The maid from the East Palace finally left with the "gift".
She didn't dare not leave. The future Princess of England made her feel inexplicably flustered. There were some things she didn't dare to say. This feeling only occurred when she was facing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Or maybe it happened when I faced the former Crown Princess before.
But now, she felt it from this extremely weak-looking Miss Qu Si.
The panic at that moment made her so scared that she turned around and left, looking very embarrassed.
"Miss, will the concubine send you another scroll?" Yu Dong looked at the maid's back as she left in a hurry, then looked at her own lady and asked.
"No! Concubine Ji is a person who respects elders and loves her sister. How could anyone criticize her in this aspect? Besides, she has to be closely tied to the first wife of the Ji Mansion. So what even if she is the daughter of the second wife?" Qu Moying curled the corners of his lips sarcastically.
If Ji Youran cannot express her "goodwill" and "affection" towards the first wife, her position as a concubine will be very problematic. And this problem is not just hers.
After all, with her strength at that time, she couldn't cover the sky with one hand, unless someone would help her, such as the crown prince Pei Luoan...
"Miss, didn't Concubine Ji deal with the maid named Xiefeng?" Yu Chun suddenly realized that a key person in this matter was not mentioned.
"Xiefeng, that maid is very valuable!" Qu Moying curled the corners of his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes.
"Why is she so precious? She is just a maid. Even if she is a maid in the Prince's Eastern Palace, she is still a maid." Yu Chun asked.
Qu Moying did not answer her, her eyes fell on Nanny Zhou beside her. When the maid from the East Palace came in just now, Nanny Zhou was reporting something to her. She did not leave at the moment, but stayed and listened to the whole process.
At this time, she lowered her head and couldn't see her expression clearly.
"Madam Zhou, tell them what kind of maid Xiefeng is." Qu Moying glanced at Madam Zhou and spoke slowly.
Nanny Zhou was in a daze and didn't notice what Qu Moying said. She didn't react at all and just stood there with her head down.
Yu Dong passed by and gently pulled Madam Zhou's sleeve, "Madam Zhou, the young lady asked you to tell us about Xie Feng!"
Nanny Zhou suddenly came to her senses and raised her face, looking a little pale. "Tell... who are you talking about?"
"Xie Feng... The matter of Xie Feng, the maid of the former Crown Princess... Nanny Zhou, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Yu Chun also noticed that Nanny Zhou was unusual, so she came over and asked with concern.
"Nothing... nothing, I just remembered some bad... things." Nanny Zhou said hurriedly, looking up and meeting Qu Moying's eyes, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Madam Zhou, are you remembering something about Xie Feng? Or... something about other people?" Qu Moying smiled.
"It's... it's about Xie Feng." Nanny Zhou stuttered.
"Then tell them about Xie Feng. She should have followed Concubine Ji very early, right?" Qu Moying asked with a smile.
“This old slave… thinks so too!” Madam Zhou hesitated and frowned, “When the Crown Princess was around… Xiefeng was one of the two most capable maids around the Crown Princess, but then the Second Miss was gone… Weiyu also died, so she suddenly became the most capable person around the Eldest Miss.
And I think... she may have become the Crown Prince's maidservant!"
"Has she intended to do this a long time ago?" Yu Dong responded quickly.
"Maybe... maybe it's like this. The Second Miss and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are in love with each other. I don't think the Second Miss would have such an idea to let her maid serve as a concubine. From the beginning, I seem to have heard the Second Miss say that she wanted to give the two maids around her a good future and help them choose a good husband."
Nanny Zhou said as she recalled.
"It's absolutely impossible to let Xiefeng be a maidservant?" Yu Dong asked while staring at Nanny Zhou.
"No!" This time, Nanny Zhou was certain and shook her head, "Second Miss won't!"
"You are close to my aunt, how do you know what my cousin is thinking?" Qu Moying asked with a smile. There were some things she couldn't figure out now.
"This matter... Not only this old servant is so sure, many people are so sure. They all say that the second young lady is a woman of affection and loyalty, and will definitely find a good future for the two maids around her. As for why she hasn't found one yet, it's because she wants to wait until she marries into the East Palace. At that time, there will be more people to choose from, and she can also choose a more suitable person."
Nanny Zhou nodded, her eyes slightly reddened. She had served Dayue for a long time and truly felt that the Second Miss was a kind-hearted person. After the First Lady passed away, the Second Miss took charge of the affairs of the Second House's inner courtyard. Although Xiao had always been in charge of the affairs, it was not easy for the Second Miss, an unmarried lady, to accomplish all those things.
