The door opened and the wife of Duke Yu walked in.
Her appearance was extremely outstanding. Even though she was old now and looked sickly, it was difficult to conceal her beauty. Her eyes looked slightly red, which made her pale face even more obvious.
A pair of eyes fell on Qu Moying's face, and there was a kind of suppressed excitement in those eyes.
Qu Moying has always been sensitive to people's emotions. She looked at the wife of the Duke of Yu with suspicion. She was sure that she had never seen this wife of the Duke of Yu before.
Lady Yuguogong pushed aside the maid who was supporting her and stepped forward to pay her respects to Qu Moying.
"Madam Yuguo, there is no need to be so polite. Please take a seat." Qu Moying smiled and stretched out her hand to stop her. Yu Xiu quickly stepped forward to help her.
The wife of the Duke of Yu was in poor health, and she had come to visit without any prior notice. Qu Moying was grateful.
Lady Yuguogong did not force herself to salute. After being helped by Yuxiu to sit down on a chair beside her, her eyes were still fixed on Qu Moying's face, as if she could see flowers on Qu Moying's face.
A woman standing behind her lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand.
It was the old woman who fell just now.
This situation makes people more suspicious.
"Princess of England?" Lady Yuguo held the chair railing with her hands, and it was obvious that she was holding on very tightly. The blue veins were visible on the back of her slender hands.
"Madam Yuguo, I'm sorry to bother you by coming here and disturbing your rest." Qu Moying said gently.
"I wonder how old the Princess of England is...? When is her birthday?" Lady Yuguogong forced a smile, her eyes still fixed on Qu Moying's face.
"I'm already over the age of 15, but not yet sixteen. Does Lady Yuguo know me?" Qu Moying asked curiously.
"This is the first time I've seen Princess Ying. I feel that she looks particularly... familiar. At first glance, she looks like an old acquaintance. I heard that Princess Ying is the daughter of Minister Qu, born to his wife?" When Lady Yuguogong said this, her voice trembled unconsciously.
The hands pressed harder and harder.
We can't be reckless at this time, and we can't recognize random relatives. Aunt Wu also said that there are many similar people in this world, maybe... maybe not.
But, how could it not be? That red in the corner of her eyes, that red… She remembered it clearly, and she even said a few words about it at the time.
God have mercy on me, is this true
But this is the Princess of England, so I have to be careful. If I am not absolutely sure, I have to ask more questions.
"Hearing what Madam said, I also feel that I am familiar with Madam. Although this is the first time we meet, it feels like an old friend." Qu Moying smiled and continued to speak along with Madam Yuguo's words, "I came here to disturb Madam because I really have no choice. I hope Madam will forgive my rudeness."
"Princess Ying... is there something wrong?" Lady Yuguogong calmed down and finally let her excitement ease a little.
"I heard that the wife of Duke Yuguo has adopted a goddaughter. Can I meet her?" Qu Moying asked with a smile.
"Does Princess Ying know Yue'er?" The excitement on Lady Yuguo's face faded a little, and she hesitated.
"Maybe he is someone I know. He seems to be a cousin of mine. When I saw him that day, I thought I was seeing things. After asking around, I found out that he was at my wife's place." Qu Moying's attitude was as good as ever.
The wife of the Duke of Yuguo saved Ji Yanyue, and just for this reason, Qu Moying felt nothing but gratitude towards her.
At that time and in that situation, Yan Yue was still a child and must have been isolated and helpless. She was able to survive because of the help of Duke Yuguo.
"Yue'er is a relative of Princess Ying?" Lady Yuguogong frowned. She didn't know whether this was true or not, but it was okay to let Yue'er come and meet her.
He turned around and called a maid, who hurried away as ordered.
"What is the relationship between Yue'er and Princess Ying?" Lady Yuguo asked again.
"Madam, don't be anxious. You'll know when she comes. I'm not sure now. I can only be sure after I see it and talk to her." Qu Moying said.
Seeing her serious look and gentle expression, Lady Yuguogong felt a little relieved.
"Who is the biological mother of the Princess of England?" Lady Yuguogong couldn't help but ask again.
"My mother is Jiangnan Yue. Do you know her, Madam?" Qu Moying asked in surprise.
"I was at the border at that time, so of course I didn't know your mother. I just felt that... the Princess of England really looked like my old friend, and... and, my old friend... she lost a child, a girl." Lady Yuguo finally said it.
He looked at Qu Moying with longing eyes.
Qu Moying was stunned, her heart beating twice. She was really startled, but she was also surprised. She knew her life experience that day.
That stepfather is not his biological father.
"Do you have any proof?" Qu Moying asked naturally. He looked calm, but in fact his heart had already been churning like a stormy sea.
"There is... there is evidence, there is... a lot of evidence." Lady Yuguo's fingers were trembling as she pointed at the maid behind her, who took out a package from her arms.
