The door of the study was pushed open heavily, and Pei Luoan walked out with a gloomy face.
He glanced at the maid who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, then turned around and walked out. When the maid saw the direction he was going, she stood up excitedly and trotted over, wiping her tears. "Your Highness has finally come to see the Concubine. The Concubine will not let anyone break her legs again. This maid has come several times in the past few days, but each time was useless."
Hearing that Pei Luoan really came, Ji Youran hurriedly put on the veil. Even though the imperial physician gave her medicine, she was not much better at this time. If it were not for this situation, she would not want to see the prince at this time.
"Your Highness!" Seeing Pei Luoan coming in, Ji Youran suddenly knelt down, walked forward two steps heartbrokenly, grabbed a corner of Pei Luoan's clothes, raised her head, "Your Highness... You know best what kind of person I am. How could I... How could I harm my sister?"
Pei Luoan lowered his head and looked at Ji Youran with an unclear expression. There was a thick black mist rolling in his eyes, which was gloomy and cold.
After a long while, he lowered his voice and asked, "Han Yue's death...really has nothing to do with you?"
"Your Highness, even if I had ten thousand guts, I wouldn't dare to do anything to my sister. Besides, if my sister is gone, what good will it do me? I... I did everything because I listened to your Highness, but I didn't expect my sister to be so... so... strong-willed..."
She couldn't continue her words and fell to the ground crying.
Pei Luoan waved his hand, and the door behind him closed silently. Now, only he, the Xinxing eunuch, and Ji Youran were standing in the room.
"Ji Youran, it really wasn't you?" Pei Luoan shook off Ji Youran's hand and sat down on the chair in the middle. He looked at Ji Youran coldly with a strong scrutiny, "I asked you to persuade Han Yue, so how come... Han Yue jumped in there in the end?"
Jumping from Linyuan Pavilion, whenever Pei Luoan thought of this, his heart would ache dully. He didn't want Ji Hanyue's life, he just wanted to force Ji Hanyue and didn't really want his life. He didn't expect that when he came back after dealing with things outside, he heard that Ji Hanyue jumped from Linyuan Pavilion in anger.
"Your Highness, I have done nothing wrong, and I have done nothing wrong to you. Even if I did something wrong, I will bear all the suffering from now on. But... But how can Your Highness doubt my feelings for you? If I really did something like this, I will be guilty even if I die a thousand times."
Ji Youran raised her head, looked through the veil, and said with extraordinary firmness.
At times like this, she had to grit her teeth, otherwise, not to mention others, she would not be able to get through the Crown Prince and would be dead.
She has already offended Ji Hanyue. She wants to be the Crown Princess, so how can she tolerate Ji Hanyue to survive
Only if Ji Hanyue died would she have a chance, only a chance.
Even if she could do it all over again, she would do the same. She wanted to live a better life than Ji Hanyue. She wanted to step on Ji Hanyue and climb to the position that was second only to him and above everyone else.
Ji Hanyue must die.
"Do you know... what people outside are saying?" Pei Luoan was half-believing and half-doubting. Even if Ji Youran swore an oath, it was just that in his eyes. He should not believe it or not.
If there is one person he trusts very much, it is Ji Hanyue.
"Your Highness, I have been recovering from my injuries these past few days and dare not go anywhere, for fear of angering Ying again.
Your Highness, I was not tolerated by the Princess of England. I did go too far in the Prince of England’s mansion that day, but at that time, the only thing on my mind was that I was being plotted against. I felt that it was either the Princess of England or the person behind Miss Zhou Er. "
"I have no grudge against Miss Zhou Er. She could not and dare not harm me. Then who could it be, who would benefit from harming me? Your Highness, please investigate this matter for me and clear my name." Ji Youran cried, tears falling in strings. Some of them slid across the wound, causing burning pain, but she could not care less at this time.
Ji Hanyue’s death was the past she was most reluctant to mention.
She knew clearly that she had concealed the prince from this matter.
"Your Highness, who wants to kill me? Who am I blocking? Your Highness... That person really wants to kill me and ruin your reputation."
Ji Youran knew very well that the only thing that could impress Pei Luoan now was his reputation. Compared with her own life, the prince's reputation was more important.
"This matter has already been exposed, and my father has also asked me about it." Pei Luoan looked at Ji Youran gloomily, feeling annoyed. If he had known that Ji Youran's entry into the mansion would cause him so much trouble, he would never have let Ji Youran enter the East Palace.
Originally, it was just an insignificant thing. If Ji Hanyue hadn't been there, Ji Youran would really be nothing.
"Your Highness, please save me. I… I was devoted to you at the beginning. If… If you don't save me now… I'm afraid that in the end… someone will deliberately implicate you. I love you so much that I don't want you to suffer any injustice even if I die."
