"Very beautiful!" Pei Luoan's eyes fell on the sachet on her body again, and he said gently, but then turned around and strode away.
Only after he left did Qu Xuexin feel like she was alive again. She raised her head stiffly to look at the prince who was surrounded by a large group of people.
Then he lowered his head to look at the sachet hanging on his body. After seeing it clearly, he was stunned for a moment. He subconsciously looked up at Qu Moying. It was actually the sachet he had made from Qu Moying before.
It was Qu Moying who drew it for her at that time. The peach pink material had a butterfly flower pattern on it, which was very delicate and beautiful.
She actually wanted to steal the light lotus colored sachet that Qu Moying had embroidered herself. If her plan succeeded, such a light lotus colored sachet would be more convincing. But she never had the chance and her plan didn't work out. Qu Xuexin almost forgot her original intention of going to Qu Moying to embroider the sachet together.
Qu Moying had been staring at Pei Luoan quietly from under her veil. She also saw Pei Luoan looking at the sachet hanging on Qu Xuexin with a somewhat burning and deep gaze. The corners of his lips curled up silently, with obvious sarcasm. Did he recognize the Butterfly Love Flower pattern she drew
However, it’s not like no one else can draw such a pattern. So what if they know that it was drawn by me
Besides, isn’t Qu Xuexin still here
"Her Majesty, please come in." A maid came over and ordered coldly.
Qu Xuexin quickly withdrew the charming thoughts in her mind, retracted her gaze, tidied her appearance, and followed the maid inside. Qu Qiuyan and Qu Moying followed her.
Today the main person here is Qu Xuexin. They came here just to accompany Qu Xuexin. As for how things turn out, it is not up to them to decide at the moment.
There was a smell of medicine in Ji Youran's room, and there was a bowl of strong medicine smell on the table. It was obviously for Ji Youran.
Ji Youran half-leaned on the couch, her eyes first fell on Qu Moying. Unlike others, she had also dated Qu Moying before, and after the two of them dated, she found that this Fourth Miss Qu was not as easy to bully as others thought.
Ji Youran even suspected that the fact that Concubine Xiang had become Madam Duan was related to Qu Moying. If this was true, then this Fourth Miss Qu should not be underestimated.
But this is just her guess and there is no direct evidence.
But even so, Ji Youran felt that she still needed to pay more attention to this Fourth Miss Qu. Moreover, if this Fourth Miss Qu entered the Prince of Yun's Mansion in the future, then her seniority would just be lower than his.
When she thought of this, Ji Youran couldn't be happy. It was as if she didn't like this Fourth Miss Qu from the beginning. No matter whether it was their first meeting or the conscious closeness they had later, she always felt inexplicably uncomfortable whenever she saw this Fourth Miss Qu.
Just like now, she should have looked at the trouble-making Miss Qu first, but inexplicably she looked at Miss Qu Fourth who was at the end.
This feeling is very strange, but it is definitely very uncomfortable, but I can't tell why.
The three of them stepped forward together and saluted Ji Youran.
"Why is Cousin Qu here too?" Ji Youran suppressed her emotions, looked at Qu Moying, the last one, and asked softly.
"I'm here to accompany my elder sister. I hope the Concubine can forgive my elder sister." Qu Moying walked out from the back of the team gracefully, bowed to Ji Youran alone, then raised his head and stood aside.
"This matter... Actually, I want to ask Miss Qu,
Why are you looking for the Heart-Shaped Lamp, and the Heart-Shaped Lamp of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Ji Youran waved to Qu Moying, then turned her gaze to Qu Xuexin and asked in a displeased tone, "It's nothing for me to go and get the Heart-Shaped Lamp of the Crown Prince, but Miss Qu, what about you?"
There was a lot of meaning in these words. After Qu Xuexin tasted them for a few times, her face changed drastically. She explained in a trembling voice: "My Lady Concubine, this is really a guess. I thought it was the Concentric Lantern placed by another person, so I came forward to get it. I didn't expect to have a conflict with the people in your house because of this."
Qu Xuexin had no reason to take the prince's Concentric Lamp. Not only did she not have it, but Liu Jingyu didn't have it either, so she couldn't hand Liu Jingyu over.
Qu Xuexin only hated herself for thinking wrongly at that time. Why did she just want to make Liu Jingyu happy? Even now, Liu Jingyu didn't say a word to help her. It was obvious that this matter was just a piece of cake for her.
At this moment, Qu Xuexin felt a little hateful towards Liu Jingyu.
"Whose Love Lantern is Miss Qu going to get?" Ji Youran asked.
Qu Xuexin's face flushed red, but she couldn't say a word. Who could she blame? No matter who it was, her reputation of having an affair with someone was confirmed.
How could she say this!
"What did Miss Qu say..." Ji Youran was sure that the eldest lady of the Qu family must have some relationship with Liu Jingyu. Just for this reason, she would not let her marry easily.
"I... I just thought those two lanterns were beautiful, so I wanted to take them back and have a look... at them." Qu Xuexin stammered.
