The banquet hosted by Jingyu County Lord started with a high profile but ended hastily.
Everyone originally thought it was a grand event. The Palindrome Banquet was elegant in itself, and the Crown Prince, King Jing and King Ying were also invited to the banquet. Some people even said that His Royal Highness the King of Ying was as handsome as an immortal, completely different from the bloodthirsty and cruel man in the past rumors. The rumors turned out to be untrue!
Something happened at the banquet, and Prince Jing left in a huff, taking with him Miss Liu, who was about to become Prince Jing's wife. It was said that Miss Liu became unwell after just eating some pastries, so Prince Jing hurriedly took her back for medical treatment. Now there is an imperial physician waiting in the Auxiliary General's Mansion.
The same happened to the King of England, who also left with his future Queen. It is said that he left weakly, holding on to the hand of a maid, and must have been in poor health.
After that, some young ladies and gentlemen from aristocratic families left one after another.
I don't know where the news came from, but at the banquet hosted by Lady Jingyu, the future princesses of the Jingwang Palace and the Yingwang Palace, as well as some people related to them, all felt unwell to varying degrees. They all left early and didn't even have the formal lunch at noon. Although some news was blocked, some was still leaked.
At the banquet hosted by Lady Jingyu, the fourth young lady of the Qu family was framed. Someone sneaked into the Liu family and plotted against the fourth young lady. Fortunately, King Ying was there at the time and exposed the matter, otherwise the fourth young lady of the Qu family would have been in great trouble.
There were some things that everyone was spreading in private, but no one dared to spread them outside, after all, it concerned the dignity of the royal family, and involved three daughters-in-law who were about to marry into the royal family.
In the Queen's Pepper Room, Liu Jingyu knelt on the ground in tears, her eyes slightly red, feeling very aggrieved.
"It was such a nice banquet, but it turned out like this. It's really none of your business?" The Queen Mother said with a cold face. She had chosen this daughter-in-law herself. She was very satisfied with her before. She even thought that Madam Liu was also very suitable. She was a dignified, capable lady.
"Empress, Miss Liu is really fine. She was fine when she left." Liu Jingyu felt aggrieved.
"Was she fine when she left? Concubine He asked several great doctors to check on her, and they all said that Miss Liu was not feeling well and might have eaten something by mistake."
The Queen said coldly.
"Empress, I really... don't know why this happened." Liu Jingyu felt more and more aggrieved, gritting her teeth in hatred. She really didn't do anything to Liu Lanxin, but Liu Lanxin actually said that she had eaten something by mistake and was feeling unwell. This was clearly an attempt to put the blame on her.
"I haven't punished you for what happened at the city gate before, but I didn't expect you to come knocking on the door again. Come here, slap me ten times on the palm of your hand!" The Queen said angrily. It had only been a short time since the assassin incident at the city gate happened, and Liu Jingyu had caused such a thing again. She originally wanted to suppress it and give him a small punishment after the matter had died down.
It seems that everyone has passed.
Unexpectedly, this is the result. If Liu Jingyu hadn't been stirring up trouble, the Queen Mother didn't believe that He Si would be so bold.
On the surface, it seems that everything was planned by He Si, and all the responsibility lies with He Si. It was also He Si who got in touch with Qi Xiangyu, so he helped to run the Liu Mansion and got his own people in.
If Liu Jingyu knew nothing, she would be too stupid and would not be able to hold on to the position of Crown Princess.
Two strong maids came over and didn't take the man away. They just slapped him in the hall.
A very thick ruler.
It was painful enough to be hit once, and Liu Jingyu felt her hand numb at that time. She had never suffered such an injustice in her life, and now it happened in front of the Queen.
Each blow not only hit her palm, but also her face, causing her so much pain that she couldn't breathe.
Ten times, each one was very solid, the Queen Mother was watching from above, no one dared to have any evil thoughts.
By the time the beating was over, Liu Jingyu was sweating profusely, her face was pale with pain, and she almost fainted on the ground. Fortunately, her maid was kneeling behind her, holding her waist tightly, which prevented her from falling to the ground and losing all her dignity.
The black hair was sticky due to the sweat on the forehead. Liu Jingyu felt that his hands were not his own. His eyes went dark. He tried to steady his breathing and looked at the vague shadow of the queen with difficulty. "Thank you for the reprimand, Queen."
"He Si is dead!" The Queen looked at Liu Jingyu coldly and suddenly said, "Don't blame me for being cruel. Many people are watching at this time. Such a big thing happened in your house, and one or two of them are pointing fingers at you. If there was only one person, it could be said to be an accident. Now there are two together, so no matter how many accidents there are, they are not accidents anymore."
"Miss He Si... is dead?" Liu Jingyu shuddered, and his numb nerves slowly relaxed for a moment. The image of the Empress refocused in his eyes, much clearer than before.
"He's already dead. He just suddenly fell seriously ill and has phlegm disease. It looks like he doesn't have much time left, but in fact he's already dead." The Queen said coldly.
