"Master, Ji Yongan's lineage was indeed kicked out of the Ji family. I heard that he was unfilial and beat the ancestor of the family until he is still unconscious. He also beat other elders of the family and refused to obey discipline. The people of the family were outraged and demanded that he be kicked out of the Ji family."
An Dong reported with a smile that he had just returned from outside and saw such a big event.
"What are people saying outside now?" Qu Moying plucked the strings of the zither twice and asked casually. It was not difficult to guess what the Ji family did. With a little more probing, the matter would become a matter of course.
Ji Yongan and Ji Youran plotted against Dad together, so they should bear the consequences together.
In her previous life, she could never have imagined that her own uncle would do something bad to her father. Every time he got into trouble, the first person he would look for was her father, and it was always her father who would come forward to help him deal with the matter. If he handled the matter not well, Madam Ji would scold her father.
It was clearly Ji Yongan who did it, but in the end it seemed as if Dad was the one who was wrong.
It was no secret in the Ji family that Madam Ji favored the second wife, but Ji Hanyue had not expected that she was so partial to him as to use the blood of the first wife to pave the way for the second wife's so-called success.
Since she cared so much, she destroyed everything and took away Ji Youran's last bit of support...
A centipede will not die without being stiffened. This is what happened to the Ling Anbo Mansion. Now, Ji Youran's final fate depends on the support of the Ji family. She will destroy this support with her own hands...
Everything is ready, except for Ji Youran to try to die one last time, and she will help her to achieve her wish...
"Everyone is talking about the second branch of the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion. It's really bad! Before, there was the Xiao family incident, and there were all kinds of bad rumors about Concubine Ji, and there was also the murder of Madam Ji. Now Ji Yongan was kicked out of the Ji family. Everyone says that the Ling'an Marquis' Mansion has really fallen."
Anton sorted out the various rumors he had just heard.
As a eunuch now, he can come and go much more conveniently than when he was a maid. Anton will handle Qu Moying's matters outside.
"Master, the second branch of the Ji family has been kicked out of the family tree. Does that mean they are going to leave the Ling'anbo Mansion?" Yu Chun asked curiously.
Put the fruit bowl on the table.
Qu Moying smiled and said nothing. Anton took over the topic for her: "No, the second son of the Ji family is the most beloved son of Mrs. Ji. Even if he is not from the Ji family, Mrs. Ji will not treat her son badly."
"So, Master Ji II will still stay in the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion?" Yu Chun said with disappointment. She thought that after being kicked out of the Ji family, Master Ji II's lineage would be driven away.
"They did stay, but they lived in a more remote garden. This was the result of a discussion between several elders of the Ji family and Madam Ji." Anton replied.
"Is Xiao Haitang going to the Ministry of Justice?" After hearing what they said, Qu Moying's fingers hooked on the strings of the zither twice, making crisp music.
"She went in. I watched her go in."
Anton said that the uproar caused by the Ji family today made Xiao Haitang even more desperate.
"Wait until she comes back and ask around. If it's according to... the previous agreement, then help her cancel her engagement!" Qu Moying said, his eyes dark.
Xiao Haitang wanted to marry because she wanted to enjoy a good life. The current situation of the second branch of the Ji family has made her want to back out, but she can't back out because she was the one who rushed to marry...
"Master, don't worry, I have already prepared for this matter. Although Master Ji is engaged on the surface,
He has been secretly having another person outside, who is from the building, and must have been sent by someone else. I will find a suitable opportunity to expose this matter."
Anton rolled his eyes and a smile spread across his face.
My master has always been smart, and I found out some things about the Ling Anbo Mansion early on. At that time, I thought it was of no use. Now that I think about it, it’s a good thing that I found out clearly at that time, otherwise it would take some effort again.
The Crown Prince's concubine in the Eastern Palace was demoted to a commoner, becoming the lowest-ranking concubine.
As soon as this news came out, the whole capital was in an uproar.
The Crown Princess passed away after the accident at her wedding, and then Ling Anbo also passed away. These two events happened one after the other and shocked the entire capital, and now it has been severely shocked again.
As good as Concubine Ji's reputation was before, it is as bad as it is now. Most people used to wait and see about the rumors outside, but now they think they might be true.
It is said that the reason why this concubine Ji was demoted was because she fell in love with the bracelet in someone else's hand and maliciously replaced it with another one. Then she was discovered. How could the royal family tolerate someone with her character? They immediately demoted her to a commoner. This was because of the late Crown Princess.
Others said that Ji Youran's original crime was even more serious, but the Crown Prince did not vent his anger on her family because of the late Crown Princess, and only demoted her.
Not only were the previous rumors not suppressed, but they suddenly escalated. The topic of discussion shifted from Ji Youran to the relationship between Ji Youran and the former Crown Princess.
For fear of taking responsibility, no one directly pointed out who it was when they spread the story. They only said that in the incident, the younger sister entered the mansion first, and then the elder sister took advantage of her younger sister's reputation and entered the mansion together. Afterwards, when the younger sister got into trouble, the elder sister stayed and got all the benefits. It is clear from this kind of thing that the one who benefited the most and was the most shameless was the elder sister.
