The one who stopped Qu Moying was not Qu Caiyue herself, but the maid beside her. It is said that it was this personal maid who came to the West Mansion to report the news that day.
Seeing Qu Moying coming, he quickly turned around from the roadside.
"Greetings to the Fourth Miss."
"What's the matter?" Qu Moying stopped and asked.
"Our second young lady is waiting for the fourth young lady in the waterside pavilion in front. She wants to talk to her." The maid said, stretching out her hand and pointing behind her. There was a moon-shaped door there. Turning around was the largest lotus pond in the West Palace. The scenery of the waterside pavilions and terraces was also excellent. It was a good place to enjoy the scenery.
Although it is not the time when the lotus flowers are in full bloom, some small flower buds will appear from time to time.
Qu Moying nodded, followed the maid through the moon gate and went to the lotus pond. He just wanted to paint a picture of lotus and had planned to find time to go and see it.
Qu Caiyue was sitting alone in the pavilion beside the lotus pond, unconsciously holding a handkerchief in her hand. She looked dazed and in a daze.
This water pavilion is located near the lake, with an excellent view and quietness. The wind blows up the veil on the water pavilion, reflecting the beauty in it as white as jade, who appears and disappears from time to time, making her even more mysterious.
Qu Moying stopped on the shore.
"Fourth Miss, our young lady is over there." Seeing her stop, the maid pointed to the water pavilion, from where she could see Qu Caiyue sitting there.
"Let's go!" Qu Moying said, walking slowly forward, passing a water pavilion and coming to Qu Caiyue. This looked like a small pavilion, but unlike ordinary pavilions, it was surrounded by water and had only one road leading to it.
"Fourth sister." Seeing Qu Moying coming over, Qu Caiyue stood up immediately, looking sad and worried.
Qu Moying looked at her expression and said calmly, "Second sister, what's wrong? What's the matter?"
"Fourth sister, please save me." Qu Caiyue grabbed Qu Moying's hand, her legs went limp, and she seemed to be about to kneel down. Yu Dong was quick to step forward and support Qu Caiyue.
"Second sister, just say whatever you want to say. There's no need to do this." Qu Moying's face darkened and he looked at Qu Caiyue with an unchanging expression.
Qu Caiyue didn't force herself to kneel down. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and sobbed, "Fourth sister, I know I have let you down before, but... but I really didn't mean to target you. I... I was..."
Qu Caiyue stopped here and looked around with some panic. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the water pavilion.
"Fourth sister, I was wrong in the past. I have let you down. Please forgive me this time!" Qu Caiyue looked at Qu Moying with a pleading face.
"Second sister, what do you want to do?" Qu Moying said unmoved, her veil fluttering in the wind, but it couldn't hide the coldness on her face.
“Fourth sister, please… please take me into the palace, I… I also want to meet Concubine Qu, I want to ask Concubine Qu to come forward… As long as Concubine Qu can show up for me, the eldest lady will definitely not make things difficult for me.” Qu Caiyue became excited, and looked at Qu Moying with red eyes. It was obvious that she was really anxious.
"Second sister, are you so sure that Concubine Qu can really help you?" Qu Moying said unmoved.
"I know... Concubine Qu may not intervene, but... but this is my only chance. As long as Fourth Sister can go to the Madam and tell her to give me a chance, I will definitely seize it. Even if Concubine Qu makes things difficult for me, I will definitely please her."
When Qu Caiyue heard Qu Moying's words, she became more and more excited.
He reached out and grabbed Qu Moying's sleeve and shook it vigorously. The anxiety on her face could not be deceived, she was really anxious.
"Fourth sister, please, please." Seeing that Qu Moying didn't respond, Qu Caiyue's face became more and more flustered.
"Why don't you go and ask third sister for help, second sister?" Qu Moying looked at her and curled the corners of his lips calmly.
"People from the palace were sent to your Qianyue Residence, and there were also people teaching her the rules. They were all from the palace. It can be seen that Concubine Qu values Fourth Sister the most. As long as Fourth Sister asks, Concubine Qu will definitely agree. Fourth Sister, you are the only one who can save me now. I... I will work like a cow or a horse to repay you in the future."
Qu Caiyue said anxiously.
"Why don't you talk to Nanny Yan yourself?" Qu Moying suddenly laughed.
"Is... is this okay?" Qu Caiyue was overjoyed and reached out to grab Qu Moying's hand, but she dodged her.
"For this, you have to ask Nanny Yan." Qu Moying did not take on too much responsibility, but just said lightly.
"Thank you, Fourth Sister. Thank you, Fourth Sister." Qu Caiyue thanked her repeatedly with great excitement. "Are we going now? Fourth Sister, I can't wait any longer. I'm afraid that one day the Madam will take me back. Then I... Then I really won't have any way to survive."
"My aunt is a very nice person." Qu Moying said.
“I know… I know… but… but now I’ve offended the Madam, and I… I didn’t want this to happen. I was just thinking too hard at the time… I didn’t expect to cause so much trouble for the Madam.” Qu Caiyue blamed herself, with a look of regret on her face.
"It may not be possible right now. I will ask Nanny Yan to come to you and talk to you herself." Qu Moying laughed. This Qu Caiyue is really a character. She is very flexible.
