After they arrived at the mansion, they visited the Old Lady first. The Old Lady checked Qu Moying’s arms and found the skin not swollen anymore, only looking a bit redder than usual. It was a relief for her. Then she dismissed her two granddaughters to let them have some rest first. After all, their life in the Eastern Palace was still not as convenient as back home.
After Qu Moying went back to the Qianyue House and got changed, a maid came to visit. She was sent by Qu Zhizhen, asking her to have a talk in the study.
Qu Moying washed herself up and headed to Qu Zhizhen’s study with Yu Chun.
The study was located at the outer yard, quite far from the Qianyue House. After several turns, they finally saw the yard where sat the study. It was the first time Qu Zhizhen formally called her over after she came back to the mansion. Before, she only met him in the Old Lady’s yard or the garden.
Every time Qu Moying saw him and curts
Both of them stopped from a distance.After a short pause, Qu Moying walked up, curtsied to Qu Qiuyan, and left with Yu Chun immediately. Qu Qiuyan gazed at her coldly but didn’t lose her temper this time.It took her a while to actually hold back her anger. She had already realized she underestimated her stepsister before, and she couldn’t let her guard down again. Right now, she finally received a message from Lord Jing. It was not the time to start another fight with Qu Moying. Qu Qiuyan’s priority was power now, or all her hard work would become in vain.After a few steps, Yu Chun made sure that no one was around. Then she looked back and asked in shock, “My lady, how come the Third Lady has such a good temper today?”Qu Qiuyan and her maid were long gone.“She is occupied with other things and doesn’t have time to deal with me right now,” said Qu Moying in a flat tone. Qu Qiuyan had to pass Lord Jing’s test
“Nothing wrong. It’s just...the earl is heavily sick right now. He usually doesn’t see guests.” The smile on the chief maid’s face became even more awkward.“But I’m not an ordinary guest. He’s my uncle, and our families are related. Shouldn’t I visit a sick elder in the family?” Qu Moying asked back.It was natural for a youngster to visit a sick elder unless the two families didn’t want to keep in touch.A second ago, the chief maid said the two families should get closer to each other. But right now, she said Qu Moying was just a guest. Her words were clearly inconsistent, obviously rejecting Qu Moying. Shocked by the maid’s rude behavior, everyone looked at her with confusion.“Emm, I mean the earl is too weak to see people. He doesn’t have the energy to meet guests now.” The maid’s explanation was unconvincing.Sitting in the center, the Old Lady frowned and suggested, “How about I let Ying’s father go visi
“Ying, Yu has been ill recently, and her situation seems pretty serious. I wanted to lock her up in the family temple and tell the outsiders that she was sick, but I didn’t expect her to really fall ill. I want to let you and Yan manage the family affairs together. What do you think about it?”“She’s really sick?” Qu Moying lifted her head and asked.Judging by Yu’s personality, Qu Moying knew she wouldn’t give up like this. For Yu, the best way to get around with the situation was to take a step back. If Yu was too sick to even get off the bed, people couldn’t really do anything to her. This was what Qu Moying thought before.Right now, what the Old Lady said seemed to be quite different than her expectation.“It’s true. Even the Imperial Doctor we invited from the royal palace said it would be hard to treat her,” the Old Lady nodded with a sullen face.It was not that easy to bribe the Imperial Doctors, which
“I don’t know who...set me up. It’s just I didn’t notice anything unusual when my younger sister was with me. Then she said she needed some fresh air outside because she felt unwell. I helped her walk out, and then...she never came back. Soon after she left, I...I felt my whole body heated up as the Crown Prince walked up to me and wanted to ask about her.”Qu Qiuyan cried sorrowfully, “Then I didn’t know what happened later. I only...only remember Your Royal Highness and other people came inside...”She didn’t directly say it was Qu Moying, but her indication was clear enough to understand. She meant that Qu Moying framed her after she helped her walk out.Of course, Qu Qiuyan didn’t have direct proof, but she didn’t need it since she didn’t directly say Qu Moying was the one behind it. “Your younger sister doesn’t seem as simple as she looks!” Pei Yusheng stayed silent for a second and said with a displeased look on his f
No one knew better than Qu Moying about Yu and her daughter’s hatred for her. Since that fire they set, they couldn’t tolerate her existence anymore.There was nothing she could change, so why would she be afraid of it? Or to say, her fear had no influence on the result. Her rebirth already meant the start of this path, stained by blood. The smile on her face contained anger and indifference that she usually wouldn’t show. Maybe the dark night or something else made her stop covering her real emotions with calmness.Her words carried a trace of disdain and horrifying coldness. Still, the toughness she showed surprisingly made her look more pitiful.After all, she was just a fourteen-year-old powerless girl, but what she had been through gave her tremendous anger, coldness, and even a spirit of rebellion. For the first time, Pei Yuanjun took a close look at this girl in front of him. He always knew she had a good appearance, looking weak
Qu Moying lifted her head with her eyes wide open. An unsettled feeling arose in her heart, making her clench her clothes and hold her breath unconsciously.“Earl Ling’an passed away,” the Old Lady said in a deep voice.Her words hit Qu Moying’s heart like a heavy strike as those eyes behind the veil were immediately filled with tears. She had to bite her lip hard to suppress the pain that tasted like blood.She knew her father died a long time ago, in a miserable way, and the current death announcement was faked. Or to say, she was the one who forced the Ji Family to announce it earlier. However, hearing it with her own ears again was still so painful. She was exhausted from controlling her boiling emotions, felt depressed, and couldn’t even breathe smoothly. In a blink, time jumped back to the day when she heard it for the first time on the Linyuan Pavilion.Those cruel words came out of Ji Youran’s mouth. Every single one
“The Crown Princess is dead. Earl Ling’an is dead. Now that blind girl has no one to rely on. Hahaha...” Yu’s laugh sounded restrained but mad.Qu Qiuyan frowned at her and pulled a long face. “Mother, this is not the focus. We have to prove Qu Qiuyan is a fake and show her true colors to everyone.”“She’s not a fake. She is the real Qu Moying, definitely the real one,” Yu stopped laughing and said while panting heavily. “Mother, you lost your mind because of the sickness. You said she was a fake one before.”Annoyed by her mother’s absurd words, Qu Qiuyan raised her voice.When she told Yu about her suspicions, Yu agreed with her and even let her tell Lord Jing about it to blame what happened in the Eastern Palace on Qu Moying. But right now, Yu changed her words and said that girl was the real Qu Moying. Yu’s inconsistent behavior irritated Qu Qiuyan.Right now, she was almost convinced that the current Qu Moy
Qu Zhizhen’s ankle was not severely injured. He recovered pretty quickly and could walk already. As long as he didn’t walk too fast, he wouldn’t even feel pain.“My lady, one day I saw a strange couple waiting at the back door of our mansion. Then Fourth Lady’s private maid named Yu Dong came out and talked to them. They seemed to have an argument. Then Yu Dong handed them a small bag and urged them to leave.”“I found the whole thing very weird. I heard only a wet nurse was staying with Fourth Lady to take care of her. It should be people like a couple who served her. After Yu Dong left, I went to ask the old maid who guards the back door. She told me that this couple came several times these two days. And...and...”“And what?” Qu Qiuyan asked in shock.Behind the wall, Qu Zhizhen’a attention was caught by the maid’s words too.“And the old maid told me that Yu Dong has been giving things to that couple. It sta