Chapter 251

Chapter 251 – What Did Her Ladyship See?

Chapter 251 What Did Her Ladyship See?

“Ying, this…” Old Lady Qu sighed and reached out to pat Qu Moying’s hand. Her smile was forced, and her eyes were filled with mixed emotion.

“Grandmother, it’s over. Don’t be sad.” Qu Moying comforted her softly.

Old Lady Qu’s eyes turned red when she heard Qu Moying’s comforting words. She thought Qu Moying was too sensible. But the more sensible Qu Moying was, the more Old Lady Qu felt sorry for her. Qu Moying lost her mother when she was a kid, and her father was unreliable, who treated her not even as well as he treated strangers.

Moreover, Qu Moying had eye disease since she was a child. Of course, her eye disease was definitely caused by Yu.

Old Lady Qu couldn’t help but pity Qu Moying.

But Qu Moying was so magnanimous. It was obvious that Qu Qiuyan was behind this matter, but now Qu Moying was advising Old Lady Qu to let it go.

“Ying, I… I’m sorry for your mother. I’m sorry for you!” Old Lady Qu suppressed the sadness in her heart and said sadly. If she had known what would happen, she would not have chosen Yue and made her end up with a miserable fate. Now, even Qu Moying was implicated.

“Grandmother, don’t be sad. I won’t blame you. My mother won’t blame you either. Grandmother, I find it strange. How would this old maid dare to do this? Could it be…” Qu Moying said after she was pulled to sit down beside Old Lady Qu.

Qu Moying paused for a moment as if pondering on what to say next.

Old Lady Qu also had doubts about the old maid, so she temporarily put down her pity for Qu Moying and asked after thinking for a while, “Do you think this old maid had reacted too much by committing suicide?”

“Yes, I think so too. It seemed that she did it not only for Third Sister.” Qu Moying sounded confused.

These words reminded Old Lady Qu. She put down Qu Moying’s hand, thought for a moment, and said with a stern look, “Could it be that someone is plotting against our mansion?”

“I don’t know. I just find it very strange. Granny Qing had only been in the mansion for a short period of time. She first served Madam, and then she served Third Sister. But she was just an ordinary maid. How could she serve whoever she wanted? Moreover, Old Lady Ji said that she used some tricks. Where did she get those drugs that caused people to become unconscious?”

Qu Moying frowned in confusion after she offered her analysis.

Old Lady Qu’s heart sank. She immediately thought of a possibility. Her face changed greatly as she said, “Ying, go back and rest first. I will tell your father about this, but I am afraid that Qiuyan…”

Old Lady Qu couldn’t continue. Qu Moying was the one who suffered and was wronged every time. Old Lady Qu had made up her mind that even though she could not punish Qu Qiuyan openly, she would not stand on her side anymore.

“Grandmother, I know. Father will disagree.” Qu Moying comforted Old Lady Qu.

Her words were so considerate that Old Lady Qu felt bitter. She thought Qu Moying was really sensible and much better than Qu Qiuyan. In her eyes, Qu Qiuyan’s reputation was not as good as before and her behaviors were not like a noble lady at all.

She decided to punish Qu Qiuyan even if her son would get angry.

Qu Moying left Old Lady Qu’s yard with two maids.

“Miss, someone is guarding outside Third Lady’s courtyard.” Yu Chun had sharp eyes and immediately saw an old maid at the gate of another courtyard.

“It’s Her Ladyship’s people.” Yu Dong looked at the old maid and said.

After taking a look at the old maid in silence, Qu Moying turned around and went back to her own yard. It seemed that Qu Qiuyan was grounded by Old Lady Qu, which saved Qu Moying a lot of trouble.

Just as she returned to her yard and sat down, she saw Yu Dong bring an old maid and a young maid in. They were from Earl Ling’an’s Mansion.

“Fourth Lady Qu, our lady wants to thank you. This is our lady’s gift for you to express her gratitude.” The old maid said with a smile, and the young maid behind her came forward with a gift box in her hands.

“Thank Her Ladyship, but this is not necessary.” Qu Moying refused with a smile.

“Fourth Lady Qu, thank you for noticing our lady in time. Otherwise, something would have happened to our lady. Ever since the Eldest Master passed away, our lady had been in a bad mood, and she has been even hurt this time.” The old maid said.

“Did Her Ladyship see anything before I arrived?” Qu Moying thought for a while and asked tentatively.

The old maid shivered as soon as she heard Qu Moying’s question. She was also Old Lady Ji’s confidant. She had heard some strange things from another old maid who followed Old Lady Ji. When she heard Qu Moying’s question, she immediately felt nervous. “Fourth Lady Qu, when you entered the hall, did you see anything unusual?”

“I didn’t. It was just that… I felt a little strange at that moment.” Qu Moying furrowed her brows in confusion.

“What’s so strange about it?” The old maid hurriedly asked, and her heart missed one beat.

“I can’t tell. I decided to look for mother’s eternal flame at that time, but I suddenly heard someone urge me to go and ask the masters in the temple. Then, I left… It was a strange feeling. I don’t know if it had really happened or not.”

Qu Moying shook her head as if she wanted to shake off the strange feeling. “Later, when I came back, I… I seemed to see a figure… in a light yellow dress, but it disappeared when I took a closer look.”

