When Madam Qi saw Qu Moying again, she looked very old. In just a few days, the Madam Qi who was old but quite dignified was gone.
She came here specially to visit Qu Moying.
"Madam Qi, I'm sorry I can't get up to greet you." Qu Moying said weakly on the bed. Although her health had improved a little, she still looked haggard and weak.
"You don't have to get up. Lean back first and let us talk." Madam Qi sighed and put her hand on Qu Moying's shoulder to prevent her from getting up.
Yudong moved a chair to the bed. After Mrs. Qi sat down, she looked at the maids serving in the room.
With a wave of his hand, the servants of Duke Qi's mansion retreated.
Seeing her acting like this, Qu Moying knew that she had something to say to him, and immediately looked at Yudong and Yuchun who were standing aside.
Yudong hesitated for a moment, but still retreated with Yuchun and stood guard outside the door, keeping the servants of Duke Qi's Mansion outside the courtyard.
This is the Qu Mansion. Although the servants of Duke Qi's Mansion are dissatisfied, they dare not really make a fuss. It is obvious that their own lady attaches great importance to the fourth Miss Qu in the house.
The room fell silent, and Madam Qi looked at Qu Moying with hesitation.
"Madam, what happened?" Qu Moying raised her eyes and asked calmly, her hands clasped in front of her chest, her eyes clear and peaceful.
"Ying girl, I... Can I call you that? I heard your grandmother say that." Madam Qi said hesitantly.
"Madam, please call me by my name!" Qu Moying smiled slightly and refused tactfully.
His expression was indifferent and a little cold. The relationship between the two governments seemed good only recently. They had not had much interaction in the past, at least not with Qu Moying.
Besides, even if it is the current relationship, it only appears close to outsiders.
"Ying... Ying girl..." Madam Qi's voice trembled, and she excitedly grabbed Qu Moying's hand, "You... you are my..."
"Madam Qi, has something big happened? Why have you lost your usual composure?" Qu Moying interrupted Madam Qi, looked her up and down, and asked in confusion.
Seeing her calm expression, Mrs. Qi's sudden impulse and sadness receded a lot at once.
I just lost my mind.
"Indeed, something happened. It was about what happened at your coming-of-age ceremony. Two maids were found in the Liu Mansion. They were both from Northern Frontier. When they were arrested by the Ministry of Justice, something happened to them. Now the Duke of Qi's Mansion has been contacted. They said they were the dowry given to... "
Madam Qi rubbed her brows, trying to calm herself down.
This matter even attracted the intervention of the Empress Dowager. When Madam Qi recalled that after the Empress Dowager summoned her into the palace, she repeatedly asked the two old women how they entered the Duke of Qi's Mansion and how they were sent to Madam Liu, she knew that something was wrong and that she was trying to push the blame on the Duke of Qi's Mansion.
The Duke of Qi's Mansion now is not the same as it used to be. Although the second grandson is also taking the direction of a military commander, he is not yet a big shot after all. As for the eldest grandson, he is a conservative person who will not do anything big, but he will not suffer any losses either. He only likes romance.
"The man from Northern Frontier, the one who assassinated the King of England?" Qu Moying was silent for a moment, but did not pretend not to understand. She raised her watery eyes and looked at Madam Qi with sparkling eyes.
"Yes, the Ministry of Justice suspected that these two were related to the assassination of the King of England, but at that time, these two people had already been arrested. Even if there was something wrong, it was impossible for them to be related to the assassination of the King of England."
Madam Qi sighed.
"This matter... How does Madam want to deal with it?" Qu Moying asked. Since the words were delivered to him and the servants were deliberately sent out, it meant that Madam Qi wanted to discuss it with him.
He sneered silently in his heart. This was obviously the Liu family's way of shifting the blame to another place, or it could be said that Pei Luoan's favorite thing to do was to shift the blame to another place. Liu Jingyu and Pei Luoyu were really a perfect match. They were both equally vicious. Regardless of how the Duke Qi's Mansion treated him, at least they had done their utmost to be kind to Madam Liu and her daughter.
Even up to this moment, there was no intention of pushing them out.
"I would like to ask Miss Fourth Qu... to talk to His Royal Highness the King of England and tell him that this matter has nothing to do with the people from Northern Frontier." Madam Qi felt ashamed herself, but she had to bring it up.
If we want to stop this problem at its source, we have to start with the King of England.
Not only could they not see anyone at the King of England's place, but it was said that even the Crown Prince and King Jing were turned away when they went there.
The only person who can be thought of now is Qu Moying. No matter what, this fourth Miss Qu has saved the King of England again this time. Even if he looked down on her before, she should have some face now.
"Madam, I'm afraid I can't help you." Qu Moying was silent for a moment, then shook her head and refused.
"Why... why?" Madam Qi asked in confusion, then she felt that she understood, "Don't worry, from now on, we will treat you like our own granddaughter. You will have everything that Jingyu has, and we will not favor one over the other. When Jingyu marries into the Crown Prince's Mansion, she will also take care of you."
