The night grew darker, but Qu Moying was still awake under the lamp. She was wearing a thin outer garment, half lying in front of the couch, her long black hair casually falling down. She was flipping through a picture album, a picture album with excellent painting skills, and she looked very energetic at the moment.
She had already sent Yuchun to bed, but she herself was not sleepy at this moment. She got up again, lit a candle and looked through the books in front of the couch.
As the weather grew warmer, the window was not closed tightly, leaving a small gap.
The candle flame on the table blew sideways and then turned back. The window opened wide and Pei Yuanjun, dressed in a purple brocade robe, appeared in the room.
A few golden threads are picked out on the lavender iris, making the originally inconspicuous iris exude dignity and enchantment. The neckline is piping black, matching the night color.
"Your Highness." Qu Moying was stunned for a moment, then reacted, sat up slightly, and was about to get up.
Pei Yuanjun sat down comfortably beside the couch, then leaned back and leaned on the thick cushion, just blocking Qu Moying's way.
"Your Majesty?"
"I heard that Pei Yusheng and Pei Qingmin are here today." Pei Yuanjun said lazily, his handsome eyes sweeping across Qu Moying's face with a smile.
"Yes, Prince Jing and Prince Wei came to the palace together today, but left soon after. They came in a hurry and left in a hurry." Qu Moying sat up straight with a serious face, his slender body straight.
"Do you know why?" Pei Yuanjun asked lazily.
Qu Moying shook his head: "I'm not sure, maybe..."
Qu Moying paused here, and when she saw Pei Yuanjun's charming eyes sweeping over, she slowly said, "I don't know if it's true, but I think it has something to do with Qu Qiuyan."
Qu Qiuyan’s affairs are all matters of the inner courtyard. No matter how big the matter is, it is not a big deal for Pei Yuanjun.
"What's the matter with Qu Qiuyan? Pei Yusheng cares so much about her, could it be that he wants to marry her as his principal wife?" Pei Yuanjun smiled. Under the candlelight, his pair of sleepy eyes smiled beautifully, which was pleasing to the eye even though it was sarcastic.
The Prince of Yun seemed to be in a good mood today. His eyes no longer had the cruelty and bloodlust of the past, and were now filled with a charming and gleaming sleep.
"This—I'm not sure." Qu Moying said cautiously.
"Pei Yusheng wants to marry Liu Lanxin and has already sent a letter to Liu Xiangshan." Pei Yuanjun said lazily, his slender eyes closed, revealing a bit of laziness.
Qu Moying's gaze fell on his hair. He was not wearing a crown, and his hair was casually loose. He looked like he had been asleep, but she didn't know how he suddenly had the "refined mood" to run to his own Qu Mansion.
It seems that the fact that King Jing and King Wei appeared together in Qu Mansion today attracted the attention of the Prince of Yun.
Qu Moying thought so in her heart, her long eyelashes fluttering twice. Only at night would she remove her veil. "Didn't you say before that you wanted to marry the Lady of Jingyu County?"
"There was no position for the Crown Princess before, but now it's vacant." Pei Yuanjun seemed to find her question interesting. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and even with his eyes closed, he smiled beautifully.
Qu Moying's heart was hit hard by something, her hands suddenly clenched, her eyes fixed on Pei Yuanjun's handsome face which could be described as beautiful. She seemed to hear something hitting her chest hard, and the throbbing heartbeat was very obvious.
The blood was obviously rushing up, and she was so oppressed that she couldn't speak for a moment. She just subconsciously clenched the thing in her hand and kneaded it hard.
After a long while, she finally heard a calm and elegant voice, which was a little puzzled: "Jingyu County Lady has set her eyes on the position of Crown Princess so early?"
This was her voice, and it sounded no different from the past. Only she knew it. Her palms were clenched tightly and there was cold sweat on them.
"Maybe, maybe not." Pei Yuanjun's words sounded more like he hadn't said anything, and then his eyes suddenly opened, meeting Qu Moying's slightly nervous eyes.
Qu Moying subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but then she remained motionless and let their gazes meet. She did not flinch or avoid it, her eyes were clear and watery, and she seemed to want to speak.
"My cousin was the Crown Princess at that time?" Qu Moying said with forced calmness.
"So what? Even the Queen can be replaced in this world, so why can't the Crown Princess be replaced?" Pei Yuanjun smiled, but the smile in his eyes was like a cold snake crawling across, treacherous and cold, "Ji Yongming is a loyal person, his loyalty may exceed the Crown Prince's imagination."
Qu Moying's hands were shaking. After shaking violently for a few times, he lowered his hands and pressed them on one spot to gain some strength. "So... the Crown Princess... didn't really die of illness like this?"
These words were very difficult to say. She spoke them almost word by word, and it took a lot of effort for her to pronounce them.
In fact, although there are not many people in this world who know the truth, she is the one who knows it best. Is there anyone who knows better than her how Ji Hanyue died
When she fell from the Linyuan Pavilion in the Eastern Palace, she cursed soberly.
