"Given your daughter's status, she shouldn't be the principal wife of the princes, right?" Eunuch Defu sneered and asked Qu Zhizhen while staring at him.
Qu Zhizhen felt uneasy after being stared at, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Yes... yes."
"Since she is not the principal wife, it doesn't matter. The Empress Dowager's affairs are always more important." Eunuch Defu curled his lips in contempt, his eyes fell gloomily on the main room with the door slightly closed, and walked over slowly.
It seems that he wants to meet Qu Moying.
Qu Zhizhen began to sweat on his forehead. He took a step forward without caring about being afraid and said in a hurry, "Eunuch, please stay."
"What? Could it be that your daughter is the principal wife?" Eunuch Defu said coldly. He was indeed a little angry at the person who told him this, but he did not intend to give up at the moment.
As long as she is not the principal wife, it will be acceptable to the Emperor.
After all, finding such an innocent girl is a long-standing thing. I have been looking for such a long time, and I finally found such a woman who looks clean and does not like men from the bottom of her heart. It is not easy.
Being as pure as a newborn baby is impossible, but being as close as possible is possible.
Besides, if this woman doesn't like men, she won't be happy even if she enters the prince's mansion. So it is better to give her to the Queen Mother and let her be enshrined in front of the Queen Mother's mausoleum. This will also be good for the fortune of the entire Great Zhou Kingdom.
“Father-in-law…” Qu Zhizhen’s fingers began to tremble, and his face turned anxious.
"What? You have something else to say?" Fude smiled coldly and continued walking forward. Qu Zhizhen behind him was extremely anxious, but he could do nothing. With his status, he could not stop Eunuch Defu at all.
"Greetings, Eunuch Defu." A woman's figure appeared at the door of the wing room, then walked over slowly and happened to stop in front of Eunuch Defu.
It’s Aunt Yan!
Both of them used to work for the Empress Dowager, so they are old acquaintances.
"Madam Yan, why are you here?" Eunuch Defu stopped and asked in surprise.
He never thought that Nanny Yan would be here.
"It was the Queen Mother who sent me here." Nanny Yan did not hide anything at this time and directly pulled out the Queen Mother's banner.
"You are asked to look after the fourth young lady of Minister Qu's mansion?" Eunuch Defu took the matter seriously for the first time.
"Yes." Nanny Yan nodded calmly, "I have been here for a while. I was sent here after the fourth young lady's marriage was arranged."
"Which prince is it?" Eunuch Defu was stunned, and then he was surprised again. Even if it was the Crown Princess, after the marriage was arranged, the Queen Mother would not send someone to follow her all the time. It seemed like they were guarding her.
He has been away from the palace recently. Could something have happened that he doesn't know about
"If it's not the prince, you should know who the emperor cares about the most, right?" Nanny Yan looked at Eunuch Defu with a smile.
After thinking carefully for a while, Eunuch Defu's face changed drastically. He stretched out his finger, trembling slightly: "That one over there?"
"Yes, it is this master. Fourth Miss Qu is the only woman this master has let go of." Nanny Yan said meaningfully.
Eunuch Defu took a deep breath, his eyes fell on the door of the main house with a little fear, then he turned around decisively and looked at Qu Zhizhen.
"Why didn't Minister Qu say anything just now?"
"This... I dare not say this!" Qu Zhizhen also breathed a sigh of relief, but then his worry came back to him. Judging from the look on Eunuch Defu's face, it was not a good thing.
"Now that someone has come, there is nothing that cannot be said. Is it really true that Minister Qu cannot say it or is there something else?" Eunuch Defu sneered.
"I..." Qu Zhizhen wanted to explain, but he saw Eunuch Defu turned around and said, "We don't want this pine tree anymore. Just consider it as a gift to Fourth Miss Yu Qu. As for Minister Qu, you should take care of yourself!"
After saying that, he strode away.
Qu Zhizhen was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly chased after him.
He dared not offend Eunuch Defu.
Nanny Yan watched Eunuch Defu leave before turning back to the main house.
Qu Moying was already sitting on a chair in the main room, quietly listening to the noise outside. When he saw Nanny Yan coming in, he smiled slightly and asked calmly, "Does this eunuch know the Prince of Yun?"
"When Prince Yun was a child, he grew up in the palace. At that time, the Queen Mother was still alive. But the Queen Mother did not like Prince Yun and had mentioned this to the Emperor several times, but the Emperor never listened. Once, Prince Yun was punished by the Queen Mother and fell into a coma due to poor health. The Emperor was angry and quarreled with the Queen Mother. He did not visit the Queen Mother for a long time. After Prince Yun recovered, he was allowed not to visit the Queen Mother to pay his respects."
Nanny Yan said.
At that time, she was still a palace maid beside the Empress Dowager, and she knew that the Empress Dowager had never liked Prince Yun. But even if she disliked him, so what? The Emperor liked him, and liked him very much. Compared with those princes, Prince Yun was the Emperor's favorite.
