There weren't many people coming to the inner courtyard, but those who came were important enough.
Fortunately, they were all family members and there were not many people, so the lady did not allocate any other places and just used one flower hall to entertain the women of the same clan.
Qu Moying arrived early in the morning. She was still helping to manage the affairs of the Qu Mansion. After today's matters were settled, the affairs of the Qu Mansion had nothing to do with her anymore.
As for the old lady, she has decided to move to the East Palace tomorrow. The Luo family has repeatedly invited her to move over.
There is already a new female member in charge of the West Mansion, so the Madam Dowager doesn't have to worry about it anymore and can relax a bit.
Although Qu Zhizhen was not satisfied with this reason, he could not refuse. Besides, the lady had also said that she could no longer take care of his backyard and he had to move to the East Palace. He had been living in the West Palace for so many years and others thought that the East Palace would not provide for his retirement.
After hearing what the lady said, Qu Zhilin no longer dared to let her stay in the West Mansion. He discussed with Qu Zhizhen to let the lady live in the East Mansion for a while. If she wanted to come back in the future, she could move back to the West Mansion.
Qu Zhizhen had no choice but to agree.
Qu Moying arrived early, and the manager still had to come and report to her, so she went back to her Qianyue Residence to handle the affairs first.
When the matter was almost settled, she heard from outside that Concubine Qu and Madam Qu wanted to see her. She raised her eyes slightly and said, "Please let them in!"
The maid obeyed the order and invited the person in.
Qu Qiuyan and Qu Caiyue came in behind the maid.
Seeing that everything in front of her was still the same as before, and even traces of Qu Moying could be seen in some small details, Qu Qiuyan showed a hint of jealousy on her face. She had just visited the yard where she lived, and many places were much older. It didn't look like someone had been maintaining it carefully, and many things had been moved away.
Everyone is married, so why should the place left for Qu Moying be the same as when she first lived there, while what is left for herself is a dilapidated yard with many things moved away.
But she was not the Qu Qiuyan of the past. She suppressed the jealousy on her face, showed a faint smile, and bowed to Qu Moying: "Fourth sister."
Qu Caiyue saluted even more quickly than she did, squatting and saluting: "Fourth sister."
This was the first time she saw Qu Moying without her veil. After being amazed, she became thoughtful. Although she was jealous of Qu Moying's good looks, there was no direct conflict between the two of them after all. One was from the Prince Ying's Mansion and the other was from the Prince Jing's Mansion. It was not her turn to be jealous.
Besides, before coming here, she had heard about Qu Moying's appearance, so she was mentally prepared and there was no sudden expression of surprise, as if the two of them had seen each other face to face often in the past.
"Second sister, third sister, please sit down!"
Qu Moying raised his head slightly.
The two of them didn't exchange excessive politeness. They smiled and sat down on the chairs on the side. Qu Caiyue sat next to Qu Moying, while Qu Qiuyan sat in the back, a little further away from Qu Moying.
"Fourth sister came really early. I thought we came too early, but I didn't expect that fourth sister came so early. I just heard about the things in this mansion, and it was fourth sister who helped to handle it." Qu Caiyue smiled and stretched out her hand to draw out. "For such a big happy event, fourth sister can handle it so well. Second uncle must be very happy."
"Actually, I don't really know how to do it. I just followed my aunt's method. Now there aren't any mistakes, it's because my aunt's method is good." Qu Moying's brows were calm.
"My fourth sister has eye disease
Well, she looks much better than before, which is a great thing to celebrate." Qu Caiyue said with a smile, and then she looked Qu Moying up and down for a few times, and sighed, "If I hadn't seen her in person now, I really wouldn't have believed that the fourth sister looked like this. Who would have thought that the rumors at the time... would be completely nonsense."
Everyone present knew that the original rumor was spread by Yu.
Qu Qiuyan raised her eyes, picked up the tea at hand, took a sip, and then put it down, looking calm.
"Second sister seems a little different!" Qu Moying said lightly.
"There's no difference. Now in the mansion... let alone me, even my third sister... there's nothing to say." Qu Qiuyan sighed and said with emotion.
The person in charge of the inner court of Prince Jing's Mansion now is naturally the Queen Liu Lanxin.
Qu Moying smiled but said nothing. This was an internal affair of Prince Jing's Mansion and had nothing to do with her. There was no need for her to go over and ask more questions.
The two sisters seemed to be entangled with each other.
With Liu Lanxin being such a powerful enemy, if the two sisters didn't unite, they would not know how they would die in the end...
"Has Fourth Sister met the bride?" Qu Caiyue also knew that Qu Moying was not interested in the affairs of her own house, so she smiled and changed the subject.
I have to say that Qu Caiyue has made a lot of progress during this period of time. Her speech and behavior are casual and natural, and do not make people feel uncomfortable.
"I've seen him before. He came here with the boots." Qu Moying said.
