Chapter 286 Whereabouts 2
When Lu Ji heard this, he didn't even bother to say anything more to the old eunuch. He rushed out of the hall and almost ran to the outside of the palace.

Before he even came to Lu Yu, Lu Ji asked anxiously, "Brother, do you know where Ah Ning is?"

Lu Yu came forward and said slowly, "Don't worry, let me talk slowly."

"Tell me quickly." Lu Ji changed his voice anxiously: "Where is she?"

"I haven't found him yet." Glancing at Lu Ji's sweaty face, Lu Yu couldn't help but sigh: "I accidentally found a piece of calligraphy, and the shape of the strokes is 90% similar to yours."

When Lu Ji heard this, he immediately said with certainty: "That's right, Ah Ning's handwriting is based on mine. In this world, she is the only one who can copy my handwriting."

"That's her." The man said with ecstasy.

The two brothers rode back to the mansion at full speed. In Lu Yu's study, the calligraphy was neatly spread out on the desk.

Lu Ji only took a glance at it and said with certainty: "Yes, this is what Ah Ning wrote."

He hurriedly asked Lu Yu: "Where did this come from?"

Lu Yu said, "The Jiang family was confiscated, and all the capable servants were killed by Zhao Che. This was leaked from the home of one of his servants. A colleague knew that I liked calligraphy and painting, so he gave me some calligraphy a while ago, and this one was among them."

"Where is that Hao Nu now?"

Lu Yu sighed: "He was implicated by the Jiang family and has been killed."

Lu Ji frowned: "Who gave you this calligraphy? I'll go ask that person."

Lu Yu said: "I have already asked him. He bought it from a calligraphy and painting shop in the capital. The owner only knew that the calligraphy was written by a slave of the Jiang family. He knew nothing else."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ji did not bother to ask any more questions. He just looked at the words carefully. The seal at the end of the signature had the word "Lu" printed on it.

Lu Yu also saw this and said casually: "Are you sure it was written by A Ning? I remember her last name was 'Qin'."

Lu Ji stared at the words for a long while, then stood up and returned to his study. He hurriedly ordered someone to summon the assistant minister in charge of household registration in the Ministry of Revenue and ordered him to "find all the women with the surname 'Lu' who have settled in the Ministry of Revenue in the past two months."

A while ago they were looking for someone with the surname Qin, and now they are looking for someone with the surname Lu. Although the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was impatient, he did not dare to disobey at all.

Before he could agree, the Regent said hurriedly, "Hurry up, send more people to look through the household register and show me everything they find."

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Qin Xiaoning had been pregnant for two months, and the baby in her belly was three months old, going through the most unstable time for the fetus.

On this day, Qin Xiaoning came to Xuanji Medical Clinic and asked Jiang Nu to take her pulse as usual.

Jiang had just finished seeing the patient. While wiping her hands with a towel, she smiled and said to Qin Xiaoning, "It's already the first three months. You won't have morning sickness anymore."

The child was a well-behaved one. Apart from feeling a little nauseous occasionally at the beginning, he didn't have any morning sickness.

Qin Xiaoning stroked her belly gently: "But I still don't look pregnant at all."

"The child is still young, why rush?"

As she spoke, Jiang Nujing cleaned her hands and carefully cut her fingers on Qin Xiaoning's wrist. Gradually, she frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Qin Xiaoning couldn't help but get nervous: "Is there something wrong?"

Jiang Nu then switched to Qin Xiaoning's other wrist. After taking her pulse carefully, she looked up at Qin Xiaoning with a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Looking at the pulse, it seems like twins."

"Really?" Qin Xiaoning couldn't believe it: "Two children?"

Jiang Nu nodded: "It's just three months old now. Although the pulse is not very clear yet, based on my experience, it is most likely twins."

They were pregnant with two babies at the same time.

Qin Xiaoning was happy, but also a little disappointed, because this joy could only be enjoyed by her as a mother, but could not be shared with Lu Ji. He had been looking forward to her giving birth to a child for him.

After leaving the clinic, the cool breeze blew on my face. Summer was slowly passing away and autumn was about to come.

This autumn is the season when Lu Ji is going to marry the daughter of Wang from Langya.

Well, he was going to be someone else's husband, and these two children were destined to be hers.

Qin Xiaoning is an optimist. Thinking of this, the haze that had just lingered in her heart was immediately swept away.

She stood in the late summer breeze, looking up at the endless blue sky, her heart filled with the joy of becoming a mother.

"Miss-"

It was not until she heard the familiar voice that Qin Xiaoning regained her composure and slowly turned around: "Juxian, I haven't seen you for a while."

Although this girl repeatedly turned her back on Qin Xiaoning because she was jealous that Zhao Yuan liked her, Qin Xiaoning knew that she was a good person, so she never held a grudge against her.

Seeing Qin Xiaoning's smiling face, Juxian's shy expression relaxed slightly: "Are you here to see Master for a pulse check?"

Qin Xiaoning said yes.

She greeted him with concern, "Is your pulse okay?"

"All good." Qin Xiaoning replied with a smile.

Seeing that Juxian seemed to be hesitant to speak, she asked, "Did you come to see me on purpose? Is there something wrong?"

Juxian hesitated for a moment, and replied with difficulty: "Something happened to the young master, does the lady know?"

"What happened?" Qin Xiaoning asked, "I didn't hear Madam Jiang mention it just now."

"Master has always been open-minded. Besides, she probably doesn't want to upset you by telling you these bad things."

Juxian sighed, "Young Master followed the government to help with flood relief, and was accidentally hit by a collapsed stone wall and broke his leg. I'm afraid he will be disabled in the future."

Qin Xiaoning was stunned when she heard the news: "How is he now?"

"Not very good." Juxian said, "The young master was depressed all day long after learning that he would be lame in the future."

She raised her eyes and looked at Qin Xiaoning: "Madam, I would like you to go over and see the young master, comfort him, and cheer him up."

Qin Xiaoning was silent for a while after hearing this, then raised her eyes to look at Juxian and said solemnly: "I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request."

"It's not that I don't know the meaning of love, but if I do this, it will only make him fall deeper and deeper."

She smiled self-deprecatingly: "I won't accept him. Since there is no possibility, I don't want to give him hope anymore."

In the end, it will be more painful if your hopes are not met.

"But the young master is depressed all day long. I'm worried that he will be depressed." Juxian wiped her tears and said, "He only has you in his heart. Only you can comfort him."

Qin Xiaoning looked at Juxian and asked directly: "Aju, do you like Mr. Zhao?"

Juxian blushed upon hearing this, and stammered, "I am just receiving great favors from the Zhao family, and I regard you as my benefactor."

"That's not the case." Qin Xiaoning said, "You just like him. You love Zhao Yuan. You love him deeply."

Seeing her thoughts being spoken out by Qin Xiaoning without any scruples, Juxian was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to say for a moment. After holding it in for a long time, she stammered, "Madam, I, I didn't, I didn't."