Seeing the mess in the room, Yue Wenhan's face darkened. He quickly scanned the scene in front of him and immediately knew the identity of the people in the room. He took a few big steps to Qu Moying, blocking Qu Zhizhen who raised his hand high, and sneered, "Minister Qu just returned to the capital, and he treated his first wife's daughter so harshly. I wonder if the Yue family offended you when you were in Jiangnan before?"
Qu Moying's biological mother, Xiao Yue, was born in Jiangnan, a family of poets and scholars. Although not a powerful family, they had a very good reputation and were very prestigious among civil servants.
Yue Wenhan is a former top scholar from the Yue family. He is very capable and is currently the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, a fourth-rank official. Although his rank is lower than Qu Zhizhen's, he is a powerful figure and he is young with a bright future. No one dares to underestimate him.
Yue Wenhan is Xiao Yue's nephew, and he and Qu Moying are cousins.
A while ago, Qu Zhizhen went to Jiangnan and stayed in Yue Mansion. Yue Wenhan knew everything about it both officially and privately. Qu Zhizhen even suspected that there was someone in Yue Mansion who was monitoring his whereabouts at that time. Of course, even Qu Zhizhen did not dare to delve into such matters.
As the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Yue Wenhan is highly regarded by the emperor, so this kind of surveillance may be the emperor's intention.
Even the decision to live in Yue Mansion during his trip to Jiangnan was mentioned by the emperor, so he had to move in. With Qu Zhizhen's thoughts, he would rather live in the post station.
It has been so long since Xiao Yue passed away that in his heart, he could hardly remember the aggrieved experience he had when Xiao Yue passed away. He was unwilling to bring it up again, so how could he be so anxious as to make himself uncomfortable and take the initiative to go to Yue's door.
"Did you live in Yue Mansion before?" Hearing Yue Wenhan say this, Yu asked almost subconsciously, and her face immediately turned ugly. She had never seen Yue Wenhan and did not know him.
She never liked to mention Qu Zhizhen's ex-wife, Xiao Yue, and she also forbade people in the mansion to talk about Xiao Yue.
Qu Zhizhen slowly retracted his hand and brushed it on his sleeve, looking very unconcerned, "Why is Master Yue coming here?"
Ignored Yu's question.
"If I weren't here now, would Lord Qu beat the orphan girl left behind by his ex-wife?" Qu Zhizhen said coldly with a grim expression, refusing to give in.
Yu Dong covered her mouth, knelt on the ground with a look of grievance, and was still sobbing softly. Qu Moying lowered her head and could not see her face clearly. He only saw the long veil tied around her eyes. Even though he had never seen her before, Yue Wenhan knew that the woman in front of him was his cousin.
Since arriving in Beijing, he had also visited Qu Moying. At that time, Qu Moying, who was in the farm, rejected his kindness on the grounds of gender differences, and the two had no contact since then. But even so, after Yue Wenhan received Qu Moying's letter, he immediately put down what he was doing and came over.
"Master Yue must have seen it wrong. I was just scolding a disobedient maid." Qu Zhizhen coughed and said uncomfortably, stretching out his hand to lead him out. "Master Yue, what is the matter with you today? Why don't you come with me to the study to talk?"
Just a few hours after he returned, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple came to his door. Qu Zhizhen felt uneasy.
"No need. I just want to ask why Lord Qu treats his ex-wife's orphan daughter in this way. If Lord Qu is unwilling to support my cousin, our Yue family can take good care of her." Yue Wen had a cold face, his hands behind his back, and did not move a step.
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This is our family affair, I hope Master Yue won't interfere!" Yue Wenhan kept talking back to him, and in front of his mother, wife and daughter, Qu Zhizhen's face didn't look good.
"Sir Qu, I remember that the Fourth Miss is my cousin, right? Now that my cousin is in trouble, Wenhan will definitely not sit idly by. But I don't know why Sir Qu is angry with my cousin?" Yue Wenhan said bluntly.
In the past, he had no reason to come forward. Even though he knew that Qu Zhizhen was not good to his cousin, he could not say anything because his cousin did not speak and was not close to him.
"The Second Master forced our young lady to marry the Prince of Yongning, and said that the Second Madam's niece, Miss Yu, and the Prince of Yongning would be a good match, and that our young lady should be the principal wife, and Miss Yu could be the secondary wife. He said that our young lady was useless, and that only Miss Yu could capture the heart of the Prince of Yongning."
Yudong covered her face and cried even more miserably.
Of course, an ordinary maid wouldn't dare to speak at this time. But she was certainly not an ordinary maid, so she naturally dared to commit the crime against the wind.
Qu Zhizhen was so angry that he almost slapped this ignorant maid twice. He had never met such a maid before. Not only did she not have any eyesight, but she was so bold as to say such words at such a tense moment. She was indeed from a farm and needed to be taught a lesson.
"Sir Qu, is it possible that he is just another wife who is just a decoration? Are you going to let my aunt's tragedy happen again and make way for that cousin from the Yu Mansion?" Yue Wenhan was furious when he heard this.
People in Yue Prefecture are still angry when they talk about Xiao Yue's affairs.
