After apologizing, Liu Jingyu sat down and looked at Qu Moying who was sitting opposite him with a wary look on his face.
"What does the Princess of England mean?" There was a slight tremor in the low voice.
"I don't know... I just think the Crown Princess should check more... to be more secure." Qu Moying shook his head and lowered his head to reply, "If Concubine Ji is really such a person, why would she just watch the Crown Princess sit in this position steadily? After all, she feels that this position is hers, and whoever sits on it will be her enemy."
The words were not spoken loudly, but every word fell on Liu Jingyu's heart. Her face was pale, her fingers were trembling as she held the handkerchief in her hand, and she felt cold all over.
If this wasn't the Pepper Palace, she would have lost her composure long ago.
Even though Ji Youran was lame, she still came to serve him all day long. Why did she come here? To beg for his support. This was impossible, absolutely impossible...
A eunuch came in hurriedly from outside the door, and everyone was startled. This was the eunuch who had just gone to the Imperial Observatory.
The eunuch bowed and said, "Your Majesty, these eight characters were indeed... sent to the Imperial Observatory."
"What?" The Queen shook and almost fell.
“Sister, the eunuch said that the horoscope of this concubine Ji was indeed sent to the Imperial Observatory. How could this be? The horoscope that matches the crown prince is not that of the crown prince’s consort, but just that of a concubine who is nothing. This… this is really…” Concubine He watched the joke from the side with a look of sarcasm on her face.
But the fuss-mongering tone made the Queen almost unable to control herself and she stood up and slapped her twice.
"Mother, Ji Youran had indeed had this in mind for a long time." Pei Luoan was still relatively calm. He had thought of this worst-case scenario when he came here.
The evidence mentioned by Qu Moying sounded like it was advancing layer by layer, but in fact, as long as this one piece was confirmed, Ji Youran would be sentenced to death.
Now that the first thing has been confirmed, the next thing is what the old woman said.
The old woman was brought in again. Pei Luoan listened to the old woman's account of what had happened again with a gloomy face. After the old woman finished speaking, Pei Luoan suddenly stood up, his face ashen, and strode out without looking back.
"Prince... stop!" The Queen also stood up.
"Mother, if this is true... I will never forgive her." Pei Luoan turned his head, his eyes red, and his voice almost trembling.
"Prince, even if this happened, you can't act rashly." The queen reprimanded with a sullen face.
"Mother..."
"Crown Prince, please come back and sit down first. I have asked someone to bring Ji Youran back. She will definitely make her pay for the life of the former Crown Princess." The Queen sighed heavily and pointed at the chair beside her. She did not agree with Pei Luoan rushing back at this time.
Pei Luoan froze on the spot, his pale face reflected by his scarlet eyes, giving him a feeling of madness.
"Prince..." the Queen raised her voice.
"Mother..." Pei Luoan could hardly control his grief and anger. His eyes flickered, and he finally returned to the queen with heavy steps. He sat down, raised his head, looked at the sky hard, and then closed his eyes. It was obvious that he was in an extremely depressed mood.
This time, even Concubine He didn't dare to speak again.
Qu Moying glanced at this scene and sneered in his heart. Pei Luoan was acting more and more skillfully and he almost went "crazy" at this moment.
A thousand years of deep affection...
…
With such deep affection, if she were not Ji Hanyue, she would probably believe that the Crown Prince was truly innocent and was just blinded by Ji Youran.
It's not that he treats Ji Hanyue badly, it's just because Ji Youran is very skilled...
With her long eyelashes drooping, Qu Moying stopped watching Pei Luoan's acting and waited quietly for Ji Youran's "swift death".
Regardless of whether Ji Youran was really dead or not, she was destined to carry a stigma on her body and never see the light of day again. She longed to become the Crown Princess, but ended up like this. It was all her own fault...
Sure enough, the person sent by the Queen to the East Palace came back, and Ji Youran was gone...
"Your Majesty, when I went to look for her, I heard that Concubine Ji had just left for something and she had said some strange things to the maidservants around her."
The eunuch who was sent out came back to report.
"What?" The Queen asked, lowering her eyes.
"She said something like she felt guilty towards the Crown Princess, and also said something like... she wanted to apologize to the Crown Princess. The maid thought that Concubine Ji was looking for the Crown Princess, so she didn't follow her. During this period of time, Concubine Ji had been following the Crown Princess, but she didn't expect... she didn't expect that she couldn't be found now."
"I didn't see Concubine Ji when I left." Liu Jingyu looked confused.
"Someone must have leaked the news... She was able to find someone around me to replace the engagement letter... Now it's even more so... Someone passed on the news." Pei Luoan's eyes flashed with anger, "Investigate, investigate carefully, even if you have to turn my East Palace upside down, you have to find her and make her tell the truth about whether she murdered the Crown Princess."
"Mother, I will go back and investigate this matter first."
