You are the One and Only - C42

“Young Master, where are we going?” The moment he exited the palace gates, Qing Luo jumped with joy, and the smile on his face became much more radiant.

“The place we are going is a teahouse.” Qin Nuo replied gently. Just a little further away. It’s fine with me, it’s fine as long as I slowly walk over, I’m just worried that the two of you will feel tired. ”

Qin Nuo pretended not to hear Qing Luo’s words and looked at the peaches. She lightly patted Qing Luo’s back. Qing Luo quickly raised her head, and her face revealed a bright smile.

“Not very far. But for you, it’s far enough! ” Qin Nuo laughed. She knew that girls from large families like Peaches didn’t do rough work. When it came to being pampered, ordinary girls would be able to compete with them.

“Then, what about the Prime Minister’s Estate?” Peaches bit her lip and asked again.

“Peaches, why don’t you go back to the Prime Minister’s Estate and take a look at your parents and sisters?” Qin Nuo stared at the peaches for a while before laughing. You can get someone to pick you up, or you can get the Palace to send a car. ”

“There’s no need to use the prince’s carriage.” Bi Tao’s eyes immediately lit up. She forgot that she was dressed in male attire and submitted to Qin Nuo. “Thank you, Empress.”

Qin Nuo smiled and shook her head. In the past few days at the Qin Manor, she had sensed something was up. Although it wasn’t like Ming Liu who said everything, Bi Tao was usually quite open-minded. She had never been as roundabout as today, so when he thanked her, her face was slightly flushed.

However, he didn’t know which one of them was her lover!

The distance between the Rui Palace and the Ju Ming teahouse was not far from the Qin Manor. Qin Nuo slowly walked while carrying Qing Luo. Speaking of which, this was her first time in a teahouse, so she couldn’t help but be curious and excited. She looked around for a while, then went inside.

As soon as he walked into the teahouse, someone warmly welcomed him.

“Young master, please come in. May I ask what kind of tea you would like to have a look at?”

“I’m just strolling around.” Qin Nuo casually replied. She did not know this person. From the looks of it, he was most likely a waiter of a teahouse. His appearance could be considered righteous, but it was also very fair. Looking around again, there was a man dressed as a waiter, who was making tea for the two guests. Qin Nuo walked around the room and asked. Where’s your shopkeeper? ”

“The shopkeeper is upstairs.” The shop assistant laughed. Young Master is an acquaintance of our Manager Lu? ”

“Manager Lu?” Qin Nuo was startled for a moment. Isn’t your shopkeeper surnamed Qin? ”

“Young master, you are talking about Young Master Qin, right? That’s our boss. So it turns out that Young Master is not an acquaintance of the Manager Lu, but a acquaintance of our Master. However, our boss is not here. I heard that he went to the south a bit earlier, in order to catch up with the first batch of new tea next year. ”

Qin Nuo’s heart sank.

In the past, her brother was too busy doing business, but even if she wasn’t with him, he would always call her to let her know if he was going to do business or go abroad. It was the only time he would leave without saying a word!

It was still winter, and the time to collect the spring tea should still be early, but big brother had just left!

Qin Nuo’s heart raced. She felt that it wasn’t such a simple matter for her brother to go to the south in a hurry.

“Did your boss leave a letter?” Qin Nuo could not care less as she pulled at the shop assistant’s arm and asked.

“This… This humble one is not too sure, but I have to ask our shopkeeper. ” The assistant looked at Qin Nuo strangely, not understanding why this fair young master was so nervous.

Qin Nuo immediately let go of the shop assistant, and without even saying a word to Qing Luo, she went back upstairs.

There were no customers upstairs. Manager Lu was sitting there counting. Hearing footsteps, Manager Lu raised his head to look at Qin Nuo, then stood up to welcome him.

“I wonder what kind of advice Young Master has.” If it wasn’t for the large amount of tea leaves requested by the customers, the shop assistants would never come up, let alone the others.

“Manager Lu, before my big brother left, did he leave a letter for me?” Qin Nuo did not bother to exchange pleasantries with the Manager Lu and asked straightforwardly.

Manager Lu looked up and down at Qin Nuo. The young master in front of her had red lips and white teeth, he was petite, and as long as one looked at him carefully, they would be able to tell that she was a woman disguised as a man. As for the smaller one following her, it could be seen with a single glance that it was a little girl.

“Is this lady Young Master Qin’s sister?” Manager Lu did not bother with pleasantries and directly asked.

“Exactly.” Qin Nuo replied.

“Actually, I don’t mind if it’s true or not.” Manager Lu laughed, walked to the counter, took out a letter and gave it to Qin Nuo. ” When Young Master Qin left this letter, he had said that other than his sister, no one else would understand! ”

Qin Nuo quickly took the letter and thanked Manager Lu. He sat on the chair by the side and impatiently opened it.

