"Miss Fourth, our young lady sent me to ask you about the bakery I mentioned to you before." Qingju said with a smile after bowing to Qu Moying.
"Is there anything else?" Qu Moying put down the music score in his hand and looked up at Qingju.
"Our young lady said that the shop was later owned by the Madam, and she would like to ask the fourth young lady to send the title deed and the shop account book to our young lady." Qingju said, sounding quite righteous.
"The Second Madam's shop? Isn't this the dowry that our madam left for our young lady?" Yu Dong raised his eyebrows, looked at Qingju, and said with an unfriendly look.
"The original deed to the shop was indeed owned by the fourth young lady, but our lady has run the business for so many years. Even if she has no credit, she has worked hard. This shop is not a valuable shop. Our young lady is concerned about our lady and wants to keep the shop. After she moves to the Jingwang Mansion, she can use it as a place to practice in her spare time and fulfill her dream."
Qingju explained with a smile.
This means that no matter who owned this shop before, it will belong to Qu Qiuyan from now on!
With the support of Prince Jing behind her, Qu Qiuyan came to take the oath. Qu Moying sneered in his heart, Qu Qiuyan really took herself too seriously. People who didn't know would think that she entered Prince Jing's Mansion to be Prince Jing's wife. Now she was even using chicken feathers as a token of authority, and she still hadn't clearly recognized her future identity and status!
It was not easy for Qu Qiuyan to escape from this situation, and now she thought that there was light at the end of the tunnel and she had a chance to regain her chance. But before she has done anything, she wants to abuse her power in the Qu Mansion
In fact, Qu Qiuyan asked about this shop at the very beginning, as if she was asking about something. Later, Qu Moying went to check it out specifically. After checking, he found out that the main people in the shop were all from the Yu family. If they wanted to replace them, they would probably have to replace all of them.
This is also the reason why Qu Moying has not taken any steps to revise it. Now that the shop has been given away, there is no need to go through all this trouble.
"Tell your young lady that this shop was left by my mother. Tell her not to worry too much." Qu Moying raised his head and looked at Qingju indifferently.
"Fourth Miss..." Qingju was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Qu Moying to refuse so decisively.
"Qingju, I'll see you off." Yudong pulled her sleeve unceremoniously and led her out, sounding quite polite.
Yudong used a lot of strength and pulled her out directly.
He let go of her hand only after they were outside the door. "Qingju, you came to our young lady for this shop. This is what our wife left for our young lady. Could it be that the Third Young Lady wants to take advantage of it?"
Yudong was a maid, and Qingju was not to be outdone and said, "Isn't it just a small shop? Is it so small that the fourth young lady can't bear to leave? It's not one of those good shops. Our young lady will take care of the fourth young lady when she goes to the Jingwang Mansion in the future."
"Care? Our Fourth Miss really doesn't need it. When will the Third Miss move into Prince Jing's Mansion? Has the mansion prepared the dowry?" Yu Dong smiled coldly and said disdainfully.
At this word, Qingju's face turned red. As a concubine, how could the mansion prepare much dowry for Qu Qiuyan
"Yudong, how dare you say that about the Third Miss!" Qingju gritted her teeth.
"I didn't say anything. I thought the mansion would prepare a dowry for the third young lady, but no matter what, the dowry doesn't belong to me.
"Let us ladies take care of it!" Yu Dong smiled indifferently, very contemptuously.
Qing Ju was so angry that her face turned blue. She glared at him fiercely, but found that he was not afraid at all. She was anxious and annoyed, so she turned around and said, "Yudong, you wait!"
Turn around and walk out.
"Qingju, please walk slower. Don't fall accidentally. Then blame the uneven ground here!" Yudong said with a smile.
Qingju was so angry that she almost tripped over a stone. She staggered a few steps before she could stand firm. She heard the other servants of Qianyueju laughing softly behind her. How could she stay there any longer
He walked all the way back to Furong Courtyard, and when he entered the door he saw Qu Qiuyan sitting there in a good mood. He calmed himself down before going forward to greet her.
"What's wrong? What did she say?" Qu Qiuyan said in a good mood.
"The fourth young lady said that this shop was left by the late madam, so you don't have to worry about it." Qingju said angrily, "I wanted to have a good talk with the fourth young lady, but Yudong beside the fourth young lady pulled me out of the door directly."
"This maid is not someone you can easily get along with." Qu Qiuyan sneered.
It is said that the last time Qingmei got into trouble, it was because of a maid named Yudong. This little maid looked innocent, but she was actually very powerful. She caused Qingmei, who was arranged by the second brother to be by her side, to get into trouble, and even implicated the second brother later.
Thinking of this incident, Qu Qiuyan felt upset again!
"Miss, what should we do now? The fourth lady means that she will never give up this shop." Qingju asked.
