"You were hostile when you first met the young lady, and now you're even directly attacking her?" Nanny Yan looked at Qu Moying in surprise.
In her opinion, the Fourth Young Lady in front of her was someone she had disdained when she first met her. She was just an old maid in the palace. How could someone of the status of Lady Jingyu be so hostile to the young lady
A lady with a veil cannot see her stunning appearance, and should not arouse so much jealousy from other women. What's more, the lady, who already has an eye disease, reveals a bit of weakness. Unlike the charm of ordinary women, the weakness of the lady comes from the bones, but this weakness makes people look pitiful because of the lady's eye disease.
Even if County Lord Jingyu couldn't stand the weakness of women, he would not attack the young lady.
After all, the two people have no relationship!
Unless there is some powerful relationship between the two people, or the two families have a grudge from the previous life, County Lord Jingyu would not care about his status and directly attack the young lady.
"Miss, if there are no other serious conflicts between you and the Lord of Jingyu County, then it may be the grudges of the previous generation." Nanny Yan guessed.
This speculation is consistent with Qu Moying's.
"But I haven't heard of any grudges between the mansion and the Liu Mansion!" Qu Moying pursed her cherry lips gently. Not only had she never heard of it, but this Minister Liu was also Qu Zhizhen's immediate superior. It was heard that he was very good to Qu Zhizhen. The two families could not be considered as close relatives, but their relationship was very good.
"If it's not about the Qu family, then it could be about the late madam." Nanny Yan looked at Qu Moying and reminded him implicitly.
"My mother died early after giving birth to me!" Qu Moying slowly lowered his head with a forced smile.
Nanny Yan knew that the Second Madam Qu was indeed a woman with a tragic fate. She sighed inwardly and continued to guess, "I guess there is some discord between Madam Qu and this Madam Liu."
This is the only reason Nanny Yan could think of. There is another reason that she can't think of for the time being. But based on this line of thought, this is the most likely reason.
"I heard that Yue wanted to arrange a marriage for mother with Minister Liu, but Duke Qi went to the palace to ask for a marriage." Qu Moying said what was hidden in his heart. He raised his head, and his usually cold eyes took on a burning look, his pupils so dark that they were almost bottomless.
Nanny Yan was stunned for a moment. She really didn't know about this. She pinched her handkerchief hard and asked, "Could it be that this Madam Liu is jealous of Madam, and then hates Miss?"
"But after mother married and moved to the capital, she had no contact with her. Besides, it was her who stole the marriage, not mother." Qu Moying said slowly.
This is the most inexplicable thing. It was this Madam Liu who stole someone's marriage, and she succeeded. Could it be that the one who stole the marriage be so jealous of the one who was stole? And the most important point is that her mother is no longer alive. Could this jealousy be transferred from her mother to her own family
How much hatred is this
"Miss, if it is really because of this reason, I'm afraid Madam Liu is not living a happy life!" Nanny Yan was silent for a moment, and guessed along the lines given by Qu Moying.
This time, Qu Moying was silent for a while before he said, "I heard that Minister Liu treats this lady very well. Even though she only gave birth to a daughter after so many years, he didn't take it too seriously. They are very loving. There is only one illegitimate son in the mansion, and the aunt who gave birth to the illegitimate son is also Liu.
There aren’t many people in the mansion besides the people around the lady.”
Ever since he learned some past events, Qu Moying has also paid attention to Minister Liu's residence.
"Miss, you can't judge a family by its appearance. A couple who look very loving may not be on good terms with each other. A couple with a good reputation may not be really good, and a couple with a bad reputation may not be really bad. There are too many rumors, and there are too many things going on in a big mansion like this. If you don't want people to know, you have ways to block the news."
Nanny Yan said.
Qu Moying also agreed with this point. Wasn’t the Ling’an Earl’s Mansion in his previous life like this
Such a big thing happened, and the shocking truth was locked inside, but the family and the Prince's Mansion were still cordial and warm, as if that tearful night had not happened.
"Madam Yan, do you think that this Madam Liu is jealous of my mother? She herself is not living a happy life, and she and Minister Liu were not as loving as the rumors said. So she took out all her anger on my mother. Now that my mother is gone, I am implicated?"
Qu Moying spoke out all her conjectures. For this kind of thing, the only person she could ask for consultation was Nanny Yan. Compared with Nanny Miao and Nanny Zhou, Nanny Yan's knowledge in this area might help her uncover the truth. Although Qu Moying also found this conjecture ridiculous.
When a person dies, it is like a light going out. Moreover, the person who died was betrayed. No matter how you look at it, Madam Liu should not do such a thing.
