"You feel sad when I say this, right?" Xiao sneered.
"This matter originally had nothing to do with him, and there's no point in blaming him." Ji Yongan's brows were furrowed so tightly that a fly could almost be caught. "Isn't there anything I can do? If there was any way, wouldn't I want Yuan Xing to inherit the title? Wouldn't I want to sit on the title myself? But now that it's like this, even the Prince of Yun might intervene. I... it's useless no matter what we do."
"I won't agree to it." Xiao said sternly, "I will never agree to it even if I die!"
"Then I'm really going to die!" Ji Yongan said this with rare momentum, and slammed his hand on the table. "My whole family is dead, so why would I need a title?"
He and Xiao both knew about this matter. They couldn't investigate it. They absolutely couldn't investigate it. If they did, something might happen.
Whatever the truth is, Ji Yongan feels as if there is a knife hanging over his head, and he doesn't know when it will fall. He has been living in fear these days, afraid that someone will find out something by accident. The prince may be fine, but he is definitely finished.
After waiting for so long for the funeral, I thought the matter was finally over and there would be no more evidence, but I didn't expect that a concubine named Xiang would appear and make things like this.
He felt like he was really going crazy.
Compared with his elder brother, Ji Yongan knew that he was much weaker. He had never had any idea about his elder brother inheriting the title. It can be said that the mother and daughter of the Xiao family have given a lot of push to get to this point. It was almost all because of the efforts of the mother and daughter of the Xiao family that he was able to get to where he is now step by step.
At this moment, he really regretted it. If he had not taken action at the beginning, had not secretly reported the news, and had not listened to his daughter and Xiao, he would still be a stable second master of the Ji family. With his elder brother blocking the way in front of him, even if he was a little spoiled, others could not do anything to him, and even had to be respectful to him for the sake of his elder brother.
"Don't worry, I'll think about it." Seeing Ji Yongan's collapsed look, Xiao calmed down and said in a deep voice.
"What else can you think about? What else can you think about? Let's deal with this matter quickly. If we continue like this, no one will survive." Ji Yongan's voice became involuntarily high-pitched.
"Okay, stop making trouble. If you continue, you will really lose your life." Xiao shouted again.
These words frightened Ji Yongan so much that he lowered his head. Thinking of the consequences of this incident, he became more and more panicked and scared. His face turned pale and he looked like he was about to faint.
Xiao glared at Ji Yongan fiercely. It was not the first day that she knew about his uselessness. If she had known that she would marry such a useless man, she would never have married him.
"You go and take care of uncle's funeral. Have someone carry his coffin and bury him as planned. The time cannot be missed, no matter what happens. Let Yuanxing go with you." Xiao calmed herself down, trying to sort out the chaos at the moment, and said.
"Okay, I'll go now." Seeing that Xiao's reaction had returned to normal, Ji Yongan seemed to have found his backbone. He could ask him to do things, but it would not work to ask him to think of solutions. Since Xiao was there, he would let Xiao do this kind of thing, and he only needed to do what Xiao said.
He turned around and strode out to find his two sons to deal with his eldest brother's funeral. Before, Xiao had repeatedly told him what to do. Although he was panicking at this time,
But I still have some idea in my mind.
Seeing Ji Yongan hurriedly going out to do things, Xiao took a deep breath again, turned and went into the inner room, spread out paper, wrote a letter, and asked someone to send it to the Prince's Mansion.
There are some things that she dare not let people make too clear even if she is passing on a message. It is safer to write a letter. She always feels that passing on a message is not safe either, and people might know something.
The only person she could discuss with right now was her daughter, but when the prince went out just now, his expression was not right. Xiao didn't dare to stop Ji Youran and say a word.
"Master, do you care about this matter?" Ji Hai had already returned to the Prince of Yun's Mansion and found his leisurely master in a pavilion. He was wearing a light purple brocade robe with purple irises on the corners, but the color was a little brighter than that of the clothes, exuding a bit of enchantment.
Such enchantment combined with Pei Yuanjun's face is actually stunning, but combined with his aura, one can even ignore his face.
Such a handsome face revealed a sinister tone, which made people around him dare not breathe even at such a leisurely moment, especially the eunuchs in the palace, who lowered their heads and wished that they were not the ones who came this time.
He really didn't want to come to the Prince of Yun's mansion.
But he had to come again this time, as he came at the order of the Empress, and brought some portraits and information of young ladies from aristocratic families. However, these portraits were now casually thrown on the corner of the table, and some of them had fallen to the ground. There was also a footprint imprint on the beautiful faces of two of the young ladies.
This was stepped on by His Royal Highness the Prince of Yun just now when he was walking casually.
One of them was the daughter of Minister Liu, Lady Jingyu, who was one of the most beautiful women in the capital and a famous noble lady with a distinguished status.
