Since he had decided to investigate thoroughly, Pei Yusheng could only find a yard nearby, have a few key people sit down, and the others leave.
We first investigated with the maids in Prince Jing's mansion, and finally found out that she had been away for a while, and someone around Concubine Qu brought her some snacks, saying that they were freshly made in the kitchen.
The maid who delivered the cakes had a close relationship with this old woman in the past, and the two families had a certain degree of kinship. It was not just today that she delivered the cakes specifically, she had done so before.
When delivering snacks, the old woman talked to her for a while, just a few words, and then she kept staring at the yard.
Besides, when she was talking, the old woman said that she was also watching the yard, and it would be unlikely that someone would go in without being noticed.
The old woman swore to the sky, and kept saying that she was there the whole time and there was nothing wrong at all the rest of the time.
As for the maid who delivered the snacks, she just went there as usual, and when she saw the old woman inside, she gave her some freshly made snacks. Today was the day when the master was very happy, so she just took the snacks from the kitchen at will. Everyone ate happily, and let everyone in the mansion share in the good mood.
The man surnamed Wang was a fugitive. He was indeed brought to Prince Jing's mansion by someone. He committed fraud and deception. Since he could not find his victim, he had been kept in jail. This time, he was transferred to an ordinary cell. He found an opportunity and escaped.
Someone helped him and asked him to come here to find the Crown Princess, saying that as long as he found the Crown Princess, he would have nothing to worry about in the future. He also said that the original thing was done by the Crown Princess who sent someone to contact him.
The incident that happened back then was told by a woman. A man named Wang took the money and prepared a series of things to ruin Qu Moying's reputation and take him away.
This woman was very mysterious and she had only met the man named Wang a few times.
This time, the man surnamed Wang had no choice. He was a fugitive and could not even leave the city gate. He might be caught and taken back later, and he didn't know what would happen to him.
Now that he had the only life-saving clue, how could he be unwilling? Even if he couldn't find the woman who had contacted him at that time, this matter seemed to be related to the Crown Princess. How could a barefoot man like him be afraid of a person wearing shoes? If he bit the Crown Princess to death, it would be a piece of cake for her to let him go.
Thinking of this, the man surnamed Wang immediately followed a mysterious man over.
In fact, he only had a vague impression of the woman who had contacted him before.
Later, when he pointed at the maidservant beside Liu Jingyu, he only felt it was similar.
The maid hid at the back, keeping her head down, looking very panic-stricken. The man surnamed Wang noticed her and the more he looked at her, the more she looked like him, so he pointed at her.
Regardless of whether it is or not, it is definitely the one that left some impression.
What the man surnamed Wang did not expect was the appearance of King Jing. He originally just wanted to meet the Crown Princess secretly and use this as a threat to get the Crown Princess to send him out of the city and give him some silver, and from then on he would be far away and never come back.
Unfortunately, the situation had changed. When he was caught, Pei Yusheng wanted to deal with him directly. If he hadn't revealed Liu Jingyu's identity, he might have lost his life at that time.
He was also a wanderer, so how could he not understand the implication of Pei Yusheng's words at that time? The title of an assassin could not only make his life worse than death, but could even take his life.
The appearance of the two maids was another surprise.
The two of them were serving Liu Lanxin in the bridal chamber today, but they were not first-class maids, so they just served outside and helped to get some things. There were fewer pastries in the bridal chamber before, so the two of them went to the kitchen to get some. Today, the female relatives who came to the master's bridal chamber to make trouble were of extraordinary status, so they had to be served well.
But when they came back, they saw a person acting sneakily in front of them. The two people saw that the person was a man, and he entered the inner courtyard and was around their master. This was a big deal, so the two people followed him closely, staring at the man named Wang.
Afterwards, the man surnamed Wang was arrested and they just watched the fun from the side. Unexpectedly, it involved some old things they had heard of, so they stood up on the spot to testify.
Actually, they were just discussing the matter at hand. They both had indeed learned etiquette in the Qu Mansion. Liu Lanxin herself was just an unmarried young lady with no elders around her. She had a good relationship with the unmarried Qu Moying. They both married into the royal family, so Liu Lanxin asked Qu Moying's mansion to help her find two suitable maids.
As for the big personal maid around her, Liu Lanxin certainly would not send her to Qu Mansion.
Sending two ordinary second-class maids here is also to let them get familiar with the etiquette of the capital. The maids sent by the palace cannot possibly educate little maids like them.
In the Qu Mansion, I got to know the maids there and occasionally heard about Miss Qu. The people in the Qu Mansion were indignant for Miss Qu and complained a few words in private. Even if it involved the Crown Princess, it was nothing. They were just words of dissatisfaction said in private.
After investigating everything, it was found that except for the man surnamed Wang, everything was just coincidence, as if it was really just an accident.