These words made Qu Caiyue laugh, and Qu Qiuyan on the side also curled the corners of her lips for a rare moment. Although she still didn't say anything, she looked much more relaxed.
"I brought it here before. I also wanted to show it to Fourth Sister. I could have made it for her, but after all, it's for Second Uncle and will be worn after the wedding, so the newlyweds have to make it themselves. This is actually much worse than our previous embroidery."
Qu Moying’s previous workmanship wasn’t that great, and it wasn’t necessarily beautiful, but at least it fit the feet well, and the other party could return the boots because they were not the right size. This one was unique.
"Was it fourth sister who helped her later?" Qu Caiyue asked again.
"Someone taught her. These shoes belong to my father. We can't let others make them." Qu Moying said with a smile.
"Did Fourth Sister send a lot of gifts? When I came in just now, I heard that the newlyweds had a lot of dowry, worthy of a ten-mile red wedding." Qu Caiyue became more and more talkative, and calmly turned the topic back to the dowry.
Qu Qiuyan pursed her lips. A little concubine could have so much dowry, but she was so wronged when she first entered Prince Jing's Mansion.
It would be fine if I couldn't compare to Liu Lanxin, but I couldn't even compare to an orphan girl. I felt very depressed.
If she hadn't remembered what Qu Caiyue had said to her before, she really wouldn't be able to help but go to her father to ask about this matter and see if there was anything fishy about it.
Why can an orphan be so prestigious
"It's always a honor for our family." Qu Moying's attitude was as calm as ever, with a faint smile, and his appearance was beautiful but a little distant.
The more Qu Caiyue wanted to get close to her, the more distant she became.
No matter what their plan was, no matter how they determined they had her in their grasp, these things... ended up with nothing.
"Fourth sister can think like this, she really considers our family's reputation. When we were in the family before, the sisters were naughty.
, there are always some troubles. Now I realize that those things are nothing. The suffering outside is the real suffering. After getting married, I realized that my parents’ home is still the most important. Those things... are nothing. "
Qu Caiyue's voice choked up, and her eyes turned slightly red when she thought of what happened in Prince Jing's Mansion.
During that period of time, she thought she would really die and would never see the future...
Qu Qiuyan also lowered her head, turned sideways and wiped her eyes silently. Although she was the concubine of Prince Jing's Mansion, she was silent at this moment as if she was just an ordinary person.
He looked much thinner than the last time I saw him, and it seemed that his life in Prince Jing's mansion was not going so well.
Qu Moying also fell silent, lowering her head slightly to hide the coldness in her eyes. Those things in the past were either to trample her into the mud or to take her life. Now, in Qu Caiyue's words, it was just the sisters being naughty. If she hadn't been careful, the grass on her grave would have withered again.
She couldn't respond to this, nor did she want to respond.
Out of some empty talk, she was unwilling to go to Huyan, and she didn't think there was anything to say to Qu Caiyue and Qu Qiuyan.
They were destined to be strangers who no longer had any relationship with each other. There was no need to maintain this kind of friendship, lest some people think they can slowly step on her and move up.
Seeing that Qu Moying was also silent, Qu Caiyue almost couldn't pick up the topic for a moment, and the smile on her face froze for a moment. She thought that after saying so many emotional words, Qu Moying would have to respond, but there was no reaction at all. Qu Moying was really as difficult to deal with as always. Fortunately, she came this time, not just herself and Qu Qiuyan...
"Fourth sister, I haven't been home for a long time. How about we go out for a walk together? We can also go visit grandma. Grandma will definitely be happy to see us sisters go visit her together!" Qu Caiyue stood up and invited with a smile.
Since it was related to the lady, Qu Moying nodded, stood up, gave a few instructions, left a few maids and old women behind, and went out with only a few maids.
"Fourth sister, did you find this girl later? Where did Yudong go?" Qu Caiyue looked at Yuxiu curiously. This girl was really outstanding, even better looking than her. Qu Moying didn't know where he found this girl from. She was really disliked.
"Yudong found his family and went back." Qu Moying said lightly.
"Yudong still has his own family? Didn't I hear that there is no one at home?" Qu Caiyue asked in surprise.
"Yes." Qu Moying didn't explain much. The people and things around her didn't need to be explained to Qu Caiyue.
"But... I seemed to have seen Yudong before." Qu Caiyue hesitated and said.
"Where is it?" Qu Moying was stunned and her long eyelashes fluttered.
Sure enough, the topic had to start with the people around her. Qu Caiyue was delighted. She didn't believe that Qu Moying would not join in the conversation this time.
"I saw her once before, and I also saw her when I came here today... with a young lady, and she still looked like a maid. What... is going on? Could it be... that Yudong left the mansion because of something?"
Qu Caiyue took two quick steps forward, came to Qu Moying's ear, and asked in a low voice with a worried look on her face.
A loyal servant never serves two masters. If he is sent home and no longer serves others, that is another matter...
Yu Dong is such a useful person, Qu Moying would not ignore him...