She was standing behind the crowd just now, and no one noticed that there was something in her arms. Now she took it out and looked at it.
Qu Moying was stunned for a moment. They turned out to be some things like swaddling clothes, and some old things placed in the swaddling clothes of the newborn. These old things were put into the pressure layer of the swaddling clothes to serve as a pressure for the newborn to survive, as they were afraid that the newborn would be invaded by evil spirits. Now they were spread out on the table.
Qu Moying took a quick look and knew that these were all old things. They must have been there for a while. At a glance, Qu Moying's head buzzed and he almost sat up straight.
“If Princess Ying doesn’t believe me, I… I can tell you some other things. Her biological mother has passed away. Are the old people around her still alive? I… can I ask them some questions and confront them?” Lady Yuguo had just asked Nanny Wu. Knowing that Qu Moying’s biological mother had passed away, she was afraid that the matter would be even more difficult to explain, so she could only find some of the old people around her.
Because of excitement, her eyes turned red again involuntarily, and she looked at Qu Moying with longing, her fingers trembling...
"Madam, do you want to see the old man beside your mother?" Qu Moying took a deep breath.
"Yes, I'll have to trouble you, Princess." Lady Yuguogong nodded eagerly.
Qu Moying calmed down and said, "Yuchun, you and the people from the Duke of Yu's Mansion go to the Prince of Ying's Mansion and ask Madam Zhou to come over."
Nanny Zhou was the one who knew these things best at the time, and everything had to wait for Nanny Zhou to come over and be explained clearly.
She originally had no hope for her biological parents, and after seeing how the Duke of Qi's Mansion treated her mother, she became cold-hearted. It didn't matter whether she could find them or not, because there was more than just blood ties in this world.
and
Seeing the appearance of the wife of Duke Yuguo today, he felt inexplicably anxious.
This is very different from her usual temperament.
Upon hearing her agreement, Lady Yuguo was overjoyed. She asked Nanny Wu to go with Yuchun to invite people. She clenched her fingers into fists, suppressed the throbbing in her heart, and told herself that this was very likely true.
The British princess in front of him might very well be his daughter, the daughter he thought he would never find again!
Her daughter, the daughter who was snatched away at birth...
She couldn't panic at this time, she absolutely couldn't panic. If the person in front of her wasn't the Princess of England, she would never have waited until this point without confirmation.
Nanny Wu had just repeatedly reminded herself that the identity of the British princess was different and both parties had to confirm before she could be recognized...
Now is not the time...
But the Lady of the Duke of Yu felt that the Princess of England in front of her was most likely her daughter. When she took out the swaddling clothes just now, the Princess of England's reaction seemed to know something, and she immediately sent someone to ask, which hinted that all this was very likely...
When Ji Yanyue came over, Lady Yuguo had already suppressed her excitement and told Qu Moying some of her things.
Seeing Qu Moying sitting there, Ji Yanyue was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and saluted.
"Cousin Yanyue?" Qu Moying asked after looking Ji Yanyue up and down.
Ji Yanyue's hands trembled. Before she came, she knew that the person coming today was the Princess of England, her cousin. Now, seeing her, her heart began to beat fast and her eyes turned slightly red.
Before she met him, she had made up her mind, but now that she had met him, she realized how aggrieved she was. She had no relatives around her. She kept everything inside and tried to swallow her tears. She was no longer the lady of the Ling Anbo mansion.
No longer a child protected by his father and sister.
They are all gone, they have all passed away.
"Cousin...sister." Tears fell one after another, and Ji Yanyue's voice trembled so much that she could hardly speak.
"Are you really Yanyue?" Qu Moying's eyes also turned red. He stood up suddenly, took two quick steps, came to Ji Yanyue, and hugged Ji Yanyue in his arms, "It's really you! I finally found you."
"Cousin." Ji Yanyue was crying so hard that she couldn't speak. After going through so many things, she was no longer an ignorant girl in the boudoir.
Lady Yuguogong looked at Qu Moying and then at Ji Yanyue. Her brows furrowed slightly and a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes. She was so excited that she forgot that Princess Ying came to see Yanyue.
Yanyue is the orphan rescued by her son, but she is the cousin of the Princess of England
She really didn't know anything about this, and knew there must be another reason behind it, so she didn't interrupt them while they were reminiscing about the past, but just listened quietly from the side.
When the child Yan Yue was brought back, she was dying and almost dead. She just said that she encountered robbers and she was the only one who escaped from the family. All her relatives were gone.
Now it seems that this is also false.
Lady Yuguogong did not blame Ji Yanyue, she just felt that the child must have her own difficulties. If there was no other way, who would say such a thing? Now she and Princess Ying are reunited as a family
This is good!
But what exactly happened here? Why did Yan Yue say that? It seems that this matter is not simple...