In the end, the wife of the Duke of Qi arrived a step too late. The pink pearl had already been bought. In desperation, the wife of the Duke of Qi picked out two more pieces to make up for the loss and sent them together to Minister Liu's residence as makeup for her granddaughter.
There have been a lot of things going on recently, and the wife of the Duke of Qi has been focusing on the Duke of Qi. Besides, Liu Jingyu's wedding date has not been set yet, and they are just going through the formalities, so time is not tight.
"Mother, my grandmother sent me a few more gifts, but none of them are as beautiful as the agate rockery I saw before." After receiving the gifts, Liu Jingyu rewarded the servants in the Duke of Qi's Mansion and asked them to go back and thank the wife of the Duke of Qi. Then he said with some displeasure.
What she was looking at in her hand was also a string of beads, a bracelet, with very complete southern red beads. Even though southern red beads are irregular, this string looked much more transparent and regular than the others. She picked it up, took a look at it, and put it down without thinking.
"It's a gift now. Why do you have to keep thinking about it? You are the future Crown Princess. How can you be so short-sighted?" Madam Qi took the beads from her hand, squeezed them a few times in her hand, put them down and said.
"Mother, I know, but I'm unwilling to accept it." Liu Jingyu said angrily. What she cared about most was that this thing was given to Qu Moying.
Why should her things be given to Qu Moying
If she were to ask who she hated the most in this world, it would be no one else except Qu Moying.
"What's there to be unwilling about? I told you a long time ago that she is different from you. Who you are and who she is? The difference between pearls and jade and rubble is like that of a piece of rubble. One is in the sky, and the other is on the ground." Madam Qi picked up another pair of jade bracelets and looked at them, then slowly put them down and said to her daughter with a serious face.
"Mother, I..." Liu Jingyu stamped her feet in anger, "But Father..."
Before he could finish his words, Madam Qi interrupted him, "Your father is your father. Besides, there is no clear conclusion to this matter. Who knows the exact situation? I regret the ambiguous words I told you before. In fact, I don't know the truth. Maybe I guessed wrong and misled you."
"Mother, you wouldn't be wrong. It's not just what you said to me, but also my father's behavior... Mother, I know you feel wronged. For so many years, you have been holding this family together. People outside only know that my father is young and promising, much better than that Minister Qu, but can you not be included in this?"
Liu Jingyu said indignantly, not wanting to look at the gift from the wife of Duke Qi anymore. She closed the gift box in front of her and said, "Mother, I know you are the most wronged. Don't worry, I will not forget it. I will never forget it. As long as I am here, Qu Moying will never get any better."
"Okay, okay, I know you are a good child and a good daughter of mine." Mrs. Qi smiled and coaxed her daughter.
You can see that he is in a good mood.
“Mother, please don’t disbelieve it…” Seeing Mrs. Qi’s expression, Liu Jingyu thought she didn’t believe it and wanted to continue to give her a guarantee.
Madam Qi gently held her hand and warned her, "Of course I believe in my own daughter. Although I don't have your father's heart, I have won the hearts of your grandmother and grandfather since I was a child. And you are a hardworking person. You will be the most noble one in the future. It's not a matter of a word to suppress anyone you want or trample anyone into the mud. But for now, try not to cause trouble, understand?"
"Don't make your grandparents angry. They have loved you since you were a child and have been good to you. You must be filial to them and not make things difficult for them. Even though something happened recently,
"Just bear with the unsatisfactory things for now."
Liu Jingyu was indeed not very satisfied with the Duke of Qi's Mansion recently. It seemed that after Da Qu Moying arrived at the door of the Duke of Qi's Mansion, Liu Jingyu felt dissatisfied.
What happened to my grandparents who always loved me
"Mother, don't worry, I will!" Liu Jingyu's eyes drooped slightly, and her slender hands touched her cuffs. The exquisite embroidery on the gorgeous brocade felt very smooth and delicate, like brocade from the sky. These were all hers. How could Qu Moying match them
How can that lowly girl be worthy of him
Wang Wu leaned weakly against the wall of his house.
It was called a wall, but in fact it was just a broken earth wall. He could climb out from several places without much effort. If there was really something on it, it would be of no use at all. Now it was just a wall for him to lean on.
He is the one who lives in poverty.
For an uneducated scoundrel who is addicted to gambling, it is quite good that he can leave behind such a family.
The reason why he was leaning on the outside was actually because there was nothing inside, so he could just lean on it. It didn't matter where he leaned on it. He might as well lean on it here, and save a few more steps. He had spent a lot of energy running back, so he didn't have the energy to run anymore.
