In the study, clear smoke was curling up, and a crane-shaped copper stove was burning incense to calm the mind. However, Qu Zhizhen's heart could not calm down. He glared at Qu Mingcheng fiercely, slammed his hand on the table, and shouted: "What's going on? Tell me!"
"Father!" Qu Mingcheng knelt down with a plop. "Father, I don't know what you are talking about!"
"You are completely unaware of what happened to Xin girl?" Qu Zhizhen asked with a gloomy face.
“Father, I really don’t know anything about my eldest sister, it’s just… it’s just…” Qu Mingcheng’s eyes wandered.
"explain!"
Qu Zhizhen has always been very calculating. He would think about it several times when he had nothing to do. Moreover, it was very obvious this time. Qu Xuexin was plotting against his youngest daughter, and was also thinking about entering the Eastern Palace in an attempt to get rid of her embarrassing situation in the Qu Mansion. In Qu Zhizhen's view, given Qu Xuexin's current situation, she could smoothly enter the Eastern Palace, which would be a good thing for the Qu Mansion.
But the problem is that Qu Xuexin is plotting against her own little daughter, and it happens that this little daughter is someone whom Qu Xuexin cannot touch. As for the relationship between the little daughter and Prince Yun, it is not something Qu Xuexin can plot against.
Moreover, although he was not there at the time, he still felt scared when he thought about it now. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. This niece had plotted against him in order to scheme against her little daughter. This was what Qu Zhizhen could not tolerate the most.
"Father, my elder sister is going to enter the East Palace, and asked me to help find out the news about the East Palace. That day, Concubine Ji of the East Palace sent someone over, and my servant heard it and went to report it to my elder sister. Father also knows that I have been living in the East Palace before, and I have a very close relationship with my elder sister and elder brother. Now that my elder sister has come to me for a request, how can I not respond? Even my servant grew up with me in the East Palace, and he will definitely pay attention to what my elder sister asks me to do."
Qu Mingcheng lowered his head and said aggrievedly.
"Well... you are so devoted to the brother-sister relationship, but you and Ying girl are siblings. For Xin girl, you even schemed against your own sister?" Qu Zhizhen's anger was rising, and he scolded loudly.
There was no one else in the study, so he didn't have to control his temper. He just hated his son for not living up to his expectations. But no matter how disappointing he was, he was still his only child.
"Father, my eldest sister and I are also siblings. As for my fourth sister, father, do you think she really treats her as the daughter of the Qu family? Is she really doing this for the Qu family? Father, have you ever thought that if my fourth sister gets powerful one day, will she really come back to help us?" Qu Mingcheng's eyes turned red, and he felt more and more aggrieved. "Besides, I didn't know that my eldest sister would treat my fourth sister like this. I thought... my eldest sister would at most teach my fourth sister a lesson before leaving for the East Palace!"
He had admitted to very few crimes, just one of tipping off and not knowing the details. At this point, Qu Mingcheng certainly didn't think he could appear completely innocent in front of his father.
"You think, you think... who do you think you are, to dare to say such big words!" Qu Zhizhen was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead. "I'm putting this out there, your fourth sister is not someone you can touch. If you have time, study hard and get a good rank in the next spring exam."
"Father!" Qu Mingcheng was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand what Qu Zhizhen meant. What did he mean by Qu Moying couldn't move and shouldn't move
"Is this really all you have to say about your eldest sister's affairs?" Qu Zhizhen didn't want to go into details. Royal affairs could change before they were announced, so it was best to keep silent.
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He has always been cautious and would not go out on a errand at this time and let his son know what was going on. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed that his son and little daughter had ulterior motives.
Qu Zhizhen had no intention of disrupting his little daughter's entry into the Prince of Yun's mansion, nor did he dare to. On that day in the palace, he heard that Pei Yuanjun even pulled his little daughter to kneel in front of the imperial study, and then Pei Yuanjun took her out of the palace and went to the Dabei Temple. Afterwards, when several royal family members saw his appearance, they became more affectionate than before.
In the past, when we met, if I saw someone I loved, I would not respond, but recently, he has come over to talk to me.
Although he did not understand the meaning of this, he knew that this should be the cause and effect of the incident that day. Because he was in the palace that day, he knew something about this matter. Afterwards, many important ministers only knew this much, but several people in the royal family felt that something was wrong.
The prince even stopped to ask about the progress of the project when leaving court, and even King Jing became much more friendly to him.
Because of Qu Qiuyan's incident, King Jing had been unkind to me for several days.
Everything depended on the day when Pei Yuanjun took Qu Moying away, and Qu Zhizhen did not dare to underestimate it.
“Father, are you…are you really going to just watch mother…being…being questioned?” Seeing that Qu Zhizhen was only concerned about protecting Qu Moying, Qu Mingcheng endured it for a while, but finally couldn’t bear it anymore. He asked with a trembling voice.
No matter how scheming he was, he was just a teenager at that time.
His plan had failed, and he was seeking a reason to free himself. When he heard Qu Zhizhen defending Qu Moying, he couldn't swallow the anger in his heart.
