Chapter 404 – Lord Jing’S Jade Pendant Was Missing
Chapter 404 Lord Jing’s Jade Pendant Was Missing
The one who pulled Qing i away was a lad servant of Qu Mingcheng!
After pulling Qing i to the back of the artificial hill, the lad servant asked in a low voice, “How is it? I saw that you had handed the thing over to that maid just now, right?”
In fact, the lad servant had been following Qing i, and he had been staring at Qing i and Yu Dong from afar, but he couldn’t see them clearly because he was a bit far away from them.
Qing i said proudly, “Don’t worry, I’ve already handed it over.”
“Second Young Master gave this to you!” The lad servant took out a pouch from his pocket. The pouch was bulging, which showed that there were quite a few things in it.
Qing i took it and pinched it. She smiled and said, “Thank Second Young Master for ! Many thanks!”
The lad servant said, “You can go back now. I will report this to Second Young Master. If others see you in the outer yard now, there will be so bad rumors again.”
“Yes, yes, I will go back imdiately!” Qing i said with a smile. Then, she turned around and walked back. However, when she turned around, she stole a glance at the lad servant and curled her lips in dissatisfaction slightly. “Second Young Master is interesting. He seems to believe , but the fact that he asked a lad servant to keep an eye on shows that he doesn’t completely trust .”
She tossed the pouch in her hand in the air, looking quite complacent…
However, she did not know that all of this had fallen into the eyes of Yu Dong, who had been following her all the way here!
“Lady, Qing i went to the outer yard, but she was pulled away by soone on her way. It was a lad servant of Second Young Master. After talking with the lad servant, she left with a pouch, which looked the sa as the one Second Young Master gave . It can be seen that they were both the rewards from Second Young Master.”
After entering Qu Moying’s room, Yu Dong reported to Qu Moying what he saw when he secretly followed Qing i all the way just now.
He was not Qing i. He had thods to follow soone without being noticed. He followed Qing i all the way until the latter returned to Qu Qiuyan’s yard.
Qing i would never expect that Yu Dong, whom she thought she had instigated, had followed her all the way.
“Lady, I think Qing i is very strange!” Yu Dong found out sothing new. “I don’t think that she has much respect for Second Young Master!”
Qu Moying glanced at him and asked, “Why do you say so?”
“I saw her behavior and expression after leaving with the reward. She didn’t seem to respect Second Young Master. An ordinary maid will not dare to show contempt to a Master like her.” Yu Dong clearly saw a hint of contempt on Qing i’s face, which an ordinary maid would not dare to show.
“Lady, I heard from Qing i that she used to be a maid in another mansion, but she accidentally broke sothing and was chased out. After that, she was bought by East Mansion. Second Young Master thought that she was good and saw that Third Lady did not have enough maids, so he gave her to Third Lady.”
Yu Dong had already investigated Qing i’s background, which seed to be normal.
So strict families were very strict with their servants. If their servants displeased them, they would sell the servants as a punishnt. This was not rare in the capital.
“No matter whom she works for, she can’t get away with it since she is involved this ti!” Qu Moying sneered and looked at the thing that Yu Dong had just taken out.
It was a piece of jade pendant that Qing i had given to Yu Dong just now. Qing i said it was sothing that could let Qu Moying and Qu Qiuyan reconcile and benefit everyone.
Qu Moying picked up the jade pendant and looked at it carefully. She found that the jade pendant was made of top-quality jade, and it didn’t seem to have anything different from an ordinary jade pendant.
“Qing i said that this is Third Lady’s new jade pendant. She likes it very much. If she finds it missing, she will be anxious. At that ti, if you say that you have found it and ask soone to send it to her, Third Lady will definitely thank you. Qing i will say sothing to persuade Third Lady like a peacemaker. Then, you and Third Lady will be reconciled.”
Qing i ntioned another benefit, but Yu Dong did not bring it up now because he felt disgusted at the thought of it. Qing i said that Yu Dong could follow Second Young Master if the two ladies reconciled, and Third Lady would not make things difficult for him in the future.
Hearing Yu Dong’s words, Qu Moying frowned. She took a closer look at the jade pendant, but she didn’t find anything strange about it. She stood up and walked to the window with the jade pendant in her hand. She narrowed her eyes to look at the jade pendant under the light coming from the window. Then, she found a tiny crack in the middle of the jade pendant, and her eyes beca unfathomable.
Qu Moying handed the jade pendant to Yu Dong. “Yu Dong, do you see any words in this?”
Yu Dong took it and looked at it under the light. His eyesight was better than that of Qu Moying, so he imdiately saw that there was a small word in the crack.
It was the word “Sheng”, which was not so common. Rembering that it was sent by Qu Qiuyan’s maid, Yu Dong imdiately understood.
“Is it Lord Jing’s jade pendant?”
“It should be. They are taking a big risk!” Qu Moying sneered. She took the jade pendant from Yu Dong and took a closer at it. Finally, she confird that there was indeed the word “Sheng” carved on it. She got Lord Jing’s jade pendant, so the following part of the sche would be unfolded with Lord Jing as an excuse.
