Pei Yusheng's face, which was originally full of helplessness and apology, froze, and he looked at Pei Qingmin with disbelief.
"King Wei, don't talk nonsense." The queen finally spoke in a calm voice.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed Princess Jing. Please look at the straps tied on it." Pei Qingmin handed the painting in his hand over. A palace maid came over to take it and spread it out on the table in front of the Queen.
Pei Yuanjun's bottomless black eyes turned, and the mist in his eyes became thicker...
"Your Highness, it's hard to tell who the woman above is. It could be anyone. Princess Ying and Princess Jing are different in height, but it's hard to tell from just a picture like this without comparison. The clothes are ordinary clothes, the same as those worn by ordinary people, the only difference is the straps."
Pei Qingmin said slowly.
The Queen nodded. The most striking thing about the painting was the bandage. If it hadn't covered half of the face, how could she not tell who it was? However, because of the bandage and Princess Qia's question at the time, the first person she thought of was the Queen of England.
However, because this bondage was placed in the open, although it was the most obvious, everyone just glanced at it and passed it by. Instead, they wanted to carefully examine the face under the bondage and guess what the appearance was like, so they no longer paid attention to the bondage.
This is a typical example of the darkest place being the darkest.
"Your Majesty, please take a closer look at this strap." Pei Qingmin suggested calmly.
The Queen lowered her head and for the first time focused all her attention on the bondage. The bondage covered her eyes and concealed her features, so she didn't notice anything. Then, looking back, she saw the bondage tied behind her head hanging down under her black hair, and at the back corners of the white bondage, there were actually two small pearls.
This is also to allow the pearls to press down on the straps so that they do not flutter in the wind.
The Queen frowned, still not understanding.
She really didn't know whether there were pearls on the straps, or whether it belonged to Princess Ying or Princess Jing. Although she had seen both of them before, she didn't notice such small pearls even if there were.
Besides, it seems that they should all be there.
"This pearl?" The Queen looked at Pei Qingmin.
"That's right." Pei Qingmin nodded.
"Third brother, don't talk nonsense. There are no such small pearls on the belt that my princess is wearing." Pei Yusheng had reacted by now and stared at Pei Qingmin with a gloomy look.
"Second brother, I'm sorry, this matter concerns me, so I have to make it clear. Whether it's Princess Ying or Princess Jing, they actually have nothing to do with me, but this matter... we have to deal with it one by one, so that you don't hear any hearsay."
Pei Qingmin coughed softly and said in a lukewarm tone.
Pei Yusheng had hinted at something before, implying that he and Qu Moying had a relationship, but this was refuted by Pei Qingmin by talking about his own face.
Pei Yusheng put his hands on the table, wanting to overturn it and leave.
But when he saw Pei Yuanjun's gloomy eyes looking at him, Pei Yusheng had to suppress the anger in his heart.
"Have you, Your Majesty, seen this kind of pearl?" Pei Qingmin ignored Pei Yusheng.
“Could this be… Beizhu?” The Queen Mother picked up the portrait and looked at it again, then suddenly screamed.
Pei Yusheng's body stiffened and his teeth clenched.
Eastern pearls are large, Southern pearls are round, and Northern pearls are small but colorful, reflecting several different colors in the sun.
The reflected color is not actually very obvious, but when walking in the sun, different colors will flash from time to time, which is very popular among the girls from wealthy families in the capital.
In the capital, Northern Pearls are expensive and it is not easy to get good ones, because the reason why they are called Northern Pearls is that they belong to Northern Frontier. Northern Frontier is not originally a place where pearls are produced, but there are such good things. The noble women of Northern Frontier themselves are not enough for them, and many of them have ended up in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But this inconspicuous strap is actually tied with northern beads.
Just saying, it is no longer something that the British princess can have.
Before she got married, Princess Ying was just an abandoned girl who was thrown into a farm outside the city by the Qu family. It seemed as if she was being raised there, but in fact she was just abandoned. It didn't make much difference whether she had a father or not.
After arriving in the capital and deciding to marry the King of England, she was not favored by the King. It was only because of her fate. So, with her ability, how could she be so extravagant as to decorate the corners of her belt with a few pearls
Now she is able to do so, but now she doesn’t wear the straps anymore, and her eyes have healed.
On the contrary, Princess Jing is the most likely one. The first reason is that she is the beloved daughter of General Fuguo, who even refused to marry again for her sake. The second reason is that she used to be at the border, where merchants had close exchanges. With General Fuguo's power, it was nothing for her to make such a strap.
The pearls adorning the portrait were so small that they were barely visible.
If the white straps weren't so white, the slight difference in color wouldn't be noticeable.
The painter of the portrait was very skillful. In the last corner, on the white binding pearls, there is a faint color swept across. It is very faint, but it is definitely there.
If you don't look closely, you might overlook it.
Beizhu real-name authentication.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Let me take a look." Pei Yusheng didn't believe it and glared at Pei Qingmin.