“You… you saw a figure wearing light yellow clothes? And someone asked you to leave first?” The old maid stuttered, looking more and more nervous.

At that time, those scoundrels wanted to scheme against Qu Moying. If she didn’t leave, something might have happened to her. Did the ex-Crown Princess appear to inform Qu Moying to leave?

“I don’t know if I really saw or felt it. Anyway, I felt strange at that time. Her Ladyship can ask that master. He went with me at that time. I don’t know if he saw anything.” Qu Moying continued in a low voice. It seemed that she was not sure.

However, the old maid firmly believed Qu Moying’s words because Qu Moying’s version was similar to what she had heard. Even Old Lady Ji described a scene similar. Not everyone could wear light yellow clothes, except the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. The ex-Crown Princess wore a light yellow dress on her wedding day and entered Eastern Palace.

Sure enough, it was the ex-Crown Princess who showed up.

The old maid’s teeth chattered as she spoke, “Fourth Lady Qu, you… you might be mistaken. Our lady said that you are welcome to our mansion when you are free.”

After placing the gift on the desk, the old maid turned around and left, not daring to stay any longer. She had to report to Old Lady Ji as soon as possible.

Seeing that the old maid left in a panic, Qu Moying smiled slightly with cold eyes. It seemed that she was killing two birds with one stone…

Old Lady Ji had already gotten up, but she wrapped herself in a quilt. She felt cold all over her body and shivered from time to time. She looked around and always felt that someone was watching her. She asked Concubine Xiang to go out, leaving only an old maid she trusted, the one who had also fainted along with her at that time.

Hearing that the old maid who went to send gifts had come back, Old Lady Ji let her enter the room. Although Old Lady Ji had nothing to do with Qu Mansion’s matter, she was fortunate that the scoundrels appeared as the scapegoat. Since Qu Moying had saved her, she had to express her gratitude to Qu Moying although she didn’t like her.

If there were no scoundrels, Old Lady Ji could not explain why such a strange thing happened. She could not say that she fainted because she saw her dead granddaughter. She couldn’t reveal a single word about what she saw. Since such a bunch of scoundrels were making trouble and it was related to Qu Mansion, Old Lady Ji blamed it on them.

Old Lady Ji was determined to keep the past events secret.

Therefore, she insisted that those scoundrels ganged up with others and accidentally injured the Ji Family’s people, which led to such a strange thing.

“Your Ladyship, when I sent gifts to Fourth Lady Qu… Fourth Lady Qu said that she was looking for Second Madam Qu’s eternal flame at that time, but… but she seemed to hear someone urging her to leave. The person who urged her seemed to know that someone was going to hurt her…” When the old maid said this, her teeth started chattering, and she looked nervous.

Old Lady Ji shivered. She was a bit uncertain just now, but she was now sure that her second granddaughter did appear.

Otherwise, Qu Moying must have ended up in an awful situation. Ji Hanyue had always taken care of Qu Moying when she was alive, so she would not remain indifferent if anything bad was going to happen to Qu Moying. This was why Qu Moying had left in a hurry, and the few scoundrels failed to harm Qu Moying.

Thinking of this, Old Lady Ji shivered again. She put her hands together and muttered to herself. She prayed to Ji Hanyue and Ji Yongming, muttering that she would definitely make the first branch prosperous and would never let the first branch perish for lack of an heir. Everything would belong to the first branch. Even if Ji Yongming did not have an heir, she would have Ji Yong’an’s son adopted by the first branch.

She hoped that Ji Hanyue and Ji Yongming would not turn into ghosts and look for her.

Ji Yongming had been brave since he was young, and Ji Hanyue was also not ordinary. If they both became ferocious ghosts, they would be the most powerful ghosts, and the entire Earl Ling’an’s Mansion would be doomed.

Old Lady Ji got more and more panicked as she thought of these things. She was no longer hesitant. She repeatedly murmured that she would make Concubine Xiang a legitimate wife as soon as she went back to the mansion, and she would help Ji Yuanhai inherit the title as soon as possible.

Old Lady Ji didn’t dare to bring up the matter of her younger granddaughter. She didn’t dare to bring it up because she was afraid that there might be something else.

In fact, she heard most of the things about Ji Yongming and Ji Hanyue from Ji Yong’an and his wife and some from Ji Youran. Although their accounts were flawless, Old Lady Ji always felt that there was something strange. However, she did not dare to ask and interfere too much.

Ji Yong’an told her that they were all the Crown Prince’s ideas, and he dared not ask too much because he was afraid of being killed.

When she knew that Ji Yongming and Ji Hanyue were dead, she was indeed sad. But she found that she could do nothing about it. She still had her second son and the second branch, so her mood was not so bad. Earl Ling’an’s Mansion had not yet fallen. There were still Ji Yong’an and Ji Youran. Ji Youran might have a chance to become the Crown Princess in the future. The Crown Prince was deeply in love with Ji Hanyue, so he would definitely be good to her family and treat Earl Ling’an’s Mansion differently.

Ji Youran had a promising future.

Thinking of this, Old Lady Ji was not so sad. As for the truth, she could do nothing because the Crown Prince was bound to rule the entire country in the future.