He came so quickly that Qu Qiuyan's face darkened. She was about to say that she was not feeling well and refused to see him.
There was a commotion outside, and Mrs. He rushed in with her men.
As soon as she entered the room and saw Qu Qiuyan, Madam He sneered and pointed at Qu Qiuyan and cursed: "Miss Qu San, you are so vicious!"
Qu Qiuyan calmed down, forced a smile, and said with some surprise: "Madam He, what are you talking about? I don't understand what you mean. Why are you still in the mansion? Didn't you say you had gone home?"
Just because Madam He is King Jing's aunt, Qu Qiuyan doesn't dare to really offend Madam He.
"You are so good, Qu Qiuyan. You are still pretending to say such things. Fortunately, His Royal Highness Prince Jing has no intention of marrying you. If he really married you, His Royal Highness Prince Jing's harem would be in a mess!" Mrs. He had a bad temper and wanted to step forward and take action, but considering Prince Jing, she did not really slap Qu Qiuyan twice.
If this happened in He's house, Qu Qiuyan would have been beaten long ago.
"Mrs. He, I don't understand what you are saying." Qu Qiuyan could only endure it and pretend that she knew nothing at this time.
Madam He looked around and immediately saw the maid who had run back in a panic. She walked over and slapped the maid twice on the face, causing her to step back two steps and sit heavily on the ground. "This bitch is yours, right? I didn't expect that she looks like a decent person, but she acts like a nobody."
Qu Qiuyan could no longer sit still when someone close to her was beaten. After all, this was her territory, and if she kept showing weakness, it would make people feel guilty.
Her face darkened slightly, and her smile faded: "Madam He, I respect you so much because you are the elder of King Jing, but you can't go too far. This maid is mine. I sent her to find the fourth sister just now. Why is it that when it comes to Madam He, I am the one who does not do anything good?"
She also knew that it must be Madam He who saw this maid and hated her deeply for her incompetence.
But now is not the time to talk about this.
"Okay... okay, okay, you Qu Qiuyan, you say that again now, Qu Qiuyan, I will go back and talk to the Royal Concubine and His Royal Highness Prince Jing about this, and let them see your vicious and sinister nature. You are not worthy of marrying Prince Jing!" Madam He pointed at Qu Qiuyan again and cursed coldly.
After saying this, she turned around and left. Because of consideration for King Jing, she couldn't do anything to Qu Qiuyan, but she wouldn't let Qu Qiuyan have an easy time either. Qu Qiuyan was going to enter King Jing's mansion. From what her son had said before, it was inevitable. But this inevitability was very particular, as position was related to everything in the future.
Mrs. He was extremely angry at this time, and she thought in her heart that she must not let Qu Qiuyan get anything good in Prince Jing's Mansion.
"Mrs. He, wait a minute. Did Fourth Sister say something that made you misunderstand me?" Qu Qiuyan became anxious when she saw that Mrs. He was about to leave. She didn't care that Mrs. He kept scolding her and hurried forward to ask.
If it were in the past, she would not care about what Madam He said, but in recent times, King Jing's attitude was very different from before, and he was indifferent to her. Her reputation has now plummeted, partly because of Yu and partly because of herself.
Qu Qiuyan has been feeling anxious recently, fearing that something might change between her and King Jing.
"Don't you know what the Fourth Miss said? Don't you know that the Fourth Miss has a nanny from the palace? Don't you know that the nanny was sent by the imperial concubine?" Madam He said coldly, glancing at Qu Qiuyan, "Do you have any idea
It seems that you are not worthy of it. Are you jealous? This jealous face is really ugly. His Royal Highness King Jing is right. You can be given any title."
Mrs. He said this and turned to leave.
She was so angry that she couldn't vent it for the moment, so she could only speak disrespectfully to Qu Qiuyan.
Qu Qiuyan's face flushed red after being scolded. She felt ashamed and annoyed. Madam He almost slapped her in the face. "Madam He, please don't go too far!"
"What kind of person is this? How dare you covet His Royal Highness Prince Jing?" Madam He glanced at her, sneered, and left with her people in big strides.
Qu Qiuyan shook her body a few times and almost fainted. She had never been treated so humiliatingly by anyone before. Mrs. He's words implied that Qu Qiuyan was willing to be humiliated and was obsessed with King Jing.
If this gets out, Qu Qiuyan will no longer be able to live as a human being.
In front of the young ladies from aristocratic families, Qu Qiuyan has always had her own pride. The fact that Prince Jing Pei Yusheng is in love with her is what she is most proud of. Even if her family background is not as good as those of the superior young ladies from aristocratic families, she is still proud of this. But now all this pride has been torn apart by Madam He.
Reveal the truest and most unbearable truth!
It has always been Qu Qiuyan who has been secretly following King Jing.
After all, Qu Qiuyan was an unmarried girl, and had never heard such nonsense before. She was so ashamed, angry, and furious that she tried to hold back her anger and almost got internal injuries.
With trembling fingers, he pointed in the direction of Qianyueju. His face was ferocious and resentful, and his beautiful complexion was almost completely torn apart.
