"Our young lady thanked the concubine for her gift and asked me to send some gifts in return. Some of them were prepared by our young lady, and some were prepared by Jingyu County Lord just now. However, our young lady may not be able to attend the flower viewing banquet that the concubine mentioned."
After presenting the gift, Nanny Miao replied with a smile.
"Why?" Ji Youran asked with a smile, "I haven't set a date for Miss Qu Si to enjoy the flowers yet, so why can't your lady come?"
How is this matter related to Liu Jingyu
"Our young lady originally wanted to agree, but then someone from Jingyu County Lord came to say that she postponed the Huiwen Banquet and would send someone to tell you, Concubine Consort, to go to the Huiwen Banquet when our young lady is feeling better." Nanny Miao explained with a smile, "Even if our young lady is feeling better, she may not be able to attend many banquets in the near future."
"Did County Lord Jingyu say that?" Ji Youran's face turned ugly.
"Please wait a moment, Concubine. Since the county lady has said so, she will definitely send someone to inform you." Nanny Miao seemed not to notice Ji Youran's gloomy face and continued to smile.
Although Liu Jingyu's position is the future Crown Princess, she has not yet married into the family. This has already given Ji Youran, a concubine, a warning. Although the words sound nice, the meaning behind them is like a slap in the face to Ji Youran, making her realize once again that she is just a concubine.
Moreover, she was a concubine who was disrespected by the future Crown Princess.
"Since it is County Lord Jingyu's intention, let's do it this way for now. If your young lady is feeling better, I will go to see her." His hand slowly fell from the tightly clenched chair guard, and a smile appeared on Ji Youran's face again.
She had to think of a way and couldn't let herself be so passive. She felt inexplicably anxious. Liu Jingyu had been suppressing her in every way before she got married. What should she do after she got married
"Thank you, Concubine." Nanny Miao bowed respectfully and was about to turn around.
"Wait a minute!" Ji Youran suddenly called her.
"Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?" Madam Miao stopped.
"Go back and tell your young lady to take good care of herself. If she doesn't have good medicinal herbs, just come to me." Ji Youran said with a gentle smile.
"I would like to thank the Concubine on behalf of our young lady." said Nanny Miao.
“Originally… the fourth young lady in your mansion and I have a special relationship. Even if it’s because of the former Crown Princess, we shouldn’t be so estranged… If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me!” Ji Youran sighed, waved her hand, and motioned her to leave. She hadn’t finished what she wanted to say.
Nanny Miao bowed respectfully and retreated.
The smile on Ji Youran's face faded, and she stared blankly at the return gifts on the table. In fact, they were just some simple sachets, fan pendants and the like, and they didn't look like they were made by Qu Moying himself.
"Your Majesty, Fourth Miss Qu's needlework is really not that good!" Xie Feng said with a flattering smile. Ever since she was reprimanded by the prince last time, Xie Feng has fallen out of favor. Apart from currying favor with Ji Youran, there is no one else she can curry favor with.
"What is that?" Ji Youran asked absentmindedly. She was still thinking about what Nanny Miao had just said.
"Which one?" Xie Feng didn't notice what Ji Youran was referring to.
"Bring that fan pendant here for me to see." Ji Youran's eyes fell on a small fan pendant inlaid with a piece of yellow jade.
It looks somewhat familiar.
“This… this fan pendant…” Xie Feng also saw it and took the fan pendant out from a pile of things. After he had turned out everything, his legs felt weak and his tongue was tied.
"Bring it here... let me see." Ji Youran's expression also changed.
He was absent-minded at first, but now he suddenly sat up straight and his whole body tensed up.
Xie Feng picked up the fan pendant with trembling fingers and handed it to Ji Youran's palm: "Madam... it should be... similar..."
Things are similar, people are alike!
She had never seen this fan pendant before, but the topaz inlaid on it made her feel familiar for some reason, especially the small shallow scratch on it. It must have once belonged to Ji Hanyue, and then she accidentally dropped it, leaving a small shallow scratch. But because it was left by Ji Hanyue's mother, Ji Hanyue was reluctant to throw it away even with the shallow scratch.
At that time, this topaz was also inlaid in a fan pendant.
When I dress casually at home, I will still wear this fan pendant.
Ji Youran knew about this matter, and of course her personal maid Xie Feng also knew about it.
The only thing that is slightly different from my memory is the other aspects of the fan pendant, otherwise I would really think it is the same fan pendant.
“Your Majesty… this… this shouldn’t be the case…” Xie Feng stuttered, his face pale.
"Where did the unwanted things go when we were cleaning up?" Ji Youran took a deep breath, waved her hand, and asked everyone to leave, leaving only the two of them in the room.
“I threw away the ones I didn’t want anymore. This… seemed to be there at the time, and I had it thrown away as well,” Xie Feng said.
