Yan Yujiao stared at Qu Moying's back with gritted teeth, furious, but did not chase after him.
"Miss, Miss!" Seeing that she had been silent, the maid called out anxiously. She had just hit her head, and I hoped that Miss was not really hurt!
"Let's go back." Yan Yujiao suddenly moved and walked out.
"Miss, where are you going?" A maid went to pay the medical fee, and another person ran after her, asking.
"Go back and find County Lord Jingyu." Yan Yujiao said coldly.
The maid was stunned for a moment, but ultimately didn't dare to say anything more and could only follow Yan Yujiao back.
Yan Yujiao and Liu Jingyu came out for a stroll today. They left home early and were tired from strolling. Later, they found a bookstore and read some books and admired paintings in a private room on the second floor, feeling quite comfortable.
Yan Yujiao originally wanted to go back as it was getting late, but when she was leaving, Marquis Feng Yang's wife told her to go back early as there were guests at the mansion today.
But Liu Jingyu kept pulling her aside to talk. When she wanted to talk, she said that it was a rare opportunity for her to go out, so she had to have fun enough. She also said that she had to go to Zhenbaozhai for a meal later, so she simply decided not to go back.
Yan Yujiao thought it was a good idea and stayed. But just now, a maid from the Liu Mansion came over and said that Madam Liu had fainted. Liu Jingyu was extremely anxious and apologized to Yan Yujiao before leaving.
Yan Yujiao was already tired from shopping, and Liu Jingyu had gone back at this time. She had nowhere to go alone, so she simply went back home. Unexpectedly, she collided with Qu Moying's carriage halfway on the way.
When she got off the carriage just now, she saw that the horse's leg in front of Qu Moying's carriage had been chopped off. She was almost frightened to death, and her heart is still pounding.
Yan Yujiao's carriage was not actually broken down, and it had already arrived at the entrance of the clinic. She got on the carriage, and the carriage headed all the way to the bookstore.
In the carriage, Yan Yujiao's face was gloomy, and the handkerchief in her hand was twisted into a tangled knot.
Seeing her gloomy face, the maid didn't dare to say anything and waited on her side carefully.
The carriage stopped at the bookstore. Yan Yujiao took her people back to the private room on the second floor and called over a waiter, who happened to be the waiter who had served her and Liu Jingyu tea before.
"When the maid from the Liu Mansion came to report to County Lady Jingyu, was she in a hurry to enter the house?" Yan Yujiao said with a gloomy face.
She remembered very clearly that when she entered the room, the old woman almost stumbled in. She didn't suspect anything at first, thinking that something might have happened to Minister Liu's wife and the servants in the house were frightened.
“I didn’t notice this little one, but…” the guy thought for a while and said, there were a lot of people around at the time, and he really didn’t notice anything unusual, so he was very hesitant.
"You say!" Yan Yujiao glanced at the maid beside her, and the maid stepped forward smartly and handed over a purse.
As soon as the clerk took the purse, he smiled and nodded, "Miss, I don't know if my guess is true. If the woman really rushed in, I would have seen it and noticed it. But I didn't see anything and didn't notice anything at the time. There should be nothing unusual."
The guy explained flatteringly.
Yan Yujiao's heart skipped a beat, and she continued to ask, "Did the old woman come in and ask the guys in your store where we are?"
"Let me go and ask around," said the clerk.
Yan Yujiao nodded, and the waiter went out.
Then, the waiter came in and said, "Miss, one of our waiters saw this woman. He said that she was downstairs after she came in. She asked about the two ladies' descriptions and found out where they were. She didn't ask the waiter to take her there, and she didn't seem to be in a hurry. She went there by herself."
Yan Yujiao's face turned slightly pale. By now, she was already very suspicious of Liu Jingyu. Could it be true, as Qu Moying said, that Liu Jingyu really had schemed against her? But how did she know Qu Moying's whereabouts? And why did she want to deal with Qu Moying when the two of them had almost no interactions
Could it be that he was plotting against me? But Liu Jingyu and I have always been on good terms, why would he plot against me
Or maybe it was just a coincidence, but how do you explain the mother-in-law's incident
Was she upset by Qu Moying, or was she really being plotted against by Liu Jingyu? Sitting in the bookstore, Yan Yujiao was puzzled and simply went downstairs to return home.
She needs to discuss this with her mother and ask her...
Qu Xuexin had been waiting in the teahouse where the two had agreed to meet for a long time. She hadn't seen anyone else along the way. Only a maid came over and whispered a few words to her in the middle of the room, and then she waited quietly for Qu Moying to come.
The wait was very long, so long that Hongmei, who had followed him out, went back and forth to look several times.
It was already past lunch time, but there was still no sign of the Fourth Young Lady.
Qu Xuexin was very calm, even with a smile on her face. She was not in a hurry at all. She asked the staff at the teahouse to bring up some more snacks. She was in a good mood and ate a few more. After that, she was still calm and enjoyed the scenery while waiting for someone.
