Chapter 223, the benevolent Duchess of Qi
Mrs. Tai took her three granddaughters and followed the mother-in-law who led the way inside, and led them to the flower hall where the guests were entertained.
Sitting on it is the Duchess of Qi Guo, who is about the same age as Mrs. Qu, sitting there with her back straight, looking imposing, her body looks thinner than Mrs. Qu, and the corners of her eyes are a little sharp, she is a relatively strong Mrs. Qu, although she is old, she looks quite young.
I heard that this Duchess of Qi is also a general, even if she is old now, she is different from ordinary ladies, Ji Hanyue has seen her in her last life, and she also has deep admiration for this lady.
Fortunately, the current Duchess of Qi was the maiden family of the second lady of the Duke of Qi at that time, and the current Duke of Qi was loyal to the emperor and saved the emperor, so that the rest of the Duke of Qi was freed, only the original Duke of Qi was guilty, so the current Duke of Qi has great respect for this Duchess of Qi.
The Duke of Qi has a total of two sons and a daughter, only one son is a concubine, and the other sons and a daughter were born to the Duchess of Qi.
I heard that the concubine was born to the earliest Tongfang Yahuan of the Duke of Qi, and there was a Tongfang before marriage, and when the Duchess of Qi entered the door and gave birth to a concubine, there was a concubine born, but it was just such a concubine.
"I've seen the Duchess of Qi Guo." Mrs. Qu stepped forward and saluted.
"It's Mrs. Qu, right? Have a seat! After looking at Mrs. Qu, the Duchess of Qi nodded, and ordered someone to come over and help Mrs. Qu sit down.
Although the attitude was not affectionate, it was not cold, and seeing that Mrs. Qu was old, she specially asked someone to bring a cushion and put it on the chair.
After Mrs. Tai sat down, the princess of Qi Guo looked at the three young ladies of Qufu who followed her forward and saluted.
Shilang's Mansion is really nothing to the Qi State Mansion, and the Qi State Mansion has not paid attention to the few ladies of the Qu Mansion in the past, but this time she paid attention to Qu Qiuyan and Qu Moying.
Qu Xuexin she had seen it before, but she didn't care much about it, she only vaguely remembered that she was a gentle one, she looked very good, the third Miss Qu in front of her was very beautiful, no wonder she heard that King Jing was interested in her, her granddaughter had told her about it before, and she also comforted her granddaughter a few words, feeling that her granddaughter's complexion must be better than her.
Now it seems that each has its own merits, but I didn't expect this Miss Qu San to be so good, no wonder some people say that King Jing is in love with her.
If it was before, Mrs. Qu would inevitably knock Qu Qiuyan, but now, her granddaughter herself can't make up her mind, and Duchess Qi also thinks that she will look at it again, as for this last Miss Qu Si, Mrs. Qu is sure that she has not seen it before.
But this Miss Qu Si's dress is obvious, the long veil of eyes binds her face, only revealing her white and tender forehead and pink cherry lips, and most of her face is tied behind a wide veil.
As for the appearance, the Duchess of Qi felt that the rumors were really not credible, looking at the past with her eyes, even if this one was not excellent, it was not appearanceless, and there must be a middle-class posture, remembering that after the Yue girl married into Beijing, she also came to visit herself, and she felt very beautiful and very suitable for her eyes at that time.
Jiangnan Yue and Qi Guogong have a very good relationship, and now the head of the Yue family and Qi Guogong are good brothers, which is why the two daughters of the Yue family married in Beijing at that time, and they came to visit the Duchess of Qi respectively.
It's a pity that in the end, Qu Shilang was not a good one, why did the Yue family choose such a person as a husband at that time, it is really sad to think about it.
"You are the fourth lady born to the Yue clan?" Duchess Qi Guo beckoned to Qu Moying.
Qu Moying took two steps forward and said softly: "Duchess Yuguo, exactly!" ”
"Good boy, I've wronged you!" Duchess Qi sighed, took her hand, looked her up and down a few more times, and asked, "Is this eye disease okay?" Can it be cured? Is it possible to keep being tied up like this? ”
"It's almost good, but now it's not under strong light, and after a while, you can take it off." Qu Moying smiled.
Jiangnan Yue clan has a relationship with the Duke of Qi Guofu, when Ji Hanyue was in the past, I heard my mother talk about it, but I only talked about it, my mother said at the time that she didn't like the daughter of Qi Guogong, the current Mrs. Liu Shangshu, and then faded away, that is, when I saw Mrs. Qi at the banquet, I said conversation.
"Good, good, good!" Duchess Qi patted her hand again, and there was a bit of kindness in her eyes, which made her appearance immediately become gentle: "When I first met your mother, she was already married to the capital, but she didn't look much older than you, and when I looked at it, I felt that she was a good one, gentle and soft-spoken, and I fell in love, but it was just ......."
