There was only a pair of sinister eyes in Qu Qiuyan's eyes now, and these eyes revealed an unspeakable fear.
"The third young lady of Minister Qu's mansion is indeed extraordinary." Pei Yuanjun smiled and said slowly.
Pei Yusheng's face flushed red as he glanced at Qu Qiuyan's panicked face with hatred, his eyes filled with anger. In the past, Qu Qiuyan was considered someone who could handle big occasions, but now she made such a fool of herself just by taking a photo with Uncle Wang. Although the other two people in the Qu family were not that outstanding either, at least they were just kneeling, but she was different and just lay down directly.
In this way, can she really deserve the title of concubine or concubine
Pei Yusheng felt a little more annoyed with Qu Qiuyan.
"You guys enjoy the scenery here. I have something to do and I have to leave first." Pei Yuanjun stood up, tapped his fingers on the stone table and looked at the three people who were still kneeling on the ground. "I am impatient to deal with timid women. Miss Qu Si can see me off. It just so happens that I want to ask you about your mother's past."
Pei Yuanjun said, walking out gracefully.
Pei Yusheng hurriedly stood up to see him off and bowed deeply.
Qu Moying hesitated for a moment and then followed.
The two people walked down the pavilion. Qu Moying looked up at Pei Yuanjun who was walking in front of him with his hands behind his back. He blinked slightly, not understanding why this man asked him to follow him.
The two men walked silently into the depths of the peach forest, one in front and the other behind. However, Ji Hai and Yu Dong, who were accompanying them, kept making secret signals but did not dare to make any sound.
Finally, Pei Yuanjun stopped, and Qu Moying stopped three steps behind him. He looked over and couldn't help but let out a low "eh".
There are several peach blossoms in front of me, blooming very brightly, but the color is not light pink, it seems to be light purple, light purple peach blossoms.
"This... is this a purple peach forest?" Qu Moying turned around and realized that there were not only the few plants in front of him, but also a small area around him. He had just come all the way here, following Pei Yuanjun's footsteps, and did not realize that he had walked into a yard. The yard in front of him was full of purple peach flowers.
She had heard that there were purple peach blossoms in the Dabei Temple, but had never seen them. She had asked Crown Prince Pei Luofa about it before, but he always evaded the question, neither saying there were any nor saying there were none. Now it seemed that there were some, but they had been circled by Pei Yuanjun. Not to mention other people, even the crown prince could not come here casually.
He raised his eyes and looked at the terrain again. This should be the backyard of Pei Yuanjun's yard. He entered from the front yard last night and did not notice the back. It was dark too. Now that he looked over here, he realized that this yard was very large and the purple peach forest was not small either.
"How is it here?" Pei Yuanjun seemed to be in a good mood and suddenly chuckled.
"Purple peach blossoms are different from ordinary peach blossoms and are extremely beautiful." Qu Moying nodded in affirmation, a hint of surprise flashing across her watery eyes. She still didn't understand why Pei Yuanjun brought her here
You let her come here to enjoy the flowers out of pure kindness
Could the Prince of Yun be such a person? Of course I deny it!
My heart suddenly skipped a beat. My watery eyes slid across the roots of several peach trees. The branches of the peach trees were very large and each one was very thick. "Where did the prince's purple peach blossoms come from?"
"It's not easy to raise foreign species, so they need human blood to irrigate. Fortunately, they are raised here by me, so it's nothing." Pei Yuanjun's eyes swept across Qu Moying's half-lowered head, and he found it very interesting, and said slowly.
It was as if something slipped through my heart, cold and
Bloodthirsty.
Qu Moying clenched his fists tightly to avoid losing his composure: "Your Highness is joking."
"I'm not joking. Haven't you heard that there are endless wronged souls around me, and that those who died in my hands will have their bones scattered to ashes, and even their souls cannot escape?" Pei Yuanjun leaned lazily against a peach tree. His sleepy eyes matched with the beautiful peach blossoms blooming all over the tree, which was originally amazing.
This time it feels terrifying.
The surroundings became quiet. The air was filled with the sweet fragrance of peach blossoms, which seemed to be tainted with a smell of death and decay, a dark and bloody smell of death and decay.
There was also a pair of cold and strange eyes that seemed to have no trace of life.
At this moment, even men who passed by the killing field would be so frightened that their hands and feet would become weak, their hearts would be trembling with fear, and their faces would change drastically.
Qu Moying raised his head, the corners of his lips slightly raised, a faint smile, his face as calm as ever, "Your Highness, ghosts in this world are not scary, what is scary is always the human heart."
Are ghosts scary
She was really not afraid. She was just a lonely soul, but she did not harm anyone. She just wanted to avenge herself and her loved ones.
Compared to ghosts, human hearts are the most terrifying. She was blind in her previous life and had never been able to see clearly into the hearts of those people. As a result, she gave her true heart to the wrong person and ended up with such a tragic ending.
"Your Highness, the human heart is the most terrifying." Qu Moying said again, speaking directly into Pei Yuanjun's handsome and sinister eyes, without dodging or avoiding.