This matter was really handled by her, and it was handled recently. When Ji Hanyue married into the Eastern Palace, it was naturally impossible for her to bring such scratched things with her. Those were left in the Ling'anbo Mansion. Originally, Ji Hanyue wanted to wait for a while and then go to the Ling'anbo Mansion to take away these old things with special meaning.
After the accident, Ji Youran was busy making plans and no one cared about such a small matter.
It was during that time in the manor that Ji Youran suddenly remembered those old things that Ji Hanyue had left behind. She heard from the people in Ling Anbo's mansion that the prince would occasionally go there. She was filled with jealousy for a while, so after returning home, she asked Xie Feng to dispose of some of these old things.
Part of it will be dealt with today, and another part will be dealt with tomorrow. The prince cannot tell at the moment. When it is dealt with beyond recognition one day, it will be meaningless for the prince to go to the old residence of Ling'anbo Mansion again.
This kind of fan pendant should also be among the old items that are being processed!
"Throw it away or sell it?" Ji Youran looked at Xie Feng sharply. Even though these things had flaws, they were still good in essence. If he wanted to exchange them for money, that was fine.
Xie Feng couldn't stand any longer after being stared at, and knelt down with a plop, "My Lady, I... I thought those things were fine, so I... I sold them to the grocery store and asked them to help dispose of them... I have to dispose of them cleanly."
"It's clean? Is it clean?" Ji Youran glared at Xie Feng fiercely and kicked her in the chest. "It's clean, and you sent it to me? What does this pendant mean? What do these other things mean?"
Xie Feng was kicked and hit the table on the side. His chest felt like it was churning. He could only cover his chest and burst into tears: "My queen, I really don't know why this happened.
What does my sister want to do? Why did she bring it to you? What does she want to do? "
Her voice was so sharp and loud that Ji Youran threw a teacup at her in anger, "Shut up!"
“Madam…” Xie Feng was startled and quickly stopped crying. She looked up at Ji Youran pitifully, “Madam, you know best how loyal I am to you. No matter what, I will never betray you. There must be a reason for this.”
When Xie Feng said this, he suddenly thought of something, wiped away his tears, and lowered his voice and said, "My lady, this... could this not be a gift from Fourth Miss Qu, but... a gift from County Lord Jingyu? I just heard from that maid that some of it was prepared by Fourth Miss Qu, and some was a gift from County Lord Jingyu?"
The main wife and concubines have always been relative and represent different interest groups.
In comparison, Qu Moying really doesn't have that much ability, and there is no need for him to do so. Liu Jingyu's reasons are more convincing, especially after what Nanny Miao had said before. There are some things that Ji Youran cannot afford to think about.
"What does she want to do?" Ji Youran said hatefully through gritted teeth.
"Your Majesty, think about it, you are the one in his heart. Even if you are just a concubine, you will be envied. The main wife has always been the one who can't tolerate the favored concubines. Your Majesty is so talented and beautiful as the concubine. County Lord Jingyu has been eyeing your Majesty for a long time." Xie Feng said hurriedly.
At this time, she just needed to push the blame onto others. With someone like Liu Jingyu around, her responsibility would be much smaller.
"Your Highness, what should we do now? There is already no room for you before County Lord Jingyu even enters the house. If you really enter the house, where will you and I stand? I am just a little maid, and I don't have a place to stand, but your Highness doesn't. Your Highness... What should you do?"
Xie Feng was so worried about Ji Youran that she was about to cry. She didn't care about the pain in her chest from being kicked by Ji Youran, and she was wholeheartedly thinking about Ji Youran.
This was a move she had been performing for Ji Hanyue that day, which made Ji Hanyue mistakenly believe that this maid who had grown up with her was truly loyal to her wholeheartedly, and therefore she never had any guard against her.
But the fact is that Xie Feng has been Ji Youran's man for a long time and has been helping Ji Youran with things.
This maidservant is accustomed to pushing all the mistakes onto others. If she makes one mistake, then others will have ten. It is always more than hers. She is always the most capable and ten others cannot catch up with her.
Ji Hanyue couldn't see clearly this kind of personality, as she was blinded by the feelings they had grown up together. But now Qu Moying jumped out and saw it very clearly. She was a maid who was used to pretending, a maid who was used to diverting the topic to other people. As long as she was wrong, she would try her best to divert the topic.
At this time, whose topic is more suitable for Xiefeng than Liu Jingyu's
Compared to the shock that Jingyu County Lord felt towards Ji Youran, other people's little mistakes were nothing.
“Liu Jingyu…” There was no one else in the room. Ji Youran sneered and slapped the table hard with his hand. “She is trying to blackmail me!”
Ji Hanyue's old things were secretly bought by her cousin. This let the prince know what he thought of her. Did Liu Jingyu really think of herself as the crown princess
After repeatedly stepping on my face, Liu Jingyu is going to get rid of this obstacle!
I glanced over and saw another string of beads, and reached out my hand...