Sheng Chong Concubine

Chapter 389 Minglan is jealous, the truth is revealed (3)
Qiu Mingzhu was silent for a while, but Qiu Mingxu couldn't bear it anymore.

"Fifth Sister, when I went to pay my respects to my grandmother this morning, I heard those maids muttering and whispering along the way. They..."

"Be quiet and don't be impatient." Qiu Mingyue comforted her with a gentle expression.

Qiu Mingzhu looked at her, wondering why she was still drinking tea quietly at this time?

"Fifth Sister, do you already have an idea?" Qiu Mingzhu asked a little uncertainly. The Qiu Mingyue she was familiar with, never changed color when Mount Tai collapsed. .No matter what happened, she seemed calm and neither happy nor angry.

After a long time, Qiu Mingzhu had an illusion.It seems that no matter when and where, no matter who or what, she will always look calm and breezy.Just like the last time at the foot of Baohua Temple, in that situation, couldn't she also save the day?
But this time, things seemed to go too far.Can she work it out?

Qiu Mingyue lowered her eyes and smiled, the smile reflected in the tea, elegant and cool.

"What I want to know is, is Grandma suspicious?"

Qiu Mingzhu was silent for a while, then said, "Perhaps..."

"Fourth sister."

bang.

Qiu Mingyue put the lid on the tea, raised her eyes, her eyes were cold.

"What I want is not perhaps such an uncertain answer, Fourth Sister, you should know." She looked at Qiu Mingyue, her expression was silent in the mist of tea fragrance.

Qiu Mingzhu trembled all over, raised her eyes to look at Qiu Mingyue, just in time to meet her seemingly gentle but cold eyes, she became a little dazed, and smiled bitterly for a while.

"Fifth Sister is so smart, she already knows it in her heart, so why ask me?"

Qiu Mingyue went to look at the small square table, with a calm expression, and suddenly said: "Fourth sister, maybe things are not as easy as we imagined."

Qiu Mingzhu was startled, and then realized what she was referring to, her complexion turned slightly pale.

"Can't it?" Can she still not change her fate of marrying Ye Shangxian?
Qiu Mingyue looked sideways at Qiu Mingxu, and said, "Mingxu, you go out first, I have something to tell Fourth Sister, and I'll call you later."

Qiu Mingxu opened his mouth, nodded obediently, and went out.

Only then did Qiu Mingyue look at Qiu Mingzhu, "Fourth Sister, I think there may be something I should tell you."

Qiu Mingzhu's expression remained calm, she just clung to Juanpa's movements, but betrayed her.

"Fifth Sister, tell me, I can bear it."

Qiu Mingyue smiled, "Fourth sister, don't be so nervous."

Qiu Mingzhu smiled wryly, "Fifth Sister, don't be so secretive. To tell you the truth, I have been restless since the day you left." She paused, "When I went to pay my mother's peace this morning, , but did not see her, the maid said, mother is sick. But I don't understand, mother was fine yesterday, why did she suddenly get sick?"

Qiu Mingyue's eyelashes flickered, "Sick? Did you suddenly get sick?"

"Yes." Qiu Mingzhu nodded, "But when I came out from my mother's place, I met my eldest brother, and his complexion was not very good, as if he was very weak. After he went in, I hid in the dark, and I dare not rely on him." It was too close, and I just vaguely heard that there seemed to be a quarrel between them. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but it was the first time I saw my elder brother so angry. It didn't take long for my elder brother to come out, his face was pale, There are bloodstains on the cuffs of the shirt. It doesn't look like sickness, but rather..."

"Injured?" Qiu Mingyue accepted her words with a serious expression on her face.Thinking of yesterday afternoon, Qiu Mingxuan's complexion seemed really bad.It's just that she didn't care much at that time.Thinking about it now, Qiu Mingxuan must have suffered internal injuries.Could it be that the injury from last time hasn't healed yet?No, it's impossible. When I went to see Mingrui the day before yesterday, he was fine.That night, his injuries were only minor and should not be serious.Then yesterday...

"Fourth sister, do you know what elder brother was doing yesterday?"

"Huh?" Qiu Mingzhu looked at her suspiciously, "Why are you asking this?"

"Tell me first, where did brother go at noon yesterday?"

Qiu Mingzhu thought for a while, and said, "I didn't go out yesterday, so I don't know where he went. But last night, Dad suddenly came to see me."

Qiu Mingyue raised her eyebrows and looked over, "Huh?"

Qiu Mingzhu smiled wryly, "Father usually doesn't care much about our sisters. That's why I'm surprised."

Qiu Mingyue didn't speak, the second master was a taciturn person.She hardly talked to him, and she didn't know the second master very well.It's just that the second master feels indifferent, and he treats everyone the same.But he has a lot of respect for the second wife.

"What did the second uncle tell you?"

Qiu Mingzhu lowered her head, "At first he didn't say a word, and I was also puzzled. Yesterday, Dad was a little strange. He just sat there, and his eyes were a little distant and confused. He kept holding tea, and the tea was cold. I still didn’t say a word. I called him a lot of times before he came back to his senses. I don’t know if it was my illusion. I thought Dad looked at me very strangely at that time. Then he said a lot to me, There is mother, there is my aunt..."

"Your aunt?"

Qiu Mingzhu nodded, "My aunt's surname is Fang, and she used to be my mother's personal maid."

Qiu Mingyue didn't say anything, she knew this.

Qiu Mingzhu smiled in a daze, "I haven't told you about it before."

Everyone has a secret that no one knows, and Qiu Mingyue has always known that there is a tearful heart under Qiu Mingzhu's indifferently smiling face.

"I only found out yesterday." She lowered her eyes and her voice was sad.

"Father and mother are married in a family. Dad said that he knew his mother before he married his mother. He admired his mother's talent and beauty, so he begged his grandmother to go to Huangfu to propose marriage. Dad said that when he met his mother, she was only 15 years old. That is, the year when the eldest aunt passed the family, the eldest uncle went to Yangzhou before getting married and never came back. My grandfather asked my father to go to Yangzhou to look for the uncle. On the way, he happened to meet the mother who followed Mrs. Huang back to her natal family to visit her relatives. That day coincided with It was raining heavily, and it was the countryside, so we couldn’t stay overnight, so a few people took refuge in the long pavilion.”

"Young men and women, unmarried men and unmarried women, in the wilderness, gathering in the pavilion like this is unreasonable. Fortunately, Mrs. Huang is not a pedantic person, but at that time, the mother who was still a young girl was inevitably a little embarrassed. Mother He was born beautiful and beautiful since he was a child, and he was full of talent, and he spoke poems. His temper was a bit cold and arrogant. My father studied in a family of rites, music, poetry and books, so he was naturally talented and learned."

"Fifth sister, you know it. Since ancient times, a woman's lack of talent is virtue. Therefore, many ladies have only read the Women's Precepts, and most of them have only a half-knowledge of the Four Books. However, in the place where high-ranking officials in the capital gather, the rich Daughters who are born in the first place are taught by a special teacher. But even so, it is difficult to find a woman who is as eloquent and impromptu as her mother. Therefore, my father will naturally be surprised. Young and frivolous men and women inevitably have a competitive heart. Immediately, people met poems in the pavilion, on a whim, but they didn't notice it even after the heavy rain stopped."

(End of this chapter)