Qu Moying met Pei Luoan at the entrance of the hall. Seeing Pei Luoan standing in the middle of the hall, Qu Moying bowed sideways, then lowered his head and stepped aside, waiting for him to pass.
"Miss Qu Si." Pei Luoan did not walk past her, but walked in front of her.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Qu Moying said lightly.
"Just now, my concubine and Fourth Miss Qu had a dispute, causing Fourth Miss Qu's maid to almost fall down?" Pei Luoan asked.
"They are just some trivial matters. Your Highness does not need to worry about them." Qu Moying still lowered his head with a natural expression.
"Is it because of what the Fourth Miss told me before?" Pei Luoan asked, his eyes falling coldly on Qu Moying, scrutinizing her every move.
Sensing Pei Luoan's attention, Qu Moying nodded naturally without hesitation: "It is this matter. I don't know what Your Highness said to the Concubine, and the Concubine came to question me, and what she asked was what I told Your Highness."
"And then they started arguing like this?" Pei Luoan asked again.
"If Your Highness calls this a quarrel, then it is indeed true." Qu Moying said, without hiding anything or playing hard to get, and simply stated his meaning.
They even started fighting, and it’s just a quarrel, so let it be a quarrel!
There was no anger, nor panic or guilt. He was just stating something, very naturally, and of course without any intention of concealing anything.
"Miss Qu Si, that is my concubine!" Pei Luoan's face turned cold.
"It is indeed His Highness's concubine." Qu Moying bowed sideways again gracefully, her expression unchanged, her cherry lips slightly pursed.
"Would my concubine do such a thing?" Pei Luoan suddenly laughed. Was he trying to suppress this matter
Qu Moying raised his head slightly and glanced at Pei Luoan, and said simply and clearly, "I don't know!"
After he finished speaking, he said, "Your Highness, I want to go in and see my cousin."
This is the situation, and Pei Luoan can't suppress it even if he wants to.
Pei Luoan's eyes turned cold again, and he looked at Qu Moying coldly for a long time before waving his hand. Qu Moying bowed to him again, then walked around him and went to the main hall.
Before reaching the main hall entrance, a maid suddenly came out, "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Crown Princess, the Crown Princess's spirit tablet..."
Pei Luoan had turned around to leave, but when he heard the maid's words, he suddenly turned around, stared at the maid with fierce eyes, and asked sternly: "What's wrong with the Crown Princess?"
“The Crown Princess… The Crown Princess’ spirit tablet… is bleeding…” the maid said hurriedly in fear, her face pale and her whole body trembling, it was obvious that she was frightened.
After being stunned for a moment, Qu Moying hurried to the main hall.
Pei Luoan was stunned for a moment, his expression changed, he walked past Qu Moying in a few steps and went towards the main hall.
Behind him, Qu Moying narrowed her eyes behind her veil, revealing a chill. Of course, the "blood" couldn't be real "blood". She had asked Yu Dong to send someone to do something before. The scratch on the lamp was one thing, and the so-called "blood" now was another.
Standing at the entrance of the hall, Qu Moying did not go in directly, but called a Taoist nun standing by the side: "Is there any blood coming out of the spirit tablet here?"
"This... This is impossible. It is absolutely impossible under normal circumstances." The Taoist nun was standing outside the hall and heard it.
She was also frightened by what the maid said. After hearing what Qu Moying said, she hurriedly shook her head. She had been in Qingyun Temple for so many years and had never heard of such a thing. There was "blood" flowing on the spirit tablet. Was this an injustice
"What if it's not a normal situation?" Qu Moying continued to ask.
The nun stammered. She was really frightened and still a little confused. She just answered subconsciously: "I heard... I heard that if you can't rest in peace after death, or if you die unjustly..."
Having said this, the nun immediately came to her senses, covered her mouth tightly, and sat down on her knees with a thud. Such words were a capital crime punishable by death.
"You go back first and check what the omissions are." Qu Moying glanced at her and said gently.
“Yes… yes…” The nun stood up, holding on to a pillar. Her legs were so weak that she could hardly walk. She said in a trembling voice, looking as if she had lost her soul.
The other Taoist nun who was a guard seemed quite strong. She helped her and they left together.
There was a lot of noise here, and the maid's screams as she rolled and crawled startled many people. Some heard it clearly, while some didn't, but asked about it in private.
At one time, many people knew that something had happened to the tablet of the Crown Princess being held in the sacrifice ceremony, and it was said that there was blood flowing. Could it be that there was another reason for the Crown Princess' death
But no one dared to discuss such things, and the pilgrims who thought of it all quietly retreated, especially when they saw the two Taoist nuns supporting each other and trembling as they left, the rumor spread silently...
In the main hall, Pei Luoan held the spirit tablet in his hand, looking at the red candle oil on it, and looked at Ji Youran coldly. It was obvious that there was red candle oil dripping on it. There were a lot of incense and candles in the main hall, especially in front of the spirit tablet. The heat was rising to the sky, and the red candle oil melted and slowly slid down from the spirit tablet.
