Inside was the Crown Prince Pei Luoan, who had been scolded for quite some time, and now he knelt before the Emperor, his head bowed, his eyes red.
There was a broken teacup on the ground, and some pieces of it rubbed against his clothes. Fortunately, they didn't scratch him, but even so, he still looked very embarrassed.
"Father, I really don't know."
"Don't you know? As the crown prince of a country, if you can't even protect your own crown princess, how can you protect the people of this world?" The emperor took a sip of tea, took a breath, and said sternly, "Your Crown Prince's Mansion in the East Palace is full of loopholes. What happened, and you, the crown prince, are the last to know?"
"Father..." Pei Luoan wanted to explain.
"Investigate, thoroughly investigate your Eastern Palace, who wants to harm the Crown Princess? Now that the Crown Princess is gone... who will benefit the most?" The Emperor interrupted him in a harsh voice.
"Yes... I will check it when I get back." Pei Luoan swallowed his anger.
"Why don't you go and investigate? Others only say that if you can't even clean up your own room, how can you clean up the whole world? What about you? You are the prince." The emperor slammed the table in disappointment.
"Your son... Your son will definitely investigate thoroughly." Pei Luoan stood up, bowed to the emperor who closed his eyes in anger, straightened his clothes, and walked out.
As soon as he stood still, he saw Pei Yuanjun standing in front of him with a smile on his face. After calming himself down, he stepped forward to greet him.
"What did the prince do to make the emperor angry?" Pei Yuanjun looked Pei Luoan up and down, finally looking at the corner of his clothes that was wet with tea, and said meaningfully.
"Uncle Wang, I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you any longer." Pei Luoan had no intention of talking to Pei Yuanjun. After bowing to him, he was about to leave.
Pei Yuanjun didn't stop him. He looked up at Pei Luoan's departing back with an elegant smile.
Li Quan came out and said, "Your Highness, the King of England, the Emperor summons you to come in."
"Thank you for the hard work, Eunuch Quan." Pei Yuanjun shook his sleeves, turned around and strode into the imperial study.
The eunuchs had already cleaned the floor inside. Pei Yuanjun stepped forward to salute, looked at the marks on the ground, and clicked his tongue secretly.
This is quite a big commotion.
"Why are you so late?" The emperor opened his eyes unhappily.
"Some things in the mansion delayed me for a while." Pei Yuanjun said with a smile, sat down on a chair beside him, leaned lazily against the chair rail, and without saying a word, picked up the memorials on the table and started reading them. There were some memorials that the emperor specially asked him to come here to read.
"Do you know about the affairs of the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace?" the Emperor suddenly asked.
Pei Yuanjun looked at the memorial in his hand and said without raising his head: "I heard something. It seems to have something to do with my cousin, the princess's cousin."
"You don't care?" the emperor asked solemnly.
"If my princess is concerned, I will ask again." Pei Yuanjun said indifferently.
The emperor's eyes were still on Pei Yuanjun, and Pei Yuanjun had to raise his hand: "Your Majesty, this matter is the matter of the inner court, and it has nothing to do with you and your ministers!"
"From the inner court?" The emperor looked strange.
"Of course it's from the inner court." Pei Yuanjun tapped the memorial in his hand on the table. "Think about it, this kind of thing, changing the fate of the Crown Princess, is not a big deal, but it's not a small deal either. It all depends on what you think."
"What should I think?" The emperor was silent for a moment and continued to ask.
"If it's just a matter of the inner court, then someone wants to step on the former Crown Princess to get promoted, then who will benefit the most from the inner court? The former Crown Princess
The people who benefited the most after the incident with the concubine were actually two people. I believe Your Majesty is aware of this." Pei Yuanjun told Fu Kai directly.
Since the emperor asked, given his status, he certainly wouldn't care about Liu Jingyu and Ji Youran.
"What if it's a foreign affair?" the emperor asked in a low voice.
Pei Yuanjun smiled, looking at it lazily and not taking it seriously. "If it is a foreign affair, then it is the Crown Prince's business. However, I really don't think that the Crown Princess's horoscope was changed, and it has much to do with the Crown Prince. After all, it was not the Crown Prince's horoscope that was changed. I was at the border at that time. If I were in the capital, I might have noticed it if it was really a foreign affair."
The emperor thought about it, as if he understood what Pei Yuanjun meant. He nodded, and the expression on his face softened a little. If possible, he would rather it be a matter in the backyard.
Although it is equally infuriating, at least it does not shake the foundation of the country.
"Do you think it's more likely to be an internal affair?"
"This is what I think. Is there any great secret in the horoscope of the former Crown Princess?" Pei Yuanjun asked.
The emperor thought about it and shook his head. If there was any secret, the one about escaping death was no secret. There were dangers in life and they would pass. No one could say that anyone had been safe and sound throughout their life, not to mention that the identity of the Crown Princess was even more unusual.
"Since there is no secret, let me guess. Is it that the Crown Princess's horoscope is more compatible with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? The previous wrong one is not so compatible?" Pei Yuanjun said, seeming to be interested, and put down the memorial in his hand, "Your Majesty, do you think my guess is correct?"
"The Crown Princess is destined to have the aura of a phoenix." The Emperor thought for a moment and finally said with a heavy face.
"Phoenix Qi? Being able to deduce this much, it seems that the Imperial Observatory is not just there to do nothing." Pei Yuanjun sighed.
Seeing his lazy look, the emperor glared at him.
"Your Majesty, I don't understand. As the Crown Princess, it is normal for her to have a bit of the phoenix aura. Isn't that normal?" Pei Yuanjun asked with a nonchalant smile.
The Crown Princess is the future mother of the nation and the queen of a country. Now that she has a hint of phoenix aura, it is really not a big deal.
"No one else has it." The emperor looked at Pei Yuanjun with a serious face.
"The current Crown Princess?" Pei Yuanjun understood and raised his eyebrows. This was becoming more and more interesting. Those with phoenix aura died, and those without phoenix aura took their place.
"The reason why Empress Yuan was made Empress was because she had a little bit of... excellent fate." The emperor whispered again.
Pei Yuanjun found it difficult to respond. He raised his eyebrows slightly and picked up the memorial in front of him: "Your Majesty, I'd better read the memorial!"
"You talked about this..." the emperor said thoughtfully.
"Your Majesty, I'd better read the memorial. This is Your Majesty's family affair." Pei Yuanjun said seriously.
The emperor looked at him calmly with a cold face, then suddenly picked up a book beside him and smashed it on his head...
Pei Yuanjun smiled and turned his head away.
Li Quan, who was standing behind the queen, breathed a sigh of relief and finally showed a smile on his face...
This matter can be big or small, and it is best to suppress it to the minimum. It is not suitable to shake the foundation of the country at this time. The envoy from the northern border is already on the way...
Madam Qu brought Luo and Xie Lian, the eldest daughter of the Xie family, to the Prince of Ying's mansion to visit the patient.
After Nanny Zhou welcomed the guest in, she stepped aside to serve.
Seeing Qu Moying lying on the bed, Madam Qu hurriedly took two steps forward.