“Prince…Prince…” Meeting Pei Yusheng’s eyes, Liu Lanxin felt inexplicably guilty.
"What happened today, the matter of the maidservant beside you, and the matter of the Crown Princess." Pei Yusheng still smelled of alcohol, but his eyes looked cold and clear.
"Your Highness, I..." Liu Lanxin opened her mouth to explain.
"I have asked Concubine Qu. She was just talking with Concubine Ji of the Eastern Palace. Afterwards, Concubine Ji wanted to eat some cakes, so she asked her maid to go to the kitchen to get some. As for the matter with a foreign man and two maids who testified, she would not do it and could not do it."
The maid belongs to Liu Lanxin...
Pei Yusheng's eyes were fixed on Liu Lanxin's eyes.
"I... I just..." Liu Lanxin swallowed.
"I don't care what your reasons are. You can't say this has nothing to do with you, right? The people in the mansion are indeed very chaotic today, but no matter how chaotic it is, it is impossible for a foreign man to appear, and he is quite familiar with the places in the mansion, and just enter the backyard of this prince's mansion. If it is not instructed by someone familiar, how could he do this."
"The two maids are yours. Although they are little maids, they are your dowry. It was your idea to send them to the Qu Mansion. The mansion is very busy today. Even if the maids beside you are little maids, they don't need to go together when doing things. It's more appropriate for the two of you to work separately."
Pei Yusheng said slowly, it was not a question, he was not completely dealing with the wedding matters before, he went to the study and arranged people to inquire about some things.
There are some things you won’t know unless you doubt them. The more you doubt them, the more frightening it becomes. They don’t seem simple no matter how you look at them.
"You are my princess, and you will live in harmony with me in the future. If you still think of yourself as the eldest daughter of the general's mansion, it is better not to get married." Pei Yusheng said, looking deeply at Liu Lanxin.
Liu Lanxin had imagined thousands of reactions from Pei Yusheng, but she didn't expect him to act this way. For a moment she didn't know how to respond and felt her heart pounding.
After hearing Pei Yusheng's last sentence, she felt a lump in her heart. She was married into Prince Jing's Mansion. No matter what the purpose was, she could not go back, otherwise she would be dead.
She had to stay in Prince Jing's Mansion no matter what. In just a breath, she went from being panicked to being calm, and she tried hard to maintain her composure.
"Your Highness, don't worry. Since I've married you, I won't be a burden to you, and I won't have any second thoughts about you..." Liu Lanxin promised.
"How do you explain what happened today? I am waiting for your explanation." Pei Yusheng's expression calmed down at this time, and he no longer had the staggering drunkenness he had when he came in just now.
The room was filled with scarlet color, reminding him that this would be the time of his wedding, but he did not feel the slightest joy in his heart. Or maybe he did feel some joy before, but now he no longer had any expectations, and even had another feeling in his heart.
However, Concubine He's words were right in his ears. No matter what, he was the one who married this wife. Even if there was something wrong, he had to suppress her and never let her do anything out of line and disrupt his plans.
In addition to this, he also had to hold Liu Xiangshan's strength in his hands. No matter how big Liu Xiangshan's ambitions were, he could only be submissive in front of him.
He wouldn't allow him to have any other thoughts.
"My Lord, today's incident... is indeed
"I really didn't do anything when I got married in the East Palace, but I was the one who got into trouble in the end, and even the palace reprimanded me."
Liu Lanxin lowered her head and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, her eyes slightly red. "It's obviously not my fault, but you blame me. It's obvious that the Princess of England was also suspicious at that time, but in the end, she bullied me. As for the Crown Princess, she is even more suspicious. Others don't know about her dowry, but doesn't she know?"
Speaking of this, Liu Lanxin became a little more angry.
"Let's not talk about what happened in the past. Let's talk about the recent events. Which one of them is not related to the Eastern Palace and the Queen. It was obviously not my fault, but in the end it all fell on me. This time, the Queen even gave me a jade ruler. In front of so many people, my dowry just passed by, letting everyone see the Queen's dissatisfaction with me."
"I don't mind, but what about the prince? How will others view the prince? This should have been our wedding day, but it has become a day of embarrassment for the prince and me. The one who is proud is not the East Palace. I just can't accept it, so I want to find a way to make the prince embarrassed as well, and I must help the prince regain this face."
"So, you found this man named Wang?" Pei Yusheng asked suspiciously.
"That man was really heard by my two maids in Qu Mansion. Later, by chance, I saw this man and helped him escape. Then I led him to find the Crown Princess. It was the Crown Princess's people who wanted to secretly expose Princess Ying. If she really revealed it, it would not be me and the prince who were in trouble."
