Qi Xiangyu's visit alarmed the entire Ling'anbo Mansion.
No one expected that the eldest daughter of the Duke of Qi's Mansion would come, and no one expected that Xiao Haitang could actually make friends with a noble lady of such status as the daughter of the Duke of Qi's Mansion.
Xiao Haitang personally went to the door to meet the person and took him to the living room.
After taking a sip of tea, Qi Xiangyu put down the cup in her hand, smiled slightly, and went straight to the point: "I heard that Miss Xiao saw a lady that day, whose clothes were similar to those of the former Crown Princess, and Miss Xiao even asked someone to secretly ask about it. What is the specific situation, please tell me clearly."
Although Xiao Haitang had some idea in her mind, she was a little panicked when she heard her straightforward words. She pinched the handkerchief with her fingers, relaxed, tightened, and relaxed again...
"I... I did seem to see it... but I don't know if I was seeing things." She stammered in a low voice.
"Is it really very similar to the dress of the late Crown Princess? And the figure is somewhat similar as well?" Qi Xiangyu frowned and asked again.
The servants in the mansion all said that Miss Xiao at Ling Anbo's mansion had also seen such a person, and she even secretly asked her maid to secretly pay attention to the young lady whose clothes were somewhat similar to those of the former Crown Princess.
If this is true, this Miss Xiao really has the most say. I heard that she spends most of her time in the Ling Anbo Mansion and must be familiar with the former Crown Princess.
"Very...very similar...especially similar from the back...When I looked over, I thought...it just so happened that the dress was one that the Crown Princess liked back then, and she also wore it when she was in the mansion." Xiao Haitang forced a smile, "I saw this person, so I specially asked the servants to ask around."
"Did you find out?" Qi Xiangyu asked, staring at Xiao Haitang's face.
"No... No, they said they didn't see her." Xiao Haitang shook her head, her eyes full of disappointment, "I haven't seen her since then, but I don't know where this lady went?"
Qi Xiangyu was silent for a moment. She also had backups for the ladies that Liu Jingyu invited, but if a man could sneak in, why couldn't a woman
Moreover, when they left later, there was chaos, and the Liu family had no time to respond. Some left in groups of three or five, and some left alone. The banquet was mainly hosted by the ladies who replied to the posts, and the other ladies did not pay much attention. All the posts were collected, but Qi Xiangyu was hard to say whether they were from the original ones.
"Miss Xiao is so concerned about the affairs of the late Crown Princess?" Qi Xiangyu was disappointed and could not find a clue. She suddenly asked after a moment of silence.
"It's not about the former Crown Princess, it's about... my cousin." Xiao Haitang lowered her head again.
"What do you mean?" Qi Xiangyu raised her eyes and asked when she heard the hidden meaning in her words.
"In the beginning, the material of that dress was chosen for my cousin. But after she chose the material, she consulted the people in the sewing room and made the dress stitch by stitch. It was a gift from my cousin to the Crown Princess." Xiao Haitang was silent for a moment, then said sadly, "But now... they are all gone!"
The so-called cousin is Ji Yanyue.
"That dress was actually made by Miss Ji San?" Qi Xiangyu also exclaimed. Ji Yanyue was much younger than her.
"My cousin has always been clever and can learn anything well," said Xiao Haitang.
Just as she was sighing, a maid came in hurriedly and whispered something in Qi Xiangyu's ear. Qi Xiangyu was startled and a strange look flashed across her eyes.
"Is that dress really made by Miss Ji San?"
This question had been answered just now, so asking it again now would have a different meaning. Xiao Haitang bit her lip and nodded affirmatively: "It was made by my cousin."
"If this dress comes out again
Now in front of you, can you still recognize it?" Qi Xiangyu asked again.
"Yes!" Xiao Haitang nodded affirmatively.
"Someone, go get some clothes!" Qi Xiangyu also came prepared. She passed by the largest ready-made clothing store on the way just now and deliberately picked out a few clothes of similar colors. Coincidentally, the Liu Mansion also delivered the clothes they found. They placed them in one place and asked the maid to bring them in.
The five pieces of clothing, of similar colors, seemed to be the same at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it was discovered that not only were the colors slightly different, but the materials were also slightly different, and the embroidery was even more different.
After Xiao Haitang looked at it, he pointed at the second piece of clothing on his left hand and said, "This is it!"
After she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something, and stepped back, almost falling down, staring at the clothes on the table with wide eyes: "Why... why are there these clothes, this... this is not the Crown Princess's clothes, but... why are they exactly the same?"
"Exactly the same?" Qi Xiangyu's face also turned ugly. Similar and identical are two completely different meanings. The affairs of the Ji Mansion are also a mess.
"Yes, it's exactly the same." Xiao Haitang was so frightened that she was incoherent. She pointed at the dress in the air, then at her maid, and stuttered for a while before she could straighten out her words: "You... you go to Madam Duan... you go to Madam Duan, go to the Crown Princess's room and look for this dress, bring it... bring it here and let me see."
Ji Hanyue's yard still retains its old appearance today, and all the things that were not taken away are still there.
The maid hurried out to find Madam Duan. After hearing Xiao Haitang's message, Madam Duan asked someone to go find her. Soon, Ji Hanyue's clothes were placed on the table. They were exactly the same clothes, and the details were also very delicate, except for slight differences in color. However, this difference could not be distinguished at all without some comparison.
