The smell was not strong, and it was a faint fragrance, not strong. It was just that Qu Moying had smelled it before and paid attention to it, so he was particularly sensitive to it.
The smell was particularly noticeable at Qu Luqin's elbow, where she was holding a handkerchief.
It was not the handkerchief that was wet with tears before. It was obvious that it had been replaced just now.
"Go change your clothes! I don't feel well!" Qu Moying said with half-opened eyes.
Qu Luqin didn't expect that Qu Moying would actually ask her to change clothes for such a small matter. Her face turned red, but she didn't dare to say anything more.
"Miss Luqin, please change your clothes and I will take your place." Yuxiu reached out and took the medicinal food from Qu Luqin's hand.
Qu Luqin had no choice but to stand up and follow a maid to a side room to change her clothes.
After she left, Yuxiu brought the medicinal meal to the rear window. Yuchun handed in another medicinal meal from outside the rear window and exchanged it with the one in Yuxiu's hand.
The same medicinal food, the same container, it looked the same as the original one, and then Yuchun left with the previous medicinal food, and Yuxiu gave this medicinal food to Qu Moying.
This is indeed what Qu Moying used in the past.
Qu Moying sat up straight, took the medicinal food from Yuxiu's hand and ate it carefully. Although it was a medicinal food, it tasted very good. However, Qu Moying didn't have a big appetite and he had to have a formal meal soon, so he put it down after eating half of it. After Yuxiu put it aside, she helped Qu Moying lie down again.
Qu Luqin changed her clothes and came over. She looked at the half-used medicinal food on the table and a smile appeared on her face.
She stepped forward and saluted Qu Moying again. Qu Moying asked Yuxiu to arrange a place for her to stay, and then had someone take her away.
Qu Luqin left as she was told, not caring that she had changed her clothes and was no longer close to Qu Moying.
She brought two maids and two old women with her, but Yuxiu only asked her to leave one maid behind, saying that too many maids were not needed here, as there were maids from Prince Ying's palace to serve them. If more people came to Qu Luqin's side, not only would they not be able to help, but they might disrupt the affairs here, making things worse.
The two old women winked at Qu Luqin vigorously, but Qu Luqin acted as if she didn't see anything and didn't say a word of objection.
Finally, the two old women and a maid left, leaving Qu Luqin and her trusted maid alone.
After Yuxiu arranged everything and asked people to serve Qu Luqin here, she took her people away.
"Miss... has left." The maid looked out the window. Only the master and servant were left in the room. The maid from the Prince of Ying's mansion stayed outside the door.
Qu Luqin sat down on the bed and looked at everything here. This was just a small courtyard in a farm outside the British palace. It was a bit remote. When she came here just now, it was quite far from the main courtyard. It was actually not a very good place, but it was finally taken over.
Her eyes swept over the layout of the room, which was better than the boudoir in her mansion. How could she not be moved? She squeezed the handkerchief in her hand tightly, then suddenly remembered something and threw it away immediately.
It was as if the handkerchief was some kind of terrible beast.
“Miss…” The maid was startled.
"Put it in a box to prevent the smell from getting mixed with other things." Qu Luqin whispered.
The maid understood and carefully picked up the handkerchief on the ground, put it into an empty box on the side, and then closed it. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss, it's okay. You have always been in good health. There is nothing wrong with you. It's just that it will make a weak person even weaker."
"It's better to stay away from this kind of thing. Who knows if it will have any effect? If it does, it won't be a good thing for me."
Qu Luqin said in a deep voice.
There are no outsiders here, only the master and his servant, and they are the most trusted people, so they can say whatever they want.
"Miss...will you be...discovered?" The maid asked anxiously, and glanced out the window again. There was no one outside the window, only a maid sweeping the floor in the yard.
"Discovered? Discovered what? If this kind of incense wasn't... mentioned, would you have known about it?" Qu Luqin asked back.
"I don't know." The maid shook her head, "I have never heard of it."
"I haven't heard of it either. I didn't expect there would be such a thing in the world. So I have to be more careful, lest... something happens over there and I get into trouble too." Qu Luqin said with a gloomy face, "If something really happens... they may not be able to save me. I will definitely be left to fend for myself."
Half of the sunlight from the window shone on her face. It was half light and half dark, which made people feel inexplicably scared.
"Miss... that shouldn't be the case!" The maid said uneasily, looking a little flustered.
"What do you mean you can't? The last time... didn't it end up like this? It caused the madam to hate me. She found a husband like that for her own daughter, and now she found someone like this for me. They want to kill me and torture me to death." Qu Luqin gritted her teeth.
