The queen left and the imperial study became quiet.
The emperor looked up at Pei Yuanjun and saw that his expression was indifferent, as if he didn't care much. Only his slightly narrowed eyes could make the emperor sense that he was in a bad mood at the moment.
After all, he was the child he raised and he had paid special attention to him since he was young. Even if Pei Yuanjun's performance could not be seen in the eyes of others, the emperor could still understand something.
"The Queen was negligent in verifying this matter." The Emperor coughed softly and explained.
"Your Majesty, is it true that any woman I marry will not be what the palace wants?" Pei Yuanjun did not respond to this question. Instead, he asked with his eyes slightly raised, a faint smile on the corner of his lips, with a bit of coldness.
"How is that possible!" The queen waved her hands.
"In fact, for someone like me, it would be best not to get married. My princess has a good fate and is quite beneficial to me. But even so, she can't withstand too many things." Pei Yuanjun said meaningfully.
The emperor frowned and looked at him silently for a few times. Knowing that he was really angry, his expression eased a little and he said soothingly, "The queen is just like this. She likes to worry about things, and it's not because of your princess. Before, the crown princess and princess Jing were also reprimanded by her."
"Do these two princesses have maids given by the Queen herself? Or are they the maids who came with their dowry?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows and asked.
"The maid that comes with the dowry?" The emperor frowned. He heard the conversation between the two people just now, but he didn't know the specific situation.
Pei Yuanjun was not polite either. When he married Qu Moyingchu into the Prince of Ying's Palace, he discovered that two of the maids she brought as a dowry were given by the Queen Mother. They were given to her as head maids and then accompanied her into the Prince of Ying's Palace.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what the Empress is trying to do. If she was just here for me, she could have just granted it to me instead of making things difficult for my princess. But now, because of such a small matter, she has come here to complain to Your Majesty and wants to arrange another woman for me. Has this always been the way things are done in the palace?"
Pei Yuanjun asked again.
These words directly tore off the Queen's hypocritical facade.
What she said just now did not sound like a big deal at first. The Queen Mother was in charge of the harem and all the women in the world. Since Qu Moying was the Princess of England, she should be under her control. If Qu Moying did something wrong, the Queen Mother also had the right to express punishment.
But thinking about it carefully, the Queen Mother's dissatisfaction with Qu Moying is not just one or two days. It existed before she married into the Prince of England's palace, otherwise she would not have given her two maids as a dowry. At that time, Qu Moying was still unmarried. As for what happened today, it sounded like the Queen Mother liked the young lady surnamed Xu, and it sounded like she was on the side of that young lady.
The emperor just understood that the woman was not a good person.
It was because the emperor understood this that he punished the empress and handed over some of the affairs of the harem to Concubine He.
But in front of his son, he couldn't blame the Queen too much.
"The Queen doesn't have any bad intentions. She must have been deceived by that woman surnamed Xu. Lady Fengyang is not a smart person. She doesn't even know what kind of person her own niece is, yet she came to the palace to complain to the Queen." The Emperor was displeased.
It was said that this matter was all due to the wife of Marquis Fengyang. Marquis Fengyang should take good care of his wife to prevent her from causing trouble again when she enters the palace.
"Your Majesty, I have been tortured in the Western Prison for so long and have come to a conclusion." Pei Yuanjun said lazily, his bottomless eyes turned and revealed a hint of sarcasm, "Everything has a purpose. If we can't find out who did it and who harmed this person, the most direct way... is to see who benefits the most."
His voice was not loud, but it was slow and slow, with a hint of coldness, and a hint of murderous intent slowly emerged between his eyes. "The one who gets the most benefit is the one who is most likely to harm people. If we continue to investigate like this, we will definitely gain something. The matter of the Empress Yuan... maybe we can investigate it this way."
When Empress Yuan died, there were two people who benefited the most.
One is the queen, who obtained the position of empress dowager and from then on was second only to the emperor and above everyone else.
The other one is Concubine He, who was the only one who was favored by Empress Yuan. From then on, she took advantage of everything Empress Yuan had and gradually rose to the position of the favorite concubine.
The old people in the palace all knew that Concubine He was imitating Empress Yuan in many aspects, not only in her words and deeds, but also in her use of everything from Empress Yuan.
"How outrageous!" The emperor could no longer hold back his pride and immediately became furious.
"Your Majesty, you should be able to tell clearly whether what I said is true or not. You have just reprimanded the Empress, but what's the use of that? At the beginning... the palace could not accommodate Empress Yuan, and now it seems that it cannot accommodate me either." Pei Yuanjun stood up and said, "I have something else to do in my mansion, so I will take my leave first."
After saying this, without even looking at the emperor's trembling face, he turned around and strode away.