The Queen Mother sighed and asked someone to bring the portrait to Pei Yusheng. Pei Yusheng's eyes were fixed on the straps on it.
This time it was clearly visible that there were indeed a few beads, and they were indeed northern pearls. There were not many colors, like the color of the projection cast by sunlight passing through the pearls and falling on the straps.
"Second brother, that's why I said this was Princess Jing. Do you think I was wrong?" Pei Qingmin still said calmly.
The veins on Pei Yusheng's forehead jumped fiercely, his eyes were bloodshot, he pointed at Pei Qingmin and said gloomily: "Third brother, you can eat more, but don't talk nonsense."
The raised hand was slapped away by another slender hand. Pei Yuanjun chuckled: "Good nephew, if you have something to say, just talk about it nicely. Even if it's true, there's no need to get angry. This kind of thing... is not the first time."
Before Liu Lanxin came to Beijing, she had her eyes on Pei Yuanjun, and then she wavered between Pei Luoan and Pei Yusheng. Several people present knew about this, and how could Pei Yusheng not be aware of it
It was just that he was proud at the beginning and felt that he had won, but now he felt a strong sense of disgust in his heart. When he thought of Liu Lanxin, he couldn't help feeling disgusted.
He didn't believe that the portrait was of Liu Lanxin, but he still felt disgusted.
Thinking of that time, thinking of the princess he had fallen in love with, and thinking of the fact that he had recognized the wrong person, he felt extremely angry. At this moment, he had lost all face in front of so many people.
The Queen must be mocking him in her heart, right
Pei Yuanjun was also feeling proud, while Pei Qingmin was just watching a joke.
What I said before was more like a big slap in the face, hitting him hard in the face, making his face blue and white, and he was almost ashamed to face himself.
"Keep watching, and then listen to what the King of Wei has to say." Pei Yuanjun said lazily, pointing his finger at the chair, motioning Pei Yusheng to sit down first so as not to ruin things.
Even though Pei Yusheng was feeling extremely angry, he had to suppress his anger and slowly sat down.
Princess Qiya finally reacted, and her originally gentle expression changed drastically, "How could this... be Princess Jing?"
"Why can't it be Princess Jing? Could it be that Princess Qiya knows something?" Pei Yuanjun asked, his sinister eyes fell on Princess Qiya's face, and he actually smiled slightly.
Princess Qiya was startled and said hurriedly: "King Ying... I... I have never seen Princess Jing wearing a belt."
"Have you ever seen my princess wearing a veil?" Pei Yuanjun asked.
"I... I..." Princess Qia explained subconsciously. At this time, she couldn't explain it clearly, so she could only stutter, "I heard about it after I arrived in the capital..."
"If you don't know, don't talk nonsense. Otherwise, I have reason to think that Princess Qia is deliberately dealing with my princess. My princess is still my person. Dealing with my princess is dealing with me. I have always been... very unusual towards my enemies." Pei Yuanjun said the last few words softly.
Princess Qiya turned pale with shock. She suddenly remembered some bad rumors about Pei Yuanjun. Were not many soldiers in Northern Xinjiang killed by this British king
So many people were killed in the past that even today people in Northern Xinjiang feel hatred and fear when they mention this British king.
This person is a terrifying being...
At this moment, Princess Qia was shaken. She wondered if what she had thought before was right or not. Could she really make this terrifying King of England fall in love with her
Prince Qi Lie had been unable to persuade her no matter what, but with just a few words Princess Qia was shaken...
"Princess Qia seems to be unfriendly to Princess Ying... Could it be that she heard people say bad things about Princess Ying?" The Queen finally spoke and asked slowly.
Princess Qia's face flushed, but she quickly saluted the Queen: "Queen, Qia is not unfriendly to Princess Ying, but she did hear some bad rumors. She may have some misunderstandings about Princess Ying and unconsciously brought the matter to Princess Ying. This is all Qia's fault."
This explained what she had mentioned before, the Princess of England.
The Queen Mother gave her a way out, and she quickly stepped down. Things were not going well, and if she insisted on having her own way at this time, she would only make more mistakes. Besides, the Queen Mother's attitude was different from before, so how could she not know that
There must be something else going on here that she doesn't know about. Right now she can only save herself. As for how Princess Jing gets out of this, that is none of her business.
It's Princess Jing's fault for not being able to do such a small thing properly.
Princess Qiya bit her lip after she finished speaking. Her eyes were full of eye shadow and she looked extremely pitiful. She approached Pei Yuanjun and bowed again: "Your Highness, it is Qiya who is ignorant. After this matter is settled, I will definitely apologize to the Queen of England in person. No matter what compensation she asks Qiya to do, Qiya will do it."
She was so arrogant and showed her weakness to the utmost. Such a gentle woman was just misunderstood and no one would blame her too much.
"No need to get closer, I have very good ears." Pei Yuanjun said coldly, sweeping the air with his sleeves, as if there was some disgusting aura in the air.
Princess Qia was ashamed to death...