"Madam Xiao... how do you think I got into your house and secretly took the hairpin from the spirit tablet? My cousin was still there at the time. If I wanted the hairpin, why would I have spent so much effort to take the pair in front of my aunt? Besides... do I have such a great ability to come and go without a trace? I don't have this ability, and neither do the people around me!"
Qu Moying said lightly, her long eyelashes fluttered twice, the clarity in her eyes became deep, and her gaze gradually swept across the people present. The sharpness in her eyes made everyone she swept across lower their heads and avoid her eyes.
Is this person really the beautiful and delicate Fourth Miss of the Qu family
"Madam, I pulled this hairpin off the head of a maid in your house." Qu Moying said with a sharp look.
Mrs. Ji felt inexplicably panicked. This was not a good feeling. She never liked women with overly sharp features, just like her second granddaughter.
Being too sharp makes people disobedient, not following her arrangements, and having their own ideas, which is really unpleasant.
"Which maid?" Madam Ji asked after calming down.
"If I tell you, will the Madam investigate and punish me?" Qu Moying showed a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
"Of course. No matter which maid it is, as long as Fourth Miss Qu says so, we will investigate it thoroughly in our mansion." Xiao thought about it and didn't think that anyone under her control would have such a thing, otherwise it would have been reported to her long ago. At this time, she spoke loudly and confidently.
"Xiefeng!" Qu Moying uttered a name softly.
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked, including Xiefeng, the maidservant beside Ji Hanyue, and even the other ladies in the Ji Mansion knew about it.
What’s more important is that after Ji Hanyue passed away, Xie Feng followed Ji Youran, and it was said that Ji Hanyue’s other maid was dead.
One died and the other was reborn, and both are still living well. It makes people feel strange. What does this mean
"This... This is impossible?" Xiao shivered and panicked, and Madam Ji also panicked. Her face turned slightly pale.
"It was when I was visiting the mansion before. It happened that the concubine brought over the list and account book of my cousin's dowry. This maid named Xiefeng was not only arrogant and domineering, but also slandered Madam Duan. She didn't act like a servant at all. She was wearing this pair of hairpins on her head at the time. Madam Duan recognized them at first sight, so I had someone pull the hairpins off her head."
"Afterwards, I heard that she left crying. I originally wanted to ask the concubine about this matter, but I didn't expect that there would be no follow-up on this matter. As a result, the hairpin is still with me. I originally wanted to take this opportunity to pay homage to the deceased and send the hairpin to my aunt again, but I didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen again!"
This statement explained the whole cause and effect, and made it clear why the pair of hairpins were in Qu Moying's hands.
But when they thought about it carefully, cold sweat began to appear on the foreheads of those present. The ladies even lowered their heads, secretly hating themselves for coming here today. What they said didn't sound right!
In fact, it is possible for a maid to be arrogant and domineering. In a large mansion, there are always a few favored maids who do some unreasonable things and self-righteously provoke other masters.
But if the one provoking her was her original master, does this mean that the maid's heart was no longer with her own master? After something happened, she not only quickly turned to someone else, but also
Not only did he dare to provoke his master in person, he knew that many people in the mansion knew about the pair of hairpins, but he still dared to wear them. He was really fearless.
So who does she rely on
Who gave her the power
The other masters of the first house are no longer around, and Madam Duan is the only one she is provoking, which means that she does not rely on the first house.
Since she was not from the first wife's house, did that mean her original master was from the second wife's house, the eldest lady Ji Youran at the time? But she was clearly the personal maid of the second lady Ji Hanyue!
Was it a thorn that the second branch had planted in Ji Hanyue's side long ago
If she was just an ordinary lady from a noble family, even if something like this happened, she would at most just be reprimanded. But Ji Hanyue was the former Crown Princess, and when the former Crown Princess was in poor health, she summoned Ji Youran to the Eastern Palace. Now Ji Hanyue is gone, and Ji Youran has become a concubine, the only one in power in the Eastern Palace. Is there something else going on here
"This may... be related to the Eastern Palace. It seems we have to ask the Eastern Palace Crown Prince." Madam Ji was also panicked, but she had to control the current situation. She coughed softly and spoke vaguely.
The title of prince was promoted.
"Since it is related to the East Palace and the Crown Prince's Mansion, please ask Madam Ji to invite the Concubine to come over. We can talk about it face to face. Why did this happen? Who did this maid named Xiefeng rely on? I heard from Madam Zhou that the hairpin was checked again and again, and the masters in the mansion should know about it. But now that my cousin is gone, this maid wore it openly. Why did the other masters in the mansion allow her to wear it like this without seeing it?"
Qu Moying sneered and said that Pei Luoan's reputation might be useful to others, but to her, he was just an enemy approaching step by step.