As long as Qu Moying was there, his family would be broken up.
In the past, there were only him and his sister in the West Mansion, which was cleaner than the East Mansion. His father loved him, his sister loved him, and even though his mother was not very close to him, she was very good to him. His grandmother also focused on him. But when did all these things change? It was all because of Qu Moying.
"Your mother has done such a wicked thing, so she will be punished by the law!" Qu Zhizhen frowned and said unhappily.
"But... there might be something wrong here. How could mother be so capable and do such a great thing?" Qu Mingcheng didn't believe it. He felt that Yu was not a smart and capable person who could be this smart.
At that time, she was just a concubine and her grandmother was still in the mansion. Did that allow her to have such power
"Well, this matter has passed. Your mother brought this upon herself. You shouldn't think about it now. Just study hard and don't think about unnecessary things. You'll end up getting yourself into trouble." Qu Zhizhen said impatiently, waving his hand. "Go down. Don't go up the mountain today. Stay here. I'll ask your eldest brother to go up the mountain to pick up your fourth sister."
He also had no intention of letting his son and younger daughter get along well. The situation between the two was destined to prevent them from getting along well.
The matter of the Yu family is a problem here, and it is not tolerated by the national law.
"Father, please...save mother." Qu Mingcheng refused to leave. He knelt there with tears falling. He kowtowed several times on the ground and suppressed his voice, "Father, please save mother. Even if she dies, she shouldn't die in such an undignified way."
The execution will be in the autumn, and it will surely be the center of public attention. When Yu dies, it will be the time when they, as her children, will be slapped in the face in public.
"Even if my son becomes an official in the future, this matter will still be a stain, a stain for his whole life.
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He didn't ask Qu Zhizhen to save Yu's life now, he just hoped that Yu wouldn't be beheaded in public. After saying this, he sobbed softly.
Seeing his son like this, the anger on Qu Zhizhen's face subsided and he fell silent.
The only sound in the study was Qu Mingcheng's crying. It took a long time before Qu Zhizhen's tired voice was heard: "If possible, I don't want your mother to be executed like this."
It's not just Qu Mingcheng who is embarrassed, but also him as a husband.
"Father...is there any way..." Qu Mingcheng raised his head and looked at him eagerly.
"There is no way!" Qu Zhizhen interrupted him rudely, his eyes cold, "These things have nothing to do with you now. You are now registered under the name of another concubine, and have nothing to do with the Yu family. When others talk about you in the future, they will not think that you are the children of the Yu family."
"Father..." Qu Mingcheng said sadly. This was not the result he wanted.
"Go down!" Qu Zhizhen shouted sternly.
Qu Mingcheng lowered his head again, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and reluctantly said goodbye to Qu Zhizhen.
By the time they walked outside, the sadness and anger on Qu Mingcheng's face had turned into extreme resentment, and his handsome face was almost twisted with hatred.
Qu Moying was not tricked at all. Qu Xuexin even sacrificed her life and property, but she was not tricked at all
How could he be willing!
I looked back at the study behind me. It was very quiet and my father didn't ask anyone to come in.
Qu Mingcheng had long guessed that his father would scold him before the incident. Since his eldest sister had entered the Eastern Palace, his father would definitely suspect him. Compared to his honest but somewhat stupid eldest brother, his father always knew that he was the only one who could help his eldest sister. That was why he was able to handle it with ease just now.
But the last few words were what he was thinking in his heart.
Fortunately, he had his own plans before and did not rely entirely on his eldest sister. Now that his eldest sister is no longer able to do so, he can put his previous plans into action. Before going down the mountain, he had already arranged people.
He would definitely kill Qu Moying in one fell swoop and make sure she would never appear in front of him again, and there would never be a so-called Fourth Miss in the Qu family.
After making up his mind, Qu Mingcheng looked at the sky. It was already dusk, and he calculated that it was about time. Someone was tripping his elder brother.
The servant who helped my eldest brother get the news had already gone to report to him. My eldest brother didn't want to stay in the mansion at this time. Even if my father sent someone to look for him, he couldn't find him. Even if my father sent someone to pass the message, I had someone in the East Mansion, so I just responded casually...
Qu Moying will not be accompanied by anyone when he goes down the mountain this time.
It was impossible for me. My father would not let me do something wrong. That was good. It saved me from having to explain myself later. As for my father, it was even more impossible for him to care about Qu Moying so much. It was impossible for him to leave after something like this happened in my uncle's house. My eldest brother had gone out of the house again and I could not find him for a while...
Qu Mingcheng sneered, swung his sleeves, and turned to leave. He had someone in his hands, who was arranged by his father a long time ago. He had been with him for several years, and his loyalty would not be to his father alone...
In the study, Qu Zhizhen looked at the empty room in front of him with a sinister expression, leaning weakly on the chair. He actually felt a sense of emptiness, his heart was empty, and he felt inexplicably regretful, but he didn't know what he regretted.
The cigarette was still curling, but his heart could not calm down. The love he had when he was young and frivolous seemed to have lost its original color now...