Chapter 1540 - 1542: A child under the bed sleepily opened his eyes_1
Yang Chuxia and Ye Zi’an continued searching for people within the Mu Residence, while yet another bizarre scene unfolded in Mu Shaoling’s courtyard.
It turned out that after Mu Shaoling had detoxified Dongyang, he found Dongyang Commandery Princess’s personal maid, Su Ma, fainted behind the screen.
Even more strange was that after Su Ma woke up, she claimed that the Commandery Princess Dongyang had fainted because she had taken a glass ball from Yangyang, and after that, she was poisoned and passed out. Su Ma felt something was wrong and just as she was about to call for help, Yangyang rushed over and knocked her out too.
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked. How could such a young child from the Ye Family do such a thing? But since Su Ma said so, it must be true. A child certainly wouldn’t do such a thing, but adults might.
And now, that child had disappeared, and the young master of the Mu Family was missing as well. Wasn’t this a clear case of fleeing from a crime? A child obviously couldn’t run away, but the adults from the Ye Family sure could.
When people called for Yang Chuxia and Ye Zi’an to join them, everyone in the courtyard looked at them with peculiar expressions, filled with doubt, inquiry, and confusion.
"What happened?" asked Yang Chuxia.
Mu Shaoling replied, "Su Ma said that Dongyang was poisoned because she touched the glass ball Yangyang gave her, and he even knocked Su Ma unconscious."
"Absurd, how could that be possible?" Yang Chuxia found it completely inconceivable. Her son was such an innocent child, how would he even know about poison?
"Madam Ye, don’t think it’s impossible. The young master has disappeared, hasn’t he?" State Duchess Tong chuckled. "Perhaps he did something wrong and ran off."
"Are you out of your mind? My son isn’t even as old as your grandson. What kind of wrongdoing could he know about? Even if he had to do something wrong, wouldn’t there have to be a reason? Why would my son do such a thing?"
"That’s a question for you and Lord Ye, isn’t it? A child knows nothing, but adults are another matter. Who knows what you and Lord Ye are thinking?"
Her words clearly implied that the incident was orchestrated by Yang Chuxia and Ye Zi’an.
"Let’s not talk about this now, let’s first find the two children," Ye Zi’an pulled Yang Chuxia back, signaling her to avoid arguing with the others for the time being.
He then spoke to Mu Shaoling, "I just asked the gatekeepers of your residence, and after noon, no one but the Second Old Master Mu has left. This means the children could still be inside the residence."
"Search, search for them!" Mu Shaoling’s face was exceptionally grim at this moment.
He naturally did not believe that Ye Zi’an and Yang Chuxia would instruct Yangyang to do such things. Not to mention that Ye Zi’an still needed treatment from him, judging from their years of acquaintance, there was simply no reason for it.
Meanwhile, in a maidservant’s room in the courtyard, a child under the bed blearily opened his eyes—it was none other than Yangyang. He looked at the small infant in his arms, who was sleeping just like him.
He then proceeded to clumsily place the child on the ground and crawled out from under the bed before dragging out the bundle that contained the baby.
Perhaps the movement from his dragging woke the child, who opened his big, innocent eyes and met Yangyang’s gaze, even revealing a smile.
"Don’t cry, little brother. Big brother will take you outside, okay?"
He struggled to hold the bundle in his arms and step by step, he made his way towards the outside. However, when he got to the door and realized it was shut, he was at a loss since he had no hands free to open it. Just as he was hesitating, the door opened from the outside.
It was the other two personal maids of Commandery Princess Dongyang.
"Good heavens, Young Master Yangyang, Young Master Chengcheng!" The maids’ eyes widened instantly; how could the children the entire residence was searching for be in their room?