"I dare not. Please take a seat, my lady." Qu Moying stood up and moved to the side, avoiding Liu Jingyu's greeting, and said.
"If Fourth Miss Qu is unwilling to forgive me, I will never dare to get up!" Liu Jingyu insisted, his face full of shame, "It was really my fault that I harmed Fourth Miss Qu. That day in the palace, I wanted to apologize to Fourth Miss Qu, but Fourth Miss Qu had something to do that day and left in a hurry, so I didn't meet her at that time."
Liu Jingyu's attitude was extremely humble, completely different from the past.
"Miss Qu Si, Jingyu really feels sorry for you. He has made your coming-of-age ceremony a joke. If you need Jingyu in the future, just ask. Jingyu owes you this." Madam Qi also spoke up to help.
Judging from the situation, he is determined to get Qu Moying's forgiveness.
"County Lord Jingyu, please sit down first. These things are trivial. The real matter is probably not this." Qu Moying said with a smile, stretched out his hand and led Liu Jingyu to the side, inviting him to sit down.
"Is there anything else?" Liu Jingyu's heart skipped a beat and he straightened up involuntarily.
"Don't you find it strange, Lord Jingyu? Why would so many people from Northern Frontier find you?" Qu Moying looked at her calmly and said bluntly.
"This..." Liu Jingyu couldn't answer and frowned.
"Is there something at your father's place that the people in Northern Frontier are coveting?" Madam Qi was also startled and asked Liu Jingyu.
"Father is in charge of the Ministry of Works, which is not the most important department among the six ministries, and he does not deal with people from Northern Xinjiang." Liu Jingyu shook her head. She had met her father before and asked him what he thought. Her father said he didn't know, but said he would look into the matter carefully.
"Since it's not Minister Liu's business, could it be the business of County Lord Jingyu and Madam Liu?" Qu Moying asked again, "Is there anyone in the Northern Frontier who has a relationship with Madam Liu and County Lord Jingyu?"
Liu Jingyu shook his head: "I have lived in the capital since I was a child and have never left the capital. My mother is the same. How could I have any relationship with someone from Northern Frontier?"
"But this is too weird. Who is trying to plot against Lady Jingyu County?" Qu Moying continued to lead on with the conversation.
Madam Qi's body trembled violently and she looked at Liu Jingyu with a frown. She also thought about it. If someone wanted to harm the Liu Mansion, which seemed unlikely, then would they go through the Liu Mansion to harm the Prince's Mansion
This is a serious crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the clan.
Liu Jingyu couldn't explain it clearly for a moment. She couldn't say that what she gave Huasheng at that time was the advice of a person from Northern Xinjiang. That person was a close friend of her mother, and she always believed in her. When she heard that she had a method, she naturally used it. She thought it was a good method from somewhere, but she didn't expect that she used the method from Northern Xinjiang.
If she had known this would happen, she would never have done it.
He had no choice but to swallow this loss and continue to follow Qu Moying's words.
"Jingyu, among the people you brought with you before, are there any of the people from Northern Xinjiang who were taken away this time?" Madam Qi said with a serious face.
"This... Mother hasn't arranged it yet!" Liu Jingyu lowered his head.
"Are there any elderly people from your mother's family among them?" Madam Qi's expression became more and more solemn. She only knew that several servants from the Northern Frontier were taken away from the Liu Mansion, but she didn't know who they were.
Mrs. Liu has not yet
After returning home, Liu Jingyu came over from time to time, but he couldn't explain clearly. Whenever he mentioned something, he was just vague. Madam Qi didn't take it seriously before, but after hearing what Qu Moying said, she felt uneasy. If he really plotted against the prince, it would be a serious crime.
"There is... there is an old man..." Liu Jingyu was unable to answer when he was pressed.
"When did this old man come from? Did your mother have him when she got married, or did she find him in the Liu Mansion?" Madam Qi asked.
"This... I'm not too sure either. Grandmother, the people around mother, I only know they are old people." Liu Jingyu didn't dare to say that the person was the one who came as a dowry from the Duke of Qi's Mansion, so she could only say that she didn't know, with tears in the corners of her eyes, "Mother has a calm personality and is strict with me. There are some things that I don't dare to ask mother."
"Who is it?" Madam Qi pressed her hand on the corner of the table and asked sternly. She originally thought that this matter had little to do with her family, but now she realized that it actually involved her family.
"It's Madam Hai!" Liu Jingyu said with difficulty. She had to continue talking as she had come to this point.
"What? It's Nanny Hai?" Madam Qi pressed her hand on the table and almost stood up. This Nanny Hai had indeed followed her daughter very early. She had followed her daughter when she was still young, and had been with her ever since. Later, she married into the Liu Mansion and became her daughter's companion.
"Madam Qi knows this Nanny Hai?" Seeing the grandmother and granddaughter asking and answering each other, their faces became more and more serious. Qu Moying asked another question at the right time, with some curiosity.
