Her face, as white as jade, almost glowed with a jade-colored luster under the light. Even without saying a word or moving, she was as beautiful as a painting.
There was alertness, panic, and a hint of determination, but there was no shyness of a young girl.
Pei Yuanjun smiled. If Qu Moying closed her eyes at this moment, she would definitely see that his expression was gentler than usual. He reached out and put the veil in his hand over Qu Moying's face. His slender fingers gently slid across Qu Moying's little face, making her tense even more.
Pei Yuanjun walked slowly behind her, tied a knot for her, then patted the top of her head and said, "You can go back now!"
Qu Moying opened his eyes and still felt the same unclear feeling as before, but under this kind of lighting, he could not see clearly anymore.
Yu Dong had already come in. Qu Moying bowed to Pei Yuanjun, then held Yu Dong's hand and left. When they reached the door, the guard gave Yu Dong a lantern. Yu Dong held it in his hand and led the way in front.
Watching Qu Moying leave, Pei Yuanjun smiled faintly. He put his slender fingers behind his back and pinched them slightly. The girl's pale feeling seemed to still be in his hands. Suddenly he asked, "Ji Hai, what do you think?"
Ji Hai appeared from somewhere and stood beside Pei Yuanjun, his face full of smiles, as beautiful as a flower.
Hearing the question, he lowered his head and said hurriedly: "Master, I think Miss Qu Si is very good."
"What about Liu Lanxin?" Pei Yuanjun glanced at him with a half-smile, which made Ji Hai shudder all over. He lowered his head and said hurriedly, "I heard that Miss Liu's injury is almost healed."
The real Miss Liu used this as an excuse to act pretentiously, but she didn't expect that her master didn't care at all and just brought her maid to Beijing. Of course, this maid has been locked up after arriving in Beijing. Considering the time, she should be released now!
"Then send the person back first!" Pei Yuanjun chuckled and walked out slowly.
"Yes, I will do it right away." Ji Hai said, and after thinking for a while, he asked again, "What if King Jing comes to deliver it in person?"
"Don't worry about him, he doesn't have time." Pei Yuanjun smiled slyly.
"Yes, I'll arrange it." Ji Hai nodded with understanding...
The next day, when Mrs. Qu woke up, she got up and prepared to go back.
Qu Qiuyan came early to serve the lady, but the lady did not give her a good look. After she had packed up, she took her people out and went to the carriage stop.
Coincidentally, I met Mrs. Ji at the parking lot.
Mrs. Ji also went back in a hurry. She was frightened last night. Although she listened to what her confidants said, simply went to worship Buddha and recited the Sutra of Rebirth, she was still uneasy. When she slept, she always felt that there were shadowy shadows in the air, as if many ghosts flashed by.
When it was a little light, Mrs. Ji was unwilling to stay any longer and hurried to wash and go out.
Seeing Madam Ji coming, Madam Qu hurriedly bowed.
Madam Ji glanced at Madam Qu indifferently and continued walking, but she stopped after a few steps: "Madam Qu, your third daughter was still outside at night last night, but I don't know who she went to meet. Madam Qu, you should check it out to avoid causing harm to others."
With just one sentence, Qu Qiuyan's face turned red and angry.
But she didn't dare to say anything to Madam Ji. She could only lower her head in grievance and grit her teeth.
One day, she will stand on top, and no one can suppress her, let alone
That's so unbearable.
Madam Qu almost fainted from anger. She certainly understood the meaning of Madam Ji's words. She glared at Qu Qiuyan fiercely and smiled stiffly: "Thank you, Madam Ji."
"Mrs. Qu is too polite. She's just worried that someone else might accidentally get caught in the crossfire." Mrs. Ji said indifferently, then glanced at Qu Moying and said nothing in the end.
He took his people and got on his own carriage, which drove away in front of Madam Qu.
"Grandma..." Qu Qiuyan looked at Mrs. Qu's resentful eyes and hurriedly explained.
"Let's go back first. We'll talk about anything when we get back." Madam Qu suppressed her anger, turned around and got into her carriage.
I don't want outsiders to see what's going on in the Qu family.
Qu Moying also got on the carriage behind. Seeing that both of them had left, Qu Qiuyan had no choice but to get on her own carriage.
After the masters were seated, the carriage went down the mountain towards the capital.
The gate was closed last night to check for assassins, but it was not closed today. It was just that the check was very strict. There was a blockage all the way outside the city gate. From a distance, you could see that the city gate was open, but everyone was checked very carefully. Even if someone wanted to cut in line, they were stopped and could only follow behind the crowd from a distance.
The Qu Mansion's carriage was also in the crowd, and was moving very slowly. There were many people entering the city, and it took almost an hour before it was the Qu Mansion's carriage's turn to enter the city gate.
The minor official guarding the city stepped forward and lifted the curtain of the carriage as a routine matter. He even lifted the curtain of the lady's carriage. He let it go only when he saw no one inside.
This had never happened before, but Mrs. Qu didn't dare to say anything.
The two carriages behind were also overturned and inspected before being allowed to pass.
The carriage was on the street, moving slowly. There were so many people entering and leaving the city at the gate that they were swarmed and could not move for a while.
