"The prince... asked you to search?" Qing Ju stopped a eunuch and asked anxiously.
"It's the prince's intention. Why don't you get out of the way?" The eunuch said coldly. He pushed Qingju rudely and pushed her aside.
Following behind him, several clever eunuchs rushed in.
Qingju wanted to stop them, but seeing their ferocious momentum, she bit her lip, turned around and ran inside.
Qu Qiuyan in the inner room also heard the noise. She supported herself on the bed and sat up. She asked Qingju who had rushed in in a panic, "Qingju, what happened?"
"Your Majesty, the prince sent someone to check here, saying that the things might have been left here." Qingju said hurriedly.
Qu Qiuyan was shocked, but then she relaxed: "Let them investigate if they want!"
After saying that, he leaned back and put his hand on his head. "I'm not feeling well, so let them do whatever they want."
The hairpin had been in Qu Caiyue's hands for a long time, so it must be in Qu Moying's hands now. She was not afraid of King Jing coming to investigate. It must be that bitch Qu Moying who led King Jing to search for her.
But so what
In the end, it still falls on Qu Moying, but the process takes some turns.
"Empress..." Qingju was not as calm as Qu Qiuyan. She felt guilty and wanted to say something, but when Qu Qiuyan glared at her fiercely, she came to her senses and quickly shut up.
"Come and help me massage my head. It hurts." Qu Qiuyan slowly closed her eyes and said weakly.
Her face was pale without a trace of blood, and she looked unwell. She was very good at pretending to be sick.
Seeing her act this way, Qingju felt a little relieved. Like Qu Qiuyan, she also felt that there would be no reversal in this matter.
Now it is just a routine matter. In the end, nothing can be found out. The master has been wronged. The prince will definitely comfort his master.
Thinking of this, he felt relieved. He walked to the bed, squatted down, and stretched out his hand to massage the acupoint between Qu Qiuyan's eyebrows.
This was the scene that the eunuchs saw when they entered the room.
Qu Qiuyan was leaning quietly on the bed with her eyes closed, while her maid was massaging her head. Even so, Qu Qiuyan did not look too well, and she still felt uncomfortable between her brows.
A few eunuchs could push Qingju aside, but they did not dare to really scare Qu Qiuyan, and their footsteps and limbs became lighter involuntarily.
Judging from Concubine Qu's expression, she must have known about this matter, but she did not send anyone to stop them, which already shows her attitude. It is good enough that she did not stop them, as long as she could let them complete the task well and get the job done.
Several eunuchs went to the door first. It was said that the doors of the inner and outer rooms were the most likely places for the hairpin to fall. Originally, the hairpin was in front of the dressing table near the door.
There were quite a few jewelry boxes on the dressing table, and they were opened carefully one by one, but nothing was found.
Someone else searched the ground and the corners, but still couldn't find it.
Suddenly a eunuch let out a low cry of surprise.
"What's wrong?" The leader's subordinate looked over hurriedly.
"Is it... here?" the eunuch asked, reaching out to the corner of the dressing table.
It was a gap at the inner corner of the wall. It wasn't very big and it didn't look like something would fall there. A eunuch had already checked it just now, but he only took a glance and didn't look as carefully as this eunuch.
Sure enough, there was a faint flash there. When I looked closer, I saw that it was a hairpin.
Several eunuchs carried the dressing table
He opened the door and picked up the hairpin. Seeing the full moon on the hairpin, the eunuch shouted in surprise: "It is indeed that hairpin. It actually fell down."
Qu Qiuyan on the bed had already opened her eyes. She didn't care about pretending to be weak at this moment. She held Qingju's hand and sat up straight, and shouted angrily: "What hairpin is that? Take a closer look first. Bring it here for me to see!"
I had clearly given the hairpin to Qu Caiyue, asking her to deliver it to Qu Moying as I had instructed. How come it is still with me now? How... is this possible
"Your Highness, this is indeed the hairpin that the prince mentioned." A eunuch said with a smile, but did not take the hairpin over. "Your Highness, we still have to deliver it to the prince, so we will not bother you any more."
After saying this, he asked the other eunuchs to leave.
Qu Qiuyan was very anxious and wanted to call out to them, but it was too late. Several eunuchs flashed outside and left without even tidying up the messy jewelry boxes on the dressing table.
Qu Qiuyan's face on the bed changed drastically. She looked at Qingju in disbelief. What she saw was Qingju with a pale face...
Luo was still fidgeting, standing up from time to time to look at the door. She had no intention of talking to Qu Moying, and her brows were furrowed so tightly that they seemed to be able to hold something.
Finally, a eunuch arrived as she had expected.
"Madam Luo, Fourth Miss Qu, our prince is sending you an apology. It was the concubine who made a mistake before. It really just fell into the gap. It has nothing to do with Fourth Miss Qu."
The eunuch waved his hand, and two maids behind him came forward and put down the gift boxes in their hands, which looked very generous.
"Our prince has to go to the palace for something now. Next time he has a chance, he will come to the mansion to apologize to the first lady and the fourth lady." The eunuch smiled like a flower and was very humble.
Qu Moying lowered her head and played with the handkerchief in her hand, looking relaxed. She already knew the result, so naturally she was not as nervous as Luo.