It's a pity, it's a bit too much.
"Please ask Nanny Yan to come over?" Qu Caiyue was stunned. This was different from what she had imagined.
"Why, second sister doesn't like it?" Qu Moying asked.
Qu Caiyue gritted her teeth and said, "It's not that she doesn't like me, I'm just afraid that Nanny Yan doesn't like me and thinks my attitude is disrespectful, so she will reject me directly, or... or should I ask Fourth Sister to tell her first, and I... I'll come over and ask her, it will... will be better. As for Grandmother, please ask Fourth Sister to tell her first."
"I don't know how to answer you when Second Sister said that. First, I can't make the decision with Nanny Yan, and second, I can't influence Grandmother either. As long as Second Sister can convince Nanny Yan first, and then Nanny Yan can talk to Grandmother, that will work!" Qu Moying's smile faded a little.
"I… "
"Second sister, I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you. If this method works, I will ask Nanny Yan to come over later. If it doesn't work, I have no other choice." Qu Moying interrupted Qu Caiyue.
After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave. Qu Caiyue had finally found Qu Moying, so how could she let her leave like that? She was so anxious that she subconsciously reached out to pull Qu Moying's clothes.
Qu Moying didn't expect Qu Caiyue to pull her clothes, and she lost her balance and almost fell.
Yu Dong hurriedly stepped forward to help Qu Moying, and after she supported Qu Moying, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Second sister, what do you mean?" Qu Moying stood still, holding on to a pillar, and said with an unhappy look on his face.
"I... I didn't mean to do that." Qu Caiyue was also stunned for a moment. She really just pulled it subconsciously, not very hard.
"Second sister, you are pulling me so hard, are you trying to pull me down?" Qu Moying asked angrily.
I pointed to the lotus pond outside. Coincidentally, there was a small gap there. It might not be a big deal at normal times, but if pulled, one could easily fall out from here.
"Fourth sister, I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it." Qu Caiyue was so anxious that she was sweating profusely. She still needed Qu Moying at this time, so she didn't dare to break up with Qu Moying.
"Second sister, no matter whether you did it on purpose or not, I will tell grandma about this." Qu Moying said coldly, turned around and pulled Yu Dong up.
Hearing Qu Caiyue's anxious voice behind him, Qu Moying moved his feet, ready to leave here quickly.
Qu Caiyue's behavior was really suspicious. She showed weakness and begged like that. If she guessed correctly, people around her grandmother should have seen it.
The viewing angle here is very wide, and it is very simple if someone wants to see it.
"Fourth sister, please help me." Qu Caiyue didn't know where she got the strength from, but she suddenly pounced over from behind and tried to grab Qu Moying and stop her from leaving.
Yu Dong dutifully blocked the way and held Qu Caiyue's hand to prevent her from kneeling down again, saying, "Second Miss, you almost pushed our young lady down just now, what else can you do?"
Qu Moying in front kept walking forward, ignoring the pull from behind.
"I'm not, I'm begging you, young lady..." Qu Caiyue argued anxiously.
"Second Miss, please sit down first. Nanny Yan will be here soon. If you have anything to say, just tell her directly. As for our young lady, Second Miss, you have framed our young lady before. Our young lady really can't believe that you didn't harm her just now. Letting Nanny Yan come here is also our young lady's most righteous act."
Yu Dong said that she had already received Qu Moying's hint and knew what to say at this time.
"Is Nanny Yan coming?" Qu Caiyue originally wanted to hold Qu Moying tightly, but when she heard that Nanny Yan from the palace was coming, she immediately panicked and stopped.
During this pause, Qu Moying walked away.
"Yes, I'll be there right away!" Yudong nodded repeatedly.
Qu Caiyue didn't dare to make a fuss anymore and could only watch Qu Moying leave. This place was actually a great place. If there was a fuss, Qu Moying would not be able to leave. The waterside pavilion was such a small place, and if something happened, Qu Moying would also be to blame. But she didn't expect that a maid was so strong that she could actually stop Qu Caiyue.
On the shore not far away, Nanny Wu frowned and looked towards the waterside pavilion. She was far away and could not hear what the two young ladies were saying, but she could see clearly that the Second Young Lady had been begging the Fourth Young Lady for something and she looked extremely pitiful. If the Second Young Lady had not pushed the Fourth Young Lady's maid to the ground, Nanny Wu would have definitely thought that the Second Young Lady was very weak and pitiful.
But that doesn't seem to be the case right now.
"Where is the third young lady?" Seeing that the fourth young lady had left and only the second young lady was left without any extreme behavior, Wu Ma Ma breathed a sigh of relief and said to the old woman leading the way in front without a gloomy expression.
The Second Miss’ previous incident had already made the Madam Dowager unhappy. If something happened again in the West Mansion, the Madam Dowager would be extremely furious.
"What I saw just now, maybe... maybe I saw it wrong!" The old woman who led the way stammered. She brought my nanny to find the third young lady on purpose.
Aunt Wu gave her a cold look and turned away. If she had had a hint of doubt before, she now had three points of it.
However, there was also someone passing by on the road, who witnessed everything that had just happened.
Not just one, but two...