Chapter 259 – Yu Asked For The Prescription
Chapter 259 Yu Asked for the Prescription
The news that Earl Ling’an’s Mansion promoted Concubine Xiang, the deceased Earl Ling’an’s concubine, to be a legitimate wife was known to all, giving rise to much discussion.
Although similar things had happened before, it was still rare. It was especially rare in this kind of noble family because it related to titles, so it was almost impossible to happen.
But to many people’s surprise, this matter actually succeeded in the end.
After all, the second branch had been in charge of Earl Ling’an’s Mansion for a long time. The second branch’s Xiao was the legitimate wife of the inner yard, and there was only Concubine Xiang and a legitimate heir in the first branch. Before Ji Yuanhai became the legitimate heir, he was just a concubine-born son dependent on Xiao.
Moreover, the second branch’s daughter Ji Youran was now Eastern Palace’s Princess Ji.
Although she was only a Side Princess, she was said to be very likely to become the Crown Princess because there was no Crown Princess in Eastern Palace now, and she was currently the only female master in Eastern Palace.
After all, she had entered Eastern Palace to serve the ex-Crown Princess. She had a close relationship with the ex-Crown Princess when the ex-Crown Princess was alive.
Even for the sake of the ex-Crown Princess, the Crown Prince would value Ji Youran. Moreover, Ji Youran was also from Earl Ling’an’s Mansion, so it was not difficult for her to become the Crown Princess.
But the promotion of Concubine Xiang actually succeeded!
Many people were trying to find out what was going on. It turned out that Old Lady Ji pitied her eldest son, which was why she did this. It was rare for Old Lady Ji to be so stubborn. She wanted to support the first branch and insisted on promoting Concubine Xiang to be a legitimate wife. However, many of Ji Family’s elders objected, and the two sides were in a deadlock.
In the end, the great patriarch of Ji Family showed up to support Old Lady Ji. He took out a letter that Earl Ling’an wrote to him, saying that this was also Earl Ling’an’s intention.
Because of the letter and the presence of the great patriarch of Ji Family, this matter was finally done.
Concubine Xiang became the Ji Family’s first branch’s legitimate wife, and with the right to raise Young Master Ling’an, she could justifiably stay in the first branch. Those who had believed in the second branch’s power were greatly surprised. They didn’t expect that this thing could be done.
It was too inconceivable!
How could the second branch agree to it? How could Ji Youran, the future Crown Princess, agree to it? Didn’t she have a biological elder brother who had the same parents as her?
Although people were confused, Concubine Xiang officially became the first branch’s Ji Yongming’s legitimate wife. The promotion gave her confidence, and she also regained her surname Duan. She was now Madam Duan.
On the second day after the promotion, Madam Duan took Ji Yuanhai to Yamen to ask about the progress of the previous matter.
Although Yamen did not have much progress on the matter, its staff said that they would investigate it. If Madam Duan was still Concubine Xiang, Yamen’s people would simply ignore her. But now, they said that they had been investigating this matter and promised that if they found out anything, they would immediately inform Madam Duan and Young Master Ling’an.
After leaving Yamen, Madam Duan sent a letter to Qu Moying. She told Qu Moying about this matter and asked her what to do next. Madam Duan had been sorry for Third Lady, but she could do nothing before. Now that she had gained some power, she naturally wanted to bring this matter up to the agenda.
After reading the letter, Qu Moying wrote back to Madam Duan. She told Madam Duan not to worry, and all she needed to do was to send people to ask Yamen from time to time to let them know that someone was concerned about the matter.
She had already made a plan to find her younger sister, and now she just needed to slowly push it forward…
“Miss, Yu Qian has come.” Yu Dong came in, carrying Qu Moying’s food basket in his hand. When he came over from the big kitchen, he happened to see a sneaky figure. He even followed Yu Qian for a while and found that Yu Qian went to look for the previous old maid before returning.
“It should be about time.” Qu Moying nodded. It had been quite a while since the matter had happened. She could draw the net that she had cast.
If Yu Qian hadn’t found a suitable buyer after such a long time, he was indeed too useless.
“Miss, should we do as you said before?” Yu Dong put down the food basket and asked.
“Let’s talk about it when the old maid comes later!” Qu Moying said.
Yu Dong nodded and took all the dishes out of the food basket. There were not many dishes, but they were all the dishes that Qu Moying liked to eat. Qu Qiuyan couldn’t take care of the mansion’s affairs these days, so most of the things were reported to Qu Moying, and only some big things were reported to Qu Qiuyan.
Although Qu Qiuyan was reprimanded, she did not give all her power to Qu Moying.
On the surface, Qu Moying was still an assistant to her!
However, Qu Moying did not care about this.
After lunch, Yu Dong came out and saw the old maid rushing over. When the old maid saw Yu Dong, she hurriedly smiled and said, “Miss Yu Dong, the thing is done.”
“What is it?” Yu Dong said with a face full of surprise as if he had really forgotten about it.
“The thing you said before. It’s about manager Yu.” The old maid said flatteringly.
“Oh, how is he?” Yu Dong asked casually as he walked out carrying the food basket.
The old maid hurriedly followed Yu Dong and said, “He has found a buyer, and now he needs the deed of land and the deed of shop to finish the final procedures.”
“Just let him bring the money here first. We won’t run away.” Yu Dong said as he walked. The old maid had to jog to keep up with him.
“What… what if something happens?” The old maid said uneasily. She knew that something was going to happen to Yu Qian, and she was afraid that she would be involved.
