"Of course I am happy, but when I think of her mother... I... I feel guilty." The lady's nose was sour.
"It's all in the past. If Madam Yue knew about this in the afterlife, she would be happy to see the successful Princess of England." Concubine Zhu Jing comforted Madam Qu again.
Qu Moying also said a few words of comfort, and when she saw that Madam Qu had finally calmed down, she stood up and said goodbye. They still had to go see Concubine Qu.
After knowing the reason why Qu Moying left, Concubine Zhu Jing agreed with a smile.
The grandparents were escorted out of the door and led to Concubine Qu's residence.
It's very far away and Qu Moying and Madam Qu can't find it.
The hall fell silent. Concubine Zhu Jing sat there quietly. After a long while, she picked up the teacup beside her, took a sip, and put it down, frowning.
"What are you worried about, mother?" The curtains behind him opened silently, and Pei Qingmin, dressed in a light blue brocade robe, appeared behind him and walked out slowly.
His face was as pale as ever, and he looked a bit sickly like Concubine Zhu Jingfei. The mother and son could tell at a glance that he was seriously ill.
Such a complexion, such lip color, and that kind of weak and sickly look.
"I'm not worried about anything, I just remembered some past events." Concubine Zhu Jing shook her head with a pale face and motioned her son to sit down.
Pei Qingmin looked around, and finally sat down on the chair where Qu Moying had sat before. He reached out and flicked off the non-existent dust on the corner of his clothes.
Concubine Zhu Jing reached out and poured him a cup of tea, touching it with her hand: "It's warm now, take a sip, I'll have someone go down and change it later."
"Mother, I'm feeling much better now. You don't have to worry so much." Pei Qingmin said gently with a faint smile. He took the tea, took a sip, and put it down.
"Take a couple more sips. You won't be able to drink it soon. It's too cold." Concubine Zhu Jing looked at the tea that he had just taken a sip of and said.
"Mother, I drank before I came here, and I don't want to drink now." Pei Qingmin frowned and shook his hand.
"Qing Min, I'm doing this for your own good. Just take a sip and it will be just the right temperature." Concubine Zhu Jing frowned unhappily. Although she still spoke gently, it was obvious that she was very unhappy.
"Mother, I really don't want to drink anymore. No matter how good the drink is, I can't drink it. If you don't want to see it, I will ask someone to pour it for you." Pei Qingmin said slowly, with persistence in his words.
Zhu Jingfei's eyes were red, and she wiped her eyes with a handkerchief: "You... don't you like what your mother arranged for you?"
"Mother, I have grown up. I know very well what I should and should not do. You don't have to worry about me anymore." Pei Qingmin said with a headache. Whenever he was unwilling, his mother would show such an expression, which made him feel very pressured and he didn't like it very much.
The way his mother looked at him was as if he was ungrateful, which made the feeling even worse. They were just trivial matters, so why did she feel this way
"Okay, I know... I'm just afraid of you..." Zhu Jingfei stopped talking here and looked at Pei Qingmin with red eyes, but she didn't dare to say anything else.
"Mother, I know what you mean, but you can't force me to marry my cousin! Do you think I can marry a concubine in my current state?" Pei Qingmin had a headache. He entered the palace today just because of this matter. When he heard that the grandparents of the Qu family had come in, he deliberately avoided them.
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"Why can't you get married? It will be your turn next. Don't you want to leave an heir? The imperial physician also said that you can be normal... just a little weak. You just need to pay more attention. Who knows, maybe you can have a child at once? Your cousin has a good temper and listens to you. She will have no complaints if she marries into our family."
Concubine Zhu Jing wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and advised earnestly.
"Mother, I don't like my cousin Yan'er." Pei Qing said bluntly with displeasure. He really didn't like Zhu Yan'er. She looked like she was harmless, but in fact, her every move revealed a lot of scheming, just like mother. He didn't like her. It was hard to explain the feeling, but he just didn't like her.
"Why don't you like Yan'er?" Concubine Zhu Jing's face darkened. Although her red eyes still looked weak, there was a hint of coldness in her eyes.
"Mother, I don't know why, but I don't like my cousin Yan'er." Pei Qingmin said with a headache, and a bit of worry appeared on his handsome face. "With my body, I shouldn't get married. Not only will it delay others, but I may die at any time. What's the point of getting married?"
Pei Qingmin has always been clear about how this body is broken, and he has actually never thought about getting married.
"Min'er, at your age, even if I don't urge you, your father will urge you, and he will definitely let you have a wife. Since you must marry, you are afraid of delaying others and causing resentment. Yan'er is the best choice. She knows your body well, and she also understands what you may encounter in the future. Since she can foresee this and marry you, doesn't this prove the point?"
Concubine Zhu Jing analyzed for him.
What he said does make sense. If they have to marry someone and no one is willing to marry Pei Qingmin, it is even more precious that Zhu Yan'er is willing to do so.
