Qi Xiangyu came very quickly.
Not only did she come, she also brought Miss He Si and several other ladies who came to watch the fun.
Liu Jingyu's painting work was finished and he now took over Qi Xiangyu's work. Qi Xiangyu finally had time to check on Qu Moying's situation.
When the two young ladies fainted, Qi Xiangyu didn't care much. Qu Moying was helped down uncomfortably. Qi Xiangyu wanted to go over to see her, but she couldn't leave at that time. She could only send a maid to help Qu Moying up. She felt relieved when she heard the maid say that she was fine.
She had not originally intended to bring many people with her, but the Fourth Miss He had been sticking close to her these past few days, following her wherever she went. She had helped her a lot these past few days, and she couldn't leave her behind. As for the other ladies, they all flattered her and said they wanted to come and greet the future Princess of England. Qi Xiangyu couldn't refuse their kindness.
When I arrived at the door, it was ajar. I could hear voices from inside, but I couldn't make them out clearly.
A large group of people came over, and Qi Xiangyu asked her maid to go forward and knock on the door.
The maid knocked gently on the half-open door, and suddenly heard a clanging sound from inside, as if someone had fallen or knocked over something, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.
The sound was very loud, right next to their ears, and several people were startled. Fourth Miss He was right next to the door, and before Qi Xiangyu could say anything, she reached out and pushed it open.
The door was pushed open.
The scene inside the door appeared clearly in front of everyone.
Qu Moying was leaning on the couch, as if she was woken up. She frowned and looked at the people coming over with displeasure. There was a cup lying upside down on the ground, broken into pieces, and there was no one to serve her.
Someone with sharp eyes saw a flash of navy blue clothing at the back door.
"There's someone behind!" someone shouted anxiously.
Some people rushed to the back, not caring about Qu Moying inside. Some people rushed forward on their own initiative, while some were forced forward. Before they reached the back door, they heard a "thump" outside the door.
Everyone hurriedly pushed open the back door, and saw a lake with turbulent water on the surface, but it was not clear from a distance. The houses in this area were well built.
There seemed to be another garden or other place behind it. There was a wall on the lake that separated this place from that one.
At the corner of the partition wall, there is a small hole that looks like a semicircle. It is not very conspicuous and can only be vaguely seen that it is actually the upper half of a circular hole. If someone jumps into the water here and swims to this hole, he can go through the hole and swim outside the partition wall.
But I can't catch up here.
"Someone escaped. Who was it?"
"Is it... a man?"
"This... navy blue, it must be a man..." The ladies looked at the lake with suspicion. There was nothing to be seen on this side of the lake unless they went to the other side.
There were navy blue dresses, but all those present were young ladies, and the maids' clothes also looked bright, unless they were old women.
Some sharp-eyed people even saw the dark blue hem of the clothes, which was clearly like a robe.
Besides, if it was a woman, why would she run away and be ashamed to face others
"Could it be an assassin?" Miss He Si looked at the wall opposite and then at the lake below the wall. Her lips trembled slightly, and she was obviously frightened.
This is actually a little different from what one might imagine. When Qu Moying came in, his clothes should have been in disarray. How could he be dressed properly and neatly as he was just seen
But this is not a big deal
At least that person really jumped out from here.
"It can't be an assassin. If it was an assassin, why is Fourth Miss Qu fine?" Someone immediately retorted. Qu Moying was indeed half-leaning and fine just now.
"Where is the maidservant beside Miss Qu Si?" someone asked again.
After hearing her question, everyone's faces turned strange. There was no servant around her, and someone who looked like a man came over. This clearly meant that Fourth Miss Qu was not observing her boudoir rules, right
"Miss Qi, send someone to tell County Lady Jingyu!" Miss He turned around and said to Qi Xiangyu, who had a gloomy face, "If something really happened, you can't cover it up."
Her voice was not loud, but coincidentally, everyone around could hear it. For a moment, everyone looked at Qu Moying who had already sat up.
This woman is the future Princess of England, and now such a scandal has happened to her. It seems that this marriage is going to be cancelled. The King of England is the most favored by the Emperor, and this woman is not someone who can suffer any loss. If this matter is made public, the whole Qu family will be in trouble.
Qi Xiangyu's face looked very ugly indeed. She never expected that she would come here with good intentions and actually see this scene. She believed in Qu Moying's character.
But now she and her people actually discovered something. Qi Xiangyu just hated herself for agreeing to bring so many people here.
Things have come to this point and it can't be concealed. Even if she wants to hide it, it will come to the fore. Such a big thing, let alone her, even Liu Jingyu can't cover it up.
"It might be a misunderstanding." Qi Xiangyu didn't want to send anyone.
"How could it be a misunderstanding? Everyone saw it just now. Miss Qi, the King of England is here today. Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, His Royal Highness the King of England must be informed." Miss He Si persuaded again in a low voice.
He seemed to be single-minded in trying to resolve the issue.
