The Dali Temple handled cases very quickly, and this speed surprised many people.
It was still being widely circulated a few days ago. The matter had caused such a big stir that it even came before the emperor. With such a big fuss, if it was left unresolved in the end, the Dali Temple would be embarrassed and the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple would also be reprimanded.
Is it so easy to sue a lady of imperial title? Just say that detaining someone beforehand was a bit against the procedure, but the emperor knew about it, but he didn't say anything, so others didn't dare to say more. But some people have been preparing in private, and in the past few days, they have been criticizing the Dali Temple Minister for his incompetence and arrogance, and detaining a lady of imperial title before there is any factual evidence.
Before those people could figure it out, they heard a rumor that the case was closed in such a short time, and there was solid evidence that Yu murdered Qu Zhizhen's original wife.
There were rumors before that a servant around Yu had confessed to the crime, but in the end, the servant confessed everything in detail, explaining how Yu harmed Xiao Yue after entering the mansion. Twins are prone to premature birth, but he pushed the blame on Xiao Yue.
Not only was Xiao Yue reprimanded, she was also sent to a remote nunnery to practice asceticism.
Later, she was afraid that Xiao Yue would come back, so she teamed up with the nun who was not the abbess yet to find someone to offend Xiao Yue. She also put some debilitating drugs in Xiao Yue's food, so that when Xiao Yue gave birth, she not only gave birth prematurely, but was also unable to give birth, and she almost died in two deaths.
After finally giving birth to a daughter, Xiao Yue died.
The cause and effect of the incident had been clearly investigated, and the Dali Temple acted even faster by making all the prisoners sign and seal their names. This disrupted the plans of many people, and people throughout the capital were talking about it. People were everywhere cursing Yu for being vicious, and people were talking about this matter wherever they went.
Now that we have the cause of the incident, let's talk about what happened next. The daughter that Xiao Yue gave birth to with her own life was treated so harshly by Yu that her eyes were almost blinded. How dark and vicious was her heart that she didn't even let a little baby girl go, saying that she couldn't take good care of her. How could a family like the Qu Mansion be without servants to take care of them
Yu Qingmeng's story was also dug up, and it became a fact that Yu sent her own niece to snatch Qu Moying's marriage. It was said that Yu's own niece had seduced the son of Yongning Marquis, and the relationship between the two had long been unclear, otherwise she would not have become the concubine of Yongning Marquis. There was also a saying that the son of Yongning Marquis did not cancel the engagement before, which seemed to be very honest.
But in fact, he had other ideas in mind, otherwise he would not have been involved with Yu Qingmeng so early, and he would not have immediately announced the cancellation of the engagement and married someone else after the incident with Miss Duan.
Saving people is a good thing, but I have never heard of a family being forced to break off an engagement.
However, the second young lady of the Duan Mansion is not a good person. But as long as the Yongning Marquis Mansion has no such intention, can the Duan Mansion really snatch the position of the main wife? If the second young lady of the Duan Mansion is really ignorant, she can only be a concubine at most.
How could he repay kindness with enmity by snatching Miss Qu Si's marriage away
As a result, the Yongning Marquis' Mansion was brought up again, and together with the Yu family's affairs, it became another witness to Yu's viciousness. Naturally, the Yongning Marquis's son was not a good person either, otherwise he would not have been in cahoots with the Yu family.
The Yu family's case was quickly investigated, and Qu Zhizhen got the news quickly. After sitting quietly in the study for a long time, Qu Zhizhen went to the lady's courtyard.
Zi, talked to the lady about divorcing Yu.
"Do you want to divorce Yu?" The old lady was silent for a moment, not surprised. She coughed softly. After so many things happened, the old lady's illness came back. She was not in good spirits and her face was a little pale.
"Yes, Yu has been deceiving me for so many years that I always thought Xiao Yue deliberately caused her to have a premature birth... I'm sorry to Xiao Yue." Qu Zhizhen's face was not looking good either.
Everyone he met these days looked at him again and again with a bit of scrutiny.
Of course it wasn’t because it was the first time they saw him, which meant that everyone was paying close attention to his situation in this matter.
Although he didn't know about Yu's harm to Xiao Yue, he was the head of the family after all. Both Xiao Yue and Yu were his wives. Even if he didn't really favor his concubine over his wife, he was still guilty of negligence.
"What about Cheng'er?" The lady was silent for a moment and looked at Qu Zhizhen. At this point, she would not care about Yu's fate. Divorcing Yu would naturally be the best thing for the Qu family.
But the pair of children born to Yu became a problem.
"Let's register Cheng'er under Xiao Yue's name, so that she will have someone to worship in the future." Qu Zhizhen suggested.
"No!" The lady refused without a second thought. "Xiao Yue was killed by Yu. What does it mean that you are registering Yu's son under Xiao Yue's name?"
"Mother, Yu harmed Xiaoyue. Now isn't it right for us to give our children to Xiaoyue?" Qu Zhizhen said irritably.
