"What did you find out in the Earl Ling'an's Mansion, Cousin?" Yue Wenhan directly asked her.
Qu Moying shook her head, "Nothing really. But I ran into His Royal Highness."
"His Royal Highness was in the Earl Ling'an's Mansion?" Yue Wenhan was surprised, feeling something was strange.
"Yes, he was there, staying in our cousin's room," Qu Moying nodded.
"Why was the Crown Prince in the Earl Ling'an's Mansion instead of hosting the Crown Princess's funeral in the Eastern Palace? Also..." Yue Wenhan paused, feeling weird about it. Even though the Crown Prince came for Earl Ling'an, why he was in the Crown Princess's yard instead of Earl Ling'an's yard?
Was His Royal Highness really deeply in love with the Crown Princess? Yue Wenhan smelled something fishy but couldn't figure out the reason.
"Our cousin married into the Eastern Palace with a grand dowry. Shouldn't the Crown Prince return her dowry to the Ji Family now? I heard Princess Ji moved into the Eastern Palace without anything. Will she take our cousin's dowry as hers?" Qu Moying let out a sigh and threw out the question that she had considered for a long time.
"I showed the letter to them just because I wanted to see the Ji Family's reaction. It seemed that they really don't intend to reclaim our cousin's dowry since another daughter of the Ji Family is still in the Eastern Palace."
The truth was so close to them, but people wouldn't notice its presence if no one mentioned it. This was so-called the darkness under the lamp.
Yue Wenhan immediately understood her as he pulled a long face. "Princess Ji is Second Master Ji's daughter, but the Crown Princess was First Master Ji's daughter. They had nothing to do with each other. How could the older sister marry the Crown Prince with her younger sister's dowry?"
"But if the Ji Family doesn't mention it, no one can say anything about it," Qu Moying reminded him.
Yue Wenhan nodded with a sullen face. It was indeed the truth. Then he suddenly stared at Qu Moying, "You mentioned two shops before. Was it for the same reason?"
"Yeah. I actually didn't care about them before, but then Second Madam Ji said the Crown Prince was involved in this matter and used this reason to reject me. She told me that the shops were part of our cousin's dowry, and it was inappropriate for the Ji Family to ask them back now. But since our cousin promised me before her wedding, they must belong to the Ji Family instead of the Crown Prince. Second Madam Ji just was unwilling to give them to me," Qu Moying explained carelessly.
Since Ji Hanyue had written about them in a letter to Qu Moying, she definitely wouldn't take them with her to the Eastern Palace. Otherwise, she wouldn't promise Qu Moying in the first place.
So, the two shops must've been left by Ji Hanyue in the Ji Family.
Actually, no one knew the truth better than Qu Moying, but she couldn't say it directly.
She also couldn't say that Ji Hanyue knew she would die soon, so she left the shops in her dowry to Qu Moying.
"How dare they?!" Yue Wenhan smacked the table with irritation.
"Cousin, I think they have the Crown Prince's acknowledgment too," Qu Moying reminded Yue Wenhan again.
Yue Wenhan's eyes darkened as he nodded. This matter was not a loss for the Crown Prince at all. Moreover, he might even make a big fortune out of it. There must be many valuable items in the Crown Prince's dowry. Maybe the Crown Prince didn't even think about returning it. As Yue Wenhan considered all kinds of possibilities, a thought jumped into his mind. People all praised the Crown Prince for his love for the Crown Princess, but what if the Crown Prince wasn't the same as he looked like?
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Reborn to Be A Noble Wife
Historical FictionDie in Water and Revive in Fire Ji Hanyue was born of a general. On the evening when she married the Crown Prince, she was framed and pushed into a lake. Before she died, she was told that both her father and sister had been murdered. When she woke...
