This reminded Qu Qiuyan, and she remembered that a close friend of hers told her vaguely that Concubine He seemed to have taken a fancy to Liu Jingyu.
This was what she mentioned when she suffered a loss against Liu Jingyu.
Could it be true
Thinking of this, he felt a little panicked. He gritted his teeth and secretly hated himself. King Jing was his, and Liu Jingyu was not as good-looking as he was. What was the use of having a better family background? He was not bad either.
If the useless blind cousin of Qu Moying could become the Crown Princess, what's wrong with me becoming the Princess of Jing
Just as he was about to say something else, he suddenly saw someone waving at him not far away. Upon closer inspection, it was Yan Er. He hesitated for a moment.
Her mother told her not to take the initiative to contact the Second Young Master Yan, but it was not her decision to contact him at the moment. It was the Second Young Master Yan who came to her on his own initiative, so it did not count as going against her mother's wishes.
"You guys go for a walk first, I'll be alone." Qu Qiuyan said.
"Third sister, I'll accompany you. I'm worried about you walking alone." Qu Caiyue said flatteringly.
"I don't want you to pretend to be kind." Qu Qiuyan said to Qu Caiyue with disdain. After that, she ignored Qu Caiyue and walked towards the peach forest path with her maid.
Qu Caiyue was embarrassed, but she didn't dare to talk to her. She smiled awkwardly and said, "Then be careful, third sister. If you have any problems, come to me... and big sister."
"I also want to take a walk alone." Qu Xuexin frowned as she watched Qu Qiuyan leave.
"I just happened to hear that there are purple peach blossoms in this temple, but I have never found them. Why don't I go look for them?" Qu Caiyue didn't dare to contradict Qu Xuexin and could only smile awkwardly.
Qu Xuexin looked at the direction Qu Qiuyan left, looked at it thoughtfully, then found another way and left.
Qu Caiyue was left alone with a gloomy look on her face.
"Miss, shall we go look for purple peach blossoms?" The maid stood together and asked timidly when she saw that she had kept her head down and remained silent.
"Find...find...find the source. If there is one, why don't you let others find it? It's obviously a fake." Qu Caiyue scolded angrily. She stretched out her hand and pinched the maid fiercely, then angrily found a random way and left. What's so great about being a legitimate daughter? She will marry a good one in the future and see how these legitimate daughters can show off in front of her.
The maid was in so much pain that tears were about to fall from her eyes, but she didn't dare to cry out and just trotted away behind her.
Not long after Qu Qiuyan left, Yan Yu appeared at the intersection.
"Miss Qu San." Yan Yu stepped forward and bowed. He was a good friend of Xu Lipeng. He would follow Xu Lipeng to the Qu Mansion in the past and was also quite familiar with Qu Qiuyan.
"Second Young Master Yan." Qu Qiuyan had regained her calm and graceful demeanor in front of others. She bowed sideways, then stood up straight and looked at Yan Yu blankly: "Second Young Master Yan, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"What happened yesterday..." Yan Yu said.
"What happened yesterday? Are you talking about the matter between Second Master Yan and Second Sister? Grandmother is very angry now. Second Master Yan, please don't do this again in the future. If you really like my Second Sister, just come to propose marriage. Don't do such private things. It's disgraceful for everyone."
Qu Qiuyan interrupted him seriously.
Does this mean that she knows nothing and everything has nothing to do with her
Yan Yu raised his eyes in surprise and looked at Qu Qiuyan. He really didn't expect Qu Qiuyan to say that. Originally, he just came here to inquire and discuss the next things with Qu Qiuyan. Now it seems unnecessary!
He was willing to sully himself to help others out of friendship, but now he feels like a fool.
In the past, he didn't think too deeply about it. He just felt that Xu Lipeng was trustworthy and didn't think too much about it. But now, Qu Qiuyan's words awakened him from his dream!
Yu Qingmeng is the cousin of the Qu family and is very much loved by Yu. It is possible that she has taken over a few servants in the Qu family. But now in the Great Compassion Temple, those brought here are all the confidants of the masters. No matter how capable Yu Qingmeng is, it is impossible for her to intervene in the East Palace, let alone Madam Qu. Therefore, the most suspicious person is not Yu Qingmeng, but the Third Miss Qu who is bent on clearing herself.
The so-called people from the Qu Mansion cooperating with him should be Qu Qiuyan who cooperates with him.
But now that something happened, she immediately put all the blame on herself. However, she acted very innocent and said she knew nothing. Qu Qiuyan passed on the blame cleanly and efficiently.
"If that's what Miss Qu San says, then I have nothing to say and I'll take my leave first." Yan Yu's face turned cold. He bowed to Qu Qiuyan in a deep voice, then turned and left.
If Qu Qiuyan was such a person, what about Yu Qingmeng? Even her most innocent friend whom she had always believed in? Birds of a feather flock together, isn't there a saying
Seeing him turn around and leave without saying anything, Qu Qiuyan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said, "Second Master Yan, please wait a moment."
Of course, her original intention was not to let Yan Yu leave, she just wanted to shock him and make him listen to her more.
"Miss Qu San knows nothing, what is she talking about?" Yan Yu stopped and asked coldly.
Qu Qiuyan hesitated for a moment. Saying nothing at this time would certainly allow her to extricate herself from this matter, but she still wanted to use Yan Yu right now. If she really said nothing, it would be difficult to talk about this matter later.
The more she looked at this blind girl Qu Moying, the more she hated her. She must get rid of her. She heard that Madam Yan was a powerful woman. If this cheap girl Qu Moying was allowed to enter the Yan Mansion, and in such a dishonorable way, Madam Yan would be able to torture her to death.
