"Your Majesty... please don't make things difficult for him. He is just a eunuch. How could he know anything if I didn't order him to do so?" Pei Yuanjun sighed and took over the matter.
"Let him speak." The emperor said with a gloomy face.
"Speak!" Pei Yuanjun said helplessly.
Since he had spoken, Ji Hai did not dare to hide it anymore and stammered, "Your Majesty, the prince was a little unwell. It happened on the battlefield before, but now... he is fine. After a period of recuperation... he will be fine."
That means he was indeed injured before.
"When did you get hurt?" the queen asked harshly, glaring at Pei Yuanjun.
"As for the previous war on the border, I don't think it's a big deal. The doctor also said that it will be fine after a period of rest. My previous marriage was also fine. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry." Pei Yuanjun said disapprovingly, as if he was not talking about the matter of his offspring.
"Imperial Physician." The emperor waved his hand, signaling him to stop. He felt that such an important matter should be checked by the imperial physician.
The imperial physician had been waiting on the side, and when the emperor summoned him, he came over to take Pei Yuanjun's pulse.
The imperial study became quiet. After the doctor finished examining one hand, he switched to the other.
Seeing that the imperial physician had examined both hands, the emperor could not help but ask, "How is it?"
"It's nothing, the prince is well now. Your Majesty, don't worry, the prince is in good health." The imperial physician felt relieved.
Although he was taking the King of England's pulse, he was also panicking and did not want to get involved in such matters.
Fortunately, the King of England was fine, and the imperial physician did not think that anything had happened to the King of England before. But when he saw the King of England's half-smile looking at him, the imperial physician felt a chill in his heart, and he spoke subconsciously, not daring to mention death.
"Are you really okay?" The emperor didn't believe it.
"It's really nothing." The imperial physician said affirmatively. He really felt that the King of England was fine, including what he said before about having suffered hidden injuries. It was obviously nothing, so how could it be considered that he had suffered hidden injuries and even injured his offspring.
However, the imperial physician did not dare to say this out loud. The King of England's eyes were too dark, so he did not dare to say this.
"Go down!" The emperor breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that something might happen to Pei Yuanjun. Now that nothing has happened, it's good.
The imperial physician retreated and when he reached the door, he felt a faint sweat stain on his vest. He had just been treating the King of England, and that was a risk of his life.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
"Since you are fine and the princess is in such a bad condition, we have to take in a few concubines." The emperor waved his hand.
Ji Hai stood up hurriedly and stood behind his master, his heart still beating wildly. He really didn't dare to get involved in such things anymore. This was a matter of life and death.
"Your Majesty, I have to take good care of her. Now it's enough to have only one princess. If I marry more, it will cause gossip." Pei Yuanjun said gently.
"What gossip?" the emperor asked subconsciously.
"Just like the prince... Now people outside think that the prince has been married for too long." Pei Yuanjun smiled vaguely. Although he didn't say it explicitly, the emperor understood it and his face darkened.
Although the prince was not what he wanted, he was still his son after all. He felt uncomfortable when people said this to him.
"The Crown Prince has been in the capital and has been in excellent health since he was young, but now he has no children... I wonder if it is the Crown Princess's fault."
Pei Yuanjun chuckled, and it sounded like he was talking about something interesting.
The emperor's face darkened again, and he slapped his hands on the table: "You haven't settled your own affairs yet, and now you are concerned about others."
"It's not me who wants to care, it's the people of the world who want to care." Pei Yuanjun said disapprovingly.
"I have my own conclusion on this matter. You can take a look first to see if there is anyone suitable." The emperor pointed at Li Quandao.
Li Quan took out a few portraits from behind the desk and brought them to Pei Yuanjun. He spread them out in front of him and said with a smile, "Your Highness, these are all carefully selected by the Emperor. They are not only beautiful, but also have good family backgrounds. Your Highness, please take a look first and decide on the ones that are suitable."
Li Quan said with a grin.
Pei Yuanjun took a look at the portrait in front of him. The woman in the painting was as graceful as water and had a very beautiful appearance. She looked like a young lady from a wealthy family.
"Too ugly." Pei Yuanjun said.
He took the initiative to reach out and flipped over the next one, frowning, "It's still too ugly."
Then the next one, after seeing it, he also looked displeased, "It's so ugly, so ugly, even the maids in the mansion can't compare to it!"
Seeing him looking at the pictures one by one with disdain, saying nothing but "too ugly", "ugly", and "ugly", the emperor became so angry that his face turned pale.
These were all carefully selected by the Queen Mother. He also took a look at them and thought each one was good. But how come in his eyes, they were all ugly.
Pei Yuanjun finished looking at almost all the portraits in front of him, and finally sighed helplessly: "Your Majesty, they are too ugly after all. You also know that I am still recovering, and it is not good to order these ugly ones now. Let's wait for a while before deciding, so that no one will think that I can't have children."
