"Is the Crown Princess pregnant?" Liu Lanxin asked, frowning.
"Yes, the imperial physician has also checked. The Crown Princess fainted during her mother's funeral, and it has been inconvenient for her to move since then. She will have to stay in the Liu Mansion for a while."
Hai Qing reported the news to Liu Lanxin.
"Let's just let the matter of Concubine Qu go like this?" Liu Lanxin said unwillingly. She and Concubine He had arranged this matter together, and now nothing happened
Things popped up one after another. She liked him originally, but what happened to Liu Jingyu now
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing you need," Hai Qing said hesitantly.
"What's the matter?" Liu Lanxin asked.
"I heard that His Highness might be imprisoned forever after he comes out this time." Hai Qing said uneasily.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Liu Lanxin was furious, "This time it's the prince who's in trouble!"
"I heard people say that everything in the Prince's Mansion might be related to Prince Jing's Mansion, and that our Prince is behind all this." Hai Qing said in panic, "They said that the Prince was harming the Prince, which is why the Prince's Eastern Palace has been in trouble. When the Prince's wedding went wrong, it was also the Prince's fault."
"Impossible!" Liu Lanxin scolded.
"That's what the queen said. I asked several people and they all said the same thing. The queen said our prince will release him soon and wait for punishment. As for the matter in the East Palace, no matter how big the commotion is, it's the prince's residence after all!"
Haiqing was so anxious that she was about to cry.
"It's impossible that the emperor has always been fond of Concubine He." Liu Lanxin didn't believe it.
"I also heard that Concubine He was also imprisoned. I also heard that the incident involving Empress Yuan was exposed," Hai Qing said.
As they were talking, a maid came in hurriedly and reported: "Princess, the prince is back."
Liu Lanxin suddenly stood up and rushed out anxiously. Pei Yusheng is back
Pei Yusheng really came back. He took a shower and changed his clothes, then he let Liu Lanxin in with a gloomy face.
After not seeing each other for a few days, Pei Yusheng looked much thinner and looked very gloomy.
"Your Highness, are you okay?" Liu Lanxin stepped forward anxiously, looked at him and asked.
"What can happen to me?" Pei Yusheng said coldly, his eyes falling coldly on Liu Lanxin's face, "I heard that Concubine Qu's baby is gone, and it was when you took her to Liu Mansion that she died."
"Your Highness, this is not my idea, it's the Imperial Concubine's idea." Liu Lanxin calmed down and said, she did have this idea, but the Imperial Concubine was more ruthless, so she would naturally do everything as she was told. It wasn't her child, so if it was gone, it was gone.
"What does mother mean?" Pei Yusheng sneered. He heard about this just after returning home. He was angry and hateful. The child in Qu Qiuyan's belly was also his hope, and now it was gone.
He couldn't do anything to Concubine He, and all his anger was directed at Liu Lanxin. He felt more and more disgusted with Liu Lanxin in front of him.
She is clearly a vicious woman who took advantage of the fact that I was under surveillance to do such a wicked thing.
"Your Highness, now is not the time to discuss such trivial matters. News just came in that the imperial concubine has been locked up." Liu Lanxin shook her head. She didn't want to argue about this. It was unlucky!
"My mother was locked up. When did this happen?" Pei Yusheng was stunned. He didn't care about Qu Qiuyan's affairs. His mother was all he could rely on in the palace. "How is my father?"
"The Emperor is now bedridden, and accidents have occurred repeatedly in the Prince's Mansion. People outside are saying that you and the Imperial Concubine are behind this. Now something has happened in the Prince's Mansion again." Liu Lanxin recounted everything that had happened in the past few days. She had no intention of caring about Qu Qiuyan at this time.
She is just a minor concubine, and a childless one at that. There is nothing to be afraid of.
Liu Lanxin finished her speech and said, "Your Highness, you should make a decision early. I heard that the palace wants to investigate the matter of Empress Yuan. They said that this matter has a lot to do with the Imperial Concubine. They also said that they will imprison you forever."
Liu Lanxin is also very anxious now. She is the Princess of Jing and is destined to bear everything with Pei Yusheng. Many things have become a mess and she doesn't know what to believe for a while. Fortunately, Pei Yusheng came out. She couldn't make a decision on this matter, so she told Pei Yusheng all the news she had heard.
"You go back first. I will ask someone to investigate." Pei Yusheng calmed down and said. He originally thought that it was his mother's idea for him to come out. His mother was serving his father and must have some say. But now things were happening too fast, so fast that he had no energy to pay attention to what was happening with Pei Luoan.
He cannot be imprisoned, nothing can happen to his mother, and what happened back then cannot be investigated.
His mother once told him about Empress Yuan. It had been such a long time since the incident, but why were there so many troubles? He naturally knew how much his father cared about Empress Yuan and that dead woman.
When he saw his father vomiting blood and falling down in the court, he felt only hatred in his heart. The person who was sent away, who he didn't know if he was the heir to the throne, had actually made his father so concerned. And he, the prince whom his father had always kept by his side and raised, was actually taken away by his father.
