Chapter 234

Chapter 234 – Official From West Prison

Chapter 234 Official from West Prison

Qu Moying was slightly stunned. She looked at Qi Xiangyu through the eye veil. Qi Xiangyu was supposed to have a higher status than Liu Jingyu because she was Duke Qi’s granddaughter. However, she was out of favor because she was not related to Duchess Qi by blood. As a result, the position of County Lady which Duke Qi had exchanged for fell into Liu Jingyu’s hands.

Sure enough, judging from her words, no one was stupid.

“Thank you, Miss Qi.” Qu Moying smiled gently.

Qu Moying was a little thinner than the average girl. Her palm-sized face was covered by a wide eye veil, and only her lips were visible through the veil, making her look extremely weak.

After hearing Qi Xiangyu’s words, Qu Moying still looked calm.

Qi Xiangyu pursed her lips and smiled. She was disappointed and did not say anything more. It seemed that Qu Moying did not dare to make a fuss out of this.

Along the way, the two of them didn’t say anything. However, they saw the several young ladies in front of them chatting and laughing. They seemed to be in a good mood as if what had happened before didn’t affect them at all.

When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, Old Lady Qu said goodbye to the heiress-apparent. Then, she brought her granddaughters to the carriage. Old Lady Qu was worried about Qu Moying, so she let her sit in the same carriage with her. No one took the second carriage. Qu Xuexin and Qu Qiuyan got on the third carriage. The three carriages went back home together.

As soon as they got off the carriages, the Old Lady asked her granddaughters to go back to their rooms, and she went to her second son’s study with a few servants.

Before she reached the door of Qu Zhizhen’s study, she saw a few guards standing there. They were clearly not Qu Zhizhen’s men.

A young servant came out of nowhere and greeted her, “Greetings, your ladyship.”

“Is there a guest?” The Old Lady looked at the two guards standing opposite her. The guest had guards with him, which meant that he was no ordinary.

“An official from West Prison is here to investigate the matter.” The young servant reported.

Hearing that the guest was from West Prison, the Old Lady felt a bit nervous. It was natural that she felt nervous. Every family in the capital would be flustered if West Prison came to them.

After calming down, the Old Lady looked at the end of the road. That was her son’s study. In the past, she could enter whenever she wanted to, but now, she could only look at it. West Prison was not an ordinary prison. She could not disturb the work of West Prison, but she was really worried. She glanced at the young servant and walked to the side.

The servant was clever. He quickly followed the Old Lady and stopped at the corner.

“Is there anything wrong?” The Old Lady asked in a low voice.

“Nothing. They asked if Fourth Lady has a grudge against others and asked the Master about her past experiences. They also asked the Master to give a detailed account of Fourth Lady’s past life.” The young servant reported in a low voice.

“Are they still talking now?” The Old Lady asked in surprise.

“No, they have finished talking about this. They should now be talking about the things in our mansion.” The official asked a lot about Fourth Lady, but the Master did not know much, so he just summarized it in a few words. However, he did know much about things in the mansion. The young servant had long come out, not daring to listen too much.

“The things in our mansion?” The Old Lady’s heart skipped a beat. She asked, “What things?”

“I didn’t dare to listen too much. When I went out, I heard him ask about Third Lady… and also Madam.” The servant stammered.

“Is there any servant with Second Master?” The Old Lady asked in confusion. She recognized that this young servant was the personal servant of her second son. He was clever, but he was now waiting outside so far away from the study, which made her more and more uneasy.

“West Prison’s lord said that there were some things he wanted to talk to Master in private, so he asked me to leave. After that, West Prison’s guards told me to stay further away. That’s why I came to such a distant place.” The young servant smiled bitterly.

In the beginning, he was waiting outside the study, and he could hear the voices of the people inside. Then he was ordered to stay far away and then further away until he reached his current position.

This place was indeed far away from the study, and he could only see the door of the study. Even if people shouted inside, he might not be able to hear their voices, let alone the conversation inside.

The Old Lady stopped talking and turned to look at the door of the study. She could not see anything, so she could only tell the servant, “Wait here. If there is anything wrong, report to me immediately.”

“Yes, your ladyship!” The young servant answered.

The Old Lady turned around and went back reluctantly. She originally wanted to discuss the incident that happened to Qu Moying with her son, but now she was a little flustered. It was not a good thing for West Prison to come to the mansion.

When Qu Moying returned to Qianyue House and sat down, Granny Miao walked in. “Miss, I heard that West Prison’s people came to the mansion. I don’t know what happened. The entire mansion is feeling anxious.”

It was definitely not a good thing when West Prison came to a mansion, because that meant the mansion was guilty of a crime that could lead to the destruction of the entire mansion. Not only the masters and madams, but also the servants were terrified. They were afraid that something bad would happen.

“Someone tried to assassinate our Miss, and Lord Yun saw it. Maybe it was because of this that West Prison’s people came to investigate!” Yu Dong said.

