"It's possible. If this is true, then this maid deserves death." The other lady was silent for a moment and nodded, "It's possible that she made the Crown Princess lose face. If I had such a maid in my house, I would not let her stay."
"Not being able to keep him is one thing, but suppressing your anger is another. What's more, this also involves the prince's reputation!" the first lady said again.
Although the maid who climbed onto the bed was hateful, the fact that the prince was willing to give up the princess to save this maid showed that this maid was also favored.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is too ridiculous."
This Crown Prince is really hopeless, as he could abandon the official Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace to fool around with a maid. This kind of thing is not only disrespectful to the Queen, but also to everyone else.
What they said about deep affection is indeed a lie.
"Be careful with your words!" another lady immediately warned. Although they were careful about gossip, they were afraid that there might be ears on the other side of the wall.
The voice on the other end fell silent.
Qu Moying raised his eyes to look at Yuxiu. Yuxiu understood and tiptoed to the door. She pushed it open again from the outside and said loudly, "Master, this one is good. Let's take this one!"
Then came the sound of Yuxiu's heavy footsteps and Yuchun pulling tables and chairs. It was very busy and you could tell someone had come in.
The sound of two maids pouring tea and preparing snacks and asking people to go downstairs to prepare tea and snacks showed that they were also from a wealthy family.
There was a lot of noise on their side, but there was no sound from the other side, as if there was no one there. It must be that the people over there deliberately kept quiet to listen to the noise here, after all, what they just said was quite treasonous.
Qu Moying specially asked Yuxiu to pick out such a private room. The two people sitting next to each other were indeed the wives of officials.
As for talking about this matter, it was the waiter who brought it up just now, and then the two ladies went downstairs and brought it up.
After that, there was the sound of Aunt Yang coming up to ask for new clothes for Qu Moyingjie, then she stepped down and asked the waiter to bring various accessories and clothes.
Yueyi Pavilion now not only has various clothes, but also has prepared many accessories from the Jiangnan area, which are slightly different from those in the capital, and some are imported products, which are particularly special. It is also difficult to bring things from Southeast Asia, but they are different from those in the Great Zhou Dynasty and are also very attractive.
It’s a pity that there are too few of them.
When the two ladies next door heard that someone was coming here, they stopped talking and just talked in a low voice about clothes. They were choosing clothes very enthusiastically. The waiter had just brought a lot of clothes, some of which they had never seen before. The two people who were about to leave sat down again and started choosing clothes carefully.
They spoke very quietly because the noise from next door was a little too loud, so they lowered their voices unconsciously.
I wonder which family the master next door belongs to? Could he be a man
If it was a man, why did he bring a maid? But if it was not a man, it would be rare for a woman to be called a master. It was a different title from the usual ones, which made people wonder.
The two ladies were whispering and guessing who was sitting next to them, wondering if they knew him or not.
While they were guessing, a new visitor came into the private room next door. This time there was quite a lot of noise. The two gossipy ladies immediately stopped talking and listened quietly to the noise next door.
Just one sentence made the two of them stunned for a moment, "Empress"? Whose Empress is this
The two looked at each other, stood up silently and walked to
On this side of the wall, I lay on the wall and listened quietly to the movements on the other side...
When the door opened, Liu Jingyu walked in, also with only two maids. It should be a small entourage, and he was wearing a veil on his head.
Only after entering the room did she take off the veil.
"Princess Ying, what's going on?" Liu Jingyu asked as soon as she entered the room. Her face looked very ugly and haggard. She didn't look like a newlywed at all.
"Please take a seat, Crown Princess." Qu Moying extended his hand and invited her to sit down.
Liu Jingyu sat down and said, "Princess Ying, this person is the one you are looking for and was sent to you. How could such a big thing happen now?"
"Crown Princess, I want the person, but I didn't expect that he had been beaten to the point where he couldn't speak. He looked like he was dying, and his neck was strangled so he couldn't utter a word." Qu Moying leisurely picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said slowly.
"You can't just throw it away like that!" Liu Jingyu said angrily.
After such a big incident, Pei Luoan came over and reprimanded her directly. She had only been married into the Eastern Palace for a few days, and things happened one after another, each of which made her lose face. Several lower-ranking concubines in the mansion became arrogant.
"I didn't throw it away. It just so happened that Miss Liu from the General Fuguo's mansion came over and said that she was wrongly accused. She was framed in the East Palace for the Crown Princess' wedding that day. She was also looking for this maid, so she asked me to give her the maid. Otherwise, I would have returned the maid to the Crown Princess at that time."
Qu Moying looked at her lovingly, his dark eyes seemed to be filled with faint starlight.
"So this person was thrown away by Miss Liu?" Liu Jingyu asked, gritting his teeth.
"That's not clear. Miss Liu wanted to leave, and maybe he died halfway through the journey, otherwise why would he just be left like that!" Qu Moying calmly stretched out her hand, indicating that this matter had nothing to do with her. "If the Crown Princess wants to know the details, you can ask Miss Liu directly."
