"I don't know." The maid trembled.
Seeing that she was of no use, Qu Caiyue let her go. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Lord Hanyu stride forward and push Xie away from the bed.
"With so many of you surrounding us, it's hard for the British princess to breathe. Go open the windows and ventilate the room. What's the strong smell in this room? The patient is not feeling well. Light some incense."
"This is... this is the incense that Madam Qu brought. She said... it's good for your health." A maid answered timidly.
"What's good about that? He's already this sick, and yet he's still burning incense. Isn't that going to kill him?" Princess Yiyu said unhappily. She walked to the incense burner and pinched out the incense inside.
Qu Moying was almost stunned. She really didn't expect Princess Yiyu to be such a person. This was completely different from what she had imagined.
After a flurry of activity, Qu Moying finally "relaxed". The maids helped her drink a few sips of water and then stepped aside.
These people also sat down on the chairs in front of the bed. The others were fine, but Princess Yi Yu was too much for Qu Moying. She looked at her with burning eyes, with obvious disdain and some inquiry.
Being stared at like this by someone like this, even someone with a strong mental state like Qu Moying felt a little overwhelmed.
"Princess, I'm not feeling well. Thank you for coming to visit me." Qu Moying couldn't help but speak.
Princess Yiyu shook her hand: "It's nothing to feel sick, it's just that... you look very..." She seemed to be at a loss for words, and turned her head with some doubt and said bluntly, "Are you really sick or faking it?"
Qu Qiuyan's face froze. She never expected that Princess Yiyu would ask such a question in front of Qu Moying. Isn't this really stupid
Qu Caiyue was also a little confused. She looked at Qu Qiuyan and then at Princess Yiyu, and tactfully kept silent. Compared with the people present, her status was really too low.
The reason she was allowed to come here was because she was from Prince Jing's Mansion and had a special relationship with Qu Moying, otherwise how would there be a seat for her here
"You are joking, Princess. The Princess of England is in poor health. She is naturally really ill." Xie hurriedly explained with a dry laugh.
“Is he really sick? Why does he look…” Princess Yiyu tilted her head and looked Qu Moying up and down again, then suddenly stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to take Qu Moying’s pulse.
Xie reached out from the side, grabbed Qu Moying's hand, and put it inside for her, just avoiding Princess Yiyu's hand.
"It's rare for the princess to come to my house, so I'll have lunch here today before leaving." Qu Moying said reluctantly, looking at Princess Yiyu with a bit of apology, "I should have accompanied the princess, but my current condition... It's really not convenient. I'll accompany the princess when I'm better."
Princess Yiyu shook her head: "Princess Ying is so ill, how dare I let you accompany her."
As they were talking, a maid came in with another medicine bowl in her hand. The previous medicine bowl was still on the table. Why did she bring it again at this time
Qu Moying glanced at Xie, who understood and stood up, "Princess and concubine, please wait a moment. I will invite you all over after the princess has finished using the medicine."
Princess Yiyu stood up and said, "Then let's sit in the side room. We won't go outside. The weather is hot."
Seeing her say this, Qu Qiuyan and Qu Caiyue had no objections. Yu Chun took a few people to a side room to rest, while Qu Moying was served medicine.
After Yuchun led them in, she asked the maid to serve tea and then left, as she still needed help in the main house.
"Princess, can we just take a walk around? The fragrance in Princess Ying's room is too strong, mixed with some medicinal smell, which makes it a bit uncomfortable." Qu Qiuyan suggested after looking out the window for a few times.
Princess Yiyu thought about it for a moment and agreed.
Several people came out of the wing room with their servants and walked around the yard casually. Qu Moying's main courtyard was much larger than ordinary courtyards, and there were some flower trees planted. There were not many flowers in bloom at this moment, but the lush branches and leaves made it very cool. Walking under the shade of the trees did not feel hot.
The maids and old women in the courtyard saw these noble ladies strolling around casually and did not dare to stop them. Instead, they stepped aside for fear of disturbing them.
As they walked, they turned to the back of the yard. Qu Qiuyan raised her eyes and saw a flower tree behind the main house. It had several flowers in bloom and the colors were quite attractive.
She walked over slowly. Coincidentally, there was a window of the main house next to the flower tree. The window had been opened and she could faintly hear voices coming from inside.
Qu Qiuyan pursed her lips, stood beside the flower tree and listened carefully for a few words. She found out that there was a quarrel inside. She was immediately overjoyed. Sure enough, she turned around from the back and waved to Princess Yiyu, then put her finger on the corner of her lips to signal Princess Yiyu not to make any sound.
Then he waved at her again, looking shocked.
It was obvious that he had heard something big.
Qu Caiyue stopped and did not follow, not intending to get involved in this mess. Princess Yiyu might not listen to Qu Qiuyan so much, and Qu Qiuyan did not seem to have the ability to influence others. Besides, she thought Qu Moying was really sick, and it was a serious illness.
