The room fell silent. Everyone left, including the Duke's wife. Only Qu Moying and Madam Qi were left in the room.
Qu Moying wanted to take her hand back, but Madam Qi grabbed her hand and stopped her from doing so.
“Are you…are you…clear…clear?” Madam Qi asked anxiously, her voice trembling unconsciously.
She had said something similar before, and knew that Qu Moying already knew something, but she had never said it so openly. Seeing the stern look in Qu Moying's eyes, Madam Qi didn't know what to do now.
Qu Moying wanted to move Madam Qi's hand away from her wrist, but Madam Qi used great force because she was still worried.
Helplessly, he raised his head and looked at Madam Qi calmly and said, "Madam, I know that my mother is your biological daughter, but Madam Liu is not!"
One sentence blew away the illusion that the Duke of Qi's Mansion had tried so hard to maintain in the past. Where did all the love and care come from? It was just compensation, and the compensation had not yet been given to the people who deserved it.
The person she loves is gone, and no amount of compensation will be of any use.
Although she knew that Qu Moying had known it for a long time, Madam Qi still couldn't bear it when she heard her say it. Tears fell one by one and she burst into tears.
"Your mother is my daughter, my only daughter. It was such a mess back then... I... I gave birth to her prematurely. I didn't expect you... your grandfather would actually do such a thing. He actually... actually left the eldest sister-in-law's daughter behind and replaced her with my daughter. If I had known... if I had known... I would definitely not agree."
Her daughter was so young, so she took good care of her. She didn't expect that the person who replaced her daughter would be her husband.
Qu Moying looked at the old lady who was holding her hand tightly, as if it was a life-saving straw, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly with a hint of sarcasm.
When everyone was still maintaining the illusion, she already knew that this would be the case, so she said nothing at the time, but now she doesn't want to be so confused anymore.
"I... I only found out about this after you returned to Beijing... If I had known this earlier, I would have definitely found your mother." Madam Qi cried for a while before saying again.
"Madam, I believe this." Qu Moying curled her cherry lips and said, "But Madam Liu really can't tolerate my mother, and the Crown Princess can't tolerate me either. I'll make this clear!"
Let’s not beat around the bush. The purpose of my visit today is to be frank and honest.
She didn't intend to beat around the bush with the Duke of Qi's Mansion. Now that her and Liu Jingyu's identities were different, it was natural that she should make things clear.
Whether the relationship is good or bad, it is clear and we don’t want others to take advantage of this opportunity.
"There must be... there must be misunderstandings. The Crown Princess is a good person. How could she... how could she do such a thing? You... don't jump to conclusions. I will ask the Crown Princess." Madam Qi explained anxiously.
"The Duke of Qi's Mansion should have sent someone to investigate what I said before. The Madam and the old Duke should also know whether she has any ill intentions towards my mother. As for the Crown Princess and I, we were not the same kind of people to begin with, and we are even less so now. How could I possibly be on good terms with her when her mother did such a horrible thing to my mother?"
Qu Moying calmly stated this fact.
Long eyelashes
He fluttered twice like a fan, and his eyes fell lightly on Madam Qi.
"If I make peace with the Crown Princess, how can I face my mother who died unjustly in the nine springs of hell?" Qu Moying added this at the end. His voice was not loud, but it struck Madam Qi's heart hard.
Madam Qi covered her chest with her hands and looked at Qu Moying with tears streaming down her face.
"Your mother was killed by Yu, and now Yu is dead too... Even if there were some suspicions before, at least in the end it wasn't... not... someone else..." Madam Qi said with difficulty.
Qu Moying sneered and raised her bright eyes, which were cold and said, "Madam, do you believe this?"
Do you believe it
I don't believe it. Yu was just a concubine at that time, and there were other factors behind Xiao Yue's murder. With Yu's ability at that time, it was impossible for him to force Xiao Yue to such a death.
But the lady just wanted to believe that this was the truth, it was Yu, it was all Yu's fault. She opened her mouth and wanted to explain something, but she found that all the explanations were so insignificant. In the face of Xiao Yue's life, these words were too light, too light!
"Madam, I am not here today to seek justice. What happened is over. My mother cannot say anything now, and I should not say anything either. Otherwise, it will be a catastrophic disaster. I understand what you mean. It is best to suppress this matter and never let anyone know about it."
Qu Moying lowered her head to look at the handkerchief in her hand and spoke slowly, her eyes falling on the virginity of her handkerchief, but she seemed to be looking at something through the handkerchief, with a somewhat indifferent expression.
It was as if the person in front of her was not the white-haired, crying Madam Qi.
"Madam, I can't make friends with the Crown Princess, nor can I be respectful to Madam Liu. Duke Qi's Mansion can pretend that nothing happened, but I can't. If there is anything else happening to the Crown Princess in the future, I hope Madam Qi will not say anything that will make people misunderstand that the Crown Princess and I have a very good relationship. I am me, and she is her."
