"Miss Qu Si, County Lady Jingyu invites you." A palace maid came over and bowed to Qu Moying with a smile.
"The county lady is also in the palace?" Qu Moying stopped and said with a smile.
"Yes, County Lord Jingyu is in the Queen's palace. When he heard that Fourth Miss Qu had also entered the palace, he specially ordered this servant to come and invite Fourth Miss Qu to come over for a gathering."
The maid laughed.
Qu Moying narrowed her eyes slightly, and her eyes fell on the face of the palace maid in front of her. She looked her up and down before saying, "The palace maid beside the Queen?"
"I am someone close to the Queen." The maid said with a smile.
"Is there no one around County Lord Jingyu to order around?" Qu Moying said lightly.
The maid's face froze after hearing these words, and her smile seemed forced. She laughed dryly twice before she recovered and said, "The people around County Lord Jingyu are busy serving the county lord and can't leave for the moment. Seeing that I am free, they deliberately asked me to make this trip."
"Does the Queen know?" Qu Moying said with a smile, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
Qu Moying knew the Queen's temperament very well. No matter who was in her palace, no one could be ordered around by others. What she wanted was this dignity and honor. So what even if Liu Jingyu was her wife
In front of her, he is still an outsider. If the situation is not particularly important, she will not give her own people to Liu Jingyu to use.
It was obviously not something particularly important that Liu Jingyu called her over to see him. Moreover, this had just happened to her. Given the mentality of the Queen and Pei Luoan, they must be very angry with her.
This so-called meeting her in the Queen's Palace must be in front of the Pepper Palace where one will meet Liu Jingyu, and what he said was just a polite remark.
Using the Queen's name to do things.
Hearing Qu Moying's question, the palace maid's face changed slightly, she took a step back and became flustered.
She was a member of the Empress's palace, so of course she was vaguely aware of the Empress's temperament. She originally thought it was not a big deal. County Lady Jingyu was the future Crown Princess, so it would be a good idea to buy her now as there would be endless possibilities in the future. Besides, the Empress might not know that she was just a low-ranking palace maid.
Unexpectedly, the Fourth Miss Qu in front of her actually pointed this out, which made her dare not use the power of the Queen to help Liu Jingyu anymore.
"Miss Qu Si, County Lord Jingyu is in a pavilion in front of the Empress' palace. When I was walking over, County Lord Jingyu stopped me and asked me to please invite Miss Qu Si. If Miss Qu Si is really inconvenient, I will go and report to her now." The palace lady softened her demeanor and no longer dared to act in the name of the Empress as before.
There was a hint of weakness in her words, and she said that she had no choice but to be drafted by Jingyu County Lord, and she didn't really want to be ordered around by Liu Jingyu.
Qu Moying's words had already made the palace maid retreat, and she no longer dared to actively help Liu Jingyu.
"Then go and tell them. I have something else to do here, so I'll go first." Qu Moying looked at the palace maid, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said.
"Yes, I will go and report to Lady Jingyu now." The palace maid did not dare to disobey. She bowed to Qu Moying very respectfully and turned to leave.
It's better that this matter was not accomplished, at least there will be no follow-up. She originally thought that Miss Qu Si was a soft persimmon, but she didn't expect that she was not only tough, but also so sharp that it was frightening.
The palace maid left in a hurry. Qu Moying's eyes fell on the departing palace maid, as if thinking about something.
At this time, Liu Jingyu was anxious to find me, privately
It seemed like he had something to say, which made people think more about it. Liu Jingyu became anxious.
It can be seen that although this incident did not seem to cause much harm to her on the surface, it caused her to lose the favor of the Queen, otherwise such a thing would not have happened.
She curled her cherry lips silently and turned to leave. Now in the palace, she didn't want to say much to Liu Jingyu. It seemed that there was nothing to do with them in the palace, but who knew who was where and with whom
"Miss Qu Si?" A soft laugh came from behind her. Qu Moying stopped walking. It seemed that it was not so convenient to leave the palace today as she was stopped again and again.
Turning around, he looked at a beautiful lady coming towards him. She was about twenty years old, followed by a palace maid and a eunuch. She should be a concubine in the palace. But when he saw the beautiful lady's face, Qu Moying's eyes twitched fiercely, and the smile at the corner of his lips became a little colder.
"Are you Miss Qu Si?" The beauty looked Qu Moying up and down, full of curiosity.
"This is our Concubine Yuan." The eunuch stepped forward and said loudly.
"Greetings, Miss Yuan." Qu Moying said generously.
"It's okay. I just happened to hear you talking. Will it disturb Fourth Miss Qu?" Lady Yuan said softly.
Her voice was gentle, her manners were soft, but her eyes were slightly heroic. Qu Moying saw something familiar in her appearance, especially her profile, which looked more like the face he had seen in the mirror.
She had never heard of Concubine Yuan, but there were many beauties in this palace. In the past, she was the Crown Princess and often went to the Empress's Pepper Room. These beauties might not even be able to see the Empress.
