After talking to Qu Zhizhen, Qu Moying went to the inner courtyard to visit the lady.
The lady was not in any serious condition. She was just not feeling well as in previous years, and was very angry about Yu Qingmeng's matter.
Thinking back to how good his family had been to Qingmeng, it was the Yu family that was in charge at that time, and they doted on Yu Qingmeng like their own granddaughter, but they pushed the real granddaughter to a farm outside the city. After raising her for so many years, he didn't expect that he had raised an ungrateful person who actually dared to attack his granddaughter's Prince Ying's Palace.
The old lady didn't know the details of what happened. When Qu Zhizhen asked to borrow her body to let Qu Moying come back, the old lady didn't refuse. She also wanted to know what happened in the end.
Qu Moying went over and the old lady asked about the matter hastily. After hearing the whole story, she became depressed again.
"My Madam, how could there be such a big mistake in the dowry prepared for the princess that day?" The lady was very angry and couldn't help but look at my Madam who was helping her prepare the dowry.
The lady was in poor health, so many things were taken care of by my nanny.
"Madam, I don't know. When I was sorting out the dowry, I checked them one by one. I don't know what went wrong. Miss Yu was able to sneak into the companionship room." My nanny was also panicked and explained.
"Grandmother, this is not my grandmother's fault. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe that the maid was Yu Qingmeng. Who would have thought that she would sneak in? That maid had a spot on her face. My parents at home don't have a good relationship with her and usually ignore her when they see her."
Qu Moying helped my grandmother explain.
The lady still couldn't let it go: "How could this person, who looks so undignified, be sent to the concubine's room? Shouldn't everyone in the concubine's room be checked? Wouldn't it be embarrassing to send such an undignified person to the Prince of England's palace?"
These words reminded Qu Moying, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Most of the maids in this life were chosen by the lady-in-waiting. Some of the maids in the previous life were chosen by myself. When choosing a maid, first of all, she must have good character. Not just one person, but the whole family must have good character. Only when they follow the maid will the whole family be able to use her. Compared with using someone from the husband's family, it is easier for one's own family to use her.
The second is appearance. You don't have to be good-looking, but at least you have to be presentable. With Yu Qingmeng's appearance at that time, with such a big patch on his face, he didn't look presentable at all.
"Madame, what's going on?" Qu Moying also looked at Madame. It's not that she didn't trust Madame. Madame had been with grandmother for so many years and served grandmother wholeheartedly. Qu Moying had seen it in the past. When she returned home just now, she also stood on grandmother's side and protected herself.
When my nanny was asked this question, her heart skipped a beat. She shook her hands and explained hastily, "Madam, the people in this room were not chosen by me. It was your idea."
"I mean, what did I say?" the lady said blankly.
"Madam, don't you remember that time when you said you wanted to pick a family that was loyal and capable, preferably with sons and daughters, so that the whole family could serve the princess together, and asked the first lady to think about it carefully. The first lady gave you a few names and explained the characteristics of each family, and you picked one of them yourself."
"Although the little girl of this family has some problems, there is a small mark on her face, but it is not obvious. She is also a timid and cautious person. Mrs. Luo also reminded you
I thought this piece was not small, but you said it was nothing to worry about, and that such a small flaw was not a big deal, so I didn’t say anything else.”
My nanny said.
The lady remembered what she said, and after thinking about it, she nodded, "That's true... Your eldest aunt happened to come over that time, so I discussed the matter of accompanying the room with her. Your eldest aunt had helped to manage things here before, so she knew which people were good, so I asked her. Your eldest aunt also said that if you didn't want it, she would still want such a family to come over, saying that when your eldest brother gets married in the future, he would also like to find a few people to use."
"Aunt also wants such a family?" Qu Moying asked with her watery eyes raised.
"That's what she said at the time. I thought the whole family was fine, except for this little girl who had some marks on her face. I thought it was not a big deal, so I didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect that someone would take advantage of it."
Speaking of this lady, I was very angry. Why didn't she think of calling everyone over to take a look
If there wasn't such a maid, Yu Qingmeng would not have been able to find someone else to replace her in entering Prince Ying's Palace. It was because of that maid's appearance and personality that Yu Qingmeng had this opportunity.
Now that I think about it, I really didn't understand it clearly, and the lady blames herself a lot.
Qu Moying's heart moved slightly. This incident did sound like an accident, but it took so long for Yu Qingmeng to enter the palace before he discovered it. If he hadn't listened to King Wei and Pei Yuanjun's reminder, he wouldn't have checked. He didn't know when Yu Qingmeng's matter would become a bigger matter.