"You go back first. If you find her, bring her here. This matter... is still a matter of debate. It's just one person's opinion now. Although there is evidence, it's not conclusive." The Queen sighed and said, "I still don't believe she would do such a thing. She entered the East Palace to take care of Hanyue wholeheartedly."
"Mother, no matter whether she did anything to the Crown Princess or not, she is guilty of replacing the engagement letter, and she deserves death." Pei Luoan said hatefully.
He bowed to the Queen, turned around and strode away.
Looking at his departing back, Qu Moying's eyes were filled with sarcasm. Even at this time, Pei Luoan still wanted to protect Ji Youran's reputation. He was afraid that Ji Youran's affairs would involve her.
Ji Youran disappeared when he was not in the East Palace. Even if something happened, it could not be traced to him.
Pei Luoan was scared, otherwise he wouldn't have done it so obviously...
"The concubine in the Eastern Palace?" In the imperial study, the emperor put down the memorial in his hand and his face darkened.
"It should be. I heard from the princess that I should have checked it out by now. But it's been so long since the incident happened. Maybe it has anything to do with the engagement letter of the former Crown Princess." Pei Yuanjun said disapprovingly. He flicked the chair rail with his slender fingers, put down the memorial in his hand, and switched to another one. He looked lazy while reading it, which made the emperor particularly displeased.
He picked up a folder and threw it at Pei Yuanjun.
Pei Yuanjun raised his head and answered, saying helplessly: "Your Majesty...what's wrong with you?"
"How can it be okay? The engagement letter of the Crown Princess was actually replaced by someone else. This... This is really shocking... And the person who was replaced was...
Then she entered the East Palace. This... this concubine must not be a good person." The emperor said angrily.
"Your Majesty, that's not necessarily the case," Pei Yuanjun objected.
"Why not? I found it strange at the time. Before she got married, the daughter of the Ji family was fine and looked healthy. How could something happen to her right after she got married? Then she got injured and had to let this woman serve her. This is not... This is not a sheep falling into the tiger's mouth. How could it be unrelated to this woman? This woman is really vicious."
The emperor said angrily.
"Your Majesty... Wasn't that how Concubine He entered the palace? So... this may not really be a big deal. It's just a matter of exchanging engagement cards."
Pei Yuanjun said lazily.
The anger on the emperor's face suddenly froze, his face turned slightly pale, and he suddenly started coughing violently.
He had only been thinking about the Crown Prince's affairs before. From an outsider's perspective, he knew at a glance that Ji Youran was not a good person. The Crown Princess got into trouble at such a young age, it must be related to her. Maybe the Crown Princess died in her hands. Letting her enter the East Palace to serve the seriously injured Crown Princess, isn't this sending the Crown Princess to her death
This woman is so ambitious. The emperor has already sentenced her to death. She must not be allowed to stay.
When Pei Yuanjun spoke lightly, the emperor couldn't help but get angry.
At this time, the idea extended to myself, thinking that Concubine He entered the palace to take care of the sick Empress Yuan. Although Empress Yuan was fine after this incident, Concubine He stayed.
Others didn't know about this, but he did. It was one time when he came to look for Empress Yuan after drinking, but he saw Concubine He. She was wearing Empress Yuan's clothes and dressed a little like Empress Yuan. Although the two people didn't look alike, at that time he saw that she was Empress Yuan, which led to the following events...
He regretted it afterwards, but he had to keep her.
In the eyes of others, Concubine He actually has ulterior motives
No, Concubine He had nothing to do with Empress Yuan's death. He had checked it out afterwards. Moreover, Concubine He secretly helped Empress Yuan who was imprisoned in the cold palace at that time. She was not the vicious Ji family girl...
Although the emperor thought so in his heart, he was still not comfortable after all, and his heart was blocked. The daughter of Ji and Concubine He, Concubine He and the daughter of Ji
Could it be that there are some similarities
"What nonsense! Concubine He is Concubine He, and Concubine Ji is Concubine Ji. How can the two of them be compared?" The emperor finally calmed down, took a sip of tea and scolded.
"Your Majesty, if this Ji family girl had not become too proud after the Crown Princess passed away, she might still have a good reputation now. She is still the good sister who cares about her sisters, and the eldest daughter of the Ji family who had to enter the East Palace to take care of the Crown Princess, and she doesn't care about the stain on her reputation because of this."
Pei Yuanjun said with a half-smile, not caring about the emperor's rebuke, and then changed the subject: "What does the emperor think about this matter... Is a girl from the Ji family really that powerful?"
A daughter of the Ji family is nothing. No matter how powerful Ji Youran is, she is just a woman without children. But if she is not the only one, then the most likely one is Crown Prince Pei Luoan.
Would Pei Luoan, who was deeply in love with the former Crown Princess, plot with another woman to murder the Crown Princess who saved his life
The emperor slammed his hand on the table to cover up the inexplicable anger in his heart: "What nonsense! I will investigate this matter myself."