“What does it have to do with you? You are not the one who asked him to sell it. You are just a messenger. Aunty Hai Lan has instructed to do as Madam wished.” Yu Dong said indifferently.
“Yes, yes, I understand.” The old maid breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that this matter would implicate her. Anyway, it was a big deal. “It was Aunty Hai Lan’s idea.”
The old maid understood and turned to look for Hai Lan. She had seen Hai Lan going to the big kitchen many times in the past few days, so she should be able to see Hai Lan on her way to the big kitchen at this time.
Sure enough, she met Hai Lan on the way. Hearing the old maid talk about Yu, Hai Lan impatiently asked her to leave. Hai Lan told the old maid to do as usual and that the old maid should not keep bothering her with this issue.
These words were said at the door of the big kitchen. The old maid left with a smile and went to deliver the message.
Hai Lan left with the food basket. Yu had been picky about food these days. Hai Lan had to go to the big kitchen several times a day. She was too busy, but there weren’t many people by Yu’s side now, and she had to be careful because it was the food Yu asked for.
As for what happened to Qu Qiuyan, Hai Lan did not pay much attention to it. She only heard that Qu Qiuyan and Qu Caiyue had fought before and knew that they had been punished. However, she did not know about the matter that happened in Dabei Temple this time. She only knew that Qu Qiuyan had been punished again, and it should be related to Qu Caiyue.
Hai Lan was speechless about these things. Why did Qu Caiyue and Qu Qiuyan end up in this situation? It was not good for them to argue so badly before entering Lord Jing Mansion.
After thinking for a while, Hai Lan took a turn and went to Qu Moying’s Qianyue House.
Yu had urged her several times. If she still didn’t go, Yu would be angry.
Seeing that Hai Lan had come, the old maid who was guarding the door hurriedly went into the room to report her visit. Soon, Yu Dong came out and led Hai Lan in.
“Aunty Hai Lan, is there anything Madam needs?” Qu Moying asked slowly after Hai Lan finished bowing to her.
Although Yu was now locked up, she was still Qu Zhizhen’s legitimate wife on the surface.
“Fourth Lady, Madam wants to borrow something from you.” Aunty Hai Lan said with a smile.
“What is it?” Qu Moying raised her eyebrows in surprise.
“I heard that you have a prescription that can relieve depression. Can you lend it to Madam? Recently, Madam has been in poor health and had no appetite.” Hai Lan said.
The so-called prescription was given to Qu Moying by Old Lady Qu before. After Qu Moying came to Qu Mansion, Old Lady Qu gave the prescription of improving spleen and stomach to her because she thought that Qu Moying was too thin, and she was worried that Qu Moying’s body was too weak.
“I have it, but it may not be suitable for Madam.” Qu Moying said indifferently.
“It doesn’t matter. I will make some for Madam to have a try. If it doesn’t work, I will think of another way.” Aunty Hai Lan smiled helplessly and pointed at the food basket in her hand. “Madam is eating less and less now. I don’t know what I should do if this continues.”
Hai Lan looked worried as she spoke.
“Yu Chun, go get the prescription for Aunty Hai Lan.” Qu Moying ordered.
Yu Chun went in and soon took out a prescription from inside and handed it to Hai Lan. She smiled and said, “Aunty Hai Lan, see if this is what you need!”
Aunty Hai Lan took it and looked at it. She nodded repeatedly and said happily, “Yes, it is this one. Thank you, Fourth Lady.”
“I don’t know if it is useful or not. Grandmother gave it to me, but I have never used it.” Qu Moying said indifferently.
Aunty Hai Lan was used to Qu Moying’s indifference. She thanked Qu Moying a few more times before leaving with the prescription.
Yu Dong sent Hai Lan off to the gate of the courtyard and returned. He felt rather confused. “Miss, what does she want this prescription for?”
Qu Moying’s eyes flashed. She curled the corners of her lips and said, “She wants to set me up.”
“But this prescription was given by Her Ladyship.” Yu Dong said in confusion.
“Yes, but it was with me at this time. Next, she will go to the big kitchen to cook something. Yu Dong, go and get some greasy soup. When she goes to the kitchen, bump into her.”
Qu Moying said. Since Yu wanted to make a move, she would “help” her so that Yu could bring up more evidence.
Because of the matter with Qu Qiuyan, no matter what Yu did now, people would think that she did it on purpose. Qu Moying would make her appear to be overdoing, especially at such a time…
Yu Dong was the best at doing this kind of thing.
He immediately nodded. “I understand.”
Qu Moying told him some other details and watched Yu Dong leave. Yu hadn’t taken any action for the past few days. Qu Moying thought she was so calm this time, but now it seemed that she was going to make a move.
Although she did not know exactly what Yu would do, her people would definitely go to the big kitchen because it was the place where the food was cooked and where many people could witness the scene.
Granny Miao had reported to Qu Moying in the past few days that Qu Zhizhen had not been to Yu’s yard for the past few days and had not even asked people to send anything to Yu. He must have had other thoughts. However, Qu Zhizhen probably did not take it to heart and forgot to tell Yu.
The investigation of the assassins was still going on. Although the Ministry of Works was not in charge of criminal cases, it had to help the Ministry of Justice with the investigation, so Qu Zhizhen was very busy these days.
Qu Mingcheng went to see Qu Qiuyan, but he didn’t go to see Yu. He went to see Qu Qiuyan when she was back from Dabei Temple, but he did not go to see her after that.
Therefore, because no one informed her, Yu could not hold back anymore…
