"Greetings, Princess!" Liu Jingyu came in, as gentle as ever, with a smile on her beautiful face. He looked at Princess Xiangrong and bowed sideways, doing everything in a proper manner without a single mistake.
"County Lord Jingyu came at the right time. I was just looking for you!" Princess Xiangrong said with a forced smile and pointed to a chair on the side.
Liu Jingyu sat down with a smile, as if he didn't notice the suppressed annoyance on Princess Xiangrong's face at all.
"Princess Xiangrong, I heard that you just called the maid next to me over to ask her about it, but what did my maid do wrong? If she really did something wrong, Princess, you don't have to worry about me. She should be punished!" Liu Jingyu said with a gentle face, and his words were extremely decent.
But Princess Xiangrong was so angry that she almost vomited blood. At this time, he still said such things. Did he really think he was stupid
"I heard that it was the people around County Lord Jingyu who wanted to plot against Fourth Miss Qu. I just saw the County Lord and Fourth Miss Qu talking, and I thought the two of you hit it off." Princess Xiangrong said with a sarcastic remark.
She really couldn't help it.
"Princess, what...what are you talking about?" Liu Jingyu stood up suddenly, looking frightened, with eyes wide open, and looked back at the maids standing beside her: "Princess, tell me, which one it is, I will never let her off easily."
Standing behind her were her maids, each of them was extremely respectful, and none of them was a maid. The maid had quietly left and returned home after the matter was settled. Liu Jingyu was really not afraid that Princess Xiangrong would find out anything.
The person is no longer here, so how can we take her words seriously
"It was a midwife who said you brought it here, and asked two maids in my mansion to plot against Fourth Miss Qu. But what was even more coincidental was that County Lord Jingyu wanted to compete with me in drinking tea at this time, so two cups of tea were sent upstairs." Princess Xiangrong calmed down, suppressed her anger, and told herself that there was no evidence.
"Princess, we used to compete in flower, poetry, and painting contests. This tea contest is also an elegant thing. I didn't expect that someone would take advantage of it. This... is all my fault. I will go to apologize to Miss Qu Si later." Liu Jingyu had a look of regret and self-blame on her face. With her status, saying such words meant she was giving in.
Seeing her act like this, Princess Xiangrong couldn't help but wonder, could it be that she was really wrong
Those flower-fighting things do happen sometimes. Although Liu Jingyu is a bit abrupt, it is not completely unreasonable.
"Also, please check every young lady who came here today, even me. There will never be a maid who appears for no reason and then disappears. Who wants to sow discord between me and you, and cause a dispute between Princess Changyu's mansion and the Qu's mansion? Who benefits more from this?"
Liu Jingyu frowned and said seriously.
Seeing her act like this, Princess Xiangrong felt more and more that her previous guess might have been wrong. The anger disappeared from her face, and her brows were tightly furrowed as she thought carefully about who would benefit the most from this matter.
Who exactly harmed my family
"Who is the one?"
"Princess, please have someone secretly check everyone in the mansion, but don't let the ladies present know, for fear that it will cause panic and all kinds of rumors. Who is trying to harm me and Miss Qu Si today? I was indeed pushed into the water just now. If the two of us fell into the water, who would benefit the most?"
Liu Jingyu sat down again and helped Princess Xiangrong sort out today's events, then calmly
He also became a victim.
After hearing what she said, Princess Xiangrong became more uncertain. Could it be that she was really wrong and Liu Jingyu was innocent? She was there when Liu Jingyu fell into the water and it was indeed an accident. The two of them were standing side by side at the time. If it wasn't an accident, Liu Jingyu would not have slipped down.
Even if there were oil stains on the platform, this would not be possible.
Everyone was fine except Liu Jingyu.
Seeing that the suppressed anger on Princess Xiangrong's face faded away and was replaced by a puzzled expression, Liu Jingyu felt relieved, knowing that Princess Xiangrong believed what he said.
"Princess, this kind of thing is not a good thing for the entire Princess Changyu Mansion. Even if we can't find out the truth, it must make those who are secretly plotting it feel taboo and dare not act again." Liu Jingyu's face showed a bit of worry and anger, her hair was still a little wet, and it made people feel that her anger was real.
"But... there's really no way to investigate this matter. The person who instigated the maid has disappeared." Princess Xiangrong finally spoke, indicating that she agreed with Liu Jingyu's words.
"Even if he's missing, we have to investigate. We must deter those who secretly acted!" Liu Jingyu whispered, with a generous look on his face, as if he was really considering Princess Xiangrong. "If we let others come and go as they please in the Princess's Mansion, what will happen in the future?"
There was some profound meaning in her words. After Princess Xiangrong savored them carefully, her expression changed.
Being in the royal family, even if you are the eldest princess, you are not without enemies. Moreover, the issue of safety is more important to the royal family, not only the eldest princess herself, but also other members of the royal family. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or several princes arrive at the eldest princess's mansion and there are some safety problems, even the eldest princess herself cannot withstand such a thing.
