"Miss Liu, what do you know?" Seeing that she had finished reading it, Qu Moying carefully took back the list, then looked up at Liu Lanxin and asked bluntly.
"The Crown Princess once wrote me a letter before." Liu Lanxin coughed softly.
"Miss Liu just mentioned this." Qu Moying said lightly.
"Not before, but... after the Crown Princess entered the Eastern Palace." Liu Lanxin said with a serious expression.
"Wasn't my cousin seriously injured at that time? She told outsiders that she was too ill to get up." Qu Moying frowned slightly.
"The serious injury didn't happen immediately. The Crown Princess also had some time. I don't know if she wrote the letter herself or dictated it. I...actually I was also suspicious, but now I don't have the same doubts as before. I'm afraid that Concubine Ji...is not really taking care of your cousin."
Liu Lanxin sneered, "I originally thought that Concubine Ji was devoted to the Crown Princess, so she entered the East Palace. Sure enough, I was too naive."
She had thought of this reason long ago, just in case.
Seeing her reprimand Ji Youran so harshly, Qu Moying sneered in her heart. No one knew what happened at that time better than her. However, since Liu Lanxin originally wanted to lead the matter in this direction, she was also willing to do so. It was a rare gap.
Ji Youran's current reputation is no longer what it used to be. She is no longer the Ji Youran who disregarded her own reputation for the sake of Ji Hanyue.
Ji Youran had a very good reputation at the beginning, and few people doubted her. When talking about this Concubine Ji, everyone gave her a thumbs up.
Ji Youran has long been notorious now. Everyone knows that she entered the Eastern Palace with selfish motives. Some people even suspect that the prince and she have been communicating with each other without telling Ji Hanyue, and their character and behavior are extremely low.
Liu Lanxin used this to make her point, and Qu Moying also thought it was a good idea.
"Concubine Ji... is not devoted to my cousin? Can you tell from this list?" Qu Moying asked back.
"Of course I can see that. So many things were swallowed up. The Crown Princess must have seen that there was something wrong with Ji Youran at the time. She mentioned this in the letter she wrote to me and asked me to take a look at her dowry list later. She said that Concubine Ji used her name to enter the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace and had been disloyal to the Crown Princess for a long time."
"I wasn't so sure at first, but I still wanted to take a look, so I tried to borrow the Crown Princess' dowry list. Now I find that, as expected... as expected... the Crown Princess was right." Liu Lanxin said angrily, "If the Crown Princess was still alive, how could she do whatever she wanted."
"Miss Liu, are you helping my cousin to expose Concubine Ji?" Qu Moying asked after a moment of silence.
"I... my current status is not enough. If my status is enough in the future, I will definitely expose this matter for the Crown Princess." Liu Lanxin said indignantly.
Identity is not enough? When will this identity be enough
It is not enough now because she is just an unmarried girl, and it will not be enough in the future because she is still just Princess Jing and cannot go to the Prince's Mansion. Liu Lanxin's words were very lively and sounded like she was very sincere, but in fact she was just saying that.
"What Miss Liu said before... is the letter from my cousin true?" Qu Moying asked again.
"Of course it's true. Could it be that the Queen of England doesn't believe me? If not... why would I be in such a state and cause such a big trouble now
The Crown Princess has been very kind to me, and even for her sake, I will not let Concubine Ji off so easily. She must pay the price."
Liu Lanxin said angrily.
"Is the letter still there?" Qu Moying asked softly.
“This letter… is not in the capital. I had someone keep it at that time, but I don’t know if it is included in the dowry sent to the capital this time. I’m afraid it was lost when my father had someone pack it up.” Liu Lanxin thought about it and was very uncertain.
This sounded very polite. It was impossible for a letter like this sent by Ji Hanyue, who was the Crown Princess at that time, to just disappear. It would usually be kept. Liu Lanxin couldn't say that it was lost. But it was different now. When she went to Beijing, her father would not be as careful as she was. Also, there was some chaos due to the delivery of the dowry, so it was normal for something to be missing.
This reason is very similar to the reason why Ji Youran did not return the dowry.
"Miss Liu, could you please tell me what's in the letter again? I also want to hear what my cousin... thinks of Concubine Ji." Qu Moying asked with a serious face.
"Of course you can. The main reason is that your cousin thinks that Concubine Ji... is no longer the good sister she used to be. She thinks that Concubine Ji has two hearts and that she didn't really enter the East Palace to take care of her. The Crown Prince... It may also be that the Crown Princess feels bitter and there are some things that cannot be said in the capital. I am at the border and I am not the kind of person who speaks nonsense, so she told me this."
Liu Lanxin let out a sigh of relief.
Qu Moying lowered her eyebrows and remained silent for a while. It was obvious that she was in a heavy mood. "Everyone says that Concubine Ji entered the Eastern Palace because she took care of my cousin, but in fact, my cousin is gone, and my cousin sister is also gone. Concubine Ji is the only one who is favored by the prince and is the most favored in the world for a time."
