Madam Qi Er straightened her body and asked her daughter with a serious face: "Do you think Jingyu is dealing with this Fourth Miss Qu?"
"It's not just me who thinks so, mother. I think many young ladies feel this way. You didn't see how aggressive my cousin's words were. It seemed as if she was threatening Miss Qu Si. Later, she almost had a quarrel with Concubine Ji of the East Palace." Qi Xiangyu curled the corners of her lips sarcastically.
There was no one else in the room, so she didn't have to hide her unhappiness.
She doesn't like Liu Jingyu.
Obviously, she was her grandmother's only granddaughter, but she, the granddaughter, got all the good things and was given the title of County Lady. Whenever she heard someone call Liu Jingyu like that, she would get furious and feel aggrieved.
Therefore, he and Liu Jingyu maintained a superficial harmony although their hearts were not on good terms.
However, Liu Jingyu is very smart. When he is at home, he not only makes his grandmother happy, but also makes his grandfather happy. In this respect, Qi Xiangyu feels inferior to him.
Her father was not her grandmother's biological son, so even if she could coax her grandmother, her grandmother might not listen to her. For this reason alone, she could not please her grandmother as well as Liu Jingyu.
It is also because of this that Qi Xiangyu and Liu Jingyu will not really get along well.
As a result of careful observation, she found that Liu Jingyu was actually very good at pretending. In front of the elders in the mansion, he pretended to be very gentle, but in fact he was two-faced. The so-called magnanimity, elegance and ease were all pretended, just to please his grandmother and grandfather.
"Mother, do you still remember that Miss Qu Si almost got into trouble when she was at our house that day? I looked it up later and found out that it was related to my cousin!" Qi Xiangyu suddenly remembered something. She didn't take it seriously at the time, but when the two met, it was easy to guess something.
"You mean Jingyu has been dealing with this Fourth Miss Qu and doesn't like her?" Madam Qi was surprised and shook her head. "No way, even if Jingyu is two-faced, it's impossible that he can't tolerate a daughter of the Minister's Mansion who poses no threat, right?"
"Mother, it might be a threat!" Qi Xiangyu said meaningfully, lowering her voice.
Madam Qi Er's face turned stern, "What did you see?"
"Mother, I saw the prince stop Miss Qu today, and the two talked for a while. I was walking around casually at the time and saw it!" Qi Xiangyu said.
She did see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from afar, and saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hurriedly catching up with Miss Qu Si. There was no one else around at the time.
Although I don't know what the two people were talking about, and they both seemed very polite without any intimate behavior, but I knew that things were not simple just because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent the eunuchs around him to stop Miss Qu Si.
"The prince sent people to stop Miss Qu?" Madam Qi repeated again, hardly believing her ears.
"That's right, but it could also be..." Qi Xiangyu hesitated and said, "It could also be other reasons. The concubine Ji from the East Palace said before that the Crown Princess is Miss Qu Si's cousin."
"That's also possible..." Madam Qi said with a heavy face. She knew, of course, that Liu Jingyu was going to marry into the Eastern Palace. All they needed now was a good opportunity to announce it. But what did the Crown Prince mean? Could it be that he didn't have his eyes on Liu Jingyu, but on this Fourth Miss Qu
If you think about it this way, it makes sense why Liu Jingyu would deal with Miss Qu Si.
Did Liu Jingyu discover something early on, so he has been dealing with this Fourth Miss Qu
"Xiangyu, don't get involved in this kind of thing." Madam Qi thought for a while and reminded her daughter that this was not a matter her daughter could get involved in.
"Mother, what about the guqin?" Qi Xiangyu asked.
Madam Qi shook her head and said, "There's no rush for this. I'll ask Miss Qu in detail the next time I meet her."
She was afraid that her daughter would not only not understand, but also end up ruining things.
"Mother, I heard from Fourth Miss Qu that this zither was brought as a dowry by her mother. I think it might be our bed. I heard that our family and Fourth Miss Qu's maternal family had a very good relationship in the past." Qi Xiangyu particularly wanted to investigate this matter. She had a feeling that it was not simple.
It is said that the Yue family in Jiangnan and the Duke of Qi's mansion had a very good relationship in the past. They had always been in contact with each other, but later it stopped and became less frequent. They might still send letters occasionally. The last time Qu Moying came to her house, if her grandmother hadn't mentioned it, Qi Xiangyu would really not have known about it.
She suspected that it wasn't her grandmother who sent it to the Yue family in Jiangnan!
But then I thought, it’s impossible. If it has been sent out, why write that it can’t be found? That means it has been destroyed or lost, and the family doesn’t know about it, right
"Don't be anxious. This matter cannot be rushed. I will investigate it slowly. Don't tell your grandmother anything. You may make her angry and think that you are having a quarrel with Jingyu again." Seeing her daughter's expression, Madam Qi gave her a few more instructions out of concern. The old lady was extremely partial to her granddaughter.
After all, that one is related to her by blood.
