On the high city wall of the border, Pei Yuanjun stood on it in purple. The wind blew over his black cloak, rustling continually.
His noble and handsome face was cold, and his eyes were as dark as ink. There was a hint of cruelty in his eyes. He seemed to be brewing a storm.
But his cruelty was extremely harmonious with this dark wall!
Here at the border, every soldier guarding here had a fierce expression on their face, making them look completely different from the guards in the capital.
Pei Yuanjun withdrew his gaze and asked indifferently, "He hasn't come yet?"
"Your Highness, he hasn't come yet!" Ji Hai, who was standing behind him, said in surprise. In his opinion, this was inevitable. He did not expect Pei Yuanjun to come here unscathed along the way, which was surprising.
"It seems that the North is really in a mess!" Pei Yuanjun said indifferently. He turned around and walked down the city
Granny Yan looked at Qu Moying in surprise, "She was hostile to you the first time she saw you? And she directly made a move against you this time?"Granny Yan was just a palace maid when she first saw Qu Moying, but even she disdained Qu Moying at that time. Why did an exceptionally noble person like Liu Jingyu have such a strong hostility to Qu Moying?Qu Moying wore an eye veil, so her beautiful face could not be seen completely, which would not cause other women to be so jealous of her. Moreover, she had an eye disease, and she looked a little weak. Different from ordinary women's coquettishness, Qu Moying's fragility was in her bone. However, others couldn't help but pity her because of her fragility coupled with her eye disease.Even if Liu Jingyu didn't like the frailty of women, she did not need to hurt Qu Moying.After all, the two of them had nothing to do with each other!Only if the two of them had s
"If something really happened between Madam and Mrs. Liu, I'm afraid only the elders knew about it. Old Lady Qu might not know, but what about the Old Lady of the Yue Family of the South?" After thinking for a moment, Granny Yan gave a possible guess, "Old Lady Yue may know, and Duchess Qi may also know."Old Lady Yue was far away in the South, so it was quite difficult to inquire her about the matter. It was hard to explain the matter clearly by having someone deliver messages or letters. Moreover, Old Lady Yue might not tell the truth, and Qu Moying needed to further observe and investigate the situation.It seemed that the only one she could ask was Duchess Qi. Qu Moying thought that Duchess Qi treated her quite well and that she was kind.Qu Moying preferred Duchess Qi to Duke Qi. After all, it was because of Duke Qi that Minister Liu was snatched away from Qu Moying's mother. If Duke Qi hadn't intervened by asking for an imperial ed
Second Madam Qi straightened her body and asked her daughter seriously, "Do you think Jingyu is dealing with Fourth Lady Qu?""Yes. I guess not only me but also many young ladies thought the same. You didn't see how aggressive Cousin Jingyu was! She seemed to be threatening Fourth Lady Qu, and she almost quarreled with East Mansion's Princess Ji." Qi Xiangyu sneered.There was no outsider in the room, so she did not need to hide her feelings.She did not like Liu Jingyu.As the only daughter of Duke Qi's only son, she felt displeased that it was actually Liu Jingyu but not her who got the title of County Lady. Every time she heard someone call Liu Jingyu "County Lady", she felt angry and aggrieved.Therefore, the harmony between Liu Jingyu and her was only for show.However, Liu Jingyu was very smart. Every time she came to Duke Qi's Mansion, she could make Duchess Qi and even Duke Qi happy. In this
Granny Zhou asked anxiously, "Lady, why do you want Madam's Buddhist scriptures?"Surprised, Qu Moying looked at Granny Zhou, who was overreacting, and asked, "Granny Zhou, is there anything wrong with my mother's Buddhist scriptures?""No... no!" Granny Zhou shook her head in panic and explained, "It's just that those Buddhist scriptures were Madam's dowry. Old Lady Yue specially asked a renowned monk in the South to bless those scriptures for Madam.""Third Sister said that she wanted to copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for my grandmother and father and wanted to borrow the Buddhist scriptures. She might know that there were Buddhist scriptures in my mother's dowry."Qu Moying smiled.Granny Zhou asked, "How many of them does she want?""How many Buddhist scriptures are there in total?""There are a set of five copies in total." Granny Zhou answered after thinking for a moment. She st
"Third Lady, our Lady said that our Madam's things are too messy and haven't been sorted out yet. Many things have been lost. It's difficult to find out the few Buddhist scriptures, so our Lady let me borrow a Buddhist scripture from others for you. Third Lady, you can copy this one first. After our Lady finds our Madam's Buddhist scriptures, she will send them to you."Yu Dong said with a cheeky smile and handed over the Buddhist scripture in his hand. Although his words were polite, he looked quite disrespectful.After he finished speaking, he even raised his eyes and stole a glance at Qu Qiuyan's reaction.Qu Qiuyan happened to see his disrespectful action, and her face turned pale with anger. She pressed her hand on the railing of the chair and suppressed her anger."I'm not in a hurry. I can wait for your Lady to find them.""How can you not be in a hurry? Our Lady said that you are going to pray for the Ol
Old Lady Ji asked in surprise, "Are you saying that the Third Lady of Vice Minister Qu's Mansion is here to visit Madam Duan?"She was afraid of Qu Moying, but she did not know Qu Qiuyan well. She didn't think Qu Qiuyan had anything to do with her family.However, she did not dare to reject Qu Qiuyan because she had heard that Qu Qiuyan had something to do with Lord Jing.She had thought that her eldest granddaughter would definitely be the Crown Princess, but she heard from Xiao that the Crown Prince might marry Minister Liu's daughter, County Lady Jingyu, so Old Lady Ji became more and more low-key.It seemed that she couldn't afford to offend anyone. Thinking of this, she felt inexplicably sad. She wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and tears fell.She thought that if her eldest son and second granddaughter were still alive, she would not have to worry.Old Lady Ji choked with sobs. "Let her in!"
"Third Lady Qu is going to enter Lord Jing Mansion, isn't she?" Old Lady Ji sighed. In fact, she was also very angry. She had never seen an unmarried lady do such a thing as Qu Qiuyan. Qu Qiuyan actually sent a maid to speak up for Duan. Old Lady Ji was reluctant to let Duan out, but she couldn't say no because she didn't make any excessive requests but only asked to let Duan go out.However, Old Lady Ji felt very aggrieved. When her eldest son was alive, she had never been treated like this.Back then, if she showed a trace of displeasure, those madams and ladies would try their best to please her.She compared her two sons in her heart and felt that her second son was really useless.Moreover, the second branch couldn't compare with the first branch.Xiao said disdainfully, "Mother, even if she enters Lord Jing Mansion, with her reputation, she will at most be a concubine. She couldn't even be a Side Princess.
The Old Lady felt that Qu Moying's clothes were not enough, and she wanted to ensure that Qu Moying had enough clothes for formal occasions.As for Qu Qiuyan, the Old Lady thought that since she wanted to have two sets of clothes made for Qu Moying, it was no big deal to also have two sets of clothes made for Qu Qiuyan."Yes, Your Ladyship!" Granny Wu replied. After dividing the gifts for Qu Moying and Qu Qiuyan, she asked two old maids to send the gifts to the two of them respectively.Qu Moying accepted the gifts and rewarded the old maid who sent the gifts over. Then, she sat down and wondered what this so-called chrysanthemum viewing party was.Although she knew that Duchess Qi would definitely send gifts in return, she did not expect that there would be a chrysanthemum viewing party. Ever since Duke Qi gave up his leading post, Duke Qi's Mansion had been very low-key and rarely held parties."The scale of t