It looks like bright red blood.
But it’s actually just candle wax!
"Ji Youran, how are you taking care of this hall? Didn't you say that it should be focused on commemorating the Crown Princess? What is this?" Pei Luoan asked coldly.
Red candle oil is very common, but it is impossible for it to appear on Ji Hanyue’s spirit tablet.
The candles used in the ceremony are white, not bright red ones, so the origin of this red candle oil is very surprising and seems to be somewhat shady.
The most important thing is that this piece of red candle wax is wrapped in white candle wax. It was not noticeable at first and was thought to be stained by the white candle next to it.
When the white wax on top burns, it becomes this bright red candle oil.
No matter how you look at it, this kind of thing is not a coincidence. It must have been placed there on purpose by someone. But Ji Youran said that he had been doing his best to celebrate the festival here and didn't even notice it.
"Your Highness, I... I didn't leave just now. I only left for a while when I was talking to Miss Qu Si. But I asked mother and Madam Duan to watch over me here, so nothing will happen to me." Ji Youran explained hurriedly, and her mind was clear at this time.
"Someone, go and invite Madam Duan." Pei Luoan said sternly.
A guard responded and went to the side hall, and soon asked Madam Duan to come over.
"When Madam and Madam Xiao were guarding here, did you see anyone come in?" Pei Luoan asked.
Madam Duan showed a thoughtful expression, then shook her head: "Reporting to His Royal Highness, I didn't see anyone come in, only people from the Ling Anbo Mansion."
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You two have been guarding here all this time?" Pei Luoan asked again.
"My second brother's wife pulled me aside and talked for a while, and then the maids and old women from the Ling Anbo Mansion came forward to change the incense and candles. There was nothing else... really." Madam Duan thought for a while and said affirmatively.
There were quite a few people in the hall at that time, but they were all wearing clothes from the Ling'anbo Mansion, so one could tell at a glance that they were from the Ling'anbo Mansion. The people from the Prince's Mansion were guarding the hall and did not come forward.
"Where are the people around the concubine?" Pei Luoan looked at Ji Youran, but did not ask her directly. Instead, he asked Madam Duan.
"The people around the Concubine are all waiting at the entrance of the hall. When the Concubine left, she told them to stay here, but..." Mrs. Duan hesitated here and looked a little hesitant.
"Is there anything unusual?" Pei Luoan noticed it immediately.
"It seemed like someone... had come forward and came from the door. It seemed to be someone from the Eastern Palace... I was talking to my sister-in-law at the time, so I couldn't see clearly. I saw it when I turned around. My sister-in-law should have seen it more clearly." Mrs. Duan also hesitated at this time.
That was indeed an accident. She was standing with her back to him, and Xiao didn't know what was going on. She pulled her aside and talked about some random things. She was annoyed listening to them, so she turned around slightly and saw a maid passing by. It seemed that she had reached the gate.
Madam Duan didn't care. She thought it was a maid from the Eastern Palace. Suddenly she felt that her clothes seemed a little different, but she couldn't tell what was different.
I just took a look at it at the time and didn't think much about it.
"Let me ask, who came forward at that time?" Pei Luoan glanced at Ji Youran coldly and said in a cold voice.
Ji Youran hurriedly held the maid's hand, turned around and told the people behind her to come over. She brought a lot of people from the East Palace this time, and the scene was grand.
They were all trembling with fear from the slap from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just now, and when they heard Ji Youran's question, they looked at each other, but were speechless.
"Who was the one who came forward?" Ji Youran asked sternly.
Finally, a maid stood up and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince and the Concubine did have a maid come forward, but we thought it was a maid from the Ling'an Marquis's mansion, so we didn't pay much attention. The two ladies of the Ling'an Marquis's mansion were both here, so it wasn't our turn to make the decision. We waited for the Concubine to come over at the door."
"No one can see clearly what he looks like?" Pei Luoan asked sternly.
The maids and old women didn't dare to say a word and kept their heads down, for fear of angering the furious Crown Prince. Even the most favored concubine was slapped in the face. If they said something wrong, they would lose their lives, so it was best not to say anything at this time.
"Your Highness, someone must have deliberately sneaked in and disturbed the Crown Princess. Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely investigate it thoroughly." Ji Youran raised her red eyes and said.
Pei Luoan said nothing, but looked at Ji Youran with a gloomy look.
"My Lady, we must investigate the matter of my cousin. If it is related to Madam Xiao, can you ask Madam Xiao to come over? Maybe she can see it more clearly. There are always people who are deliberately making things mysterious and using my cousin to do something. But no matter what, please investigate this matter."
Qu Moying slowly came over, bowed to Pei Luoan, then raised his head and looked at the spirit tablet tightly held in Pei Luoan's hand, with a mocking look in his eyes...