"Miss, that person over there seems to be Miss Four?" Hongmei was standing at the window, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she pointed at the two people below.
Qu Xuexin stood up, walked to the window, looked down, and saw Qu Moying and Yu Dong in the crowd.
The two of them came here on foot!
The corners of her lips curled up silently: "Hongmei, go down and pick up the fourth young lady and tell her that I'm here."
"Yes, Miss!" Hongmei responded, turned around and went out, went downstairs with a thud, and walked to the door of the teahouse.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Qu Moying and Yu Dong arrived.
"Fourth Miss!" Hongmei hurried forward and saluted.
"Where is your young lady?" Qu Moying asked. Although his face was calm, it was obvious that he did not look well and was a little pale. Yu Dong carefully guarded him by his side, looking worried.
"Our young lady is upstairs, Miss Four, please come in!" Hong Meimei said with a smile, stretched out her hand to guide her upwards, and then led the way.
Qu Moying followed him upstairs, but at the stairs, he met a large group of people coming down from above. The first one was Qi Xiuran, the eldest son of Duke Qi's Mansion.
Qi Xiuran also saw Qu Moying. She was dressed differently from ordinary people. After coming down the stairs, he walked up to Qu Moying and greeted her with a smile: "Fourth Miss Qu, I have finished reading the previous music scores. Please come back in a few days. Thank you!"
Qu Moying turned sideways and bowed, smiling and saying, "It's okay!"
"Grandmother was talking about Fourth Miss Qu the other day. If Fourth Miss Qu has time, she can go and see Grandmother!" Qi Xiuran said with a gentle smile.
"I will go!" Qu Moying nodded with a smile.
After the two exchanged a few words, they separated, and Qu Moying went upstairs.
At that time, I heard voices talking behind me.
"Is this the fourth young lady from Minister Qu's residence?"
"Yes, it's Miss Qu Si." Qi Xiuran's voice.
"She doesn't look like a talentless or pretty girl. Even though I can't see clearly, she must be pretty." Someone was commenting on her looks.
"We'd better not say too much about the lady's appearance. As for her talent, the music score she lent me is very good. Not many people can understand it. She should be much better than ordinary people in music theory." Qi Xiu Ran's voice was still gentle and comfortable to listen to.
It was unexpected that the eldest son of the Duke of Qi, who came from a family of military generals, was so gentle, but he was indeed a nice person.
However, this has little to do with me, Qu Moying thought as he walked up.
However, sometimes, there are things that you can’t expect even if you are reborn. You may think that something is not important, but it may be very important...
"Fourth sister, why are you here so late?" Qu Xuexin saw Qu Moying come in, looked her up and down, stood up and asked with concern.
He took two steps forward and grabbed her hand, and happened to pinch the painful spot on Qu Moying's hand. She couldn't help but frown in pain, and her face turned even paler.
Yudong hurriedly supported her on the side.
"Fourth sister, what happened? What's wrong with your hand?" Seeing Qu Moying in such a condition, Qu Xuexin immediately understood. She carefully pulled Qu Moying's hand, and saw the scars on her wrist. Her face changed drastically in anxiety.
Yu Dong helped Qu Moying sit down on a chair beside her. Qu Moying's hand slipped from Qu Xuexin's hand, and then she smiled slightly: "Big sister, it's nothing, I just accidentally bumped into someone on the road."
"Did you get hit like this? Have you checked to see if there are any other injuries?" Qu Xuexin asked repeatedly. She was very concerned when she saw Qu Moying wanting to reach out his hand but was afraid of hurting her.
"Miss, something really bad almost happened. Our young lady..." Yu Dong couldn't help but speak, but was gently interrupted by Qu Moying.
“Yudong, don’t talk nonsense, it’s nothing serious, it’s over now.”
“Miss…” Yudong’s eyes turned red.
"Okay, forget it, it's okay!" Qu Moying showed a faint smile on his face, and then said to Qu Xuexin, "Sister, the carriage was damaged. I'll ask the coachman to fix it. Let's call a carriage to go back later!"
"Broken? This... what on earth is going on?" Qu Xuexin's hands were shaking with shock.
Qu Moying's eyes fell on the table in front of her. There were quite a few cakes on it, and some of them were still warm, looking as if they had just been served. Her lips curled slightly, and her smile did not reach her eyes: "Sister, don't worry, it's all over. I just bumped into Miss Yan by accident."
"Miss Yan, which Miss Yan are you from? Why didn't you look carefully when the carriage came?" Qu Xuexin became more and more angry.
"Yan Yujiao from the Marquis of Fengyang's Mansion." Qu Moying looked at Qu Xuexin and said slowly.
"Yan Yujiao?" Qu Xuexin pondered the words carefully, then suddenly raised her head with anger on her face, "It's from the Fengyang Marquis' Mansion again. It was this Fengyang Marquis' wife who helped the He Mansion to cheat in marriage. What is she trying to do now? She keeps trying to harm you. What's her purpose? Fourth sister, don't be afraid. We'll tell grandma when we get back and let her help us vent our anger!"