"Master, send her to the Western Prison!" Yu Xiu said, "Eunuch Ji Hai told me before that if there are people who want to stay for the time being and there is no place to put them, they should be sent to the Western Prison. That place... is perfect for her."
Qu Moying pondered for a moment and nodded.
The West Prison is indeed a very suitable place for Ji Youran, and the current situation is just right...
The pain of a knife was too easy for her...
Yu Xiu called two guards in. The two guards took a blanket and wrapped Ji Youran in it, one on each head, and disappeared into the rain with the guards...
"Master, the eldest lady wants to see you." Looking at Qu Moying who was silent, Yuxiu reminded her in a low voice. Before, the eldest lady wanted to see Qu Moying, but was stopped by the maids around them.
Qu Moying sighed softly and turned to walk out. Perhaps after seeing Ji Youran's fate, she felt much more relaxed than before: "Let's go and meet our aunt."
When Luo saw Qu Moying, Qu Moying was still lying on the bed in the inner room. He looked extremely weak. When he saw Luo come in, he wanted to get up, but he had no strength. Yuxiu hurried forward to help him.
Looking at Qu Moying's current appearance, Luo's face calmed down a bit, and she said in a low voice: "Princess, you don't have to stand up. I... just want to say a few words."
Yuxiu supported Qu Moying and half leaned on the cushion behind her: "Aunt, what happened? Didn't you see anyone?"
Luo took a deep breath. When she came here just now, Nanny Yan repeatedly told her not to tell her master about the matter at this time, saying that the princess was weak and if she heard such news suddenly, who knows what might happen. That would be a real disaster.
"Nothing, I just want to see the queen." Luo lowered her hands and pinched her palms hard. The pain in her palms once again made her clearly realize that she not only had a daughter, she also had a son and a husband. No matter whether this daughter was alive or dead, it was actually wrong for her to come and see people this time.
If people knew about it, it might lead to more trouble.
She knew that what her daughter did was wrong, so she did everything in secret. Even when she came here with the silver bills, she did not tell anyone else in the mansion, not even the lady dowager.
Now it seems to be God's will. It is God's will. No matter how much I force it, it is useless. I just hope that my daughter can be a good person in the next life, and not be obsessed with fame and wealth, and end up like this.
In fact, Luo has always understood that her daughter was wrong and was not doing justice to her niece.
It was already a great favor that Qu Moying could help her meet Qu Xuexin.
If people knew about it, it might end up being like what happened to Second Uncle before, and the entire Qu family would be implicated.
She closed her eyes tightly, her eye sockets were bloodshot. No matter how much she resented, hated or annoyed she was, she was still her daughter. She really couldn't bear to let her go...
Nanny Yan also said that how this matter would turn out would depend on the Eastern Palace. If the Eastern Palace did not react, they would offend the Eastern Palace if they made a fuss here.
"I won't bother you with Xin'er's affairs from now on." Luo took a deep breath, her face pale and shaky. She had to say this.
"Aunt, I understand. I don't know if your health is serious. It's already very late. I'll ask the doctor to come and check on you." Qu Moying said.
She was also worried that Luo's body really couldn't bear it, even though Qu Xuexin's death was already a foregone conclusion...
"Princess, I'm fine." Luo stopped and shook her head, her voice filled with a bit of sadness that was hard to suppress. She was fine, but it was her daughter who was in trouble.
Now I can only pretend that... I have never given birth to such a daughter...
"Someone, help our aunt to rest." Qu Moying could see that Luo was not in a good mood, so he told someone nearby to help her.
Now that the words had been said, Luo Shi did not insist any longer. She was so heartbroken that she was in no mood to talk to Qu Moying. She held the maid's hand and left.
The house had been prepared long ago, and they had originally planned to spend the night here. Under the pretext of visiting Qu Moying, Luo went out.
Back in the house, Luo's body swayed, and she held on with a breath. This matter had to have a beginning and an end, and now it was finally over.
"Madam..." the maid beside her called out anxiously.
Luo waved her hand and said in a hoarse voice: "Everyone go down!"
The people who were helping her and other servants in the British palace all left, leaving only a trusted maid to serve her, helping her onto the bed and letting her lean against it.
After everyone left, Luo couldn't help but burst into tears.
Even if I know that my daughter is the one who brought this upon herself, I can't just let her go...
There was a heavy rain, which washed away all traces. No one from the British palace could find it, and no one from the Prince's Eastern Palace could find it either.
Luo left early in the morning and fell ill after returning.
"Fell into the river and was washed away?" Pei Luoan put his hands on the table, frowning, staring at the eunuch who was answering below, with bloodshot eyes. This news was almost unbelievable to him.
