"Miss San, our young lady said that Madam's things are too messy and she hasn't sorted them out yet. And many of them are missing. She needs to find a few small Buddhist scriptures now, but I'm afraid it's not possible. So I went outside to borrow a Buddhist scripture. Miss San, copy it first, and when our young lady finds Madam's Buddhist scriptures, she will send them to you."
Yudong said with a smile and handed the Buddhist scripture over. Although his words were polite, they looked disrespectful.
After saying that, he even raised his eyes and glanced at Qu Qiuyan's reaction.
This disrespectful act happened to catch Qu Qiuyan's eye. She was so angry that her face turned pale. She put her hands on the rail of the chair and tried hard to suppress her anger.
"I'm not in a hurry. I can wait until your lady finds it and send it over."
"How can I not be anxious? Our young lady said that the Third Young Miss prayed for the Madam and the Second Master. That was out of filial piety. How could she delay and let this servant go out specially to borrow it?"
Yu Dong reiterated, "Borrow", which made Qu Qiuyan so angry that she was filled with anger.
Qu Moying was deliberately humiliating herself. Of course, she had planned to borrow those Buddhist scriptures from Qu Moying this time. Concubine He liked these Buddhist scriptures now, and Qu Qiuyan did this to please Concubine He.
It's called "borrowing", so of course there's no intention to return it. If Qu Moying has the guts, he can go to the palace and ask Concubine He for it himself!
She had heard Yu talk about it before, saying that among Qu Moying's biological mother's dowry there was a set of Buddhist scriptures, which were taken from a Buddhist master in Jiangnan and were also consecrated in a famous temple.
It is said that there are 480 temples in Jiangnan, where Buddhism is flourishing, and there are even famous monks who are more famous than the monks in the Great Compassion Temple in the capital. Therefore, the value of these Buddhist scriptures is even higher. Although Yu did not mention the specific situation of this set of Buddhist scriptures at that time, when Qu Qiuyan heard King Jing mention that Concubine He recently liked Buddhist scriptures, she became interested.
I want to "borrow" the Buddhist scriptures from Qu Moying.
But what is this book in front of her? Just looking at the cover, you can tell it’s not old. It looks very ordinary, as if it was found casually. As for why they said it was borrowed, Qu Qiuyan felt that Qu Moying just found it casually outside and she didn’t know how much it was worth.
Not only did he fail to get the Buddhist scriptures he had set his eyes on to please Concubine He, but he also had to go through the trouble of copying these scriptures, and was especially looked down upon by a little maid. The smile on Yu Dong's lips looked more like a mockery to Qu Qiuyan!
After suppressing his anger again and again, he could no longer suppress it. He suddenly stood up, stretched out his hand to pick up the Buddhist scriptures in front of him, and threw them to the ground fiercely, saying in a cold voice: "If Fourth Sister doesn't want to borrow the Buddhist scriptures, then forget it. Why bother to make such a scene? I will ask Grandma to find a better set of Buddhist scriptures."
After saying that, she turned around and walked inside, secretly swearing in her heart. If Qu Moying didn't want to give her the Buddhist scriptures, then she would go find the lady again. Anyway, she was praying for the lady and her father, and she didn't believe that she couldn't dig the Buddhist scriptures out of Qu Moying's hands.
Not only did she want it, but she also wanted Qu Moying to offer it to her and take it herself!
“Miss… Third, you…how did you break the Buddhist scriptures!” Yu Dong’s panicked voice came from behind, and it sounded like he had taken a breath of cold air.
Qu Qiuyan smiled coldly, ignored her and continued walking inside.
Sure enough, she heard the voice of the maid beside her: "It's broken, so what? If the fourth young lady likes it, our young lady will buy a few sets for her and send them to her in a while!"
“This… This is
Where can I buy it? This is borrowed from our young lady, but… something went wrong!" Yu Dong said in a panic.
Just like Qu Moying, the maid is like the master. Look at what she said, it seems that the Qu family can't even afford a Buddhist scripture.
"What can happen? Don't make a fuss and don't scare our young lady." The maid looked like she was defending Qu Qiuyan, and Qu Qiuyan was very satisfied.
“This… this is the Buddhist scripture of the late Crown Princess… This… what should I do, and it’s… it’s torn.” Yu Dong pointed at the half piece of paper that had fallen to the side, his face changing drastically.
"What's the meaning of 'Crown Princess'? What nonsense are you talking about?" The maid was a little panicked and scolded.
“Really? This is what our young lady borrowed from the Ling’an Marquis’s Mansion. It was copied by the Crown Princess before. You…you guys…” Yu Dong stammered incoherently because of fear. “This…this must be returned to the Ling’an Marquis’s Mansion in three days…three days…!”
Qu Qiuyan suddenly stopped, feeling something was wrong. After a pause, she turned around quickly and asked through gritted teeth, "What did you say?"
"Miss Third, this is what our Fourth Miss sent me to ask for at the Ling'an Marquis's residence. They only asked for it for three days. We originally wanted to find Madam's Buddhist scriptures within three days, but we were afraid that Miss Third would be anxious, so we borrowed it specially. But... but now, how can we return it? If the Ling'an Marquis's residence makes a fuss, then... that would be a crime of disrespect..."