Mrs. He's difference before and after was so big, needless to say it must be because of Qu Moying. Her throat felt sweet and she almost spit out a mouthful of blood. She held Qingju's hand, panting, and gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go to father's study and wait."
She couldn't swallow this...
Qu Zhizhen didn't know what was happening in the mansion at this time, but his fingers were trembling slightly and his whole body was numb. The teacup next to him was warm, but it still made him feel frightened.
It took a lot of effort to control myself.
He had just come from the prison in the West Prison and saw several bloody prisoners in the prison. Even though he had controlled himself at this time, his heart was still trembling and his scalp was numb.
He took a deep breath to suppress the bloody smell that was lingering between his nostrils, and his eyes fell on Pei Yuanjun who was sitting there.
Under the dark-black brocade robe, embroidered with gold-thread patterns, Pei Yuanjun's face was handsome and delicate. Under his high black hair crown, his narrow and long eyes looked over with a sense of comfort, as if he had just come back from admiring the flowers. There was even a hint of smile in those eyes, but it was even more frightening.
The pair of narrowed eyes revealed a sense of weirdness and bloodthirsty coldness. Even when he was smiling, he looked like he was in a cold ghost prison.
Qu Zhizhen thought he was quite brave and had done a lot of psychological preparation before coming. Besides, he was the Minister of Works, which was not a low position. But he was still panicked at this moment.
She lowered her head, not daring to look at Pei Yuanjun's handsome face that was almost flawless. She calmed down again and tried to put on a smile: "Your Highness, I came here for my son. My son just went to the He Mansion to talk to Mr. He San about something. He didn't have any dealings with Mr. He San before."
"Just this time?" Pei Yuanjun smiled, reaching out and leisurely touching a pot of water lilies on the table with a gentle expression.
Qu Zhizhen
He looked at the water lilies carefully. The lotus was very bright and beautiful, but it made his eyes shrink. He remembered that Pei Yuanjun had just pointed to a lotus pond in the West Prison and said that there were tons of bones buried there, so the flowers were so bright and beautiful.
This water lily is just as beautiful and delicate, could it be that it is also in here
It’s creepy to think about it!
Forcefully retracting his emotions and moving his eyes away from the water lily tank, Qu Zhizhen did not dare to hide anything and said with a wry smile, "To be honest, our family had previously discussed a marriage with the He family, and the one we were discussing was the Third Young Master He. I heard that the Third Young Master He cheated on me in marriage, so I came to ask for justice and happened to be brought along by the prince."
"Discussing marriage? Which young lady in your house are you discussing? I heard that the next young lady in line is your third young lady. Could it be Miss Qu and Mr. He?"
Pei Yuanjun said lazily, with a very peaceful smile on his face.
Qu Zhizhen didn't dare to agree with this, and shook his head to explain: "It's not... it's not that the third daughter is..."
He wanted to talk about the fourth daughter, but Pei Yuanjun interrupted him, "Why not your third daughter? Miss Qu entered the Prince Jing's Mansion, so the next one should be Miss Qu. Could it be that Miss Qu has already been engaged?"
Have you booked it
Qu Zhizhen didn't dare to say it. Although he and King Jing had this tacit understanding, it was not true after all. If King Jing didn't say anything, he didn't dare to mention it to others. Even if many people knew about it, he didn't dare to talk nonsense.
I could only laugh dryly and said, "Your Highness, you are joking. Yan girl has been behaving badly recently and is staying at home, so this marriage will not fall on her."
Qu Zhizhen had to say this. If it was anyone else, he could use King Jing to put pressure on him, but who was this person? He was King Jing's uncle and was favored by the emperor. Not to mention King Jing, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had to be respectful in front of him.
"Improper conduct? Are you referring to the misconduct in the palace or outside the palace? I have heard King Jing talk about this before, but I just listened casually at the time and did not investigate it carefully."
Pei Yuanjun became interested, and his sleepy eyes widened a little, with a bit of curiosity, as if he was really surprised.
Qu Zhizhen's face flushed. He actually just said that to avoid the third daughter and push the matter onto the fourth daughter. He didn't expect Pei Yuanjun to really tear the matter apart.
"It's nothing... just two sisters quarreling... and making a fool of themselves. It's also my fault because I don't have a strong wife to keep the peace in the backyard." Qu Zhizhen could only take the blame on himself. After all, he had a big family and it didn't matter if he had a bad reputation. Besides, he didn't plan to remarry.
"Two sisters are quarreling? You are referring to Miss Qu San and Miss Qu Si. I wonder which lady Minister Qu thinks is more reasonable?" Pei Yuanjun asked with a raised eyebrow.
Qu Zhizhen was speechless. This man was also a powerful official and should be concerned about national affairs. Why was he like a gossipy old woman, interested in such things in the women's backyard
Of course, he didn't dare to say this to Pei Yuanjun directly, so he could only say vaguely: "The third daughter has been raised in the mansion, and the fourth daughter has been raised in the farm. She is not very sensible!"
These words clearly favor Qu Qiuyan.
There was a loud "bang", as if it hit Qu Zhizhen's heart. Qu Zhizhen suddenly woke up and looked up quickly, but he was shocked to see the prince sneering with a murderous look in his eyes.
"Your Majesty..."