"I didn't frame you, you framed me." A hint of coldness appeared in Qu Moying's watery eyes.
"You're talking nonsense. I didn't do that. It's you...you who came here to take revenge on me. You did it on purpose." Ji Youran stared at Qu Moying. "You deliberately found these two books to take revenge on me, Qu Moying, you're so cruel. Why...why did you do this?"
Seeing that Ji Youran had already said something he didn't want to say, Qu Moying smiled slowly, with a hint of sarcasm: "What Concubine Ji said is very interesting. What do you mean I should take revenge on you? Why should I take revenge on you? Did Concubine Ji do something to let me down, or did I find out that you did something to let my cousin down?"
Her words were neither hurried nor slow, but each one pierced the heart.
Pei Luoan pursed his lips and looked at Pei Yuanjun on the side, but ultimately did not speak. He just looked at him gloomily but did not say anything.
With Pei Yuanjun around, if he took a wrong step, Pei Yuanjun might catch him. He couldn't panic at this time. Ji Youran was not the only one who had cold sweats on his back, Pei Luoan was also.
"I didn't, I didn't... Qu Moying, it was you... it was you, you did it on purpose, you changed the blood jade bracelet."
"If the blood jade bracelet was in Concubine Ji's hands, how could I have exchanged it? It was Concubine Ji who exchanged the blood jade bracelet in my hands. When my cousin's coffin was laid to rest that day, I wore the blood jade bracelet when I arrived at the Eastern Palace. Concubine Ji said it was not suitable for me to wear, so she asked me to take it off and put it in a box. Then a servant of the Eastern Palace bumped into the maid holding the blood jade bracelet, and then, I got a box of broken blood jade bracelets."
Qu Moying said slowly, glancing at Yuxiu beside him.
Yuxiu understood and took out a jewelry box from her sleeve and handed it over respectfully, still placing it on the coffee table in the middle.
The box belonged to the East Palace. Pei Luoan knew it as soon as he saw the mark on it.
After opening it, there was a blood jade bracelet broken into several pieces. Upon closer inspection, you can see that this blood jade bracelet is a match for the other one on the table.
Obviously, this is a pair of blood jade bracelets, and one of the pair on the table does not belong to Ling Anbo's Mansion.
"Back then, I was just the fourth daughter of Minister Qu's family, and I was wearing the blood jade bracelet left by my mother. I don't know why this blood jade bracelet ended up in Concubine Ji's hands, and now she says it was given to you by your cousin. Please tell me clearly, Concubine Ji, why your cousin's blood jade bracelet broke, what accident happened that caused your cousin's bracelet to break like this, and why Concubine Ji took my bracelet in exchange for your cousin's."
The evidence is right in front of us. Coincidentally, several people who were present at the time had heard about what happened before and even got involved.
The real fate of Qu Moying marrying Pei Yuanjun started from that time, and Pei Qingmin had a bad impression of Qu Moying because of this.
Even because Qu Moying's status was relatively low at that time, many people believed that he had ulterior motives and was willing to sacrifice his own reputation in order to curry favor with the royal family.
It turned out that this was not an accident created by Qu Moying himself. At this time, who still didn't understand that this bracelet must have been obtained by Ji Youran from Qu Moying.
"Why did Concubine Ji want to exchange for Princess Ying's blood jade bracelet?" Liu Jingyu suddenly asked softly.
"Concubine Ji, why did you want to exchange the blood jade bracelet of Princess Ying? Didn't you say that the Crown Princess
Is it for you?" Pei Luoan immediately replied, looking at Liu Jingyu approvingly, and finally looking at Ji Youran, with only a hint of icy coldness. This sentence followed up Qu Moying's words very well.
The facts were before us. Changing Qu Moying's blood jade bracelet would not change Wei's situation. Coincidentally, several people who were involved in Qu Moying's fall were all there.
Pei Luoan would not allow this matter to be linked to Ji Hanyue, but if Ji Youran took the responsibility alone, he would still be willing to agree.
"Concubine Ji, could it be that something happened to the blood jade bracelet of the former Crown Princess?" Liu Jingyu still spoke gently, firmly standing on the interests of the Eastern Palace. He did not add insult to injury to Ji Youran, but reminded her again and again, wiping the corner of his lips with a handkerchief. As long as Ji Youran was not a fool, she would definitely understand the meaning of his words.
Ji Youran knelt down and kowtowed heavily to the people in the crowd, her face full of tears. The few words just now made her sober up. She hurriedly made amends: "Your Highness, it was me... I broke the Crown Princess's blood jade bracelet. I was afraid of the Crown Prince's punishment, so when I saw Princess Ying's blood jade bracelet, I had an idea. I beg Your Highness and Princess Ying to forgive me."
You have to admit this matter whether you want to or not.
Admitting to such a crime is much lesser than the crime of killing Ji Hanyue. Even though Ji Youran knew that he would not get any good result if he admitted to this crime, he had to admit it.