Yu Dong was straightforward this time and explained the whole cause and effect of the matter clearly. After he finished, he looked at Qu Qiuyan in panic, as if something big had happened and it was out of control.
Qu Qiuyan's gaze fell on the Buddhist scripture that she had thrown to the ground. Half a piece of paper was conspicuously floating out of it. It was a page in the Buddhist scripture that was torn.
The hand holding the handkerchief trembled and her face turned pale. She understood the meaning of this very well. It was a blasphemy to the former Crown Princess, and it was said that the Crown Prince still had deep feelings for her.
More importantly, the Crown Prince and King Jing have always been at odds with each other. If the Crown Prince were to use this to deal with King Jing, King Jing might get into trouble, but he would definitely get into trouble.
“Miss San, now… what should we do now? In three days… we have to… we have to pay it back!” Yu Dong was still stuttering. He is a great singer and composer!
"You go back first. I will take care of this matter. There is no need to let your young lady pay it back. I will do it!" Qu Qiuyan thought nervously and felt that it would be better for her to handle the matter quickly. There was no need to wait for three days. It had to be done quickly, right away.
I must not let anyone find out about this mistake, otherwise I will be really finished.
Qu Qiuyan was not the kind of person who was stupid and ignorant. She knew clearly that this matter could be a big or small matter. If she was forced to bear the title of blasphemous Crown Princess, her fate could be imagined. Not to mention entering Prince Jing's Mansion, she might not even be able to save her life.
"Third Miss..." Yu Dong seemed to want to say something.
"Don't go down yet!" Qu Qiuyan could no longer talk to her calmly. Her mind was now full of how to explain the matter, so she would not care about a maid.
Yu Dong seemed to want to say something, but Qing Mei came over and pulled her down. She took the opportunity to turn around and leave. When her eyes swept over this Miss Qu San, she found that this lady had an unprecedented look of tension and fear on her face. Her face was as pale as snow and she almost fainted.
Miss Qu San has been scheming against and bullying our young lady, and now she is suffering the consequences!
When they were outside, Qingmei, who used to love talking to Yudong, lost interest in talking at this time. After pushing her out of the courtyard gate, she turned around and hurried back. It seemed that this matter had a great effect on these masters and servants who were intent on scheming against others.
Yudong turned around and left with satisfaction.
The main room was completely silent. When Qingmei came in, she saw Qu Qiuyan squatting on the ground, carefully picking up the Buddhist scripture on the ground, and then picking up the piece of paper. There was no trace of blood on her face.
Several maids also stood there not daring to move, their faces equally pale as snow.
If something happened to Qu Qiuyan, no one present could escape.
"Miss, let's think of another way, maybe we can stick them together." Qingmei was different from ordinary maids after all. She took two steps forward, helped Qu Qiuyan up, and whispered.
Qu Qiuyan stood up, staggered and almost fell. Another maid hurriedly supported her from the other side, and the two of them helped her to the chair.
Qu Qiuyan's fingers were shaking, and the pages of the book made some trembling sounds in her hands. Then she closed her eyes, calmed herself down, and finally calmed her trembling. She placed the Buddhist scriptures on the table in front of her.
Qingmei walked forward and opened the Buddhist scripture. She immediately turned to the page where the tear occurred. The tear was very big. After comparing it, it was impossible for the tear to be glued together and not visible.
"Miss, this doesn't seem to stick!" Qingmei reminded in a low voice.
"I know!" Qu Qiuyan said in a deep voice, trying to control the trembling in her heart. She raised her eyes and looked coldly in the direction of Qianyueju. She gritted her teeth and said, "Qu Moying, one day I will make you live a life worse than death!"
All of this was naturally Qu Moying's plan. If she had told her earlier that this was the Crown Princess' Buddhist scripture, how could she have been so disrespectful? At this point, Qu Qiuyan understood that this was Qu Moying's plan to harm her, and she would not let her succeed.
When she enters Prince Jing's Mansion in the future, the first thing she will do is to deal with Qu Moying. She wants to make Qu Moying fall into the dirtiest place and live a life worse than death.
When she has the strength, she still has to deal with this matter first.
This matter is not a dead end, after all, it is Ling'anbo Mansion, not Qu Moying.
"Prepare a generous gift and go to the Ling'an Marquis' Mansion!" Qu Qiuyan finally calmed down and said in a cold voice that she had to go and talk to the Ling'an Marquis' Mansion in person about this matter and make sure to handle it clearly before anyone else finds out. As long as the Ling'an Marquis' Mansion changes their words and says that this Buddhist scripture is not the Crown Princess's, or takes out another one, the matter will be settled.
The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it.
Several maids also knew the danger of this matter, and they started to prepare in a hurry. This time, Qu Qiuyan was also very generous and brought a lot of good gifts. She must make Ling Anbo's mansion change its words. This was for saving lives, so how could she be stingy.
Not long after, Qu Qiuyan left the Qu Mansion with her maid and went to Ling Anbo's Mansion.
When this news reached Qu Moying, she was playing the piano. She pressed her fingers lightly on the strings, and the sound stopped. There was silence all around, except for the smile on the corners of her lips, which was cool and a little chilly, just like the faint autumn feeling mixed in the summer heat.
When one looks at it, one's heart suddenly shudders, and the chill gradually spreads...
"Prepare the carriages and horses, let's go out and take a look!"