"You...you said she knew?" The old Duke looked at Madam Qi in astonishment.
"She knows, she knows everything... She... She knew it a long time ago, and this time she is really saying it... She is really going to say it..." Madam Qi muttered to herself, her whole body in a trance.
"What did you say to her today? Didn't you say you were going to check on her condition and ask about her injuries? Why did you end up talking about these things?"
Seeing her like this, the old Duke knew that he would not get an answer by asking in the same way, so he could only change to another more tactful way of asking.
Just now, Madam Qi suddenly rushed in and told him that Qu Moying not only knew Xiao Yue's background, but was also going to make it public.
"I... I want her to help us, help Jingyu, let... let her settle this matter, and go to King Ying... King Ying to talk about this matter."
Madam Qi's body trembled and sweat poured down like rain.
"What did you say?" The old Duke didn't understand and thought he had heard wrongly.
"I... I wanted her to help speak up. She saved the King of England and is the future Queen of England. Her words must have an effect. Besides, it wasn't a big deal. It was just a matter of speaking up. She... she... made it sound as if we were going to harm her. I... I..."
Madam Qi said with shaking hands, she still couldn't calm down. She clearly remembered Qu Moying's cold and vicious eyes. Was this the look a girl should have
"Stupid!" The old Duke slammed his hand on the table and glared at the Madam. "Why do you ask her for help? What do you think you did well to ask her to say such things? Everything Jingyu has now is hers. Jingyu and the others owed it to them and their daughter."
"Why am I confused?" After being reprimanded by the old Duke, Madam Qi suddenly calmed down, anger appeared on her face, and she pointed at the old Duke, "Can this be said? This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. If we tell it, our entire mansion will be in trouble. Her mother is gone, and we are compensating her now. Isn't it enough? It's just a simple sentence. What benefit does she get from the trouble in our Qiguo Mansion?"
This was said too matter-of-factly. The old Duke was so angry that his beard stood up. He pointed at the lady and could not utter a word.
"I am also doing this for the good of our family and her. If she admits this and reconciles with Jingyu, she will benefit from it in the future. Why should she care about what is happening now? Could it be that she still wants the title of a county lady?" Madam Qi continued without giving in.
The old Duke overturned the table in front of him. The huge crash and breaking sound blocked Madam Qi's other words.
"It was indeed my fault back then, but what was her fault? Don't you understand now? Qi Xiejiao really knew her life experience a long time ago. She was harming Xiaoyue Clan. She has been harming Xiaoyue Clan and your biological daughter. You... you are still speaking for her. You... you are simply unreasonable."
The old Duke shouted angrily, whether it was true or not, that was what he guessed.
After many years of marriage, they seldom get angry, let alone scold each other like this. But the old Duke couldn't help it at this moment, his eyes were red like a mad tiger, "I will check it out. If I find out that Xiao Yue's matter is really related to Qi Xiejiao, I will never let her go. I am determined to save her and protect her, but she is thinking...
Stepping on my daughter's corpse to ascend to power."
The old Duke got so excited that he kicked the screen placed aside and broke it into pieces.
"In the future, you should avoid seeing people from the Liu Mansion, whether it's Liu Jingyu or Qi Xiejiao."
After saying this, he turned around and strode away, with tiger tears flowing from his eyes.
There are some things he has been investigating, from some of Qu Moying's words, and from some bits and pieces. In a dark room, if there is no light, nothing can be found at all. But if a glimmer of light is seen and wakes up the sleeping person, then more light can be seen...
Even though the old Duke did not believe that there was anything wrong with Qi Xiejiao, whom he protected wholeheartedly, he could not help but speculate with the worst malice at this time.
He truly felt that he had done nothing wrong with this daughter, both towards Qi Xiejiao herself and towards his deceased elder brother and sister-in-law.
What he felt guilty about was his own biological daughter, the one who was sent to the Yue family in Jiangnan, grew up in Jiangnan, and was still called Xiao Yue's name until her death.
For no reason, why did Qi Xiejiao want to marry Liu Boduan, saying that it was love at first sight, and also that other people had their eyes on her, and she knelt down and begged for permission to go to the palace to ask for the emperor's will.
She was kept in the dark and went to the palace to ask for a marriage, only to find out in the end that this was actually the marriage of her own daughter. Her own daughter was going to marry into the capital, and it was something that she and the Yue family had planned long ago. Even if she couldn't grow up by her side, she would be taken care of here in the future and could just marry back to the capital.
But he didn't expect that he would ruin his daughter's marriage.
