Concubine Qu summoned the four young ladies of the Qu family into the palace, but the only concubine climbed onto the bed of Prince Jing. It seemed that there was a misunderstanding. She said that she felt dizzy for a moment and went into the room where Prince Jing was resting, and fell asleep immediately. Prince Jing was also feeling a little unwell at the time and did not notice it.
By the time people saw them, the two had been together for a long time.
This news spread silently among the palaces, and before evening, all the palaces knew about it.
None of the masters in the palace believed this statement.
If it was so easy to get close to King Jing, there were many maids in the palace who wanted to climb into his bed, so why didn't anyone climb into King Jing's bed? Needless to say, it must have been done on purpose by Miss Qu Er.
All the unrelated people saw a joke. Before, they only heard that King Jing had his eyes on the third daughter of the Qu family. Now, the elder sister climbed into bed first. This was really a shameful thing. Maybe she climbed into bed by using the younger sister's name.
The Queen Mother had been feeling unhappy these past few days and was very upset, but she was so happy about the news that she ate half a bowl of rice more.
When some are happy, others are sad. The atmosphere in Concubine He's palace was very tense. The palace maids and eunuchs who walked in and out were all very cautious, for fear of disturbing their master. The queen was furious, and if it was not too late, she would have gone to ask King Jing for questioning.
This kind of thing really doesn't seem like something that Prince Jing would do. It must be that the prince fell into the trap of the third young lady of the Qu Mansion.
This woman is resourceful and daring.
The palace seemed calm on the surface, but secretly there was turmoil because of this incident. No matter how small the royal affairs were, they were still big events, not to mention that Prince Jing was more favored by the emperor than the crown prince in the past.
Outside the palace, at the Prince Jing's mansion, Prince Jing hurried out. After a few steps, a young eunuch hurriedly caught up with him from behind, "Your Highness, Miss Qu San requests to see you."
"No." Pei Yusheng said coldly, without stopping.
"Here...here is a letter from Miss Qu San." The young eunuch chased after him a few steps, holding a letter in his hand.
Pei Yusheng didn't even say a word this time. He snorted coldly and walked straight out.
The young eunuch didn't dare to chase after him. He stood there, sighed helplessly, turned around and went to the back door of Prince Jing's mansion.
There was a small carriage outside the back door, and Qu Qiuyan was waiting anxiously inside. The maid stood outside the carriage, looking towards the back door of Prince Jing's mansion. When she saw someone coming, she hurried to greet him.
"how's it going?"
"The prince said he won't see you." The eunuch pushed the letter in his hand to the maid, "Our prince won't accept this letter, so let your third lady go back first."
“This… this…” Qingju was shaking, and for a moment she could only turn her head to look at Qu Qiuyan who was lifting the curtain and looking out.
"Your Highness... is he out?" Qu Qiuyan gritted her teeth. Although she guessed that this might be the case, she still felt sad and aggrieved. This matter really had nothing to do with her, and she didn't expect things to get to this point. Could it be that she was willing to be in this dilemma
"Yes, the prince has gone out, Miss Qu, please go back!" The young eunuch's words were quite polite. In the past, the prince had always been good to Miss Qu. If there was anything good, he would have people send it to the Qu Mansion. The young eunuch really didn't dare to offend Miss Qu.
If it weren't for the prince's attitude before, he would not care about Miss Qu San now.
Qu Qiuyan looked at the black
Youyou went to the back door, knowing that even if she rushed to the front at this time, it would be useless. She should go back to discuss it. She didn't believe that King Jing would be so heartless and was really angry with her just because of Qu Caiyue's matter. It seemed that what Nanny Qing said was right, this was not the best time.
"Go back home!" She lowered the curtain and whispered, hatred in her eyes in the darkness. It was all caused by those two bitches Qu Caiyue and Qu Moying. No matter what happened in the end, she would not let them go.
Qingju hurriedly got on the carriage. The coachman changed direction and left from the back door of Prince Jing's Mansion, then slowly merged into the street and returned to Qu Mansion.
Pei Yusheng did intend to vent his anger on Qu Qiuyan, but now was not the time to discuss this matter, as he had to go to the West Prison.
After getting on the carriage at the gate, Prince Jing's carriage left the gate and went straight to the West Prison.
At the gate of the West Prison in the night, there were gusts of cold wind. In front of the large venue, there was no figure to be seen. Only a few guards guarding the gate could be seen in front of the wind lantern in front of the yamen. They had cold and chilly faces, which made people feel cold in their hearts.
Not to mention at night, even in broad daylight, it is hard to see many living people here.
Pei Yusheng hurriedly got off the carriage, and the guards guarding the door stepped forward to salute.
"Is Uncle Wang here?" Pei Yusheng asked.
"I just got here. I've already gone in and have been waiting for you." The guard replied.
Pei Yusheng nodded, wrapped himself in a wide cloak, and entered the gloomy gate of the West Prison. This gate is also known by another name among the people, which is the Gate of Hell.
