"Since his daughter is going to marry Pei Yusheng, he must think Pei Yusheng is more likely to succeed." Pei Yuanjun said indifferently.
"What about him...to you?" Qu Moying asked after a moment's hesitation.
Given Liu Lanxin's unwavering love for Pei Yuanjun over the years, it seems that even if Pei Yuanjun does not agree to make her his principal wife this time, she will at least try to make her a concubine.
As long as she marries in, there will be endless possibilities. Behind Liu Lanxin is this general who assists the country, and behind herself is Qu Zhizhen, but Qu Zhizhen and the general who assists the country have completely different attitudes.
Liu Lanxin is fully supported by Liu Xiangshan, but Qu Zhizhen is different. If it is beneficial to him, he can sacrifice Qu Moying.
As long as Liu Xiangshan offers enough conditions, Qu Moying believes that her position as the main wife will not pose any threat to Liu Xiangshan.
“I have been much more low-key recently, and the troops on the border have been reduced a lot.” Pei Yuanjun smiled with his eyes narrowed, his phoenix eyes watching tenderly.
He distributed a lot of troops to the border, but most of them were given to his younger brother, Prince Yan, and Duke Yu who had just arrived at the border. As for Liu Xiangshan, he also got some, but the quantity was much less. After all, this time when Duke Yu went to the border, he had no troops under his command.
Since he planned to stay in the capital, he would rarely go to the border and would inevitably put down the troops in his hands.
"General Fuguo thinks that the prince... is no longer worthwhile?" Qu Moying blinked and smiled.
"I am very weak now. After entering the capital, the military power in my hands was divided. Although it fell into the hands of Duke Xing and Prince Yan, it was not me after all. Besides, Prince Yan is the emperor's son. As for Duke Yu, most of the troops in my hands were reduced after he left. In the capital, even the Western Prison was taken away from me by the emperor."
"From all appearances, it seems that I, the King of England, have been promoted, but in reality I have been demoted. I will soon lose the favor of the Emperor."
Pei Yuanjun said in a lazy voice with a hint of smile, as if a feather was sliding across Qu Moying's heart, making her originally heavy heart seem to suddenly feel a little lighter.
"You... don't care?" Biting the corner of his lip, Qu Moying also smiled.
"It's naturally the best that he thinks less of me. I can now be considered to have cleared my name." Pei Yuanjun's voice was filled with doting, blending into his gentle voice, "I am not just a person now, of course I have to clear my name. Some of my previous reputation is enough, but too much is as bad as too little."
Now that there is someone I care about in my life, I naturally have to protect her.
It is no longer the case that one can do whatever he wants alone, nor will he care about the flood behind him.
He couldn't bear to let her be cursed for all eternity with him. When she was mentioned, people in the future would call her a "witch concubine". People in this world have always been very demanding of women. If the country collapsed and the people suffered, she would be the one who would fall behind in the end.
She was the one he wanted to protect with all his heart, so how could he let her be cursed because of him
Qu Moying looked at Pei Yuanjun in front of her, and felt his slender fingers pinching her fingertips gently. It didn't hurt, but it was a little sore from being squeezed, and her heart seemed to be pinched by him.
There was a mist in her watery eyes under her long eyelashes. She understood Pei Yuanjun better than anyone else. The rumors, behaviors, words and deeds about him before did not seem to be a good thing.
She didn't understand at first.
Is Pei Yuanjun going to be a powerful official? A powerful official who has served in two dynasties may of course be a powerful official who has always controlled the government, but it doesn't seem like that.
No matter whether he was dealing with Pei Luoan or Pei Jingyu, he acted very contemptuous, which was completely like making an enemy. Even if he wanted to be a powerful official, he had to give face to the future emperor.
At that moment, Qu Moying knew that this was not what Pei Yuanjun wanted.
If one wants to seize the imperial power, he may not be able to convince the people if he is the king.
But it is different now. I don’t know when Pei Yuanjun’s behavior is no longer cruel and ruthless, nor is he the representative of cold-blooded murder. Unknowingly, he is no longer the murderous devil of West Prison, no longer the Lord of West Prison who makes people think he is only bloodthirsty and heartbreaking.
It's chilling to think about it, and I can't imagine what a country would think if it entrusted him with something.
When I think of him, I always feel that it is the same as thinking of West Prison. The blood on his body is the same as the bloodstains in front of the West Prison gate, eerie and lifeless.
"Is it the prince's intention or the emperor's intention?" Qu Moying asked.
"There is no difference." Pei Yuanjun said calmly, "During this period of time, I will go to see your father."
"Your Highness, are you going to the Queen Mother's mausoleum too?" Qu Moying's eyes flashed, and he immediately understood what Pei Yuanjun meant.
"I heard that the Empress Dowager's mausoleum is not in good repair. I also hold some responsibilities in the Ministry of Works, so I have to go and take a look." Pei Yuanjun said.