"Are you saying that you are afraid of my punishment?" Pei Luoan asked with gloomy eyes.
"Yes, I... I am afraid that Your Highness will think of the Crown Princess again, and that You will ask me about the Crown Princess's blood jade bracelet. This happened once when I was thinking of the Crown Princess and broke it when I took it out to wear. It was my own carelessness, and I am afraid that Your Highness will punish me. I am even more afraid that Your Highness will think of the late Crown Princess and feel sad when he sees it."
Ji Youran defended herself while crying.
As he spoke, he crawled a few steps on his knees towards Qu Moying's direction. He then looked up to speak, but met Pei Yuanjun's gentle yet frightening eyes. He paused involuntarily, but then gritted his teeth and forced himself to continue. If he didn't say it now, he would never have the chance to say it again.
"Please forgive me, Princess Ying. I... I really just missed the Crown Princess, and I didn't want to lose her kindness... That's why I... I secretly changed the blood jade bracelet of Princess Ying. I just wanted to see the blood jade bracelets of the Crown Princess and my third sister as a pair. I heard that if the bracelets appear in pairs, the person wearing them can live a better life. I... I was confused, I was confused for a moment."
Since the explanation was in this direction, Ji Youran gave up on other excuses and just explained it in this direction.
Confused for a moment
Qu Moying sneered, his tone becoming increasingly weightless.
Now it makes people feel that it is just a momentary confusion that does not take it seriously.
"Concubine Ji, if I were still just a lady of a minister, how would this matter be let go? Naturally, no one would speak for me. This blood jade bracelet was originally exchanged between Ji Youran and me!" Qu Moying sneered. She had been waiting for this day for a long time, so how could she let Ji Youran go just like that
Pei Luoan glanced at Qu Moying unhappily, thinking that Qu Moying was too self-righteous.
If she had not married the King of England, she would really be nothing. Even if Ji Youran replaced her blood jade bracelet,
Even if she said it in front of everyone, others would not take it lightly.
"Princess Ying, look at this... It's actually not a big deal. Concubine Ji has realized her mistake. After returning home, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely punish her severely. Her position as concubine can't be saved, which is also an explanation to Princess Ying. If it is brought to the Ministry of Justice again, it will always be bad for everyone."
Liu Jingyu was trying to smooth things over again. Today she was standing in the Prince's Mansion, smoothing things over for Pei Luoan. She was a very likable character.
"Your Highness, this matter is probably not that simple. I still don't know whether what Concubine Ji proved to everyone today is true." Qu Moying shook his hand.
"How... do you mean?" Liu Jingyu was stunned.
Qu Moying raised her eyes to look at Pei Luoan, then smiled in Pei Luoan's unhappy eyes: "Your Highness, Concubine Ji just lied a lot. Now we can't be sure whether what she said is true or false, and we can't be sure whether her bracelet was given by my cousin personally, or... there is another reason."
Qu Moying's voice was soft and gentle, but it made Pei Luoan feel cold in the back.
"Does the Queen of England suspect me?" Pei Luoan asked Qu Moying coldly.
"I dare not, I just want to ask Concubine Ji, is the story with my cousin true?" Qu Moying smiled, as if she didn't see the hostility in Pei Luoan's eyes.
"Prince, does this matter have anything to do with you?" Pei Yuanjun spoke lazily, glancing at Pei Luoan who had a wary look on his face, and said lightly.
With just one sentence, he swallowed all the words of accusation from Pei Luoan. He had to swallow them. He couldn't get involved in this matter.
"Concubine Ji, tell me, is this true?" Pei Luoan asked sternly.
"Your Highness, what I said is true. It was specially given to me by the Crown Princess, and I broke it by accident!" Ji Youran cried loudly as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, and wiped the tears from her face with her hand as she spoke anxiously.
The veil on her face had been wiped to the side by now, revealing a face with hideous wounds and many gray and white medicine stains on it, which made it look even uglier. Pei Luoan faced Ji Youran's ugly and hideous face and felt nauseous.
My eyes couldn't help but look to the other side.
"Concubine Ji has lied again." Qu Moying said coldly.
"I didn't, I really didn't, Princess Ying, I have already admitted that I was confused and changed your blood jade bracelet, why didn't Princess Ying let me go, I... I was really just confused for a moment, and for the sake of my third sister and the former Crown Princess, even for the sake of my third sister and the former Crown Princess, Princess Ying shouldn't be so aggressive to me."
Ji Youran cried almost in despair. She only hated herself for being soft-hearted and not getting rid of Qu Moying earlier. Now, Qu Moying was getting over her.
Until now, Ji Youran still thinks that she was too soft-hearted to let Qu Moying go, but she never thought that she had tried more than once but couldn't do anything to Qu Moying.
It's not that I didn't do it, it's just that I didn't have the ability.
“Madam Concubine, take a look at this, what is this?” Qu Moying took a broken blood jade bracelet from Yu Xiu’s hand and shook it in front of Ji Youran, “Madam Concubine Ji, tell me, what… is this?”