"Madam Hai followed her mother a long time ago." Mrs. Qi was shocked and her face turned ugly.
"How long has it been? Was it when Madam Liu was young? Madam Liu must have been still young at that time, and this Madam Hai must have had the credit of teaching Madam Liu?" Qu Moying became more and more curious. Her long eyelashes fluttered twice, and her eyes were clear with obvious surprise.
How young? Madam Qi couldn't remember exactly how young her daughter was. She just thought her daughter was still young at that time. But Nanny Hai must have checked before she came in, but she didn't find anything. Now the people from the Ministry of Justice have checked and found something suspicious. How could Madam Qi not be shocked
Is there anything in my house that could make Beijiang plot? Or is it really just a coincidence or accident
"Jiao'er was still young at that time..." Madam Qi thought about this while muttering to herself as she answered Qu Moying's question.
"That was when Madam Liu was very young. It should be about... 30 years ago, right?" Qu Moying raised his eyes, and his long pupils blinked twice. "I heard that something big happened in the capital 30 years ago. Could it be related to what happened then?"
"This... This is impossible!" Liu Jingyu said anxiously. She had paid attention to this matter and even secretly looked up some information about it.
It’s just because she’s afraid that she’ll accidentally offend such a taboo if she marries into the royal family in the future.
"Why not? I heard that a lot of things happened at that time, and many noble mansions were involved. Many families were killed at one time. Maybe the people in the Northern Frontier hid at that time to make plans for the future." Qu Moying said naively.
This is not the Qu Mansion, there are not so many rules. Her presence here once again reminds the person in front of her that he is not a person who follows rules, which is why he said such a sinful thing.
"Miss Qu Si, please be careful with your words."
The lady's face darkened and she whispered.
Qu Moying looked at her gloomy face, then looked at Liu Jingyu's equally gloomy face. His face also darkened and he stopped talking.
She has already said what she wanted to say. What to do next depends on the Duke of Qi's own understanding.
Those things originally had nothing to do with her, but they obviously involved her mother. Judging from the actions of this Madam Liu, she clearly knew her life experience very early on. She was still young at that time, and it was impossible for her to know it herself. Someone must have told her that those people were from the Northern Frontier
If this is the case, this Madam Liu is really not a simple person...
The room became quiet, with only the whistling sound of the wind outside, which seemed to blow on people's hearts, bringing out some long-ago past events that Mrs. Qi had almost forgotten.
The Rebellion of the Three Kings involved the capital city and the first wife of the Duke of Qi's Mansion. All the members of the first wife were arrested, and everyone, including his eldest sister-in-law, Princess Xian'an, was beheaded.
To outsiders, the Rebellion of the Three Kings had been quelled, but in the eyes of some insiders, some remnants of the Three Kings were still there. Some fled to the northern border, some fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and some simply disappeared in the vast sea of people. Madam Qi was obviously one of those insiders.
If these remnants had not been found, the Emperor would not have been secretly investigating them, and the Empress Yuan would not have been implicated more than 20 years ago, followed by the Duke of Yu being deprived of his military power, and the Duke of Jingguo's Mansion treason and collusion with the enemy a few years ago. It can be said that the Rebellion of the Three Kings thirty years ago has never been over.
It has been stirring up trouble in secret.
Never stopped.
If these were indeed the people left behind by Princess Qinghua, and if this matter was really related to the Duke of Qi's Mansion, it would be a catastrophe for the Duke of Qi's Mansion. The Emperor was becoming more and more intolerant of these remnants.
The more Mrs. Qi thought about it, the more panicked and anxious she became. She no longer had the energy to sit down and chat. Seeing that her granddaughter had already apologized, she decided to talk about other things later and stood up to leave.
He hurried back home with Liu Jingyu to discuss things with the old Duke.
"Miss, what does Northern Frontier have to do with Duke Qi's Mansion?" Yu Dong was puzzled as she watched Madam Qi leave in a panic.
"It is related!" Qu Moying looked at the door with a cold gaze, a hint of hostility flashing in his eyes, "I heard that the one who fled to the northern border at that time was the descendant of King Qin, one of the three kings."
She is Ji Hanyue, the future Crown Princess, so her father told her this military secret at that time. Even some ordinary dignitaries in the capital did not know such a secret. Therefore, the Emperor has a low tolerance for things in the Northern Border and has always asked people to pay attention to the affairs of the Northern Border.
However, this matter was a secret to ordinary dignitaries. The dignitaries directly under the military were basically aware of it. The old Duke was a military commander and he was in his prime at the time, so he would not be unaware of this matter...
"Princess Xian'an is the daughter of King Qin?" Yu Dong's eyes widened and his voice trembled with horror.
The descendants of the King of Qin, the bloodline of the King of Qin, one in the northern border, the other in the capital, judging from the situation, they have been connected very early? Thinking about this carefully, it immediately makes people shudder.
Is there really nothing wrong with this Madam Liu
This is a big problem...