This time, she slept peacefully, without the previous impatience, fear, and frequent awakenings. There was no longer a cold pool of blood around her. The blood spread to her feet and around her, endlessly...
When I woke up again, the sun was setting. I had slept for so long.
Hearing the noise on the bed, Yuchun hurried over to lift the curtain and handed over a cup of warm water.
Qu Moying took a sip and after the warm water went down his throat, he became more sober. He looked around and asked, "Where's the prince?"
"The prince has gone back to the city and said he will come back tomorrow. You should have a good rest first and don't need to rush." Yu Chun said with a smile.
Qu Moying narrowed his eyes and asked, "Is everything okay outside?"
"Nothing, nothing." Yuxiu came in through the curtain, knowing what she was asking, and answered with a smile. There was no response at the hot spring manor in the East Palace, "Do you want me to go ask?"
"No need." Qu Moying shook his head. "How is my aunt doing?"
"The first lady fell ill after returning home." Yuxiu replied.
Qu Moying was silent for a moment, "Send some good medicinal materials over, I can't go to my aunt's place for the time being."
She is still sick now. Because of the great blow, she is naturally bedridden at this time. Luo is sick, and she originally wanted to visit him, but now she can't. She can only send a gift to express her love.
"I understand. I will prepare it in a moment." Yuxiu said, turning around and taking a visiting card from the table. "Master, the Qu Mansion sent a visiting card today."
"Whose is it?" Qu Moying stood up, sat down in front of the dressing table and asked.
Yuchun stepped forward to comb her hair. Yuxiu handed over the invitation card. Qu Moying took it, opened it and read it: "Ms. Zhou Er!"
"It's Miss Zhou Er, but it was sent by a maid from the Qu Mansion. I know her. She's from the Xi Mansion." Yuxiu reported.
"What did you say?" Qu Moying closed his eyes and leaned back. Yu Chun's hand combing his black hair became lighter.
"She just said that Miss Zhou Er wanted to talk to you about something. She wanted to ask you something. She said that the Madam didn't say a word after she went back and that she was still very ill. There is no one in charge in the Qu Mansion now, so she had to come and ask about this matter. She said that Miss Zhou Er is still in the East Mansion taking care of the Madam."
Yuxiu curled her lips in disapproval.
Others may not know what is going on with Miss Tuesday, but how could she not know? She is a self-righteous woman who thinks she can control everything and is bent on climbing up the social ladder. She regards others as her stepping stones and doesn’t care about anything else, just to climb up the social ladder…
Feeling that his own reputation was not enough, he used the reputation of the Luo family and the Qu family as a raft without even considering his own identity.
"No!" Qu Moying threw the note back to Yuxiu with mockery in his eyes.
Miss Zhou Er really takes herself too seriously, thinking that she would definitely meet her after having met Luo. Even if she borrows the name of the Qu Mansion, what does it matter
"I thought so too, but I was afraid that the master would have other ideas, so I just said that the master was not feeling well and basically would not see him. However, the maid who delivered the letter was very persistent and said she would come back to ask tomorrow. It seems that she got a lot of benefits." Yuxiu said. She had seen many maids like that. If there were not many benefits, she would not have gone on this trip.
Qu Moying blinked her eyes, her long eyelashes trembled twice, and she said lightly: "It's not just Miss Zhou Er who thinks so!"
In fact, there was more than just one person. The people from the West Mansion of the Qu Mansion were not someone Miss Zhou Er could order around. Even if she gave them money privately, so what? If the West Mansion didn't have any intentions involved, how could the servants of the West Mansion dare to deliver such a letter to Miss Zhou Er.
While Miss Zhou Er was scheming against others, she never thought that others were also scheming against her!
"Master, do you think it's possible that the Crown Princess has intervened?" Yu Xiu was indeed a specialist in handling such matters. After a brief thought, she came up with an idea. "The Crown Princess wants to find out about your condition through Miss Zhou Er. If Miss Zhou Er meets you, the Crown Princess can use this as an excuse to ask you why you don't give her face. She is the Crown Princess. Since you can meet people, the first person you should meet should be her!"
It had been discovered long ago that Miss Zhou Er and Liu Jingyu had a secret relationship.
Qu Moying stretched out a white and tender finger and shook it slightly in front of her face: "It may not be just this, there may be other reasons... Ji Youran is missing, and the Crown Prince must have known about it. Since she is so important, she was not abandoned in the beginning, which shows that this person is still useful. How could the Crown Prince not be angry when such a person is missing..."
Even if Pei Luoan didn't say anything about his character, how could Liu Jingyu be completely ignorant of it? He might even have vaguely found out that it was something that happened here, which led to this incident.
"Ms. Zhou Er is so loyal to the Crown Princess!" After thinking about what was going on, Yu Xiu said angrily.
"I really don't know what benefits the Crown Princess gave her. She has been wholeheartedly on the Crown Princess's boat, and now she wants to cheat our master." Yu Chun also interjected, saying angrily.
"Benefits? Didn't you give them to me a long time ago?" Yuxiu sneered.
"Where?" Yuchun didn't understand.