It was pitch black outside. It was midnight. After Wang Wu took two deep breaths, he calmed down with great effort. He even carefully lay down at a gap and looked out.
When he ran back, there was someone chasing him. He took a breath now because he was afraid that someone would find him hiding here.
This shabby place is his home. Although he doesn't live here on weekdays, he is afraid of being discovered.
Sure enough, there were footsteps, and there were more than one. It was the people from the casino who had chased him here. He had escaped before, but he didn't expect them to find him here. If they found him, he would be beaten up and his arms and legs would be broken.
He owed money to the casino and couldn't delay any longer.
As long as he can escape this disaster today, he will escape tomorrow. Anyway, he is the only one here, without parents, wife or children. He can survive wherever he runs. If he stays like this, he will lose his life. He just hopes that he can't see clearly at night and those people are unfamiliar with the place and won't find him.
"Where are the people?"
"He just ran here and disappeared."
"Chase!"
"Where to chase? It's so dark and I can't see clearly. Ah!" A man seemed to have bumped into something and screamed in pain.
"How are you? Where did you get hit?" another person asked.
"There are tree roots here." There were cursing voices and occasional cries of pain. It seemed that the collision was quite serious.
"It's pitch dark here. I think we should just forget it. Come back tomorrow and ask every household. I don't believe we can't find him." said another person fiercely.
"That's fine, we can't escape anywhere anyway." The person who was hit didn't want to move for the moment because of the pain, so he responded.
"Are you okay? Can you leave?"
"Take a break first, and then go on later. You're numb from the collision, and you don't know how bad it hurts." The person who was hit was still screaming in pain, and he didn't know if it was because of the pinch he made, or if it really hurt that much.
Wang Wu was even more afraid to move, and even controlled his breathing.
almost none.
The thugs employed by the casino are no match for a person as small as him. The best way, of course, is to avoid being discovered by them.
"I heard that this guy used to have a pretty good life. How did he end up like this now?" The person who was hurt seemed to have recovered a little and chatted while taking a breath.
"It's because of his aunt, who used to be the head of the nunnery next door... Later, his aunt passed away, so of course there was no one to take care of him anymore."
Speaking of his aunt, Wang Wu knew her best. After his mother passed away, his aunt was his only relative. Although the nunnery was in a dilapidated state, it was still a nunnery after all. His aunt ran it well and could give him some money from time to time. Sometimes, even if she had no money to give him, at least he could get some food and supplies in the nunnery, unlike now when he could not even make ends meet.
But later, his aunt passed away and the abbot was replaced. The next few times he visited the nunnery, he was politely turned away. As the abbot had forgotten about her, he couldn't say anything.
"Actually, his aunt is also quite unlucky..." Someone outside the wall laughed.
"What do you mean?" asked another person.
Wang Wu on the wall pricked up his ears to listen carefully.
"His aunt actually had quite a bit of money. A few days before her death, didn't the wife of a wealthy family over there die of complications during childbirth in that nunnery?" The man who had been there laughed, then lowered his voice, "This is quite a big deal. I don't believe you don't know anything."
"I heard that it was the wife of an official in the capital who came here to live in seclusion, but later had a difficult childbirth. I know about this matter. Wasn't it a big deal in the surrounding villages at that time? What does this matter have to do with Wang Wu's aunt? Could it be that his aunt killed someone and then the person took revenge on her?"
The other person had obviously heard of it as well, and now he became curious as well.
"That's not the case. His aunt is a good person. She is usually very kind and takes good care of her nephew. She may really treat him as her own son. But others don't allow it. Others are also jealous of this nunnery."
Wang Wu's ears were pressed against the wall, tightly fixed and motionless.
"Is there anyone interested in this shabby nunnery?" another one said disdainfully.
"That's different. You don't like it because you're not a nun. But if you were originally a nun, being a nunnery master is definitely better than being an ordinary nun. The official's wife died there. I heard that someone plotted against her. If it was really a plot, it would be a huge sum of money. The money must have fallen into the hands of the current nunnery master. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that the previous lady died and the next nunnery master died in just a few days?"
Wang Wang frowned. He naturally knew about this, but he didn't care. As for when his aunt died, it was a long time later when he went to ask her for money. The people in the nunnery said that his aunt had died, but they didn't know the exact day. The last time he went there, his aunt was ill. Wang Wu knew that.
It was because he knew that his aunt was ill, and later there were rumors that the nunnery was in big trouble, that he never went there. When he went there after a long time, he was told that his aunt had passed away.
He just came to ask for money, but didn't get it. He asked a few more times, but still didn't get it. He had no choice but to leave cursing. He never came back since then. Now it sounds like there is a hidden story here. That's great. He will extort money from the current abbot and then run away...