Marrying too many girls and keeping them all in the house, but not having any children, does make people feel that they are infertile.
Pei Yuanjun had just gotten married, and there was only this sick Princess Ying in the mansion, and she was still recuperating. It was indeed not the best time to have children, but it was not the same for his other sons. It had been so long since the principal wife came into the house, but there was still no news.
At this moment, the emperor was worried.
Several of his sons are married, but there is no news about any of them.
It seems that I need to discuss this matter more with the Queen Mother. I need to let the imperial physician investigate carefully to see if there is really any problem between the Crown Prince and Prince Jing.
Seeing Pei Yuanjun's leisurely expression, the emperor suddenly became angry and picked up the memorial at hand and threw it down. Pei Yuanjun caught it easily and put it aside: "Your Majesty, I really think it's ugly, and now is not the right time, and besides..."
He glanced at a few portraits again and said jokingly, "These must have been specially chosen by the Empress. Your Majesty, is it really okay for you to give them to me like this?"
"What could it be?" The emperor took another memorial and threw it at him.
He was also easily accepted, "Your Majesty... If you don't believe me, you can ask the Queen. These are not selected for me. The Queen is really worried about the prince."
The Queen Mother is the Crown Prince's biological mother and has devoted herself to the Crown Prince. When the Emperor thought about how the Queen was not very happy when she took out these paintings, he felt very upset.
Then my heart ached. If... Queen Yuan was still alive, why would my son be in such a state
He clenched his hands tightly, sat down slowly, and calmed down before he held back the tears in his eyes: "Even if you are not in a hurry to marry a concubine now, you will have to marry one in the future."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I understand everything." Pei Yuanjun finally got rid of his previous laziness and said with a serious face.
Although some things were not said explicitly, both of them understood.
The emperor's expression softened: "How is Princess Ying's health?"
"I'm much better now. I'm recuperating now. I'm very happy to have found my biological parents. I'm no longer... listless like before. The doctor said it's nothing serious." Pei Yuanjun said.
The reason why Qu Moying suffered so much before was because she was the daughter of Qu Zhizhen. This was an innate disadvantage, and she had to endure whatever was said, even if Qu Zhizhen was excessive. But now she is indeed better and finally has nothing to do with the Qu family.
"This is a good thing. Duke Yu loves his daughter very much. He finally found his daughter after so many years, so how could he not love her? Besides, he only has this one daughter." The emperor sighed. Speaking of this matter, he felt guilty towards Duke Yu. He was originally afraid that Duke Yu would have a gap in his heart because of this matter, but now it's all right.
"Your Majesty, Minister Qu came here specially to thank me." Pei Yuanjun said with a smile, not hiding the fact that Qu Zhizhen had given him a gift.
"He is also a fool." The emperor snorted coldly. Before, he was still thinking about how to separate the Qu Mansion and the Ying Palace, but now it's fine.
The emperor used to admire Qu Zhizhen and Liu Borui. He had high hopes for both of them. He did not expect that one after another would get into trouble, and each one was more outrageous than the other.
If Pei Yuanjun had not pleaded for him, he would never have allowed Qu Zhizhen to return to his post.
It's really ridiculous.
If you can't even manage your own inner court, how can you manage national affairs
The emperor would never let Qu Zhizhen drag Pei Yuanjun down. Duke Yu was the emperor's preferred candidate. Unexpectedly, God was helping Pei Yuanjun.
When he thought about it this way, he immediately remembered what Lord Yuan, the director of the Imperial Observatory, had said, and he felt more and more that this was the right thing to do.
Even God is helping his son, who can stop him...
"Your Majesty, I heard that the second princess from the Northern Frontier has entered the palace. Could it be possible?" Pei Yuanjun picked up the memorial that the emperor had just thrown down and asked with a meaningful smile.
The emperor's face darkened again, and he scolded, "What nonsense."
"Could it be the prince? When I came here just now, I saw the prince accompanying the princess from Northern Frontier in the imperial garden." Pei Yuanjun continued to smile without a trace of uneasiness on his face.
"The prince went to accompany her?" The emperor's face suddenly turned cold and ugly.
"But the prince is leaving soon. It must be the Queen's intention. I heard that the Crown Princess is also sick." Pei Yuanjun did not continue to push the blame on Pei Luoan, but just mentioned it casually.
The princess of Northern Frontier was going to marry a foreign prince. There was a hint of this when she came to the capital this time, but it was not obvious. It can be seen that the princess of Northern Frontier had to agree. The emperor himself had no idea, and in fact, he did not really want his son to marry the princess of Northern Frontier. None of them were suitable. But if there was really no one suitable, he would let his third son marry her. After all, he had no principal wife, and the identity sounded good.
But it would be best if she could marry a prince of royal blood.
This is both noble and useless.
I have already made this clear to the Queen. What does the Queen mean by asking the Prince to accompany her