"Miss Zhou Er, please stand up. Even if you have to take full responsibility for this matter, it doesn't matter to me, as long as the prince doesn't say anything." Mo Ying smiled, her voice gentle, and she sounded as if she really didn't care about anything.
Zhou Jinruo has a good grasp on Qu Minghui. If he insists on punishing Zhou Jinruo, it will make Qu Minghui, an honest man, sad and heartbroken.
As for the main branch of the Qu family, Mo Ying still cares about the others except Qu Xuexin. At least, it's for the sake of the old lady, and she doesn't want to let her be sad. So she can't really argue too much with Zhou Jinruo about this matter. Zhou Jinruo must have seen this clearly, so she brought Qu Minghui here.
I'm just asking for Madam Tai's face.
One grandson has already failed to live up to expectations, and even if the other grandson doesn't live up to expectations either, at least nothing serious will happen to him.
"Thank you, Princess. Thank you, Princess!" Zhou Jinruo breathed a sigh of relief. He had made the right bet. Even if Princess Ying cared, she would not show it in front of Qu Minghui. Now that this matter was "explained" clearly, when he came to Prince Ying's Mansion again in the future, Princess Ying would not be able to refuse him anymore.
Although this act was hard, the final result was good, and it also helped to test the attitude of the British princess, so it was worth it.
After I explain Princess Ying's attitude towards the Qu family to the Crown Princess, she will definitely reward me handsomely.
It is a very simple matter for the Crown Princess to settle the matter of a dead concubine.
"Miss Zhou Er, I'd like to trouble you to explain this to the Crown Princess, and then have the Crown Princess tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, okay?"
The affairs of the female members should naturally be resolved by the female members. With Zhou Jinruo's identity, she cannot meet Pei Luoan directly. Mo Ying is also unwilling to meet Pei Luoan herself. Having Liu Jingyu, the Crown Princess, convey the matter can be regarded as a satisfactory explanation of the matter. This is the best way.
Zhou Jinruo had never expected such a good thing to happen. She was worried about not being able to meet the Crown Princess, but she didn't expect this to happen to her. She immediately said hurriedly, "This is what should happen. Jinruo should indeed explain this to the Crown Princess. If Concubine Ji was still around, she would be the one who should be explained."
A dead person can just bring up a topic, so Zhou Jinruo was very generous at this time.
If Ji Youran were still here, with her personality, how could she let her off? Even if the Crown Princess was here, Zhou Jinruo wouldn't dare to say this so confidently.
But who can blame Concubine Ji for no longer being here
Things went too smoothly today, so smoothly that Zhou Jinruo felt that everything was under her control. Even with her usual cautious attitude, she couldn't help but speak more lightly at this moment, and some words came out of her mouth.
A concubine who is dead and cannot die any more, whatever she says now is all false, and I don't need to care about it.
"Concubine Ji? Miss Zhou Er wants to see her?" Mo Ying looked at Zhou Jinruo, who looked quite proud. He suddenly smiled, picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, then put it down slowly and said the last sentence.
The gentle smile on Miss Zhou Er's face immediately froze.
"Isn't Concubine Ji dead?" Zhou Jinruo had a guilty conscience and her face changed drastically with fright. She clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hand and her voice trembled unconsciously.
Qu Minghui glanced at her sideways, not understanding why she reacted so strongly.
Could there be another reason behind this? "Did Miss Zhou Er get any accurate news from the East Palace?" Mo Ying asked with a smile.
Zhou Jinruo's heart began to beat rapidly, as if it was about to jump out of her throat. She couldn't help but look at Qu Minghui, and happened to meet Qu Minghui's confused eyes.
"I"
"Did Miss Zhou Er receive some information from the East Palace?" Mo Ying asked again.
Just a few words? That letter, that letter asking for help, that was Qu Xuexin's letter
"I, I didn't" she said almost subconsciously, and her face changed drastically after she finished speaking. If she hadn't reacted quickly, she would have almost covered her mouth.
"Qu Xuexin is still in the East Palace. Before she went to the East Palace, Miss Zhou Er had a very good relationship with her. Now, no one has communicated with Miss Zhou Er?" Mo Ying asked again.
"The Eastern Palace is heavily guarded, and not everyone can pass on messages." Zhou Jinruo hardly dared to look into Qu Minghui's eyes and lowered his head.
Cold sweat broke out on my vest.
Qu Xue Xin, why are you talking about Qu Xue Xin at this time
"So that's how it is. I must have heard it wrong." Mo Ying shook his head and said calmly.
"What did Princess Ying hear wrong?" Qu Minghui spoke. Since it was related to his sister's matter, he had to speak.
No matter what Qu Xuexin did wrong, she was still his sister. There had been no news about Qu Xuexin before, and grandmother wanted to treat her as dead. In fact, she knew that this was the best, but when the situation came, she couldn't help but ask one more question.
Things happened one after another in the Eastern Palace. Not to mention that she was a concubine who was nothing, even the concubine in the Eastern Palace did not survive. Now, hearing these words made people more and more frightened.