Qu Moying sat beside Pei Yuanjun, listening quietly, her eyelashes slightly drooping, looking extremely calm, as if what was being talked about was not her business.
Liu Lanxin was involved in this matter, Liu Jingyu was involved, and she was also involved, as was Qu Qiuyan, although she was just an ordinary maid beside her.
Liu Jingyu sat opposite her, looking at Qu Moying from time to time, pursing his lips slightly, as if he had something to say, but didn't know what to say.
Her face was pale and she still looked unwell, but fortunately she was still dignified and decent, trying hard to maintain her dignity as a princess.
"What do you think about this matter, second brother? There must be someone behind this man, right?" Pei Luoan pondered for a moment, then pointed at the man surnamed Wang who was kneeling outside.
"The Qixi Festival, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess?" Pei Yusheng curled his lips with interest, obviously not interested in what Pei Luoan said, "At that time... the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince had not yet been granted marriage, right?"
Pei Yusheng sneered after he finished speaking.
At that time, not only were the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess not yet engaged, but he and Liu Fu were also in an ambiguous relationship. The Princess Jing that everyone was talking about was still Liu Jingyu.
Pei Luoan's calm expression could no longer be maintained. He glanced at Liu Jingyu with a cold gaze and coughed softly: "Second brother, the first thing we should talk about in this matter is who is the person behind the scenes. The key point..."
He looked at Pei Yusheng, then at Pei Yuanjun, who was leaning against the side with a half-smile on his face, not considering himself as an insider at all.
"To harm me, Uncle Wang, and my second brother."
"The Crown Princess has never done anything to harm the Princess of England?" Pei Yusheng no longer focused on the previous topic. He was too embarrassed to say this.
It was as if he was the one being cuckolded.
"I didn't harm Princess Ying, I... How could I harm Princess Ying at that time." Liu Jingyu hurriedly raised his pale face and his eyes turned red again.
"That man said he saw someone around the Crown Princess." Pei Yusheng raised his chin and gestured to look at the man named Wang in the yard.
"If they really aren't mine, I can let this maid confront them right here." Liu Jingyu turned around and said to a big maid beside him, "Go, call the maid that was targeted just now over here, and let His Royal Highness Prince Jing interrogate her."
Pei Yusheng didn't say anything. This was what he had originally thought. Since the matter was traced back to this maid, he had to let the facts speak for themselves. He didn't believe what Liu Jingyu said.
But he also felt that this was unlikely.
At that time, Liu Jingyu and Qu Moying had never fought directly with each other. One was the Lady of Jingyu County, and the other was the fourth lady of the Qu family. There was no power relationship between them.
The people they are going to marry are also different. Liu Jingyu cannot marry Pei Yuanjun, and Qu Moying cannot marry the prince or himself. From this point of view, Liu Jingyu's words sound like they are true. Thinking about it this way, Pei Yusheng also feels that this matter does not seem to have much to do with Liu Jingyu.
If the man surnamed Wang didn't recognize the wrong person, then the maid had two minds and must belong to someone else.
When Liu Jingyu came in, he only brought a trusted maid with him. The same was true for the others. Usually there was only one person, as there would not be enough room for more people, so they originally stayed in a nearby courtyard.
The others were waiting outside the gate.
Hearing the call from inside, the maid came up timidly. As soon as she entered the room, she knelt down in front of the people above her and loudly protested her injustice.
"Don't you know this person?" Pei Yusheng looked at the man named Wang kneeling in the yard with a gloomy look.
"I don't know him. How could I know such a person? When I was young, I was bought into the palace by the Empress. At that time, I followed my family to escape. It was the Empress who saved me. The Empress has shown me a great favor. How could I repay kindness with hatred and do such a thing to betray the Empress?"
The maid burst into tears and fell to the ground trembling.
"Aren't you a servant of the Liu family?" Pei Luoan also understood something and asked. Although she was a maid beside Liu Jingyu, he had never paid attention to this kind of little maid.
"No, I escaped here because I couldn't survive, so my father bought me. He was originally going to buy me into a mansion, but Your Majesty passed by... and saved me." The maid cried, and she became more sad when she thought of the past.
"You... do you have other sisters in your family?" Du Juan, the personal maid following behind Liu Jingyu, suddenly asked in surprise.
"I... I have several sisters at home, but there are too many sisters and I am not favored, so I was the first one to be sold. The others... The other sisters were still there at the time, but later... I don't know what happened to them later..."
The maid cried.
Pei Luoan frowned: "According to what this person said, this incident happened a long time ago. Besides, there are only two of them. How can we be sure that it is this maid? Maybe I saw it wrong, or maybe it just looks a bit like it."
After all, this incident happened too long ago. Qu Moying had just come to Beijing at that time, and now Qu Moying is married.
Qu Moying raised her eyes to look at Liu Jingyu opposite her, her long eyelashes slowly falling...