“What? Someone tried to assassinate Miss? Why?” Granny Miao was frightened and asked anxiously, “Miss is just a weak lady. Why would someone want to kill her?”

“I don’t know who wanted to harm Miss, but I think it must have something to do with Madam and Third Lady.” Yu Dong said angrily. Qu Moying did not offend anyone here, except Yu and Qu Qiuyan, who had long wanted to kill Qu Moying.

Granny Miao calmed down, thought for a moment, and asked, “Could it be done by Third Lady?”

Now that Yu was locked up, it was inconvenient for her to do anything. Even if it had something to do with Yu, the plan could only be executed by Qu Qiuyan.

“I suppose so.” Yu Dong nodded and turned to Qu Moying. “Miss, what should we do now?”

Even if they knew that this matter had something to do with Qu Qiuyan, they couldn’t accuse her without any evidence.

“Let’s wait and see. Yu… and Yu Mansion…” Qu Moying smiled and pursed her lips elegantly. There was a hint of contempt in her smile. Yu and Qu Qiuyan wanted to kill her, but they did not know that they had already exposed themselves.

Yu’s father was only an insignificant seventh-rank official. How could Yu have such a great ability to set up such a trap? Although Qu Moying was a weak lady, she was the daughter of a Vice Minister, a high-ranking official. How dare Yu set up such a trap to kill her?

This method was more likely to be used against someone from the royal family. It was strange that the person who could do this targeted a weak girl like Qu Moying.

It was unexpected that Yu’s parents’ family was quite powerful. But actually, something had shown that before. Yu was married into the mansion as a noble concubine. It was probably not only her effort but also her father’s effort. However, after so many years, her father was still a seventh-rank official, which was also very surprising.

“Granny Miao, go check on Yu. See what she is doing. If there is nothing, disclose the news about the visit of West Prison to her.” Qu Moying instructed. Her eyes were cold as she slowly worked out a plan.

“Yes, I will go in a moment.” Granny Miao nodded. She hesitated for a moment and asked, “Do I need to tell her that someone tried to assassinate you?”

“No need!” Qu Moying shook her head. There were some things that did not need to be made too clear. Ambiguity would always make one anxious, and she wanted Yu to be anxious.

Granny Miao left in a hurry. Qu Moying walked to the window and picked up the pile of music scores placed in front of the window. She picked out the qin music score that Qi Xiuran, Duke Qi’s eldest son, had mentioned. After looking at it carefully, she pondered for a moment.

This qin music score was incomplete. She had not read it yet. She reached out to pick up a writing brush and wanted to copy it but she stopped in the end. At this time, she should be more cautious.

“Yu Dong, go to Duke Qi’s Mansion later and give this qin music score to Duchess Qi. Tell her that it is the qin music score I have promised to lend to First Young Master Qi before.” Qu Moying said.

“I will go now.” Yu Dong understood what Qu Moying meant. She nodded, took the qin music score, and went away. Without asking anyone else to help her, she took a carriage from the mansion and went to Duke Qi’s Mansion.

If the qin music score was given to Qi Xiuran directly, people would definitely gossip about it, so it would be best to send it to Duchess Qi.

Granny Yan stood in the corridor and saw the panicked Granny Miao rushing out. Then, Yu Dong also came out, but she looked calm. Granny Miao frowned and turned to look into the room. The curtain was closed, and she could only vaguely see the slender figure inside.

Qu Moying gave her an unusual feeling.

At first glance, Qu Moying was just a delicate and slender young woman. She was weak, and she had eye disease, which made her look weaker. However, Granny Yan found Qu Moying different from her expectation in the past few days.

But she was not sure. She still had to observe…

Seeing Yu Dong coming over with a cup of tea, Granny Yan turned around and went into her room. Although she was now a Discipline Granny, she had few things to do. When Qu Moying entered the palace, Dowager Consort Qu said that Qu Moying’s etiquette was not bad at all, and she behaved even better than the pampered Qu Qiuyan, which was surprising.

Among the young ladies of Qu Mansion, Qu Moying was said to be the least beautiful and talented one. However, after observing her for the past few days, Granny Yan felt that Qu Moying was not as untalented as the rumors said. She could not even see through Qu Moying. That was right, Qu Moying was one of the few people she could not see through.

It really surprised her.

Granny Yan was surprised and doubtful. But at the same time, the palace was in chaos.

Lord Yun said something to the Emperor, which made the Emperor so furious that he went straight to Pepper House Hall of the Empress and scolded the latter like frenzy. After that, he called Noble Consort He over and scolded her. The Empress and Noble Consort He knelt on the ground together, trembling in fear and not saying a word. Then, even the Crown Prince and Lord Jing were called over. The two of them were also scolded.

After the Emperor left, the Empress and Noble Consort He stood up and sat down on both sides. Their faces were livid with anger.

“Go and find out what exactly is going on! Where did the assassin come from?” The Empress snapped, her gaze falling on Noble Consort He.