Compared to the British royal family, of course the Crown Princess has a better future.
Madam Qi felt that she had made herself very clear. As long as they helped the Duke of Qi's Mansion to overcome the difficulties this time, everything in the future would be beneficial to Qu Moying. Her own mansion could also find a legitimate reason to compensate Qu Moying some, a legitimate compensation.
This can also make up for my guilt.
Madam Qi spoke as if it was a matter of course, and she always put herself in Qu Moying's shoes, as if she was speaking sincerely for Qu Moying.
Qu Moying was originally very peaceful and calm. She only felt mockery towards Madam Qi. For the sake of this utilitarianism, in order to obtain the benefits behind Liu Jingyu, Madam Qi did this kind of thing very well, as if she was really affectionate.
It's fine that the Duke of Qi's Mansion wants to cling to the Liu Mansion, but she has a grudge against the Liu Mansion for harming her mother, and she and Liu Jingyu are in a life-and-death relationship. Even at this point, the Duke of Qi's Mansion is still dreaming of playing both sides and letting go of what happened in the past.
An inexplicable surge of anger rose up from his heart, instantly breaking Qu Moying's calm. He put his hands on the quilt, and his eyes were filled with cold anger.
Ice-cold and hot, full of hostility!
"Madam, I want to ask why Madam Liu and her daughter are so against us, is it because mother did something to let them down? I asked myself, I didn't do anything to Princess Jingyu when I was in the manor, and after returning to the capital, I didn't have much to do with her, so why do they keep hurting me?"
"Can I understand that it is because we, mother and daughter, have hindered their mother and daughter's path that they want to get rid of my mother and then me? Wait for me.
"They will feel relieved only when both mother and daughter are gone? I want to ask Madam Tai, what is the reason that they won't let me go even though my mother is gone?"
She had mentioned some of these things before, and when she mentioned them again, her eyes were cold.
When the veil was covered before, Madam Qi didn't feel it so clearly, but now she could clearly see the disgust and ridicule in Qu Moying's eyes, as if some truth was torn open. Madam Qi bit her lip, but found that she couldn't utter a word facing those eyes.
He stretched out his hand tremblingly, trying to grab Qu Moying's hand, but saw Qu Moying's hand retracted in disgust.
"Is this Huasheng really just an accident? I deliberately changed a Huasheng, but it was that kind of one. If it wasn't for the coincidence that Jingyu County Lord also had the Dark Phoenix Robe, would I be trying to spy on the Phoenix throne? Her position, spying on the Phoenix throne, can still be explained, but what about me? If it was me, would it also implicate His Royal Highness the King of England?"
"This was an accident..."
"This is an accident, and that is an accident. Do you think it is credible? From what Madam Liu did to my mother in the past to what County Lord Jingyu did to me now, Madam thinks it is an accident. But I think it is because they must have us, mother and daughter. Otherwise, their secrets may be exposed, and their true identities may be revealed to the world."
Qu Moying interrupted Madam Qi rudely again, with deep malice in his eyes. Every word in his words made Madam Qi flinch, and every word hit her heart.
That was the tremendous pain and panic after the truth was torn apart, that was the fact she dared not admit no matter what, and that was the truth she was unwilling to see clearly.
“You… don’t say that…” Mrs. Qi’s eyes turned red and her lips trembled with excitement.
After taking a deep breath, Qu Moying suddenly felt ridiculous and slowly regained her composure. Now that she had started talking, the next words would not be that difficult. She was going to expose the facts that Liu Jingyu and her daughter had always wanted to cover up, the truth that Madam Qi had always pretended not to see.
"Madam Qi wants to hide the truth as long as she wants. My mother and I don't care about the Duke of Qi's Mansion, and we don't need compensation from the Duke of Qi's Mansion. As for my mother, she will never know why someone can't tolerate her, why someone robbed her of her identity, and yet forced her to death. They said they were gentle in front of others, but they repeatedly forced and attacked her behind her back, trying to force her into a dead end. In the end, my mother did die at their hands. If Madam Qi doesn't believe it, you can check what happened between Madam Liu and Yu."
Qu Moying's words were like a piercing blow to Madam Qi's ears.
Madam Qi was trembling all over. She stood up and stared at Qu Moying in a daze. Her eyes turned red. Then, under Qu Moying's cold gaze, she could no longer bear it and staggered back. Then she turned around, sobbed softly, covered her face and rushed out.
Yudong, who was guarding outside the door, was startled and quickly moved aside.
"Madam."
"Madam, what's wrong with you?"
"Madam, please be careful." The maids and old women of Duke Qi's mansion who were guarding outside the door came forward one by one to show their loyalty and supported Madam Qi, who was almost unable to stand.
Outside the door, Qu Moying's eyes burned with a fiery flame, but without a trace of warmth...
If she needed to light another fire to tear the truth apart, she chose this more direct way... tearing apart all the whitewashing and hypocrisy...