With the help of people with good intentions, the rumor in the capital was spread, and soon it was heard in the streets and alleys.
What is said is that the Prince's Mansion coveted the Crown Princess's dowry. Not long after the Crown Princess passed away, they first coveted the dowry shop, and then they also coveted the dowry shop left by the Crown Princess's biological mother, and even changed the name of it. This is absolutely true, and the Yuejinge is the evidence.
Many people knew about this matter. Many who knew about Yuejinge were discussing whether the owner of the store had changed, otherwise how could this happen.
Now many people know that it belongs to the Crown Princess, and they also know that the Crown Princess's biological mother's surname is Yue, so this Yuejinge was indeed the Crown Princess's dowry. The Crown Princess died, and it is said that she did not die of illness, but seemed to have died to save the Crown Prince. However, the Crown Prince embezzled her dowry, which is really infuriating and makes people doubt the Crown Prince's character.
Yu Dong had two people under him. They only picked up the topic at that time, but later they found that more people had brought up the topic, and they were surprised at how fast it spread. So they left early as instructed and responded to Yu Dong.
As for what happens next, there are many people who do not want to see the prince do well, and many who want to stir up trouble, so now is an opportunity.
When the news reached Pei Luoan's ears, Pei Luoan was drinking tea with Pei Yuanjun. Pei Yuanjun came today to check on the security of the Prince's Eastern Palace. Compared with King Jing, the identity of the Prince is of course more important.
Someone around the prince walked up to him and whispered a few words, and Prince Pei Luoan's face changed drastically.
"If the Crown Prince has something to do, he can go and do it himself. I will just take a look around and then leave." Pei Yuanjun put down the teacup gracefully, a faint smile appeared on his handsome face, and he narrowed his eyes, looking quite calm.
"Uncle Wang, please wait a moment. I'll be back soon." Pei Luoan stood up and bowed to Pei Yuanjun. He really couldn't wait any longer for this matter.
"Prince, please do as you please." Pei Yuanjun waved his hand.
Pei Luoan turned and strode away.
"Go and find out what happened." Pei Yuanjun curled the corners of his thin lips and said to Ji Hai on the side.
"I'll go down and take a look." Ji Hai understood and turned around and took two guards downstairs.
Pei Luoan walked out of the living room and went straight to Ji Youran's yard.
When the servants in the yard saw Pei Luoan coming back with such an ugly look on his face, they knelt on the ground trembling with fear.
Ji Youran was resting with her eyes closed in the room, and her face looked very unhappy. What the old woman had said before made her frightened and angry, and she was in a bad mood.
Hearing another sound at the door, she opened her eyes impatiently, and saw Pei Luoan's furious and almost hideous face. She was stunned for a moment and didn't react. She was slapped hard on the face. She covered her face with her hands, and tears immediately overflowed from her eyes. She trembled and said, "Your Highness... You... You..."
"Han Yue's dowry must be returned in its entirety." Pei Luoan said angrily, staring at Ji Youran with a cold gaze. He really didn't know about these things, and he didn't care about such trivial matters, but now it has caused an uproar in the city.
It is indeed good that Ji Hanyue's things were left in the Prince's Mansion, but this goodness was achieved silently.
“Your Highness,… Your Highness,… I… I don’t understand…” Ji Youran was very confused after being slapped. The slap was quite powerful, making her head buzz. She even lost her usual agility, and she still had questions.
"Return all of Hanyue's dowry to the Ji family, now, immediately! Do you need me to say it twice
The concubine who hurried into the mansion to serve Han Yue, how could she have any dowry, and her name starts with the word "Yue", Ji Youran, do you think everyone else is a fool? " Pei Luoan was still angry.
Thinking of the consequences of this incident, he was so angry that he wanted to slap Ji Youran a few more times.
Needless to say, tomorrow the court will be filled with memorials impeaching him. If he does not explain the matter immediately, it will be difficult for him to defend himself in court tomorrow.
"Your Highness, didn't you say that I would handle her affairs?" Ji Youran felt dizzy and blurted out the words. When she saw Pei Luoan's almost twisted handsome face, she immediately knelt on the bed, lowered her head, and cried uncontrollably, begging for forgiveness, "Your Highness, I was wrong. I will do it right away."
"She is the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace, and you are just a concubine. A concubine actually wants to swallow up her dowry. Ji Youran, you have such a big face and such a big appetite." Pei Luoan scolded coldly, staring at Ji Youran and warning her word by word, "Ji Youran, just for this, your position as a concubine is over."
"Your Highness, Your Highness, please forgive me. I will do it right away." Ji Youran trembled all over and cried for mercy.
"You're on your own. Go and do it now." Pei Luoan flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.
Behind her, Ji Youran fell on the bed crying.
When the two maids saw the prince leave, they came over tremblingly to persuade him.
"Your Highness, please don't cry. His Highness the Crown Prince must have heard something bad, so he said that. His Highness the Crown Prince has always been very fond of Your Highness."
"My queen, someone must have said something to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, deliberately trying to sow discord between you and His Royal Highness."
