standing next to the young master. The young man said that the young master wanted us to go over and talk and ask who was in the carriage. We went to see the young master together.

"The young master saw me and asked about the young lady. I originally wanted to answer, but was overtaken by Qing Bare. Qing Barley said that the lady was waiting for the young lady at Bihu on the outskirts of the city, so that the young master could rest assured. I was so anxious that I kept winking at the young master.

"The young master saw it, so he asked Qingqi to wait outside and asked me alone. The young master asked the young lady if she wanted to go, and also said what fun it was to visit the lake in the cold weather. I didn't want to say more, but..."

Having said this, Kexin lowered his head in shame.

Shen Jiaojiao listened intently and couldn't help but urge, "But what? Say it quickly!"

(End of this chapter)