No one expected that Prince Jing Pei Yusheng and Prince Wei Pei Qingmin were actually in Qu Mansion.
They came quietly and were just walking around Qu's mansion casually, but they didn't expect to see the scenery before them.
"The fourth young lady of the Qu Mansion is the one whose engagement with the Yongning Marquis Mansion was rejected before. She looks like a powerful person. That one is the second young lady." Pei Yusheng pointed to the waterside pavilion and said casually.
"The fourth young lady of the Qu Mansion?" The King of Wei had a pale face, as if he was sick. He had just walked a short distance and was already out of breath. He simply stopped at this moment. He saw the scene clearly. The corners of his lips curled up silently with a bit of sarcasm. He naturally recognized the fourth young lady of the Qu Mansion.
It turns out that the rumors are not credible.
They said that the fourth young lady was extremely pitiful. She was envied by her stepmother and had to live in a farm outside the city. She has been living there for so many years and also has eye diseases. Recently, because Xu Lipeng jumped into the water to save the second young lady of the Duan family, he had to cancel the engagement with her and be responsible for the second young lady of the Duan family.
Rumor has it that this fourth young lady is extremely pitiful.
But he felt that people in the world were obsessed with appearances. This fourth young lady was clearly not a good person to look at, and she was extremely scheming.
Not to mention that last time at the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, it was clearly her who instigated that concubine to go out. Just the appearance of the wheelchair was clearly the same as hers, and it almost hit her. Although she later fell because of her uncle Wang, the Prince of Yun, the King of Wei could not believe that his uncle would hit anyone, let alone a woman.
The most likely scenario is that it was a fraud. This woman had done nothing wrong and she deliberately bumped into Uncle Wang, then pretended to have fallen and been injured. Maybe she was too close to Uncle Wang and fell down, so she put the blame on Uncle Wang. Whenever he thought of this, Pei Qingmin felt that he was the one who was almost hit.
That day at the Prince's Mansion, this Fourth Miss Qu was clearly trying to scam me or Uncle Wang. No matter if she bumped into me or Uncle Wang, she had only one purpose: to get close to me and Uncle Wang.
He had seen many women like this and despised them all. The wheelchair should have been prepared long ago. It seemed that he was the first target of the Fourth Young Lady, and Uncle Wang was the later target.
Compared with Uncle Wang, she was naturally much better at scheming, but unfortunately man could not predict the future, and the scheming Fourth Miss Qu had no choice but to plot against Uncle Wang, who was the most difficult to plot against.
Now that Uncle Wang is using her as a shield, the outcome will definitely not be good for her.
There are many such women among the daughters of noble families who are bent on currying favor with the rich and powerful and trying to climb up the social ladder by relying on the princes and grandchildren of the emperor. Pei Qingmin is not surprised by this. In the past, he would just walk away when he saw such women, and would not even give any reaction. However, this Fourth Miss Qu really annoyed him, so he said a few more words to her.
"The second young lady of the Qu family is really pitiful. Her elder sister almost knelt down to her younger sister, wanting to ask her for something, but it seems that she failed in the end." King Jing Pei Yusheng said meaningfully.
They both saw the scene clearly, and also saw the scene where Qu Caiyue almost pushed Qu Moying down, but in the end only a maid fell down.
It's just that, one of them deliberately provoked her, and the other was prejudiced. Of course, they just glanced at Qu Caiyue's behavior and didn't take it to heart.
"Miss Qu Si is indeed strong enough." Pei Qingmin nodded and agreed, then
He said with great concern, "Let's go and look somewhere else. The ladies in the Qu Mansion all look difficult to mess with. It's better to stay away from them."
He casually said this, and included Qu Qiuyan in it, but after he finished speaking, he suddenly laughed and said with a bit of apology, "Miss Qu San is certainly not included in this case."
Several brothers knew that Prince Jing liked Qu Qiuyan. This time they came to Minister Qu's residence, saying that they had something to discuss with him regarding the Ministry of Works. But in fact, the matter was not very big. It was just to renovate an old palace. It was a matter of the Ministry of Works, yes, and it also had something to do with Prince Jing, yes.
But the question is, is it necessary for King Jing to go there himself for such a small matter
Thinking of his second brother who had disappeared for a while and whose neat clothes were a little disheveled when he reappeared, the King of Wei raised the corners of his lips slightly and smiled elegantly.
His body is not good, but that doesn't mean his brain is not good.
It was obvious that he came here for a purpose, and I should be the shield.
However, the upbringing of the Qu family is obviously not very good, otherwise there would not be the third Miss Qu secretly meeting the second brother, and there would not be the fourth Miss Qu trying to get close to the emperor. What about the second Miss Qu now? It's really interesting!
"Although the second Miss Qu is a concubine's daughter, she is one of the most beautiful women in the capital. If it weren't for her elder sister blocking the way in front, the threshold would have been trampled flat by people!" Pei Yusheng said with a smile. The two of them had already changed direction and walked forward casually. There was no one else around, and the two brothers were joking.
"It's going to be trampled down by people, but it shouldn't be anything serious." Youyou said.
Pei Yusheng laughed. Some things need no explanation. Even if she was a legitimate daughter, she could never be the principal wife if she wanted to marry into the royal family, let alone a concubine's daughter.
