"Master, His Royal Highness the King of England is breaking in." A steward ran to the door of the study, sweating profusely. The servants couldn't stop him.
"Let him in to talk." Qu Zhizhen's voice came from the study, and the servant made way.
The steward rushed in and said, "Second Master, something bad has happened. His Royal Highness the King of England is here."
The King of England is coming? Qu Zhizhen was stunned, but then he stood up and shook his robe: "Let's go and welcome the King of England."
"Second Master, His Royal Highness the King of England broke in, and the servants... couldn't stop him. He's almost here now." Seeing that Qu Zhizhen didn't understand, the steward hurriedly explained and wiped his sweat with his hand. He ran fast, so he was the first to run over and report the news.
"Break in? What happened?" Qu Zhizhen immediately realized that something was wrong and asked with a gloomy face.
"We servants don't know either." said the steward with a bitter face.
How could they dare to ask? The guards came up and kicked them to the ground. Who would have the courage to rush forward? It was smart of them to come and report the news.
Qu Zhizhen frowned, he didn't think he had done anything to anger the King of England. He had been keeping a low profile recently and didn't dare to do anything, for fear that someone would confront him. Even Xie was detained in the backyard by him, so he asked her to stay with the lady for a while, and now he was trying to find a way to cry to his daughter.
Thinking of Mrs. Xie, I was suddenly startled and had a bad feeling in my heart: "Where did the lady go?"
"Madam has left the house today. She said she went to the Prince of England's palace." The servant reported, "Madam came to tell you before. You can just let Madam do it herself."
When Xie came over, Qu Zhizhen was not in a good mood and did not let her into the study. It was the servant who told her to do as she pleased and not to bother her for no reason.
"Is the madam back?" Qu Zhizhen asked anxiously.
"I don't know. I'll go ask now," said the servant.
"Minister Qu, there is no need to ask anyone else. Why not ask me?" A clear voice suddenly came from outside the door. It didn't sound like there was a trace of anger in it, but it made Qu Zhizhen feel uneasy.
As expected, the King of England came and hurriedly came out from behind the desk. After he had taken a few steps, Pei Yuanjun had already walked in. Several guards were standing at the door, their eyes falling on Qu Zhizhen with coldness.
Qu Zhizhen felt a chill in his back. It happened so suddenly that he was not prepared at all.
"Your humble servant greets His Majesty." Qu Zhizhen bowed and felt Pei Yuanjun's gaze on him. It took a long while before he heard Pei Yuanjun's voice, "Minister Qu, you are too polite."
Qu Zhizhen stood up straight and raised his eyes: "I didn't know that the prince was coming. I am sorry for not welcoming you from afar. I hope the prince will forgive me."
"Forgive? I don't know how to forgive. If you forgive me again, I will lose my princess." Pei Yuanjun said coldly.
"Your Highness... what does this mean?" Qu Zhi asked in shock, his fingers trembling unconsciously.
"What do you mean? Minister Qu doesn't know?" Pei Yuanjun looked at him mockingly, "Minister Qu, do you think your official uniform is a little small? How about I give up my position to you?"
Qu Zhizhen even said he didn't dare, lowered his head, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.
He was no less than the father-in-law of the King of England. However, the King of England not only had no affection for him as his father-in-law, but was also extremely cold to him. Not only behind others, but even in front of others, he was also indifferent to the King of England.
yes.
Whenever the ministers talked about this matter, although they did not dare to make fun of it, they looked at Qu Zhizhen with profound meaning.
I tried hard to suppress the anger in my heart and reminded myself once again that the person in front of me was the King of England, and I couldn't afford to offend him right now...
"I dare not."
"Minister Qu, what is there to be afraid of? You actually made my princess almost lose her life for you. Minister Qu is not trying to get an official position, you are trying to kill me!" Pei Yuanjun flicked his sleeves, turned behind the desk, and sat in the seat where Qu Zhizhen had sat before.
Although his voice was clear, his eyes were sinister.
Qu Zhizhen raised his head slightly, then quickly lowered it again. His heart was pounding, and he dared not think about anything else.
"Your Highness... Your humble servant... Your humble servant does not know what Your Highness means." Qu Zhizhen said with a bitter face.
"I don't know?" Pei Yuanjun smiled and leaned back. "In order to gain the position of Shangshu, Minister Qu and his wife forced my wife to hurt her body in the hope that I would be soft-hearted and speak a few words for Minister Qu in front of the emperor. I just don't know whether Minister Qu overestimated my wife or overestimated me."
"What...what?" Qu Zhizhen could hardly believe his ears. He suddenly raised his head with a look of horror.
