When Steward Zhuang came over early in the morning, the steward of the East Palace looked pale and looked at Steward Zhuang with a somewhat unfriendly expression.
"We don't know about this... Who knows what happened to these two maids? How did they run away? We allowed your people from the Prince of Ying's Palace to come and dig bamboo shoots. We are already giving you face. Do you want us to keep an eye on your people?"
The steward of the Eastern Palace became tougher in his attitude.
"The person disappeared here at your place. You can't say you have no responsibility at all, right?" Manager Zhuang said.
"He must have run away on his own. We are not the only two manors around here." The steward of the East Palace said coldly with his hands behind his back.
"But now the person is missing from your place." Manager Zhuang insisted on this point.
"It's not our fault that the person is missing. If you really want to think so, we can't do anything about it. We asked you to look for him yesterday, but you didn't find him. You can't ask us to conjure up two more for you!" The steward of the East Palace said disapprovingly. Seeing that Steward Zhuang wanted to say something, he shook his hand and said, "We can't solve this matter now. We really don't have this person here."
He spread his hands, as if to say, "I can't do anything about it. You guys can handle it."
Seeing him like this, Manager Zhuang had no choice but to sigh and turn back.
Qu Moying had just finished eating the medicinal food when Ting Yuxiu reported what the manor manager had said. He pondered for a moment, then a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It seems that there is really someone who can make the decision in this manor."
"Is there really a concubine of the Crown Prince in charge?" Yu Xiu asked in surprise. She really had never heard of the Crown Prince having any powerful concubines. Except for the former Concubine Ji, wasn't the Crown Prince always said to be very clean? Even if there were a few women, they were generally not of a very prestigious status.
Qu Moying shook his head. "It may not be a woman. It may be his confidant."
For example, among Pei Luoan’s confidants, there are many more eunuchs than ordinary people.
A eunuch was in this hot spring manor, but he couldn't see anyone and hid himself. The two maids went in by chance. That place had always been there, so it was not prepared in a hurry, but had been there long ago...
"Princess, what should we do now?" Yu Xiu asked when she saw Qu Moying silent.
Qu Moying took the teacup from her hand, took a sip to moisten his throat, and said, "No need to say anything more, just let the prince do it!"
She is now seriously ill in bed and is powerless and has no energy to take care of such things. When something like this happens, she, as the master, has no way to deal with it and can only send a message to the British palace. As for what happens in the future, it is no longer her business.
I'm so sick that I'm almost dying. How can I get up and deal with something like this
These two maids of the Queen Mother were originally given to her. Even though they were thrown aside by Pei Yuanjun, with Pei Yuanjun coming forward, the Queen Mother could not say anything more.
But if something really happened, the Queen Mother could hold herself responsible. Even if Pei Yuanjun was there, she, the Princess of England, could not escape responsibility. What's worse, she could even use this as an excuse to convict herself.
The situation is just right now. The two maids got into trouble in the farm of the Eastern Palace. When the accident happened, she was ill and had no idea what was going on. Even if the Empress wanted to blame her, it would not be convenient for the moment. She couldn't put the blame on herself who was seriously ill, right
"It's not good to keep these two maids in the mansion. It's better to send them back to the Queen." The corners of his lips curled up silently. The Queen forced him to marry into the Prince of England's mansion. It was useless to keep these two maids. Instead, it would give people more reasons to involve the Prince of England's mansion.
This time when she went out, she also sent the two maids back to the East Palace.
As long as they go to the East Palace, the Queen will not make things awkward and won't hold on to it. Besides, these two maids have other uses. At least now Qu Moying is sure that his enemy is close at hand...
"Has anyone seen it?" asked the Queen Mother. There were only mother and son in the hall. In order to save time, the two did not say any extra words. The Queen Mother went straight to the point.
"I saw her, she's just an ordinary one. I heard she doesn't look much like the Empress Yuan." Pei Luoan snorted coldly, feeling depressed.
"We don't know where he got it from, and we're not sure if he's the emperor's son." The queen sneered, "It's better to deal with it early, so your father won't be deceived. Send him out of the palace, and send him so far away. Did the empress at that time have such a long arm?"
The Queen Mother really didn't believe that Empress Yuan not only sent the person out of the cold palace, but also sent her so far away. With Empress Yuan's ability at the time, was it really possible for her to do that
But no matter whether she believed it or not, the emperor believed it, and all the ministers believed it, so this person could not be kept.
"Mother, I understand." Pei Luoan nodded, "I will deal with it as soon as possible."
"You must be quick. The envoys from the northern border have come to negotiate, and there will be another storm. If you are entangled in this matter, you will not have the energy to do anything on that matter." The Queen warned.
"Don't worry, mother." Pei Luoan also understood the logic behind this. He could not neglect either of these two matters.
The two of them didn't say much, fearing that they would talk too long. After the "prince" got into trouble, it aroused other people's suspicion. Pei Luoan stood up and was about to say goodbye when he suddenly remembered another thing: "Mother, the two maids you gave to Princess Ying are missing."
"Why are they gone?" The Queen was stunned. After thinking for a while, she remembered these two useless palace servants and asked with a frown.