"You didn't even... ask a few more questions?" Liu Jingyu gasped in pain, but still gritted his teeth and insisted.
"Why ask more? There is evidence and witnesses for the incident. There is also evidence from Prince Jing's Mansion. Why do we need to ask more? What's the point of saying more? I thought you would understand, but I didn't expect you to be such a fool. Sometimes, there is no need for evidence for royal affairs."
The Queen said, with obvious disappointment in her eyes, "I think your mother and you are both smart people, and I think you can help the Crown Prince, but I didn't expect that you would be so good at causing trouble. You haven't even married into the East Palace, but you have already caused so many problems. When you went to invite them two here, didn't you think about this?"
Liu Jingyu bit her pale lips and said, "Your Majesty, I just didn't expect Miss Liu... She would actually do this!"
She spoke almost word by word. She was plotting against Qu Moying. She did not insist in front of the Queen that the matter had nothing to do with her, but as for Liu Lanxin, she really did not know why Liu Lanxin would suddenly take advantage of her misfortune.
"You didn't expect it? Why didn't you expect it? Do you think that there is really nothing wrong between the Crown Prince and Prince Jing? The future Crown Princess and the future Prince Jing's Consort are destined to be like this. I don't need to remind you, right?" The Queen's face was not clear in the darkness of the hall. Her words were not loud, but every word hit Liu Jingyu's heart.
The relationship between the Crown Prince and King Jing... The relationship between the two is almost incompatible.
"If she doesn't add insult to injury, how can she help you?" the Queen asked again.
Liu Jingyu lowered her head and knelt hard to straighten her body: "Your Majesty, I was wrong this time!"
"Where did you go wrong?" The Queen snorted coldly.
"Your servant... was wrong for not thinking clearly, and fell into someone else's trap, which implicated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Liu Jingyu forced herself to speak slowly.
It's not that the calculation was wrong, it's just because you were tricked by others.
There is no lack of calculations in this harem, Queen
What he wanted was a smart wife who could outsmart others. He was so angry because he saw that Liu Jingyu was stubborn and unyielding.
Seeing that she finally understood some of his thoughts, his expression softened and he hinted, "It's best that you think so. This is just the first time you two have fought. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
"Empress, I understand." Liu Jingyu moved her swollen hand with difficulty. Her originally delicate hand could no longer be seen clearly.
"It's best that you understand!" The Queen leaned back and spoke seriously, "I was originally going to reprimand you and the one from the General's Mansion, but now this incident happened. I heard that she is still bedridden, so I can't punish her. The punishment falls entirely on you!"
"The Queen is punishing me... I will never make such a mistake again." Liu Jingyu gritted her teeth and lowered her head.
"Someone, take the county lady to apply medicine." The Queen's expression became more gentle.
"Thank you, Queen!" Liu Jingyu bowed to the Queen again, his eyes full of hatred...
This time she really didn't expect that the matter would be resolved so quickly. Shouldn't she investigate it more
He Si was brought here by Qi Xiangyu. Shouldn't this matter affect the relationship between the Duke of Qi's Mansion and Qu Moying? It shouldn't be that the reason why He Si wanted to harm Qu Moying was revealed. Why could Qu Moying, who had discussed marriage with the He family, still marry into the royal family
All her plans were correct, and she was not aggressive. She did not intervene, whether there was something going on or not. At most, she secretly helped Miss He Si and pretended not to see anything, making He Si feel that things were going smoothly and she could arrange any staff she wanted.
If you want to decorate it there, just decorate it there.
But why, in the end, without asking anything and without finding out anything, He Si died, and she, an "innocent" person, was actually scolded by the Queen Mother.
He was also slapped on the palm in front of the palace servants.
It was all because of this woman Liu Lanxin. She really underestimated this woman before...
"Miss, Miss He Si suddenly got phlegm disease. I heard that she fell into a coma after returning home. The people in the mansion are already preparing for her funeral. I heard that she is dying."
Yudong came back with some news from outside.
"It was really a good thing for him to die like this. But His Royal Highness Prince Jing was really cruel. That was his cousin, right?"
"A useless cousin, and the evidence was solid at that time. Besides, Miss Liu is still sick in the mansion. I have to make this matter look more real so that I can get away with it." Qu Moying smiled slightly and said indifferently.
Pei Yusheng made a quick decision, on the one hand because of Pei Yuanjun, on the other hand he was afraid of getting into trouble. After all, He Si was his cousin, and he couldn't handle the whole matter. Since He Si was the one who did it, he naturally wouldn't hold back.
"Miss, I still feel strange. Is this Fourth Miss He stupid? Why would she do such a thing? But if Dao is stupid, this matter is very well calculated. It doesn't seem like she could have planned it at all."
Yudong said in confusion.
In her eyes, Miss He Si was really stupid, but this matter was not simple. Could He Si really do this
"Who is the one who benefits from this matter?" Qu Moying raised her eyebrows slightly and said meaningfully, "There is someone behind her!"