When she brought Yu Dong back, she asked Yu Dong to keep the hairpin just for this moment. She said she was going to the palace, but she was afraid that she would go there to hold the people accountable and would have no intention of caring about the people in Qu Mansion. She originally entertained the Qu Mansion because of Qu Qiuyan, but now even Qu Qiuyan has been reprimanded, so what else is there to care about
The so-called apology is just a superficial favor.
Since Qu Qiuyan dared to take out this hairpin to plot against me, she must not know where the hairpin came from, so she couldn't make it public.
Luo exhaled deeply, her heart finally settling down. Because she was too nervous before, her body swayed and she almost fell. The people around her hurriedly reached out to support her.
"It's best if nothing happens, it's best if nothing happens." Luo Shi said hesitantly. She didn't dare to say anything about apologizing at this moment. She just wanted to return home peacefully. Nothing happened.
"Can we say goodbye and go back?" After calming down, Luo asked.
"Of course you can, Madam, Fourth Miss, please come in!" The eunuch smiled and stepped aside, while deliberately saying, "Madam, please accept the gift, otherwise I will not be able to report to our prince."
"Gifts... no need for that. I'm glad you're alright." Luo stopped and said in embarrassment.
"If the Madam refuses to accept it, our Prince will have to personally bring the gift to her door. This is our Prince's oversight, and we have wronged the Madam and the Fourth Miss. When we have time, we will ask the Concubine to come and apologize."
The eunuch continued to laugh.
Qu Qiuyan is the daughter of the Qu family. Her current status is unstable. Let her return to the Qu family.
Apologizing would not only lose Qu Qiuyan's face, but also the Qu family's face.
The eldest lady originally didn't want to accept it, but when she thought of this, she had to agree to accept it. Now that the matter has become like this, she just wants to go back quickly and report the matter to the dowager, who will make the decision.
"Your Highness is too polite. Thank you very much, Your Highness." Luo smiled awkwardly, but had to instruct someone to accept the gift box.
The eunuch diligently escorted them to where the carriage was parked, and even offered a hand to help Luo out of flattery. Luo was so panicked that she almost fell off the pedal of the carriage. It was only when Qu Moying stretched out his hand that she was able to steady herself.
After Luo went up, Qu Moying followed. The eunuch wanted to extend his hand, but Yu Dong had already taken two steps forward and blocked the eunuch's hand. She said with a fake smile, "I dare not trouble you, eunuch. I will help our young lady up."
The eunuch did not move forward, but watched them get on the carriage with a smile. The carriage then moved forward and turned out of Qu Mansion. This time, there was no need for Luo's instructions. The coachman drove the carriage very fast, just wanting to leave as far as possible, so he didn't dare to stay.
King Jing might send people to chase us out again, and then it might not be so easy to leave.
Just as their carriage left the corner of Prince Jing's mansion, a group of people came from the other side. The spacious and almost luxurious carriage stopped in front of the gate of Prince Jing's mansion. An eunuch came forward to report...
The people in Qu's mansion were so frightened that they fled back one after another. All the servants in Prince Jing's mansion were trembling with fear and dared not make a sound.
Pei Yusheng went over with a few eunuchs and guards. All the servants he saw knelt down in panic, waiting for Pei Yusheng to pass by for a long time before they dared to look up, and then stood up in a panic.
Everyone knew that the prince was angry. Judging from the fact that he was heading towards Concubine Qu's courtyard, it must be that Concubine Qu had offended the prince.
This concubine was also a fool. She caused trouble one after another as soon as she entered the palace. When she entered before, she was directly driven aside by the prince. Later, she must have been careful and gentle, and appeased the prince. Only then did she really act like a mistress in the palace.
Although she was not the principal wife, she had no rivals in the palace at this moment. Somehow, it got to the point where Concubine Qu was involved again, and the two of them had a fight. It was so big that the servants in the palace didn't know what happened. They only said that Concubine Qu seemed to want someone to beat Concubine Qu to death before.
Even if this Madam Qu did something wrong, she was still her cousin. Was it necessary for her to treat her like this
Don’t you know that you should forgive others when you can
Look, now you’re getting your retribution for offending the prince!
The servants in the mansion shook their heads secretly, thinking that Concubine Qu was unwise. Shouldn't she hold on to the prince's heart and give birth to an heir as soon as possible? Why was she making a fuss with a little concubine, and this concubine had an unusual relationship with her.
The people in the mansion only guessed that it was because of Qu Caiyue's matter, but they didn't expect that the most important thing here was not Qu Caiyue, but the hairpin.
Pei Yusheng stormed into the main room and waved his hand. Everyone else retreated outside the door, and the guards stood guard outside the door, glaring at the maids and old women in the yard, scaring them so much that they retreated one by one and dared not come near.
In the main room, Qu Qiuyan had already gotten up. She didn't bother to pretend to be sick and came out with a drastic change of expression. When she saw Pei Yusheng, she was about to speak, but was slapped hard on the head by Pei Yusheng. She took two steps back and fell heavily to the ground.
Qing Ju screamed in fear and quickly knelt on the ground, trying to help Qu Qiuyan...