The grand hall was silent except for the hurried breathing of Crown Prince Pei Luoan. Several memorials were thrown beside him and the jade crown on his head fell down a little. A memorial hit the crown on his head. Although it was not thrown directly at his face, he was the future crown prince and he was embarrassed by it.
Pei Luoan had never been so embarrassed before, and his face turned red.
As the crown prince of a country, he has been the crown prince for a long time. Even though the position of the crown prince is not stable, he has all the advantages on the surface. He is the crown prince of the current dynasty and the eldest son of the dynasty. No one can say a word against him.
But now, because of the matter of Ji Hanyue's dowry shop, the emperor threw a memorial to him. When Pei Luoan thought of the suppressed smile on the face of Prince Jing Pei Yusheng just now, he was furious. His fingers clenched tightly under his sleeves. The golden thread pulled the skin on his palms, letting him know clearly that he was still kneeling in the hall.
He is the crown prince, the crown prince of a country, but he was humiliated in front of all the ministers. Does his father really not intend to let him ascend the throne
Hate and coldness were hidden in his eyes. Pei Luoan suppressed his anger with all his strength, raised his head and explained in a panic: "Father, this is really not what I meant. I have been thinking about the Crown Princess these days, and I have been in a daze every day. How can I care about so many things? I was negligent, and I will definitely find out the truth."
"Find out, have you found out now?" The emperor sat coldly on the high seat, looking at his son with eyes full of disappointment.
This matter has caused a lot of uproar, and everyone in the capital knows about it now. They all say that Pei Luoan's deep love for the Crown Princess is fake, and that he and the current concubine had an affair a long time ago, and that's why he watched helplessly as the concubine swallowed up the Crown Princess's dowry.
If he was sincere to the Crown Princess, how could he not care about her affairs after her death
The court officials submitted memorials saying all kinds of things. One said that the Crown Prince was insincere towards the Crown Princess; another said that the Crown Prince brought a concubine into the palace when the Crown Princess was seriously ill, and that the Crown Princess might have been angered to death by this concubine; another said that the Crown Prince did not care about the affairs of the Ling'an Marquis' Mansion. If he was really good to the Crown Princess, how could he have let the first wife of the Ling'an Marquis' Mansion fall to the current state.
I heard that the Crown Prince's concubine had interfered in the title issue of the Ling'an Marquis' Mansion. Her purpose was to leave the title to her own brother instead of the current young master of the Ling'an Marquis' Mansion, because he was only her half-brother after all.
The more you talk about some things, the more they seem to be true.
Most of the court officials knew that the Crown Princess died for the Crown Prince. She was seriously injured and died because she blocked an assassin's arrow for the Crown Prince.
If the Crown Prince was really ungrateful to the Crown Princess, and even brought a woman with whom he already had an affair into the Crown Prince's Mansion at this time, and this woman was also the Crown Princess's cousin, how heartbreaking this would be for the Crown Princess. Even if the Crown Princess was in good health, she might not be able to withstand it. What's more, the Crown Princess was seriously ill at the time, and there was a high possibility that she would be angered to death.
After all, how do you see that when the Crown Princess died, the ones who benefited were the Crown Prince's concubines
"Father, I will definitely investigate it. It should not be that she swallowed up the Crown Princess's dowry. She may have been busy with the affairs of the Crown Prince's Mansion and the Ling Anbo Mansion and did not have time to return it. Father, rest assured, if this is true, I will not let her off easily."
The prince kowtowed three times, his face full of anger.
Angry, he had no intention of showing any mercy to Ji Youran.
Pei Yuanjun's gaze fell on the crown prince. He stood in the first place among the military generals, facing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Unlike the panic-stricken ministers in the hall, none of them dared to raise their heads. Even the ministers who had previously written memorials to impeach the crown prince, as well as Prince Jing and Prince Yan, all lowered their heads, fearing that the emperor would vent his anger on them.
I didn't dare to speak loudly more than once.
Only Pei Yuanjun's gaze fell on Pei Luoan openly. The corners of his handsome lips raised and he smiled silently, appearing both presumptuous and meaningless.
The emperor's eyes swept over him, as if he didn't see the disrespect for the prince in his eyes, and he still locked onto the prince's figure: "What a good way to investigate it, then go ahead and investigate it. If it is true, you don't have to stay as a concubine. The royal family doesn't want such a woman with bad intentions."
"Yes, your son obeys!" Pei Luoan secretly wiped a cold sweat. Fortunately, Ji Youran was quite capable and had almost finished the job yesterday. Now there were only some easily movable property left. He would sort out the property in the next two days and return the dowry in front of all the people in the capital.
For the sake of some financial matters, he almost shook his position as the crown prince. Ji Youran really deserved a good lesson.
The hall became quiet again. The emperor sitting on the throne remained silent, and no one spoke below. Pei Yuanjun raised his eyes to look at the emperor sitting on the high throne, but saw that his eyes fell on him, as if with some scrutiny. He smiled slightly and retracted his gaze again.
An eunuch shouted "Dismiss the court".
The emperor left with a group of eunuchs, and the atmosphere in the hall relaxed a little. Ministers from the prince's faction hurried over to help the prince up.