"Why are you in such a hurry? We have to wait and see about this matter. Qu Moying can't make the decision for his father and grandmother, right?" Qu Qiuyan sneered. She was not really worried that Qu Moying would be unwilling.
It was just a small shop, she didn't believe that she couldn't get it.
But Qu Qiuyan didn't expect that this time, she really didn't get it.
After the news of Qu Zhizhen's return came, Qu Qiuyan went to Qu Zhizhen's study.
In the study, Qu Zhizhen looked coldly at the tenderness on his little daughter's face, his face turned ashen with anger. He had just sent someone to investigate, and it was true that the matter had only been spread not long ago, and not many people were talking about it. But if it really spread for more than a day, I'm afraid that everyone in the capital would be talking about it.
Yue is already dead, and although Minister Liu's reputation has been damaged, it is still not as good as his.
If the news gets out, he will be seen as an incompetent man, and a man who has cheated on his wife!
This is the most embarrassing thing for a man.
Because he suspected Yu, Qu Zhizhen deliberately started his investigation from Yu's maternal family. He succeeded as soon as he found out that it was Yu's maternal family that spread the news. Yu is now locked up and her son did not return home yesterday. The only person who can be related to Yu is Qu Qiuyan.
After returning home, Qu Zhizhen also asked someone to check Qu Qiuyan's whereabouts and immediately found some clues. Even if Qu Qiuyan was careful at the time, someone still saw her when she went out. What's more, someone seemed to have seen Aunt Hailan, who was beside Yu, go to Furong Pavilion.
Qu Zhizhen thought that what happened after nightfall should be what happened after he left Yu's family.
He had already warned this woman, Yu, but he didn't expect that she would dare to act rashly.
And this daughter also followed in and made trouble, thinking of herself
Qu Zhizhen was almost ashamed to face anyone and his face didn't look good. He was about to ask someone to find Qu Qiuyan, but he didn't expect that she would come to him by herself. What a perfect timing!
"Father!" Qu Qiuyan felt a little uneasy when she saw Qu Zhizhen's bad face, but when she thought about the fact that the time was different now and she had King Jing behind her, and it was legitimate, she calmed down immediately.
"What's the matter?" Qu Zhizhen's eyes fell on his daughter.
This daughter was his favorite and the one he admired the most. Her appearance was even more beautiful than Yu's when she was young, and she was also quite talented. She was one of the few young ladies from aristocratic families in the capital who was both beautiful and talented. There were really few people in the capital who were better than his daughter. Later, she attracted the favor of King Jing, who wanted to use her to rise to the top, and he loved her very much.
But he didn't expect that he would end up like this. Becoming a concubine of Prince Jing's Mansion has made Qu Zhizhen lose face. After all, he is also a minister. Qu Qiuyan is his eldest daughter who he pampers. Now he has sent his eldest daughter to Prince Jing's Mansion as a concubine. Those who know about it are grateful to him but they can't do anything about it. Those who don't know about it think that he is taking sides, and he gave his eldest daughter to Prince Jing just for the sake of taking sides.
He was proud of selling his daughter, and was so shameless as to send his eldest daughter to Prince Jing's palace as a concubine.
Recently, Qu Zhizhen heard some officials criticizing him in private.
If she was a concubine, at least she would be only one step away from being a principal wife. With the emperor's decree, no one would say anything. But this was a concubine. It sounded like a concubine position, but in fact it always made people feel that it was just a pretext for the Qu family. It could fool the ignorant common people, but it couldn't fool those people from aristocratic families and officialdom.
It just sounds nice!
He was already angry, and now he was even more furious because of what happened in the Yu Mansion.
"Father, I went to look for my fourth sister before. I wanted to get a small shop from her. I will go to the Jingwang Mansion in the future. If I don't have any spare money, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive. Even if the Jingwang Mansion doesn't have a mistress now, I have to spend more money. A shop is the best way to make money. I have also managed a household before..."
Qu Qiuyan didn't know that Qu Zhizhen had already known about her secret actions. She continued to speak softly. Her face was still pale, but her words were very honest. She looked pitiful, yet decent. This was what Qu Zhizhen liked most about her. He felt that his daughter was worthy of being the empress.
And if she is the empress, she must be the most favored one.
But in Qu Zhizhen's eyes, Qu Qiuyan was filled with disgust. When did his daughter become so greedy and become like Yu, always wanting to covet other people's things, yet pretending to be so magnanimous and calm. He had been deceived by Yu before, so now he would be deceived by this thing that Yu taught him
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He put his hand on the table, grabbed a case file on it, and smashed it hard on Qu Qiuyan's head, scolding her harshly, "You've been dealing with your sister all day long, trying to take advantage of your sister all day long. Don't you think you'll be a concubine after you enter Prince Jing's mansion? Do you really think you can go to heaven?"
The case file hit Qu Qiuyan on the head, knocking her unconscious. She covered her head in astonishment and looked at Qu Zhizhen, tears suddenly falling down, "Father..."