Sure enough, the news did not come across smoothly.
"Miss Four, the Madam wants you to come over." My nanny came in a hurry, and when she brought the news, she also brought the Madam's words.
Qu Moying was not surprised. She nodded and followed Wu Mama.
What happened yesterday must have involved me. The falling into the water should be the prelude to this incident. If Ji Youran wanted to investigate it further, then the things that Qu Xuexin wanted to conceal before would no longer be able to be concealed.
In the lady's room, Qu Xuexin was crying and sobbing so hard that she could hardly speak.
Not only her, but Xiao Hanyuan was also there, his eyes fixed on Qu Xuexin with pity.
Qu Moying was speechless about this cousin who couldn't tell right from wrong. Just based on Qu Xuexin's one-sided statement, he could judge her character, even with disdain and disgust. Qu Moying would be able to sense it.
She had a lot of things to do, and each of them was a matter of life and death, so she would not care about an insignificant cousin who hated her.
Sure enough, as soon as she entered the room, Xiao Hanyuan's eyes on her were once again filled with deep disgust.
Qu Moying was speechless to him. People who didn't know would think that there was some deep hatred between him and her that caused Xiao Hanyuan to treat her like this.
In her previous life, she had wrongly trusted her relatives and ended up in this situation, to the point of implicating her closest relatives. Now, she has become much colder.
"Grandma." Yingying stepped forward and bowed to the lady.
"Tell me how your eldest sister fell into the water tomorrow night. Your eldest sister and cousin said it was because of you." The lady waved her head, motioned her to get up, and then asked.
"Excuse me, grandma, how does this matter have to do with me? What did my elder sister and cousin say?" Qu Moying stood up straight and said calmly.
We have to listen to what they both have to say about the cause and effect so that we can deal with it better.
"Your elder sister said that the prince was the one who saved you. Xin said that she boarded the boat to find out the identity of that man. Later, she was knocked into the water by the boat behind her because she wanted to help you onto the flower stand..." The lady was hesitant to speak, and after thinking for a while, she said slowly, "I heard that the person in the boat behind is the Prince of Yun?"
Last night, Qu Moying was sent back to the mansion by Prince Yun, and the lady knew about this.
Qu Moying sneered in his heart. Combined with the fact that Pei Yuanjun sent him back home at the end, this really sounded like a trap that was set up deliberately.
"Grandmother, the prince last night was indeed the one who saved me. When we met, we were squeezed by the lake. Prince didn't look like a good person. I didn't want to get on the boat, but my elder sister said I had to get on the boat. When I got off the boat, I got on alone. My elder sister was at the bow of the boat and almost stepped on the plank I was walking on."
Qu Moying sorted out his thoughts and said lightly.
After she finished speaking, she looked at Qu Xuexin, whose eyes were red and swollen, and said, "Big sister, was it like this at the time? There were many people around the flower terrace at that time, and there must have been more people who saw it. If grandma doesn't believe it, you can ask someone to find out."
"What you said is irrational, fourth cousin. It was so chaotic at the time, who could have seen clearly what was happening? Besides, the eldest cousin had already fallen into the water. Don't you think it's a bit too cold to say this now?"
Xiao Hanyuan
A voice interrupted, very angry.
He was just about to point at Qu Moying and say that she was trying to frame Qu Xuexin.
Qu Xuexin, who was kneeling on the ground, started sobbing again, pressing her face with her hands, tears falling down. She looked extremely pitiful, but her aggrieved look, unable to speak, also increased Xiao Hanyuan's anger.
He stared at Qu Moying with anger and contempt.
"Just say whatever you want to say, cousin Xiao. Only grandma and big sister are here." Qu Moying looked at Xiao Hanyuan calmly.
"My fourth cousin was only with the man on the boat behind us yesterday, so she naturally didn't know what happened. Of course, she didn't know that my eldest cousin and I were kicked off the boat. I don't know what a man and a woman alone talked about, and they didn't even care that their own sister was kicked off."
Xiao Hanyuan said angrily, this was extremely rude and came out of his mouth.
Qu Moying narrowed her eyes under her veil, "What does cousin Xiao want to say?"
"You... you don't know what you did?" Xiao Hanyuan was so angry at Qu Moying's calm attitude that he almost couldn't control himself. He finally suppressed the words that were about to come out.
The robe beside him was pulled, and it was Qu Xuexin who showed up. "Cousin Xiao, don't tell my fourth sister. She must not have known at the time. If she knew, she wouldn't have watched me being kicked off the boat and left alone."
Staying alone on other men's boat also gives her the reputation of being a loner. Qu Xuexin has confirmed that Qu Moying not only disregards sisterhood, but also does not observe the rules of a boudoir.
The lady dowager frowned. She knew that Qu Moying was finally sent back by the carriage of the Prince of Yun’s Mansion. So the boat belonged to the Prince of Yun
He raised his eyes to look at Qu Moying, only to see Qu Moying nodded silently, and knew that his guess was correct.
