"Greetings, grandmother!" Liu Jingyu came in and bowed to the wife of Duke Qi.
"Is your mother okay?" Although the wife of the Duke of Qi looked unhappy, she still calmed down. This matter could not possibly be related to her granddaughter. With the identity of her granddaughter, how could she see someone like the son of the Marquis of Yongning? Her heart slowly settled down.
"My mother is fine. She asked me to ask about your health. The weather has been bad recently. You need to be careful and not get sick. She said she would come to see you in a few days." Liu Jingyu said softly and sat down next to the wife of the Duke of Qi. Her eyes subconsciously fell on Qu Moying. Even though Qu Moying was sitting in the corner, her eyes met Qu Moying through the crowd.
Then he smiled slightly, looking calm and proper.
She chose to come here at this time specifically to avoid suspicion.
Calculating the time, this time is just right. Not only can I watch the show, but it won't arouse suspicion. Liu Jingyu also calculated the time to come here.
But I always felt that the atmosphere at the scene was very weird. From time to time, there were ladies looking at me with something strange in their eyes, as if something had happened that I didn't know about, and it was related to me
Of course this is impossible. If there is any problem, it must be Qu Moying's fault. However, Qu Moying looks like nothing has happened. Could it be that the incident has not yet broken out and I came too early
"I'm fine, as long as she's okay!" Lady Qiguogong said unhappily. When she saw the looks of the ladies around her, she knew that they were all paying attention to what she was saying to her granddaughter.
I couldn't help feeling depressed.
Based on the appearance of the Yongning Marquis's son, would his granddaughter like him? What on earth were these people thinking? It was really incomprehensible.
The lady coughed softly and was about to speak when she suddenly saw a young lady not far away exclaim in a low voice. Then she covered her mouth in panic, but pointed her hand at Liu Jingyu. When she saw where the young lady was pointing, the Lady of the Duke of Qi became so angry that her face turned blue.
Liu Jingyu also brought a sachet with her. From the perspective of the wife of Duke Qi, there was actually a word "Jing" embroidered on it.
When more people saw the sachet, their faces turned strange, but no one said anything stupid.
"Jingyu, where did you get this sachet?" Lady Qiguogong had to ask.
"I embroidered this myself. If grandma likes it, I will make a few for her next time." Liu Jingyu reached out and took off the sachet on her belt. After hanging a fan pendant similar to Qu Moying last time, Liu Jingyu thought it would be better to be the same as everyone else, so as to avoid being compared with Qu Moying alone.
As soon as she took it off, more eyes looked over at her, and more people saw the word "scenery".
"Jingyu, is this your favorite embroidery pattern?" Lady Qiguogong took it, pointed at the orchids embroidered on it, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked anxiously.
"Yes, grandma knows that I like orchids the most. Orchids are elegant. Although they are not the most beautiful, they have the highest quality. I have always liked to embroider orchids." Liu Jingyu replied softly.
This made Lady Qiguogong feel relieved. "Grandmother knows this, but she was afraid that people would misunderstand you and think you embroidered a butterfly-in-love-flower pattern."
"Me? How could that be? My favorite is orchid. Butterflies are too beautiful and they only exist for a short time. I don't like them." Liu Jingyu already felt something was wrong. His heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged.
Qu Moying glanced at her and sneered in his heart. Liu Jingyu was indeed not easy to deal with. He should have been alert by now.
But so what
Of course she knew it was impossible to
What does the sachet incriminate Liu Jingyu for? After all, Liu Jingyu's status is much higher than Xu Lipeng's, and there is no way that Liu Jingyu would take a fancy to Xu Lipeng.
But the problem is that the word above is indeed "Jing", but this "Jing" cannot be only for Liu Jingyu, so she can't argue it clearly even if she wants to.
For some things, hearsay is much more useful than real evidence.
If the word above clearly said "Jingyu", Liu Jingyu would definitely have a way to defend herself, but now no one is pointing directly at her, but everyone suspects her, and that's enough.
There is no room for argument, this is what Qu Moying needs right now.
When he took the sachet and picked out the thread, Qu Moying used other needle holes to split his own "影" character into two.
On the sachet given by Qu Qiuyan was embroidered the word "影". If the word "影" was stretched out, it became the word "景", with three strokes. The three strokes at the end were elongated and straightened. Although it looked crooked, it actually became two words. As for the dot in the corner, it looked like the trace left by a bunch of flowers after the thread had been plucked out.
Not obvious.
You can think it is or not, it depends on how you think.
As the saying goes, benevolence is to be seen, and wisdom is to be seen. At this time, this is actually more uncomfortable than pointing it out directly.
And there is one more thing that other people don't know. Qu Xuexin's previous sachet caught Pei Luoan's eyes, and so did his own previous sachet. Now Liu Jingyu also embroidered one. Does this mean that Liu Jingyu knew this, so she changed the orchid she originally liked to the Butterfly Love Flower pattern
Thinking more deeply, did Liu Jingyu arrange people around Pei Luoan
People like Pei Luoan hate others spying on his actions, even if it's just a little bit!
