"Miss, Miss Qu Si is here to visit you." The maid Hai Qing came in to report.
Liu Lanxin put down a piece of jewelry she was examining on the couch and wiped her hands with a handkerchief. Another maid, Haihua, hurriedly took the box of jewelry away.
This is the jewelry that Prince Jing's Mansion had just sent over. They said they were afraid that Liu Lanxin would run out of jewelry, so they sent it over specially for her to wear.
"Please come in, Miss Qu Si!" said Liu Lanxin.
Haiqing brought a gauze ribbon for her and tied it carefully around her eyes. The small beads on the back of the gauze were pulled flat, just as they looked when she first arrived in the capital.
After checking that there was nothing serious, he turned around and went outside to welcome the person in.
Qu Moying came in with two maids, Yudong and the new recruit Chunxiu, now called Yuxiu. Yudong was in good spirits, which made Yuxiu look listless. Her face was as pale as paper, as if she would faint at the next moment.
Haiqing knew Yuxiu. She took a quick look at her and was stunned for a moment, with mockery in her eyes. She thought this girl was dead, but she didn't expect that she was lucky enough.
In the inner room, Liu Lanxin was leaning on the couch with a veil on her eyes. When she saw Qu Moying come in, she supported Haihua's hand and sat up straight.
Her complexion wasn't very good either, she looked pale and haggard, which showed that she wasn't really alright.
It’s just that her face is rather heroic, and it looks a bit strange to see her looking so weak, especially compared to Qu Moying sitting opposite her and Yuxiu, the maid beside her.
Qu Moying's face was beautiful and gentle. Her skin was originally as white as snow, and her lips were always lighter than others. At first glance, she looked very pitiful even without doing anything. As for Yuxiu who was standing behind her, she looked like she was holding on and no one knew when she would fall down. She was also weak and powerless.
Comparing these three people, Liu Lanxin could no longer pretend to be so weak.
After the two men exchanged greetings, Liu Lanxin sat up straight, a smile appeared on her face, and she looked much more energetic than when she came in just now.
"Is Miss Liu in good health?" Qu Moying's eyes fell on her veil and asked with concern.
"It's okay, nothing serious, it's just an old problem." Liu Lanxin said indifferently, "What happened that day, didn't affect Miss Qu Si anymore?"
"It doesn't have any impact. Thank you for your concern, Miss Liu." Qu Moying thanked with a smile.
"I didn't notice what happened that day. I had just arrived in the capital and knew nothing. I wanted to get closer to you and County Lord Jingyu, but things went wrong one after another. It was my fault. I made rash suggestions without finding out everything clearly." Liu Lanxin said helplessly.
She had just arrived in Beijing, but Qu Moying and Liu Jingyu had been in the capital all along. How could they be plotted against again and again
"Is Miss Liu's eye disease serious?" Qu Moying smiled slightly and did not respond.
“My eye disease is different from Miss Qu Si’s. It happened after I was injured... I don’t know what happened this time. Maybe something bad was put into my eyes. My vision is blurry again. I had to find the eye veil and put it on.” Liu Lanxin said softly.
"How did Miss Liu get injured?" Qu Moying asked.
"It's nothing, just an accident. My father and the Prince of Yun were in front, and I was behind... and then I accidentally scared both my father and the King of Ying." Liu Lanxin pressed his brows, feeling extremely helpless.
She originally looked weak, but she happened to meet Qu Moying, who was even more fragile than her, and for a moment she lost the meaning of her words.
"I came here today... because the King of England wanted me to bring gifts." Qu Moying clapped her hands, and the two maids who followed her came forward and presented the gift box in their hands. "The King of England said that there are differences between men and women, and it would be inconvenient for them to interact with each other. When we were at the border, there was nothing we could do about it. Now we have the conditions, and we must abide by the etiquette."
The gift box was placed on the table.
"A gift from the King of England?" The smile on Liu Lanxin's face faded. "His Royal Highness the King of England and my father used to have a good relationship. When we were at the border, he would come over to eat from time to time. Are they so distant now? There is a difference between men and women, but we really don't need to care about it. It was the same back then, and it can be the same now!"
Qu Moying didn't know what happened at the beginning, but given Pei Yuanjun's personality, if he really liked Liu Lanxin, he wouldn't have waited until now.
The medicinal herbs are actually quite good and can be used to treat patients, but they are all ordinary ones, which shows that he really doesn't take them seriously, especially now that Qu Moying has sent them over.
The meaning of superficial love is obvious.
"The King of England said that the past was the past, and the present is the present. Even one's identity and status have changed, and so have other things!" Qu Moying said with a smile.
"That's indeed the truth... then was then, and now is now... Fourth Miss Qu is about to marry King Ying, and I will eventually marry King Jing, and we will never see each other again... How can we continue to judge based on what happened in the past?" Liu Lanxin lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly.
