"Prince, this tea is good. Let me pour you a cup." Pei Yuanjun picked up the teapot in front of him and poured Pei Luoan a full cup of tea. He asked gently, with a smile in his handsome eyes, which made people feel gentle and easy to talk to.
Pei Luoan had almost never seen such a gentle and approachable Pei Yuanjun.
He couldn't drink the cup of tea in front of him.
Such a full cup of tea was not even easy to hold. After Pei Yuanjun poured it, the cup was just full to the brim and it looked like it would overflow if it had a little more.
The tea had a rich aroma and beautiful color, but Pei Luoan had no appetite.
"Why, Prince, don't you like it?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyes and asked, putting down the teapot in his hand.
"Uncle Wang, you're too polite. Of course I like it." Pei Luoan smiled, lifted his sleeves, and reached out with his other hand to pick up the teacup. Although he was very careful, the tea still spilled out and burned his palm, but he had to steady himself, slowly brought it to his lips, took a sip before putting it down.
"Good tea, it is indeed good tea." Pei Luoan praised, his hand dropped, and his sleeves slid down, covering the redness and swelling at the base of his palm.
I just shook out a little water and my hands were burned.
Even so, he couldn't show any sign on his face. He came today specifically to apologize to Pei Yuanjun. He had to apologize for this crime. It was his father's will. He had to come whether he wanted to or not.
Even if he was unwilling, he had to come. What to do after he came was not something he, the crown prince, could decide. He was the crown prince of a country, but he had fallen to such a state. He could hardly suppress the anger and grievance in his heart, but he had to suppress it.
After the frustration came grief and anger, a hint of blood flashed in his slightly drooping eyes, and his chest felt heavy, but when he looked up again, he was still gentle.
His face even looked a little pale and sick. The prince had been sick again these days and didn't look very energetic. But despite this, he still came.
"As long as the prince likes it, you can bring some back when you go back later." Pei Yuanjun said lazily.
"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Pei Luoan said hurriedly and respectfully, raised his hand and picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip, with praise in his eyes.
"I wonder what business the prince has come for? I have been busy lately. If there is nothing, I cannot accompany the prince." Pei Yuanjun said with disapproval about the expulsion.
"Uncle Wang... the previous incident, the matter of Princess Ying... has something to do with the Liu Mansion. I came here to discuss this matter with Uncle Wang." Pei Luoan coughed softly and had to speak.
Pei Yuanjun was definitely capable of being driven away if he didn't say anything. If he really didn't say anything and was driven out by Pei Yuanjun, it would be a great shame for him as the crown prince.
"What about this matter? Isn't it being investigated?" Pei Yuanjun leaned back and said disapprovingly.
"This matter is related to the Crown Princess's family..." Pei Luoan lowered his head.
"The Crown Princess's family? How come this matter is really related to the Crown Princess? Is Your Highness the Crown Prince here to plead for the Crown Princess?" Pei Yuanjun asked lazily.
"No... This matter has absolutely nothing to do with the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess has been in the Eastern Palace and has been feeling unwell recently. She can't even take care of the internal affairs of the mansion, let alone the affairs of the Liu Mansion." Pei Luoan explained humbly.
Regardless of whether Liu Jingyu is sick or not, she must stay "sick" now and must not take care of the internal affairs of the Eastern Palace.
Thinking that the cause of this incident was indeed Liu Jingyu, Pei Luoan wanted to strangle Liu Jingyu to death. This woman was really useless. Not only did marrying him not bring him the benefits he had imagined, but it also caused a lot of trouble.
"You've worked so hard, Crown Princess. It shouldn't be a big deal, right?" Pei Yuanjun asked in a seemingly nonchalant manner.
"Fortunately... it's just the matter of the Liu Mansion... that made her feel guilty towards Princess Ying. I don't know who that maid belongs to, but she actually placed such a person around Madam Liu. She must have some ulterior motive." Pei Luoan said vaguely, implying that this time someone was secretly involved in this matter, wanting to harm the Ying Mansion and also wanting to harm him.
"It's okay... Unfortunately, the current condition of my princess is still unclear. I don't know if she will not survive. It would be great if my princess was as healthy as the Crown Princess." Pei Luoan ignored what he said later and glanced at him indifferently.
He was already sick but still said he was healthy. Pei Luoan naturally understood the meaning of this.
"This matter... is related to the Liu Mansion. I am sorry to Princess Ying. I have some good medicinal herbs. I will send some over after I return. Princess Ying must recover first." Pei Luoan said.
"There are good medicinal herbs in my palace, but my princess's health is really not good... I don't know if someone wants to harm me, and can't stand my princess's good fate, so they want to harm her and then target me." Pei Yuanjun said lightly, his eyes fell on Pei Luoan's face, and scanned it slightly, "Does the prince know who is behind this?"
Pei Luoan started coughing violently, turned his head and covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and it took a long time before he stopped.
To Pei Yuanjun? To use Princess Ying to deal with him
Pei Luoan thought this was a joke. Everyone knew that the British princess's biggest role was to ward off evil for him, but he actually said it as if it was very important.