Thinking about it this way, it is really not a trivial matter, and it is not something that happens within the boudoir. It is more like dealing with Liu Jingyu.
After all, Liu Jingyu is the future Crown Princess, and Princess Xiangrong also knows something about Qu Moying, who is the woman engaged by Prince Yun. Although this identity is not as important as that of the Crown Princess, it is related to Prince Yun to a certain extent, which is also a big deal.
There are many young ladies from aristocratic families attending the meeting today, and on the surface, many of them have nobler status than Qu Moying, but in reality, only Liu Jingyu and Qu Moying have the most unusual status.
Both of these people were tricked.
Qu Moying was lucky and escaped the disaster, but Liu Jingyu was not so lucky!
Thinking of this, how could Princess Xiangrong not panic? Someone was going to deal with their Princess Mansion and frame the Princess Mansion! This matter must be made known to her mother, and it must not be let go.
"Go, tell mother about this and ask her to find out who is behind this. Take the two maids with you as well." Since this matter was so serious, Princess Xiangrong didn't dare to handle it alone.
I originally thought it was just a boudoir trick, but now I realize it is actually a fatal matter.
The old woman retreated in response, and when she walked out, she glanced at Liu Jingyu obscurely. Was what the County Lord Jingyu said true? Why did she feel that she really seemed to be like this, but she was a little confused. But no matter what, the details of this matter should indeed be reported to the Princess.
"County Lady Jingyu, who do you think it could be?" After the old woman left, Princess Xiangrong asked with a frown. She felt that this matter was very strange.
But everything has only one end, and this end is
Not yet.
It's a mess now!
"Princess, I don't know about this either. I used to be good friends with these ladies. You saw it at that time. So many ladies surrounded us two, and most of them were good friends with us. Only Miss Qu Si was far away. But it was because of the distance that Miss Qu Si was the one who saw it most clearly. But she seemed to have some prejudice against me."
Liu Jingyu smiled bitterly.
"What do you mean?" Princess Xiangrong understood something.
"I don't know either. It might be because of the eldest lady of the Qu Mansion, but actually... that matter really has nothing to do with me. It was caused by Concubine Ji."
Liu Jingyu sighed and said distressedly.
She had just gone to question Qu Moying. The more Liu Jingyu thought about it, the more she felt that it was a failure. Moreover, Ji Youran had caught her red-handed. From the sound of it, she wanted to use this as an excuse to argue with her.
Liu Jingyu has always been cautious. After what was said before, he didn't think anything of it. But the more he thought about it afterwards, the more strange it became. It sounded as if Ji Youran's words were spoken to others.
Who is that other person? Could it be the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace
Thinking of this, Liu Jingyu panicked a little. Regardless of whether Ji Hanyue was the one the prince loved, at least on the surface the prince showed that he had a special liking for Ji Hanyue. She'd better not ruin the prince's personality, so as not to annoy him. Thinking of this, what she asked Qu Moying before was too strong and excessive.
There are even some threats of coercion!
Liu Jingyu carefully reviewed what he had said to Ji Youran before and realized that he had made a mistake. Even if the person behind Ji Youran was not the prince, there must be an important person behind him.
At the moment, she said this to Princess Xiangrong to make amends, showing herself to be extremely innocent and in the position of a victim, which deepened the reason why she said the wrong thing before, and made people feel that it was extremely normal for her to say such words in that state.
Make up for the previous gaffe.
"Concubine Ji?" Princess Xiangrong didn't know that Ji Youran was coming. She had just been questioning the two maids, "Concubine Ji of the East Palace?"
"It was Concubine Ji of the Eastern Palace. When I asked Miss Qu Si if she saw who pushed me down, I might have said something a little harsh. Concubine Ji came over and reprimanded me, saying that Miss Qu Si was the Crown Princess's cousin, and therefore her cousin, so she had the right to speak..."
Liu Jingyu smiled bitterly with helplessness, his expression was very gloomy, and he didn't finish his words, as if he was feeling endless grievances.
Thinking about her situation and the fact that her status as a concubine was still unclear, Princess Xiangrong looked at her with even kinder eyes. The relationship between the two of them had always been good, and now seeing that Liu Jingyu had suffered a loss, and at the hands of Ji Youran, whom they had looked down upon in the past, Princess Xiangrong felt quite a bit of sympathy.
"Why do you care about her? When the Crown Princess was around, she was just a yes-man. Now that the Crown Princess is gone, she's always talking about her, as if she had never been with the Crown Prince..."
Having said this, she paused for a moment. It was disrespectful to speak ill of the Crown Prince behind his back. Princess Xiangrong remembered her mother's reminder and immediately stopped talking. After thinking for a moment, she stood up and said, "Let's go. Let's go see Concubine Ji. By the way, I'll help explain to Fourth Miss Qu!"
After hearing what Princess Xiangrong said, Liu Jingyu was secretly proud. With Princess Xiangrong as her capable helper, no matter how this matter was discussed today, she was innocent...