"With her status at that time, how could she be worthy of the eldest young master? If it weren't for the Crown Princess secretly helping her, she would never have met the eldest young master, let alone made him admire her. In the end, she even forced the eldest lady to agree to her marriage with the eldest young master early. Speaking of which, this Miss Zhou Er is really capable!"
Yuxiu said disapprovingly.
Connecting many things together, one by one, it is now clear that the Crown Princess had harbored ill will towards her master for a long time.
This malicious intent is the same as Madam Liu's, both want to kill their master. Even if it is not death, at least they want to make their master suffer. Miss Zhou Er is the best candidate.
One wanted to pick a good husband to marry, and the other wanted to drive a nail into her master's side. Qu Xuexin alone was not enough, so she arranged another one early on.
Thinking of Qu Xuexin, Yu Xiu's heart suddenly moved: "Master, could Qu Xuexin have had contact with Miss Zhou Er before?"
Both of them have a relationship with Liu Jingyu, and they may have met each other in private. Qu Xuexin may have even intervened in this matter. It is also possible that Qu Xuexin facilitated the meeting between the two...
Qu Moying didn't say anything. She had never thought about it before, but now that she thought about it, it was really possible. She frowned slightly. Qu Xuexin entered the East Palace at that time, and then Liu Jingyu married in. However, Qu Xuexin was already ruined at that time.
But even if it was ruined, she would still be unwilling to accept it with her personality, and would find ways to beg Liu Jingyu, but it was useless at that time, and Liu Jingyu would naturally ignore her. But this does not mean that Qu Xuexin did not contact this Miss Zhou Er. Miss Zhou Er is going to marry the eldest brother, and although she will not care about his useless sister, she may occasionally ask a few more questions.
Miss Zhou Er is useful to Liu Jingyu. If she asks one more question about Qu Xuexin, Liu Jingyu will also help her.
Thinking about this...
"I'm writing a letter!" Qu Moying stood up, and Yu Chun quickly put down the comb, fearing that it would get her hair caught.
Qu Moying walked to the window. Yuxiu had already spread out the letter paper and handed over a pen: "Who do you want to write to, Master?"
"Zhou Jinruo!"
"Not seen again?" Zhou Jinruo frowned and said unhappily. She was now in Qu Mansion, helping Luo deal with some affairs. Luo fell ill suddenly, and not only was the illness inexplicable, but she was also bedridden. She even wanted to ask her for help by his bedside, but in the end she said nothing.
He was just in a trance, and every now and then he would say the word "daughter" and then burst into tears.
Zhou Jinruo secretly asked someone to inquire about it, and heard that this matter was related to the hot spring resort outside the city of Prince Ying's palace. Luo secretly went out of the city that night, saying that she was going to see Prince Ying's princess, but in the end she said that she did not see anyone, but just caught a cold accidentally, and after returning, she was so sick that she could not get up.
Zhou Jinruo really didn't believe this reason. How could he become so seriously ill when there was nothing wrong
However, thinking that this matter was related to the Princess of England, it was a good thing for her. She originally wanted to find out what condition the Princess of England was suffering from, but because no one could diagnose the Princess of England's illness, there was no way to find out. If she had the opportunity to find out, it would make the Crown Princess look at her more highly.
With this idea in mind, she wanted to ask someone to deliver the note, but she didn't expect that no servant from the East Palace dared to go. Later, she found someone from the West Palace. It was said that he had served in front of the lady before, so he had some face and might be able to meet the people around Princess Ying.
But he didn't expect that he didn't see him yesterday, and he sent someone to ask today, but still didn't see him. Zhou Jinruo's face turned bad.
She felt that although she did not have enough face, with the face of the Luo family, it was enough to let the British princess meet her. She did not expect that she was not given any mercy at all.
"What else did you say?"
"She didn't say anything, just that the Princess of England is seriously ill and can only lie down. The doctor said she can't see guests and can't be anxious. He also said that if there is anything, Miss Zhou Er can ask... the eldest... the eldest lady will know." The old woman hesitated for a moment. She didn't understand how this matter was related to the eldest lady.
Basically, people in the Qu Mansion no longer talk about the eldest lady. No matter it is the lady-in-waiting or other people in the mansion, no one is allowed to talk about the eldest lady.
But this word cannot be kept secret.
The old woman also regretted taking such an errand. If she had known that going there would be a slap in the face, she really didn't want to go. Fortunately, the servant of the Second Master said that the Second Master would not blame her for secretly going to see the Princess of England. Otherwise, even if she was given ten times the courage, she would not dare to accept Miss Zhou Er's money and make two trips.
Is this related to Qu Xuexin? Zhou Jinruo understood and waved her hand, and the old woman breathed a sigh of relief and left.
"Miss... do you want to tell the Crown Princess about this?" Seeing that she remained silent, the maid asked in a low voice.
Zhou Jinruo shook his head. If he told the Crown Princess about this matter without knowing anything, it would only make the Crown Princess feel that he was useless. He originally just wanted the Crown Princess to look up to him, but he hadn't done it yet!
"Let's contact the maid from the East Palace who was available before." After a long pause, Zhou Jinruo said. She had a feeling that there was something wrong here, a big problem...