"Dear..." Li came to her senses first. Suddenly, she wailed louder, "You are my daughter! I-If you don't care about our feelings, we won't mind being sent to the court. Anyway, when we can't take our daughter back, w-what's the point of staying alive?"
Liu Shan also wiped his tears, lowered his head, and cried, as if he would accept whatever came at him for the sake of his daughter.
Yu Dong glared at them furiously as if he wanted to burn them alive with his eyes. Although he had predicted this to happen, he was exasperated when he looked at this couple, who was soft-spoken and polite to him a few days ago.
What a shameless couple! Second Madam really put in a lot of effort to find such a pair of shameless people to harm his lady!
He would have beaten these two scoundrels up had they not been here in Qu Zhizhen's study.
"Dear, you asked Yu Dong to give us things at the back door. The old maid at the back door ca
"Moying, let me take a look!" Qu Qiuyan could not help but speak again.It was hard for Qu Qiuyan to hide the excitement in her eyes. As long as she could prove that Qu Moying was not Father's daughter, everything next would go smoothly, and Mother could be proved innocent from Qu Moying's "accusation".In this case, Qu Qiuyan could blame everything that happened at Crown Princess' funeral on Qu Moying, claiming that everything was plotted by Qu Moying and that Qu Moying framed her and Mother up. Qu Moying did this because she found out that Mother suspected her of not being Father's biological daughter, so she set up such a trap and then claimed that Mother was to blame.With this story, Mother and herself would be off the hook."Take a look? Why? Do you think that I, a dignified lady in Vice Minister's Mansion, should reveal my body for you to check based on some hearsay?"Qu Moying sneered, and her snow-white
Qu Zhizhen had been inside the inner room for a while, but he had not come out. The people in the inner room spoke very softly. Those who were outside could only hear faint voices, but they couldn't hear what the people inside were saying. Both the couple and Qu Qiuyan were on pins and needles now.Qu Qiuyan crumpled the handkerchief in her hand into a ball. She released the handkerchief a little, and then wrung it again. She was restless.After a long time, they heard a voice coming out from the inner room. Qu Zhizhen walked out first with anger. He sat behind the desk and glared coldly and sharply at the couple kneeling below.His glare frightened Li and Liu Shan so much that they lowered their heads and did not dare to look up."Guards, take them down. Flog them twenty times as the punishment for falsely claiming the official's daughter as theirs, and then send them to the court," Qu Zhizhen shouted harshly.
"Granny Zhou, did Mother leave these for me?" Qu Moying suddenly stood up and looked at the small package in front of her in shock.There were two reasons why she took Granny Zhou with her. Firstly, Granny Zhou led a difficult life in Earl Ling'an's Mansion. Secondly, Granny Zhou was Second Madam Qu's dowry maid, so Granny Zhou had a good understanding of what happened to Mother.When she came back, Granny Zhou did tell her some things about the past. Back then, Yu gave birth prematurely and blamed it on Mother. After a big quarrel, Qu Zhizhen reprimanded Mother and asked her to go to the convent for a period of time. Though Mother was pregnant at that time, she had no choice but to leave.Because of this, Mother was heartbroken. The sorrow affected her health and led to her premature childbirth. Then, Mother died in difficult labor. Old Lady only managed to see Mother one last time when she rushed over, while the so-called Father did no
They were both blood jade bracelets with tear-shaped green gem pendants. The bracelet holder of Second Madam Qu's bracelets was the design of a pair of peach blossoms with multi-layer petals. Meanwhile, the bracelet holder of Yue's bracelets was a pair of five-petal, single-layer peach blossoms.Although it was multi-layered, there were not so many petals. There were only three extra petals. Granny Zhou clearly knew this feature as she had seen it before. She would have missed it had she not looked it closer."I have never seen the pair of bracelets Mother left." Qu Moying shook her head, not remembering such bracelets in her memory. Needless to say, they must be in Yu's hands now."My lady, the bracelets were the dowry that Old Lady Yue gave to Madam. Back then, it was stated that the bracelets would only be passed on to daughters and not sons. When they had a daughter, the bracelets would be passed on to her. When they had a son, the b
Granny Wu brought an old maid into the room. From the looks of it, the old maid did not come from an ordinary family. She followed the rules after stepping into the room. She first bowed to Qu Moying, then took out a letter from her pocket with a smile. With her head low, she respectfully handed it over. "Fourth Lady Qu, this is a letter from our Princess Ji.""A letter? What's the matter?" When Yu Chun went to receive it, Qu Moying raised her eyebrows and asked."I do not know, Fourth Lady Qu. Please read the letter first." The old maid said with a smile. Her words and actions were very appropriate.Not saying anything else, Qu Moying took the letter from Yu Chun and read it quickly. When she finished reading it, she paused for a moment and then turned to Granny Wu. "Granny Wu, do you know that my mother's pair of bracelets, which was a part of her dowry, was specially sent here by my maternal grandmother?""What bracelets?
