Yan Yu stood at the door coldly, his eyes angry.
Mrs. Li was startled, but when she saw clearly that it was her son, she became annoyed: "How can you talk like that? I'm your mother!"
"It's because you are my mother that I didn't do anything." Yan Yu angrily scolded, and his eyes fell on his trembling sister again, full of disappointment, "In the past, I thought you were a good person, but now it seems that you are just that. What did Miss Qu do wrong to make you scheme against her again and again?"
Yan Yujiao's face flushed, and she was about to cry out of grievance: "Mom, look at my second brother!"
"Yan Yu, where are all the books you read? For the sake of a woman, you actually talked back to your mother and scolded your sister." Li was furious.
"Mother!" Yan Yu's face suddenly calmed down, with only a sinister look in his eyes. He bowed to Li solemnly, "Mother, I'll say it again, there is nothing between me and Fourth Miss Qu. Those words are just your guesses. For your own guesses, you are madly harming a woman. If Fourth Miss Qu is really in trouble, I will make you regret it."
After Yan Yu finished speaking, he strode away without even looking at Li's face which had turned ashen.
Li was intimidated by her son at first, and then became furious. However, her son had already walked away by then, and she was shaking with anger.
Yan Yujiao saw that things were not going well, and quickly reached out to help her sit down on the chair, then comforted her, "Mom, don't be angry, this is really strange!"
She was unsure before and had not dared to speak out. Now that she saw her mother and her second brother were so angry, she was afraid that her mother would get hurt. She hurriedly changed the subject.
"What's so strange? It's obvious that she has taken a fancy to your second brother. Look at your second brother. He hasn't done anything yet, but he talks to me like this for a woman. If he really marries her, he will make a big fuss in the mansion!" Li pointed outside and scolded her son.
"Mom, it's true. Today, Qu Moying and I had a car accident. Something seemed wrong, as if there was a plan." Yan Yujiao pulled Li's sleeve and said.
"Scheme? It must be that woman who schemed against you. I didn't expect that a blind man could be so powerful. He is even more capable than those who are not blind." The more Li listened, the angrier she became.
"Mom, no, Qu Moying almost got into trouble this time. If someone hadn't chopped off the horse in her carriage, she would have really been in trouble." Yan Yujiao hurriedly said the second half of the sentence that she had not finished just now.
Li was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look at her daughter in astonishment: "Did the fourth young lady of the Qu Mansion almost die?"
"Yes, if someone hadn't chopped off her horse's legs, she would have been crippled by now." Yan Yujiao thought for a moment, then looked at Li hesitantly, "Mom, I think this matter has something to do with Jingyu County Lord?"
"With Lady Jingyu?" Li asked in surprise. Her expression slowly calmed down as she listened carefully to her daughter's account of what had happened.
Yan Yujiao recounted what happened after she checked. Although there was no direct evidence that there was something wrong with Liu Jingyu, this indirect evidence could also explain many things.
Especially when Liu Jingyu left, Yan Yujiao went out and got on the carriage. When she returned home, she met Qu Moying's carriage, and the two carriages collided inexplicably.
"Go and check the driver of the coach you took today." Li was naturally more capable than Yan Yujiao. As soon as she found some other traces, she instructed a maid beside her.
The old woman hurried out to check the coachman of the carriage that Yan Yujiao was riding in today, and found out that he was a servant in the mansion.
The maid left quickly and came back quickly. Not long after, she hurried back to report to Li: "Madam, the coachman is missing!"
"What? Gone? Where did it go?" Yan Yujiao stood up straight. It was still there when she came back just now. How come it disappeared in just a moment
"I don't know about this. I heard that the coachman had a car accident today and was afraid that the young lady and the lady would punish him. So after returning home, he packed up some things and ran away." said the old woman.
"Does this coachman have anyone else in the mansion?" Li asked sternly.
"Madam, this coachman has only been in our house for a month, and he is the only one here. You let him in because you felt sorry for him," the old woman reminded.
Only then did Li remember this incident. It was indeed true. That day, her carriage went out and it rained, so the wheels got stuck. The previous coachman couldn't get it out by himself. Fortunately, a passerby passed by and helped them push the carriage up and repaired the wheels.
Li sent a maid to thank him, but the man said there was no need to thank him. He said he came to Beijing to live with his relatives, but now he has not found them and is all alone. It would be best if the lady could give him a bowl of rice.
When Li asked him what he did before, he just said that he was a carriage driver for an official in their area.
Li thought that there were not many coachmen in the mansion, and one of them happened to have gone back to his hometown, so she let him take over.
He had always done a good job before. Although he had only been in the mansion for a short time, he was a good person and hardworking. Whenever there was a trip, he would rush to go out. No one expected that he would be the one who got into trouble this time.
For a moment, I was angry and furious, but helpless.