This really makes people feel that she and Pei Yuanjun were originally a couple, but fate played tricks on them and ended up like this. Adding to the previous rumors, Qu Moying became the evil woman who separated the two of them.
"Okay, let's not talk about these sad topics. The past will eventually pass. I just hope that Fourth Miss Qu and His Royal Highness the King of England will live in harmony and happiness in the future." Liu Lanxin raised her eyes and looked at Qu Moying. There was a trace of sadness in her eyes, but her performance was still normal, making people feel that she was forcing a smile.
But even though she was forcing a smile, what she said was beautiful, making people feel good about her. Of course, besides feeling good about her, one would also wonder what the relationship between her and Pei Yuanjun was.
Could there really be some reason why they both got married
If Qu Moying was just an ordinary lady from a noble family, based on what Liu Lanxin said today, she would definitely doubt their relationship. From then on, she would be afraid to see them together. Even saying one more word or performing one more greeting would be wrong.
Jealousy can drive a woman crazy!
Is this her only purpose? Qu Moying felt that Liu Lanxin was not so shallow. She was a patient person. Even when she arrived in the capital, which was very different from her previous ideas, she did not panic. Instead, she waited quietly on the side, more like waiting for the prey to jump in by itself.
But Miss Liu probably didn't realize that she and Pei Yuanjun were actually very familiar with each other. Her words were suspicious at every turn, but also made people feel frank at every turn, which made people wonder if she was overthinking!
A person's thoughts can sometimes be positive or negative, depending on how the person thinks. In fact, there are many things hidden in Liu Lanxin's words...
"Miss Liu and His Royal Highness Prince Jing will be in harmony in the future." Qu Moying replied with the same blessing, smiling peacefully as always, as if he didn't hear any hidden meaning.
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"I hope so?" Liu Lanxin smiled and leaned back softly, with a worried look on her face. "Fourth Miss Qu, there are no outsiders here. I want to ask if you know what the approval document from the Imperial Observatory is? Are they really a match made in heaven?"
"Miss Liu, don't worry. This must be a match made in heaven. Don't you believe it now, Miss Liu?" Qu Moying smiled and comforted her.
"It's really a match made in heaven, so what? There could be some strange coincidences in the end, Your Highness..." Liu Lanxin realized she had said something wrong when she said this, and shook her head, "Fourth Miss Qu, when I first saw you, I felt like I was seeing an old friend, and now you're even saying something like that."
"You're too polite, Miss Liu." Qu Moying said.
"I'm really not being polite. I have no relatives or friends in the capital. I will stay in the capital from now on. It's hard for me to see my father. I always think that the other young ladies from the noble families in the capital are too spoiled and I can't get along with them. But I feel that Fourth Miss Qu is very different. I just don't know if Fourth Miss Qu is willing to make friends with me?"
Liu Lanxin had regained her composure by this time, and looked up at Qu Moying with a sincere expression on her face.
"Miss Liu is the daughter of the General Fuguo. It's my honor that she likes me." Qu Moying practiced Tai Chi calmly.
"That's great! If you have nothing to do in the future, Miss Qu Si, please come over to our house more often. I have a rather lonely personality and don't like places with too many people. It's enough to have one or two close friends to talk and play the piano with." Liu Lanxin's expression became more and more quiet. Compared with her previous fragility, this quietness suited her better.
After all, the other two at the scene looked a little more fragile than the one lying on the bed.
Liu Lanxin had found her position, and her eyes fell on Yuxiu, the maid behind Qu Moying. "Why did you bring such a maid out? She looks very unwell. Is there no other suitable maid in the mansion?"
She was standing up for Qu Moying and felt that the Qu family had treated her unfairly.
"This girl was bought from outside. I heard that she worked in your house before. I brought her here today to let Miss Liu take a look at her, so that there won't be any bad rumors in the future." Qu Moying introduced with a smile and nodded to Yuxiu.
Yuxiu stepped forward and bowed deeply to Liu Lanxin.
"Are you from here?" Liu Lanxin asked in surprise.
"I used to be a maid in the general's mansion." Yuxiu nodded.
"Get up. Since you are following Fourth Miss Qu now, it is fate. You should serve Fourth Miss Qu well from now on." Liu Lanxin sighed, raised her hand and called a maid over for Yu Xiushang.
After Yuxiu stood up, she stood behind Qu Moying again.
"This girl is also a blessing. I'm afraid she is just a maid who does rough work here. She made a mistake and was bought, right? This is a good thing. I will check later to see if someone has wronged her. Regardless of whether she is alive or not, I have to give her a decent treatment, which can also be regarded as settling the previous master-servant relationship."
Liu Lanxin is very good at talking. Just a few words from her were enough to make Yuxiu burst into tears and her eyes turned red.
He turned his head and reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes.
This made Liu Lanxin very satisfied. This maid was good. She was thinking about how to get close to Qu Moying. Having such a maid was a good thing.
After only following Qu Moying for a few days, she didn't believe that this maid was so loyal to Qu Moying.