"Your mother?" Pei Luoan frowned.
“Your Highness, can you please let everyone else go? Some things concern our elders’… old matters…” Liu Jingyu said while wiping away tears.
The so-called other person present was Ji Youran.
Although Ji Youran still wanted to listen, she had to stand up tactfully and said in a tender voice: "Your Highness, I am not feeling well. I will take my leave first."
Seeing that she was so tactful, Pei Luoan nodded and said softly: "If you feel unwell, call the imperial physician to take a look."
"Thank you, Your Highness. I know." Ji Youran said, holding the maid's hand.
I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but I really felt a little uncomfortable. After I left and walked out the door, I looked back at the house behind me, and a hint of pride flashed in my eyes. Since this matter was related to Liu Jingyu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be suspicious even if there was no evidence.
Ji Youran knew this from the beginning, and had taken advantage of this psychological characteristic of the prince to create misunderstandings between Ji Hanyue and the prince.
The same is true for Liu Jingyu right now. She is not in a hurry. She can wait. She could have waited until Ji Hanyue died back then, and she can do it now.
Before, it was because the Crown Prince was going to marry a new Crown Princess, and because this Crown Princess was originally hers, so she lost her mind.
The wind was not strong at night, and it made her face feel warm, which was quite comfortable. She reached out to support her face, but still felt a little hot, probably because she had been in the house for a while.
I don’t know how Liu Jingyu will explain the relationship between her and Qu Moying. It’s a pity. If I knew about it, maybe I could find a way out of it.
But there is still a chance. If I can't get anything from the prince, what about Xie Feng? This is still very possible...
My face was too hot, so I didn’t rush back. I walked slowly on the road, thinking about the next countermeasures. After walking a few steps, I looked at the sky. Was it summer? My face still felt hot, and my head felt swollen. I felt very uncomfortable...
But her attention was not on this. Qu Moying was related to Madam Liu. What was the relationship between Madam Liu and Qu Moying that could make Madam Liu so disgusted
From what Liu Jingyu said, this should also be Madam Liu's idea. It was Madam Liu who asked the maid beside her to do such a thing. Since Liu Jingyu said so, there must be a reasonable reason. This reason must convince His Highness. What kind of reason could it be
She never thought that Madam Liu had any relationship with Qu Moying...
"Speak!" Pei Luoan asked solemnly.
"Your Highness, mother... mother suspects that Fourth Miss Qu has a relationship with... with father." Liu Jingyu said with difficulty, his face flushed.
This kind of thing is also a scandal in her own family.
"What? Is it related to you...your father?" Pei Luoan thought he didn't hear clearly and repeated it subconsciously.
He imagined all kinds of excuses that Liu Jingyu might come up with, but he had never thought of such a one, and his calm face was also filled with shock.
"Mother... Mother thinks so. Your Highness doesn't know that the one who was betrothed to father was Miss Qu Si's biological mother. Originally... Originally, she and Miss Qu Si's biological mother were a couple. Grandfather didn't know... He asked for an imperial decree to grant the marriage... Mother... Mother married him."
Liu Jingyu whispered, looking extremely aggrieved, "My mother told me about what happened back then.
I am both angry and upset. Your Highness should also know that there have been a lot of things going on in our house before. Mother and father are estranged. My grandfather’s family is also angry with my father. Mother thinks that Miss Qu Si is my father’s... my father’s... "
Having said this, Liu Jingyu couldn't continue. Various emotions, such as shame and anger, appeared on her face again. It was obvious that she was feeling mixed emotions.
This kind of thing is really something no one can tolerate.
Pei Luoan understood and looked at Liu Jingyu in astonishment. He couldn't help but take a breath of cold air in his heart. Does this mean that Qu Moying is the illegitimate daughter of Minister Liu
How could Pei Luoan not know what happened in Liu Mansion before
Madam Liu fell and injured herself, and after that the relationship between the Duke of Qi's Mansion and the Liu Mansion faded. Then Minister Liu got so crazy that he wanted to take a concubine, and he even had an illegitimate daughter and son. After that, he even lost his position as a minister. Everyone said that Minister Liu had bad personal morals, and he had just been hiding it from everyone before.
He was angry at the time because Minister Liu seemed to be fine before, but suddenly became so crazy. He also thought that if he had been like this earlier, he would not have been engaged to Liu Jingyu in the first place.
I don't understand why he suddenly became confused. I think he was the most likely to get married and become a prime minister, and he was the youngest.
However, because of his affair with a woman outside, not only did he ruin his official career, but he also implicated his father Liu Jingyu, causing the help he got from marrying Liu Jingyu to be less than he had imagined.
Not to mention that he is not as good as Liu Lanxin, now he even feels that he is not as good as Qu Moying.
As the former Crown Princess, of course the best one was chosen, but now that all three have married, Pei Luoan suddenly realized that she had suffered a loss, and a big loss at that.