Pei Yuanjun suddenly smiled meaningfully, raised his hand and plucked a peach blossom in full bloom, and handed it to her: "You are right, I will give this peach blossom to you."
The whole atmosphere immediately relaxed. Ji Hai, who was standing next to them, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, smiled brightly, and his eyes were slits of happiness. Ji Hai knew his master's character best. He had never seen his master give gifts to women, especially the peach blossoms here. This was not what his master meant by the words that scared Fourth Miss Qu.
The preciousness of purple peach blossoms is not as trivial as my grandfather said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qu Moying took it and bowed...
Qu Qiuyan finally relaxed after Pei Yuan left, but she was still lying limp on the ground, unable to get up. It was Qu Xuexin and Qu Caiyue who pulled her up and made her sit down on the fence.
"Fourth sister, is anything wrong?" Qu Xuexin was very worried. She looked at Qu Moying's back as she walked away with Pei Yuanjun and felt very flustered.
No one thought that there was anything going on between Pei Yuanjun and Qu Moying. What people thought about most was the tragic scene of Qu Moying having her neck broken by Pei Yuanjun and dying under the peach tree.
"It has nothing to do with us. She left on her own will. Even if grandma asks us... we can still say so."
Qu Qiuyan's face was still pale, and her voice was still trembling. After hearing what Qu Xuexin said, she said unhappily.
Just now, Qu Moying was not so scared that he fell to his knees. Instead, he was frightened to this extent and felt that he had lost face in front of King Jing. This anger was directed at Qu Moying again.
If Qu Moying hadn't been standing there, he wouldn't have felt so embarrassed.
After trying hard to calm himself, he looked up at King Jing, but saw that King Jing looked very unhappy, his face was as gloomy as water, and when he looked at him, he lacked the tenderness of the past. For a moment, he was panicked.
He quickly sat up straight and said, "Your Majesty."
“Miss Qu San, you’d better go down first. I’m the only one here right now. It would be embarrassing if someone saw us.” Pei Yusheng said slowly.
"Your Highness..." Qu Qiuyan's face became more and more ugly. She didn't expect Pei Yusheng to embarrass her in front of her two sisters.
The two of them had been alone together in private before. In this situation, they were here admiring the peach blossoms, so there was no chance of anyone gossiping. Besides, even if someone did, what would it matter? She was going to marry King Jing anyway. A few days ago, someone saw her and him together in her own house, but he didn't say anything.
Why are you saying such things at this moment
"Miss Qu San, please come in!" Pei Yusheng said impatiently. The terrain here is high and the view is far, so of course others can see him clearly. What he is most concerned about now is Miss Liu. Miss Liu is in this temple now. Even if she can't see due to eye disease, the people around her must have seen her. The maid he saw yesterday was not only beautiful, but also looked like a smart person.
We can't let Qu Qiuyan ruin things at this time.
He was not Pei Yuanjun. Even if someone saw him with a woman, no one would suspect that there was anything going on between them. Now was the critical time for him to choose a concubine. He had not thought so much about it in the past, but now he had to think it over and find more good support for himself.
"Miss Qu San, please come in. I will take you down." The young eunuch who followed Pei Yusheng came forward and said with a smile, stretching out his hand to lead her out.
No matter how polite their actions and words were, they could not explain the fact that they were expelled.
Qu Qiuyan's face flushed red, her eyes were red, she looked at Pei Yusheng with tears in her eyes, and suddenly stood up in anger, bowed to Pei Yusheng and said, "I will take my leave."
After saying this, she covered her face and walked away crying.
Qu Caiyue and Qu Xuexin looked at each other, bowed to Pei Yusheng helplessly, and chased after him.
This scene was seen by many people who had been paying attention to the pavilion. Some were proud, some were sarcastic, and some were undisguisedly mocking. Everyone could see clearly that even if King Jing was interested in the fourth daughter of Minister Qu, he would never marry her as his principal wife. Yet this man still thought that she would be the principal wife, without even looking at his own identity and the stain that would never be erased.
If Yu had not entered the palace at the beginning, she would have been a daughter born out of wedlock. Even if a daughter born out of wedlock eventually became a legitimate daughter, it could not cover up the stains on her body, which would be as obvious as a snow-white dress with stains. In the eyes of those self-righteous young ladies from aristocratic families, she was really nothing.
After the young eunuch sent her downstairs, he stood aside. Qu Qiuyan rushed out crying from behind him, followed closely by Qu Caiyue and Qu Xuexin.
"Third sister, please wait for us."
Qu Qiuyan finally stopped and stood under a peach tree, crying sadly.
Qu Xuexin came over, pulled her hand, and gently comforted her: "Third sister, maybe because the pavilion is a little high today, His Royal Highness King Jing is afraid that people will see you and it will be bad for you, so he let you go first."
This reminded Qu Qiuyan, and she immediately stopped crying and raised her tearful eyes: "Sister, is this really the case?"
"Of course it's true. Think about it, it was in the mansion that day, and the people we saw were all friendly guests. They wouldn't say anything unpleasant. But it's different now. There are many people here, just like Miss Jingyu County Lady..." Qu Xuexin's voice softened when she said this.