Perhaps the gods and Buddhas heard her curse and felt pity for her family's tragic death, so they gave her a chance to be reborn. Carrying Qu Moying's life, she became a combination of two people, and also became Qu Moying who was determined to avenge Ji Hanyue.
"Are you very concerned about the Crown Princess?" Pei Yuanjun seemed to find her reaction interesting. He raised the corner of his handsome eyes and slowly lowered his gaze.
Qu Moying's gaze followed his gaze and moved down, only to see a white and tender little hand pressing down on the purple brocade robe. The brocade robe was crumpled into a ball at that spot, with clear marks of being pressed.
He suddenly retracted his hand, as if burned by something, and felt Pei Yuanjun's soft yet hard texture under his wrist.
"The Crown Princess is my cousin, Ling Anbo is my uncle, and I don't know whether my cousin and I are alive or dead. I must get to the bottom of this." Qu Moying said calmly, as if it was not her who had just pressed down on Pei Yuanjun and kneaded his clothes.
"Aren't you afraid that you will die without a burial place in the end?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Don't be afraid!" Qu Moying shook his head.
"The prince's methods are not something a young girl like you can resist." Pei Yuanjun kindly reminded her, but his expression made it seem like he was enjoying the show.
"I will investigate slowly. The head of the Ling'anbo Mansion now is not the second branch of the Ji Mansion." Qu Moying shook her head and did not hide the fact that she had intervened in the matter of Ji Mansion's recognition of an heir.
"What an honest child." Pei Yuanjun reached out and touched Qu Moying's hair. The black hair felt soft. Qu Moying had black and smooth hair, which felt very good to the touch. Pei Yuanjun touched it twice more, narrowed his eyes, and looked very leisurely.
He naturally curled a strand of her black hair, wrapped it around his slender fingers, and then pinched the ends of her hair.
This action seemed extremely abrupt, but extremely pleasing to the eye, and his manners were extremely elegant. It did not seem at all that it was inappropriate for him to treat such a young girl in such a way.
Qu Moying looked at him expressionlessly as he was playing with her hair, not moving at all. The corners of her tender pink lips were pursed, and she looked a little annoyed. However, the hair was being pulled in Pei Yuanjun's hands, and it was even more indecent to pull it.
"This hair is really well maintained." Pei Yuanjun loosened his fingers, and the beautiful hair curled down from his hands, landing on Qu Moying's snow-white cheeks, which actually made her look more gentle.
Pei Yuanjun raised his head, looked at the girl's annoyed face, and laughed: "This is good, it looks better."
From his angle, the elegant and beautiful girl looked a little cute, and the feeling of massaging her hair was like that of a pet cat, very soft and gentle. Because she looked a little annoyed, her eyes were a little misty under her long eyelashes, and compared with the eyes of ordinary women, they were more watery and more lively.
The feeling of being hairy.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Qu Moying tilted his head back. His body, which had been sitting upright, could no longer remain upright, and he leaned back in a distanced manner.
Pei Yuanjun narrowed his eyes slightly, and lowered his hand very naturally to the corner of Qu Moying's skirt. There was a piece of ribbon hanging from the collar. He casually reached out and grabbed it and pulled it.
The corners of Qu Moying's lips were pursed tighter and tighter, and the originally stable corners of her cheeks were bulging a little, making her look a bit like a puffy fish blowing bubbles. There was a faint blush on her fair cheeks, but it was not shyness, but definitely because she was angry at Pei Yuanjun's outrageous behavior.
"No need to thank me. Since you want to cause trouble for the prince, I can help you with the position of a concubine." Pei Yuanjun pulled the ribbon lazily again.
Qu Moying's eyes flickered twice, and she focused on his face, then asked after a moment's concentration: "What does Your Majesty mean?"
Pei Yuanjun’s previous intention was just to take on a title, and it might not necessarily be carried out, but we would have to see how things develop later.
"I am not interested, but when I heard that you are going to enter the palace, I am afraid that even the Queen will think it is better for you to enter my palace." Pei Yuanjun smiled evilly, with a bit of presumptuous malice.
"Empress?" Qu Moying was stunned and raised her watery eyes in surprise. She had long felt that the affairs of Concubine Qu were too mysterious, and it turned out that the Empress was behind this.
"Maybe, maybe not." Pei Yuanjun showed an enchanting smile on his handsome face, with an unclear look in the corners of his eyes.
Qu Moying took a deep breath and said seriously, "What does Your Majesty want?"
Don't ask about her, don't ask about her future, just ask about Pei Yuanjun
"What do you want?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows.
"I'm fine with either." Qu Moying said without hesitation.
"Why?" Pei Yuanjun asked lazily, his eyes sweeping across the pair of watery eyes that seemed to be about to speak.
"No reason, it's all about friendship!" Qu Moying's curled eyelashes trembled twice, and then she raised her head. There was a coldness in her soft eyes, like a snowstorm covering her face. All the tenderness was hidden under the snow. "The Crown Princess and my cousin are both my relatives, and they are both relatives that I respect and care about."
In this life, there are not many people who can be called relatives...