"Miss Qu Si is getting close to the Prince's Mansion. Does she have other intentions?" Ji Youran asked with a sneer.
“Your Highness, think about it carefully. Not everyone would use my cousin’s name to do something.” Qu Moying said calmly, raising her head slightly and glancing at Ji Youran through her veil. “My cousin was the Crown Princess when she was alive. She must be different from ordinary people after her death. If someone wants to use her name to do something bad, I’m afraid she won’t let that person off.”
After saying that, he smiled slightly, moved aside, and bowed.
Ji Youran's face changed slightly, and he inexplicably remembered Ji Hanyue's curse that day, and shuddered all over.
"My Lady Concubine, please come in!" The guard impatiently stepped forward and urged again.
Ji Youran sneered at Qu Moying and said, "Fourth Miss Qu, this is very well said. It depends on who wants to take advantage of the Crown Princess."
After saying that, he left with a sneer.
Looking at Ji Youran's leaving back, Qu Moying narrowed his eyes. Although he didn't see what Pei Luoan and Ji Youran said, but seeing Ji Youran being sent back to the East Palace by the guards, he knew that he had successfully provoked Pei Luoan and Ji Youran to be angry. Very good, this was just a small sign.
Ji Youran has Pei Luoan's accomplice, so she will let the two of them gradually drift apart!
The ways of gods and ghosts are hard to explain, but under certain conditions, people will believe in them...
"Miss, was Concubine Ji sent back by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Yu Dong was also smart. When he saw this situation, he immediately asked another question out of curiosity.
"It should be like this." Qu Moying nodded.
"Miss, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sincere to the Crown Princess, right? I have never heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cherishes something so much." Yu Dong said again.
Qu Moying nodded heavily, her brows slightly furrowed. Facing such a pampered person as the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, she did not dare to relax at all, just so that everything could be made clear to the world one day.
Dancing on the sharp knives, she not only had to protect herself but also had to be able to rotate flexibly. Everything she did was always so dangerous.
There are not so many smart people in the world. In fact, most of them are just forced out!
"Take care? Maybe you should take care now, after all, your cousin is gone." Qu Moying said coldly, his eyes swept across the tall hall above, and he turned around and walked out decisively.
Since this is a one-way street, she will move forward and never look back...
A familiar smiling face suddenly appeared on the roadside path and waved towards them. Qu Moying stopped in surprise and looked carefully, only to find that the person in front of him was Ji Hai, Ji Hai who looked like a servant.
Walking slowly with Yu Dong, Ji Hai came out at a trot and saluted to Qu Moying: "Fourth Miss, please!"
He reached out and pointed further into the trail.
Qu Moying looked at the hall behind him with a strange expression, then looked at the path in front of him, nodded, and followed Ji Hai to the path.
The path was winding, passing several large halls and a large pine tree grove, and finally stopped at a remote attic in a bamboo forest. He looked up and was met with a pair of handsome sleeping phoenix eyes. It was indeed Pei Yuanjun up there, but he didn't know why he was here at this time.
"Miss Fourth, please!" Ji Hai pointed to the attic with a smile on his face.
The small attic is located among a grove of trees and bamboos, and looks particularly lonely. It seems to be just an inconspicuous little attic, the simplest kind that is almost hidden behind the trees, made of bamboo, exuding a sense of freshness and elegance.
But after going up and taking a closer look at the layout inside, no one would say that this attic was simple anymore.
It's not just extraordinary, it's simply exuding nobility from head to toe.
A long gauze hangs down, with crystal clear pearls dangling from it. The gauze is tied up, and the golden hook is carved with the image of a phoenix, adding a bit of dignity to the wealth.
The wide chair, although it is just a bamboo chair, is dark in color and has spots on it. It is a spotted bamboo, not a product of the capital. It is not easy to transport it to the capital. There are small things made of spotted bamboo in the noble families, but few of them make such a large piece of bamboo.
The desk is also made of bamboo. There is a jade-colored paperweight on it in the shape of a blooming hibiscus flower. The pens, ink, paper, and inkstone are all exquisite and detailed. Looking closely, each one is a masterpiece. Even the occasional artifacts on the bookshelf next to it exude an ancient charm.
Each piece is meticulous and each piece is exquisite.
"How is it here?" Pei Yuanjun walked over from the balcony, smiled slightly and asked.
"This is..." Qu Moying looked around, blinked a few times, and asked hesitantly, "Is this the place where the former master of Qingyun Temple lived?"
