Qu Qiuyan in front of him looked particularly attractive in this pale mourning hall without a trace of other colors.
A pair of watery eyes, almost exuding charm, rosy cheeks and tender cherry lips, even the voice contained a charm that made people want to speak but couldn't. The delicate voice of "Prince" made Pei Luoan's heart confused. Originally, he just wanted to remind Qu Qiuyan to let her go to accompany Qu Moying, but he was attracted by the lively charm on her face and was immediately stunned.
It’s not that Pei Luoan has never seen beautiful women, but he didn’t expect to see such a charming one in this pale color. The impact of the two was too great and he was stunned for a moment.
"Your Highness?" Seeing the prince staring at her blankly, Qu Qiuyan's face turned redder and she called Pei Luoan in a tender voice, her face reddening almost to the point of bleeding.
"Are you... Minister Qu's third daughter?" Pei Luoan asked subconsciously, his eyes flickering slightly.
"Yes, my father is the Minister of Works." Qu Qiuyan said softly.
“Your Highness, Your Highness, something bad has happened… No… Something bad has happened…” A maid came in hurriedly, and when she saw the Crown Prince and Qu Qiuyan in front of her, her face changed drastically. She involuntarily took a few steps back and looked at Pei Luoan and Qu Qiuyan in astonishment.
In her opinion, the Crown Prince was looking at Qu Qiuyan with affection, while Qu Qiuyan was leaning against the Crown Prince with a shy face. The two were so close to each other and there was no one else around. It was obvious at a glance that there was ambiguity.
This maid was Ji Youran's personal maid. After seeing what was happening clearly, she turned around and ran out, running as fast as she came.
Even if Pei Luoan wanted to call out for help, he couldn't. He could not help but frowning. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the white cloth curtain at the door was lifted, and Pei Yuansheng led Princess Changyu and her family in. Immediately, Pei Luoan and Qu Qiuyan appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment for a moment.
After seeing the scene inside clearly, Pei Yusheng's face immediately tensed. Most people knew about Qu Qiuyan and his affairs. What did Pei Luoan mean now
Princess Changyu is the emperor's sister, ranking fifth. She is usually very delicate. When she saw the situation, she immediately knew that something was wrong. She took two steps forward and bowed to the prince, as if she didn't notice the ambiguous relationship between the prince and Qu Qiuyan.
"Your Highness, have you noticed that there is less paper to burn?"
Qu Qiuyan and Qu Moying had both been kneeling beside the brazier burning paper, but Qu Moying burned a lot, leaving almost no room for her. Qu Qiuyan was very absent-minded, and just casually threw a few pieces of paper in. There was a pile of paper around her, and it was obvious from the looks of it that only a few pieces of paper had been burned.
However, Princess Changyu did not really tell the reason. She just gave the prince a chance to explain. Although everyone knew that the royal brothers were secretly fighting each other to the death, they could not really let them fight, let alone fight in front of them in the mourning hall.
Princess Changyu believed that if this really happened, she would not be able to please her brother.
Give the prince a way out and explain.
"Miss Qu Si suddenly fainted just now, and I want to ask Miss Qu San to go and see her." Pei Luoan said, his expression returning to his usual gentleness, and he turned around and walked slowly towards the chair opposite.
"Miss Qu Si fainted, is that serious?" Princess Changyu glanced at Qu Qiu, whose face was red and she knew at a glance that she wanted to seduce the prince.
Yan, she has seen a lot of women like this. Born in the royal family, what she has seen most is the palace maids having affairs with her fathers and brothers.
Each of them looked shy and wanted to speak, which confused their fathers and brothers, and then they rose to fame overnight.
However, what Qu Qiuyan in front of him did was even more disgusting. This was the Crown Princess's mourning hall, and she actually took advantage of the short period of time when her sister fainted to seduce the Crown Prince in the mourning hall. It was really shameful and outrageous. Such a woman was previously rumored to have an affair with King Jing
The reason why he knew about Qu Qiuyan was because of King Jing. Originally, someone of Princess Changyu's status would not have paid attention to Qu Qiuyan.
Princess Changyu was asking about Qu Qiuyan, but Qu Qiuyan didn't care about Qu Moying, nor did she ask about Qu Moying's condition. When Princess Changyu asked her, she panicked and lowered her head in a hurry and said, "Your servant... Your servant has been in the mourning hall and has not had time to ask about Fourth Sister's affairs."
"Miss Qu San has been accompanying the Crown Prince in the mourning hall. She doesn't even care about her own sister's affairs. She is truly respectable and admirable." Princess Changyu said with a smile. The mockery and contempt in her words made Qu Qiuyan sober up immediately. She suddenly raised her head and hurriedly explained with tears in her eyes, "Princess, it's not that I don't want to go. It's just that there is no news from there..."
"If there is no news, there is no need for Miss Qu San to go and see her. What could be more important than the Crown Princess?" Princess Changyu walked to the middle and said lightly.
The maidservant hurried forward to get the incense and handed it to her. She took it respectfully and, together with her husband, Marquis Jingyang, and her son and daughter, respectfully burned incense towards the center.
"Princess, I..." Qu Qiuyan was so anxious that tears were about to come out. The meaning of Princess Changyu's words was extremely heartbreaking. It sounded as if she was talking to the coffin of the Crown Princess in the middle, but it also sounded like she was talking about the position of the Crown Princess.
