Reborn to Be A Noble Wife

Chapter 71: Back to Reality

Her words reminded Qu Qiuyan. She remembered one of her close friends once told her that Noble Consort He was fond of Liu Jingyu.

Her friend mentioned it when she was insulted by Liu Jingyu in that argument.

Was it true?

Qu Qiuyan started to feel panic as she ground her teeth and cursed inwardly. Lord Jing could only belong to her. Even though Liu Jingyu had a better family background than her, she was still prettier. She was not any worse than Liu Jingyu.

Even that blind girl Qu Moying’s cousin could become the Crown Princess. Why could she not become Madam Jing?

She still wanted to say something, but suddenly, she saw someone waving at her from a distance – it was Second Young Master Yan. The look on Qu Qiuyan’s face became hesitant.

Her mother told her not to communicate with Second Young Master Yan, but he took the initiative to talk to her this time. So, it shouldn’t count as she disobeyed her mother.

“You go take a walk. Give me some time alone,” said Qu Qiuyan.

“Qiuyan, I’m here with you. I will be worried if you walk alone,” Qu Caiyue flattered her.

“You don’t need to be so hypocritical,” Qu Qiuyan said to Qu Caiyue disdainfully. Then she ignored her and walked toward a narrow path aside with her maid.

Qu Caiyue froze there in embarrassment, but she dared to do nothing except for forcing a smile. “Then be careful, Qiuyan. If anything happens, you can come back and tell me…and First Sister.”

“I want to take a walk alone, too,” said Qu Xuexin, who frowned, watching Qu Qiuyan leaving.

“It’s okay. I heard there were purple peach flowers in the temple, but people never found them. I might as well go look for them, and maybe I’ll be the lucky one to see the rare flowers first,” Qu Caiyue put on a bitter smile. Qu Xuexin was not someone she dared to offend either.

It took Qu Xuexin a few seconds to stare at where Qu Qiuyan left, and then she walked toward another path.

Now, Qu Caiyue was standing alone with a sullen face.

“My lady, are we going to look for the purple peach flowers?” her maid asked discreetly since her master lowered her head in silence for a while.

“Purple flowers…? Are you dumb? If the purple flowers really exist, why haven’t other people found them? Obviously, they don’t exist,” Qu Caiyue glared at her maid and scolded. She pinched the maid’s arm hard to vent her anger and walked straightforwardly without noticing the direction. After she married into a good family and climbed up someday, she would make those wives’ daughters pay for all the insult she had taken from them.

Tears formed in the maid’s eyes, feeling the pain from her arm, but she didn’t even dare to make a sound, only trotting behind her master.

After a little bit of walk, Qu Qiuyan saw Yan Yu at a crossing.

“Third Lady Qu.” Yan Yu cupped his hands in front of his chest and bowed to her. As Xu Lipeng’s close friend, he had visited the Qu’s Mansion with Xu Lipeng several times and was pretty acquainted with Qu Qiuyan.

“Second Young Master Yan.” Qu Qiuyan had entirely calmed down and put on her usual polite look. She curtsied to Yan Yu and looked at him blankly, “How can I help you?”

“About what happened yesterday…” said Yan Yu.

“Yesterday? Do you mean the thing about you and Second Sister? My grandmother is furious about it. Second Young Master Yan, please don’t do it again. If you are really interested in Second Sister, you can visit my family and make an official proposal. Doing it in private will only ruin both families’ names,” Qu Qiuyan chimed in quickly.