Even if Liu Jingyu asked, Liu Lanxin would probably say something similar, and no one would get away with it.
"What should we do now?" Liu Jingyu calmed down and endured it.
"The Ministry of Justice is investigating this matter now. The Crown Princess only needs to send someone to inform the Ministry of Justice. As for what happens next, it wasn't me who beat her like this in the first place. Now that she's in this state, I can't even tell if this maid was the one who deliberately led me to that place in the Crown Prince's Mansion."
Qu Moying said slowly.
"What's going on with that maid's sister-in-law? How come it was such a coincidence that she was discovered immediately?" Liu Jingyu looked at Qu Moying suspiciously.
"I don't know. I just transferred the money a little in this matter. You can ask Miss Liu. She was still alive when she was sent out, and she was still breathing, just like when she was sent here from the Prince's Mansion." Qu Moying said helplessly, "Isn't this maid indentured to death? How can you report it to the government?"
Even if a maidservant in a death contract was beaten to death by her master, it would not be a big deal. At most she would be fined some money.
However, this maid who was easily bribed by Liu Jingyu, who had not yet become the Crown Princess at that time, was obviously not in a life-long contract, otherwise she would not have been bribed so easily.
Qu Moying asked An Dong to investigate, and he found out immediately that his sister-in-law was actually outside the capital.
"And whose are those colorful pearl earrings? Could they really be the Crown Princess's?" Seeing Liu Jingyu remaining silent, Qu Moying asked again.
Many people are now focusing on the earrings, and quite a few people know about them.
“It’s not mine, I don’t
There are these earrings." Liu Jingyu retorted.
"Oh, so this maid had already been beaten like this when the Crown Princess found her? Or is there something strange about the colorful pearl earrings in her hand?" Qu Moying asked in surprise.
Liu Jingyu had a gloomy face and said nothing. He looked at Qu Moying with a frown. Qu Moying responded calmly without any sign of retreat.
Finally, Liu Jingyu said, "Since this matter is not the Princess of England's, I will go and ask Miss Liu about it. When something like this happens, there must be an explanation."
"That's right." Qu Moying nodded, "But since this colorful earring doesn't belong to the Crown Princess, it's a very good clue. Let's find out who is behind this."
Liu Jingyu was upset by these words. When she knew about the colored bead earrings, she checked her own. She had colored bead earrings, and luckily they were all there.
After that, they went to check on Ji Youran. Ji Youran didn't let Liu Jingyu's people in. She has been "bedridden" and has neither paid a visit to the mistress nor to other people. She stays in the room every day.
Pei Luoan would go over to see her from time to time.
Not seeing Ji Youran and seeing that the prince was so concerned about her, Liu Jingyu was already filled with jealousy. He wanted to go to Ji Youran's yard to inquire on the spot, but was stopped by the old woman beside him.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Ji Youran was suspicious. Seeing that Qu Moying didn't get anything out of him, he stood up and said, "Thank you, Princess Ying. I'll take my leave now."
"I'll see the Crown Princess off." Qu Moying stood up and walked Liu Jingyu to the door. He watched Liu Jingyu leave before turning back and sitting back in the chair.
The private room next door actually housed the Crown Princess and the Princess of England, and they were still talking about what they had just talked about. The two ladies next to them looked at each other, so shocked that they were speechless for a moment, and subconsciously covered their mouths with their hands, fearing that any sound would come out.
The maids and old women standing beside the two people also held their breath.
Although the Crown Princess has left, the Princess of England is still around. The King of England is not someone who is easy to mess with, and this Princess of England doesn't look like one who is easy to mess with either. When she faced the Crown Princess just now, she didn't lose the upper hand. It turns out that the one next to her is the Princess of England. No wonder the servants called her master just now.
"Master, who beat this maid like this? Why did Miss Liu just throw her into a mass grave when she took her away?" Yu Xiu closed the door, walked to Qu Moying and asked with a frown.
"It must be the master of the East Palace! This maid was beaten like this. When she was sent here, she only had one breath left. There was no way to save her. When Miss Liu wanted her, I thought she had some way to save her. I didn't expect her to be like this in the end. If I had known earlier, I would have kept her and sent her a coffin."
Qu Moying sighed.
"Master, this matter has nothing to do with us. We didn't beat him into this state, and we didn't throw him away in the end. It's getting late, let's go have dinner. The place has been booked, and it's almost time now." Yu Chun looked at the sky outside and said.
Qu Moying nodded and stood up.
Hearing the noise from next door, the two ladies who had been standing stiffly tiptoed back to their chairs and looked at each other for a moment. The truth of the matter turned out to be like this. This was something they had not expected before. People were beaten like this in the Prince's Mansion. Apart from the Crown Princess, the most suspicious person should be that concubine Ji, right
The Crown Princess and the Princess of England didn't say much just now, but there was a lot of meaning in what they said. There was too much information at once, and the two ladies didn't know what to say...