Ji Youran continued to cry.
She hadn't paid attention to those rumors before. Didn't rumors spread before, but they disappeared in the end? It was just someone deliberately creating confusion, and it would eventually come to nothing.
But she didn't expect that the momentum this time would be so strong and it would come so overwhelmingly. The meaning of this made Ji Youran panic after being shocked.
After returning from the Prince of England's Palace that day, Ji Youran came to her senses and realized that she had been confused, but things had already happened and she could only make up for it.
She knelt outside the prince's study with her injuries, and even though she fainted from kneeling, she persisted and only begged for the prince's forgiveness.
Fortunately, after she fainted that day, the prince didn't say anything more and just asked someone to send her back. Ji Youran thought that the matter was over, and she would keep a low profile for a while. It didn't matter if the prince didn't want to see her. After her face got better, she would find a way to ask for the prince's mercy.
Ji Youran never expected that these things would happen one after another. Her original indifference had long since turned into panic. This time it was her foundation that was shaken, but not the prince's foundation.
"I don't know who wants to deal with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. They start with me, push me out first, and then... then it's His Royal Highness. Your Highness knows the Crown Princess' affairs best. Even if it's... even if it's... I dare not let His Royal Highness down."
Ji Youran didn’t care about the burning pain on her face at this time. This time, she really felt that it was a life-and-death crisis.
In the past, relying on Ji Hanyue's reputation, she could do a lot of things. Even if it was Liu Jingyu, she didn't care that much. But now... someone is tearing her and Ji Hanyue apart. That kind of fear is deeply attached to her heart. She can't leave Ji Hanyue.
How could she be separated from Ji Hanyue
Even if Ji Hanyue died, he would still protect her, just like when she was alive.
Her words calmed Pei Luoan down a bit. A hint of anger flashed in his eyes. If this matter was not led by someone, it would never have become so big all of a sudden, catching him off guard. Like Ji Youran, he didn't want anyone to mention Ji Hanyue. It would be best if everyone forgot about it.
If I have to remember something, it is only his "deep affection".
"You can't stay here any longer. You're injured, so I'll send you out of the house." Pei Luoan took a deep breath. The difficulty of this matter was that even if he guessed that someone was behind it, he couldn't get any evidence and was unwilling to really expose the matter.
I just hope that what happened back then will fade away after Ji Hanyue leaves.
"Where... where should I go?" Ji Youran fell to the ground weakly, covering her chest with her hands. After being kicked and vomiting blood by Pei Luoan that day, even though she took medicine when she came back, her chest still hurt. She gritted her teeth hard. She was unwilling to be abandoned like this. The so-called being sent out of the mansion might mean that she would never come back.
She had planned everything, even sacrificed everything in the Ling Anbo Mansion, but in the end she ended up like this. How could she be willing to accept this
"Let's go to the farm outside the city." Pei Luoan said.
“That… the manor with the hot springs?” Ji Youran asked in a low voice, his voice was like broken pieces, and it was heartbreaking to hear.
But when Pei Luoan heard these words, there was not a trace of the emotion he once had. The pity he once felt had already unknowingly turned into a trace of irritation and a trace of inexplicable regret.
"No, it's another farm. It's quieter there." Pei Luoan lowered his eyes and said lightly.
He couldn't even bear to give up a manor with hot springs. The so-called ordinary quiet manor was just a worse one. Maybe even worse than the one Qu Moying lived in at that time.
"Your Highness, I am willing to live in a quiet manor, but I am afraid that this matter will have a follow-up. What will happen then? Am I going to watch those people frame Your Highness because of the Crown Princess's matter?"
Ji Youran slowly knelt up, her eyes blurred with tears, "I don't want to go to the farm outside like this, and I don't want Your Highness to bear this matter alone... If, if one day, Your Highness is implicated because of the Crown Princess's affairs, I am willing to bear it all."
Ji Youran said as she bowed heavily to Pei Luoan, then slowly knelt again, "I don't care whether others believe me or not, I only care about Your Highness, and I only want Your Highness to believe me. Even if I die, I will smile, and in the underworld, I will apologize to the Crown Princess."
She took all the blame and took all the responsibility. She only asked Pei Luoan to help her at this time. She was unwilling to leave the East Palace.
She knew what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cared about, and she was willing to make the final effort for the things that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cared about. If someone had to take responsibility for that matter, she would be the one to do it.
At this time, Ji Youran had to make such a promise. This was her trump card and also the last bottom line of the prince that she could estimate.
She was testing the prince's bottom line, and also seeking her only chance...
"Your Highness, besides, sending me away at this time, does it mean... that the rumors outside are true?"