How cold my father is to me
But now, he felt panic
Pei Yusheng didn't know the details of what happened back then, but that didn't stop him from hearing a lot from Concubine He's words.
It is said that my mother's cat was the one that Empress Yuan liked.
It is said that some of the things my mother uses on a daily basis were given by Empress Yuan. Even though they are very old, my mother still uses them.
Sometimes I would hear my mother mention Empress Yuan. Even though Empress Yuan was a taboo word in the palace, my mother would still mention it. Whenever this happened, my father never blamed her. He would even say a few words to her, and he was always talking about Empress Yuan.
But when the emperor left, his mother would be very angry. When he was young, he saw his mother lose her temper, throw the cat out, and scold the dead empress viciously, saying that she was still not at peace after her death and her ghost was still lingering around. He also said that she died a worthy death and it was best to die.
But when the emperor came over, my mother was gentle and generous as ever, and she would mention Empress Yuan again.
My mother and the people around her talked privately, and her words only showed resentment towards the Empress Yuan.
If this matter is really investigated thoroughly, my mother will definitely not be innocent.
My mother seemed to be favored by my father for so many years, but in fact it was all because of the Empress Yuan. Because of the Empress Yuan, my mother was given the title of the favored concubine. Until now, people feel that my mother has always been favored.
Pei Yusheng didn't care about Liu Lanxin at this time and asked Liu Lanxin to go back first. He sent someone to secretly communicate with Concubine He in the palace. However, by the evening, the news had not been delivered. He only said that the news could not be delivered because the palace servant who used to deliver the news had disappeared.
If one is missing it’s an accident, but what if two or three are missing
Pei Yusheng waited anxiously for news, but there was still no news by the evening. He was so anxious that he didn't even have time to eat dinner.
Finally, news came from the palace. When Pei Yusheng saw the words written on it clearly, he felt like he was struck by lightning. He fell heavily on the chair, his face pale.
"Your Highness," the eunuch called him softly.
"Go and invite those gentlemen over." Pei Yusheng crumpled the note in his hand into a ball, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes for a while.
Something really happened to his mother, and this matter was traced back to him. He couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
These gentlemen were his staff members employed in his mansion.
Everyone in the mansion has been nervous these days, including the staff. After hearing that Pei Yusheng had returned, everyone was relieved. But now that the prince was looking for them, they became nervous again.
The paper was written by Concubine He, and the handwriting is in Concubine He's style.
The handwriting looked flustered and a little sloppy, but this did not prevent Pei Yusheng from recognizing Concubine He's handwriting.
"The palace is investigating Empress Yuan's affairs, quick!"
There were only a few words on the paper, and there was not much else to say. Given my mother's cautious nature, even if it was spread by a confidant, she would be very careful and would not be able to be too thorough.
Liu Lanxin's previous words, coupled with Concubine He's words, the information that Pei Yusheng had asked someone to inquire about, and the feeling that someone was secretly monitoring him outside Prince Jing's mansion, all made Pei Yusheng feel flustered.
The note was passed from the hands of several aides and finally returned to Pei Yusheng.
"What do you want, Your Majesty?" asked the oldest gentleman.
"Do we have to wait any longer?" Pei Yusheng turned around twice, returned to sit behind the desk, and asked in a deep voice, holding the note in his hand, his face gloomy and incomprehensible under the light.
He could not and dared not wait any longer. If he was really imprisoned, if his mother was really implicated in the death of Empress Yuan, and his father was now heartbroken over the death of Empress Yuan's son, he would certainly not let his mother and himself go.
How can all these years of planning go to waste
"The prince is now marrying the general who assists the country. The general should have people in the capital. Besides, the prince is going to marry the second princess of the northern border. The prince's current strength is far greater than that of the crown prince." The old man analyzed.
The prince's previous father-in-law might have been compared with the general who assisted the country, but what is this one now? He is nothing.
When the idea of marrying the second princess of Northern Frontier was mentioned before, the staff all felt that it was not a good idea. The Emperor did not favor Prince Jing, so he let Prince Jing marry the second princess of Northern Frontier. Otherwise, the offspring born would be the future crown prince. But now it seems that it may not be a bad thing.
"Your Highness, with the Northern Frontier behind you and the general assisting the country, everything is promising. The crown prince is weak now and cannot handle the affairs of his own inner court well. And this time, the concubine went to the Liu Mansion with good intentions, but was ambushed by someone in the Liu Mansion. It is impossible that this matter has nothing to do with the crown prince." Another gentleman said.
"In the name of this?" Pei Yusheng was silent for a moment. The timing was indeed good now. The situation on his father's side was unclear, but his father's health had always been poor. His mother had also said before that if he passed away at this time and Pei Luoan got into trouble again, there would be no one else on the throne except himself.
"Yes, in this name." The gentleman nodded vigorously.
Pei Yusheng looked at the other gentlemen again, and they all nodded. They had been King Jing's aides for some time, so wasn't it the future they were seeking
Now is such a good opportunity, if you don't make up your mind, then everything will be ruined.