But this makes sense in a certain sense.
"Uncle Wang, I have another shop in the city. I have a lot of medicinal herbs and a lot of supplies. Why not give it to Princess Yuying so that she can recuperate at any time?" Pei Luoan asked tentatively. This matter involved too many things. It seemed that it had nothing to do with him now, but if Pei Yuanjun insisted, it would inevitably involve him.
He didn't dare to confront Pei Yuanjun and had to bow his head.
"The prince's hot spring resort outside the city is not bad. Why not use it to recuperate my princess?" Pei Yuanjun tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said slowly, without commenting.
"Uncle Wang, any other place is fine, but this place... really can't be, that was my former Crown Princess' favorite place... I... I..." Pei Luoan's eyes were red, he lowered his head, pursed his lips, and swallowed the bitterness in his eyes, "If that place wasn't the former Crown Princess' favorite place, I would definitely give it to Princess Yu Ying."
"The place where the Crown Princess lived first?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows.
"The former Crown Princess is no longer with us, and the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion has fallen into decline. Sometimes when I think of the former Crown Princess, I will go there to take a look. At least there I can see what she looked like back then. Inside the East Palace... it's hard to find any trace of her anymore." Pei Luoan said in a low voice.
The Eastern Palace already has a new mistress, so how could there be any trace of Ji Hanyue? Besides, Ji Hanyue was injured the day she got married, and everything that happened afterwards was related to Ji Youran, and had little to do with the former Crown Princess.
"Uncle Wang, the Crown Princess's family made a mistake... I just can't bear to use the former Crown Princess's things to make up for it, even if... even if this incident was committed by the Crown Princess... I can't bear to part with the former Crown Princess's things." Pei Luoan turned his body and wiped his eyes with his hand.
Seeing the sadness so overwhelming, his body trembled unconsciously.
"The things of the late Crown Princess? Are there any things of the late Crown Princess in the Eastern Palace?" Pei Yuanjun said nonchalantly, as if he didn't notice Pei Luoan's grief-stricken look.
"The Eastern Palace...there is nothing left. The dowry has been returned. Now...the Crown Princess has been replaced...everything she had...is almost gone." Pei Luoan's voice choked.
"The former Crown Princess is my wife's cousin. My wife is lucky to be alive today, and it is also due to the former Crown Princess's contribution. What a pity!" Pei Yuanjun sighed, and there was a bit of sighing in his voice. He changed the subject and said, "But this matter is the Liu Mansion's business, and what she said makes sense."
If you don't use the former Crown Princess's things to offset the mistakes made by the current Crown Princess's family, then the current Crown Princess's family will have to make the same mistake themselves.
"What your Majesty meant is that although we don't know who placed the maid in the Liu Mansion, the Liu Mansion cannot escape its responsibility. I would like to ask Uncle Wang what he thinks." Pei Luoan raised his head and asked with a heavy face.
"What does the prince think?" Pei Yuanjun asked back.
"I think Minister Liu must be demoted. Although this matter is his family affair, the people in his mansion were actually spies from other mansions, and he didn't realize it at all, which resulted in him harming others and himself." Pei Luoan said righteously.
"Is this what the prince thinks?" Pei Yuanjun asked with a kind smile.
Pei Luoan didn't dare to really think of Pei Yuanjun as kind. He felt heavy in his heart, knowing that Pei Yuanjun didn't mean to stop.
"This matter depends on Uncle Wang's opinion." He had to speak humbly and with a smile.
"Does the Crown Prince think that Minister Liu might have some connection with the Northern Frontier?" Pei Yuanjun said lightly, as if he was not talking about the big deal of Minister Liu colluding with the enemy.
"Uncle Wang, Minister Liu has absolutely nothing to do with Northern Frontier. He used to be the Minister of Works, and now he is the Minister of Works. Everything he says and does is recorded. He has never had any good feelings towards Northern Frontier, and he was also one of those who advocated the war before." Pei Luoan did not dare to neglect this and said hurriedly.
There was a hint of sweat on his forehead. He would not admit this no matter what. He, the crown prince, had an unstable foundation to begin with. If the Yue family had any relationship with Northern Frontier, how would he cope with it? Besides, he really didn't believe it.
"Prince, why not change the Yue family? If there is one, there will be two, and it is not strange to have a third." Pei Yuanjun laughed, as if he was just joking.
The veins on the back of Pei Luoan's drooping hands bulged as he tried hard to suppress his hatred, not daring to show any of it on his face.
"Uncle Wang... you're joking." He lowered his head in embarrassment, suppressing the humiliation and murderous intent in his eyes.
"I was joking. Since the Crown Prince came to intercede, I have to give him face. Minister Liu's position should indeed be moved. If you can't clean up your own house, how can you clean up the world? I have to say this to Minister Liu. For those few things in the mansion, Minister Liu lost... his entire future."
Pei Yuanjun spoke slowly and calmly, but Pei Luoan's face stiffened when he heard it...