"I heard that the Crown Prince's concubine was stabbed."
"Is this true? Didn't they say before that a concubine in Prince Jing's mansion was also stabbed, but in fact, she just accidentally fell into the lake."
"Of course it's true, the Prince's Mansion is also true, at the time of the wedding..."
Another person interrupted him: "You are asking for your life, how dare you say such a thing."
"Yes... I... I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything..." The other person immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly lowered his voice, and then said some ambiguous words.
Qu Moying lowered his head and listened quietly to the voices outside. Ji Youran was injured, and it was a stab wound, which was really unexpected.
Just like the incident of Qu Caiyue falling into the lake, it really makes people feel stupid and useless.
Along the way, many people talked about this matter, but everyone was careful and tried not to mention the Crown Princess, let alone the problems of the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace.
Two women entered the Eastern Palace in succession. One died of illness, and the other was injured. Their life or death is unknown. It was an unlucky omen no matter how you looked at it.
The lowered eyelids have a hint of quiet sinisterness...
The carriage stopped and moved along the way and returned to Qu's mansion. Qu Zhizhen happened to be in the mansion. When he heard that the lady had returned, he went to the door to greet her.
"Mother, what happened?" Seeing Qu Qiuyan's aggrieved look with red eyes behind the lady, Qu Zhizhen glanced at Qu Qiuyan and asked.
Madam Qu snorted coldly, said nothing, and walked straight in.
When they arrived at Kangmingzhai, the old lady sat in the middle seat and Qu Zhizhen sat at the lower seat. Qu Qiuyan and Qu Moying came over and saluted first to the old lady and then to Qu Zhizhen.
"Shadow girl, please sit down first.
"Well!" the lady said coldly.
Qu Moying sat obediently aside, lowering her head and holding the handkerchief in her hand without saying a word.
"Mother, what happened?" Qu Zhizhen asked again. It was a turbulent time in the capital. He had suffered a lot of humiliation in the government office before. He felt depressed for a while. When he returned to the house, he didn't know what had happened. He was very irritable and suppressed his anger.
"What else can I do? Your precious daughter is really..." Mrs. Qu looked at Qu Moying and held back her words. She looked at Qu Moying and her voice became gentler. "Girl Ying, go back and rest first. You must be tired on the way."
"Yes, grandma!" Qu Moying stood up and bowed respectfully, then left with Yudong.
Knowing that the lady would discuss Qu Qiuyan's matter with Qu Zhizhen next, this kind of thing happened again and again, and then it caught the attention of Madam Ji, who ridiculed her. Originally, someone like Madam Ji would not bother with Qu Qiuyan, an unmarried lady from a noble family.
But it can also be considered that Madam Ji was so angry that she lost her former composure.
Madam Qu had not reprimanded Madam Ji for what she had mentioned before. Now she was pushing the blame onto her adoptive father. If Qu Qiuyan met with a man in the middle of the night when no one was around, not only would her own reputation be ruined, but it would also implicate all the women in the Qu family. This was a big deal!
At this moment, it is indeed inappropriate for an unmarried woman like me to listen to this...
Inside the house, the lady told Qu Zhizhen what had happened. She became angrier and angrier as she spoke. In the end, she was so angry that she felt powerless. She waved her hand and said, "Second Brother, if you think I am meddling in your affairs, just take the person away. I don't want to care about it anymore. I will only take care of Ying girl."
The more Qu Zhizhen listened, the angrier he became. At the end, he even heard Madam Ji mocking him. For a moment, he could no longer bear it. He stood up, walked to Qu Qiuyan, and slapped her hard in the face.
He used a lot of force, and Qu Qiuyan had not expected that Qu Zhizhen, who had always loved her, would hit her. After being beaten back two steps, she fell heavily to the ground. The corner of her mouth was burning with pain. She covered her mouth with her hand, and blood immediately covered her hand.
"Father...Father." Qu Qiuyan was really scared. She had never seen her father get so angry with her. Tears immediately fell down and she cried sadly.
"Useless thing, who did you go to meet?" Qu Zhizhen said in a harsh voice, very annoyed.
"Father, I... I didn't, it was His Royal Highness Prince Jing who wanted to see me and asked me to go and see him, but I didn't do anything." Qu Qiuyan cried.
"Your Highness Prince Jing was not in the capital last night?" Qu Zhizhen asked.
"I... I don't know. Later... Later, His Royal Highness Prince Jing passed away." Qu Qiuyan cried.
"What did His Royal Highness King Jing say?"
"Nothing... nothing, just... just asking how I'm doing." Qu Qiuyan felt more and more aggrieved. The slap on her face was burning with pain, and needless to say, it was already swollen.
"Copy the Buddhist scriptures your grandmother brought from the Great Compassion Temple a hundred times. Do not leave until you have finished copying. If you sneak out again, I will break your legs first without your grandmother having to do anything."
Qu Zhizhen shouted angrily, his eyes falling coldly on Qu Qiuyan's face with some disappointment. This daughter really disappointed him. He originally thought that he could rely on this daughter to make a good move, but now it seems that it is nothing special!
But Yu has always been stupid, how could she give birth to a good daughter!