Reborn to Be A Noble Wife

Chapter 98: The Mysterious Person Behind Qu Zhizhen

People all knew that Princess Ji’s face became red and swollen because Fourth Lady Qu wiped her tears with her sleeve. As for Fourth Lady Qu, she was probably the most miserable one among all the people. She was still in a coma, lying in bed. People didn’t even know if she could survive this time.

All the rumors pointed at Yu as things about Qu Qiuyan were deliberately covered. People only knew that Qu Qiuyan was a part of the scheme, as malicious as her mother.

Soon, another piece of news spread out, saying that Yue Wenhan, the vice minister of the Dali Temple, stopped the Qus’ carriages with his men after knowing Yu had framed his cousin. He started an argument with Qu Zhizhen on the spot, during which Qu Zhizhen fell off his horse and broke his leg.

The news immediately confirmed the rumors before. If the words were not valid, the vice minister of the Dali Temple, a brilliant and competent young man, would never start such a big fight with Qu Zhizhen.

Since then, people’s attention had been drawn toward the history between Yu and Qu Zhizhen and some dirty things covered in the past. It was said that Yu hooked up with Qu Zhizhen long ago, and there might be some other reason for Yue, Qu Zhizhen’s ex-wife’s death. According to Yu’s personality, it seemed even possible that she was the one who killed Yue.

She couldn’t even tolerate Yue’s daughter, let alone Yue…

In Qu Zhizhen’s study, a doctor had treated Qu Zhizhen already. He actually didn’t break his leg but just twisted his ankle. When the argument started, his horse had stopped moving already. However, Yue Wenhan was a young man stronger than Qu Zhizhen and pulled him on the ground directly in anger. For the next few days, he couldn’t go to work until he could walk again.

“What should we do now?” after the Old Lady asked everyone to leave, including Yu and Luo, she asked her two sons.

Qu Zhilin stayed silent. Everyone respected his younger brother more than him. Moreover, it was about his younger brother’s wife and children, so it was not his place to show his opinions. But he was not surprised by what happened since he never had a good impression of Yu. Thinking of Yue, Qu Zhilin had to admit no matter how brilliant his younger brother was as a politician, he truly didn’t have a sharp eye for women.

As he expected, Yu was indeed a vicious woman.

Qu Zhizhen didn’t talk as well, sitting behind the desk with a sullen face.

“Let’s talk about Yan first. Although her misbehavior in the Crown Princess’s altar room has been covered, it did happen. The Crown Prince knows, Lord Jing knows, even Princess Changyu and Princess Ji know.” The Old Lady let out a deep sigh. She had calmed herself down already. Right now, the Qu Family’s priority should be overcoming the trouble caused by Qu Qiuyan.

“Mother, just let Yan meet Lord Jing and explain herself to him,” Qu Zhizhen said coldly.

“Let her explain it? She’s still an unmarried lady! How can she explain it?” The Old Lady hit the table in anger.

“Mother, what other choice do we have? Yan likes Lord Jing, and he seems interested in her as well. I think it was just a misunderstanding. Yan wouldn’t do such a foolish thing. It won’t be a big deal after she explains it to Lord Jing,” Qu Zhizhen said impatiently.

“No big deal? If people know that the Crown Prince and Lord Jing…” The Old Lady trembled in rage. She couldn’t believe her son didn’t realize the severity of the situation and allowed his daughter to meet Lord Jing in private merely for playing up to Lord Jing.

Even the Old Lady was not sure if something really happened between Qu Qiuyan and the Crown Prince. Yu and her daughter fixated on Lord Jing so much before due to his status and power. The Old Lady wouldn’t find it strange if they changed their target to the Crown Prince, who had just lost his first wife.