There is a street in front of the main gate of Dabei Temple, where people buy incense, candles, food, children's toys, and various snacks. When they arrive at Dabei Temple, pilgrims will come here to take a walk and relax.
Yuchun stayed behind to tidy up the yard, Qu Moying brought Yudong over, and the others also brought a maid each. The scene was not grand and not very conspicuous.
The Dabei Temple has a great reputation, and many young ladies and gentlemen from aristocratic families come and go. A place like the Qu Mansion is not conspicuous at all, and dare not be conspicuous. Everyone understands this.
Compared with the real noble families, the Qu family is not as confident.
The stalls were all colorful, especially those selling ornaments, which were filled with young girls and wives. Looking at the beautiful ornaments, everyone's eyes were shining and they couldn't move for a while.
In the past they would occasionally go shopping, but usually with the elders in the house. They had never shopped so relaxedly before, and everyone was in a good mood. They would stop and walk, and sometimes buy something.
Qu Moying didn't have much money of her own, but before she went up the mountain this time, the lady gave her some, so she wasn't short of money at the moment.
Qu Caiyue, on the other hand, didn't have much money, and she wanted to buy a lot of things. After buying a few things, she could only watch others buy with envy. She didn't dare to have any thoughts about those two people. In the end, she could only look at Qu Moying with jealousy, secretly resenting her in her heart, wondering why Qu Moying, who was worse off than her, had so much money.
The lady must have given it to Qu Moying in private. They are all granddaughters, but Qu Moying has it and she doesn't. The lady is too partial.
She blamed the Madam Dowager for being partial, but she never thought that Yu had hardly given Qu Moying any money over the years, and even deducted less than a concubine's daughter. If Qu Moying had not lived in the manor, she would have hardly spent any money except for daily necessities. The Madam Dowager and Ji Hanyue would have given her some help from time to time, so Qu Moying would have had some spare money on hand, but it was very little.
Qu Moying had just returned, and the lady had deliberately asked our nanny to give her some more. Actually, this was the share she deserved.
Qu Caiyue was so jealous that she looked at Qu Moying's face which looked mean and twisted. She twisted the handkerchief in her hand hard and wanted to speak, but in the end she didn't open her mouth. She looked at Qu Qiuyan on the side, only to see Qu Qiuyan glaring at her fiercely. She was so scared that she quickly lowered her head. She dared to be angry with Qu Moying, but she didn't dare to disobey Qu Qiuyan's words.
In the past, she was just Qu Qiuyan's follower who bullied others.
Qu Mo ignored the actions of the two people around him. When he saw Qu Xuexin stop in front of a stall, everyone stopped as well. What they were selling here turned out to be kites. There were many different kinds of kites, each one was very delicately made, with paintings on them. It was very beautiful and attracted many passers-by.
A few people stopped and watched, thinking that since they would be staying in the mountains for a while, they might have time to fly a kite.
When Qu Moying was picking, several people were together, but in a blink of an eye, when he stood up, he found that the others were gone, and there was only Yu Dong who followed closely by his side.
"Where did they go?" Qu Moying asked as he put down the kite in his hand. In the blink of an eye, no one was there. Everyone said they wanted to pick one, but in the blink of an eye, they were all gone.
"The second young lady said she saw a good one, so she took the eldest young lady out to have a look, and the third young lady followed." Yu Dong had been paying attention to these people, so he saw them clearly. He pointed in a direction and said, "He went over there, but he disappeared not long after. I don't know where he went!"
The people on the street are real
There are too many of them, and they disappear in the crowd.
"Do you want me to go and look for it?"
"Don't pay attention to them, just take care of our own business!" Qu Moying said indifferently. She wanted to see what kind of medicine these people were selling.
No one knew what happened in the crowd outside, and they suddenly pushed to both sides. Qu Moying was standing right in front of the stall, and was pushed a few steps toward the gap beside the stall. Yu Dong hurriedly reached out to help her, and finally stabilized her. Looking back, he saw a large group of people walking on the street.
The person who was in the lead, like the moon surrounded by stars, was actually someone I knew.
The woman in front of him was wearing a luxurious dress with delicate embroidery and a few colorful butterflies fluttering at the corners of her clothes. She looked like a goddess or fairy. Even though she only had 70% or 80% of her beauty, she looked 120% perfect. At first glance, she actually looked a bit like Ji Hanyue. Even the earrings on her ears looked familiar, a pair of butterfly-shaped earrings that sparkled in the sun.
Ji Hanyue likes to use patterns of colorful butterflies and flowers in her clothing embroidery, and her accessories are also mainly butterfly-shaped.
Her hands were clenched into fists. This gorgeous dress, accessories, and even the person in front of her were all tinged with blood, a strong blood color. It was the life of her entire family that was paid for it. The blood of her entire family was used to dye Ji Youran's so-called future red, and to lift Ji Youran to a high position!
There was a bite at the corner of his lip, and blood with a fishy smell slid into his mouth along the corner of his lip, with a strong smell of iron rust and hostility.