"I heard that they followed the Prince of England to the hot spring manor outside the city to serve, and disappeared when they went to my hot spring manor to dig bamboo shoots. But in fact, the two of them escaped and are now in the manor. They said they knew some things about the Prince of England's palace. They were being watched closely before, and now they can't escape with great difficulty."
Pei Luoan said that he didn't believe the two maids had any special news. Nothing good had happened to these two maids since they entered the Prince of England's palace.
"Are they both in the farm now?" the Queen asked after a moment's hesitation.
"Yes, they are still there. If they are of no use... why not let them go back?" Pei Luoan said indifferently. He did not think that the two maids were of any use, especially to the Prince of Ying's Palace.
But it's better than nothing. The British royal palace is not so easy to interfere with.
"She can't go back." The Queen shook her head. "After what these two have done, if she goes back, even if the King of England wants her life, I can't say anything." said the Queen.
It’s not that I pity their lives, but there’s no use for these two people to go back, so it’s better to leave them here first.
At least she remembered that these two palace maids were both very good-looking when they were sent out, and they were carefully selected by her, so they might be useful in the future.
After hearing what the Queen said, Pei Luoan didn't say anything else. He just said that. He didn't care where these two people went.
It would be inconvenient to just stay at his manor, and I was afraid that Pei Yuanjun would send people to investigate again.
"Mother, it is not appropriate for these two people to stay in the manor."
"Find a way to secretly take them away. Don't bring them into the capital yet. Find a place to settle them." The Queen Mother said that she couldn't take over these two maids for the time being. She would do so after things calmed down for a while.
"Don't worry, mother. I will arrange this matter and explain it to the King of England." Pei Luoan agreed.
"Go, Prince, and be careful." The Queen nodded. This was the only way.
Pei Luoan bowed to the Queen Mother and left the Pepper Palace in a hurry. At this moment, he did not want to be seen staying in the Pepper Palace for too long. That "prince" no matter whether he was real or fake, could not be kept. Others would definitely suspect him at that time. But even if they suspected him, he would do it.
Besides, he was not the only one who did not want this "prince" to come to Beijing. The people he sent said that there were others secretly spying on this "prince", and they were most likely Pei Yusheng's men.
He did not want this "prince" who suddenly appeared to come to Beijing, and Pei Yusheng did the same. Compared to himself, if this "prince" born to Empress Yuan came to Beijing, Pei Yusheng would really have no chance at all.
The reason why Concubine He was favored in the past was because she was Empress Yuan's sister. She gained favor by remembering everything about Empress Yuan. She often boasted that if Empress Yuan were still alive, her offspring would definitely be similar to Pei Yusheng. Now that the real offspring of Empress Yuan has entered the capital, how can this imitation stay...
Pei Luoan didn't expect to meet Pei Yuanjun again when he was leaving the palace. The two met when they entered the palace just now. Pei Yuanjun mentioned to him that the two maids were missing. Pei Luoan said that he would report to the Queen Mother. If they met again this time, he would not have to make an extra trip.
"Uncle Wang." He took two quick steps forward and saluted.
"You are too polite, Your Highness." Pei Yuanjun waved his hand, raised his eyebrows, looked Pei Luoan up and down, and asked with a smile, "Why didn't Your Highness say a few more kind words to the Queen before leaving?"
"My mother is feeling a little unwell, so I'll go and see her. I have other things to do in the Eastern Palace, so I can't stay here for long. I'll go back and prepare to have the Crown Princess come and serve my mother." Pei Luoan explained.
"In that case, let's go together!" Pei Yuanjun waved his sleeves and invited.
"It should be so." Pei Luoan walked with him and went out together.
"Uncle Wang, regarding the matter of the two palace maids just now, Queen Mother said that there is no need to look for them anymore. Since we don't know where they ran off to, there is no need to worry about them anymore." Pei Luoan talked about what happened just now.
Pei Yuanjun looked at him with a half-smile: "These two maids are the palace maids given by the Queen. They just disappeared like that. Is it really okay not to look for them?"
Pei Luoan secretly hated, when did Pei Yuanjun care so much about the people given by his mother? In the past, there were many people who were killed directly because they didn't like them. Now he actually made such an expression, but he was just looking at his mother and she wouldn't say anything.
He was so upset. He was a prince, but his life was so miserable. He was worse than a prince...
"They brought this upon themselves. I don't know if they ran away. This has nothing to do with Uncle Wang. Mother said that she didn't choose the right people when she first selected them. These two maids are just careless. Now they are even more shameless and are running away under the pretext of something. If they are found in the future, they will be sentenced to death."
Pei Luoan said with a serious face.
All the faults were the fault of the two maids, including the fact that they had offended Pei Yuanjun before and were thrown aside by Pei Yuanjun to be a servant. Now it was all their own fault.
It sounded like the British Palace had nothing to do with the matter, and the way he said it made people feel at ease. It can be said that the prince was very good at speaking.
Pei Yuanjun smiled, looking very satisfied, and lazily glanced at Pei Luoan, changing the subject, "Does the prince know that there is a new play script?"