The Duchess of Qi sighed when she said this, took a handkerchief and swiped it from the corner of her eyes, then raised her head, and gently patted the back of Qu Moying's hand, "Now that you are back, you can come to see me more in the future, people are old, they will always miss some old people, and your mother can be regarded as the younger generation I like." ”
This is to support Qu Moying, Mrs. Qu glanced at the Duchess of Qi Kingdom gratefully.
"Mother, why do you always like people in Qufu, you were Mrs. Qu before, and now you are Miss Qusi, isn't it that you are particularly related to the people of Qufu." A gentle voice came from the side, with a soft smile, the voice was neither high nor low, and it was comfortable to listen to.
Qu Moying turned his head and saw a beautiful face, about thirty years old, but he looked extremely young, it was Mrs. Liu Shangshu, that is, the only concubine of the Duchess of Qi, and Liu Jingyu's biological mother.
No matter which identity it is, it shows that this lady has a noble status.
"You, you always like to say things like this, and when I first saw Second Mrs. Qu, I said the same." Duchess Qi smiled and stretched out her finger to point at Mrs. Qi.
"Whoever makes my mother always like Qufu, I don't look good, I am naturally disgusted by my mother." Mrs. Qi smiled, looking aggrieved, coaxing the father-in-law of Qi to laugh, put down Qu Moying's hand, and let her sit down on the side, "Even if you don't look good, I can still dislike it as a mother!" ”
"Mother, it's not disgusting, look at this and say I'm ugly." Mrs. Qi spread her hands and said.
The ladies sitting next to her also laughed, saying everything and enjoying themselves.
Qu Moying lowered his head and played with the handkerchief in his hand, the ladies in front of him were either from the Yungui family, or the high-ranking lady of the command, and it was not her turn to speak.
She has seen this Mrs. Liu Shangshu before, she was Ji Hanyue in the last life, this Liu Shangshu's wife Qi has only seen one side, every time she sees it, she feels that this is a gentle person, Liu Jingyu is very similar to her in both temperament and appearance, but she doesn't like Liu Jingyu and thinks she is very fake.
Therefore, I also feel a little fake for this Mrs. Qi.
When my mother used to talk about this Mrs. Qi, she didn't have a good impression, but she didn't say anything specifically, only that this Mrs. Liu was actually not very good, even if she had seen it before, she just smiled, and she was not very old at the time, and the circle between the two rarely intersected, in fact, she didn't say a few words.
Now it seems that this is a person who can speak, and only two sentences coaxed the Duchess of Qi to open her face, and it is no wonder that the Duke of Qi wanted to credit his own merits to the name of his granddaughter, not his own granddaughter, on the one hand, of course, because this granddaughter was born to a concubine, on the other hand, it was not the love of the Duke of Qi and his wife for his daughter.
At this time, a few people came here and there in the flower hall.
"Xiangyu, you take these young ladies to the garden for a walk, what is it to guard us old people, young people have to take a look outside, your cousin is already here, you also go and call her to come over." Duchess Qi greeted.
Qu Moying looked at it in a flash, and saw that the only young lady in the Qi State Mansion, Qi Xiangyu, the daughter of the second concubine, turned out from behind, and after saluting Mrs. Tai, she beckoned the young ladies to go out with her.
Qu Moying got up with everyone and followed her to the outside, and there were always more than a dozen young ladies in Zero.
Qu Moying didn't want to squeeze with them, so she fell to the end, and Qu Xuexin was by her side, Qu Qiuyan had already talked to the young lady she was familiar with, but she left Qu Xuexin to the end.
"The eldest sister is not familiar with these young ladies?" Qu Moying asked in surprise when he saw that Qu Xuexin had been falling at the end like himself.
It stands to reason that Qu Xuexin should have acquaintances, even if she doesn't know each other, this eldest sister can be regarded as delicate and kind, and she won't find someone to talk to.
Qu Xuexin shook his head, smiled bitterly and lowered his head: "There are acquaintances." ”
"Then why don't we talk together?" Qu Moying felt more and more strange, it was rare for everyone to meet together, and what was said was naturally the same as what was said.
Qu Xuexin shook his head again and sighed: "Forget it, it won't make people feel bad and ridiculed." ”
"Why are you mocking the eldest sister?" Qu Moying asked puzzledly, and when he finished speaking, he immediately understood, "The matter of the second sister?" ”
It's been a few days since things happened in the palace, and the identities of these young ladies in front of them are not ordinary, they must also know what happened in the palace, King Jingfu didn't react, and it happened again, no matter how you look at it, Qu Xuexin and Qu Caiyue are both young ladies in Dongfu, and they must be afraid of being talked about at this time.
"Eldest sister, third sister has passed." Qu Moying didn't ask this anymore, raised her chin and pointed at Qu Qiuyan, she was talking with a young lady.
"The third sister is different from me." Qu Xuexin said, raised her eyes to look at Qu Moying on the side, and said with a straight face, "Fourth sister, when I was in front of the mansion before, the third sister wanted to get into the carriage with you, but I saw her standing there awkwardly, so I let her join me." ”