Of course he regretted it in his heart, but no matter how much he regretted it, there was nothing he could do. The first time he married the Crown Princess, she died. Now, no matter what happened, he couldn't let anything happen again.
"Your father...your father and Xiao Yue?" Pei Luoan murmured, and suddenly understood the indifference of the Duke of Qi's Mansion towards the Liu Mansion. How could they still be in-laws
"That's what my mother thinks." Liu Jingyu could only continue to make up stories. In order to understand her own dilemma, she pushed Madam Liu to the front. "My mother hates Xiao Yue and also hates Fourth Miss Qu. When I was young, my mother repeatedly told me about this. I tried to persuade her, but my mother resented it for many years and could not tolerate it... The last incident had something to do with my mother..."
When Liu Jingyu said this, she stood up, knelt down in front of Pei Luoan, and cried, "Your Highness, although mother was wrong, it was just this one time. After I knew it, I also persuaded mother, and mother also promised me that she would never do such a thing again. Please forgive mother for my sake!"
As he said this, he kowtowed three times to Pei Luoan.
Each blow was real. The maid screamed and knelt on the ground to help her.
When he was helped up again, there was already a purple bruise on his fair forehead.
She raised her eyelashes and looked at Pei Luoan, tears sliding down her cheeks one by one, and she choked and said, "Your Highness, that is my biological mother... and because of this reason, I can only persuade you, I... I promise Your Highness that such a thing will never happen again, please forgive my mother."
Liu Jingyu was grief-stricken. Half of what he said was true, at least in her previous understanding, it was true. She said it with sincerity and cried like a tearful person. She knelt at Pei Luoan's feet and begged for a chance of life for her biological mother.
In this case, Pei Luoan really couldn't refuse.
He sighed, reached out and helped her up, and said in a gentler voice: "Get up and talk."
“Your Highness, please forgive my mother’s sin.” Liu Jingyu stood up, “It’s my father… it’s my father’s fault… my mother has been the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Qi since she was young, and she has been loved by my grandmother and grandfather… not only my mother, but also me, but my father… did such a thing, and my mother couldn’t stand it… and my grandfather couldn’t stand it either…”
As Liu Jingyu spoke, tears fell from her eyes. She looked at Pei Luoan with sad eyes, and there was pain in her eyes. She held Pei Luoan's hand, as if she was grabbing the last straw.
"Your Highness... I don't know what to do. One is my biological mother, and the other is my biological father. For so many years, I have always respected my father, but... but why is it like this... My grandfather and his family are angry, my mother is angry, and I... I am also..."
"I heard that... Duke Qi was very kind to Xiao Yue. He even... went to the palace gate and beat Minister Qu. Wasn't that a big deal?"
Pei Luoan asked in a slow voice.
"Your Highness... Grandfather didn't know this before... He and the Jiangnan Yue Clan have always had a good relationship. I heard that it was a friendship between our ancestors. When Xiao Yue Clan got into trouble, Grandfather was very angry, and that's why... Besides, in the end, Grandfather didn't blame Xiao Yue Clan, but only blamed my father and mother..."
Liu Jingyu sobbed and felt extremely aggrieved.
Seeing her crying like a ball, unable to breathe for a moment, Pei Luoan continued to ask in a deep voice: "You mean... the old Duke also knows about this?"
"Grandfather knew something, but he did so later... Later, so he reprimanded mother and felt that mother had gone too far. It was also because of this incident... Grandfather felt that it was his fault and that he had let down the Jiangnan Yue Clan. He also felt that mother should not have taken action against the Princess of Ying, who was still the fourth young lady."
Liu Jingyu could only continue to make up stories and put the blame vaguely on the old Duke. No one would cover up such a thing if they knew about it, and the Crown Prince was too embarrassed to ask his grandfather directly.
Besides, my grandfather is not close to the Prince’s Mansion now.
For this reason, Liu Jingyu felt that even if she said something, the prince would have no way to verify it. Besides, such things were not something that could be said out loud. Even if the prince really asked her grandfather, her grandfather would definitely make excuses. Besides, what she said was vague. Given her grandfather's personality, even if there was anything wrong, he would protect herself and push her mother out.
Her words flowed more and more smoothly.
"Why doesn't the old Duke blame Xiao Yue?" Pei Luoan said with a strange expression, "Could it be that what you said before was not true? The life story of the Princess of England..."
"I don't know... Your Highness, I really don't know. Mother said so, and father said that. Grandfather believed what father said, but he hated what he did. It is also because of this that grandfather no longer cares about the affairs of our house." Liu Jingyu was very sad.
That's why the Duke of Qi's Mansion was so indifferent to Liu Jingyu's marriage. This indifference could be revealed from the words of the Duke of Qi. Pei Luoan was not surprised and had investigated it, but found nothing. This matter started when Madam Liu returned home after the accident.
His handsome eyes met Liu Jingyu's, and he asked doubtfully, "Then...whose daughter is Princess Ying?"