"Miss, Miss." Yu Dong was paying attention to the surrounding environment while also paying attention to Qu Moying. Seeing Qu Moying's face change drastically and her teeth biting the corner of her lips tightly, even biting her lips, the whole person seemed to be in a daze. He hurriedly pulled her sleeve and called out in a low voice.
Qu Moying came back to his senses, lowered his head, suppressed the bloodshot anger in his eyes, and gently wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm fine!" Qu Moying shook her head and said slowly while looking at the ground. The bloodthirsty coldness in her limbs and bones slowly receded, making her clearly feel that she was alive. She was alive now, but she was no longer Ji Hanyue, she was now Qu Moying.
Ji Youran not only killed Ji Hanyue, but also took everything of Ji Hanyue for herself. Everything she wore and accessorized belonged to Ji Hanyue. What's even more ridiculous is that she was actually imitating Ji Hanyue. Isn't she afraid that Pei Luoan would see all this and pull her down from being a concubine
Concubine of the Eastern Palace? What a big title!
For this title, Ji Youran sacrificed the lives of his entire family!
"My queen, look at the beautiful kites here. Would you like to pick a few?" This was the voice of Ji Youran's personal maid Shiyue.
"Yes, yes, your Majesty. Please select a few and we will put them away later." Another voice sounded like that of a eunuch, and it was very shrill.
Ji Youran also became interested. She reached out and picked up a few kites in front of her, looked at them, then put them down. Her eyes fell on Qu Moying on the side. She had just come over with such a bang that almost everyone at the stall ran away. Only Qu Moying and Yu Dong were left standing in the gap between the stalls.
Qu Moying was holding a kite in her hand, which was the one she had chosen earlier but had not had time to buy.
In her hand was a beautiful butterfly kite, with gorgeous embroidery patterns on the butterfly's wings. Both the workmanship and the embroidery patterns were amazing.
"Bring it here for our queen to see." The eunuch standing aside saw Ji Youran raise his head to look at the kite in Qu Moying's hand, and immediately shouted
road.
"Our young lady got it first." Yu Dong said angrily.
"Our queen wants to see it, why don't you bring it to us?" the eunuch said impatiently.
Yu Dong wanted to say something, but Qu Moying pulled the corner of his clothes and handed the kite in his hand to him. His eyes swept over Ji Youran's clothes and then fell on Ji Youran's long, hanging hair.
Ji Youran's hair was longer than that of most people. Two long strands fell down, even covering some of her cheeks. It did not look good upon closer inspection. Her hair was too thick. Originally, only two strands would have been enough, but she used several times more than the average person's hair. I don't know what she was trying to cover up, but it did not look very good.
Ji Youran touched the butterfly kite twice, then nodded, and casually glanced at Qu Moying. As soon as he saw that Qu Moying was wearing a veil, he knew that the woman in front of him had an eye disease, or was blind, which he had never seen before, so he didn't care and nodded coldly to the eunuch.
"This kite is great. Our queen wants it!" The eunuch flattered the lady well and took out a piece of silver from his bosom and gave it to the owner of the stall.
"This is the one our young lady chose first." Yu Dong said indignantly.
"It's your blessing that our queen has chosen you. Do you dare to take it from our queen?" The eunuch looked at Qu Moying and his servant sarcastically and said in a cold voice.
Yu Dong wanted to say something but was stopped by Qu Moying. Then his eyes fell quietly on Ji Youran through his veil. The corners of his lips curled up silently, suppressing the anger in his heart.
This is not the right time.
"Miss, are you the fourth lady of Minister Qu's mansion?" Ji Youran was about to leave, but suddenly after taking a few steps, she stopped, turned her head and looked at Qu Moying curiously, looking her up and down.
It was the prince who brought up this matter, and she didn't take it seriously at the time, but now she suddenly remembered it.
"That's right." Qu Moying responded and slowly turned sideways to bow to her.
"So it's true. I thought I was wrong." Ji Youran turned around, walked to Qu Moying and said happily, reaching out to hold Qu Moying's hand affectionately.
Qu Moying took two steps back, looking somewhat wary.
It is normal for someone who grew up in a manor to be afraid, nervous and alert when seeing such a grand ceremony. If not, Ji Youran would have felt suspicious.
Qu Moying's current reaction is very consistent with her identity.
"You are the Crown Princess's cousin, and I am her cousin. I've heard the Crown Princess talk about you before. I heard that you had been living in the manor. Now everything is fine and you have returned to Beijing. Your cousin will be very happy to know." Ji Youran said softly with a sweet smile. At this moment, she looked gentle and kind.
Just as she had been acting in front of Ji Hanyue for so many years.
But it was this kind of performance that ruined everything Ji Hanyue had hoped for. The blood of Ji Hanyue's relatives became the staircase of bones that led her to the East Palace...
Ji Hanyue was dead, but she still felt "happy" after hearing what Ji Youran said? How ironic, but it was true. She was very happy now. She was happy that Ji Youran was still alive and well. She could avenge herself, her father, and her sister with her own hands...
"From the Crown Princess's perspective, we are relatives. If you don't mind, you can call me cousin." Ji Youran said kindly. She had no place to express her closeness to Ji Hanyue, but she didn't expect that someone would offer her one. That was really great!