It was Lord Jing’s belonging. It belonged to the royal family and also to a man. Qu Moying had nothing to do with Lord Jing, but she got his jade pendant now. Should she say that she picked it up sowhere?
If she picked it up, where did she find it? Recently, Qu Qiuyan had rarely co out of her Furong House, and Qu Moying had not visited her either. Therefore, the origin of this jade pendant would be suspicious. However, was only this jade pendant involved?
“Father, it’s a big deal. What should we do?” Qu Mingcheng stood in front of Qu Zhizhen, his face full of worry, “Qiuyan is so anxious now. If it is really lost, she will be in big trouble!”
Qu Zhizhen’s face was gloomy. “How did she lose it?”
Qu Mingcheng frowned. “I don’t know. Qiuyan has been staying in the mansion for the past few days. She has only paid respects to Grandmother these days. Other than going to Grandmother, the only person she saw might be Moying. But if Moying finds it, I think she will tell Qiuyan.”
Qu Zhizhen stared at him with a aningful look.
“Do you think it is in Moying’s place?”
Qu Mingcheng shook his head. “I don’t think so. But perhaps a servant in the mansion accidentally picked it up and didn’t hand it in. He or she might think it was an unexpected fortune.”
His words made Qu Zhizhen’s expression ease up a bit. Qu Zhizhen nodded in agreent.
Qu Mingcheng asked anxiously, “Father, what should we do now? Lord Jing will co to our mansion tomorrow. When the ti cos, he will probably ask us about the jade pendant. If we can’t take it out, what should we do?”
The jade pendant was accidentally dropped by Lord Jing in Qu Mansion that day. Lord Jing had sent soone to Qu Mansion to ask about the jade pendant, but they didn’t send the jade pendant back to him because he was going to co to Qu Mansion tomorrow. They could just return it to him tomorrow. It was temporarily kept by Qu Qiuyan, but Qu Qiuyan actually lost it.
This was not just Qu Qiuyan’s matter alone. How were they supposed to find the jade pendant before tomorrow?
Qu Zhizhen stood up and said, “Search each yard one by one. I’ll go and inform your grandmother so that she won’t be alard.”
Qu Mingcheng asked, “Father, do you want to do it?”
“You do it. There are only a few places in the mansion. Find out where Qiuyan has been to in the past few days and the people she might et on the way.” Qu Zhizhen looked at the sky outside. It was getting dark, but they had to find the jade pendant.
“Father, should I go to Grandmother’s place first or Moying’s place first?” These two places were where the jade pendant was most likely to be found.
“I will go to your grandmother’s place. You go to Moying’s place.” After thinking for a second, Qu Zhizhen added, “Take care not to disturb Moying.”
Qu Mingcheng nodded. “Father, don’t worry. I know. I will inform Moying first.”
Seeing that Qu Mingcheng was acting properly, Qu Zhizhen first brought people to check on the Old Lady’s yard, while Qu Mingcheng brought so lad servants and old maids over to Qianyue House.
Qu Moying had just finished her dinner when she heard the noise outside the yard. She exchanged a look with Yu Dong and waved her hand. Yu Dong understood and went out to check. After a while, he ca back and reported, “Lady, Second Young Master is here. He said that sothing important is missing. He wants to search all the yards.”
Qu Moying asked indifferently, “What is missing?”
Yu Dong answered, “He didn’t say what exactly is missing. He just said that it is sothing important.”
Qu Moying stood up and held Yu Chun’s hand as they walked out. There were indeed quite a few people in the yard. There were three lad servants and about six old maids. They were clearly here to search the yard.
Qu Mingcheng walked in the middle and cupped his hands towards Qu Moying. He said gently, “Moying, I ca in a hurry. Sorry to disturb you. It is truly my fault. However, I have to follow Father’s order. Moying, please take a rest in your room. I will leave after searching the servants’ rooms. I will apologize to you the other day!”
He made things clear with a few words, and he seed to be sincere and honest.
Qu Moying sneered in her heart. “The real thief is trying to accuse soone else of the theft!”
“Second Brother, do as you please!” Qu Moying bowed politely. She did not show her emotions. Since it was her father’s idea, she could not stop Qu Mingcheng.
Qu Mingcheng ordered Yu Chun, “Yu Chun, help your Lady go in and rest. It will be chaotic outside!”
Yu Chun complied and helped Qu Moying into the inner room. Qu Moying sat down in the main room, picked up the teacup at hand, took a sip, and then slowly put it down. A hint of coldness flashed through her eyes. She was waiting for Qu Mingcheng to co to her…
Qu Mingcheng called out to Yu Dong, who was about to leave with Qu Moying, and said in a gentle voice, “Yu Dong, you are the senior maid of this yard. Take to look around.”
Since he said so, it was inconvenient for Yu Dong to leave. He could only accompany Qu Mingcheng to search from the first room in the east. Granny Zhou ca over in a hurry and saw this scene. She hesitated for a mont but still followed them.
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