Qu Moying spoke slowly and softly, but one could hear the resentment in his words.
Liu Lanxin's heart moved, and she suddenly felt that this was an opportunity that could be taken advantage of. If Qu Moying didn't like Ji Youran and the prince, then he might favor Prince Jing's Mansion.
Although the King of England does not care about his newly married Queen, she still has some value to him. If Qu Moying talks about this matter to him every day, it is inevitable that he will lean towards the King of Jing in the future, which will be of great benefit to the King of Jing.
"Princess Ying, don't worry. The letter might still be there. I'll write to my father and ask him to look for it. If he finds it, I'll send it to the capital right away. I'll have someone deliver it to the princess and we'll make our own decisions."
Liu Lanxin comforted her.
"Can this... still be found?" Qu Moying bit her lip and twisted the handkerchief in her hand. "If my cousin's letter is there, I will ask Concubine Ji to give my cousin an explanation, saying that she loves my cousin deeply and that she entered the Eastern Palace for my cousin. My cousin in heaven..."
Qu Moying's face showed sorrow, and he could not continue talking.
Liu Lanxin sighed and continued for her: "Even if it is for the Crown Princess in heaven, Princess Ying has done enough. If Princess Ying needs me to testify after this letter is sent, I will do it without hesitation. Even if we can't do anything to Concubine Ji, at least we have to let the world know her sinister intentions."
Having made enemies with Madam Ji before, Ji Youran would not be in a good situation either. If she could take this opportunity to unite with Qu Moying, it would be a good strategy.
Seeing that Qu Moying cared so much about the former Crown Princess, Liu Lanxin came up with a plan. At this time, she completely followed Qu Moying's words and really regarded herself as Ji Hanyue's best friend.
Secret.
This time, Liu Lanxin was very surprised about Madam Ji’s illness. Now it is said that Ji Youran has been harmed. The news from the East Palace is true and false, and Liu Lanxin doesn’t know which one is true.
Some said that Ji Youran's baby was gone because of this incident, others said that Ji Youran was not pregnant in the first place and it was just a misunderstanding. But no matter which one it was, Liu Lanxin felt that she had offended Ji Youran so much.
Since she had already offended him to death and there was no possibility of recovery, Liu Lanxin would not feel panicked. She was just a concubine, and a concubine of the Eastern Palace who had lost her mother's family. Just based on Madam Ji's behavior that day, Liu Lanxin was very disapproving. A dignified Madam actually did such a vulgar thing, and it was all because of a maid.
Even if this maid was sent by herself, Madam Ji's behavior was unbecoming of her status as a noble lady.
With her status, even if she faced her father, she would only make him retreat. But she actually used that to deal with her maid.
The ups and downs made Liu Lanxin look down on the Ji Mansion and she felt more and more that it was nothing. Without Ji Hanyue and her father, the entire Ling'an Earl's Mansion was just a declining Earl's Mansion, not much different from the previous Yongning Marquis' Mansion.
Look at the Yongning Marquisate. The emperor said to rescind their titles and the court officials did not even discuss it. The reason was that the Yongning Marquisate was nothing and had long been in decline.
"Thank you, Miss Liu. Now that the person has been sent here, I will leave." Qu Moying stood up. The work had been done, and it was not convenient for her to stay any longer.
Now that the message had been delivered and the person had been present, Qu Moying decided to stay a little longer and said goodbye to Liu Lanxin, who then walked her to the door.
After getting on his own carriage, the smile on Qu Moying's face slowly faded, and his eyes turned cold.
"Master, do you think... Is what Miss Liu said true?" Yu Xiu asked in a low voice when she saw her like this.
She didn't believe Liu Lanxin at first, but she couldn't help but feel that what Liu Lanxin said was so true. From her original absolute disbelief to her later half-belief, Yuxiu kept asking her master, and only now did she have time to ask this question.
"It can't be true." Qu Moying shook his head.
"But... but I think she... if she really isn't, Miss Liu might not dare to say so." Yu Xiu said hesitantly.
"It doesn't do her any harm to say that, and there's no way to verify it." Qu Moying smiled gently and took out the list from his sleeve playfully.
Madam Ji did give her a dowry list, but it was not this one. This was the one she had obtained before.
The list given by Mrs. Ji did not have so many records on it. It just made a simple mark and was not enough to explain all the problems.
There were two lists, one was originally kept in Ling Anbo's Mansion, and the other was in the East Palace. Finally, with the return of the dowry, everything was returned to Ling Anbo's Mansion.
This one was from the Eastern Palace back then, that is, the list that entered the Eastern Palace along with Ji Hanyue. The list that was detailed was the list that was checked at the Ling Anbo Mansion.
There must be a reason why the items above are missing, otherwise it would be difficult to reconcile the accounts in the future. That's why the above items are remembered so clearly. Even if the people sent at that time were not dedicated, they would not dare to leave no proof, otherwise the things in this mansion would not have disappeared for no reason.
"What do you think she's looking for?"