A woman who only looks forward to the past, or even gets stuck in the past, will not pose a threat to anyone in the palace.
This should be one of the reasons why the Empress and Concubine He are willing to make friends with Concubine Zhu Jing!
"Then I would like to thank Queen Jingfei." Qu Moying could not refuse anymore and said softly.
"Princess Ying, you are too polite. My health is not good, and I don't know when I will pass away. If you have nothing to do in the palace in the future, please come and see me and talk to me. There are too few people in this palace who I can talk to." Concubine Zhu Jing said softly, "I don't know why I get along with Princess Ying. It seems... like an old friend."
"Who is the old friend of the Empress?" Qu Moying asked.
"I don't know her. In fact, she is just a girl I met when I was young. I saw her occasionally... I don't know where she has gone now." Concubine Zhu Jing sighed, "Old people like to think about random things. A person who originally didn't care much will think about it for a long time. In fact, it's just random thoughts."
"My queen is still young."
“I’m old already… I don’t know when it will pass away. I don’t know if I can see the Prince of Wei get married in my lifetime, and watch you all get married one by one… When I think of the Prince of Wei, my heart…” Concubine Zhu Jing smiled sadly. Thinking of the health of Prince of Wei Pei Qingmin, it was really hard to comfort her.
That person is also a sick person, and he is the kind that can’t get better.
I have been treated by so many imperial physicians and famous doctors, and the final result has always been the same. Being neither good nor bad is already the best result.
As a mother, it is understandable that Concubine Zhu Jing feels sad.
Seeing that she was sad, Qu Moying comforted her a few more words, and Concubine Zhu Jing felt a little better. She drank the tea handed to her by the palace maid, and then she calmed down the depression in her heart. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and then looked at Madam Qu, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, Madam Qu, this is also the first time I saw the Princess of England, I am a little bit out of control."
Mrs. Qu quickly said she dared not.
"Is Madam Qu in good health?" Concubine Zhu Jing asked gently.
"Thank you for asking, Your Majesty. I am fine." Madam Qu said respectfully, and her heart slowly settled down. Concubine Zhu Jing looked really kind, and she didn't put on airs of superiority towards her.
Madam Qu rarely went to the palace and didn't know the concubines there. Before entering the palace, she was always worried that things would not be handled well. Now she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Concubine Jing is indeed a person who is easy to get along with as the outside world has rumored.
"The fact that Madam is in such good health is not only a blessing for herself, but also for the younger generations. Now even her granddaughter is married. Madam is truly a blessed person." Concubine Zhu Jing looked at Qu Moying on the side and joked.
"Compared to Your Majesty, my blessing is nothing. Your Majesty is the one who is truly blessed." Madam Qu said modestly.
"The Madam is such a kind and gentle elder." Concubine Zhu Jing sighed and smiled, "I wonder what the Madam wants to talk to me about when she comes to the palace today?"
"I wonder if Concubine Jing knows a pair of sisters, their last name is Xie..." Madam Qu told Concubine Zhu Jing about the situation of the Xie sisters.
The whole cause and effect of the matter was explained in detail and in full.
After finishing speaking, Concubine Zhu Jing asked some more detailed questions, some small matters about the two elders, and what the lady had said before entering the palace.
I have asked the two sisters before, and they know where these details are.
"I wonder if Concubine Jing has thought of them?" After telling the whole story, the lady asked tentatively. This was the most important reason why she entered the palace to deliver the note.
"Have these two children come to Beijing? I heard about this from my eldest brother before. They are not very close relatives, so I don't know anything else. However, it is indeed not very convenient for them to be in their current situation. If Madam Qu finds it troublesome, she can send them to my mother's house. My eldest brother will take care of them."
After hearing this, Concubine Zhu Jing sighed and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, smiling bitterly, "These two children are also miserable. They probably can't find other close relatives, and there are no elders around. No matter what, I am their blood relative. Even though I am in the palace, I can't watch these two children wandering outside."
After hearing what Concubine Zhu Jing said, the old lady felt relieved. It turned out that they were really a pair of sisters.
He is indeed a distant relative of Concubine Zhu Jing.
Although Madam Qu and the Xie sisters were also distant relatives, it sounded as if they were also very distant from Concubine Zhu Jing.
"Empress Jing, there is no need to send them to your parents' home. They are distant relatives of mine, but I have never interacted with them before and do not know their true situation. Now that they have come to the capital and are in my house, I naturally cannot push them away. Besides..."
When Mrs. Qu said this, she glanced at Qu Moying, thought about it, and finally spoke in front of Qu Moying.
Qu Moying's current status is not ordinary, and Madam Qu cannot let her avoid it. Besides, Qu Moying is not an unmarried woman, so she can hear some things.