“It was… it was Madam’s idea. She… she said she wanted to take this opportunity to get away so that the Princess of England wouldn’t keep staring at her. But she didn’t expect… she didn’t expect something unexpected to happen. It must have been in a panic that Madam… Madam got the direction wrong and rolled directly into the river.
The eunuch's upper and lower jaws were chattering and he stammered.
He now pushed the matter onto Ji Youran, but he didn't dare say that he had planned this or that it was his intention, and that Ji Youran was just cooperating with him.
"Who told you to listen to her so much?" Pei Luoan asked coldly, his voice suppressing a gloom. He slapped the table with his hand, causing the teacup on it to vibrate twice, and a few drops of water fell out.
“Slave…slave thought that the lady was yours…the one you asked me to settle down, slaves didn’t…dare not disobey.” The eunuch knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head.
"Madam? Where did she come from? I asked you to supervise her, but you are powerless. You can't even supervise one person. Someone, shut her up and beat her to death."
Pei Luoan said gloomily that Ji Youran was still useful to him, especially at this critical moment, Ji Youran actually died, how could he not be angry.
At the beginning, Ji Youran's life was saved with great difficulty. It was the staff around him who reminded him to exchange Qu Xuexin's life for Ji Youran's life.
He had taken a huge risk for this matter, but he didn't expect that it would end up in the hands of a eunuch. How could Pei Luoan not be angry
"Your Highness, please spare me, Your Highness, please spare me." The eunuch screamed in fear.
Two eunuchs came in, and one of them hit him hard on the back of the head. The eunuch's shrill voice stopped abruptly, and then he was dragged out like a dead dog.
Pei Luoan's brows were furrowed. He stretched out his hand and rubbed his brows. He felt upset. What he had originally decided on was now out of the question.
Ji Youran actually died like this. How could he die? He had to rely on Ji Youran to contact that person. Now that the person is dead, things are difficult.
He stood up and walked around the room twice in annoyance. He hated Ji Youran for seeking death. If she died, it would not matter. Someone had to contact her. People from Northern Xinjiang were about to enter Beijing. Would this person still contact him? He had been in contact with Ji Youran before.
If I can get the support of the Northern Frontier, even if my father no longer thinks highly of me, he will have to let me sit firmly on the position of crown prince, and he will have to give up the throne to me in the future.
But this person... he didn't know who it was.
When they first contacted each other, the words were vague and Pei Luoan didn't believe it. But everything that happened afterwards was very effective, and in the end, the benefits were in his hands.
After several attempts, Pei Luoan finally believed it.
It was because of his belief that he panicked when he found out that the letters between him and Northern Xinjiang fell into Ji Yongming's hands. Before, the emperor was furious and wanted to depose him from the position of crown prince. At that time, he knelt under the Danque and begged bitterly, which made him hate those people and things that wanted to depose him.
He must get the letter in Ji Yongming's hand.
The person he married was Ji Hanyue, and Ji Yongming was on his side. Why did he still have the evidence of his dealings with Northern Xinjiang in his hand? Why didn't he give everything to him, and why did he even present it to the emperor
Does he know that these things will push him into eternal damnation
He couldn't let these things fall into the hands of others, not even into the hands of Ji Yongming. Ji Yongming had always been straightforward and loyal to his father. If the time really came for him to make a choice, he might not choose himself as the crown prince, even if his daughter married him.
Whenever he thought of this, he became extremely anxious.
That is to say, on the wedding night, he designed an assassination in order to push the crime of assassination onto Ji Hanyue, and then use this crime to force Ji Yongming, to make Ji Yongming understand that if he did not listen to him, the entire Ling'anbo Mansion would be overthrown. Assassinating the prince and exterminating nine generations of the family was a heinous crime. Even if Ji Hanyue had already married and became the crown princess, what difference would it make!
After the "assassination" incident, he left Ji Hanyue and secretly went to Ling'anbo's mansion, told Ji Hanyue about the "assassination" attempt on him, and forced Ji Yongming to hand over the letter, but Ji Yongming refused to hand it over. On the one hand, he was angry that he said Ji Hanyue attempted to assassinate him, and on the other hand, he even escaped from the clutches of his subordinates.
At this time, he could only take Ji Yongming's life. He couldn't let Ji Yongming escape and sue him.
Given my situation at the time, my father would have to depose me.
He is the crown prince. He has been the crown prince for so many years. He cannot be deposed. He can only move forward and ascend to the throne. This world and everything in it belong to him. Why wouldn’t his father give it to him? Why would he have to wait so cautiously all this time…
He had to go on no matter what. Whoever stood in his way would only die. His path to the throne was one of unstoppable progress, and no one could stop him.
Anyone who stands in his way must die, no matter who they are...