The room fell silent. No one spoke for a while. One could even hear low, rapid breathing, which then slowly slowed down...
"Can I ask Master Xu, are you here to call me to task today, or for something else? If you are calling me to task, what crime are you calling me for, and who started it? Could it be that Master Xu thinks there is not enough topic between us, and wants us to listen to the topic?" Qu Moying asked again.
Xu Lipeng's face became increasingly gloomy. How could he want more gossip about him to spread in the capital
Because of the previous events, his original plan to enter official career has been put on hold and has not been completed yet. Also, because of Yu Qingmeng's matter, he has been keeping a low profile recently, just hoping that others will forget about this matter.
But when he saw Yan Yujiao's letter, a surge of anger surged up in his heart. He felt inexplicably depressed and angry, and thought that all this was because of Qu Moying. Now he was in trouble, but Qu Moying had an affair with his brother Yan Yu. No wonder Yan Yu hadn't come to see him during this period of time. It was obvious that he was feeling guilty.
He asked someone to keep an eye on the Qu Mansion. When Xu Lipeng heard that Qu Moying had gone out to the store today, he came to the door with a sense of anger. When he heard what Qu Moying said, he immediately felt that something was wrong.
He was not stupid. He already felt something was wrong and stood up suddenly. "Miss Qu Si, I have something else to do. I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, he turned around and strode away.
“Miss…” Yu Dong curled her lips as she watched Xu Lipeng leaving. What kind of person is this? He comes when he wants and leaves when he wants.
"Go and see if Master Xu's fiancée has come to the front of the store! If she really has, let her in!" Qu Moying shook his hand and interrupted Yu Dong's words. If there was anyone else who would see Xu Lipeng and herself together and make trouble, it would not be anyone else except Duan Jinxiang, the second lady of the Guanglu Temple.
Yudong hurriedly followed.
Sure enough, as soon as Xu Lipeng went out, he saw several young ladies coming to the door. The first one was his fiancée, Miss Duan Jinxiang.
Seeing Xu Lipeng coming out, Duan Jinxiang was stunned for a moment and her face turned ugly. She just learned that the fourth young lady of the Qu family was in this store, and this store was still the store of the Qu family.
Thinking of the jokes made by the young ladies just now, Duan Jinxiang became furious.
"Meet Master Xu."
A familiar lady spoke first, and Duan Jinxiang followed suit. She raised her head and looked at Xu Lipeng, but saw that his face was gloomy and his eyes were cold. He looked at her unkindly and said, "Second Miss Duan, why are you here?"
This question made Duan Jinxiang angry. She looked at Yu Dong beside Xu Lipeng. This was a maid, not brought by Xu Lipeng. There was also a servant behind Xu Lipeng.
"Since this is a shop, if the prince can come here, then naturally I can come here too." Duan Jinxiang said.
"Miss Duan Er, please. Our lady has been waiting for you for a long time." Yu Dong took two steps forward, bowed to Duan Jinxiang, and said politely.
This gift stunned everyone. What this meant was that the fourth lady of the Qu family had already made an appointment with the second lady
Duan Jinxiang was stunned for a moment, and was about to open her mouth to reprimand, but she saw Xu Lipeng's eyes had turned back to her, and he said lightly: "Since you are here, come in together, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
After saying that, he turned around and walked inside, as if to pick up Duan Jinxiang.
His reaction was not slow. As soon as he opened his mouth, he saw the fierce look on Duan Jinxiang's face and immediately knew that what he said was wrong. While he was feeling annoyed, Yu Dong's words gave him an excuse. This was not the place to talk. No matter what he said, it might be detrimental to his reputation. Naturally, it would be better for him to go inside and talk.
"Miss Duan Er, please." Yu Dong smiled and led her in gracefully.
"Wait for me here for a while." Duan Jinxiang said perfunctorily to the ladies around her. Now she had to go in and take a look.
If she finds out that Qu Moying and Master Xu are still in contact, she will never let them go.
Qu Moying, a blind woman whose engagement was broken off, could she possibly want to be a concubine to Master Xu? She would never allow such a thing to happen.
I was just strolling around today, and a few good friends invited me to go out together. When I got here, I talked about the case that was making a lot of noise in the city. I stopped and looked around, and one of the girls said that the door was open, and I wondered if it was the fourth daughter of the Qu family who was there.
Others said that they seemed to have seen the figure of the Prince of Yongning when they got off the carriage just now, and joked that maybe Qu Moying asked the Prince of Yongning for help, after all, they were an engaged couple before.
These words made Duan Jinxiang angry, so she walked over to see what was going on. Unexpectedly, she really met Xu Lipeng coming out. For a moment, she felt jealous and angry.
Following Xu Lipeng with her maid, she walked in and saw Qu Moying sitting in the room. There were several large account books on the table. She was reading the account books. When she heard footsteps, she looked at Xu Lipeng who was coming back. There was no surprise on her face, and her eyes fell on Duan Jinxiang.