Although she was not a royal descendant, her status was not ordinary. This Lady Jingyu was considered to be of high status among the noble ladies.
But the portrait of Lady Jingyu, who was so noble and beautiful, was stepped on by the Prince of Yun. The eunuch even saw that the Prince crushed it with his foot in disgust.
He lowered his head further and further, as if he could not see anything.
"Why should I care?" Pei Yuanjun said lazily.
"This concubine Xiang left from Miss Qu Si's carriage. I heard that she was originally going back to Ling Anbo's Mansion, but later went to Jingzhao Yin alone. You see, this matter..." Ji Hai knew.
The eunuchs in the palace wished they could close their ears and let the Prince of Yun know that they really didn't want to hear anything, but they couldn't leave until the Prince of Yun spoke.
Shouldn't such private matters be discussed behind my back? Why did you have to talk about it in front of me? Isn't this embarrassing for him
When the Queen Mother asked him about it later, he dared not not tell the truth, but if the Prince of Yun got angry because of this, he would have to chop off ten necks.
"What's the relationship between Fourth Miss Qu and me?" Pei Yuanjun raised his handsome eyes and looked at Ji Hai with a smile.
"Yes, yes, yes, I know. I know that this matter has nothing to do with the prince, so I sent the letter from Ling Anbo that was found in Ling Anbo's mansion to Jingzhao Yin. Now this matter is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Yin, so it naturally has nothing to do with the prince." Ji Hai said with a smile.
Seeing that he was quite sensible, Pei Yuanjun snorted with an unclear expression.
He said lazily to the palace eunuchs, "I will not look at these portraits for now. Let the emperor choose the ones he likes. I am not in a hurry to get married now. I have to wait until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gets married first."
The Crown Prince had just passed away, so no matter how fast the marriage could be arranged, it couldn't be done within a year. On the other hand, His Royal Highness the Prince of Yun had no intention of getting married within a year.
"Your Highness, the Queen said that this is the Emperor's intention, asking you to pick one or two first and keep them as reserves. You are the elder, and you can't let the younger ones pick first." The eunuch said carefully.
The age of the Prince of Yun is indeed younger than that of the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince has already been married and is the younger generation, so at this point in time, the Prince of Yun has to choose first. The Empress did not hide her preferences and sent the pictures of all the ladies she liked to the Prince of Yun's Mansion, looking selfless.
"Thank the Queen on my behalf. As for the matter of choosing a principal wife, I am not in a hurry. I have already chosen one before. Let's wait and see. As for this one, I have to take another look. If she is not suitable, I will not want her." Pei Yuanjun said impatiently.
"Yes, yes, I know." How could the eunuch dare to say another word? It was no secret in the capital that the prince was unwilling to get married. Although he was a little relieved now, it seemed that he was still not satisfied with the fourth young lady of the Qu Mansion. He only asked for secret preparations and did not want the Queen to issue an explicit order.
Pei Yuanjun narrowed his eyes after he finished speaking, and ignored the eunuchs in the palace. Instead, Ji Hai came over with a smile and said to the eunuch in a low voice, "Go back, our prince wants to rest now!"
"Yes, yes, I'll leave right away! Right away!" The eunuch said he was leaving, but his eyes were looking at the portraits on the ground. The Queen Mother meant that these images had to be retrieved whether they were selected or not. After all, the other princes had to choose, right
"Do you want these paintings?" Ji Hai was obviously a smart man and immediately understood the meaning in his eyes.
The eunuch nodded excitedly. He wanted to leave, but without these portraits, he didn't dare to leave.
"If Your Majesty is tired, why don't you go back and rest for a while?" Ji Hai smiled at Pei Yuanjun.
Pei Yuanjun raised his eyes slightly, but didn't care. He actually stood up and strode away. Ji Hai hurriedly said to the eunuch: "Go pick it up, and then go back!"
"Okay, thank you, Eunuch Ji Hai." The eunuch said gratefully.
Those images were right at the feet of Prince Yun. Even if he had ten thousand courages, he would not dare to go up and pick them up. The eunuchs and palace maids who came to the palace to deliver messages were not always lucky enough to return safely.
There are many rules in the Prince of Yun's mansion, some of which are comparable to those in a military camp. If you make a mistake, you will be punished according to military law, and your death will be in vain. Even the Queen Mother is wary of the Prince of Yun, but she can't do anything about him.
I heard that the fourth daughter of Minister Qu's mansion was favored by Prince Yun, who was willing to take her as a concubine. But now it seems that this prince just said it casually and did not mean it at all. It might be just an excuse to stop the emperor from speaking, otherwise he would not have said he would wait and see.
I heard that Miss Qu Si had just been broken off from her engagement, and now she's met the Prince of Yun. This is really terrible!
The eunuch himself was terrified in the Prince of Yun's mansion, and he unconsciously put his own thoughts on this Fourth Miss Qu...