Chapter 196: I Need Your Help With Something
Qi Yu raised her eyebrows, "Why?"
Zhou Lanting somewhat embarrassingly lowered his head, no longer sporting the unruly demeanor from before, abjectly humble to the extreme: "I have known Gu Jingping since childhood. When we met a few days ago, Brother Gu was drunk and spoke of many incidents concerning the Princess. I figured the Princess, being so kind-hearted, would surely help me."
Qi Yu nodded understandingly.
It was indeed Gu Jingping, that loudspeaker.
Seeing her expression soften, Zhou Lanting seized the opportunity and pursued further, "Princess, that young Miss from the Su Family is my cousin. I am well aware of her personality; she would certainly not be the type to run away from marriage. Thus, I believe she might have been hidden away by someone or might have met with harm."
Qi Yu knit her brows slightly, not expecting that this marriage elopement indeed involved other hidden affairs.
She pressed her brows and asked, "If that’s the case, why haven’t the Su Family members gone looking for her?"
Losing a daughter, wouldn’t they be frantic?
Yet in recent days, the affairs in the government office had been handled by Zhou Hong and Shen Xiheng, with both reporting daily to Li Mingjue. If the Su Family had really gone to the authorities, it was impossible for them not to know.
Upon hearing her words, Zhou Lanting cracked a wry smile, "The Princess is unaware, but my uncle and aunt care greatly about face and felt that a marriage escape would damage their reputation, so they publicly claimed not to have such a daughter. They neither sent people out to seek her, nor reported it to the authorities. I too considered going to the officials, but I also feared enraging my uncle and aunt. If the matter escalated, who knows what else might be said, hence I could only resort to this strategy."