"Minister Qu planned all this himself, and he wanted me to explain it more clearly. This time I came here, I wanted him to talk to me about this matter. In the future, there is no need to let my princess make such a fuss about this matter, and lie on the bed without knowing whether she is alive or dead. It is better to tell me directly if you have something to say. If this happens a few more times, I may have to marry someone else."
Pei Yuanjun's eyes were like being immersed in ice-cold water, locking onto Qu Zhizhen. This made Qu Zhizhen feel uneasy, and his body stiffened unconsciously.
"Your Highness, how could I think like that? Princess Ying is my daughter, my only legitimate daughter. I ignored her because of Yu before, so how could I... how could I treat her like this now? Your Highness, rest assured, if Xie was the one who started this, I will not tolerate her."
Qu Zhizhen gritted his teeth and said.
He had to say it, and he had to say it this way. He hadn't figured out what was going on yet, but there was one thing he was very clear about: the Xie family was involved in this matter.
He married Xie because she could help him with the internal affairs and also help him to adjust the relationship with other royal palaces. The Qu Mansion lost a mistress, Dang An. There were some things that he, as a man, was not convenient to say. With a lady like Xie around, many things became much more convenient.
The reason for marrying Xie was not because of her background or her character, but because she was on his side and he could use her with confidence.
Pei Yuanjun chuckled, his voice pleasant but cold: "I don't quite understand what Minister Qu said, but... I'll explain it to the emperor. I didn't come here to listen to Minister Qu's explanation, but just to let him know that he will take full responsibility for this matter."
Pei Yuanjun stood up and walked away from the desk, walking straight past Qu Zhizhen.
"Minister Qu... If my princess consort is not your daughter, what do you think I should do at this time?" These words made Qu Zhizhen feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Looking up, Pei Yuanjun had already walked out the door. He moved his feet slightly and was about to chase him out, when he suddenly heard the eunuch following behind Pei Yuanjun say lightly: "Smash it!"
Several guards such as
The wolf rushed in like a tiger...
Qu Zhizhen almost woodenly watched several guards smash his study and then walk away. His body was shaking with anger, but he couldn't utter a word. He pointed inside the room. All the furnishings here were his favorites. Unlike others, everything here was arranged by him.
He had chosen them himself and placed them carefully. Every piece was specially picked out by him. He had never let the Yu family, nor the current Xie family, interfere with anything in this study, and he would never let the former Xiao Yue family touch it. Now everything had become a mess.
Broken, shattered, falling to the ground...
Basically it is no longer usable...
Looking up, he saw devastation everywhere. All his years of hard work and management were gone... all gone...
With trembling hands, he placed his hands on the boy's shoulders and looked stiffly at everything in the study...
This time, it was not only the study room in front of him that was destroyed, but also his many years of planning and hard work...
"Master... what... what should I do?" Hearing the panicked voice of the steward, Qu Zhizhen took a deep breath and was about to speak, but his vision went dark and his body went limp...
When the eunuch from the palace came over, the King of England had already left. After asking about what happened in Qu's Mansion, the eunuch ignored the chaos in Qu's Mansion and went to the King of England's Mansion.
The British palace was also in chaos at this time.
The Princess of England fainted again. It was said that it was because of her extremely weak body. Those medicines were strong and the sandalwood was auxiliary to make the medicines work better. If it was just these medicines, the Princess of England would not have been injured like this. The sandalwood also played a huge role later.
All of this was brought by Minister Qu’s new wife.
After hearing the emperor's order, Pei Yuanjun went inside to check on Qu Moying again and warned the palace doctors that if Qu Moying made any mistakes, they would be held accountable. Then he followed the eunuch into the palace.
"Go and smash the Qu Mansion?" After he paid his respects, the emperor asked him to stand up.
"No, I just saw that Minister Qu's study needed renovation, so I helped to renovate it." Pei Yuanjun said disapprovingly.
"No matter what he does, he is still your princess's father." The emperor said with a look of disapproval.
"If he wasn't my princess's father, his Qu Mansion would have to be renovated. As for him..." Pei Yuanjun straightened up and replied lazily, his eyes gloomy, "Your Majesty, don't blame me. You know my princess... She's not in good health. Even if she wants to have an heir, she has to take good care of herself for a while."
"There is no rush regarding offspring." The emperor coughed softly.
"I am anxious. My father sent someone to tell me to give birth to a child as soon as possible so that he can have a grandson." Pei Yuanjun said.
This made the emperor feel uncomfortable. In fact, he also wanted to embrace the child, and he was the legitimate one. His son... That matter had to be accelerated...
He took a sip of the teacup and covered up his thirst by saying, "If it's really urgent, you can also take in concubines and concubines. Your palace is too short of people."
"Your Majesty, I have more than enough people in my backyard. I can't even protect one princess, let alone the others. Now is the perfect time to prevent others from plotting against me and catching me off guard."