At that time, Qu Zhizhen talked a lot of nonsense, and even went to Jiangnan specially, knelt down in front of Old Master Yue to apologize, and repeatedly stated that it was Xiao Yue who was willful at the time and went to the nunnery even though she was pregnant. Unexpectedly, the child was born prematurely. No one knew about this, and he didn't want it to happen.
Qu Zhizhen stayed in Xiao Yue's mourning hall for three days and three nights, during which time he fainted from crying several times. Only then did the people in Yue Mansion reluctantly agree with his explanation.
The death of Xiao Yue was a pain for the Yue family. Yue Wenhan still remembers that gentle aunt.
Being repeatedly questioned by a junior, Qu Zhizhen, who seemed to be at a disadvantage, became a little angry and embarrassed. His face became stern and his expression became cold: "Master Yue, the matter is not just a one-sided statement of a maid. Could it be that Master Yue believed it just because someone said this when he tried the case?"
"Father, I won't marry!" A cold voice came from the side. Qu Moying raised her head, her cold eyes fell on Qu Zhizhen's face through the veil, and she said again affirmatively, "Miss Yu and the Yongning Marquis' son have already had a relationship. If she wants to marry, she can marry. I won't marry."
"It turns out that the Yongning Marquis' son and Miss Yu have been having an ambiguous relationship for a long time. Now they want to use my cousin as a scapegoat. Great, really great." Yue Wenhan understood immediately after hearing this. He glanced at the Yu family on the side with cold eyes. "The two generations of the Yu family have all been calculating. It really is passed down from generation to generation."
Yu was frightened by his cold gaze and took a step back. But she felt that she was at a disadvantage. She swallowed hard and forced herself to smile. "I don't understand what Master Yue said. Can you take Fourth Miss's guess seriously? Is this how cases are judged in court?"
She has now guessed Yue Wenhan's identity.
"Mrs. Yu, do you want to say that the death of my aunt has nothing to do with you? Didn't you use my aunt to cover up something in the first place?"
Yue Wenhan said sharply that he was the one in the Yue Mansion who least believed what happened. However, when he came to Beijing to serve as an official, Xiao Yue had been dead for more than ten years.
Yu was rarely seen in the past, and now that Yu came to him on his own initiative, how could Yue Wenhan be polite? He was always the most direct in handling cases, and this question made Yu feel even more ashamed.
"How outrageous!" Qu Zhizhen was furious.
"Sir Qu, although my cousin is a daughter of the Qu family, she was born to our daughter of the Yue family at the cost of her life. Since my cousin is unwilling to marry, please give up on it. Otherwise, I will investigate how the Yongning Marquis had an affair with the daughter of the Yu family despite the engagement!"
Yue Wenhan smiled coldly and stretched out his hand to roll up his sleeves.
He is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and he has his own team of investigators under him. Moreover, these people are all capable, so investigating a private affair is not a big deal, especially since Xu Lipeng and Yu Qingmeng have been in a relationship for such a long time. They don't avoid other people in the Qu Mansion and have never taken Qu Moying seriously.
Yu panicked and grabbed Qu Zhicheng's sleeve and pulled it hard. If the relationship between Yu Qingmeng and Xu Lipeng was really discovered, not to mention the other Yu girls, even she, a married girl, would be implicated. After all, this happened to her and her daughter's reputation would be criticized.
"She has her own father to take care of this matter. Please stop it, Lord Yue!" Qu Zhizhen was angry and resentful. He was repeatedly confronted in front of everyone and could hardly hold his face. He shook off Yu's hand with annoyance in his eyes. He secretly hated Yu for being useless. The more Yu acted like this, the more guilty he seemed.
Qu Moying's eyes fell lightly on the tiny movements of the couple, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. These two are not good people. Yu was able to climb to her current position. It is said that she is usually very considerate and gentle, and she never causes trouble for Qu Zhizhen. She seems to handle things in a reasonable way.
But what about now? Now it's just a small thorn.
If Yu Qingmeng's affairs were investigated, this thorn might turn out to be a big deal. Qu Zhizhen was unwilling to dig up his mother's affairs.
Yu was determined to get Yu Qingmeng to enter the Yongning Marquis' Mansion with her, but she didn't think about how similar their current situation was to what happened to Yu, her mother, and Qu Zhizhen. For Qu Zhizhen, this should be an old story that he would never want to mention, as talking about it too much would affect his reputation as an official.
Official reputation is very important for an official, not to mention that the one who is against him is the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. His previous duty was to investigate cases and he is best at inquiring into cases. This is why Qu Zhizhen seems a little weaker than Yue Wenhan.
A thorn in the heart will cause bleeding, but it will not be the same as the original cinnabar mole!
"Would a father let his daughter conceal her affair? Lord Qu, could it be that Miss Yu has some kind of relationship with Lord Qu that no one knows about?" Yue Wenhan tried many cases on a daily basis, so he knew what to say in the most powerful way at this moment.
Qu Zhizhen's face turned red, he was angry and annoyed, but he didn't know how to explain. He glared at Yu who was trying to pull his sleeve, and felt upset. Who could be in a good mood after encountering such a bad thing just after returning home
"A father will never let his daughter suffer any injustice, but please don't talk nonsense, it's not good for the girl's reputation!" Qu Zhicheng coughed softly and spoke righteously and sternly, but his words could be heard to have softened.
A hint of mockery flashed silently in Qu Moying's eyes...