After searching through Yu's place, Granny Wu came to Qu Qiuyan's Furong House."Granny Wu, what's the matter?" Qu Qiuyan, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, stood up in surprise and looked at Granny Wu and the several rough servants behind her."Greetings, Third Lady." Granny Wu stepped forward and bowed. Third Lady was not like Yu. Yu's current situation was not good, but it did not mean that Third Lady's situation was bad as well.Granny Wu was someone by the Old Lady's side. Of course, she knew that there was a relationship between Qu Qiuyan and Lord Jing. No one was sure what would happen in the future."Granny Wu, you are too polite. Do you come here because something happened to Grandmother?" Qu Qiuyan asked softly, her face full of surprise."The Old Lady lost a pair of bracelets. I went to Madam's place just now. Madam said that the bracelets might be with you, Third Lady, so she asked me t
Early the next morning, Qu Moying got up. After saying goodbye to the Old Lady, she got into the carriage alone and went to the Crown Prince's Mansion. Today was the day of Ji Hanyue's funeral. Those who went there were people close to her in the past. In Qu Mansion, Qu Moying was the only one who had such qualifications. As for the others, they could only set up an altar by the road.It was still early when she arrived at the Crown Prince's Mansion, but there was an old maid already waiting. She led Qu Mansion's carriage into the Crown Prince's Mansion's door and stopped in the parking lot.Qu Moying got off the carriage, and the old maid went forward to salute."Fourth Lady Qu, please follow me."Qu Moying nodded and brought Yu Dong along to follow behind the old maid. When they arrived at the flower hall, they found that there was no one else there.The flower hall was not big, and it did not look like a plac
Inside the mourning hall, the Crown Prince, Pei Luo'an, was crying on a large chair. He looked haggard, and his face was obviously sickly. His eyes were red and swollen, and his gaze, all this while, was on the coffin in the middle. His reluctance to part with his love was obvious.Beside him were Second Prince, Lord Jing—Pei Yusheng, Third Prince, Lord Wei—Pei Qingmin, and Fourth Prince, Lord Yan—Pei Yanxun.Lord Wei was not in good health. Even though he was an adult, when other Princes were attending hearings, he only occasionally went there, and from time to time, he would get seriously ill. The Emperor only turned a blind eye to his condition. Lord Wei's birth mother was Consort Zhu, and she was not very favored in the palace. In addition, Lord Wei was not in good health, so it was unlikely that he had a chance to fight for power.Since there was no possibility of fighting for power, the Crown Prince had always been concerned about
"Miss Liu, the king said that there is no female master in the residence, so he is not in a position to receive you, and asked if there is anything important you need?" A guard descended from the steps and walked to Liu Lanxin's carriage, giving a respectful salute inside.Liu Lanxin's carriage was again blocked in front of the Ying Wang Mansion."It's an important matter, a message from father's side." Liu Lanxin reached out and pressed the cuff of his sleeve, there was indeed a letter there, a letter to the King of England.The guards didn't dare to delay the border matter and said to Liu Lanxin, "Miss Liu wait a moment."After saying that, he turned around and went inside to report.This time it took a little longer to get in, long enough for the originally chesty Liu Lanxin to feel like things weren't a little unexpected again.Finally, the guards reappeared and smiled at Liu Lanxin, "Miss Liu, our king invites you in.""Good!" A big sto
Zhu Yan'er did not expect Yu Dong actually remembered her, and also demolished her identity, but in her reaction is also fast, slightly flustered after, immediately asked with a smile; "Which house are you from?""Slave servant is from the Qu Mansion, Miss Zhu, please." Yu Dong moved to the side and reached out to lead the way to the private room.Zhu Yan'er this is also difficult to ride the tiger, had to make a look with a few points of bewilderment to the private room, as if she really did not mean it, originally just want to make some trouble out of it, and now also put themselves into it.Yu Dong, the maid, was still recognized by the people around her just now.Her features carried a bit of the innate cluelessness of a young girl, easily inviting, and while some were skeptical, there was a part of her that was immediately convinced that she was truly innocent.It's just the maids under her that are petulant.A maid is not good, even the mast
That rather strange Mr. Zhao was actually amongst the crowd, standing with his hands behind his back under a store on one side, watching the slowly moving carriages on the street.Looking at his upright posture, it is hard to believe that he actually also came to see the fun, should be coincidentally encountered, and he has been blocked up like himself."Mr. Zhao?" Yu Dong saw her stop moving and her gaze looked over.Qu Mo Ying nodded and turned to leave after a couple more looks.Down the stairs, got into the carriage, followed the traffic slowly forward, the curtain of the window of the car outside a layer had been picked up before, the inner layer is made of yarn, from the inside can see the outside, but the outside can not see clearly inside.It wasn't annoying to pass by while looking at the passersby on both sides of the road.See that Zhao Gongzi again, a flash, in fact, did not see clearly, this Zhao Gongzi seems to be talking to a person
