It turned out that she was a maid serving Qu Qiuyan.
When I came to the palace today, all the wives and concubines of Prince Jing were here. Something happened to Prince Jing, and Princess Jing had nowhere to turn to. She must have wanted to ask the Crown Princess for help, so she brought Concubine Qu with her.
At first, the two of them walked together. After walking a few steps, Qu Qiuyan felt unwell and could not walk. Liu Lanxin was in a hurry to see Liu Jingyu, so she left her where she was and left two maids to serve her.
The two of them separated, one after the other. Liu Lanxin brought other maids and old women to the mourning hall and wanted to see Liu Jingyu first.
Unexpectedly, not long after she left, a maid caught up with her and said that a maid from the Liu Mansion had bumped into Qu Qiuyan and knocked her into the lake. Although she was rescued at this time, her situation was not good.
Liu Lanxin was so angry that she asked someone to take care of Qu Qiuyan, and at the same time she brought people to find Liu Jingyu to question him.
After the maid finished speaking, Liu Lanxin said angrily: "Crown Princess, I just want to ask how our Jingwang Mansion offended the Eastern Palace. I, the principal wife, didn't say anything and carefully protected our concubine. How come the Crown Princess couldn't tolerate it? This is the Liu Mansion, the Crown Prince's natal family. The Crown Princess won't say anything and doesn't know anything. This matter is completely an accident, right?"
"Where is that maid?" Liu Jingyu asked anxiously, his heart panicking.
"That maid was really a good maid. She didn't say anything but said it was an accident. She said she was in a hurry to bring some cakes to the Crown Princess and accidentally bumped into our concubine. She knocked our Prince Jing's pregnant concubine into the lake. Now she is lying there, and we don't know whether she is dead or alive." Liu Lanxin sneered.
"I know nothing about this matter." Liu Jingyu evaded.
"The Crown Princess has never known anything about this, so can we capture all the servants in the Liu Mansion and interrogate them?" Liu Lanxin asked coldly.
All the servants were arrested and interrogated, and the spirit was about to be released.
The time for the funeral cannot be delayed, otherwise it will bring disaster to future generations. How can the funeral be held if all the servants are arrested? Moreover, why should all the servants in the Liu Mansion be arrested for the matter of a maid
Liu Jingyu was also filled with anger. She had not been in a good mood in the past few days. Everything seemed to be put on her shoulders and everyone seemed to be laughing at her. But she still had to put on a generous and decent face. She almost died that day and her throat was still hoarse and painful.
Every time he felt it, he felt nothing but discomfort, shame, anger and hatred, but he couldn't vent it towards the prince. But now, facing the aggressive Liu Lanxin, Liu Jingyu couldn't control himself.
"What Princess Jing said is so unreasonable. What I just said was only said by the maid in Prince Jing's mansion. I know nothing. Princess Jing is forcing me to investigate all the people? Could it be that Princess Jing thinks that such a matter can be dealt with on one side?"
"What does the Crown Princess think?" Liu Lanxin suppressed the anger in her heart and asked back.
"I'll go over and investigate this matter, but the exorcism here cannot be delayed. Let's ask the imperial physician to see Concubine Qu first, and we can talk about other things later." Liu Jingyu sneered. Since Liu Lanxin could still argue here, Concubine Qu could not be in any serious trouble. Besides, it was just an accidental bump. Liu Jingyu knew clearly that he did not do anything wrong, so it was really just an accident.
It was just an accident, what could happen
Just as she finished her words, she saw a maid beside her shaking her head at her with a heavy face.
This old woman was sent by the prince. She had been standing among the servants beside Liu Jingyu and was not conspicuous.
But this action at this moment made Liu Jingyu's heart move.
She tried hard to calm down her anger. Didn't she say anything excessive in her anger? Was this really going to be alright
Before coming here today, the prince repeatedly reminded himself that he must not lose sight of the big picture and must consider the overall situation. He must not let people think that he is just his mother's daughter, and he will not do stupid things because of his mother's death. To consider the overall situation, you must know that you are the crown princess, the crown princess of a country.
"Okay!" Although Liu Lanxin was angry, she seemed to be reasonable. After listening to Liu Jingyu's words, she stepped aside and said, "Crown Princess, please do as you please!"
After saying this, he turned around and was about to leave. It seemed that he was going to check on Concubine Qu.
The funeral procession was about to begin, and Liu Jingyu couldn't leave at this time, nor was it convenient for him to do so.
"Wait a minute!" Liu Jingyu suddenly spoke after watching Liu Lanxin take a few steps.
"Does the Crown Princess have any other instructions?" Liu Lanxin stopped and asked with a gloomy face, "I still have to go see Concubine Qu, so that if something goes wrong, it won't be my fault."
"Princess Jing, let's go take a look together." Liu Jingyu calmed down and said to Liu Lanxin.
The mother-in-law's behavior reminded her that she could not leave Liu Lanxin at this time. If Liu Lanxin did anything, it would eventually fall on her.
The child in Concubine Qu's belly is also bad for Liu Lanxin.
The baby in Qu Qiuyan's belly was gone after all. As basins of blood poured out, Qu Qiuyan's shrill cries were heard from inside.