This love even made the Empress Dowager jealous, and because of this, the Empress Dowager dealt with the young Prince of Yun, who was just a young prince at that time.
But even so, the Empress Dowager did not get any good results.
Later, it was during the Empress Dowager's birthday celebration that the Empress Dowager took the initiative to put aside her anger and the Emperor finally reconciled with her.
From then on, the Empress Dowager and the people around her knew that the only person they could not afford to offend was the Prince of Yun. What's more, the Prince of Yun after many years was no longer the pretty boy he used to be, but a Shura King who was decisive in killing and punishing. Not to mention the Emperor's favor, his current strength was not something that a steward around the Empress Dowager could withstand.
Eunuch Defu had to retreat even if he didn't want to.
"Madam Yan, why are you looking for a pure girl?" Qu Moying asked again. She had expected Eunuch Defu to be scared away, but she did not expect things to be so simple. She did not expect that Pei Yuanjun had a dispute with the deceased Empress Dowager when he was young.
"This story about the innocent girl happened before the Empress Dowager passed away. The Empress Dowager was ill at the time, so she wanted to find an innocent girl. It would be best if she had never seen a man since she was a child, or had rarely seen a man. She definitely couldn't be like a daughter from an aristocratic family. Even if she had never seen other men, she would always see her relatives. And then of course she would become a nun and pray for the Empress Dowager."
Nanny Yan thought about it and said that she was still with the Empress Dowager at the time, so naturally she had heard about the incident.
"Approximately how long ago did it start?" Qu Moying asked, feeling excited.
"It should be more than ten years!" said Nanny Yan.
"Is she older than me?" Qu Moying raised her eyebrows and looked at Nanny Yan quietly.
"This... should be the case, for this reason the Emperor even asked
People expanded the search area and went to Jiangnan to look for him." Nanny Yan replied.
"Who proposed it, or did the Empress Dowager think of it herself?" Qu Moying's face darkened. She thought of another possibility, but felt it was unlikely. There was no way to verify it right away, but she continued to ask in detail.
I somehow feel that this matter is related to me.
"Originally, the Empress Dowager was ill and had nightmares for several days, so she invited a Taoist nun and a Buddhist nun to the palace to explain Buddhism and help break the Empress Dowager's nightmares. Later, a nun next to the abbot of Qingyun Temple mentioned this, and the other nuns also agreed with it, so this matter became the key to the Empress Dowager's health."
"Qingyun Temple?" This was not the first time Qu Moying had heard this name.
"Yes, it is Qingyun Temple. The earliest abbot of Qingyun Temple was a member of the royal family, so he had a close relationship with the royal family. The abbot who came later was also a powerful person. She was already famous for her talent, but she was implicated and had to join Qingyun Temple. She was very appreciated by the previous abbot, and therefore she later took Qingyun as her Taoist name, Qingyunzi."
Nanny Yan was very clear about this past event, and seeing that Qu Moying was interested, she told him the story.
Qu Moying listened and pondered carefully. He didn't know why these things coincided strangely with some things his mother had said before.
At that time, my mother didn't see anyone. Outsiders only knew that there was a Miss Yue II, but even people close to her rarely saw her. They only said that she was in poor health and was always sick.
According to this meaning, my mother at that time actually agreed with it, and this decree was also sent to the Jiangnan area, which meant that there was an intention to find someone in the Jiangnan area.
If we find this so-called pure girl, should we let her become a nun and live a life of seclusion? So it is better for her to not like men in the first place, or as the eunuch Defu said before, she has been hurt by men like himself and is unwilling to marry for the time being.
But was mother also hurt by the man in the first place
Who let my mother down? Why did this matter end up falling apart
Qu Moying was puzzled for a moment. She bit her lips gently and thought that she might be wrong. She stopped thinking about it and asked after thinking for a while: "Then what's going on now? The Queen Mother is gone, why are you still making a fuss about this?"
“Although the Empress Dowager is gone, she once asked the Emperor to find a woman like this and let her become a nun to pray for her, saying that this way she could be reborn in the next life. After the Empress Dowager said this, she passed away not long after. The Emperor kept it in mind and asked Eunuch Defu to look for another one. However, after so many years, no one has found a suitable one, so the matter has been delayed!”
Nanny Yan explained in detail.
So, today, this eunuch Defu came to my house. Before, Xiao Hanyuan was planning to come to my house to make trouble with me. And then there was the matter of Xu Lipeng breaking off the engagement with me. It seemed that I was hurt again and again by this man. I should not have any thoughts about him, plus my previous experience.
All in all, he is indeed the most suitable candidate!
Her eyebrows slightly furrowed, something strangely connected again, and the more she thought about it, the more frightening it became. Her hands involuntarily clenched the handkerchief in her hands. If this was really the case, then she was not just the world she saw before her eyes...
Who set up such a big scheme, from the past to the present...