"Your young lady is out. Where did she go?" Qu Qiuyan looked at Yuchun with an unfriendly expression and asked.
"Miss, just go outside for a walk and relax." Yuchun replied with her head down.
"When did she leave?" Qu Qiuyan asked. She had aroused the suspicion of the old lady, so she came here deliberately to act nice, wanting the old lady to see her getting along with her sister Qu Moying. She didn't expect that Qu Moying was not there, and she became furious.
I was willing to come and see this blind girl, and it was her blessing, but she was not here.
"Just now when I came back, the young lady walked to the gate of the courtyard but didn't go in, and just left." Yu Chun lowered her head. Of course, she would not say that there was anything about Prince Yun involved. It was Prince Yun who wanted to see his own young lady.
"Which direction did you go?" Qu Qiuyan asked unwillingly.
"I didn't see it clearly either." Yu Chun continued to lower her head, looking pitiful, but she hit a soft nail with Qu Qiuyan again.
Qu Qiuyan couldn't breathe up or down, and she felt very uncomfortable. She wanted to slap Yu Chun, but she knew that she couldn't make a scene in front of Qu Moying's door at this time. Although what happened just now was over, there were still some pilgrims who pretended to stroll around, walking back and forth, but their attention was always on this side.
She came here to clear herself of suspicion, not to involve herself in Qu Caiyue's affairs.
Swallowing hard, Qu Qiuyan turned and left. Keeping herself from getting angry was already her limit.
He returned to his yard, had someone close the gate, turned around and slapped Qinglian who was following him, "Useless bitch."
Qinglian, who was angered, didn't dare to say anything. She covered her face with her hands and followed her closely into the house.
"Go find Second Young Master Yan." Qu Qiuyan said in a cold voice after sitting down in the room with a sullen face.
"Miss..." Qinglian exclaimed.
"What? No?" Qu Qiuyan raised her eyes and glanced at Qinglian coldly.
Qinglian shuddered, but had to bite the bullet and said, "Madam has instructed that no matter what happens, you cannot intervene directly, especially with Second Young Master Yan. If people see that you have contact with Second Young Master Yan, it may be difficult to explain to His Royal Highness Prince Jing, and it may even be..."
Facing Qu Qiuyan's increasingly cold gaze, Qinglian had to speak, and by the end she was so scared that she was about to cry.
In front of others, she was the Third Young Miss's maid. Most of the servants in the mansion were afraid of her and allowed her to order them around and to beat and scold them. But in front of the Third Young Miss, she was the one being bullied. She had to be very cautious. Being beaten and scolded was a very common thing for her. Although she would find someone to vent her anger afterwards, in front of Qu Qiuyan she would just let herself be beaten and scolded and vent her anger.
She had to say this. If anything happened to Qu Qiuyan, the Second Madam would definitely not let her go, and it would not just be a matter of beating or scolding.
"Pa" another heavy slap made Qinglian stagger and fall heavily to the ground, and his fair face immediately became red and swollen.
Qu Qiuyan felt unsatisfied again and kicked her hard.
"Send a message to mother and tell her that we have failed. This matter has fallen on the shoulders of that useless idiot Qu Caiyue. Ask her to find a way to contact Yu Qingmeng." Qu Qiuyan exhaled heavily and said resentfully.
"Yes, I will find someone to deliver the message in a moment." Qinglian tried to stand up with her hands, but was kicked hard by Qu Qiuyan.
Sat down.
"Miss, please sit down first. I just went out." Qu Qiuyan, wrapped in a cloak, entered the yard. Ji Hai came up to her with a smile.
In the spacious courtyard, there were guards in black at the door, and it was in a remote corner of the Great Compassion Temple. Even though Qu Moying had come to the Great Compassion Temple several times in his previous life, he had never seen such a courtyard.
Compared with the courtyards where ordinary pilgrims live, this courtyard is too different. It seems that the whole atmosphere is incompatible with the Dabei Temple. The bronze buckle at the entrance has the shape of an ancient ferocious beast, with a murderous aura and puffing out clouds of smoke.
"Is this the courtyard of Prince Yun?" Qu Moying took the tea bowl handed to him by Ji Hai, took a sip and put it down, and asked softly.
"This is our grandfather's yard. It has belonged to him since he was young. The old prince said that our grandfather had a lot of evil spirits, so he built a yard for him here in the Dabei Temple. When he was young, he would often come here, and he would occasionally live here when he returned to Beijing." Ji Hai introduced with a smile.
"So, this isn't actually the Great Compassion Temple?" Qu Moying was surprised when he thought of the door he had just passed through. That door looked quite large. Now that he thought about it, it could be considered the back door or side door of the Great Compassion Temple, right
"It's in the Great Compassion Temple, right next to one side of the temple. The old prince was afraid that others would disturb our master's peace and disturb our master, so he specially built a gate not far outside the courtyard to separate the rest of the Great Compassion Temple from our master's courtyard." Ji Hai said with a smile, very attentive.
Although he is young, he is very smart. Now he is Pei Yuanjun's personal steward and is very good at reading people's expressions and acting accordingly.