Since Liu Lanxin had said it, she would no longer hide it and told Pei Yusheng everything in detail. Of course, there were still some things that were concealed, but the general course of events was explained clearly, and she no longer concealed her dislike for Liu Jingyu.
The Prince Jing's Mansion and the Eastern Palace have been at odds since Pei Yusheng and Pei Luoan, and she doesn't need to whitewash this peace.
When she said these words, she also stood firmly beside Pei Yusheng and spoke as a member of the Jingwang Mansion.
Pei Yusheng didn't say anything, just looked at Liu Lanxin.
Liu Lanxin felt numb all over when being looked at. This feeling was not love or care, but a feeling that Liu Lanxin was seen through...
"Your Highness, what I said is true. I was wrong about what I did before, and I will never do it again." Liu Lanxin knelt down slowly, holding Pei Yusheng's legs. She was wearing a long red dress that fell to the ground. She was beautiful yet a little sad. This scene was obviously inconsistent with the current atmosphere.
Everyone outside the house was speculating that the newlyweds inside should be very affectionate, but they didn't expect to see this scene.
"How did you bring that man out?" Pei Yusheng did not help Liu Lanxin, but asked a meaningful question instead.
"I didn't bring him out. He escaped on his own. My people just helped him secretly. In fact, I know nothing. Your Highness, please don't misunderstand me." Liu Lanxin said hurriedly.
"I have already beaten your two maids to death. I heard that they were also sent from the border. They were very stubborn and didn't say anything after being beaten to death. They just said it was an accident." Pei Yusheng said coldly, "General Fuguo has always had a lot of people under his command, but I didn't expect that even a maid would be so loyal to him."
"Beat...beat to death?" Liu Lan
Xin's pupils dilated and her hands trembled. She really didn't expect that anything would happen to the two maids. Even if Pei Yusheng suspected them, they didn't actually do anything. How could they be beaten to death
Although these two were little maids, they were also her confidants. She said that they were found in the capital, but in fact they came from the border.
"Since the two maids are of no use, and they have the guts to plot against so many people, they must bear the consequences. They are just two little maids, the princess won't be dissatisfied, right?"
Pei Yusheng said slowly.
Liu Lanxin's heart seemed to be pinched tightly, and she felt sour and hateful, but had no place to vent. The status of those two maids was not lower than Haiqing and Hailan. They were all subordinates trained by her father. She didn't expect that they would be defeated because of such a small thing.
"I will marry into Prince Jing's mansion and belong to him from now on. No matter how he deals with the people around me, I won't say anything. I just didn't expect that the two of them would lose their lives like this. In fact, this matter was not a big deal. They are too stubborn. Besides, what does it matter if I tell him about my affairs? Even if they don't say it, I will still say it."
Liu Lanxin said with tears in her eyes.
"Now that the matter has become like this, the Crown Prince will not let it go. I suggest that we investigate further, starting with the person who gave the princess' dowry. This way we can give an explanation to the Crown Prince and the King of England." Pei Yusheng said.
Liu Lanxin's heart twitched when she heard this. She now had several more people under her command, and this time when the dowry was brought to Beijing, she also had a few more people.
If Pei Yusheng finds out anything, it will be troublesome.
My father repeatedly reminded me that Prince Jing must not be informed of these people, even if I married into Prince Jing's mansion.
Of the people who came to Beijing this time, her father kept a portion for himself and gave a few to her so that she could better manage affairs in Beijing and contact some of his people. She was not clear about her father's number of people, but she was clear about the few new people she had added, and these people were all shameful.
"Everything shall be according to the prince's wishes. I will obey your orders." Liu Lanxin knew what to say and what she should say at this time.
Even if you are extremely reluctant, you won't refuse at this time.
What she was thinking about now was how to explain, how to save those few people, let them go back, or find another reason...
"Princess, please get up. I'm sorry for having wronged you." Seeing her so docile, Pei Yusheng's expression became better. He smiled a little, stretched out his hand to pull her up from the ground, with a hint of affection in his eyes.
"This prince had no choice but to do so, otherwise I would not have asked about the princess' dowry. This kind of thing... maybe not only this prince will ask, the queen will also ask. When we recognize our relatives tomorrow, the queen will mention it. Don't panic then. You are marrying this prince, so what you should do and what you should do has nothing to do with the queen."
Pei Yusheng's words were a reassurance to Liu Lanxin.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I know." Liu Lanxin stood up with Pei Yusheng's hand and said with her eyes slightly lowered, "So today... how is the Crown Princess?"
Liu Lanxin clenched her fists, her palms were wet. She had tried so hard, but she lost her hands under Pei Yusheng's coercion. Liu Jingyu couldn't be unscathed...