"How dare you! Don't make any noise in the Crown Princess's mourning hall!" Princess Changyu inserted the incense in her hand into the incense burner and shouted angrily. After that, she turned around and looked at the Crown Prince, "Your Highness, Minister Qu's third daughter made a noise in the Crown Princess's mourning hall for no reason. Should she be punished?"
When Qu Qiuyan heard that she was going to be punished, she was so scared that tears fell down. She turned to Pei Luoan with a sad and pitiful look, and her eyes fell on Pei Yusheng's eyes, making his eyes even colder, and the air pressure around them also dropped a lot.
"Punish him!" Pei Luoan pressed his forehead with his hand and said irritably.
He really felt innocent, and he didn't have any thoughts about Qu Qiuyan. It was just that he was stunned for a moment by her appearance, which was completely different from the one in the mourning hall, but that was all.
Qu Qiuyan is indeed a rare beauty, but it's not like he hasn't seen beauties before. Ji Hanyue is much more beautiful than Qu Qiuyan, and even Ji Youran is almost as beautiful as Qu Qiuyan. What's more, he knows that Pei Yusheng intends to marry Qu Qiuyan. As a prince, how could he compete with Pei Yusheng for a woman
Princess Changyu also came to his rescue and asked him to make it clear that he had nothing to do with Qu Qiuyan. At this time, he naturally followed Princess Changyu's words.
"Okay, come here, drag Miss Qu down and make her kneel outside the yard to cool down." Princess Changyu understood the prince's intention and said in a cold voice.
Two old women came over immediately, one on each side, and dragged Qu Qiuyan down.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..." Qu Qiuyan was horrified and struggled hard. There were many people paying tribute to the Crown Princess today.
When these people saw him kneeling outside, he no longer had the face to attend the banquet outside. He looked at Pei Luoan with tears in his eyes, begging.
She just thought that this was the Prince's Mansion, the Prince was of the most honorable status and had the most say here, so it would be best to plead with the Prince. However, she didn't know that in the eyes of King Jing, this would make her seem like she had a relationship with the Prince. Not only were the two of them ambiguous, they were even flirting with each other in front of him.
King Jing's face turned even more gloomy with anger. Qu Qiuyan, this bitch, had repeatedly hinted to him in the past that he was the man he loved the most. He didn't expect that she would dare to seduce Pei Luoan in the Crown Princess's mourning hall. She really thought she was dead.
Ever since Madam Qu's birthday, everyone knew that Qu Qiuyan would definitely enter Prince Jing's mansion. The current scene seemed like he was cuckolded. Although only Princess Changyu and her family saw it, Prince Jing still couldn't hold back his face.
He took two steps forward, walked in front of Qu Qiuyan, raised his foot and kicked her hard.
When Qu Qiuyan saw Pei Yusheng coming over, she originally thought that he was going to save her, and looked at him excitedly, "Your Highness, save me, Your Highness..."
The next moment, she was kicked in the chest, which hurt. Her eyes went black, and she spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted immediately.
No one expected that Pei Yusheng would actually step forward and kick someone. The two old women followed Qu Qiuyan and took two steps back, falling heavily to the ground. For a moment, the entire mourning hall fell silent.
"Okay, since that's the case, let's take Miss Qu San downstairs for treatment. The young ladies in the Qu family are not in good health. One by one, they have fainted." Princess Changyu reacted the fastest. Her eyes flashed and she said immediately.
She also realized at this time that almost everyone knew the relationship between Qu Qiuyan and Pei Yusheng. Now, if Qu Qiuyan was dragged to the front and made to kneel, it would also be a disgrace to Pei Yusheng. She was only concerned about preventing the two brothers from quarreling, and wanted to punish Qu Qiuyan, her fickle daughter, but she didn't think about Pei Yusheng's face. She was wrong.
At this time, I hurriedly took advantage of this opportunity to make things right.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is important, but Prince Jing is not without a chance. Concubine He has been able to survive in the palace for so long, even the Queen has to be a little wary of her.
Hearing what Princess Changyu said, Pei Luoan also came back to his senses. He stretched out his hand and pressed his brows again. He became more and more irritated: "Come here, bring Miss Qu San to Miss Qu Si and treat them together."
Fortunately, there were no outsiders here and not many people saw it. Otherwise, if the word got out that the royal brothers were fighting for a woman, Pei Yusheng would be in trouble, and neither would he.
Thinking that his affairs here were not completely resolved yet and now the matter of Miss Qu San had to be intervened, he felt very annoyed.
This Third Miss Qu is clearly a fickle womanizer. Pei Luoan now feels that Qu Qiuyan was seducing him just now. She dressed up in such a seductive manner. Is she here to attend a funeral
No wonder the third young lady of the Qu family could get close to her second brother so early. It seems that there was something going on between the two of them very early on. No wonder Pei Yusheng was so angry. If Ji Youran was like this with Pei Yusheng, I would be even angrier. Of course, Ji Youran is not such a lowly woman.
Qu Qiuyan was dragged away, and the mourning hall became eerily quiet again.
Pei Luoan coughed softly and turned to Pei Yusheng: "Second brother, this matter..."