Before, she had asked Qing He to take action personally, originally intending to put an end to it all. Unexpectedly, not only was Qu Moying fine, but Qing He was also implicated. For a while, she did not dare to take action against Qu Moying personally, and could only seek help from outsiders.
"I actually know a little bit about Second Young Master Yan's affairs, but now I don't understand. Is Second Young Master Yan in love with my second sister or fourth sister?" Qu Qiuyan smiled and pinched the handkerchief in her hand, as if she really had doubts.
"Miss Qu San, whoever you think is the right person?" Yan Yu said meaningfully.
Qu Qiuyan hesitated for a moment before continuing, "I think it's the fourth sister. After all, the fourth sister is my father's legitimate daughter, while the second sister is my uncle's illegitimate daughter. Besides, although the fourth sister grew up on the farm, she is good in everything except her eyes, and she looks better than the second sister."
Even though she had never seen Qu Moying's appearance, Qu Qiuyan slowly concluded that Qu Moying was not bad looking, which made her even more jealous. Now in order to meet the conditions, she had to speak well of Qu Moying.
"Is Fourth Miss Qu really so good that the Prince of Yongning would cancel the engagement?" Yan Yu frivolously clapped the folding fan in his hand twice and glanced at Qu Qiuyan.
He was also very handsome, especially his pair of peach blossom eyes that seemed to be smiling even when he was not smiling. Just looking at them made people feel warm. Even though Qu Qiuyan had someone in her heart, her face couldn't help but blush.
"That's what Master Xu missed. Master Xu will regret not appreciating Fourth Sister's kindness." Qu Qiuyan sighed and stopped looking at Yan Yu's face.
This face is to deceive those innocent young ladies from aristocratic families. Fortunately, I am not one of them. The one I love is King Jing. Of course, the most important thing is that marrying King Jing means having everything. If I marry this man in front of me,
He's just a pretty boy, not only does he have no title, but he might even have to rely on his brother and sister-in-law to make a living in the future.
What's the point of having a pretty face
What good can be found in a prodigal son, and a romantic prodigal son at that
Of course, it would be better to let Qu Moying follow this playboy and prodigal son, and the kind who has no name or status.
As long as Qu Moying is trampled into the mud, no one will ever say that they are a concubine's daughter who turned into a legitimate daughter, and are not as good as Qu Moying in the manor.
"Perhaps Master Xu has already regretted it." Yan Yu seemed to have more to say, but Qu Qiuyan couldn't hear it. She looked at Yan Yu suspiciously, and finally felt that she had to make some big moves: "Grandmother loves Fourth Sister the most. The few people in our house combined are not as favored as Fourth Sister. As for Master Xu's matter..."
"What do you mean?" Yan Yu raised his eyebrows and asked.
"What happened that day was actually such a coincidence. How could it be such a coincidence? And my fourth sister was also there at the time." Qu Qiuyan hinted at something.
"Miss Third means that this was planned by Miss Fourth Qu. Why did she do this?" Yan Yu asked. This was somewhat similar to what Xu Lipeng said before. Xu Lipeng said that he was not willing to marry Miss Second Duan, but he had to do so under the circumstances.
Yu Qingmeng also repeatedly stated that she was also harmed by Qu Moying, and was carried into the Yongning Marquis Mansion in a sedan chair.
"This... I really don't know. Maybe Fourth Sister doesn't like Master Xu either! I don't know the details, but if Second Master Yan likes Fourth Sister, he must win her heart first. Otherwise, it will be useless even if the marriage is arranged. Look at Master Xu for so many years, and he still married someone else. Others will only feel sorry for Fourth Sister."
Qu Qiuyan sighed, as if she was sincerely sighing for Yan Yu and Qu Moying, then said goodbye to Yan Yu, and left gracefully with her maid, leaving Yan Yu standing there alone, tapping the fan in his palm thoughtfully, with an ambiguous look on his face...
When Qu Moying came back, the others had not yet returned, so she went to pay her respects to the old lady first. When she heard that several people had separated, the old lady became very worried, so she sent people out to look for them, and finally found them all.
When Qu Xuexin, Qu Caiyue, and Qu Qiuyan came back, the lady scolded them again before letting them go back.
When several people walked out of the courtyard together, Qu Caiyue suddenly turned around and said with a bad look, "Where did Fourth Sister pick the purple peach blossoms? Why didn't she tell us so that we could go and enjoy them together? Instead, she went out to play alone. Didn't she take Grandma's words to heart?"
She had just seen the purple peach blossoms in the lady's vase. She was so jealous that she couldn't control herself and immediately stood up at the door and started to attack Mo Ying.
If this happened to Qu Xuexin and Qu Qiuyan, she would not dare to say a word and would just keep flattering and praising them. But now it was Qu Moying, the person she despised the most, so of course she started to reprimand him harshly.
"Second sister likes it?" Qu Moying raised his eyes and said indifferently.
"We all like it, but we couldn't find it after searching for a long time. Unexpectedly, our fourth sister found it. She didn't think about us at all and only picked this one for grandma. Didn't she think about the fact that we sisters have nothing?"
Qu Caiyue sneered with a frown on her face.
"My second sister likes to pick it herself. I heard that it's from Prince Yun, and it's dyed with human blood." Qu Moying said casually. After he looked at the three sisters whose faces changed drastically, he raised his eyebrows indifferently and turned to leave.
Sisterhood? If they don't have it, why should I have it...
It's a life-and-death relationship, and you're still talking about sisterhood? There's really no need!