When the uncle was around, he repeatedly praised the Second Miss, saying that she was the daughter of a military general, and that was how she should be. Compared to the Second Miss, those overly weak young ladies from aristocratic families were too useless and could not handle the affairs of their own backyard.
"So, my cousin wanted this maid to get married, and wanted to help her pick a good one, but this maid had second thoughts and secretly stayed close to the eldest lady of the Ji Mansion? Can it be said that... the so-called invitation of the eldest lady to the East Palace and treating her as a concubine was also the intention of this maid?"
Qu Moying sneered lightly, and said it lightly, it sounded like just a guess, and it could only be a guess!
After all, no one knew that she was reborn, and no one knew that she knew exactly what happened at that time, but she... couldn't say it!
She had to slowly investigate further and come up with a more reasonable reason...
"If... if the Second Miss... really... really... then there might be this maid in there... speak up." Nanny Zhou's forehead began to sweat, not just on her forehead, but also on her back. There were some things she didn't even want to guess, but she said them out loud anyway.
"At that time... what kind of state would my cousin be in? To let Miss Ji enter the Eastern Palace so quickly?" Qu Moying continued to ask, as if he didn't notice Nanny Zhou's palpitations. Only his eyes slowly turned cold. He stared at Nanny Zhou deeply, not allowing her to divert his attention at all.
She could allow Nanny Zhou to avoid her again and again in the beginning, but in the end... She didn't have much time left for Nanny Zhou, and there were some things that she had to "find out" from Nanny Zhou.
Nanny Zhou didn't want to say it, or didn't want to guess it. No matter whether she thought about it or guessed about it, it was a heinous crime.
But under her young lady's deep gaze, she had no choice but to continue speaking.
“I feel… if… if the Second Miss can’t even speak clearly… maybe… maybe the First Miss can be allowed to enter the East Palace. With this maid… helping the First Miss to say a few good words, maybe… maybe… she will listen.” Madam Zhou said, the last few words still very vague.
"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hadn't intended it, how could Concubine Ji enter the palace? If it's a maid... of course she would listen to some of it because of her different status, but in the end it was still the Crown Prince's intention. The Crown Prince really treats this concubine differently. He actually did this when he didn't know whether my cousin was alive or dead?"
Qu Moying sneered and unceremoniously tore off the fig leaf that Pei Luoan had always been self-righteous about.
"Miss...Miss..." Nanny Zhou panicked and said anxiously.
Qu Moying shook her head; "Madam, don't panic. Things will always be the same as they were! My cousin thought that the Crown Prince was sincere to her, but in fact, the Crown Prince might have been with the concubine a long time ago, and it was only my cousin who was hiding it. If there was another maid who betrayed her master and joined forces with Concubine Ji, it would only take a word for them to enter the East Palace."
“But…but, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince…he has deep feelings for the Second Miss…he…he won’t…” Nanny Zhou stuttered in her defense.
Originally, this was what she had always believed, and she had always agreed with it, but when her young lady asked her this question, she inexplicably felt a little panicked, as if... some things were not what she had always believed.
She actually wavered. Why did she waver
"If they were really in love, why would they send Concubine Ji to prison in a situation like my cousin? The so-called care... I'm afraid it's almost like asking for her life! And the matter of the maids, why did one of the two maids become Concubine Ji's maid, while the other's life or death is unknown?"
Qu Moying said sarcastically.
There are some things that she can slowly absorb and there is no need to explain them all at once. Besides, although she understands them in her heart, she cannot explain them clearly.
"Then... maybe she needs to take care of..." Nanny Zhou was very anxious and panicked. She wanted to say that this matter couldn't be true, but the facts were placed in front of her, so she didn't know how to explain it for a while, how to make it clear, and could only look at Qu Moying eagerly, "Miss... Second Miss really loves His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
She will never forget the look in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when he looked at the Second Miss at that time. Even when the Second Miss was doing other things, there was a gentle smile in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as if he would tolerate whatever the Second Miss did. It couldn't be fake!
The prince really cares about the second young lady!
"Miss... I feel... I feel that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really has feelings for the Second Miss, which is different from the way he looks at... the Eldest Miss." Madam Zhou was still explaining.
"That's just your feeling! Madam Zhou, don't you think that your feeling is not necessarily the same as the real fact? You can't erase the truth just because you feel it! If the prince really treated my cousin well, would things turn out like this? My cousin got into trouble, and the ones who benefited were her cousin and her maid, and it's obvious that neither of them is a good person."
Qu Moying coldly broke the illusion of Madam Zhou...
Among all the people around her, only Madam Zhou has unchanging ideas, and because of these ideas, she will firmly do what she thinks is right...