"It's a hairpin.""Huh, a golden hairpin decorated with purple pearls.""I've never seen purple pearls before. I wonder how much do they cost.""It must belong to a rich family.""Judging by the clothes the boy wears, his young master must be pretty poor. He shouldn't afford such a valuable thing. Wait, what's this? A note?"Someone noticed a note dropped from the wallet and hurriedly picked it up before anyone else."I have to return these beautiful pearls with tears in my eyes. I wish I had met you before getting married." The one who picked the note up was not illiterate, and he read the words on it out loud.Although some people couldn't comprehend the first sentence, the second one was straightforward enough to understand.It meant a lady was interested in a man and gave him her hairpin as a gift. But the man returned it to her, saying he had already married and didn't

"Third Lady Qu, there might be a misunderstanding. Maybe someone is trying to use this hairpin to set up your family. You can ask your father to check on it. There have to be some clues that he can find out. You and your sister are just two ladies, and it will be inconvenient for you to make an investigation," said Pei Yusheng.His words acted as an excuse for Qu Qiuyan, implying that someone wanted to frame Qu Zhizhen by ruining his daughter's name. Qu Qiuyan was also a victim and had nothing to do with it.Qu Moying raised her brow and stepped back quietly, leaving the space to Qu Qiuyan and Pei Yusheng.Chun Xiu arrived pretty late and didn't see the whole process. Frowning, she looked at the two people in the center and whispered to an old woman next to her, "What happened? Why does Lord Jing spend so much effort defending Third Lady Qu?"At the same time, Qu Qiuyan took out her hanky to wipe her tears, feeling wronged.

"What just happened?""Something about Lady Yu, a lady related to the Qu Family. It seems that she used her cousin, Third Lady Qu, to frame Fourth Lady Qu.""Isn't Lady Yu Second Madam Qu's niece?""Yeah, but it doesn't matter now. I heard Lady Yu married Young Master Yongning.""But Young Master Yongning just broke off the engagement with the Qu Family. It's said that he is going to marry Second Lady Duan. Why is he involved with Lady Yu now? Lady Yu must've married him as a concubine! She literally couldn't wait a single second to be his concubine after his engagement was canceled. So shameless!""I can't believe a noble lady like her lowered herself to marry someone as a concubine. It's disgusting."Yu Qingmeng moved into the Marquis Yongning's Mansion secretly, so not many outsiders knew about it."I heard Young Master Yongning took Lady Yu and Fourth Lady Qu to go shopping one day,

"I have my own ways. Don't worry about it. All you need to do is be a noble lady, staying in your room, doing some embroidery, and reading some books until the situation calmed down. As for Qu Moying, we still have your father's support, remember?" Yu sneered."Okay. After Father comes back, I will teach that low-life girl a good lesson!" Qu Qiuyan said resentfully. She had never lost this big before, and she would make sure to ask her father to give Qu Moying some proper punishment.Father trusted her and her mother the most. If she and Yu both said the same things, Qu Qiuyan was sure that her father would make Qu Moying pay for what she did.When Qu Zhizhen came back, it was fifteen minutes before one pm. Hearing he first went to the Old Lady's yard, Qu Qiuyan couldn't wait anymore and hurried there with her maids. When she arrived at the Old Lady's yard gate, she saw Qu Zhizhen coming out and rushed over."Father, Moying

"Do you really think it's feasible?" sitting in his study room, the Crown Prince asked his advisors with a sullen face.They were the only people in the room, and all the eunuchs serving them stayed outside the yard gate, not daring to move closer at all."Your Royal Highness, this is the only option. If His Majesty finds out you are the one behind it, that will be very troublesome." One of his advisors shook his head, frowning, "What you did was a bit careless, Your Royal Highness.""Your Royal Highness, I agree with him. Lord Yun is such an evil and arrogant man. Your Royal Highness, you didn't get rid of him this time. If you continue to try it, he will cause you trouble. But after we announced the Crown Princess's death, everyone thinks you will be occupied by the sorrow, and they won't suspect you at all. People know that the assassination was designed by someone from the royal family. Except for you, the only suspicious people left