For some things, if you just want to gloss over the situation and make it seem like they can be passed, everyone can get through it peacefully without arguing about gains and losses.
But it's obviously rotten inside...
"Liquan, was I wrong?" The emperor was shaking with anger. It took him a long time to finally calm down, and the expression on his face became bitter.
"Your Majesty... I had no choice at the time. I didn't really let Queen Yuan down." Li Quan said carefully, sweat starting to form on his forehead. If possible, he really didn't want to talk about Queen Yuan.
"What happened back then... was it really related to the Queen and Concubine He?" the Emperor asked again.
This time Li Quan did not dare to answer, and he knew that the emperor was talking to himself and did not necessarily seek his answer. He lowered his head and only looked at the square brick in front of him, as if he was just a wooden pillar.
"If it was really the Queen and Concubine He... I would never let them off easily." The imperial study fell silent for a long while before the Emperor spoke again.
Li Quan looked more and more at his nose with his eyes, and at his mouth with his nose, not daring to make the slightest sound.
Not to mention caring about this kind of thing, even if you hear about it, it is a capital crime.
"It's been so long since that happened, so long that I thought I had almost forgotten it." The emperor put his hand on his chest, coughed twice, and his face turned pale.
“Your Majesty, are you… feeling unwell again? Do you want to summon the imperial physician?” Li Quan asked in a panic.
"No, it will be fine in a moment." The emperor shook his hand, leaned back, and closed his eyes. "I don't know when my body will go to see her. If she doesn't want to forgive me and feels that I have let her down, what should I do? Not only did I fail to take good care of her, but I also let her give birth to a son... Being treated like this...
Harsh treatment... surveillance... "
Yes, it was surveillance. This thought made the emperor's heart beat faster. He felt very uncomfortable, as if his heart was pinched by something, and he couldn't utter a word.
The study became quiet again, with only the emperor's heavy breathing being heard, and it took a long time for the breathing to stop.
The emperor did not open his eyes: "Get ready and go to the Imperial Observatory."
Even in the Imperial Observatory, Pei Yuanjun's fate was not the best, but if it was anyone close, he would be the one.
The only things he felt sorry for in his life were the woman he loved most and the son born to this woman. Since he had already told her his life story, he had this plan, and now he was just making the plan more realistic.
This son's fate was actually not bad. When he was very young, he had his fate calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, which said that his fate was noble. If he was placed with the Crown Prince and King Jing, would he be overwhelmed by them
When Empress Yuan got into trouble, he also sent people to investigate, and he checked the entire palace thoroughly. This incident had nothing to do with the Empress and Concubine He. All the people related to Empress Yuan's death did not survive, except for his own mother, who was vaguely related.
But what is the reality? Have we really found out
The emperor showed a bitter smile on his face. He had no evidence at the time and felt that all evidence was based on hearsay and no one should be wrongly accused.
But now she wants to go with her feeling. Ever since Pei Yuanjun was getting married, the Queen has been doing a lot of things in private, and she really looks like a troublemaker. So, she really doesn't want Pei Yuanjun to get along well.
If the prince ascends the throne in the future, no matter what Pei Luoan thinks, the queen will definitely not tolerate Pei Yuanjun. Today, this intolerance was made public. Pei Yuanjun almost broke off relations with the queen. In this situation, he could only stand on the side of his son.
No matter what, the matter of the Imperial Observatory must be resolved...
As long as there is a slight possibility, he must protect this son. This is the only son protected by his beloved daughter, and he doesn't have much time left...
"Did the Queen really go to the imperial study to report me?" Qu Moying asked in astonishment, her watery eyes wide open.
"I'm filing a complaint against you as a side job. The most important thing is to file a complaint against me." Pei Yuanjun took the teacup from Qu Moying's hand, took a sip and put it down.
"What are you going to do about this?" Pei Yuanjun asked with a smile.
"What does the prince mean?" Qu Moying thought for a moment and said, now that the emperor knew about it, this matter was no longer just his own business. Pei Yuanjun had to make the decision on this matter.
"Are you sick?" Pei Yuanjun said indifferently.
"At this time?" Qu Moying asked in surprise, then thought for a moment, stretched out his hand and pulled Pei Yuanjun's sleeve, "I want to go to the manor of Duke Yu outside the city to take a look... I think my cousin has been found."
"Then just be sick for a day or two." Pei Yuanjun understood the meaning of her words, his narrow eyes turned, and he said with a smile.
Qu Moying thought about it for a moment, knowing that he must have some plan, and nodded: "Okay."
Since my sister has already found it, there is no need to rush. I still need to find out more clearly before going to her house. It is better. Since I am "sick" from fear or anger, I should make plans before taking action...