She could act so convincingly among all the maids, on the one hand because she was his own companion and people in the Prince of England's palace were not familiar with her, but on the other hand, people who were familiar with her should have thought that she was a real maid. Although she did not raise her face, her behavior and habits were just like that of a real maid.
If I hadn't checked it or someone had reminded me, I wouldn't have been able to do it so accurately.
From this perspective, this matter may not be as certain as we know it now.
"And about the two maids sent by the Empress as dowry, I don't know anything about it, and your father... your father really didn't tell me anything." The lady thought of what Qu Moying said about the two maids who were not sent as dowry to serve her, and she felt more depressed.
If Qu Moying hadn't said this, the lady really wouldn't have known about this.
My second son didn't tell me anything, but he still dared to bring two troubles to my granddaughter. As a mother, I was helpless.
The lady's eyes were red.
Seeing that the Madam was upset, Qu Moying comforted her softly, "Grandma, don't be angry. Those two didn't please him either. His Royal Highness the King of England doesn't like them, so he's just throwing them in the yard as servants."
"It's His Royal Highness's business if he doesn't like it, but look at what this is. They just married you and then sent two more of these people here. What is this? How will His Royal Highness view our family?" The more the lady thought about it, the more she felt that she was unfair to Qu Moying.
Just ask who would do such a thing.
When a new bride gets married, who in her parents' home would not want her to be liked by her husband's family and her husband? But how could they just send two such women to her family? Everyone knows what this means.
The second brother is really confused. How could he agree to such a thing
“Father…may feel
It’s nothing serious!" Qu Moying said after a moment of silence.
The lady grabbed her hand and lowered her voice: "In the future, you should also carefully examine the things your father sends you, so that your father won't do such a thing again and end up causing such a thing again."
Qu Moying knew that this was the lady's reminder for her to pay attention to her adopted father, and her heart warmed, "Grandma, don't worry, I know, I will be careful."
"Your father is like this... I don't know what he is thinking. He doesn't care about his family all day long. The way you sisters are is all related to your father." The lady sighed and felt a dull pain in her heart. She originally thought that the second son was the most promising, but now she realized that she still didn't know what he was thinking.
Yu and Xiao Yue, Qu Qiuyan, Qu Moying and Qu Mingcheng, all seemed to have nothing to do with him, but his attitude played a key role in it.
The lady was not really senile and confused, so how could she not see the strangeness here? She just hated that her second son was not a family-oriented person and did not know what he was planning all day long. As a mother, she really could not understand.
"Your father... The inner courtyard is in such a mess now, I want to marry your father off, I want to discuss this with you." At this point, the lady sighed and said, "You are all married, and I am the only old woman left in the inner courtyard. The servants in the mansion are lazy and I can't control them. My nanny has to serve me and take care of things, so she is too busy."
The old lady had mentioned this matter before, but she usually avoided Qu Moying at that time. Now that Qu Moying is married and has a special status, the old lady feels that she should tell Qu Moying.
"Who did grandma choose?" Qu Moying thought for a moment and knew that the lady already had a target, so he asked.
"There are two sisters living in our house. I bumped into them when I was out before, and then I brought them back. I didn't expect that they were actually the children of a distant cousin of mine. They came to Beijing to live with their relatives, but I couldn't find them for a while. When I arrived at their old place, they said that the family had moved away for more than half a year, and I didn't know where they went. It's really pitiful to see them without a father or a mother."
The lady sighed and talked about the candidate she had chosen.
"After discussing marriage, we let them live here. I didn't expect that the eldest one is actually quite capable. Seeing how messy my place is, he was willing to help me. He is also very capable and managed things in order in no time. I think it's not bad. I asked your father and he said it was nothing. Now I'm asking you again, what do you think?"
"Grandma and father both think it's okay? What about my aunt?" Qu Moying thought for a moment and asked.
"Your eldest aunt naturally agrees. She had proposed this a long time ago, asking your father to remarry, but at that time, they couldn't find a suitable one. If she was too young, she might not look good. If she was too old, your father wouldn't be able to see her. However, this Miss Xie looks about the same, and she is also related to our family."
The lady-in-waiting looked very satisfied and spoke of the sisters with great joy.
It has only been such a short period of time, but she has actually made the lady so satisfied. It shows that this Miss Xie is really capable.
Since Qu Moying is here today, he also wants to meet Miss Xie.
"Madam, Miss Xie and Miss Xie are here to pay their respects to you." A report suddenly came from the corridor.
What a coincidence, this is coming...