If it were just that, it would have been fine. Later, the Empress Dowager gave birth to a demon named Yao Ezi, and no one knew who reported his daughter's name. After he found out, he and Yue Shi hurriedly found Qu Zhizhen and let his daughter marry to Beijing. He originally thought that although Qu Zhizhen was not as talented as Liu Borui, he was a good person and there were no promiscuous women around him.
But I didn't expect that I was wrong again.
Qu Zhizhen was not a good person either, as he made mistakes again and again. He even forced his own daughter to death for a concubine. What's more hateful is that he knew nothing about it and kept avoiding the issue, fearing that the incident would be discovered. When he heard that his granddaughter was doing well, he did not inquire into the matter in detail.
He had to investigate this matter, and he had to investigate it personally. There were people from Northern Xinjiang around Qi Xiejiao, and they were brought as dowry. Did it mean that there were still people in the mansion
"Come here, thoroughly check all the servants in the mansion." The old Duke stopped suddenly and said sternly.
This matter seemed to involve the Duke of Qi's Mansion, but he was now certain that this matter was triggered by the Duke of Qi's Mansion. If Qi Xiejiao was really an ungrateful person, he would not protect her and would even let her pay for her daughter's life.
Even if she is the only child of my eldest brother and his wife, she is also the blood of the Three Kings, and is the cousin of the one in the Northern Frontier!
"Old Master, is it... all the manpower?" After receiving the order, the servant following behind him did not leave immediately, and asked hesitantly.
"Is there something wrong?" the old Duke asked sternly.
"This inner courtyard has always been managed by the Madam Dowager. The old master is doing this now... Won't the Madam Dowager be angry?" The servant reminded carefully, men are in charge of external affairs while women are in charge of internal affairs, and the old Duke has not been in charge of the inner courtyard for so many years. He was afraid that if he suddenly investigated the matter, he would anger the Madam Dowager.
"Let's investigate together. No matter who holds the servant, find out the whole story." The old Duke said coldly.
The fact that he hasn't investigated for all these years doesn't mean he won't. He knows what methods those people in the Ministry of Justice will use to find out, and he understands those methods, but they are not the methods used by the Inner Court. Otherwise, it would be impossible to find out so many people who seem to be fine on the surface, but actually have problems.
It is more likely to be in Liu’s mansion or even in my own mansion.
If these people stayed, it would be a devastating disaster for the entire Duke of Qi's Mansion.
The old Duke is a man who fought his way out of the battlefield. At this moment, he feels the seriousness of the matter even more. If Qi Xiejiao really has some intentions, and has not shown them for so many years, and has not left, is it really just to snatch his daughter's status and the fatherly and motherly love that originally belonged to her
The old Duke originally loved Qi Xiejiao very much, but ever since the incident of the arranged marriage, he became much colder towards Qi Xiejiao. Later, as he was old, he gradually withdrew from the court. During this period, Qi Xiejiao was no longer as attentive to him as before. He had thought that it might be because she was married and her focus was on her husband's family.
Now that she thought about it, she felt that the Duke of Qi's Mansion might not be as important as she imagined.
Or maybe she felt that the Duke of Qi's Mansion would be tied to her no matter what, just like the current situation of her old wife. Even if she guessed something, she would not dare to really expose it. She would even protect it all, for fear that after it was exposed, the Duke of Qi's Mansion would not be able to bear the consequences.
He was concerned and hesitant at first, so he couldn't control himself and attacked only when he was fighting Qu Zhizhen. He was retreating at other times. He is actually a coward!
He couldn't protect his own daughter, and now he almost can't protect his own granddaughter because of Liu Jingyu!
The old Duke left in a rage. The old lady looked at the messy ground in front of her, and then looked at the old Duke's back as he left. She was overwhelmed with grief and burst into tears.
The servants in the yard outside looked at each other, and for a moment no one dared to go in.
This had never happened before. When had the old Duke been so angry? The old lady had never lost her composure like this. The old couple had always been very decent and calm. Even if there was something, they would just discuss it and had never blushed like this.
Even the confidant of the Madam Dowager hesitated at this moment. If he went in and saw the Madam Dowager's miserable state, then... the Madam Dowager would really not be angry.
But now that things have come to this point, there is no way to resolve it if I don't go in. Hearing the lady's crying inside, I feel even more hurt.
Finally, one or two confidants looked at each other, walked over cautiously, and prepared to give some advice. The lady was old, and she couldn't be so sad. If she continued crying, it would hurt her body.
"What's wrong with grandma? What happened?" The two confidants had just stepped onto the steps in front of the main house when they suddenly heard a deep voice coming from behind them.
Everyone turned around in a hurry and saw a handsome young man standing at the gate. Unlike the weak and frail prince, this man looked stern. He looked at the servants in the messy yard with an unhappy expression, "What happened? Why is it so messy?"