"This is unreasonable." The lady asked rudely, "What do you think Ying girl will think? Yu killed her biological mother, but you want to preserve the legitimate status of his children?"
"I'll go and talk to Ying about this." Qu Zhizhen said after a moment of silence.
"This matter... is not appropriate after all." The lady finally felt that it was not a good idea and wanted to stop it.
"Mother, I'll go take a look first. Ying girl should understand." Qu Zhizhen said irritably and stood up. "I'll go to Qianyueju first."
Seeing him act like this, knowing that it would be difficult to persuade him at the moment, the lady could only nod her head, but she was still a little worried, so she deliberately added one more sentence: "If Ying girl disagrees, don't blame her. In her eyes, Yu was the enemy who killed her biological mother..."
"Mother, I understand!" Qu Zhizhen turned and left.
Hearing that Qu Zhizhen was coming, Qu Moying was not surprised. He went to the door to greet him and invited Qu Zhizhen into the house. After Yudong served him tea, he stepped aside to serve him.
"Father, what do you want to talk to your daughter about?" Qu Moying asked with a confused look.
The Yu case has been settled. She had received the news from Yu Dong a long time ago. Qu Zhizhen also reacted very quickly. The news came right after he got it.
"Yu has been convicted. She did harm your mother. It was my negligence at the time that I did not expect that Yu was so vicious that she would actually harm your mother." Qu Zhizhen organized his tone and said slowly to Qu Moying.
"Father!" Qu Moying lowered his head.
"I am sorry for this matter. I will definitely make it up to you in the future." Qu Zhizhen's face was full of sorrow. He stretched out his hand and rubbed his brows a few times. His voice was hoarse. "We will go to sweep your mother's grave together later, and then have someone prepare a ceremony for her.
The ritual will comfort your mother's spirit in heaven and tell you that your father has let you down."
Tomb sweeping? In Qu Moying's memory, his biological father had never visited his mother's grave, but now he suddenly brought it up. However, this sudden mention of the matter only made Qu Moying sneer.
There are tomb sweeping and rituals. Qu Zhizhen is really making a big fuss at this moment. He is afraid that Yu's affairs will involve him.
"Yes, but it's up to my father's orders." Qu Moying said with his head down.
"If you don't understand anything about the ritual, go ask your aunt. Your father will also tell your aunt first." Qu Zhizhen said, "I have asked someone to prepare for the tomb sweeping. I came here to inform you. We will go out in the afternoon. It's just the two of us. There's no need to disturb others."
"Yes, father!" Qu Moying responded.
This was originally arranged by Qu Zhizhen. Whether she was or not, the final result would be the same.
"I heard from your grandmother that she hasn't been in good health recently. Would you like father to invite an imperial physician to come and take a look at you? It would be best if he could prescribe some pills for you like your grandmother did."
"Thank you, father. I'm fine. I just have some minor problems." Qu Moying said softly.
"If you don't treat a minor problem, it may turn into a major one." Qu Zhizhen gently reprimanded her, then stood up, "I'll go back and prepare first, you should also prepare, if you need anything, just tell your father. Your mother died young, and your father always thought... Yu Shi could take good care of you, but I didn't expect Yu Shi... to be so vicious..."
When he got to the point where he was so sad and angry, he couldn't continue for a while.
As if to conceal his excitement, he suddenly stood up, turned around and strode away.
Watching Qu Zhizhen leave, Qu Moying curled the corners of his lips silently and told Yu Dong, "Go and invite Nanny Yan over."
Nanny Yan came very quickly. After entering the room, she bowed to Qu Moying and stood aside: "Miss, what do you want from me?"
"You will accompany me to visit my mother's grave later and help me prepare some things for the visit." Qu Moying ordered.
"Miss, you mentioned before why we suddenly have to go to visit Madam's grave. Shouldn't you prepare more things?" Nanny Yan frowned. It was obviously a bit hasty for her to prepare for a short while and then go out.
"It's okay. Just prepare as much as you can. But I'll have to trouble Nanny Yan to go with me." Qu Moying said lightly.
There is no such thing as good wine, no such thing as a good banquet, and I have never heard of sweeping a grave being treated like this. Qu Zhizhen obviously wants to use this incident to talk about something else. His real intention is not to drink, and he does not really want to sweep his mother's grave. He is just using his mother's affairs to buy sentimentality.
At this time, Qu Moying could guess what Qu Zhizhen would do.
It's one thing to just guess it, and it's another thing that Qu Zhizhen is so impatient to do it. This stepfather is really so cold-hearted that it's outrageous. The so-called family affection is nothing but a performance of family affection.
"Madame Yan, please help me prepare some things that can be prepared immediately. In the afternoon, go to my mother's grave with Yudong. As for the reason, it is of course because Madame Yan knows more about these things and she is an elder around me." Qu Moying said slowly, her long eyelashes fluttering twice, hiding all the emotions in her eyes.