The last plot was mainly for Qu Hongqin. Why should I bear the consequences when Qu Hongqin is fine now
Qu Hongqin is the daughter of the Qu family, but I am not
It was just that she was a concubine's daughter and Qu Hongqin was a legitimate daughter, and it was her biological mother who arranged a marriage for Qu Hongqin.
She was unwilling to accept this. She was prettier, gentler, more generous and better at dealing with people than Qu Hongqin, but why was it Qu Hongqin who benefited in the end
“Miss…” The voice was so loud that the maid was so scared that she covered her mouth with her hands to suppress the subconscious scream.
Qu Luqin looked out the window vigilantly. The old woman outside the window was still sweeping the floor slowly, not close to their window.
Then he whispered, "Shut up!"
"Miss... I will be careful, but now this matter... if... if something really... happens, Miss... what will Miss do?"
The maid was frightened, dropped her tightly clasped hands, and stammered.
"What could happen? No matter how smart she is, what can she do at this time? She's going to die anyway. What's the difference between dying early or late? It will definitely not benefit others." Qu Luqin said disapprovingly.
What she envied the most was the Princess of England. Although she was a legitimate daughter, she had lived worse than a concubine's daughter for so many years. Why was she so high above her now? When the Qu family talked about her now, no one dared to offend her. They only thought about how to please her.
Even if she broke off the engagement with the Qu family, the Qu family was afraid that she would be angry, so they sent me here on purpose. If she ascended to that position in the future, who would dare to look down on her, and no one would force her to marry an old man like that.
She went to see him secretly. He was such an old man that he needed help to walk. He was almost as old as her grandfather. Why should she marry such a man
This time, she had to come. Either Qu Moying would die or she would die. She would rather die than marry that old man.
Qu Moying looked like she was about to die. No matter how great she was, she was still her cousin and there was no way she could write two Qu characters with one stroke. If she died, I would take her place. There was nothing wrong with that.
It doesn't matter if she dies early or late, she will die anyway. It is better to use her death to bring some benefits to the Qu family. When Qu Moying dies in the future, he will definitely burn more paper money for her, so that when she is in the underworld, there will be people who will think of her from time to time and burn some useful things for her.
The maid was a little timid, and although she was loyal, she was still trembling at this time. "Miss... Miss..."
"Don't be like that. I kept you here to help me. It would be best if those people my grandmother sent don't stay, so as not to ruin my plans." Qu Luqin usually acted so timid in front of others. In fact, she didn't like this look from the bottom of her heart. Looking at the maid's appearance, she couldn't help feeling annoyed and scolded her.
"I...I know, don't worry, Miss, I won't do anything bad." The maid bit her tongue hard and calmed down, "Will the old lady be angry?"
"So what if she's angry? I didn't drive them away. It was Princess Ying's idea. If she doesn't like it, she can ask someone to find Princess Ying. I'm afraid she doesn't dare." Qu Luqin sneered. She saw through it. It's better to rely on herself than on others for this kind of thing. She won't beg Qu Moying. When she ascends to Qu Moying's position, she can do whatever she wants. What can her grandmother say? Not only can she not say anything, she also has to praise herself.
Thinking that the scenery here would belong to her one day, Qu Luqin was extremely excited. She exhaled deeply to suppress the excitement in her heart.
"Have you found out when the King of England will come?"
Qu Moying has nothing to do, but she also has to show up in front of the King of England. Of course, she doesn't have to seduce the King of England, but just show gentleness, generosity and decorum in front of the King of England. The rest... depends on Qu Moying.
Qu Moying has just taken the medicinal diet. From now on, I will go to serve her from time to time. Qu Moying's body will not last long. When she is about to die, I will ask my grandmother to send someone to tell her to keep me. At that time, Qu Moying will have to agree even if she doesn't want to.
For the sake of her family and her affairs after her death, Qu Moying would ask the King of England to let her enter the palace.
It doesn't matter if I can't become the King of England's princess. As long as Qu Moying mentions it, I can at least get a concubine position, and then I can plan for the rest.
This is what the concubine Ji in the Eastern Palace should have done before, but this concubine Ji was still a little stupid. She thought that she could sit back and relax after entering the Eastern Palace and do whatever she wanted, but she never thought that she must be careful in what she said and did before she gave birth to a child and took the position of Crown Princess.
She was different from Ji Youran and would not behave like her. If she entered the King of England's Palace, she would be cautious in everything and would not become arrogant. Only in the future, when everything was settled, would she be qualified to indulge herself. She would not be like Ji Youran, who ended up committing suicide and losing her reputation.
Before entering the Prince of England's Palace, Qu Luqin had already thought about the next few steps. She would be careful and cautious with every step and would never make a wrong step.
The death of the British princess was not the end of the matter, but the beginning of his own road to glory and favor...
Now, she is waiting for Qu Moying's death...