Reborn to Be A Noble Wife

Chapter 133: Looking for Concubine Xiang's Help

Qu Moying continued to walk in.

The Buddha hall was not very big. There were only three Buddha statues. The largest statue was in the middle, with two smaller ones on both sides. There were a few futons in the hall, and a woman was kneeling on one of them. Her hair was slightly greyish, and she was dressed in coarse clothes. She was kneeling there quietly and did not even turn around when she heard Qu Moying’s footsteps.

“Are you Concubine Xiang?” Qu Moying asked in a low voice as she looked at this somewhat familiar figure.

“Yes. Who are you? I don’t think you live in this mansion. You’re not allowed to enter this place.” Concubine Xiang replied coldly while kneeling in front of the Buddha statues without turning back.

“I am Fourth Lady from the Qu’s Mansion,” Qu Moying answered.

After a moment of silence, Concubine Xiang slowly turned her head and looked at the door.

Concubine Xiang was a beautiful woman about forty years old, but she looked very old. Half of her hair was already grey, making her look ten years older.

She looked at Qu Moying with a moved expression, and there was a fluctuation in her calm eyes.

Qu Moying, who was standing at the door, was petite. The long eye veil covered her eyes and hid her face. But even so, seeing the long eye veil, Concubine Xiang was still excited. It was indeed that child. Only that child would always wear an eye veil.

It was because of the eye disease that this child was still wearing an eye veil.

“Your… Your eyes still have not recovered yet?” Concubine Xiang calmed down and asked with concern.

Qu Moying stepped in through the light at the door and quietly walked to Concubine Xiang’s side. She knelt down on the futon beside Concubine Xiang and shook her head gently.

When Concubine Xiang saw Qu Moying come over, she wanted to prop herself up on the futon, as if she was going to bow at the latter.

Qu Moying reached out to hold her down. “Concubine Xiang, I knew about you. Cousin Hanyue told me about you in the past. She said that the letter you sent out was missing, and it’s not your fault. You don’t have to blame yourself, and you don’t need to suffer until now.”

Concubine Xiang came to this mansion as Yue’s maid when Yue married Earl Ling’an. Unlike Granny Zhou, she was promoted by Yue and became Ji Yongming’s concubine.

Earl Ling’an originally had two personal maids who were later promoted to concubines. Therefore, he had a total of three concubines, including Concubine Xiang. This wasn’t a big number compared to how many concubines other masters of the aristocratic families in the capital had. Moreover, it was also demanded by Yue that Concubine Xiang should be promoted to concubine. This was because Yue did not want Old Lady Ji to control the other two concubines to fight against her.

This explained Concubine Xiang’s promotion.

Although Concubine Xiang was a concubine, she was very loyal to Yue, her own master.

Concubine Xiang helped Yue to deal with Old Lady Ji and protected Yue wholeheartedly.

But even so, Old Lady Ji did not like her daughter-in-law, and sometimes she would make things very difficult for Yue.

Old Lady Ji was very dissatisfied with Yue because she only gave birth to two daughters after marrying Earl Ling’an, and they had no son. Because of this, Old Lady Ji intended to find another woman with a good family background to marry Earl Ling’an as his concubine. Old Lady Ji even wanted Ji Yongming to marry a second wife. In this way, their son would still be a wife-born son.