King Jing wanted her to be friends with Qu Moying, not to fight with Qu Moying.
Looking at Qu Qiuyan's current appearance, you can tell that fighting with Qu Moying will not end well. If you don't have that much ability, then don't get involved in such things. It's not the first day she has known what kind of person Qu Moying is. If he were so easy to deal with, Qu Moying would have been dead long ago.
When Qu Moying just returned home, Yu and Qu Qiuyan were at the peak of their powers. But now it is Qu Moying, not Qu Qiuyan, who has a noble status. Yu cannot be deader.
Princess Yiyu seemed to be quite interested. She walked lightly and turned to the side, apparently trying to eavesdrop.
This is not what a noble lady from an aristocratic family should do.
Princess Hanyu did it because of her personality, and Qu Qiuyan did it because she thought it was beneficial...
Qu Caiyue watched the two of them stand in front of the window one after another, listened attentively, then turned her head away helplessly, pretending not to notice their rude behavior.
There was a stone under her feet. If she stepped on it with a little force, or kicked it out accidentally, the people inside would definitely be startled. But in the end, Qu Caiyue's foot slid over the small stone and landed steadily on the ground...
Several maids stood aside with their heads down and dared not make a sound.
This is the back of the courtyard, and the servants of the Prince of Ying's Mansion cannot be seen at this moment. When Qu Qiuyan turned around to enjoy the scenery just now, she deliberately asked these people not to follow her so as not to disturb their interest.
There wasn't even a maid or old woman from the British palace around.
"Mrs. Qu, is there really nothing wrong with your medicine and sandalwood?" Yuxiu from inside the window stood in front of Qu Moying's bed with an unhappy look on her face and questioned Xie harshly.
Although she was just a maid, she looked quite imposing, especially at a time like this.
If Yuxiu was a maid in the Qu Mansion, Xie would have stepped forward and slapped her twice, not allowing her to be so arrogant. But this is the Prince of Ying's Mansion, and the person in front of her is the Princess of Ying's personal maid, who is equivalent to the personal eunuch beside the King of Ying. How could she humiliate her at will
"How could there be any problem? It's just a mild medicine. The princess will be fine. She just looks a little unwell. She will be fine after she recuperates." Xie had to suppress her anger and comfort the maid.
“Everything was fine afterwards, but what about now? The princess fainted after taking a little medicine. Do you… want to take the princess’ life so that you can use her life to plead with the prince and ask him to go to the palace to ask for an official position for Master Qu Er?” Yu Xiu gritted her teeth and stood in front of the bed, not letting Xie get close, as if she was afraid that Xie would murder her own master.
Mrs. Xie was also very anxious. She was also afraid that something might happen to Qu Moying. "Move aside, let me see the princess."
"No, I won't let you. I'm not the princess, so I won't believe what you said. You said that you wanted the princess to pretend to be sick to ask for an official position for Master Qu Er, and that the more seriously ill she was, the better. You also gave our princess the medicine you gave her, and now you're using incense. You're going to kill the princess. If you kill the princess, I'll avenge her even if I risk my life."
Yuxiu reached out to stop her.
"What nonsense are you talking about, a maid? Your princess is in poor health. What does it have to do with me, and even less with the Qu family?" Xie said impatiently. She felt very embarrassed to be blocked by a maid like this.
"Second Madam, don't think that no one knows what you said to the princess in private. I heard it all... and I heard it very clearly. It was you... who seduced the princess for the second master's position. You caused such a scene. The princess is going to be killed by you. Forget about the previous dowry. You begged our princess. Our princess felt sorry for you and did it for the second master, but you... what did you do? You secretly took a lot of things for yourself, right? In the end, you forced the blame on our princess."
"It's the same again this time. Our princess is wrong for being born a daughter of the Qu family, right? If she wasn't a daughter of the Qu family, you wouldn't have sucked her blood so much. Everything in the Qu Mansion is your own business. Why are you staring at our princess so closely? You can go find Concubine Qu or Madam Qu and ask them to pretend to be sick and beg King Jing. Why do you have to harm our princess like this?"
Yuxiu said in a crackling voice.
She spoke with extreme anger and glared at Xie coldly. Her aura was even stronger than that of Xie, the wife of the Minister.
After hearing what she said, Xie was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe. Her face flushed red, and she pointed at Yuxiu angrily: "How dare you, a maid, talk nonsense. What do you mean by our Qu Mansion's affairs? Our Mansion's affairs are not the princess's affairs? If the princess's family is doing well, then the princess will have no benefits?"
She couldn't bring up the dowry issue at this time, so she could only talk about the topic at hand in an attempt to suppress this unruly maid. Qu Moying on the bed was completely silent, not knowing if something had really happened. Xie was also really panicked...