Every word was spoken quietly and lightly, but it created a big hole in people's hearts, a big bloody hole. All the things that they dared not recall and could not bear to recall were torn apart, and the bloody wound was clearly exposed. They no longer retreated, nor were they afraid.
The lady was crying so hard that she couldn't get up, but she still held Qu Moying's hand with one hand, not letting her leave.
Qu Moying squatted down, picked up the handkerchief and wiped the tears from Madam Qi's eyes, and smiled bitterly: "Madam, please let me go. I have been here long enough, and it is time for me to go back."
"Don't go, you... don't go!" Madam Qi was not willing to let Qu Moying leave just like that. She had a feeling that if she let Qu Moying leave just like that, they would be real strangers from then on.
The Prince of England's Palace is not like the Qu Palace. If the Prince of England's Palace breaks off its ties with the Duke of Qi's Palace, the Duke of Qi's Palace will not dare to force a visit.
"We will... we will give your mother an explanation. We will never let your mother die in vain. There will be a way, there must be a way. Jingyu is different from her mother. She is a good person. In the future... everything will be revealed to the world." Madam Qi held Qu Moying's hand and begged.
So we have to wait until Liu Jingyu ascends the throne of Queen, then rehabilitate Madam Liu’s biological mother, and then restore my mother’s previous status
Qu Moying sneered in his heart, afraid that by then his bones would have
Turned to ashes, do you want to be honored after your death
Not to mention that she wanted to seek revenge on Pei Luoan and would not watch him step on the skulls of her family to ascend to such a position, the hatred that Liu Jingyu had for her was definitely no less than that of Madam Liu towards her mother.
How could he see that his wife was safe and sound
He reached out and held Madam Qi's hand, and slowly pulled her hand away: "Madam, don't worry, it's all over. Whether she is the daughter of Duke Qi or not has nothing to do with mother, and it has nothing to do with me either. It should be the same as it should be. Otherwise, it would be a waste of the kindness that the Yue family has shown to mother."
The hands were pulled apart little by little, and Qu Moying's wrists could be retracted.
Suddenly, the door was kicked open, and Qi Xiunan, the second son of Duke Qi's mansion, kicked the door in furiously. Seeing Qu Moying pulling Madam Qi's hand, he immediately rushed over and said angrily: "What does Princess Ying mean by this? Why are you hitting my grandmother?"
As he spoke, he had already reached out and grabbed Qu Moying's wrist.
Qu Moying stood up, his eyebrows and eyes sharp, and he shouted: "How dare you!"
Her voice was sharp, totally different from her weak image. That aura actually made Qi Xiu Nan stop in his tracks.
"Second Young Master Qi, please pull Madam Qi away. She has grabbed my wrist." Qu Moying had no smile on his face. He stared coldly at the Second Young Master Qi with a chill in his eyes.
"Xiunan, what are you doing? Your grandmother told you not to go in." The wife of the Duke of Qi also rushed over at this time, grabbed Qi Xiuanan and said anxiously.
When Qi Xiu Nan came to pay his respects to the lady, he saw his mother standing in the yard. After asking, he learned that the Princess of England and his grandmother were talking inside. He stood outside for a while. Although he didn't hear clearly what they were saying, he could hear the lady crying bitterly.
After enduring it again and again, he finally couldn't bear it anymore. His cousin said that the British princess was not someone to be trifled with. How could he let her stay in there!
Then he kicked the door open while the wife of the Duke of Qi was not paying attention.
"Madam, that's all I have to say. From now on, if Miss Qi is willing to date me, I welcome you. As for other people... forget it." Qu Moying said to Madam Qi, who was being helped up by the old woman and gradually calmed down.
There will never be peace between her and Liu Jingyu. She must let the Duke of Qi's Mansion know this. It is better not to interfere unnecessarily to avoid further trouble.
It's time to make things clear. She didn't have any feelings for them in the first place.
But even so, she still felt a sour taste in her nose, which was pity for her mother. After all, her mother was an abandoned child, just like her at that time. The pain of people in this world was really similar, especially her mother and herself. "Abandonment" was such a ridiculous word, but it ended her mother's life...
After she finished speaking, she turned around and was about to leave. Her eyes were sore and wet. Even with her decisiveness, she couldn't help the pain in her heart at this moment. She clenched her fists tightly before slowly letting them go.
Blood ties. She lost everything in her previous life, and she actually longed for it in this life, but she couldn't afford it. It didn't belong to her and her mother. After all, it didn't belong to her and her mother.
"Princess Ying, please stay. Can you please stay... and talk more?" The old Duke came in from the gate, trembling as he spoke and stopped Qu Moying.