"I heard before that there seemed to be a letter delivered to Miss Zhou Er." Mo Ying said cryptically.
Qu Minghui was startled, and turned his head suddenly, staring at Zhou Jinruo: "Do you have a letter from my sister?"
"No, I didn't. I didn't receive it." Zhou Jinruo panicked. She had previously thought that Princess Ying was deceiving her, but now she found out that Princess Ying might really know something about this matter. Her face changed immediately.
The three paragraphs are not coherent, but they deepen the topic.
But while deepening the controversy, he only clarified himself and did not refute whether Qu Xuexin had sent the letter.
Qu Minghui frowned and pursed his thin lips.
"Miss Zhou Er didn't know about the letter, or did she know but didn't receive it?" Mo Ying didn't intend to let her go just like that. Zhou Jinruo thought she had Qu Minghui tightly in her palm, and was using the last bit of friendship in the Qu family to scheme for herself, which was the same as when she stepped on herself to please Liu Jingyu.
This woman is too scheming, Qu Mingcheng is not suitable for her.
But Qu Mingcheng was bewitched by her again, so she couldn't say anything. Now that this old story was brought up, it caught Zhou Jinruo off guard.
Zhou Jinruo was a calculating person after all, and he immediately controlled his expression, revealing a faint sadness on his face: "Jinruo has never seen any letter, and only occasionally heard some very simple words in the past."
"What?" Mo Ying asked with a smile.
"Just a few simple words, telling us about Miss Qu's condition." Miss Zhou Er said vaguely.
Mo Ying smiled. With Miss Zhou's cleverness, how could she not bring up Qu Xuexin's matter? She must have used Qu Xuexin's matter to please Luo and Qu Minghui in the past, to show that she was wholeheartedly good to Qu Minghui, and therefore cared about Qu Xuexin very much.
Even if she was in the East Palace, she would find some way to pass on the message.
"I wonder when was the last time we heard news about Qu Xuexin?" Mo Ying smiled, but the sense of urgency in his words made Zhou Jinruo feel nervous again.
Could it be that the British princess really knows something
"I can't remember it right now." Afraid that Mo Ying would ask again, Zhou Jinruo became more and more vague. She couldn't continue this topic. She didn't know which sentence she couldn't answer. Thinking of this, she wanted to change the subject to another topic. "Young Master..."
"It was a few days ago." Qu Minghui took over the topic, his eyes fell on Zhou Jinruo, and said slowly.
Zhou Jinruo's face froze and he put his hands on his knees.
"Is this the case, Miss Zhou Er?" Mo Ying continued to ask.
"I think so. I haven't been feeling well recently, so I'm not too sure. In fact, I don't know if the news I heard is correct." Zhou Jinruo lowered his head.
"The East Palace has strict access control. I wonder how Miss Zhou Er knew about Qu Xuexin's news? My grandmother also sent people to inquire about it, but they were never able to get in." Mo Ying said again.
"In fact, it is just a small piece of news. We still don't know whether it is true or not, but it is better than nothing. It also reassures Madam Luo." Zhou Jinruo no longer dared to ask for credit at this time, but only hoped to avoid mistakes. He lowered his head and said, "The previous news was also spread by the servants of the East Palace."
"I wonder what the servants of the East Palace do?"
"I'm not sure about this either. I'll check it out when I get back." Zhou Jinruo whispered, looking a little ashamed. "It's my fault. As soon as I heard the news, I spread it out, but I didn't know if it was true."
This means that we must end this topic at all costs.
Although Qu Minghui had some doubts, Zhou Jinruo believed that he could handle these little doubts as long as they were not in front of Princess Ying.
The British princess sitting there put too much pressure on her. Even if she wanted to defend herself, this was not the best time.
Mo Ying smiled softly: "I heard that Miss Zhou Er and the Crown Princess had a very good relationship. Didn't Miss Zhou Er ask the Crown Princess about it?"
"I'm actually not that familiar with the Crown Princess. I've only met her a few times. She's kind and gentle, but our status is so different that I can't get close to her."
When Zhou Jinruo saw that Mo Ying was no longer pursuing the previous matter, he slowly felt relieved. But after hearing these words clearly, his heart was lifted up again.
"I heard that the Crown Princess and Miss Zhou Er have a very good relationship, and the Crown Princess has also intervened in Miss Zhou Er's affairs." Mo Ying was determined to talk around this matter.
Zhou Jinruo's heart was pounding. She didn't know whether the Princess of England really knew the truth or was just pretending to know it and was just trying to trick her on purpose. But she didn't dare to really gamble.
"These are all misunderstandings. The Crown Princess is not someone I can reach." Zhou Jinruo was extremely respectful and did not dare to say that she had a good relationship with the Crown Princess.
The information she had revealed to the Qu Mansion before was only that she knew the Crown Princess and had some way to get some information about Qu Xuexin from the Eastern Palace, and there was nothing else.
If she really expressed her great relationship with the Crown Princess, Luo Shi would have to ask her to get Qu Xue Xin out.
Besides, Qu Xuexin is now