Qu Moying blinked her watery eyes, and recalled the general outline of the courtyard she had just seen outside. She already understood in her heart that this should be a courtyard built with the help of Dabei Temple. The scale of this courtyard did not look like an ordinary courtyard. When she entered the door just now, she saw from afar that there was a high-rise attic at the back. This was not a courtyard with one entrance, but at least two, or even three.
She didn't expect that there was a separate courtyard for Prince Yun in Dabei Temple. She had never heard of this before.
"Where did your prince go?" Qu Moying asked, gathering his thoughts.
Yu Dong had sent a message before, asking her to go and meet him, but she didn't see Pei Yuanjun at that time, only Ji Hai. She was asked to come over at this time, but it was already night, and she came over wearing a black cloak. Even if someone saw her, they wouldn't know it was her.
Moreover, she believed that this place must be surrounded by secret guards and not ordinary people could come in. But she didn't know what Pei Yuanjun wanted to talk to her about
"It was Prince Jing who asked our master to come over for something." Ji Hai explained with a smile.
"King Jing? Why is he here too?" Qu Moying's heart skipped a beat and he raised his head to ask.
"I came to ask our prince about you." Ji Hai did not hide anything and spoke frankly.
"What do you want from me?" Qu Moying looked up in surprise. She had met King Jing once on her grandmother's birthday that day, but they had met from a distance and they didn't talk. Why did he come to her
But then she understood and asked tentatively, "Looking for Miss Liu?"
"Yes, it was Miss Liu who was looking for him. He said he had come to her house several times, but she always refused on the grounds that it was inconvenient for her to meet people." Ji Hai said.
Since there is no Miss Liu, it is impossible for King Jing to see her from time to time. Rejection is the best choice. Qu Moying doesn't know Pei Yuanjun.
What does it mean? Since this Miss Liu didn't come to Beijing, why bother to create a scene as if Miss Liu had come to Beijing? Now I have to pretend.
"Since our master returned to Beijing, he has been in Dabei Temple for several days out of ten. The day before yesterday, Miss Liu also came to Dabei Temple to pray for General Liu. Now it just so happens that the fourth lady is here too."
Ji Hai smiled and said another sentence.
Qu Moying glanced at him and asked, "Your Highness wants Miss Liu to meet Prince Jing?"
"This is what I meant. Miss Liu has only been seen at your lady's banquet since she came to Beijing. She usually doesn't accept any messages from anyone, but Prince Jing has come to her house several times. It's not good not to see him all the time. I thought of letting Miss Liu see him again to avoid people suspecting Miss Liu."
Ji Hai said cheerfully.
Qu Moying fell silent, her brows slightly furrowed. She still didn't understand why she had to pretend to be Miss Liu, but this was not something she should consider. She should even be thankful that there was such a thing that could allow her to be useful to Pei Yuanjun and let Yu Dong come to her side.
Otherwise, with the people around him, they would not be a match for the Yu mother and daughter, let alone avenge himself, his father, and his sister in the previous life.
She was now worried about another thing: "Eunuch Ji, will Miss Liu come to Beijing?"
When the two people meet, I, the fake one, will be embarrassed.
"Don't worry, Miss Liu won't be coming to Beijing for the time being." Ji Hai replied with a smile, "There are no relatives or friends in Beijing who are familiar with her. On weekdays, she can avoid seeing anyone if she doesn't want to. But it's different for Prince Jing. His Highness wants Miss to be a little nicer to him."
Qu Moying bit her lip, and the originally pale lips became even whiter with a white mark. She slowly let it go, and the white mark disappeared. Her lips were still light in color, as elegant as a flower, but without too much color: "Okay, I understand."
She understood what Pei Yuanjun meant.
"Miss Four, do you really understand?" Ji Hai said cheerfully, while stealing glances at the expression of this Fourth Miss Qu. Although Miss Qu's face was half covered by a veil, her beauty could still be seen. Ji Hai felt that his vision was not wrong. This Fourth Miss was probably more beautiful than the Third Miss in their house.
That's good!
Ji Hai felt that his mood was becoming more and more cheerful.
"I understand!" Qu Moying nodded, picked up the tea bowl on the table, took another sip, and then put it down calmly.
"Now that you understand, please go in and change your clothes, so that people won't find out that you were wearing the same clothes as Miss Liu." Ji Hai smiled and pulled his hand out, and Qu Moying stood up.
A beautiful maid came in from the door, took two steps forward and bowed respectfully to Qu Moying: "Miss, please follow me!"
Qu Moying had never seen a maid with such outstanding appearance. With such appearance, she surpassed the appearance of most young ladies from aristocratic families. Which young lady would be willing to bring along a maid like her to serve as a foil? How is that possible!
"Miss Fourth, this is Chunxiu. She will be your maid from now on and will help you handle all matters while you are away." Ji Hai said meaningfully.
Does that mean that she can no longer be Miss Liu's agent when meeting people? That's good, at least she doesn't have to sneak out all the time to pretend to be Miss Liu...