"The second son is old, and there is no one in charge of the household. I think Xie Lian is a good guy, and he is not young anymore. He has no relatives. I heard that he came to the capital to ask his elders to find a good marriage for him. So I thought... we could just merge the two families. I just don't know what Concubine Jing thinks."
Mrs. Qu said.
After hearing this, Concubine Zhu Jing nodded repeatedly. After listening to the Madam's words, she thought for a while and said, "What Madam Qu said is indeed true. Originally, I also wanted my eldest brother to find a good marriage for them. Now that Madam Qu has taken a liking to Xie Lian and is related to them, she will not neglect them. Madam Qu thinks so and is very kind to them. How can I have any objection?"
Madam Qu showed a relaxed smile on her face. She was very happy that Concubine Zhu Jing said so. She also thought so.
"Even the woman's side has to have an elder. I am considered the man's elder, so I cannot be the woman's elder." Madam Qu expressed her dilemma.
"I understand what Madam Tai means. I will pass the message to my sister-in-law and ask her to be the elder behind Xie Lian and the others. If there is anything, we can discuss it together."
Concubine Zhu Jing understood the elegant meaning of the music and immediately knew what Madam Qu meant. She smiled and agreed without hesitation.
After the two of them said this, the matter was agreed upon, and Mrs. Qu could finally feel at ease.
"Thank you, Empress Jing."
"You are too polite, Madam. But does Princess Ying know about this?" Concubine Zhu Jing waved her hand, signaling her not to thank her in a hurry. She raised her eyes and looked at Qu Moying who was sitting silently on the side, and asked jokingly with a smile.
Qu Tai
The lady also raised her eyes and looked at her little granddaughter with a smile.
"My queen, my grandmother has already told me about my father's situation. You know about it. He married Yu before, but Yu...is like this again. She has made our family uneasy. Now there is no mistress in the family, and my grandmother is old. We can't let her run around all by herself anymore."
Qu Moying smiled slightly and said gently.
"It's a blessing for the Madam Dowager that the Princess of England thinks this way." Concubine Zhu Jing praised softly.
"The previous Yu... was also the second brother's foolishness. I don't know why she let such a person into the mansion. Not only did she harm Yue, but she also... almost let Ying..." Speaking of Yu, Madam Qu was full of anger. Concubine Zhu Jing was a good person and spoke gently, which made Madam Qu let down her guard a little. She spoke very naturally, "I really didn't know anything at that time. If I had known that Yu was such a person, I would never let her into the mansion."
"The past is the past, and you have to look forward. Things will only get better and better." Concubine Zhu Jing gently comforted her.
"Grandma... Is there some hidden story behind this?" Qu Moying heard something unusual in the old lady's words, and there was a hint of surprise in her beautiful eyes.
"Some things..." Madam Qu shook her head and said, then she remembered that this was the imperial palace and there were some things that could not be said carelessly, so she quickly stopped talking and said, "I'll tell you about this later... Anyway, this matter is not... something that can be accomplished in one go."
"Is there some hidden secret? Madam Qu, just keep talking. My place is remote and usually no one comes here. No one wants to visit such a remote place and the people around them are all tight-lipped." Concubine Zhu Jing smiled, looked at Madam Qu and then at Qu Moying, and said.
"It's not something that can't be said." Madam Qu sighed, "The second son also passed the exam before. At that time, when he went to Beijing, he somehow got to know Yu... He mentioned it to me after he came back, but... I didn't agree. Later, when he went to Beijing again... I arranged for him to go to the Jiangnan Yue family. I didn't expect... He actually... He actually brought this trouble in again."
Mrs. Qu has been recalling some old things recently. Things that she didn't care so much about at the beginning have suddenly become much clearer recently. She also remembered a lot of things that she had not remembered before. Only then did she realize that there were some traces of this matter a long time ago, but she didn't care about it at the time.
Qu Zhizhen and Yu had known each other long before he married Xiao Yue, but Qu Zhizhen had only said so at the beginning, and only said that he wanted to marry such a woman. Qu Zhizhen had not passed the exam for that subject, and he said so after he came back, and that was all he said. After the lady refused, Qu Zhizhen did not propose it again.
I didn't expect that after I passed the exam again a few years later, this woman would still be there and would come again.
Thinking about it now, Mrs. Qu became more and more depressed. She never thought that the daughter who had an ambiguous relationship with Qu Zhizhen a few years ago would be Yu, who entered the Qu Mansion pregnant a few years later.
"Madam, it's all over. Knowing it earlier is priceless. If you had known it earlier, there wouldn't have been such a tragedy later." Seeing the Madam wiping away her tears, Concubine Zhu Jing comforted her softly, and then looked at Qu Moying, "Madam, you have to be happy even for the sake of Princess Ying. How can you not be happy to see such a good Princess Ying?"