"Is it Fourth Miss Qu?" Outside was a maid, looking a little familiar, Yu Dong thought a little and immediately recognized it."It's our young lady." With a slight smile, she stepped forward and replied, giving a bow to the woman standing behind her, Miss Liu Lanxin, the daughter of the Auxiliary General, still wearing the appearance of a thin veil over her eyes."Our lady is from the Auxiliary General's residence, and we have met your lady before." The maiden laughed."Slave girl will go report to our young lady." Yu Dong turned around and went in, and when she came out again she invited Miss Liu in."Miss Liu!" Qu Mo Ying stood up and saluted.Liu Lanxin also smiled and gave a salute, and the two of them politely took their seats."Fang looked like Fourth Miss Qu, so I came over to meet her." Liu Lanxin smiles, "Since the last time I saw Fourth Miss Qu, I didn't expect to see her after such a long time."The last time the two met was in th
The carriage slowly moved forward, Qu Mo Ying sat in the carriage, there has been a period of time did not go to the auxiliary to visit, this time to take advantage of the matter of clothes to go by the way to go to the Yueyi Pavilion to take a look.Qi Gongfu today and sent people over, said some details of the matter, the dowager lady thought to also pay attention to some details, never let people from the top of the clothes than the Qi Gongfu.The more clothes cabinet is doing this kind of business, Qu Mo Ying got the meaning of the dowager lady to the more clothes cabinet to pick some of their own, but also with the shopkeeper Yang aunt to discuss how to better, this aspect of Yang aunt can be regarded as a competent hand, the most will help people accessorize the clothes, some small details, it is possible to affect the overall feeling."Why is it still stuck in traffic?" The carriage had been stuck in the traffic jam for some time, Qu Mo Ying gently lifted th
Sister Miao was from the northern border and had come to the capital before to find someone to join her.In fact, it's not really a family member, just looking for the original village old folks, the village because of a disaster, almost no one escaped again.This part of the past, what Qu Mo Ying knew was not clear, this was Sister Miao's hidden pain, since Sister Miao was not willing to talk about it in detail, she would not force her.In the next period of time, the Duke of Qi's residence sent people over from time to time to deal with some small problems in the details, fearing that there would be the slightest mistake.Attitude prudent so that Mrs. Qu feel that the Duke of Qi is not too much attention, originally just change one of the three, is not the most important set of clothes at the time of the big make-up.Qi Gongfu so practice let her a lot of pressure, as if Qi Gongfu do more than she this pro-grandmother, but also on the heart, is to sho
"Miss, this is the jewelry sent by the Duke of Qi's residence, saying that it's for use with the clothes." Yu Dong walked in with a gift box in her hand.The gift box was put down, and after Sister Yan walked over and opened it, she took a look at it and nodded, "Miss, this is an excellent set of jewelry, it's very suitable for a maturity dress, and I'm afraid the value of this isn't small.""After dispensing, send it back." Qu Mo Ying's eyes were pale as he said."Sending it back, miss, I'm afraid this is not in keeping with etiquette!" Sister Yan shook her head, a big family, since it was sent, where was the reason to return it."The Duke of Qi gave me such a big gift, where can I accept it raw, I have to return the gift, choose one of similar value and return the gift!"Qu Mo Ying thought for a moment and said, she was not willing to owe the Duke of Qi at all, as long as she thought of her mother's death, she felt that the jewelry in front of her wei
"Mother, what is the matter you called me over for?" As Liu Jingyu entered, she playfully bowed to Mrs. Liu."Sit here mother." Mrs. Willow beckoned to her.Seeing her mother's rare closeness, Liu Jingyu was in quite a good mood as she took two steps forward and sat down next to Mrs. Liu.Mrs. Liu looked at Liu Jingyu to say something."Mother, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Mrs. Liu in this form, Liu Jingyu's face sank and she asked eagerly."There is nothing much, just heard the news that came from the Duke of Qi's house before, and felt ..." Mrs. Liu sighed a long breath, and the words came here, and for a while she actually couldn't go on."What did Grandmother do again? Something to do with Qu Mo Ying?" Liu Jingyu asked almost intuitively.The feeling as if she was a natural enemy immediately lifted her spirits.Mrs. Liu nodded gently, "Your maternal grandmother recently did not know what was wrong, but actually so close to this y
"What does Mrs. Qi mean?" Mrs. Qu looked at the matron of the Duke of Qi's house in front of her and said in surprise."Qu second lady's matter, we all feel guilty all over the house, the old Duke of State almost wanted to move to Jiangnan, directly to Qu second lady's father to ask for forgiveness, but the Duke of State did not agree, the old Duke of State must be older after all, I heard that the Qu fourth young lady is going to have her maturity rite, our dowager lady's intention, want to make a set of clothes for the Qu fourth young lady."The granny sent by the Duke of Qi's residence was very good at talking, sighing, feeling, and finally longing.The people of the King's House came and left with great fanfare, a little inquiring to know the meaning of the King's House, actually want to make a set of dresses for this Qu fourth young lady at the time of the maturity of the big makeup."His Highness the King of England has already sent someone." Mrs. Qu wa