"Our prince said it will only take a while. Don't worry, Miss Qu Si. Not only is our prince here, but there are other female relatives as well. Our prince's cousin is also here and she said she wants to see you!" The eunuch invited with all his strength.
Cousin of King Pei Qingmin of Wei
Qu Moying was silent for a moment, looking at the eunuch with a constant smile on his face, and his determination to go. Did he have to invite me over
"Okay!" He nodded in agreement.
"Miss?" Yu Dong was a little anxious, but saw Qu Moying shaking his hand silently, so he could only lower his head and follow his young lady and go to the next door with Nanny Miao.
What a coincidence, it’s right next door
The eunuch went forward and knocked on the door. A clever maid opened the door. Seeing the eunuch coming in, she quickly stepped aside to let him in. Qu Moying stood outside the door waiting. Finally, the door opened again, and the eunuch came out with a smile and said, "Miss Qu Si, please come in!"
Qu Moying walked in and saw two people sitting at the table in the middle. One of them was Wei Wang Pei Qingmin, and the other was a lovely young lady who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old. When she heard the sound at the door, she turned around and looked over with a smile. Her smile made her look very friendly.
Qu Moying stepped forward and saluted.
"Miss Qu Si, you don't have to be polite. Please take a seat first!" Pei Qingmin invited.
Qu Moying looked at the remaining seats and found that the only one was the one opposite Pei Qingmin. He leaned against the wall on the other side, bowed to Pei Qingmin again, apologized, and then sat down opposite him.
"Are you the fourth young lady of the Qu family?" The young lady spoke as soon as she sat down.
Qu Moying looked at her with some confusion.
"This is my cousin Zhu Yaner, and this is the fourth lady of Minister Qu's mansion." Pei Qingmin introduced.
Qu Moying's heart moved. She had seen Zhu Yanxin before, but had never seen this Zhu Yaner. This person seemed to be younger than the previous Zhu Yanxin. They must be cousins, or even sisters!
"Miss Zhu!" Qu Moying smiled softly and said lightly.
"Miss Qu, you're too polite. You are the fourth lady of the Qu family that my cousin mentioned!" This Miss Zhu looked somewhat naive. Although she was a little older than Qu Moying, her overall appearance made her seem younger.
Qu Moying nodded with a smile.
"Miss Qu Si, I heard that your eye disease has been cured, why don't you take off your veil?" Zhu Yan'er asked curiously, and it seemed as if she was going to reach out her hand.
Yudong took a step forward and stood closely behind his young lady, wary of Miss Zhu who appeared out of nowhere.
"I'm not fully recovered yet. I can't be exposed to strong light for too long." Qu Moying gave the reason.
"There's not much strong light here. We're inside the house anyway. Miss Qu might as well take off your veil and let me see you, and let my cousin see you too." Zhu Yan'er smiled with a bit of innocence, and then she really reached out to lift Qu Moying's veil.
"Ms. Zhu!" Qu Moying tilted his head back slightly, looking unhappy.
"Cousin, don't stop!" Pei Qingmin's smiling face also darkened.
Zhu Yan'er's hand stopped in front of Qu Moying's face. She didn't dare to reach out again. She just looked at her cousin aggrievedly: "Cousin, I'm just taking a look. I heard that Fourth Miss Qu is very beautiful. I... I haven't seen her yet... I'm really just taking a look. I won't do anything."
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There was a hint of coquettishness in her words, and one could tell at a glance that she had often acted coquettishly towards Pei Qingmin in the past. The King of Wei was really nice to his cousin.
Otherwise he wouldn't speak like that and wouldn't behave so rudely!
Yes, it was rude. This was Qu Moying's first impression of this Miss Zhu. She was extremely rude, as if she was naturally hostile to Qu Moying, even though she had never seen this Miss Zhu before.
"Ms. Qu Si never removes her veil because her eye disease has not fully recovered. If you remove her veil and her eye disease worsens, can you bear the responsibility?"
Pei Qingmin scolded.
"Cousin... I didn't mean it, I was just curious..." Zhu Yan'er explained in a low voice, her eyes red with grievance, her hands tangled together, looking more and more pitiful.
"Okay, don't let this happen again in the future. No matter how curious you are, you shouldn't do such things. If Fourth Miss Qu's eye disease is really cured, she will naturally take off her veil and let people see her." Pei Qingmin said indifferently.
"Yes, cousin, I understand!" Zhu Yan'er lowered her head and continued to speak aggrievedly.
"Okay, I'll go over and buy the painting you like later!" Pei Qingmin stretched out his hand and rubbed it with a headache, obviously there was nothing he could do with this pretty cousin.
"That's great, thank you cousin, thank you cousin." Zhu Yan'er looked happy, her eyes were still red, but she smiled, which made people feel very cute and lovely.
Compared to those dignified and shy young ladies, she was a little more lively and looked like a lovely young lady. After she finished speaking, she said to Qu Moying with an apologetic look on her face, "Fourth Miss Qu, I'm really sorry for what I said just now. I was angry with my cousin before, so I implicated Fourth Miss Qu. I hope Fourth Miss Qu will forgive me."
