Qing Ya nodded repeatedly, indicating that she would definitely not shout randomly.
Given her appearance, Xiaoqin wasn’t quite convinced that she wouldn’t continue shouting.
But she saw that the people of Bei Jiang Wangfu also wanted to know why Qing Ya would suddenly act this way, so after a moment’s hesitation, she chose to let go of Qing Ya.
Now, Ning’er arrived using light skills as well. The distance from here to Jingtang Garden wasn’t far, and besides, martial artists have better hearing than ordinary people. The moment Qing Ya cried out, they could hear it in Jingtang Garden.
Liu Shou’er and Kang’er remained by the princess’s side, and she swiftly arrived here using her light kung fu.
However, looking at everyone like this, the situation she had imagined didn’t appear.
“What’s going on?”
Originally, Qing Ya was quite afraid. But when she suddenly heard Ning’er’s emotionless voice, her body stiffened immediately, and goosebumps appeared on her skin.
“To… I’m sorry, my servant was just suddenly startled by a mouse bumping into my foot…”
She was truly startled, she didn’t mean to scream so loudly, but mice are her biggest fear in life.
Who would have thought I’d run into a rat as soon as I stepped out the door.
The scream just now…was unconscious.
To my surprise, this incident even alerted people from the side of the princess.
Qingya said, but no one responded. She cautiously lifted her head and saw Ning’er’s gloomy eyes. She was startled.
Little Ninger is so angry, could it be that the Princess has already gone to sleep and her cry just woke her up?
Upon thinking of this possibility, Qingya disregarded everything else and immediately bowed deeply. “Yes… I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.”
Through the faint light, Xiao Qin also saw Ning’er’s face was very bad. She thought like Qing Ya, thinking that Qing Ya’s behavior had alarmed the North Border Princess. Her lips moved slightly, wanting to say sorry.
Before she could even speak, Ning’er’s cold voice cut in, “Are you sure it’s a rat?”
She was so afraid of mice because before she was sold to the Duke Anle’s mansion, there were mice in the house where she lived. They would crawl around her feet at night while she was sleeping.
She would always be woken up by it and later developed a phobia, being terrified of mice.
Therefore, her feelings just now wouldn’t be wrong, it was just a mouse.
She nodded very firmly to Ning’er, “Yes, I’m absolutely sure, that thing must be a mouse.”
After confirming the answer, Ning’er’s expression became very serious. Xiao Qin was about to ask what was wrong when she suddenly saw Ning’er raise her hands in a solemn manner and clap them together.
Xiaoqin, Qingya: “…”
> Ning’er, what is this?
Just as the two of them were dumbfounded, suddenly several people appeared beside them, their eyes fixed on Ning’er.
Qiyage instantly wanted to cry out
Voice, so are they going to be driven out of Beijang Wangfu tonight?
Xiaoqin’s heart sank, but she didn’t think Ning’er would do anything to them. Rather, Ning’er’s appearance must mean something big had happened.
Ning’er looked at this group of people, her tone quite urgent. “There are mice in the mansion, everyone search separately, we must find the mouse.”
I don’t know if they had the same possibility in mind as Ning’er, but hearing about a rat, everyone instantly became alarmed and responded with a “good” before gathering people to start looking for it.
After making the arrangements, Ning’er was about to return to Jingtang Garden to tell An Xue Tang about it. She saw Xiao Qin and Qing Ya out of the corner of her eye, so she said to Xiao Qin:
“Tonight, there is important business at the Prince’s Manor. The County Princess is afraid she cannot stroll around the manor.”
“You guys go ahead and do your thing, we’re just going back inside. If you need anything, be sure to let us know.”
“Thank you.” After Ning’er finished speaking, she turned and walked towards Jingtang Garden.
He seems to be in a hurry.
Qing Ya’s heart was pounding. After Ning Er disappeared from sight, she lowered her voice and whispered, “Miss, this… what’s going on?”
Seeing her curiosity, Xiaoqin instantly put on a stern face. “Qingya, don’t ask what you shouldn’t. This is a matter of the Beijang Royal Manor. Don’t ask or be curious, and remember what I said, not a single word about what happens here can be told to anyone else.”
Qing Ya saw that Xiao Qin was angry because of her curiosity, and hurriedly lowered her head to apologize, “Miss, I’m sorry, the servant girl remembers.”
Xiaolin didn’t want to speak to Qingya in such a tone, but she was afraid that if she didn’t seriously warn her, Qingya wouldn’t take things seriously.
She had always taken a laissez-faire approach to Qingya, not bothering much with her and indifferent to whether they resembled master and servant. However, when it came to matters concerning the Northern Border Prince’s Mansion, she had to be careful.
Nowadays, so many people are fixated on the Bei Jiang Wangfu, trying to find any weakness. She doesn’t want the day to come when her and Qing Ya’s gossiping end up harming the Bei Jiang Wangfu.
Seeing Qingya take things seriously now, she let out a slight sigh in her heart, “Come on, let’s go back to the house first.”
“Yes.”
……
Ning’er, after returning to Jingtang Garden, told An Xuetang and the others about what happened.
In fact, An Xue Tang already possessed a skill. She had heard Qing Ya’s words and knew exactly what had happened.
After Ning’er finished speaking, she fell silent for a moment before opening her mouth.
“We’ve been ignoring this method all along. No wonder some news could still get out despite our royal manor being so heavily guarded. So that’s how it works.”
It wasn’t that Ning’er overreacted upon hearing about the rat, but rather she was very aware that there could be rats anywhere in the entire Beijang王府.
Since she moved into the mansion, because she hated mice very much, Mo Yunjing ordered that no matter what method was used, there should be no mice in any corner of the mansion.
Yun Si, after receiving his orders, used almost every method he could think of to catch the mice. He set traps, blocked up all possible corners of the Prince’s Mansion, and even had the people responsible for sweeping each day check for any signs of mice.
Although it consumed a lot of human and material resources, the effect was remarkable.
Knowing full well that there couldn’t be rats in the prince’s residence, Ning’er would still ask Qingya to confirm after she had spoken.
If it were really a rat, then this wouldn’t be as simple as the Royal Palace welcoming a rat.
These days, almost every corner of the Bei Jiang Wangfu is guarded, and it’s impossible for a single bird to successfully fly out from above the palace.
But they must have overlooked things that could crawl on the ground. It wasn’t that she hadn’t thought of them, but there were many green snakes in the mansion. Snakes eat mice, so she had never included mice in her list of “things that could infiltrate the mansion.”
But coincidentally, someone actually used mice to transmit messages. It’s just a mystery how these mice got in and managed to move freely under the Qing Snake’s very nose.
Ning’er and the others had thought of this, which is why they were so serious. If it hadn’t been for Qingya accidentally discovering it today, they might never have known that someone was secretly communicating with people outside the palace through mice in the dead of night. They just didn’t know who ‘that person’ was.
Yun Si, upon hearing this, immediately arranged for more manpower. They almost turned every corner of the palace upside down before finally finding the dying mouse in Qing She’s den.