"Go check what happened outside." Ji Youran wiped her face and said gritting her teeth. She didn't want to be a concubine, she wanted to be the principal wife, the future queen.
The prince's words almost pierced her heart, but she had to endure it.
"Yes, I'll go now." The maid Shuening said hurriedly and ran out. Xie Feng inside helped Ji Youran stand up and wash. Even though the wound had not healed yet, she had to get up first and deal with this matter.
Shui Ning acted quickly and found out the news in a short while. She heard that it was the shop that had just changed its name that caused the trouble. Ji Youran was angry, hateful and aggrieved. When the shop was renamed, she even asked the prince. Pei Luoan was in a very good mood at that time and helped her choose a name. The current name of the store was given by Pei Luoan.
But she didn't dare to explain this grievance to Pei Luoan, as that would only make the prince angry! After applying ice to her face, she asked someone to take out Ji Hanyue's dowry list. Some of the property was too late, but some contracts for shops could be taken away directly. She took these things to the Ji Mansion of Ling Anbo.
As soon as she left to deal with this matter, the rumors outside had new changes.
The Crown Prince embezzled the Crown Princess's dowry, and now that the Crown Princess's body is still warm, he has actually fallen in love with Minister Liu's daughter, Lady Jingyu. It is said that this Lady is now waiting to become the future Crown Princess.
Once this news came out, it spread faster and more vigorously than the previous news. Later, it was almost said that County Lady Jingyu was going to marry into the Prince's Mansion and did not want the original Crown Princess's dowry to be lost. This was why the Crown Prince was unwilling to return the Crown Princess's dowry. It was really because of County Lady Jingyu.
Someone has proven that on the day when the Crown Princess's coffin was taken out, the Lord of Jingyu County also came, but he did not go to the coffin.
It makes people doubt her purpose. There is no mistress in the backyard of the Prince's Mansion, and the only concubine is not qualified to invite her over. So what is she doing here
Could it be that on the day the Crown Princess' body was released, she had a private meeting with the Crown Prince? This situation between the two of them is not just an affair, but it also makes people suspect that the Crown Prince's so-called deep affection for the Crown Princess is all fake, and that he has been secretly together with Lady Jingyu for a long time. If this is the case, then the Crown Princess' death was not necessarily an accident
Some rumors were spread in this way, and because there was some truth in them, they became more and more true. In the end, many people believed that the matter of the Crown Princess's dowry in the Crown Prince's Mansion must be related to Jingyu County Lady who was about to move into the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace.
Not to mention that the Crown Prince's character is not as good as rumored, even this Lady Jingyu is really not that good.
Of course, there are also people who are on the sidelines and feel that it doesn't seem to be true. They have never heard of the rumor that Lady Jingyu is going to marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but they have heard that Lady Yi is going to marry Prince Jing and become Prince Jing's Consort.
But no matter what, the rumor became more and more popular, not only among ordinary people, but also among the noble families.
In the residence of Minister Liu, in Liu Jingyu's boudoir, the once quiet and elegant room was now in a mess, with fragments of ancient porcelain vases all over the floor. The maids did not care that there were fragments under their feet, and all knelt on the ground, trembling with fear and not daring to move, for fear of angering their master again.
Liu Jingyu, who was standing among the debris, was so angry that her pretty face turned pale and her eyes were gloomy.
"The Madam is here!" a maid suddenly said outside the door.
"Yu'er, why are you so angry?" A middle-aged woman walked in, dressed in jewels and precious stones. She looked very noble. Her face was somewhat similar to Liu Jingyu, and was very beautiful.
He glanced at the debris on the ground, his face turned cold and he ordered, "Clean up the ground. It looks so ugly."
"Yes!" The maids stood up one by one, not caring about the wounds on their knees caused by the debris, and cleaned up together.
"Yu'er, come in." The woman took Liu Jingyu's hand, went into the inner room, and sat down on the chair in the middle.
She is the wife of Minister Liu and the only legitimate daughter of Duke Qi, Qi Xiejiao.
"Mother." Liu Jingyu's eyes turned red with grievance, and he stood and refused to sit down.
Madam Liu pulled her hand again, then pulled her to sit down, and said gently: "Okay, tell me what happened, who did you offend recently?"
"Mother, I don't know!" Liu Jingyu shed tears.
"Someone must be trying to deal with you. Of course, they may also want to deal with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Madam Liu restrained her expression and spoke slowly.
"Mother, I know someone wants to deal with me, but I don't know who it is." Liu Jingyu couldn't wipe away her tears and said hatefully, "If I knew who was behind this, I would never let her off."
"What's the point of you getting angry here?" Madam Liu patted her on the back.
"Mother, who on earth would do this to me?" Liu Jingyu wiped away her tears, bit her lower lip and said with a cold look in her eyes.
"I heard that you are dealing with the fourth young lady of the Qu family?" Mrs. Liu asked back.
Liu Jingyu suddenly realized, "Is it Qu Moying who is dealing with me?"
"I don't know if this is true, but it's at least one direction. I heard that the incident at the Prince's Mansion happened because Miss Qu's shop was next door, and the two families had a quarrel and it turned out like this." Madam Liu said with a smile.