Qu Moying looked at Miss Zhu Yaner with a gloomy look in her eyes. She hadn't said a few words yet, but she had been pulled out by Miss Zhu several times.
No matter what Miss Zhu's purpose was, she could clearly sense that Miss Zhu actually disliked her.
Since Miss Zhu didn't like him, Qu Moying also felt that it was necessary to make friends with Miss Zhu. He nodded slightly as a response to her words.
But this answer was too cold. Zhu Yan'er looked at Qu Moying and felt wronged again. But she didn't cry this time. She just forced a smile and looked back at her cousin. "Cousin, Fourth Miss Qu is angry with me. It's all your fault!"
"Okay, it's not a big deal. Fourth Miss Qu won't be angry with you!" Pei Qingmin looked at his cousin who was sad, smiled and comforted her, then looked at Qu Moying, "Fourth Miss Qu, I'm really sorry, my cousin is naive, I just say what I think, if there is anything that offends me, please forgive me!"
"I dare not!" Qu Moying lowered his head slightly, "If Your Majesty has nothing else to do, I would like to take my leave first!"
She didn't want to be used as a target here, no matter what the other party's purpose was.
"Fourth Miss Qu, please don't leave. Did I really offend you?" Zhu Yan'er said in a tender voice, looking increasingly uneasy. She reached out to pull Pei Qingmin's sleeve, "Cousin, what should I do? I really offended Fourth Miss Qu, and I want to ask her some questions about the palace!"
She looks like a pitiful girl, very pampered, and it's easy for people to let down their guard.
"Miss Qu Si, I just want to ask a few questions. It won't take up much of your time."
Pei Qingmin's face darkened slightly. Although his cousin was a little ignorant, she didn't have any bad intentions. Qu Moying's repeated requests to leave made him unhappy.
"Your Highness, please speak." Qu Moying said in a businesslike manner and with a serious face.
Pei Qingmin coughed softly, and Zhu Yan'er immediately changed her grievance and smiled, "It's nothing special. I just heard that something bad happened to Concubine Li in the palace. Miss Qu Si happened to be here. Can you tell me what happened in the palace and what happened to Concubine Li?"
After saying this, Zhu Yan'er looked at Pei Qingmin again, "Miss Qu Si, don't worry, my cousin will definitely help you if there is anything."
Qu Moying frowned slightly at these words. She had nothing to do with Pei Qingmin, and she didn't intend to have any relationship with him. Even if Zhu Yan'er didn't understand, she should know that these words were not meant to be said that way.
"Yan'er!" Pei Qingmin glanced at his cousin and his face turned cold. These words were indeed extremely inappropriate.
"Cousin, I'm sorry, I just wanted to hear what happened just now... I said too much and said the wrong thing!" Zhu Yan'er quickly reached out and patted her mouth, looking like she had said something wrong, and her cautiousness was very endearing.
Pei Qingmin's expression softened and he nodded: "Miss Qu Si, don't worry about it. My cousin is still young and doesn't know much. In fact, she doesn't know what's going on in the palace. It's not that she asked too much. There was nothing else to do today, and she just happened to meet Miss Qu Si. My cousin has never met Miss Qu Si, so she specially asked Miss Qu Si to come and meet her!"
Pei Qingmin spoke gently, his voice was not loud but detailed and gentle. Unlike the other princes, this one really looked very sickly, the kind that made people feel at ease just by looking at him.
"Miss Fourth Qu, I'm sorry, I just said something out of turn again! My cousin often scolds me, but I never remember it!" Zhu Yan'er stood up and bowed sideways to Qu Moying, her smile showing a bit of innocence.
"Ms. Zhu, you're welcome." Qu Moying also stood up to return the greeting.
The two of them sat down again. Zhu Yan'er even personally poured a cup of tea for Qu Moying and brought it to her: "When I saw Fourth Miss Qu, it was like meeting an old friend from childhood."
"Old friend?" Qu Moying smiled and said, "Is Miss Zhu's old friend gone?"
"I don't know where she is now. She was here when she was very young... but she never came back. My cousin and I waited for a long time, but she didn't show up!" Zhu Yan'er sighed, with a bit of sadness and memories in her eyes. "We were still young at the time, but even though we were young, I still liked her very much, and so did my cousin..."
"Yan'er, why are you saying these things!" Pei Qingmin interrupted Zhu Yan'er, his face obviously gloomy.
"Cousin, I said the wrong thing again, I'm sorry!" Zhu Yaner apologized again.
Qu Moying narrowed her eyes. This cousin of the King of Wei was very interesting. She had apologized countless times in just a short while! Was it really how they had always gotten along, or was there something fishy going on
But no matter what, this matter had little to do with her. She turned her head slightly and looked at Aunt Miao on the side. Aunt Miao understood and stepped forward to bow to Qu Moying, then whispered: "Miss, the second master is waiting for you to go back and tell you something important!"