No one dared to guess in other directions, but because of Ji Youran's character, it was more appropriate to guess that this matter was related to her and Madam Ji.
When the Crown Princess was seriously ill, Madam Ji and Ji Youran forced the Crown Princess to agree to let her enter the Eastern Palace so that she could ascend to the position of the Crown Princess after her death. This speculation sounds really plausible.
Many people are very clear about what kind of person Madam Ji is. For the sake of her own family's interests, it is very likely that she will send another child to the Eastern Palace to force her seriously ill granddaughter to acknowledge the matter.
Everyone had originally guessed this about these rumors, but for some reason, the rumors strangely changed direction, and gradually people started to guess that it was about Empress Yuan...
This is the case with the one in the Eastern Palace, so what about the Empress Dowager back then
Concubine He is also the sister of Empress Yuan. It is said that she entered the palace because of taking care of Empress Yuan. In the end, Empress Yuan got into trouble, but Concubine He, who stayed behind, was able to enjoy the honor and favor that originally belonged to Empress Yuan, and even gave birth to Prince Jing. This incident seems like a sublimated version of the incident in the Eastern Palace.
If Ji Youran is safe this time, and with the former Crown Princess entrusting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with her before her death, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely look up to Ji Youran and protect her no matter what happens. When the Crown Prince ascends the throne one day, this will definitely be another Concubine He.
I don't know how the topic got brought up here. Originally everyone was talking about Ji Youran, but in the end it somehow turned to Concubine He.
Comparing the two really made many people discover similarities.
The He Guifei back then is probably the current Ji Shufei, she just got lucky...
These rumors spread along with Ji Youran's demotion. Whenever Ji Youran was mentioned, many people would think of Concubine He. Even if they didn't dare to say
What? But everyone smiled knowingly, and they already knew what was going on.
Speaking of this, the Empress Yuan is really pitiful, and the Crown Princess is also pitiful.
They all have to deal with such a sister, and it is even possible that their deaths are related to them...
When the news reached Concubine He, she was so angry that she picked up the pair of golden arc beauty bottles in front of her and smashed them to the ground.
The vase was shattered to the ground, and the flowers inside were lying in the mess.
"Mother." Pei Yusheng walked in and saw this scene. He knew that his mother also knew about it, so he waved his hand and asked someone to put the vase away first.
"Is that what's being spread outside?" Concubine He asked through gritted teeth.
"Mother, don't worry about it. Not many people have spread the news. I have already asked someone to warn them, but..." Pei Yusheng sighed. What was so difficult about this matter? When everyone mentioned Concubine He, he just nodded and didn't dare to say anything else.
Everyone understood it just by mentioning it. It could only be understood intuitively, not expressed in words. Now that he couldn't find the real person, the matter became even more difficult.
Pei Yusheng had done a lot to ruin the reputation of the Eastern Palace before, but it was too late to withdraw his men now. Rumors were flying everywhere, and they would all be brought to his mother.
"This matter... Mother, please wait a moment!" Pei Yusheng could only say this.
"It must have been caused by that bitch over there. I don't believe that this matter would be brought to me without that bitch behind the scenes. She is just a lowly woman from the East Palace, but she is being compared with me."
Concubine He's well-maintained face was distorted.
"Mother, there's nothing we can do about this right now. We can only wait." Pei Yusheng said helplessly. He was just adding insult to injury, but he didn't expect that the fire would burn himself.
"No, we can't just do this." Concubine He stood up and took two steps with a grim face. She hadn't been so angry in all these years, as if her most unbearable side was torn open for everyone to see.
"Mother..." Pei Yusheng wanted to say something, but Concubine He irritably put her hand on him and he stopped talking.
"Ji Youran replaced the blood jade bracelet of Princess Ying. This happened before she got married. He bullied a girl because she had no background. He thought that even if people knew about it, he would just suffer in silence. He didn't expect that it would backfire on him now. There is another problem in this matter..."
Concubine He had been immersed in the Eastern Palace for so many years, how could she not know these things? Qu Moying's identity was not known outside, and she was just thought to be an ordinary noble lady. Some things were suppressed, but the palace knew everything, and Concubine He knew it all clearly. She found it very ironic when she heard it.
The Empress Dowager had always thought that she was of noble birth and looked down on Concubine He. She would bring up her background from time to time. At that time, Concubine He was not a direct descendant of the He family and was originally from a remote background. If it were not for Empress Yuan, she would at most marry a minor official and would never be able to enter the palace as a concubine.
Because of this, the Queen Mother would mock her from time to time, but she could not refute.
It was not easy to get someone like Ji Youran, who had a narrow vision, to marry into the Eastern Palace. Noble Concubine He would never let her marry so easily, so she deliberately inquired about the whole story.
"Let's go and see your father." Concubine He calmed down a bit. The Queen Mother put eye drops on her, and she was not one to be bullied. If the Queen and the Crown Prince hadn't been involved in this matter, it would have nothing to do with her. Now that it was involved, she could talk about those things...