The other ladies around also nodded one by one. They were not responsible for this matter and it would be best for the parties involved to solve it themselves. Since the King of England was here, of course he should know about it.
Qi Xiangyu hesitated.
Yu Dong squeezed in from behind the crowd, and stood in front of Qu Moying with an angry look on his face, glaring at the ladies in front of him. Although he didn't say anything, his protective intention was obvious.
"Miss Qu Si?" Qi Xiangyu looked at Qu Moying, undecided.
"Please ask someone to come!" Qu Moying raised his eyes and said lightly, with a cold and calm look in his eyes.
Seeing her say so, Qi Xiangyu nodded helplessly and called a maid to report to Liu Jingyu. She really had no say in this matter.
"Miss Qu Si, who was in the room just now?" one of the young ladies asked aggressively.
It was someone who stood relatively close to Miss He Si. Qu Moying smiled faintly: "Who do you think it is, Miss? If I say there is no one, do you believe me?"
"How is that possible? There was clearly someone who suddenly panicked because we came in, jumped into the lake from behind, and fled to the other side."
The young lady blushed and said angrily when she heard her smile.
"Since you saw him, why didn't you catch him?" Qu Moying curled his lips sarcastically. This young lady and Miss He Si were leaning against each other tightly, and it was obvious that the two had a very good relationship.
"What Miss Fourth Qu said is really interesting. If we had time, how could we not catch a panicked man?" Miss Fourth He spoke.
With just one sentence, he was already a panicked man.
"Did Miss He see it? Then tell me what this person looks like?" Qu Moying didn't care, his eyes were like water, but clear as ice.
"when
Time went by too fast... I didn't see who was in the room. Isn't Miss Qu the Fourth the one who knows best?" Miss He didn't plan to hide behind the scenes. Now the matter was almost certain. She was just waiting for the other side to come out. When the two were compared, Qu Moying would have no way to defend herself even if she had a hundred mouths to turn.
"Too fast? Didn't Fourth Miss He come very fast as well?" Qu Moying said, his eyes full of light, but with an inexplicable coldness that made people dare not look directly at him.
"Miss Qi, someone wants to harm our young lady." Yu Dong calmed down at this time and looked at Qi Xiangyu, the only one who was silent.
"What do you mean?" Qi Xiangyu asked anxiously. She sincerely felt that there was something fishy about this matter.
"Just now, I went to chase the doctor because a maid came over and said that the young lady was not feeling well and that the doctor should be sent to see her. But when I chased her out, I could still see her back. After chasing for a while, I couldn't even see her back. I couldn't find the doctor and hurried back. Something like this happened again. Someone must be trying to harm our young lady."
Yudong said with a serious face.
"Were you led away by someone?" Qi Xiangyu understood.
"Yes, I was led away by someone." Yu Dong answered affirmatively.
"It's hard to say whether she was led away or sent to keep watch! Although this place is a bit remote, there must be someone in the yard in front. Miss Qi, can you ask the lady who is resting in the yard in front to come over and ask if she saw this girl being led away?" Miss He Si said.
After hearing what she said, everyone remembered that there were two other young ladies who had also fainted and they should take a rest now.
I heard that those two were resting at the front entrance, so maybe we could see them.
A maid was sent out and soon brought Qu Qiuyan over.
Seeing Qu Qiuyan coming in, Qu Moying's expression became calmer, and he waited quietly for their next words...
"Miss, I have asked, and the other two ladies are resting now. They both came in the front, but they can't see this side, so we don't know what happened. Concubine Qu was resting in the front just now, so I asked her to come over." The maid reported to Qi Xiangyu.
Qi Xiangyu frowned. She knew some things about the Qu Mansion. The relationship between this concubine Qu and the fourth Miss Qu was not so harmonious.
But now that things had come to this, she could only ask. Looking back at Qu Moying's calm expression, Qi Xiangyu felt a little relieved.
"Greetings, Concubine Qu!" Qi Xiangyu and the other young ladies bowed.
Qu Qiuyan nodded with a smile.
"The Concubine was resting in the front just now. Did you see anything unusual in the back? The maid just said that someone led her away. Did the Concubine see it?" Miss He Si stood up and said.
"Did someone lead her away?" Qu Qiuyan was surprised. Her gaze shifted from Yu Dong's face to Qu Moying's face, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
It makes people more suspicious.
"Did the concubine see it?" Miss He Si asked again. The so-called concubine was just a concubine in her cousin's house. Although it seemed rude to repeat the sentence, she didn't care.
"I... was resting before... and didn't notice these. I just saw Yudong went out for something." Qu Qiuyan lowered her eyes as if she was hiding something.
"Didn't the Concubine see what the maid said to Miss Qu's maid?" Miss He asked again.
Qu Qiuyan thought about it and shook her head gently.
Is this maid named Yudong lying
"Hey, what is that?" Someone suddenly exclaimed, pointing under the couch. Everyone looked over and their eyes widened immediately...