This is a new one. Although he was said to be sold as a slave, due to various affairs, the formalities have not been completed yet. Li has been busy recently and has long forgotten about this matter. So, this coachman is not a slave, so even if he leaves, nothing can be done to him.
"Someone must be plotting this, and this person also knows some things about our house." Li snorted coldly, pulled Yan Yujiao to sit down, frowning.
After all, she was the wife of Marquis Fengyang, and she was less angry and impulsive. Some things connected right away, including her previous visit to the Qu Mansion to propose marriage.
"Originally, I was just angry about your second brother's matter. I also wanted to meet this Fourth Miss Qu, but I didn't have the idea of matchmaking. It was another lady who reminded me of this. She also said that if Fourth Miss Qu got married, your second brother would have no more thoughts and would be fine in the future. I listened to her and chose Third Master He."
Li explained to her daughter slowly.
"This Mr. He is not doing things right. I have also heard your father talk about this before. But if that lady had not repeatedly reminded me, I would not have gone directly to the Qu Mansion..."
This lady had a very good relationship with Minister Liu's wife. I heard that they were close friends back then.
“Mother…” Yan Yujiao’s face looked a little ugly.
"My daughter, you should stay away from Lady Jingyu in the future. If she invites you, it's best to avoid her." Li warned, as she was afraid that her daughter would suffer.
"Mom, if she really plotted against me, then she..." Yan Yujiao was speechless, "She...
…She is so amazing!”
"Anyone who wants to be the Crown Princess must be powerful. But I heard that there is a favored concubine in the Crown Prince's mansion. Even if she marries into the Eastern Palace, it may not be good for her!" Li sneered and said sarcastically.
He reached out and held the woman's slightly cold hand, and reminded her again: "Stay away from her in the future."
"Mother, I understand." Yan Yujiao lowered her head, seemingly being obedient, but there was a flash of anger in her eyes. She was also a lady from a noble family. Even if her status was not as high as Liu Jingyu's, she was still a lady of a high-ranking noble family. When she thought that she almost got killed because of Liu Jingyu, she became furious.
She couldn't stand this tone anymore!
"Princess, it's been done!" A maid said to Liu Jingyu with a smile.
Liu Jingyu was sitting in a pavilion. The pavilion, which was nestled against the mountains and beside the water, had an excellent environment. It was a pavilion in the mansion of the Duke of Qi with beautiful scenery. As the most favored granddaughter of the Duke of Qi, this was the place Liu Jingyu visited most often, and it was almost hers.
The servants in the mansion vaguely guessed that their young lady had an ordinary relationship with County Lord Jingyu, because when County Lord Jingyu was here, the young lady never came over.
But Lady Jingyu spends a lot of time at the Duke of Qi's mansion, so the young lady rarely comes here.
"Let's wait for what's next!" Liu Jingyu stretched out her hand and plucked the strings of the zither in her hand. Among all the four arts, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, the zither was her best skill.
In the capital, her zither should be the best among the ladies from aristocratic families, after all, Ji Hanyue is no longer around.
Thinking of this, she felt relaxed and her fingers plucked the strings twice again. She was in a good mood, smiling like a flower, extremely beautiful.
"Cousin!" A person who was passing by hurriedly heard the sound of the piano and turned around. It was Qi Xiu Ran, the eldest son of the Duke of Qi's mansion. He was very kind to this cousin and always treated her as his own sister.
There was originally only one young lady in the Duke of Qi's mansion, and she was born to his illegitimate uncle, so one more would not be too many.
"Cousin!" Liu Jingyu stood up when he saw Qi Xiuran, bowed gracefully, then looked at him and asked with a smile, "Cousin, why are you in such a hurry?"
"Have you taken a good look at the music score I lent you before? I have to return it first." Qi Xiuran said gently.
When he was reading it before, Liu Jingyu came over and also liked this incomplete copy, so he asked for it.
"Cousin, please wait a moment. I'll have someone get it right away." Liu Jingyu said softly, and sent a maid to get the music score.
After the two of them exchanged a few words, the maid brought the music sheet, and Liu Jingyu personally handed it to Qi Xiuran, saying in a delicate voice, "Cousin, this incomplete copy is good, and the handwriting is also good."
Qi Xiuran smiled slightly, said nothing, took the music sheet, stood up and said goodbye to Liu Jingyu.
Seeing Qi Xiuran walk away gracefully with his sleeves spread out, the smile on Liu Jingyu's face slowly faded, and then a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes, and he cursed in a low voice: "Bitch!"
These words were totally inconsistent with her image. No one would have expected that the gentle and elegant Lady Jingyu would utter such words.
Several maids and old women all lowered their heads, not daring to move...
They were the only ones who knew that what this Jingyu County Lord showed on the outside was all for show. The real Jingyu County Lord frightened and terrified them...