"Which one do you like, second brother?" Pei Qingmin glanced at him and asked lightly.
"I need to think about it carefully." Pei Yusheng sighed and said with a headache.
Jingyu County Lady was the one he had taken a fancy to before, but now he felt that she was not the most suitable one. Liu Xiangshan’s daughter Liu Lanxin was very good, but this Miss Liu clearly had no interest in him at all, and most importantly, there was no news at all from Liu Xiangshan’s advances towards him.
He had previously sent things to the border under Liu Lanxin's name, but all to no avail.
Although the Duke of Qi is powerful, the most important thing for him is the military power. If he has the military power, things will be much simpler. There are some things that Pei Yusheng cannot say even though he knows that the King of Wei cannot have any ambitions, and he can only speak vaguely.
The prince has many tricks up his sleeve, and he also has a good relationship with Pei Qingmin. He can't let a momentary impulse ruin his plans.
As for Qu Qiuyan, since she was not considered as the main wife, she was not afraid of Pei Qingmin knowing it, or it could be said that this was a way of showing goodwill to Pei Qingmin. She did not even guard against Pei Qingmin in such a matter, which showed her close attitude towards Pei Qingmin.
Among the brothers, this brother is the one that King Jing feels least threatened by.
Although it is of no use, if he can be kept by his side, he will be a help and make people feel that they are friendly and respectful to each other. This is what the prince thinks, so he has always been very good to Pei Qingmin.
King Jing also made the same move.
"Is Princess Jingyu not good? I heard that the imperial concubine had someone see Princess Jingyu before." Pei Qingmin asked curiously. Before, in the Queen's Pepper Room, Pei Yusheng also responded with words.
In the past, he just said that he hadn't thought it through at the moment, and that Concubine He had checked again and again, and he couldn't make the decision on this matter, so he pushed everything onto Concubine He.
Everyone in the palace knew that Concubine He was much more favored than the Empress.
"Jingyu County Lord was originally very good and suitable. My mother also thought she was a good choice and even had some thoughts about her. But recently..." Pei Yusheng's face darkened and looked a little ugly.
"What happened?" Pei Qingmin raised his eyes and asked.
"Now that the Crown Princess is gone, the Empress will have to choose a new Crown Princess. Princess Jingyu has a good status and is suitable in all aspects. She had contact with my mother before, but after the Crown Princess got into trouble, we basically stopped contacting each other." Pei Yusheng sighed. Of course, he would not say that he had never been to Liu Mansion again.
When it comes to matters concerning the Ministry of Works, the government does not go to the Minister of Works but to the Vice Minister of Works, which actually explains the problem.
"The Liu family actually has the guts to do this?" After understanding the meaning of Pei Yusheng's words, Pei Qingmin sneered. As a fellow prince, he naturally couldn't be happy about being chosen like this.
"We can't blame them for this. After all, the prince is different from us." Pei Yusheng smiled bitterly and pointed to a pavilion not far ahead. "Would you like to take a rest? We've walked quite far and I'm tired."
In fact, the one who was tired was Prince of Wei Pei Qingmin. His lips looked extremely pale. Pei Yusheng knew that he could not hold on any longer. This brother was actually very smart, but unfortunately his body did not allow it. This saved him a lot of trouble.
"No, let's go back. After all, this is someone else's house. If the two of us stay here all the time, there might be bad rumors." Pei Qingmin said. He didn't want to have anything to do with this unruly Qu Mansion at all.
He had no idea about the young ladies in the Qu family. Let alone the principal wife, even if she was a concubine or a concubine, he didn't want her to be in this family.
"Okay, let's go back then. Can you still hold on?" Pei Yusheng looked at Pei Qingmin's face with concern and reached out to support him.
"I'm fine, let's go." Pei Qingmin shook his head and pulled his hand back, just avoiding Pei Yusheng's hand.
Pei Yusheng didn't care, because he knew that his brother didn't want anyone to touch him the most.
The two of them changed direction and left Qu Mansion with a group of guards.
The figure of Aunt Miao appeared from behind a tree. She happened to be walking by and saw someone coming from the opposite side. She hurriedly hid herself and dared not move, for fear of disturbing the person.
Unexpectedly, these two people turned out to be King Jing and King Wei. But how did they get into the mansion? I hadn't heard anyone in the mansion mention them before. It seemed like they came here suddenly, and no one in Qu's mansion knew about it.
She didn't hear much just now, and she didn't know whether the appearance of these two people in the mansion had anything to do with her young lady. After looking at the backs of the two men for a few times, Nanny Miao hurried back. She felt that the two princes' silent appearance in the Qu Mansion was not simple, and she had to tell the young lady.
"Prince Jing and Prince Wei?" Qu Moying had just returned. When she heard what Nanny Miao said, her watery eyes slightly raised. After taking off her veil, her eyes were as clear as water. The light red at the corners of her eyes added a bit of charm to her. Her long eyelashes fluttered twice, and she suddenly put down the pen in her hand, "Let's go and take a look!"
"But they said they wanted to go back, so we should leave now!" Nanny Miao said uncertainly.
"not yet!"