Of course, it is possible that he could reach it, but he just didn't let himself see it. After all, this person's profile really looks somewhat like Ji Hanyue in the past.
Her surname is Yuan, not Ji, which means that she has nothing to do with her past life, but the two of them look really alike.
But one was once the Crown Princess, and the other entered the Emperor's harem.
The emperor has met Ji Hanyue, so is this beauty favored in the palace
His eyes swept over Concubine Yuan's clothes, as well as the appearance of the eunuchs and palace maids who followed her, and his eyes were filled with chills. This Concubine Yuan was living a very good life in the palace. Was she really favored? Or was there another reason? Would the emperor favor a woman who was somewhat similar to himself
"Miss Yuan, you are too polite. It's not a big deal." Qu Moying said lightly.
"I heard that something happened at Miss Qu's coming-of-age ceremony, and that Lady Jingyu was involved. I wonder if it's true?" Lady Yuan asked curiously. She looked older than Qu Moying, but very gentle and likable. Her eyes were clear and clearly filled with curiosity.
"Where did Lady Yuan hear such a rumor?" Qu Moying smiled faintly, looking around with a distant expression. "This is the palace, there shouldn't be anyone spreading such rumors, right?"
"This..." Lady Yuan blushed, with obvious shyness, "I was wrong, I just heard someone say it by chance, if there is anything wrong, please forgive me, Miss Qu Si."
"Miss Yuan, you are too polite. Although I have been living in a remote place for a long time, I have heard that rumors cannot be spread casually in the palace. If someone finds out, it will be a serious crime. I wonder if Miss Yuan thinks what I said is right." Qu Moying said indifferently, as if he didn't notice the embarrassment on Miss Yuan's face.
The palace maids and eunuchs following Concubine Yuan all had obvious anger on their faces and glared at Qu Moying with unfriendly looks.
"Fourth Miss Qu... I really spoke out of turn just now. I hope Fourth Miss Qu will not blame me." Lady Yuan's expression was still as gentle as ever, and she looked even more ashamed. As she spoke, she actually turned sideways to salute Qu Moying.
Qu Moying quickly dodged to the side and bowed to Lady Yuan first: "Lady Yuan, I have something else to do and I have to go first."
"Miss Qu Si, please go ahead." Lady Yuan said softly without stopping her, and then watched Qu Moying leave with a smile. Even though they were very far away, when Yu Dong turned the corner, he looked back and saw Lady Yuan still smiling as always and watching them leave.
After getting on the carriage, he still left from the side palace gate as before. After getting on the carriage, Yu Dong's brows were still furrowed.
"What's wrong? Do you feel something is wrong?" Qu Moying looked at Yu Dong's conflicted look and smiled.
"Miss, this Miss Yuan is very strange." Yu Dong nodded.
"What's strange about it?" Qu Moying asked with a smile, a gleam of light in her watery eyes.
"I think she looks too clean, as if she is really kind, and her eyes are clearer than those of ordinary women. I heard that there have been no concubines recently, which means that she has been here for one or two years. I have never heard of such a concubine being favored. Can she live so well in the palace? Can she live so cleanly?"
If she is favored, she can be said to be favored by the emperor, who pampers her cleanly and keeps her away from gossip.
But it was obvious that Yudong had never heard of this beautiful lady Yuan before, and this was the first time he saw her.
Although he had not investigated such matters before, he knew some necessary information. Whether before he met the young lady or before, Yu Dong did not know that there was such a beautiful lady in the palace.
The lady's attitude just now could be described as rude, but this Miss Yuan still looked gentle and docile, but what did she mean by what she said before
"Miss, what she said before meant that you have implicated Jingyu County Lord?" No matter who said it, it meant the same thing, and people could sense a hint of malice. But it was this lady Yuan who said it, and Yu Dong inexplicably wondered if he had made a mistake.
"What if someone else said this?" Qu Moying smiled.
Yu Dong shuddered, suddenly realizing what she had said, and said anxiously, "If someone else had said it, I would have thought she did it on purpose, but this Miss Yuan... is amazing!"
This was the most appropriate answer Yu Dong gave, and it also left him with lingering fears. A person like him actually felt that this Concubine Yuan might be an accident in the palace, the only person in the palace who lived a pure life, who did not compete for favors or pursue profits, and who did whatever she wanted.
But in the imperial palace, with so many concubines, it is hard to say how their lives would be like if they were not favored. How could they maintain their original intentions after entering the palace for one or two years, and really ask their own lady about something they heard, as if they really had no idea of the meaning of it.
Too innocent, too clean, too confusing!
"Miss, where did this Concubine Yuan come from? I will check it out when I get back." Yu Dong said sternly. Since this Concubine Yuan appeared in front of his young lady, he had to investigate. He always felt that if this Concubine Yuan was not seen by him, then she must have appeared in front of the young lady with ulterior motives.
"Okay!" Qu Moying's voice was a bit cold like ice...
A Concubine Yuan who looks like Ji Hanyue, probably before Ji Hanyue got into trouble when she entered the palace...