He had renovated Changchun Palace before. Qu Moying thought that it was just the emperor's special intention at that time. He didn't expect that he would have to go to the Empress Dowager's place now. Qu Moying knew that his step-father had been demoted there.
"Is there something wrong?" She thought about it and finally felt that there was something fishy going on.
"There are some inappropriate things. There are some people in the Queen Mother's mausoleum..." Pei Yuanjun did not hide it from Qu Moying and said, "Some people who may be related to the Three Kings Rebellion."
"How...how come it's still there?" Qu Moying frowned, puzzled. It had been so long since the Rebellion of the Three Kings, but it seemed as if it had always been there.
Whenever we almost forget about it, someone brings it up again, causing a lot of trouble.
"The descendants of the Three Kings all escaped. Over the years, people have found traces of the remnants of the Three Kings from time to time. Once we investigate, we will find another clue. The people and events involved are then entangled again, and things are getting more and more confusing now." Pei Yuanjun curled the corners of his lips with a cold smile.
Although the Western Prison is no longer under his control openly, in fact, it is still in his hands secretly.
This time he went under the guise of repairs, more so to get to the bottom of the matter. This matter was no small matter, so he had to go.
"Are you leaving soon?" Qu Moying asked anxiously.
"It will be after the wedding of King Jing in the next few days." Pei Yuanjun said with a smile, "I originally wanted to tell you when I left. Now that I have said it, I will also make it clear at the same time, so that you will not think that I left in a hurry and blame me."
"Do you want to prepare something?" Seeing his frivolous look, Qu Moying rolled his eyes at him.
"You don't need to prepare anything. It's not far from the capital. You can stay in the hot spring manor for the time being. If you are bored in the city, you can also go to the hot spring manor. It's just inconvenient for me to go back to the capital every day." Pei Yuanjun said.
The Queen Mother's mausoleum is just outside the city, some distance from the capital, and a short distance from the hot spring farm.
Pei Yuanjun has already reported this to the emperor, and the emperor thinks it is a good idea.
Since they are repairing the Empress Dowager's mausoleum, they should not return to Beijing every day. That place is the perfect location.
"I... let me take another look!" Qu Moying bit her lip and said hesitantly.
"No need to look at it anymore. The scenery there is nice and it can nourish your body. You didn't take good care of your body when you were young. You will get better if you take good care of it in the future." Pei Yuanjun said lazily, stretched out his hand to take Qu Moying's hand, and pulled him to stand up, "Come with me."
Qu Moying followed him into the room in a daze. She saw a rosewood box on the dressing table and was stunned for a moment. When she came out before, the rosewood box was not in the inner room. When did a box just fall in like this
And she was totally unaware of it.
Seeing her face change drastically, Pei Yuanjun smiled, "It was my idea. I specially had someone put it in the inner room without disturbing you. I wanted to give you a surprise."
"What is it?" Hearing him say that, Qu Moying felt relieved. He looked at the rosewood box in front of him curiously, imagining what was inside.
This box doesn't look big, so the things inside it should not be big.
"It's nothing special, it's just something you like. I saw you reading something before, and I happen to have a copy of this book here."
Pei Yuanjun pulled her closer and gently pressed the lock on the rosewood box.
The lock ring popped out of the lock buckle, Pei Yuanjun pulled it and the lock opened. Qu Moying took a closer look and found that there was a book inside.
"What... is this?"
"Take a look." Pei Yuanjun motioned for her to do it herself.
Qu Moying broke free from his hand, stepped forward and took out the book, which looked somewhat familiar.
When I opened it, I saw some casual travel notes and a piece of music score at the end.
This familiar style is similar to the one I got from Duke Qi's mansion and the one I got from Concubine Qu. My eyes widened in shock: "This... this is also... left behind?"
Qu Moying read the book taken from the Duke of Qi's mansion again and again afterwards, and had already discovered the small signature on it, indicating that it belonged to Princess Xian'an.
It was reasonable for Duke Qi's mansion to take out Princess Xian'an's old things, but where did Pei Yuanjun get them from? Concubine Qu couldn't find them for the time being.
What made Qu Moying even more puzzled was why they were in the same format. The first part of the music score was just random talk, which seemed like a story or just a rumor. It was really nothing. But why were there so many of them in the same format? The last part of the music score was very good. When she read it, she felt that the Xian'an Princess had excellent music skills.
But why is it that every book has such a section and such a score
It's a very weird feeling.
Qu Moying turned around and took out the two books that were given to her by Duke Qi's mansion and Concubine Qu from a box and placed them on the table...
Three books, three sources, not exactly the same, but they feel similar...
"Since you like it, just take a look. Maybe you can find something." Pei Yuanjun knocked on the books stacked together on the table.
"Okay... let me take a look." Qu Moying's eyes fell on a few books. She clearly realized that these books... or these piano scores... should be a little different...
Is there a secret in there