"Miss Qu, do you think it's credible?" Ji Youran sneered. This reason was too far-fetched.
"My Lady Concubine, I really didn't mean to offend you. It was a chaotic scene at the time and my brother didn't see you, so I accidentally pushed the people around you and implicated My Lady Concubine." Qu Xuexin knelt down with a plop.
Qu Qiuyan looked at Qu Xuexin and did not kneel down. Although her status was a bit low at the moment, who knows what her future would be like
Qu Moying pretended not to see it. She would not kneel to Ji Youran. Whenever she thought about things in her previous life, she felt like eating her heart out every time she saw Ji Youran.
"Sister, please stand up and talk first. Concubine Ji is asking you about your situation!" Qu Qiuyan stepped forward to support Qu Xuexin, saying as she did so.
Qu Xuexin was the eldest, so she was the first to kneel down. It would have been embarrassing if the other two didn’t kneel down.
Qu Moying calmly went to the other side and supported Qu Xuexin.
The two of them worked together to lift Qu Xuexin up.
"Miss Qu, do you really not want to talk about it?" Ji Youran said unhappily, his eyes sliding coldly across the two sisters Qu Qiuyan and Qu Moying, with an inexplicable depth in his eyes.
She didn't like what she saw. At this moment, shouldn't the three sisters be kneeling in front of her and begging her
Those two from the Qu family are a bit ungrateful!
Ji Youran had long understood that Qu Moying was ungrateful, but she did not expect that the Third Miss Qu was also so ungrateful. However, when she thought about King Jing, she understood.
This is to make King Jing proud!
Thinking of this, she was even less likely to let go of the people from the Qu Mansion.
"My Lady Concubine, I... I don't know what you are talking about." Qu Xuexin of course clenched her teeth and would not let go.
"In that case, Miss Qu, you should go back first. I don't want to hear anything that is not true." Ji Youran sneered and waved his hand.
A maid came over and bowed to the three sisters of the Qu Mansion, and then said coldly: "Please come in, three ladies. Our concubine needs to take medicine. She was injured before and is still in pain. The imperial physician prescribed a lot of medicine for our concubine. She needs to take good care of herself recently."
This means that Ji Youran was seriously injured, and his current behavior of driving people away also shows his dissatisfaction with the Qu family.
Qu Xuexin's face turned pale with panic. How could she stand it any longer? It looked like he really didn't want to let her go. But how could she stand it
One of them pulled Qu Moying and Qu Qiuyan, and Qu Xuexin looked at them with tears in her eyes. Her lips trembled twice, and she asked for help: "Third sister, fourth sister."
"Sister, just tell the Concubine what's going on." Qu Moying looked at Qu Xuexin and said, his eyes dark under his veil.
"Sister, just tell me the truth. Who asked you to go?" Qu Qiuyan said it more clearly. Although she was holding on, she was still panicking. She had also encountered trouble in the East Palace before. She was still a little afraid of Concubine Ji from the bottom of her heart. It could even be said that she felt guilty. It would be best if she could resolve the matter quickly and return home.
As for what Qu Xuexin said, she didn't care. She just hoped to say something that Ji Youran would listen to.
These words were completely in line with Ji Youran's thoughts.
"Sister, just tell the truth!" Qu Moying followed.
"I..." Qu Xuexin was forced to open her mouth by the words from several people, and her mind went blank.
Jingyu County Lord has not responded to her yet, and she can't hold on any longer.
"Sister, this is the East Palace. Concubine Ji is injured like this, there must be an explanation. It will not be good for either you or brother." Qu Moying reminded Qu Xuexin in a low voice.
Ji Youran felt that the two young ladies of the Qu family were not too stupid. At least they knew what to say at this time.
His eyes fell coldly on Qu Xuexin, silently exerting pressure on her.
Qu Xuexin couldn't bear it anymore, her legs went weak, tears immediately fell, she felt wronged: "I'm... I'm curious, I want... I want to go and see, so I... I..."
"Curious? Miss Qu, are you interested in the Crown Prince's Concentric Lantern?" Ji Youran keenly sensed the flexibility in Qu Xuexin's words and straightened her body slightly. This was her purpose today.
She didn't dare to ask the Crown Prince directly who he went with to light the concentric lanterns, but she could get information about it from other people, which was not considered as crossing the line.
"I... I didn't know it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I just saw a couple passing by and the lanterns were very... very beautiful..." Qu Xuexin stuttered.
"Did you see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and a woman releasing the same-heart lanterns together?" Ji Youran asked.
Qu Xuexin was tense all over and just nodded subconsciously.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince and a woman were lighting love lanterns together? Did you see it?" Ji Youran asked.
"Yes... yes!" Qu Xuexin said.
"Did you see clearly who it is?" Ji Youran fixed his eyes on Qu Xuexin and said sternly.
“I… I didn’t see clearly, I only saw… the back… and… I didn’t see that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.” Qu Xuexin was panicked and afraid, and hurriedly explained herself.
"Okay, you can go back. Since it's just a misunderstanding, I won't hold on to it." Since Ji Youran knew what he wanted to know, his attitude softened.