The letter had a total of two pages. Although the first page was written with a brush, it was actually the simplified Chinese that Qin Nuo was the most familiar with. It seemed that her brother was the same as her, and did not know how to write the ancient words. Even if his heart was in turmoil, Qin Nuo had no choice but to admit that his brother’s calligraphy was very beautiful. The words in the letter were similar to what the shop assistant had said just now. It was because the distance to the south was too far, she had to head south early and make Qin Nuo wait for his return, something like that.

Looking at the second page, Qin Nuo could not help but smile. This was because her brother was using the same English as the last time she had Jade Peaches bring a letter out of the manor.

Qin Nuo finished reading the letter word by word. Her delicate eyebrows slightly knitted, somewhat puzzled. Her brother’s letter in English, other than warning her to get along well with Ling Yexuan and not to be too willful and go back to the Qin Manor to visit her foster father whenever she had nothing to do, was only a translation of the first page of the letter.

Logically speaking, even if and the rest of the servants did not know that brother was Prime Minister Qin’s adopted son, Manager Lu was still a man of integrity and would not do anything to peep at other people’s letters. Since brother had handed the letters to him, it meant that he had a lot of trust in him. Taking a step back, even if the Manager Lu knew how to read, he still wouldn’t be able to understand most of the Chinese characters!

Of course, if she met a smart person, she would probably be able to guess correctly, just like how she guessed the traditional Chinese characters.

Her brother was a cautious person, and perhaps had also thought of this point, which was why he told her about Ling Yexuan and Prime Minister Qin in English that only he and she could understand. After all, her brother did not want too many people to know about his relationship with Prime Minister Qin and his relationship with the Prince Rui!

That’s not right! Not only her and him, but Tang Mo could understand as well.

Tang Mo!

Qin Nuo quickly unfolded the letter that had been folded back and looked through it from start to finish. There was no Tang Mo, her older brother … She actually did not mention Tang Mo at all!

“Manager Lu, my big brother, he … But did he go to the south with a Young Master Tang? ” Qin Nuo asked tentatively.

“Young Master Tang?” “Which Young Master Tang?” Manager Lu was puzzled. I have never heard Young Master Qin mention this before, so I’m not too clear about it. ”

“When did Manager Lu come to the tea house?” Qin Nuo and the others placed the letter back into the envelope and asked as if they were chatting.

“I’m also considered to be an old man of this tea house.” The Manager Lu said, and could not help but sigh. A while ago, the previous owner had already lost all of his assets, so he had no choice but to send the tea house over. Helpless, I also left, intending to look for another job. Half a month ago, Young Master Qin found me, hoping that I would come back and take care of the teahouse. It’s a pity that all the shop assistants have left and only novices have been found. Otherwise, it’s not necessary for Young Master Qin to head towards the south. ”

Qin Nuo listened to what the Manager Lu said and nodded slightly. He placed the letter in his sleeve and said a few more words of courtesy before taking his leave.

There was no trace of Tang Mo in Manager Lu’s words!

Too many things had happened in these past few days, but she had actually forgotten about it. Other than the time in the Duke Palaces, she had never seen Tang Mo before! It was as if he had never heard his brother mention this before!

Walking out of the tea house, Qin Nuo looked up at the sky. The sky was a deep blue. To be honest, the’s capital city’s winter was not very cold. It was just that she was afraid of Ling Yexuan’s house, which was colder than any other place, so she had no choice but to go to the Warm Pavilion early. Just like this moment, when she reached out her hand to grab Qing Luo’s small hand. That hand was warm, but hers, was ice-cold!

“Is the young master not feeling well?” Even though Qing Luo was young, she could sense that something was wrong with Qin Nuo. She panicked a little, and her words trembled slightly, as if the cold intent in Qin Nuo’s hand had been passed down to her.

“I’m fine!” Qin Nuo took a deep breath and smiled at Qing Luo, afraid that he would scare her.

“Then, where are we going?” Qing Luo asked again, carefully observing Qin Nuo’s expression.

Qin Nuo hesitated. Right now, what she wanted to do the most was to rush back to the Duke Palaces and ask that Prince Rui where Tang Mo was and how he was doing! But she knew very well, since even Big Brother was intentionally hiding this from her, then even more so, that Ling Yexuan!

Moreover, Ling Yexuan had been so busy these past few days, he was definitely not at the Duke Palaces at the moment.

Qin Nuo bit her lips.

No matter what, she had to investigate Tang Mo’s whereabouts! The Tang Mo who had known her for more than ten years, and came to this strange place with her brother! The Tang Mo who would often randomly help but would unconditionally support her in everything she wanted to do! That Tang Mo who spoke a little exaggeratedly but always gave people a relaxing and happy feeling! She couldn’t let him just disappear like that!