When she heard that Qu Moying was going to see Yue Wenhan to ask about Yu's case, the lady did not stop her. She just asked someone to remind her to be careful and did not say anything else.
Qu Moying got on the Qu Mansion's carriage and took Yu Dong to the Dali Temple.
When they arrived at the Dali Temple, Yue Wenhan's people were already waiting there and led her to enter through the side door of the Dali Temple.
When he saw Yue Wenhan, Yue Wenhan frowned and had only one thing to say when he saw Qu Moying: "Cousin, do you really want to see that nun?"
The matter of the nun was actually very delicate. She was first taken away by King Jing, but was sent back not long after. The nun was not tortured, but was scared half to death. After arriving at the Dali Temple, she answered no matter what was asked except one sentence: don't send her to the Western Prison. It can be seen that she was scared out of her wits in the Western Prison.
After being sentenced to death, it was like this, even better than when she was sent back from the West Prison just now.
This was also a farce, and it was King Jing's farce. No matter how powerful he was when he was taken away, he looked just as humiliated when he was sent back. But all the people in the Dali Temple kept their mouths shut about this matter. King Jing's joke was not something they could watch or talk about. Everyone pretended not to know, and only felt in their hearts that King Jing started well but ended badly.
This matter did not have much impact on Yue Wenhan. Originally, it didn't matter whether the nun came back or not, and it didn't matter if she was sent back. But since Xiyu sent the person back, he had to take over. The cause of this matter was still in his hands, so he found time to go and see the nun.
I casually asked the nun if she had any requests, but I didn't expect that the nun actually wanted to see my cousin.
Yue Wenhan couldn't make the decision on this matter, so he wrote the matter in an envelope and sent it to Qu Moying. Unexpectedly, Qu Moying actually came in person. He originally thought it was just a letter at most.
My cousin doesn’t know this nun.
"Cousin, I want to meet her since she has something to tell me." Qu Moying was silent for a moment and affirmed again.
She had a feeling that this nun might be a pleasant surprise.
"Okay, I'll take you there!" Seeing that she was so persistent, Yue Wenhan no longer refused. It was not a big deal, but he was afraid that the nun would bring bad luck.
"Cousin, you don't have to send me there. Just have someone take me there. Since the nun wants to see me, she didn't pass the message to my cousin, which shows that she only wants to talk to me about this matter." Qu Moying shook his head and refused.
Yue Wenhan nodded and thought what she said made sense. He called over a trusted clerk and after giving him a few instructions, Qu Moying followed the clerk and left.
Qu Moying did not go to the cell to see the nun, but took the nun to a room in a corner for interrogation, where Qu Moying was already waiting.
When I saw the nun before, he was still trying hard to argue. When I saw the nun again, I saw a nun who was weak all over and had a pale face without a trace of blood.
After entering the door, my legs went weak and I sat down heavily on the ground.
Qu Moying waved his hand and the clerk retreated. Yu Dong walked to the door and closed it slightly. He stood behind the door and paid attention to the movements outside.
"I heard that you wanted to see me. What's the matter?" Qu Moying looked coldly at the nun slumped on the ground.
The nun stood up with the help of the wall, but she did not move. It was obvious that she was examining Qu Moying. After a long while, she asked in a hoarse voice, "I heard that Miss Qu's biological mother was the daughter of the Jiangnan Yue family. She was born during the chaos in the capital. That year, something happened in the Duke of Qi's mansion.
Many things.
The incident between Xiao Yue and Yu became such a big deal that Xiao Yue's life experience was naturally also dug up. As a nun who was closely related to the case, she also vaguely knew the news in the past few days.
"Then... so what?" Qu Moying's eyebrows moved slightly. She was still paying attention to these things at this time. It can only be said that this nun is very obsessed.
"Miss Fourth Qu, before I became a nun, I was actually a maid in the Duke of Qi's mansion." said the nun.
Qu Moying's heart skipped a beat. Although he had guessed it, the guess and what he actually heard were completely different.
"So what?" Qu Moying looked at her and asked slowly, "You should be looking for Jingyu County Lord now, not me!"
To Qu Moying, the Duke of Qi's Mansion was just the home of an old friend, and it was very far away.
Xiao Yue was a married woman, and Qu Moying was just the daughter of a married woman, and the relationship became even more distant from now on.
"Can I... see your appearance?" The nun was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, with desire in her eyes, no longer the dull look from before.
"Who do you think I am?" Qu Moying asked back, and said indifferently, "If you want to say it, then say it. If you don't want to say it, then don't say it!"
The nun seemed to struggle for a moment, but still said, "Miss Qu Si, I think your mother is a... lady from the Duke of Qi's mansion."
"Why do you say that? Is there some shocking secret here? Aren't you afraid of implicating yourself?" Qu Moying's expression was still indifferent, as if he had already realized it but just didn't say it out loud for the time being.