Even if Pei Luoan felt that it was impossible for Liu Jingyu to have anything with Xu Lipeng, he would definitely care about this. Pei Luoan was extremely suspicious, and even if he was suspicious, he would not ask, but would just keep it in his mind and pay a little attention to it.
Some things may not exist, but they may be what he wants!
Pei Luoan had mentioned this kind of character to Ji Hanyue before, saying that he had been framed in the palace when he was young, so it was difficult for him to trust people. Ji Hanyue felt sorry for him for this. Now that she thinks about it, when Pei Luoan said these things, he was actually testing Ji Hanyue.
People like Pei Luoan will not trust anyone, nor will he take anyone to heart. The person he trusts most is always himself. What others say is not as good as what he thinks and sees!
Of course, the dead can also be trusted, after all, the dead can no longer speak.
"It's best if you don't like it. I thought that you have never embroidered the Butterfly Love Flowers pattern. In the past, you didn't like this pattern and would never embroider it." Lady Qiguogong smiled and said as if she didn't care.
"Grandma, is there something wrong?" Liu Jingyu could not help but sense something was wrong at this point, and asked anxiously, fearing that his plan would go wrong.
"It's nothing, okay! This matter has nothing to do with you. I don't know which family doesn't follow the rules of the boudoir." Of course, the wife of the Duke of Qi couldn't say that the sachet belonged to her granddaughter. She smiled and patted her hands, changing the subject.
Just stop there and order the banquet to begin.
The banquet was already set. The hall was indeed large enough and there were not too many tables, so everyone took their seats.
Qu Moying and Qu Qiuyan sat together. They didn't sit near the front, but at the corner. After all, their status was lower than many ladies and young ladies present, and Qu Moying didn't like to be high-profile, so she stood up and sat at the corner.
Corner.
Qu Qiuyan wanted to go forward, but since Qu Moying didn't go forward, she couldn't go forward either. She sat with Qu Moying, holding her handkerchief, her face turning pale.
She never expected that things would take such a drastic turn.
It was clearly her who asked Qingju to throw away the sachet, so why had it changed so much that even she couldn't recognize it
Where did the note in the sachet come from? Why did the word "影" embroidered on the outside of the sachet become "景"
Could it be that the thing found inside was not the sachet that he had thrown away? Then where did the sachet that he had thrown away go
Qu Qiuyan was restless and looked at Qu Moying from time to time, but she saw Qu Moying sitting steadily on the side with a calm face. She became more and more flustered in her heart and felt that something was wrong.
The word "Jing", plus the fact that Lady Jingyu just happened to come in, does this word "Jing" refer to Lady Jingyu? Qu Qiuyan had no intention of talking at this time. She had been paying attention to the movements in the opposite flower hall, fearing that she would be dragged into the topic again, and she was restless.
"Are you the third young lady from Minister Qu's house?" A maid turned around from behind with a smile and bowed to Qu Qiuyan.
"Our young lady is the third young lady of Minister Qu's mansion." Qingju answered thoughtfully.
"Please ask Miss Qu to come with me. I have something to ask Miss Qu." The maid said with a smile.
"Who asked you to come over?" Qu Qiuyan's face turned pale and she couldn't help asking.
"Miss Qu San will know who our master is when she goes to see him. I have an important question to ask you, so please come with me!" The maid's smile became softer and softer, but in Qu Qiuyan's eyes, it made her even more flustered.
He pursed his lips and looked behind the wife of the Duke of Qi. Sure enough, Lady Jingyu was gone.
She didn't want to see County Lord Jingyu, but she had to go. She gritted her teeth, stood up and was about to get up.
"Who sent you? Why do you want to see my third sister at this time?" Qu Moying turned around, looked at the maid coldly, and suddenly asked loudly.
There was quite a commotion here, causing several ladies who were talking to turn around and see what was going on.
When the maid was asked by her, she was speechless and couldn't say anything for a while.
If it was Qu Qiuyan, she would of course say some half-truths, but as for this Fourth Miss Qu, the county lord had originally told her to be careful and not to attract the attention of this Fourth Miss Qu. This was something the county lord had repeatedly reminded her of, so how could the maid dare to disobey, let alone say that she was sent by County lord Jingyu.
"Fourth sister, I know who it is. You don't have to worry about it. I will be careful." Qu Qiuyan stood up in panic and took the initiative to help the maid out of the predicament.
"I don't want to care about you, but when grandma goes out, let's try to stay together." Qu Moying said indifferently.
This is the state of her relationship with Qu Qiuyan, and everyone knows it, so there's no need to pretend that they really care.
"Nothing will happen." Qu Qiuyan said impatiently, picked up her skirt, stood up, and followed the maid out. She didn't want to go, but she knew she had to go. Now she could only bite the bullet and go, hoping that the Lord of Liu County would not suspect her.
Qu Qiuyan didn't know that the incident was related to Liu Jingyu at this time. She just felt extremely regretful. If she had known earlier, she would not have thrown away the sachet...
Is this sachet the one Xu Lipeng found just now? If not, where is it now? I am very unsure!
Why did Jingyu County Lord come to me? Did he find out that the sachet was related to me? Was he going to call me to task
Impossible, Jingyu County Lord couldn't possibly know that this matter was related to him...