Now that she is here today, she has nothing to fear!
“This… maybe I didn’t notice it. When the girl came that day, I… I was busy with something… I didn’t notice it.” Xiao explained hurriedly, secretly hating herself in her heart. She really didn’t notice it. When Xie Feng came over, she was busy with something. When she heard it was about the account books, she was very upset, but she didn’t see her and directly asked her to see Madam Duan.
I didn't expect such a big mistake to happen.
But Xiao couldn't say for sure whether she would react when she saw it. She might not care. Besides, her daughter said that Xie Feng was also the prince's man, so even she had to be polite to Xie Feng.
As for Xiefeng's return, he never saw her at all, and had no idea that these things had happened.
"Didn't notice? Madam Xiao didn't notice, but what about others? Could it be that my cousin is gone, and everyone in this mansion is blind, and can't they see that a maid was so ostentatiously wearing the pair of hairpins that my cousin asked someone to check, and was flaunting in the Ling Anbo Mansion, but no one asked about it?"
Qu Moying's eyes fell on Xiao's face, which made her panic. She avoided his gaze and chuckled, saying word by word: "I doubt that your family has been harboring ill will towards my cousin's family for a long time. That's why the offerings in front of my aunt's spirit tablet kept getting lost, and everyone was blinded when they saw it, so my cousin suddenly disappeared, and so... my uncle died of illness!"
Her words were not harsh, but each one was heart-piercing. Madam Ji's face changed drastically, and she put her hand on her chest. She only had time to scream, and her body leaned back before she fainted.
"Mother, mother!" Xiao was stunned.
After a moment, he rushed over and shouted loudly, and immediately the maids and old women were in chaos.
Qu Moying sat quietly aside, watching the panic here, but his heart was indifferent. Everything in front of him was just a farce. Madam Ji had come up with this trick again!
In the past, when there were problems that could not be solved and Daddy was unwilling to obey, Madam Ji would use this trick, making the whole house tense for a while. She used this to threaten Daddy to agree to her unreasonable demands and make Daddy give in, and give in again and again.
But that filial father is gone, and after crawling out of the bloody hell, she is no longer the same Ji Hanyue.
I used to be worried, but now I just feel a strong sense of ridicule.
"Madam Duan, has the imperial physician arrived?" Qu Moying asked. Before she came to the mansion, she had prepared an imperial physician in case Madam Ji played this kind of trick. She invited an imperial physician on the pretext that Madam Duan was unwell. Calculating the time, he should have arrived by now.
"Go get the imperial physician." Although Madam Duan's face was a little pale, she was still calm. She beckoned a maid over. The imperial physician had already arrived, as someone had just reported this to her.
The imperial physician came quickly, amid the shouting and yelling of the Xiao family. Madam Duan stood up and told everyone else to leave and not to surround Madam Ji.
As soon as she saw that it was the imperial physician, even if Xiao wanted to prevent anyone from coming forward, she had to step back.
The imperial physician in the palace was in contact with the nobles in the palace. No matter how self-important she was, at this time she was just the mother of a concubine.
After the imperial physician came forward to check her pulse, he took out a long needle and prepared to give Madam Ji two injections, saying, "It's an old problem. Old people can't stand being bullied. She must have been irritated and frightened by something. The people in your house just need to pay a little more attention. I'll give Madam Ji a few injections to wake her up."
"Miss, this needle is so long. Will it... hurt the Madam?" Yu Dong shivered and whispered like a frightened little maid.
"It's okay. Just give it the injection. The lady will definitely wake up." The imperial physician said confidently and slowly. After checking the patient's pulse, it was relatively stable and not a big deal.
"This needle is so sharp... so sharp!" Yuchun also exclaimed.
The imperial physician smiled, found the right spot on the lady's face, and was about to give the injection.
"I...what's wrong with me?" A soft voice came out of Mrs. Ji's mouth. Her eyelids fluttered, and she seemed to be awake.
"Madam is awake!"
"The Madam has woken up!" Several maids and old women shouted in surprise and rushed forward to help Madam Ji.
The imperial physician took a step back, smiled and shook his head, then turned around to pack up his medicine box. He was glad that the patient was awake, so he didn't have to give him another injection.
"Imperial Physician, how is the Madam?" Madam Duan did not squeeze forward to show her courtesy like Mrs. Xiao did, but asked the imperial physician with concern.
"It's nothing serious. Just take good care of yourself and don't worry too much. Older people all have this problem. Just be happy." The imperial physician replied with a smile.
It made no difference whether she had said anything or not. Everyone understood what he meant, which was that Madam Ji was not seriously ill and was probably just angry.
The ladies present were all wiping their sweats, as today's issue hasn't been resolved yet!
But what to do next