Hearing her calm voice, the nun's hesitation was slightly reduced, and her expression inevitably calmed down. As a dying person, she was actually not afraid of anything now.
No matter whether his previous identity was exposed or what he was doing now, both of them were capital crimes and he could only die once.
"Miss Qu Si, I used to be a second-class maid beside Princess Xian'an." The nun said, her body gradually softened, and then she sat down on the ground weakly again.
"So?" Qu Moying continued to ask without any surprise, "Is this related to my mother?"
"Miss Qu Si, do you know that the princess was pregnant at that time? She was already eight months pregnant when she was captured." The nun took a deep breath.
Qu Moying didn't say anything. She lowered her eyes and listened quietly, looking at the calmness as water. Only she knew that at this moment her back was straight and very tense.
"Not only the princess, but also the wife of the Duke of Qi was pregnant in about the same month. Later I heard that the wife of the Duke of Qi was frightened and gave birth to the eldest daughter of the Duke of Qi prematurely. But I didn't hear about the child born by the princess." The nun continued, seeming to be lost in memories, speaking slowly, word by word.
Qu Moying still didn't say anything. She knew that what the nun needed at this moment was just a listener, and she knew that she would gain something if she listened.
The fact that this nun still wanted to speak to herself at the last moment represented her final obsession with the truth of the matter.
"There were two children, but only one survived. The other... the other child was a girl. The Duke of Qi's Mansion had two girls. The princess was very kind to my family. I was not from the capital. When I married the princess, I was still young. Later, I was gradually promoted to the second-class maid... Even though I was a second-class maid, the princess trusted me very much."
The past is almost
It was buried in her memory, but she never forgot it.
"Something happened in the Duke of Qi's mansion, and everyone was arrested. Fortunately, I was just a second-class maid. Too many people were arrested, and no one cared about me, a second-class maid. I was not one of those first-class maids or housekeepers who couldn't escape. Everyone was arrested, and I escaped. Later, someone... someone found me and asked me to find a way to adopt the princess's daughter, the princess's premature daughter..."
"Who was looking for you? Were you already a nun at that time?" Qu Moying's watery eyes flashed, she grasped the key moment and asked.
“I escaped at that time and met the old nunnery master. I found a reason and the old nunnery master saved me. I immediately became a nun so that I would not be found. But someone still found me... There were... people belonging to the old prince..." The nun swallowed and said with difficulty.
The place was in chaos at that time, and she was also in chaos. She just wanted to hide, fearing that the bailiffs would find her. She was very scared.
"Old prince? The traitor King Qin?" Qu Moying immediately guessed who she was talking about. In the Rebellion of the Three Kings, it was this King Qin who led the way. However, at that time, the Rebellion of the Three Kings had already subsided, and it was time to settle accounts. That's why there was a great purge in the capital, and many aristocratic families in the capital were destroyed.
Even among centuries-old families, many fell overnight.
"Miss Qu Si, please don't say that about the old prince, but it is indeed the old prince's man, and it may be someone who secretly protects the princess. He informed me that he would secretly bring the princess's daughter out of prison and raise her with me in the future. But I waited until the evening that day, and the person who came did not bring the child. He only vaguely said that the child had been released safely from prison. After that, the person left and said that he was going to find the prince."
The nun was a little excited. It was too chaotic at the time. The man said that the princess could not be saved, and it was good enough that the child could be sent out. She did not dare to stay in the capital after that and was anxious to leave. She was even too busy to deal with herself who knew part of the inside story and had no child to protect her. At that moment she escaped death again.
The Crown Prince of Qin escaped during the Rebellion of the Three Kings. Some said that he had fled to the northern border, others said he was in the southern seas, and there was even one saying he was in the land of Western Qiang. There were many different opinions, but one thing was certain, the Crown Prince of Qin should be really fine.
In fact, it was not just the Prince of Qin who escaped. The King of Chu and Han Zi also had sons who escaped, but they have not been found after so many years of searching. However, people are still searching for them secretly.
The so-called Western Prison initially investigated this matter.
Pei Luoan had once secretly talked about this with Ji Hanyue before, saying that the Rebellion of the Three Kings seemed to have subsided for more than 30 years, but in fact, there had always been a surge of movement in secret, otherwise someone would not have brought up this matter every few years. The remnants of the rebellion had not yet disappeared, making it seem as if those people were hidden behind some things.
Even though her chest was not pressed, Qu Moying knew that her heart was pounding. This kind of thing would be a very troublesome thing for anyone who got involved. Originally, this was not something she should ask. If she was wise, she should turn around and leave now instead of sitting here and listening to this nun talking about what happened in the past.
Yu Dong had already looked at her a few times in a veiled way, but she still sat there, exhaled deeply, slowly calmed the frantic beating of her heart, skipped the matter about the Three Kings Rebellion, raised her watery eyes to look at the nun and asked calmly: "So, you suspect that my mother's life experience is related to the Duke of Qi's Mansion? Who do you think my mother is?"