At first glance, it looks like the same dress.
The materials are different, but not too different, they are all good materials.
This dress was made by Ji Yanyue. If there is anyone in the world who knows this dress very well, it is only Ji Yanyue. If there is anyone else who can make another set of the same one, it can only be Ji Yanyue, whose whereabouts are unknown and whose life or death is unknown.
"Miss Ji San is not dead and is still in Beijing?" Qi Xiangyu suddenly widened her eyes and came to this conclusion after looking at the two people wearing similar clothes.
"This... this... how is it possible?" Xiao Haitang stuttered.
"Why not? Could it be that Ji Yanyue was forced to leave at that time, and is now trying to find a way to ask for help?" Qi Xiangyu's eyes lit up.
Xiao Haitang looked at Qi Xiangyu in confusion. How could she come up with such a weird conclusion
"There must be something going on here, Miss Xiao. I have noted down everything you said today. If anyone from the government office comes to ask about this in the future, please remain consistent, Miss Xiao." Qi Xiangyu stood up and prepared to leave.
When she was investigating for Qu Moying before, she originally thought that it was just a resemblance. There are so many people in the world, things are similar, and people are similar. In fact, it is nothing.
But I didn't expect to come to such a shocking conclusion.
He had no intention of paying attention to Xiao Haitang at this time. He just warned her to answer consistently, and then took his men to Qu's Mansion.
Such a big matter must be discussed with Qu Moying. Qu Moying has been wanting to find Miss Ji San for a long time. Now that he finally has a clue, how can Qi Xiangyu not be happy for Qu Moying.
The two pieces of clothing were taken away by Qi Xiangyu together and finally appeared in front of Qu Moying's table.
"Miss Qu Si, this dress looks like it was made by one person.
"It's done." Nanny Yan came to this conclusion after a careful inspection.
"Sister Qu, I think this was made by Miss Ji San herself. If not, how could they be exactly the same, even the small details are the same, look here." Qi Xiangyu stretched out her hand and pulled up a piece of cloth on the two clothes, pointing at it: "There are two small butterflies here, and they are facing diagonally opposite directions, even the angle is the same."
The tiny butterfly is actually not very noticeable, but the fact that even the angles of its antennae and the butterfly are the same is not a coincidence.
"It must have been painted by the same person to be so lifelike. So Miss Ji San is really fine. There is no news until now. She may have been caught or locked up. Sister Qu, we have to report this to the Ministry of Justice. This time the evidence is solid."
Qi Xiangyu said excitedly that the third young lady of the Ji Mansion disappeared suddenly, and there were many rumors among the young ladies. She was said to be gone inexplicably. How could such a person, the eldest daughter of the general's mansion, suddenly disappear? The Ji Mansion seemed to think that the third young lady of the Ji Mansion left on her own.
Many people speculated that Miss Ji San was really dead. Now it was revealed that Miss Ji San might be fine and could even make her own clothes and embroider to deliver messages. That was really great news.
Of course, this great news was told to Qi Xiangyu and Qu Moying. They did not hesitate. Qi Xiangyu accompanied Qu Moying to the Ministry of Justice and sent two identical clothes to the Ministry of Justice, asking the Ministry of Justice to find a way to "save the cousin in distress."
And also provided a witness - Xiao Haitang.
The people from the Ministry of Justice attached great importance to this matter and specially visited Xiao Haitang to question him. Then they came back and took out the case files from the inventory.
The Ministry of Justice has completely different attitudes towards a dead official lady and a official lady who is not dead yet and may be waiting for them to rescue her.
The housekeeper accompanied the people from the Ministry of Justice away, and then hurried back to report to Madam Ji.
Madam Ji was sitting in front of the Buddhist altar, kneeling on the ground to pray. When she heard a noise behind her, she quickly opened her eyes and helped the maid beside her to stand up.
"Madam, the people from the Ministry of Justice are here to ask Miss Xiao about the Third Miss." The old woman lowered her voice.
"Why don't you just stop? Who is causing this trouble again?" Madam Ji was stunned at first, then she flew into a rage and slammed the table vigorously. "Do you really not regard our Ling'an Marquis's Mansion as the prince's in-laws? Whoever keeps making trouble over this matter is not worthy of your respect."
The prince is going to marry a new princess, so where do all the Yue families come from? The two maids knew it in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it.
"What did Xiao Haitang say?" Madam Ji asked again in a cold voice.
"I was far away, and the people from the Ministry of Justice asked Miss Xiao to be questioned separately. I was not allowed to be present. I don't know what Miss Xiao said to the people from the Ministry of Justice. But thinking about investigating this matter again now, it seems... it seems a bit inappropriate." The old woman said anxiously.
"Go send a message to the Empress and ask her to calm the matter down. Our Ling'an Marquis Mansion can't stand any more turmoil!" Madam Ji said as she stood up and bowed to the small Buddha statue in the middle.
"Madam, the Queen sent someone to pass on a message earlier, asking everyone in our house to behave themselves, so as to avoid any more trouble." The old woman said with difficulty.
"Behave? Am I not willing to behave myself now?" Madam Ji stopped, picked up a few Buddhist beads in her hand, turned them around, and then pulled them off. She could no longer keep the kindness on her face and said sternly...