"Miss, I saw Aunt Hailan in the kitchen today." Yuchun came in with a food basket, put the basket on the table with a smile, and took out breakfast from it.
Qu Moying’s morning meal is also very simple, just plain white porridge and pickles.
Whether it is Ji Hanyue or Qu Moying, they like to have some pickles in the morning, and crispy cucumbers are a must. This time Yuchun also brought some.
"Miss, these pickled cucumbers have just arrived. I wonder if they suit your taste. The kitchen has specially asked me to ask you." Yu Chun looked at Qu Moying who came over to sit down with a smile, and handed the white porridge in her hand to her.
Qu Moying took the porridge, looked at the glutinous porridge, tasted it, picked up a small piece of crispy cucumber, and nodded immediately: "Not bad, this time it's even better than the last time."
Yuchun breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. It was I who said this was good before. If it doesn't taste good, it's my fault."
"how?"
"It's just that the previous ones are very few, and only the bottom is left. I think it's saltier than usual, and I'm afraid that the young lady won't use it properly, so I asked the kitchen to find a new person to open a can, but I don't know if it will suit the young lady's appetite. The kitchen is worried, and I am worried too."
Yuchun smiled and took out a few more side dishes and placed them in front of Qu Moying one by one.
"How come you used it up so quickly? Didn't you say you just opened a can a few days ago?" Qu Moying asked casually. Yuchun had just told her that she had changed a new can of pickled cucumbers a few days ago, so how come she changed it again in just a few days
The lady is old and doesn't like this kind of pickled cucumbers because it makes her teeth ache when she bites them.
"I asked her, and she said that it was all from Madam. She said that Madam was not in good health and had a worse appetite. She couldn't eat anything, so she had to use pickles. It's not just pickled cucumbers. She has also used a lot of other pickles recently. The kitchen has had a lot of new pickles brought in."
Yuchun reports.
The last time I saw Yu, his health was so poor and he was still taking medicine. Many medicines and pickles are actually in conflict with each other. Doesn’t Yu know this
"Did Aunt Hailan come to get it?" Qu Moying asked.
"Yes, I heard that Aunt Hailan came here specially to select them. Madam was under house arrest. Before that, no one in Madam's yard was allowed to come out. But after a few days, Aunt Hailan came out. I heard that it was the adults' intention to let Aunt Hailan come to get Madam's food herself, fearing that what Madam eats will conflict with the medicine. Aunt Hailan knows best what medicine Madam takes."
Yuchun said indifferently.
Qu Moying took a few more mouthfuls of porridge and ate a little pickled cucumber, then put it down, pressed the corners of his lips with his handkerchief, and said, "I'm full!"
Yuchun quickly cleaned up the dishes and was about to go out to the side room, but she saw the door curtain was lifted and Nanny Miao walked in. After calling Nanny Miao softly, Yuchun retreated out of the door.
"Miss, the maid that Miss Third respects the most, named Nanny Qing, went out early this morning." As soon as Nanny Miao entered the room, she reported the news she had just heard to Qu Moying.
"Where's Qu Qiuyan?"
"I heard that they are copying the female rings in the courtyard now, and there is no commotion. But I heard that the second master went to the third lady's courtyard at dusk yesterday." said Nanny Miao.
Qu Zhizhen's whereabouts could not be hidden from others. Many people saw it, especially yesterday when Qu Qiuyan
The old lady was angry, and many servants were watching Qu Zhizhen's attitude.
"Nothing happened, did you?"
"There was no trouble. I heard that when we went there yesterday, they talked for a long time, but I didn't hear the second master scolding. He must have had a good talk with the third young lady. I didn't expect that the master was so patient with the third young lady." Nanny Miao said, but she felt more and more that Qu Zhizhen was biased. They were both daughters, but he treated the third young lady the same way he treated his own young lady.
It's different at first glance.
The third young lady is the adult's biological daughter, and the fourth young lady is probably the kind that was picked up and thrown aside without any care for so many years, and no matter how Yu humiliated her, she never said a word. Nanny Miao didn't believe that Qu Zhizhen knew nothing about it. She had seen Qu Zhizhen a few times, and no matter how she looked at him, he didn't seem to be a stupid person.
It can even be said that Qu Zhizhen seems smarter than ordinary people. This is not only true in the outer courtyard, but also in the inner courtyard. Isn’t the Yu family’s incident an example
After finding out that Yu was planning to frame his ex-wife's daughter and was extremely disrespectful to the Crown Princess in front of her spirit, he was still able to save Yu. Even Yu's two children were not affected at all. Only he was reprimanded. Madam Miao really thought that this Minister was too smart.
"Miss..." Nanny Miao wanted to remind her young lady to be careful of the Minister, but she couldn't say it when she opened her mouth. After all, the young lady also has the Minister's father, and she couldn't let a daughter be careful of her own biological father!
"Madam Miao, please keep staring at this old woman and see what she wants to do!" Qu Moying said thoughtfully, pressing lightly on the corner of the table with his fingers.