This time, Nanny Yan took a little longer to think about it. She frowned and finally spoke, "Miss, I think it's possible. It may be that Madam Liu is not happy. Since she was a child, she has been saying some things in front of County Lord Jingyu, which made County Lord Jingyu resent you. That's why she was hostile to you when she saw you, and then she found an opportunity to attack you."
This was the only reason that Nanny Yan could think of.
She had previously speculated that it was because of power, but now that she was guessing this way, she felt that this was more likely.
Qu Moying nodded, "I think it's possible! Aunt Yan, do you think it's possible to find out what happened back then?"
This is what she really wants to ask. After so many years, it is not easy, almost impossible, to find out what happened back then.
"Miss, it may be difficult to investigate at this time. Have you asked Nanny Zhou?" Nanny Yan said.
"I asked her, and she only knew about the original engagement. But after mother hurriedly married father, she had nothing to do with this Madam Liu! Madam Yan, do you think that Madam Liu had already had a bad relationship with mother when she tried to snatch her marriage?"
Qu Moying continued to ask.
"This... maybe not!" Nanny Yan hesitated. "I heard that the late Madam grew up in Jiangnan, but Madam Liu grew up in the Duke of Qi's Mansion in the capital. The two of them should have never met before, right?"
"I haven't met them, but they should know each other's existence. Duke Qi is good friends with my grandfather. Although the daughters of the two families don't have any contact with each other, they must know about it. At this time, this Madam Liu has snatched my mother's marriage. Is it really an accident, or is it intentional?"
Qu Moying frowned.
This was the point in her heart where she was most suspicious. She always felt that the relationship between this Madam Liu and her mother was not that simple. This Madam Liu was also from a noble family and had been educated since childhood.
The upbringing should not be bad, and the two families have a long history. Even if she is really unhappy, she cannot hate her mother. Besides, even if she hates her, her mother is gone, so why doesn't she let herself go
Yes, it seems like he is not going to let me go!
"Madam Yan, could it be that Madam Liu can't tolerate me because of my mother?" Qu Moying added tentatively.
Although she was extremely intelligent, she had to rely on Nanny Yan's experience to help her verify the facts at this time.
"She... why can't she tolerate you?" Nanny Yan was shocked and asked in astonishment.
Qu Moying shook his head in confusion: "That's what I think. Otherwise, why would the Lord of Jingyu County want to deal with me?"
Nanny Yan didn't believe such a guess, but seeing her young lady's expression, she felt confused again. She simply thought about it and hesitated for a moment before saying, "If... if this is really the reason, then this Madam Liu has a reason to get rid of the young lady. Young lady, you should be more careful!"
Nanny Yan was not afraid that Qu Moying would suffer a loss when facing Madam Liu. Even if Lady Jingyu was to marry into the Eastern Palace, her young lady had a strong backing. The position of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not so stable. It was said that Prince Jing was the Emperor's most proud prince.
But Madam Liu has such a strong resentment, who knows what she might do. Nanny Yan thinks that they should be careful, so as not to make a mistake and cause a big trouble.
"Madam Yan, tell me, what reasons did she have to get rid of me? Is my existence... something she cannot tolerate? How did it harm her interests?" Qu Moying asked the questions one by one. This was her biggest confusion about herself. "And after all these years, I have never seen her lay a hand on me before."
In fact, there was a fight, but he was still young at that time, and the one who fought against him was the young Jingyu County Lord. It was difficult to explain this matter, so Qu Moying concealed it.
Although the rest were a bit unexpected, they were all people sent by the Yu family to plot against him, and there were not many of them.
His hand suddenly pressed on the corner of the table and froze. Perhaps he was wrong. Among those who wanted to harm him, there might be the wife of Minister Liu. It was just that he had never thought about this and felt that there would be no one else who wanted to harm him except Yu.
“Miss, if this Madam Liu really wanted to harm you but didn’t do it before, she probably thought that even if she let you stay in the manor, you would just fend for yourself and wouldn’t amount to anything!” Nanny Yan guessed according to Qu Moying’s idea. Although she thought it was unlikely, she still thought about it and gave the most reasonable explanation.
Nanny Yan is now very clear about her own young lady's experience, which is actually somewhat close to the previous rumors. Not to mention that she is nothing in the capital, even in the Qu Mansion, this fourth young lady is equivalent to nothing. Her mother is not around, her father doesn't love her, and she is under pressure from her stepmother. It is impossible for her to make a name for herself.
So, it's not that I didn't try in the past, it's just that I didn't care much. Or even if I did try, it was just casual and it didn't matter if I failed. His eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of coldness, and his heart seemed to be weighed down by something heavy, making it hard to breathe. The hand that was pressing on the corner of the table slowly relaxed.
"Madam Yan, if I want to investigate what happened between Madam Liu and my mother, can I find someone to question?" she asked unwillingly.