It is said that entering here is like entering the gate of hell. You come in vertically and go out horizontally. There is no chance of life. Very few people can survive from here.
Just after entering the gate of the West Prison, a shrill scream was heard from a distance, which made people feel frightened and made people feel that there were many ghosts and eerie spirits in front of them.
This kind of sound doesn't seem to be something that a human can make.
Pei Yusheng stopped and calmed himself down before walking inside. There was no sign of fear on his face, but his movements were no longer as smooth and graceful as before, and his hands under his sleeves were clenched loosely.
Following the guards who led the way, we arrived at a large torture room. There were rows of torture instruments covered in blood. A man was still hanging on one of them. There was not a single healthy part of his body. His painful struggle made people horrified. They almost thought that this was the underworld. How could there be such a scene in the human world
"Where's Uncle Wang?" Pei Yusheng stopped and didn't go in. He glanced over and saw that there was no sign of Pei Yuanjun inside.
"Prince Yun just went out. Prince Jing, please follow me." A guard appeared from nowhere and said to Pei Yusheng with a smile. However, at this time, in this scene, this smile looked like the underworld hell, adding a bit of chill for no reason.
"Didn't you just say that Uncle Wang was here?" Pei Yusheng said unhappily.
"The prince was indeed here just now, but he didn't like the skinning, so he asked his subordinates to choose another person." The guard laughed even more happily.
The smell of blood in the air seemed a little stronger than before.
Pei Yusheng pursed his lips, stopped asking questions, and strode out. The guard trotted forward and pointed the way, this time to the central hall.
The lights in the hall were bright, and Pei Yuanjun was leaning against a large desk.
, wearing a dark purple royal robe and a purple crown on his head, but he looked extremely lazy, leaning there leisurely, his elbows resting on the chair rails, his handsome eyes slightly closed, as if he was resting.
There were several guards standing behind him, each with a fierce look in their eyes. One could tell at a glance that they were not ordinary people. Even their murderous aura was enough to make people ignore their appearance.
"Uncle Wang." Pei Yusheng calmed himself down, took two steps forward and bowed to Pei Yuanjun.
"Why did you come so late?" Pei Yuanjun opened his eyes and said lazily, with a hint of satisfaction at the corners of his thin lips, looking gorgeous and enchanting under the light.
"I came here as soon as I received the call. I didn't expect that I would still be one step later than Uncle Wang." Pei Yusheng said seriously.
"I heard that you played with a woman today?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.
Pei Yusheng's face turned red. It really didn't matter if there was one more woman or not. What mattered was that others would think that a woman had schemed against him and succeeded. How would others view him? They would definitely think that he was useless and was actually schemed against by a concubine's daughter.
But he couldn't say that this matter had anything to do with Pei Qingmin.
"Brotherhood" is much more important than a woman's affairs.
"Uncle Wang, it was just an accident." Pei Yusheng gritted his teeth and explained with a serious face.
"Oh, it was an accident. I thought you really fell in love with that concubine's daughter." Pei Yuanjun said disapprovingly, then he sat up straight with a smile on his delicate eyebrows, "Minister Qu is really good at scheming. He sends his daughters out one by one. He is planning to cast a net to catch fish. Whichever one he catches will do."
"Uncle Wang!" Pei Yusheng raised his eyes to look at Pei Yuanjun, only to see that his handsome face was tinged with darkness and gloom that could not be ignored. Wearing the royal robe on his body, he had an indescribable nobility, but it also made people inexplicably tremble in their hearts. He sat up straight now, and Pei Yusheng saw that there was a bloody book on the table in front of him.
The corner of his eye twitched suddenly, and his eyes became nervous.
"The man has been caught, but he said nothing. I see that I cannot get any information out of him, so I'll make him never speak again. As for this booklet, you can take it back to the emperor." Pei Yujun said lazily, and when he swung his wide cuffs, a bright blood color could be seen blooming on his sleeves, adding a touch of bloodthirsty and gloomy aura.
"Found it?" Pei Yusheng tried hard not to look at Pei Yuanjun's bloody sleeves.
"I don't know whether it's true or false, let the emperor judge for himself!" Pei Yuanjun stood up, his lips curled up, his smile was somewhat elegant, but it didn't match the environment. He said lazily, "I'm tired, so I'll go back first. Let King Jing take care of things here. Clean up the torture room over there, as it will be used tomorrow. We can't let the prisoners who come in tomorrow faint as soon as they come in!"
Pei Yuanjun narrowed his eyes, swung his sleeves and walked out. His wide sleeves touched Pei Yusheng's body as he passed by. Immediately, there was a clear blood mark on his sleeve, and the bloody smell filled his nose. "This prince has taken a fancy to the fourth lady of the Qu Mansion, and you have taken a fancy to the other two in the Qu Mansion. It seems that you intend to get closer to this prince."
Qu Moying was the only woman Pei Yuanjun agreed to marry. Even the emperor knew that if she entered the Prince of Yun's Mansion, she would have to become a concubine. Moreover, she was the daughter of the Minister's Mansion, and she and Qu Qiuyan were sisters.