Reborn to Be A Noble Wife

Chapter 84: Yu's Impressive Acting

“Third Lady Qu, there might be a misunderstanding. Maybe someone is trying to use this hairpin to set up your family. You can ask your father to check on it. There have to be some clues that he can find out. You and your sister are just two ladies, and it will be inconvenient for you to make an investigation,” said Pei Yusheng.

His words acted as an excuse for Qu Qiuyan, implying that someone wanted to frame Qu Zhizhen by ruining his daughter’s name. Qu Qiuyan was also a victim and had nothing to do with it.

Qu Moying raised her brow and stepped back quietly, leaving the space to Qu Qiuyan and Pei Yusheng.

Chun Xiu arrived pretty late and didn’t see the whole process. Frowning, she looked at the two people in the center and whispered to an old woman next to her, “What happened? Why does Lord Jing spend so much effort defending Third Lady Qu?”

At the same time, Qu Qiuyan took out her hanky to wipe her tears, feeling wronged. If there weren’t many people here, she would’ve already rushed into Pei Yusheng’s arms and asked for his comfort pitifully.

“I don’t know. But by the looks of them…they indeed seem pretty familiar with each other… Maybe Lord Jing is interested in Third Lady Qu!” the old woman answered her in a low voice. She was not talking so quietly, but with all the people around discussing, no one could hear her clearly.

“So, Lord Jing is helping Third Lady Qu to get her out of trouble?” Chun Xiu exclaimed, catching many people’s attention, including Pei Yusheng’s. People all turned around and looked at her while she covered her mouth in embarrassment. She gave people an apologetic smile and lowered her head hurriedly.

People all fell into silence for a second and then looked back at the center where Qu Qiuyan and Pei Yusheng stood. They started to have a guess in their minds.

Everyone believed that it was Third Lady Qu who wanted to frame her younger sister. She said she gave the hairpin to Qu Moying. However, the hairpin ended up in a man’s hand who claimed he received it from a strange maid. Since Third Lady Qu was the hairpin’s owner, naturally, she was the one who sent it.

She sent it on behalf of her younger sister to a poor scholar. Although the scholar was a hard-up one, he still had the backbone to return the hairpin, feeling annoyed by the lady’s misbehavior. What happened later clearly showed that Third Lady Qu was trying to blame it all on her younger sister.

But then Lord Jing showed up, saying someone was trying to set up Vice Minister Qu’s family?

Hinted by Chun Xiu’s words, many people didn’t buy Lord Jing’s excuse.

“Okay, this is over. Third Lady Qu, Fourth Lady Qu, please ask your father to make an investigation on this when you are back home.” Pei Yusheng pulled a long face, took a glance at Chun Xiu, and left with his group.

If Chun Xiu weren’t Liu Lanxin’s maid, he would vent his anger on her for being rude, but he couldn’t do anything to her right now. Moreover, he even needed to come up with a proper explanation to tell Lady Liu. He couldn’t make her think he had something to do with Qu Qiuyan.

He used to think Qu Qiuyan was a kind, considerate girl whose appearance was his type too. Although sometimes she would have a temper, all he needed to do was to say some pretty words and let her vent it out. However, seeing her made Lord Jing feel inexplicably annoyed. He started to regret meeting her in private on Old Lady Qu’s birthday banquet. Otherwise, people wouldn’t spread the rumors about them, which kind of ruined his plan.

Following Pei Yusheng, County Lady Jingyu turned back to look at the crowd and then asked softly, “Your Royal Highness, what’s going on?”

“Nothing surprising there. It’s just the conflict between officials. I need to go back and report it to my father.” Pei Yusheng swung his wide sleeve furiously.