After Yu had been driven out by Old Lady Qu, she had wanted to go back to her yard because Yu Qingmeng was still there. Since Old Lady Qu had told Yu Qingmeng to go back home, Yu had to deal with it.
On the halfway back to her yard, she suddenly turned around and walked to Qianyue House in rage. When Madam Yongning had been here, she couldn’t mention Qu Moying. Now that Madam Yongning had left, she had to get everything straight or she would be driven crazy.
She knew Qu Moying must have something to do with today’s incident.
After a few turns, she saw Granny Wu leading Qu Moying over, and her heart just jolted. She couldn’t believe Old Lady Qu valued Qu Moying so much that she had even sent her private servant to call Qu Moying over.
With her teeth gritted, she still walked toward them. Since she already ran into them, she had to ask what she wanted to ask.
“Second Madam!” Seeing Yu coming over with a sullen fac
‘I have another servant in the village?’ Qu Moying thought that as she headed back, but she just couldn’t remember anyone.Granny Wu and Yu Chun also had no clue.There was a doctor whom Ji Hanyue had invited for Qu Moying. However, that guy was always on the move and shouldn’t be in the village right now. The old granny there was too old to travel over here. Qu Moying really didn’t know who would come to meet her.As the three of them walked into the room confusedly, they saw a pretty maid who was around fifteen. Then they were all stunned!“My lady!” Her high-pitched voice sounded a bit different from the other maid’s, but Qu Moying couldn’t tell what the difference was.“Who are you?” Qu Moying was sure she had never met this person before. As she waved her hand, Granny Miao stepped back to guard the door.“It’s an honor to meet you, Fourth Lady.” The maid changed to a sharper voice.
Right now, the look in Xu Lipeng’s eyes was not as affectionate as before when he looked at Yu Qingmeng. What had happened today came to his mind. He felt himself being cheated in public.“Young Master, please help me, for the sake of our child.” Seeing Xu Lipeng keeping silent with a gloomy face, Yu Qingmeng held his legs while touching her belly gently, crying.“What did you say?” That was too much to take in. Xu Lipeng, stunned with his eyes goggled, said sharply.“A child. We have a child. I wanted to tell you yesterday, but you told me to go back. After that, I went to the doctor. Luckily, I was fine. Otherwise... the kid would be gone.” Yu Qingmeng sobbed with her hand on her flat belly. Now she even made herself believe that she was pregnant.“How... how could you get pregnant?” Xu Lipeng who had come back to his sense flew into a rage with his face turning green.“Young Master, that’s our child. It’s tru
Trader Mo had a good reputation in this industry and was one of the best traders in the capital.Therefore, she had better and more servants than the other traders. A lot of noble families liked to buy servants from her.Hearing that the Qu’s family wanted to buy some servants, she brought one hundred maids and senior housemaids here at once.Granny Wu brought her to Qianyue House.Yu Dong put a large chair in the hall for Qu Moying to sit down. Then she started to pick the servants.“Fourth Lady, I’ve brought these servants here as you required. There are fifty senior housemaids and fifty maids who all come from decent families.”Trader Mo said with a grinning face. She was a tactful woman.She always did business with prestigious families and knew a lot of details about these families. She had heard a lot of things about this Fourth Lady Qu, but none of the words about the latter soun
“What happened?” Old Lady Qu’s heart jolted. She thought that Yu had plotted something evil again. Then her face turned sullen at once.“Nothing, it’s just... Yesterday, I heard from a servant...” Qu Moying’s face suddenly turned red and she couldn’t continue the sentence.“You do the talking!” Old Lady Qu looked up at Yu Dong who was standing behind Qu Moying and said that coldly.“Old Lady, I... I did have... heard something. Lady... Lady Yu...” Yu Dong who had been called by Old Lady Qu knelt down in panic and faltered.“Be more specific.” Old Lady Qu said in a harsh voice.“Yes... Yes. I heard Lady Yu say... say that she was preg... pregnant... or... something... like... that. I don’t know whom the father is. I... I didn’t dare to get too close.” Yu Dong got more panicky as he heard Old Lady Qu talking so harshly. Luckily, he managed to finish the whole speech.Granny Wu realized what he meant a
As Qu Moying just sat down, she heard a maid reporting, “My lady, Young Master Xu wants to see you.”“Tell him to leave!” Qu Moying shook her head.After a moment of hesitation, the maid said, “My lady, Young Master Xu insisted on meeting you. He said if you didn’t agree to meet him, he would break in.”“Break in? You guys can’t even stop a man?” Qu Moying said coldly with a sullen face.The maid didn’t dare to say another word and left. However, after a while, there was a loud noise coming through from the outside.“My lady, Young Master Xu got in!” Yu Dong walked to the window and looked out with a sarcastic smile, “The maids and senior housemaids couldn’t stop him, or they just pretended to stop him.”“My lady, I’ll go.” Yu Chun stood up.“It’s fine. Go invite him in!” Qu Moying said with a cold face. Did Xu Lipeng think that she was afraid of him?The maids and senior h
The old stories about the Qu’s family had been dug out and spread in the capital, including the one that Qu Zhizhen had made his concubine a madam.Yu had done a great job as a madam for all these years. People all regarded her as a qualified madam. However, rumor had it that she had treated the former madam’s daughter badly and was even responsible for the latter’s blindness. What’s more, she had also directed her maid to frame this legal daughter of Vice Prime Minister Qu, trying to destroy Qu Moying’s reputation. After her plan had failed, she had sold the maid right away and told the trader to find a good family for that maid.It meant that she was supporting the maid who tried to hurt the lady.There's another rumor about Vice Prime Minister Qu’s ex-wife. It was said that she had been set up by Yu who had been a noble concubine. Yu had given birth to her children not long after she had married into that family, even earlier than the
Seeing the chaos inside the room, Yue Wenhan pulled a long face. He took a glance at the situation and immediately recognized the people here. He rushed to stand in front of Qu Moying, blocked Qu Zhizhen's hand that was about to fall on her face, and sneered, "Mr. Qu, why do you treat your ex-wife's daughter so harshly after you just came back? I wonder if it's because my family mistreated you when you stayed in the Yue's Mansion during your trip to the South."Qu Moying's mother Yue was born in a scholarly family in the South. The Yue’s Family was not powerful but had a decent reputation, respected by many civil officials.Yue Wenhan was a previous principal graduate of the Imperial Examination. With his family background and great competence, he had already become the vice minister of the Dali Temple, a level-four official, at a young age. His rank was still lower than Qu Zhizhen's, but he climbed up the ladder with his own abilities and had a promising f
"Since Mr. Yue is already here to discuss the matter, please take a seat first. I do want to hear your opinion on this," the Old Lady finally uttered something. She smiled at the young man as Granny Wu sent someone to serve him tea."Thank you, Mrs. Qu!" Yue Wenhan still had much respect for the Old Lady. Her words softened the stern look on his face, and he bowed to her politely, "I was too worried about my cousin. Please forgive me for my rudeness, Mrs. Qu!"The young man turned back to his usual gracious look, leaving a good impression on the Old Lady. She smiled back again, saying that he didn't need to worry about it.Everyone sat down on their seats in order. Yu Chun helped Yu Dong up, and both of them stood back behind Qu Moying.Yu still tried to say something, but then she noticed Yue Wenhan's cold gaze falling on her. She held Qu Qiuyan's hand and shook her head quietly, signaling her to stay silent.However,