"Master Xu, you have to solve your own problems." She said calmly, her eyes returning to the account book in front of her.
She didn't want to get involved in the affairs of Xu Lipeng and Duan Jinxiang at all. They were just two people who were drifting away from her and were not worth her spending too much time on. She brought them both into the relationship because she was afraid that Duan Jinxiang would make a big scene in front of her store and ruin her business.
As for the original etiquette, one should be polite to polite people. Qu Moying didn't think it was a waste of time on Duan Jinxiang who was about to come in and cause trouble. Looking at Duan Jinxiang's hateful and cold eyes, one could tell that she never felt guilty for stealing someone else's marriage.
"Miss Qu Si, what do you mean?" Duan Jinxiang said angrily as soon as she saw Qu Moying.
Qu Moying's face darkened, and he said sternly, "If Miss Duan wants to quarrel, go and quarrel with the Yongning Marquis's son. I also want to know who instructed the Yongning Marquis's son to come to me in anger. Miss Duan is even more unlucky. She is coming here at this time to make trouble. Is she planning to ruin the Yongning Marquis's career, or is she trying to ruin the marriage between your two families?"
Yu Dong was very smart. She pointed outside and said, "The ladies who came with Miss Duan Er are all outside watching the fun. When I came in just now, I heard them whispering that there will be fun to watch."
Yu Dong just stayed behind on purpose and looked at the ladies behind him. He indeed saw these ladies looking over here together, as if whispering. As for what they were saying and whether this was really what they meant, Yu Dong felt that it was almost certain.
It looks like someone planned this matter, so there must be a gossipy lady involved.
After hearing what Yu Dong said, Duan Jinxiang's face turned cold, and her mood eased a little. Of course she knew what kind of people came today. Some of them especially liked to gossip. If a fight really broke out, it would be difficult to deal with it.
Duan Jinxiang knew clearly how this marriage came about. It was she who broke up Xu Lipeng's marriage. Although she did not think that Xu Lipeng originally wanted to marry Qu Moying, she remembered that after the incident with Yu Qingmeng was exposed, Xu Lipeng had warned her that if anything happened again, the marriage between the two families would be broken off.
Now, after hearing what Qu Moying said, he felt panicked and looked at Xu Lipeng involuntarily. However, he saw that Xu Lipeng's face was as gloomy as water and his eyes were cold and fierce. It was obvious that he was angry, and he felt inexplicably panicked.
She had worked so hard to get this marriage, so how could it fall through like this
"Of course I'm not here to cause trouble. I just want to ask clearly. As for Fourth Miss Qu, please respect yourself. After all, you have nothing to do with Master Xu anymore!" Duan Jinxiang said calmly. Thinking of the consequences of this matter, she dared not act recklessly anymore. She even stood next to Xu Lipeng on purpose, acting as if she shared the same mind with Xu Lipeng.
It's very bluffing.
"Prince, what do you think?" As soon as he saw her expression, Qu Moying knew that this matter could not be made into anything more serious. He looked at Xu Lipeng and asked indifferently.
At this point, unless you are extremely stupid, you will definitely find the doubts in this matter.
It was such a coincidence. If Xu Lipeng was still sitting here talking, Duan Jinxiang would have rushed in, and a big argument would have broken out at that time. Seeing Duan Jinxiang's extremely jealous expression, it was unknown what she would say or do, and there were a lot of other people watching the fun.
If Qu Moying doesn't end up well, Xu Lipeng won't end up well either.
"Yan Yu's sister told me." Xu Lipeng said coldly, without hiding anything this time.
"Miss Yan and I are not familiar with each other, why do you want to hurt her like this?" Qu Moying said calmly, her eyes were as calm as water under her veil, "I have met Miss Yan before, she didn't seem to like me very much, and she was with Jingyu County Lord at that time, but I don't know if Miss Yan has always passed on information to the prince, or is it just this time?"
Qu Moying sneered in her heart. She was now certain that this matter had a great deal to do with Liu Jingyu, but she didn't know where this Miss Liu had such a strong resentment. She was bent on finding trouble with her, and her mind was extremely vicious. It seemed that she would not stop until she had destroyed herself.
Xu Lipeng frowned. He naturally knew Yan Yujiao, Yan Yu's sister. He had only met her in the past and exchanged a few words. Occasionally, when Yan Yu was around, she would say a few words to her, but that was all. How could she pass on information in private? This time, she inexplicably got the news that Yan Yu intended to marry Qu Moying, and asked him to find a way to help Yan Yu and find out what Miss Qu was thinking.
He believed it without a doubt at the time, but he felt angry and hard to suppress, so he asked people to keep an eye on Qu Moying to see if he left the house. Now when he thinks about it, he has many doubts. Why would Yan Yujiao, who has always been polite, do such a thing? Is it really because she is Yan Yu's friend
And what does this Liu Jingyu mean? What does she have to do with this matter