Liu Jingyu stood there frozen, hardly believing what he saw.
The child accidentally fell into the lake, and Qu Qiuyan really lost her child
This incident happened in Liu Mansion. The person who bumped into someone was a maid from Liu Mansion. She was holding some folded cakes that she had just taken from the kitchen, and it was someone around her who asked someone from Liu Mansion to get the cakes.
At that time, the maid was not far away from her. She happily accepted the order and left.
"Are you a new maid?" After calming herself down, Liu Jingyu looked at the maid who was kneeling on the ground and shivering. This was a maid she didn't know.
"I have been in the mansion for some time, or it was a long time ago, when the queen was still in Liu Mansion." The maid stuttered.
"Why have I never seen you before?" Liu Jingyu asked after looking her up and down.
"I was just a little maid before, serving in the back yard." said the maid.
The backyard? Is there a yard behind Mrs. Liu's? Liu Jingyu frowned, and she suddenly remembered that there was indeed a backyard. Behind her mother's big yard, there was a small yard planted with some flowers and plants for viewing. That place was her mother's private place for viewing. When Liu Jingyu was young, she went there secretly, but after being scolded by Mrs. Liu, she never went there again.
They were just some inconspicuous flowers and plants, nothing special to look at, so why make my mother angry
There is someone looking after you.
"Are you the maid who worked for my mother where she admired the flowers and plants?" Liu Jingyu asked in surprise.
"Yes, the lady I served there is no longer with us. The master said that we can leave it to him and there is no need to take care of him anymore."
The maid said.
Liu Jingyu is silent
"Crown Princess, this maid should be from your house, right?" Liu Lanxin interrupted their conversation and asked bluntly.
"It's from our house." She had to admit it.
"Crown Princess, Concubine Qu and I came here with good intentions to pay tribute to Madam Liu, but we didn't expect to end up like this." Liu Lanxin sneered, her eyes slightly red. "Prince Jing is like this now, and our Prince Jing's Mansion has become like this. I will go to the palace now and report this to the Empress."
"Princess Jing, please wait a moment." Liu Jingyu hurriedly stopped her.
"What else do you have to say, Princess? Did you not ask clearly, or do you think something is wrong? This happened in the Liu Mansion, Princess, you can ask whatever you want."
Liu Lanxin was filled with grief and indignation.
"It would be better to ask Concubine Qu about this matter again. We have to let Concubine Qu speak for herself, so as not to make any mistakes and let the real murderer escape." Liu Jingyu said.
The incident happened too suddenly and too unexpectedly, but she couldn't find any clues that someone else was involved.
Now we can only start from Qu Qiuyan. Even if Liu Lanxin had planned it, Qu Qiuyan would definitely not do that. If she was really planned by Liu Lanxin, she would definitely hate Liu Lanxin.
"Does the Crown Princess want to see Concubine Qu in this state now?" Liu Lanxin asked, looking up.
"Only Concubine Qu has the final say in this matter. Originally, this matter belonged to her." Liu Jingyu responded in a deep voice.
"In that case, let's ask Concubine Qu." Liu Lanxin did not stop him.
The two waited for a while, and the room was cleaned up before the maid invited them in.
As soon as you enter the room, you will smell a strong smell of blood. Even if there is a fragrant incense burning, the fragrance cannot cover up the bloody smell. It even makes people feel quite uncomfortable.
Qu Qiuyan was lying on the bed, her face was pale without a trace of blood, her eyes were almost dead, she was no longer the charming girl she had just returned to Prince Jing's Mansion.
When she saw Liu Lanxin and Liu Jingyu coming in, she just raised her eyes and then looked blankly at the sky, as if she didn't see them.
Tears rolled down from the corners of my eyes, silently without making any sound.
"Concubine Qu." Liu Jingyu said softly, "Are you okay?"
Qu Qiuyan was still looking at the sky, ignoring her. She did not cry and scream loudly like those concubines who had just lost their children. She was now lying there, as if she had no soul, just an empty shell.
"Concubine Qu, the Crown Princess is here to see you." Liu Lanxin also stepped forward and said softly.
The two people's voices were gentler than each other, but neither of them could wake up Qu Qiuyan's response.
Qu Qiuyan seemed to be deaf, crying silently, not looking at anyone, not paying attention to anyone.
The two called out a few more times, but still didn't get a response from Qu Qiuyan.
"Imperial Physician, what's going on?" Liu Jingyu looked at the imperial physician with displeasure.
"Your Highness, Concubine Qu may have been immersed in her own thoughts right now and didn't notice the movement outside at all. She is just too sad." The imperial physician explained hurriedly.
Because I was too sad, I didn't care about the environment around me at all, and ignored everything, as if I was just a passerby.
"Will she always be like this?" Liu Lanxin asked with concern. Then she looked at Qu Qiuyan, who was lying on the bed motionless, as if she knew nothing, but still looked up at the air with her eyes open. She waved to the imperial physician and walked out.
Liu Jingyu was silent for a moment, looked at Qu Qiuyan's condition, and knew that he couldn't ask anything at this time, so he could only follow Liu Lanxin out, and the imperial physician hurriedly followed.