"Mother, don't worry, I won't say anything nonsense." Qi Xiangyu pursed her lips and said unsatisfactorily. Of course, she also knew that her grandmother liked Liu Jingyu, and she could never compare to Liu Jingyu.
I didn’t understand it when I was a child, but now I understand it all. How could I not understand this logic
Qu Moying mentioned the matter of sending gifts to the wife of the Duke of Qi when he went to pay his respects to Madam Qu early the next morning.
"Grandmother, I heard that when my mother was alive, she would send gifts from time to time. Now that I am back, I heard the other day that the wife of Duke Qi said that the two families were originally very close, so I wanted to send a gift on behalf of my mother."
Qu Moying said softly.
The two families had severed their relationship due to Xiao Yue's death. Now that Qu Moying has returned, it is reasonable to send a gift to show the intention of reuniting the two families. Moreover, the lady also thinks it is appropriate to go to the Duke of Qi's Mansion to make friends, and she sighed heavily.
"You should indeed send a gift. You always..."
The lady choked up a bit, as if she was trying to choose her words, but she finally shook her head and smiled kindly at Qu Moying, "Grandma, I have to pick some gifts too, so just send them over together!"
After all, Qu Moying is a junior, and Madam Qu meant to send it in her own name, but in fact, it contained a gift prepared by Qu Moying.
"Grandma, I know." Qu Moying nodded and told about the items he had prepared.
The lady listened carefully and nodded repeatedly. She felt that her little granddaughter was very well behaved. It was impossible for a child who was neglected in the farm by her son to behave like this. She could only say that this child was blessed by nature and was very lucky. Otherwise, she would not have developed such a character in such an environment.
Even if he behaves like a century-old family,
The young lady who was trained with great care is just like this!
The two were talking when they suddenly heard a maid announce, "The third young lady is here!"
"Let her in!" The lady restrained the smile on her face, looked at Qu Moying's indifferent expression, and sighed secretly in her heart, blaming her son, otherwise it would not have come to this.
The old lady had nothing to do but sigh as to her second son. This son always had his own ideas, and she couldn't make the decisions for him. Otherwise, such a tragedy wouldn't have happened. How could the brothers and sisters be close to each other now
Qu Qiuyan walked in slowly and bowed to the lady, "Greetings, Grandmother!"
"Get up!" said the lady.
Qu Qiuyan has been much more obedient in the past few days. Even when she was not given the note that day, she did not make a fuss. She just stayed in the mansion on weekdays. I heard that she was still copying Buddhist scriptures to meditate. The old lady was much more satisfied and her expression became much gentler.
"Fourth sister is here too. That's a coincidence. I just happen to want to ask you something." Qu Qiuyan stood up and smiled when she saw Qu Moying.
"Third sister, do you have anything to ask me?" Qu Moying raised his eyes and looked at Qu Qiuyan.
"It's nothing special. I heard that Fourth Sister has some Buddhist scriptures. Can you lend them to me to copy?" Qu Qiuyan said.
The Buddhist scriptures she was talking about were not ordinary Buddhist scriptures, but several Buddhist scriptures in the dowry of Qu Moying's biological mother, Xiao Yue. These Buddhist scriptures were said to have been blessed and were brought as dowry by Jiangnan Yue.
These Buddhist scriptures had fallen into Yu's hands before, but Yu didn't like them and put them aside. Then all these things returned to Qu Moying's hands.
"I don't know what my mother has, but if there is anything, it's fine. Third sister, do you want to copy these Buddhist scriptures?" Qu Moying asked with a slight smile, a hint of sadness flashing across her watery eyes. She really didn't believe that Qu Qiuyan would calm down and copy some Buddhist scriptures, and she wanted to take the Buddhist scriptures from her hands. This matter seemed a bit weird no matter how you looked at it.
"Yes, I wonder if I can borrow it! I want to pick it up to pray for my grandmother and father." Qu Qiuyan said with some earnestness.
Having said that, how could Qu Moying possibly refuse!
So, Qu Qiuyan came here this time just to bump into me and say these words in front of the lady
"I'll ask Yudong to bring it over later!" Qu Moying nodded and agreed.
"Thank you, fourth sister!"
Qu Qiuyan was overjoyed and turned sideways to salute Qu Moying, but Qu Moying dodged and said coldly, "Third sister, you are too polite!"
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the two sisters only had face for each other. Although the lady felt sorry for them, she also knew that even if she tried to smooth things over, the relationship between the two would not improve. It was good enough to maintain a relationship that was neither good nor bad.
After leaving the lady's place, he returned to his own yard.
Qu Moying had already prepared the gifts for the Duke of Qi's Mansion last night. Except for the piano score, the rest were prepared by Nanny Yan. Although they should not be luxurious, they must be able to show sincerity.
At this time, let Yuchun sort them out again and then send them all to the lady dowager, and let her deliver them together.
Yuchun left with the gift, and Qu Moying said to Madam Zhou beside her: "Madam, does my mother have some Buddhist scriptures?"
As soon as these words came out, I saw that Madam Zhou's face changed...