Since she already knew the possible situation that might happen next and was willing to marry him, it further proved that Zhu Yan'er's feelings for Pei Qingmin were genuine.
Under such circumstances, Concubine Zhu Jing didn't think she should give up Zhu Yan'er. Besides, she had watched Zhu Yan'er grow up and she originally wanted to leave her to her son.
"Mother, could you please wait a little longer? At least for now, I don't want to get married." Pei Qingmin frowned, looking very annoyed.
Concubine Zhu Jing stopped talking and just looked at her son in silence with a look of disapproval.
Pei Qingmin lowered his head, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the slightly cool tea. It was a little colder than the tea just now, but still drivable. Such a temperature would not necessarily cause him to become ill, but his mother always supervised him very strictly, as if any slight deviation from the norm would cause a major accident.
This feeling of being bound and having no freedom at all is very bad.
The mother and son were facing each other, one paying attention to the other, the other drinking tea, neither of them spoke, but both understood that the other was forcing them to make concessions.
Suddenly Pei Qingmin started coughing and turned his head to cough violently.
Seeing that he was coughing so hard that it seemed like his heart and lungs were almost coughing out, Concubine Zhu Jing's eyes turned red again. She pursed her lips, picked up a clean handkerchief and handed it to him.
Pei Qingmin took it, pressed the corner of his lips, coughed a few times, and finally recovered.
"Well, I don't want to get involved in this matter anymore. I can't influence your father's situation. If you can get your father to agree not to marry, I can't do anything about it. But if your father insists that you marry, I hope you still marry Yan'er. Besides her, there are
Who can be sincere to you? "
Looking at her son who was coughing and had a faint blush on his pale face, Zhu Qingfei finally gave in.
"Don't worry, mother. I will agree to it." Pei Qingmin knew where Concubine Zhu Jing's bottom line was after she backed down. He spoke gently with a smile in his eyes. It was obvious that he was genuinely happy.
"You... you will get married eventually." Zhu Jingfei's eyes were red, "If you don't get married... all this... what's the point!"
The imperial physician said that as long as his son got married, or as long as he got married later, everything would be possible. As long as he married a good wife, there might be a future for him.
She had taken a liking to Zhu Yan'er since she was a child and had always taken good care of her. While she was taking care of her son's body, she was also taking care of Zhu Yan'er's body.
Compared with ordinary young ladies from aristocratic families, Concubine Zhu Jing felt that Zhu Yan'er was in better health and more suitable for her son.
"Mother, let's leave it at that for now. This matter will be resolved as it comes. It's possible that I will figure it out in the future." Pei Qingmin shook his hand indifferently, looking like he didn't want to say no anymore.
Marry? He actually didn't want to get married, but it would only hurt others and himself.
Of course, he would rather not have Zhu Yan'er as the candidate. If his mother mentioned Zhu Yan'er again, he wouldn't mind letting Zhu Yan'er get married first.
One thing can determine a person's entire life.
No matter who he married, he would not marry Zhu Yan'er. If it wasn't for Zhu Yan'er, he wouldn't have ended up like this. A hint of coldness appeared on his thin face...
Qu Moying was accompanying Madam Qu, but this place was too far from the main avenue in the palace, and was almost diagonally across from Concubine Qu's location. It took a long time to reach Concubine Qu's location.
Concubine Qu also received the news early, and had people watching the intersection. When they saw the palace sedan coming, they hurried to report. Concubine Qu's personal maid Han Yu was waiting there early. When she saw the grandparents and grandchildren coming, she hurried forward to salute respectfully, and then led the two people in.
When Concubine Qu and Madam Qu met, they sighed again.
The two of them were old, and when they recalled some old things, they felt like crying. Qu Moying had a hard time persuading them both.
"Has the matter with Concubine Zhu Jing been resolved?" After washing up again, Concubine Qu asked about the main business of their visit to the palace this time.
"It has been resolved. It is indeed related to Concubine Zhu Jing. She is just like us, but a little far away. Since this is the case, the second son's problem can also be resolved." The lady sighed. There was no one in the inner courtyard for her second son, and she was very worried. She was afraid that another Yu would come.
Now, there is finally such a candidate. He seems to be smart and a nice person. The lady is actually quite satisfied with him during this period.
"Those related to Concubine Zhu Jing should be good. It's rare to have such an indifferent person in this palace. He has a good temper and character." Concubine Qu nodded repeatedly. The women in the palace were fighting like black-eyed chickens. Even if they looked indifferent on the surface, they were actually secretly holding back and wanted to fight each other to the death.
Those who look delicate and weak may actually be very vicious.
Only Concubine Zhu Jing, who has remained the same for so many years, has not fought or competed, and has taken her son to seek medical treatment peacefully and treated others kindly. She is indeed a good person.
"Great aunt, do you know when Concubine Jing entered the palace?" Qu Moying suddenly asked.