It seems that this is indeed the case. With Prince Yun's character, even if he really hit the boat in front and knocked Qu Xuexin off the boat, he wouldn't even look at it. He allowed Qu Xuexin and the others to get on the boat temporarily, probably for Qu Moying's sake, right
It doesn't mean that Prince Yun really values his granddaughter, he just doesn't want others to talk too much about this little granddaughter.
Who is the Prince of Yun? How could he care about the reputation of a little girl in the boudoir? If she fell into the river, she fell into the river. If she was driven down, she couldn't blame anyone. If he was unhappy, he might even throw her into the water.
After figuring this out, the old lady already had an idea in her mind. She looked at Xiao Hanyuan with a bit of disappointment. Originally, she had a good impression of her nephew from her mother's side, but now it seemed that he was a person who listened to one side and believed one side only. With such a personality, even if he passed the examination and became an official in the future, he would not be a clear-headed person and could be easily fooled.
As for Qu Xuexin, the lady took a deep breath and looked at her: "Xin girl, tell me, was it the case at that time? You were pushed into the water by the fourth girl, but the fourth girl ignored you afterwards?"
“Grandma…” Qu Xuexin didn’t know how to respond in front of Qu Moying. She just called out once and started crying again.
"Great aunt, I know about this matter, just ask me." Xiao Hanyuan stood up again with sympathy.
Qu Moying ignored the couple, turned around and sat down on a chair beside him, then raised his eyes and looked at them as if he was watching a show, mocking them in his heart.
Xiao Hanyuan was only concerned about Qu Xuexin.
In Qu Xuexin's eyes, he is just a tool. With the character that Qu Xuexin showed yesterday, how could she be interested in Xiao Hanyuan, who has not yet become an official? Now she is just taking advantage of Xiao Hanyuan's affection for her to make profits for herself.
It's ridiculous that Xiao Hanyuan claimed to be full of poetry and books, but he fell into Qu Xuexin's trap without knowing it.
"Hanyuan, don't say anything first. I will ask the questions myself." Xiao Hanyuan interrupted again and again. The lady also became angry and rebuked him coldly.
Seeing that the lady was angry, Xiao Hanyuan didn't dare to say anything. Although he was a little unconvinced, he still kept his mouth shut and just glared at Qu Moying angrily.
"Girl, speak up! Tell us the whole story!" the lady said coldly.
If possible, Qu Xuexin was unwilling to face Qu Moying directly. She wiped her tears with her hand but had to speak and told the whole story. She didn't dare to be mysterious at this time. Anyway, the words she just used to accuse Qu Moying were not said by her.
Of course, when she was speaking, she was always standing on her own side. She got on Prince Wang's boat because of Qu Moying. After Qu Moying came ashore, she also wanted to help. Finally, after being knocked off the boat, she became dizzy. Later, after being rescued, she got on the next boat, but she didn't even see her master. She only changed into ordinary clothes.
It was also because of this dress that the servants of the East Palace failed to recognize her as the lady of the Qu Mansion, and they went straight up to her and attacked her.
This is the cause and effect of the matter. Qu Xuexin told the story in a seemingly impartial manner, but there were many allusions in her words.
The lady did not speak, as this matter concerned the Prince of Yun, who could not be mentioned. Moreover, the Prince of Yun had also made it very clear that Qu Moying would definitely enter the Prince of Yun's mansion. Even if the two of them met in private, no one in the capital would dare to gossip about it, and who could care less.
But this matter has not been officially announced yet, so even if the lady knows it in her heart, she cannot say it.
There were only a few of them in the mansion, so it wasn't a big deal to talk about it, but Xiao Hanyuan was obviously confused, and Qu Xuexin seemed to have other plans. The lady thought about it but still didn't explain the reason.
His eyes only fell on Qu Xuexin, and he sighed in his heart. He had originally thought that this eldest granddaughter was dignified and decent, and was originally thought to be the most outstanding among the several granddaughters raised in the mansion. But now it seems that she is really a failure. This eldest granddaughter clearly has other thoughts, and everything in the past was just a superficial appearance.
Originally, I had some plans in my mind, but in the eyes of the lady, it was nothing. She even thought that as long as it didn't harm others, it was nothing. But what does it seem now
The old lady is not a stupid person. She has seen many silent fights in the backyard. The viciousness of the fights is even stronger than that of men. Is this also the case with her eldest granddaughter
Thinking back to some time ago, the lady was very disappointed with the frequency and attentiveness of her eldest granddaughter's greetings to her.
"Tell us more about what happened with the Crown Prince's concubine." The old lady didn't want to ask about the previous events anymore. If Qu Xuexin hadn't mentioned Qu Moying again and again, the old lady wouldn't even want to call Qu Moying over.
"Great aunt, the previous matter has not been resolved yet!" Seeing that the lady had easily spared Qu Moying, Xiao Hanyuan could not help but jump out again.
Qu Moying curled the corners of his lips in sarcasm, lowered his head and looked quietly at the handkerchief in his hand, listening carefully to the movements of the lady.
"Hanyuan, this matter has nothing to do with you. You can go back to study first!" Sure enough, the lady impatiently ordered them to leave.