Duchess Qi was stunned and did not immediately realize who she was talking about.
"Fourth Lady Qu is my Second Younger Sister's cousin, so she is also my cousin. I wonder if you can let me see her? The Crown Prince wants to know how she is doing in Vice Minister Qu's Mansion... so he specifically ordered me to ask." Ji Youran explained with a smile.
"Fourth Lady Qu is outside the door." Liu Jingyu had regained her composure. She stood up and said softly, "I will go and invite her in."
"No need. I want to go out for a walk. I happen to have something to ask her in private. Duchess Qi, County Lady Jingyu, I hope you don't mind."
Ji Youran stood up.
Duchess Qi naturally would not stop Ji Youran. She watched Ji Youran slowly walk out with a few palace maids and then focused her eyes on Liu Jingyu.
Liu Jingyu sensed that Duchess Qi was looking at her. She smiled at Duchess Qi with a natural expression, w
It was actually her Grandfather's servant.If her Grandfather was looking for her Grandmother, why didn't this servant go in? Why was he sneaking around? There seemed to be something in his hands. Did her Grandfather ask him to show it to her Grandmother?Although Liu Jingyu was surprised, she did not take it to heart. She had something more important to do, so she continued to move forward.The servant, who was hiding in the shadows, shrank back and carefully avoided Liu Jingyu's gaze. He was still waiting. He had just come over, but he did not see the person he was waiting for.Qu Moying sat quietly behind Madam Dowager. She lowered her head and played with the handkerchief in her hand, casually listening to the conversation of the madams in the reception hall."Moying, Moying." Qu Moying felt her sleeve was pulled by someone, and she looked up at Qu Xuexin.Qu Xuexin leaned over and whispered to
"County Lady, please go ahead!" Qu Moying said lightly after pondering for a moment."I heard that you are the ex-Crown Princess' cousin, and she took good care of you in the past. But when the ex-Crown Princess was seriously ill, why didn't you go to the Crown Prince's Mansion to take care of her? And you made a scene at the ex-Crown Princess and Earl Ling'an's funerals. Is the rumor wrong? Is there something we don't know between you and the ex-Crown Princess?"Liu Jingyu said in a gentle voice with a polite smile on her face. She even lowered her head and said, "If I said something wrong, please forgive me. Grandmother was kind to you out there just now, so I couldn't help asking."What she meant was that everyone knew these things and was spreading rumors. She wanted to know the truth from Qu Moying.A hint of gloominess flashed through Qu Moying's eyes. This time, she was sure that Liu Jingyu was really unkind to her, b
"Fourth Lady Qu, do you dare to talk to me in the Water Pavilion?" Yan Yujiao frowned as she tried her best to suppress her anger."I dare not!" Qu Moying looked at the Water Pavilion not far away and shook her head. She did not want to act on impulse.The Water Pavilion was built near the water. Where they were standing now happened to be an entrance. It was quiet and beautiful there, and it was indeed a good place to talk.However, Qu Moying did not want to go!Yan Yujiao did not expect her to refuse so decisively. She felt stuffy in her chest and sneered, "You are so timid, yet you dared to contradict County Lady Jingyu just now.""I'm indeed timid, but I do dare to contradict County Lady Jingyu! As for you, Miss Yan, I wonder how you dared to stand up for County Lady Jingyu and blaspheme the ex-Crown Princess." The corners of Qu Moying's lips curled up slightly. She didn't care who instigated Yan Yujiao to s
After saying that, Qu Qiuyan turned around and left, but after a few steps, she stopped and said, "Moying, why don't you come with me? It might be another letter for you.""No, thank you, Third Sister. Someone must have sent the wrong letter." Qu Moying said indifferently. She sat still, not intending to stand up.No matter what Qu Qiuyan was planning, Qu Moying did not intend to follow her out this time.Judging from Qu Qiuyan's previous panic-stricken look and her calm look now, Qu Moying thought Qu Qiuyan must have come up with another plan after her first plan failed. Although Qu Moying did not know what Qu Qiuyan's new plan was, she guessed it must have something to do with the first plan. Perhaps it was a plan to prevent the unexpected aftermath of the failed assassination.Qu Qiuyan was not so capable as to make a move in Duke Qi's Mansion. There must be someone who made the preparations for her outside the mansion.
The carriage to pick up Qu Moying did not wait at the door of Duke Qi's Mansion's backyard. Instead, it waited on the opposite side of the road, close to the backyard door of the other mansion, which made people feel like the carriage was waiting for someone in the opposite mansion.The door of Duke Qi's Mansion opened, and a maid came out. She looked around and seemed to be looking for someone.The carriage driver reacted. He drove the carriage over to the maid, his face almost covered by his hat. "Lady, are you going to the Yamen?""Yes, wait a moment. Our Miss will be here soon." The maid hurriedly nodded, turned around, and walked inside. It seemed that she was going to call her miss over.The carriage driver breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly his expression changed. He pulled the carriage shaft, jumped down from the other side of the carriage, turned around, and ran. In the blink of an eye, he ran far away and ente
Qu Moying was slightly stunned. She looked at Qi Xiangyu through the eye veil. Qi Xiangyu was supposed to have a higher status than Liu Jingyu because she was Duke Qi's granddaughter. However, she was out of favor because she was not related to Duchess Qi by blood. As a result, the position of County Lady which Duke Qi had exchanged for fell into Liu Jingyu's hands.Sure enough, judging from her words, no one was stupid."Thank you, Miss Qi." Qu Moying smiled gently.Qu Moying was a little thinner than the average girl. Her palm-sized face was covered by a wide eye veil, and only her lips were visible through the veil, making her look extremely weak.After hearing Qi Xiangyu's words, Qu Moying still looked calm.Qi Xiangyu pursed her lips and smiled. She was disappointed and did not say anything more. It seemed that Qu Moying did not dare to make a fuss out of this.Along the way, the two of them di
The Empress was scolded, but she only learned from the Emperor's words that someone wanted to assassinate Lord Yun. She did not know who the assassin was, but she was sure that her people did not make a move this time. It must be done by Noble Consort He and Lord Jing.Noble Consort He also didn't look well. As an imperial concubine and also the Emperor's favored imperial concubine, she had never been questioned like this. She was angry. Seeing the Empress staring at her, she suppressed her anger and forced a smile. She asked gently, "Your Majesty, what exactly happened? I came late, so I didn't understand."She meant that the Empress had been reprimanded for a longer time than her. The Empress' expression became even gloomier. She sneered, "Since you did not hear clearly, let me tell you. Someone tried to murder Lord Yun. I heard that it is related to the palace. His Majesty reprimanded me for not managing the inner palace well so that someone in th
"Mother, is there anything else?" Seeing the Empress' expression, Pei Luo'an asked uneasily."Actually, it's nothing..." The Empress thought for a moment and decided not to say it. "That's it. I am just unlucky today. How is your marriage? Do you like Liu Jingyu? She has Duke Qi's Mansion as her support, and she is the most beloved junior of Duke Qi. Minister Liu is also young and promising. He might be able to join the imperial cabinet soon. It's good for you to marry her."Marrying Liu Jingyu would have a lot of benefits, no less than marrying the Guardian General's daughter."Mother, there is no rush." Pei Luo'an frowned and said weakly, "I want to be in mourning for the ex-Crown Princess for a while longer.""It's urgent! You are the Crown Prince of the country. Previously, you delayed your marriage because of Ji Hanyue. Now, you don't have a son or a daughter. If Lord Jing gets married before you and has a child, you wi
"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