Pei Luoan's legs were still shaking. He stood up with the help of the minister's hand, and looked at King Jing Pei Yusheng who was standing aside with a grim face and a gloomy look.
"Prince, your feet must be sore. Take a rest before you go on." Seeing that the prince was staring at him, Pei Yusheng walked over and said with some concern.
"My feet aren't sore, but my hands are a little sore. I stretched them too far and lost control for a moment." Pei Luoan sneered and pushed away Pei Yusheng's outstretched hand.
A large part of the reason why those who dared to submit a memorial to accuse him were related to Pei Yusheng was that now he was pretending to be so. Pei Luoan was so angry that he couldn't suppress his anger for a while.
"Why do you say that, Prince?" Pei Yusheng looked surprised.
"I heard that Prince Jing is going to marry the young lady from Minister Qu's mansion soon?" Pei Luoan said in a cold voice.
Pei Yusheng's smile froze, and he could no longer smile. But then he smiled again, and shook his sleeves slightly. "I'm afraid the prince heard it wrong."
After saying that, he turned around and left. He didn't want to talk about Qu Qiuyan's affairs here. It was just a matter of a concubine and it was not worthy of being discussed here. If the emperor knew about it, he would be known as a frivolous person.
It is a good thing that the prince's reputation is damaged now.
There are indeed some of his people here, but there are also some relatively fair censors. There are so many people submitting memorials together, and they have even discussed it to this extent. It is only the prince himself who has poor personal ethics. What does it have to do with me!
Pei Luoan looked at Pei Yusheng's back with cold eyes and sneered in his heart. It was absolutely impossible to say that Pei Yusheng was not stirring up trouble.
He also knew who Pei Yusheng had his eyes on!
"Prince, today
Do you want to check it out?" A clear voice came from the body, it was the Prince of Yun.
Pei Luoan took a deep breath and calmed the emotions on his face, then turned his head, trying to maintain the calmness on his face, and looked at Pei Yuanjun opposite him, "Of course I have to trouble Uncle Wang."
"Let's go!" Pei Yuanjun nodded, swung his sleeves, and walked straight out. Pei Luoan hurriedly followed. In name, he was the prince and older than Pei Yuanjun, but in terms of seniority, he was the younger one. And most importantly, Pei Yuanjun was highly regarded by the emperor, so he had to respect that.
The two walked out of the palace together and got on their own carriages. The two large carriages went to the Prince's Eastern Palace together.
When they arrived at the gate of the East Palace, the prince's carriage stopped in front, and Ji Youran came in with a few maids. They bowed gracefully and said, "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Seeing Ji Youran like this reminded Pei Luoan of the humiliation he had just suffered in the court, and his face darkened.
"Your Highness, I have prepared some snacks. I made them in the kitchen. I would like to invite Your Highness to have a taste." Ji Youran said in a delicate voice, looking at Pei Luoan with tired eyes, as if there was only Pei Luoan in her eyes. She could even see Pei Luoan's figure in the bottom of her eyes.
This feeling of wholehearted devotion was once what Pei Luoan was most satisfied with. He also felt that Ji Youran was wholeheartedly devoted to him. Even though he had no promises to her at that time, she still worshipped him wholeheartedly. Compared to Ji Hanyue, although Ji Youran's appearance was not as good as his, her feelings were more gentle and tender.
But the tenderness that once existed had become a little turbid. Pei Luoan's eyes fell on Ji Youran with a bit of coldness.
"Your Highness! It was my negligence. Now I have taken care of everything. Your Highness, I will never do it again." Ji Youran's eyes were red, and a tear slowly slid down her fair cheek. She was as beautiful as jade, with a bitterness and unspeakable pain in her eyes, and she blamed everything on herself without hesitation.
Seeing her act like this, Pei Luoan's expression improved and his face became a little gloomy. Just as he was about to say something, he saw a gust of wind blowing by, lifting up Ji Youran's two strands of hair that had fallen down. The hair was blown away, revealing a scar, which made Ji Youran's whole face look much uglier, especially the scar mark.
Pei Luoan's eyes narrowed, not only because of Ji Youran's disgusting face, but also because of Pei Yuanjun's words: "It turns out that the prince likes women like this. This taste... is very unique!"
These blatant and somewhat sarcastic words fell into the ears of Pei Luoan and Ji Youran. Ji Youran quickly pressed down her two flying hairs. Her face turned pale and ugly. She was so embarrassed that she could hardly raise her head. She didn't dare to look at Pei Luoan's face. This was the last thing she wanted Pei Luoan to see.
The scar left by Ji Hanyue became swollen again and a little festering because of the accidental injection of Yu's medicine powder. It was about to heal, but it healed much more slowly and has not healed completely yet. Not only has it not healed completely, it also hurts a little, which makes her clearly remember the scene when Ji Hanyue died that day.
Pei Luoan's face also looked very ugly. He was the crown prince of a country, but he was suspected of liking an ugly woman. How could he feel proud of it
Ji Youran was indeed a little ugly. As the Crown Prince’s concubine, even if she wasn’t the most beautiful among all the other beauties, she couldn’t let people see the scars on her face…