Xu Lipeng, the son of Yongning Marquis, was the fiancé her mother had arranged for her long ago.
He is considered one of the most talented young men in the capital, and is the ideal son-in-law in the eyes of many ladies from aristocratic families. He is countless times better than those playboys.
Qu Moying's eyesight is not very good. After so many years, the Marquis of Yongning has no intention of canceling the engagement and even publicly stated that he will definitely marry her. This was arranged when my mother and the wife of the Marquis of Yongning were getting along very well. I heard that Qu Moying was not yet born at that time, but no matter what, the Luan Alliance cannot be broken!
For this reason, people in the capital praised the Prince of Yongning even more, saying that he was a man of affection and righteousness, who was willing to marry a blind, ugly, and motherless woman, and had no intention of regretting the engagement.
Of course, these are all rumors from outside. It is said that the Prince of Yongning Marquis has a gentle and kind character, and the Yongning Marquis's Mansion also expressed that they do not dislike Qu Moying, but Qu Moying has never received any kindness from the Yongning Marquis's Mansion.
She has been living in the manor for so many years, and the Yongning Marquis's Mansion has never sent anyone to ask about her, nor has it sent any gifts. After returning to the manor this time, she has only met the Yongning Marquis's son once, and it was just by chance. She saw the Yongning Marquis's son accompanying Qu Qiuyan and her cousin Yu's niece Yu Qingmeng, talking and laughing as they came towards her.
Yuchun met him a few days ago and secretly told Qu Moying his identity.
When they saw her, several people were surprised. Xu Lipeng glanced at her indifferently, then walked past her with Qu Qiuyan and Yu Qingmeng without interest.
I only glanced at her at the beginning and never looked at her again after that.
And at that glance, what he saw was Qu Moying's head lowered nervously.
That kind of disdain and alienation didn't seem like he was going to marry Qu Moying. Qu Moying's original self kindly guessed that he might be embarrassed to talk to her in front of Qu Qiuyan and Yu Qingmeng. But the current Qu Moying could tell himself very clearly that it was not embarrassment, but disdain.
The so-called deep love is nothing but a joke.
What was inexplicable was that since he didn't want to marry her, why didn't he cancel the engagement? Was it for his reputation? If so, she would have to be more careful of this seemingly gentle man!
In the past, Qu Moying would have helped him explain with good intentions, but now Qu Moying was not tired of speculating on this matter with the greatest malice. He was unwilling to destroy his own reputation, and wanted to cancel this undesirable marriage. There were many malicious
method.
"Greetings, Madam!" A gentle voice came over, and the one who also looked gentle was the Prince of Yongning.
"You are too polite, my lord. Please take a seat!" said the lady with a smile.
Xu Lipeng bowed to Qu Moying again as a greeting. Qu Moying stood up and bowed sideways as well. After Xu Lipeng sat down, he sat down slowly, with his head slightly lowered. He stretched out his hand to play with the long eye veil ribbon that fell in front of him, and listened quietly to what Xu Lipeng wanted to say.
The greetings between the two were extremely natural, without any awkwardness. The old lady saw it and nodded secretly, becoming more and more satisfied with the son of the Marquis of Yongning.
"Mother heard that the fourth young lady had returned home, so she sent me to say hello." Xu Lipeng said with a smile after sitting down.
Qu Moying felt mocked. He had clearly seen this before, but now he acted as if he was hearing it for the first time. He was indeed a good actor!
"Thank you, Madam Yongning!" The lady smiled.
"I heard that Fourth Miss came back in a hurry this time. Mother is worried that she didn't bring enough clothes. I would like to ask her to go to Huayiwan to choose some. The lady's birthday is in a few days." Xu Lipeng said gently, his handsome eyes looking over with a smile.
These words were said very subtly, not only showing the kindness of the wife of the Marquis of Yongning, but also taking her face into consideration. Qu Moying lived alone in the countryside, so how could she have any good clothes? Even though the lady had prepared several sets of clothes for her when she went to Beijing this time, they were not the best. The best ones had already been chosen by Yu and Qu Qiuyan.
The Yongning Marquis Mansion said this, and it seems that they really care about Qu Moying.
The lady nodded secretly.
Qu Moying's watery eyes flickered twice and she sneered in her heart. No matter how affectionate the Prince of Yongning was, it could not explain his indifference and disregard for her the last time he saw her. She didn't know what this Prince Xu was planning now.
But no matter what his plan is, Qu Moying will deal with it carefully. This man doesn't seem to be simple. He can show a completely different face in front of the lady and before in front of himself. And he has been so "deeply in love and unrepentant" to be engaged to himself, which originally means that he is asking for a lot.
After hearing what Xu Lipeng said, the lady nodded repeatedly. Over the years, this prince of the Yongning Marquis had always satisfied her.
"Ying girl, Hua Yiwan's clothes are nice. Since the prince is free, you can go with him and order a few more sets of clothes." The lady smiled and ordered
Wu Ma took out the banknote, handed it to Yu Chun, and gave her a few more instructions before watching Xu Lipeng and Qu Moying leave together.
The two are an engaged couple, and are surrounded by a lot of people. If they go out on the street occasionally, no matter how strict the ethics are, this kind of thing is nothing.
Although the lady thought Xu Lipeng was a good person, she was not sure whether he could get along well with her granddaughter. For now, if she let them have more interactions with each other, he would feel less unfamiliar after she got married and could better integrate into the Yongning Marquis' Mansion.
This is also the most important reason why the lady allowed Qu Moying to follow Xu Lipeng to Huayiwan.
Xu Lipeng was in front and Qu Moying was behind, and the two walked out one after the other.
Xu Lipeng was walking in front, and originally wanted to wait for Qu Moying to come forward so that the two of them could talk as they walked. However, he slowed down his pace, and Qu Moying behind him also slowed down his pace, with no intention of coming forward at all.
"Miss Fourth...are you feeling unwell?" Xu Lipeng coughed softly and began to speak.
Qu Moying looked up at him and said calmly, "I'm fine, why do you say that, my lord!"
"Since you are fine, why are you walking so slowly? Could it be that Miss Four is afraid of harming the lives of ants, so she walks so slowly?" Xu Lipeng asked in a gentle voice with a smile, his attitude extremely friendly.
Such jokes and such an attitude can easily make young girls feel good about him.
The corners of Qu Moying's lips curled up slightly, but her watery eyes were cold. She raised her head and was about to speak, but stopped when she saw a figure.
"Greetings, Prince!" A delicate voice came from the side. Xu Lipeng looked up and saw a beautiful lady standing beside the flowers, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.
Soon, it fell into Qu Moying's eyes. She twisted the handkerchief in her hand lightly. It looked different from what she had imagined!
She was wearing a light yellow gauze dress that fluttered in the wind. She looked very lovely with her slender figure and very pretty. Her bright eyes looked at Xu Lipeng lovingly, and she didn't pay any attention to Qu Moying who was following behind Xu Lipeng.
Or maybe he didn't take Qu Moying seriously!
Qu Moying knew this person. She was Yu Qingmeng, Yu's niece and Qu Qiuyan's cousin.
Qu Moying calmly stopped walking, raised her eyes from under her veil, and quietly looked at the cousin who lived in Qu's house most of the time. In Qu's house, this cousin was more like a master than herself...