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
Qi Xiuran braced himself and replied, "Grandfather, that's also what I heard!"Duke Qi said, "She's a good child. She has a nice personality and a good moral character. She's quite pitiful. She is probably quite good-looking, too."Hearing Duke Qi's comment on Qu Moying, Qi Xiuran was stunned and began to feel weird."You can take a look at her at the party. If you take a fancy to her, I will be willing to see you marrying her. She seems to know how to play the qin as well. She's a good match for you." Duke Qi stroked his beard and nodded with a smile.Qi Xiuran felt that his grandfather had changed into another person."Since when did Grandfather care so much about my marriage? And it seems that he has chosen Fourth Lady Qu for me."It was not that Qi Xiuran looked down upon Qu Moying, but he really had never thought about marrying Qu Moying. He felt that he and Qu Moying were not in the same circl
If he was just an ordinary maid, he might have believed the two court runners' words. If a maid failed to get any information from the Yamen but accidentally got information from somewhere else, she would definitely take the news for real and tell her Master in a hurry.But he was not an ordinary maid!"Tell me about it!" Qu Moying smiled. She had been expecting a loophole in this matter. If there was no loophole, she would have to go to court.The second branch of the Ji Family was behind this matter. It seemed that they didn't want to go to court either.If they went to court, more people would know about this matter, making it more likely to be a suspicious case. It would be good for both parties if this thing could be settled in private before going to court.As for the other party's tough attitude, it was just for show.Qu Moying could now basically confirm her guess. She was uncertain before,
"Lady, as you instructed me, I said that it was my own idea and that I have to ask you for the specific time." Yu Dong reported. He rolled his eyes and continued, "Judging from the lad servant's reaction, I think he didn't know that you have become the owner of Yue's Gold Pavilion. However, he seemed to want to keep you waiting for a while."Yu Dong was shrewd. He could tell at a glance that the lad servant specially came for him and that he intentionally stalled for time. If the owner of Yue's Gold Pavilion was still Madam Duan, she might really sell the shop because the case couldn't be solved in private in time, and she was suppressed by Old Lady Ji and the second branch.At most, the other party would compensate her a little, and this case would be considered to be over.Qu Moying nodded. "When will you reply to him?""I said that I would go there two days later. That lad servant asked me to see him directly." Yu Dong sa
On the way back, Yu Dong met Second Young Master Qu, Qu Mingcheng!Yu Dong's head began to sweat as he walked. Seeing Qu Mingcheng coming over with a lad servant, he hurriedly bowed. "Greetings, Second Young Master!"Qu Mingcheng had almost recovered from his injury. Seeing that Yu Dong bowed to him, he stopped and looked at Yu Dong's sweaty face. He asked kindly, "Yu Dong, right? Where did you come back from? Why were you in such a hurry? Did something happen?"Yu Dong answered respectfully, "Yes, I'm Yu Dong. Just now, Fourth Lady ordered me to return the book to Earl Ling'an's Mansion!"He lowered his head and kept looking at the ground. He was very well-behaved."That Buddhist scripture?" Qu Mingcheng asked. Obviously, he had already known about the dispute between his younger sister and Qu Moying.Yu Dong answered, "Yes, Earl Ling'an's Mansion's Madam Duan said that she lent us the wrong one, s