This woman is a bit suspicious.
"I know. If there is anything, I will report to the young lady immediately." said Nanny Miao.
Qu Moying nodded and asked, "Have you prepared the clothes for the banquet at Duke Qi's mansion?"
This matter was previously handled by Nanny Miao, and she was also asked to contact the needlework room. From the clothes made before, I picked out a set that suits the scene, and asked the needlework room to embroider some patterns as accessories. It should be almost ready.
"Miss, the needlework room said it will be ready in the next two days. I will go and urge them later. We can't delay things here."
A hint of anger appeared on Aunt Miao's face.
As soon as Qu Moying saw Madam Miao's expression, she knew something was wrong, so she asked, "What's wrong? I've taken the clothes away for several days, why haven't they been ready yet? Is the sewing room very busy recently?"
When Ji Hanyue was in charge, she had been in charge of things in the Ji Mansion. She knew that at times like this, the needlework room would progress very quickly. There were many banquets in the Ji Mansion, especially Ji Hanyue's. She had to change into new clothes every time she went out. She couldn't let the future Crown Princess lose face. If the needlework room didn't move faster, it would not be able to keep up.
Is the work in the sewing room of Qu Mansion so slow
"Yes, they are busy. They said they were for some clothes for the Madam. I heard that the doctor ordered them to make some light clothes for the Madam. People who have been ill for a long time cannot get out of bed. If they don't wear light clothes, it will be inconvenient for them to move." Miao Ma said angrily, "You have harmed the young lady to this state, and you are just punished for a few days."
"When did it happen?" Qu Moying's heart moved.
"As for what happened in the past few days, I didn't mention it before. When I took the young lady's clothes over, the sewing room didn't say anything. They said that this time, they had to wait a little bit, and they said that it was the master's order, and they dared not neglect it.
"Slow down." Speaking of this, Madam Miao was also very angry, "What do you mean by adults? It's obvious that the people in the sewing room stood on the side of the lady before, and they did it on purpose."
Previously, the manager of the sewing room colluded with Yu to frame Qu Moying once. After this time, the manager was replaced, but the people under him were not replaced.
Compared to Qu Moying, these people must identify more with the Yu family. After all, it was the Yu family that managed them for so many years. Even if the Yu family is in decline now, don’t they still have the second son and the third daughter? Who knows when the lady will be released again.
What happened recently that even alarmed Qu Zhizhen and made Qu Zhizhen make concessions? My heart moved inexplicably, I couldn't eat, pickled cucumbers, and comfortable clothes. It seemed that there was an answer in my heart, but this matter was really a bit weird...
Seeing Qu Moying bowing her head and mumbling in silence, Nanny Miao thought that Qu Moying was sad, and hurriedly advised: "Miss, don't be sad. Yu Shi has fallen into this situation now. Even if the master cares about her, it doesn't matter. She was disrespectful to you in front of the Crown Princess's spirit. This kind of thing is not decided by the master alone. Even the palace has reprimanded it."
Although the matter was suppressed in the end, Yu Shi became famous, and her reputation was even reported to the emperor. If the palace has no intention of helping Yu Shi in the future, it will not be easy for Yu Shi to regain her former glory. First of all, the royal family will not be willing to do so. For this reason, Qu Zhizhen cannot do whatever he wants. The most he can do is to take care of Yu Shi in the mansion.
"Madam Miao, have they changed their doctor recently?" Qu Moying suddenly asked.
“This… I don’t know yet. I’ll check it out later.” said Nanny Miao.
Qu Moying hesitated for a moment, then suddenly shook his head, "No need to check, it must have been changed."
"How did Miss know?" Nanny Miao was surprised.
"The doctor and his female doctor at that time definitely could not enter the palace again, so they had to be replaced. Yu was really calculating at that time. Regardless of whether the matter was successful or not, the doctor must not be used again. She could even let the doctor say something else."
Qu Moying sneered, with a deep look in his eyes. Putting these things together, it is really a good idea, and a great idea at that.
It can be seen how unwilling Yu was...
"Miss, what do you mean? I don't understand for the moment." Nanny Miao really didn't understand. After a moment of silence, she asked directly.
"Yu is pregnant!" Qu Moying said affirmatively.
"What? This... How is this possible?" Nanny Miao was stunned for a moment, and then retorted subconsciously.
"Why not?" Qu Moying smiled slightly, his eyes slowly calmed down, but a bigger wave rose in his heart. It was a coincidence, it was really a coincidence, so coincidental that it was hard to believe that Yu's luck had always been so good.
Yu was really lucky. When she had an affair with Qu Zhizhen, she became pregnant with Qu Qiuyan and Qu Mingcheng. Later, because of the children in her belly, the lady-in-waiting had to let her enter the Qu Mansion as a concubine, which also laid the foundation for her to become the legal wife in the future.
What about now? Being pregnant at such a critical moment is a rare thing. Qu Zhizhen only had a son and a daughter. If she had another son, her status would be more solid...
"Miss, this is impossible!"