She had heard long ago that there was a forbidden area in Qingyun Temple, but not everyone could enter, because the previous master of Qingyun Temple was originally a princess of the royal family. Although she was forced to become a nun, she was not someone that others could look down upon.
Because the Empress Dowager loved her so much, she specially expanded the Qingyun Temple and made her the abbess.
This is the greatest favor for the princess.
In the previous life, Ji Hanyue heard Pei Luoan occasionally mention such a place. He said that in the bamboo forest behind the temple, there was the old residence of the former Qingyun Temple Master. He said that although she held the title of Qingyun Temple Master at that time, all the things were done by the current Qingyun Temple Master, and she just lived alone in the pavilion in the bamboo forest and was unwilling to see many people.
Her reluctance to see more people is due to her shame in seeing people, which is completely different from the current master of Qingyun Temple who is rarely seen.
But she had only heard of it but had never actually seen it. Now, seeing this scene that looked simple on the outside but luxurious on the inside, she couldn't help but think of this thing.
"This is indeed the residence of Princess Hengyang." Pei Yuanjun nodded, picked up a pen at hand and handed it to Qu Moying.
Qu Moying didn't know his intention. Although he took it, he didn't look at the pen. He just looked at Pei Yuanjun in surprise.
Pei Yuanjun reached out and took off her veil. Seeing her pair of clear and bright eyes, he said with a half-smile, "It's much better to look at it this way. When can you take this thing off?"
The sudden brightness in front of him made Qu Moying close his eyes subconsciously, and then he slowly opened them, "Don't rush to remove it, just wear it for a while."
"It is indeed not advisable to remove it too early." Pei Yuanjun looked at Qu Moying's face, suddenly nodded in agreement, but handed the veil in his hand to Yu Dong on the side.
Yudong took it and stepped aside to serve.
"Look at this." Pei Yuanjun tapped his fingers lightly on the desk and nodded.
"This pen..." Qu Moying's eyes fell on the pen in front of him. After a closer look, he realized that this pen was indeed different. Although it was also made of bamboo, the pen tip underneath was not a real pen tip and could not really be used for writing. It was a piece of jade that looked like a pen tip.
A piece of black jade, and the ink on the top appears lighter, while the ink on the bottom is darker, just like a pen dipped in ink, as if it were real.
This was also the reason why Qu Moying didn't notice it when he first glanced over.
"This money was granted by the Empress Dowager. In fact, it's not just this. All of it was granted by the Empress Dowager. There should be more than this. There should be quite a bit in the Qingyun Temple's storehouse." Pei Yuanjun said lightly.
Qingyun Temple is so rich
"Since the Queen Mother likes this princess so much, why doesn't she acquit her?" Qu Moying asked curiously, his fingers lightly pinching the tip of the pen.
It seems that the Queen Mother really likes Princess Hengyang.
"Since the Empress Dowager likes her no matter what, the law of the country cannot tolerate it. Allowing her to survive and live well in Qingyun Temple is already the greatest tolerance from the Emperor. The Three Kings are the source of the rebellion, so they should be killed. The same applies to their children. Although Princess Hengyang has been living with the Empress Dowager, she is the daughter of the King of Chu among the Three Kings."
It has been more than thirty years since the Three Kings Rebellion, but Qu Moying still hears people talk about it from time to time. The King of Qin, the King of Chu, and the King of Han, the three princes rebelled together. It is said that the capital was already in danger at that time, and the troops of the three kings were at the gates of the city and were about to swallow up the capital.
The entire dynasty was almost overthrown.
After the rebellion was quelled, the three kings and their families were beheaded together. Considering this, it was indeed a lucky thing for Princess Hengyang to be able to save her life because she had always lived by the Queen Mother's side.
"I heard... there was another princess in the capital at that time, but she also lost her life?" Qu Moying asked about a rumor he had heard before.
She had heard that there was a princess in the capital at that time, and when she heard about it, she asked a few more questions out of curiosity, but there was no further news. Because this princess had died, it seemed that no one mentioned her anymore. However, many people still mentioned this Princess Hengyang even after her death.
"The former wife of the Duke of Qi, Princess Xian'an?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows, a dignified and leisurely smile appeared on his handsome face, and he walked towards the balcony with his hands behind his back.
Qu Moying put down the pen in her hand and followed him. When she reached the balcony, she found that the fence on the balcony was made of spotted bamboo. When she was under the attic just now, she didn't recognize it for a moment and thought it was just ordinary bamboo.
"The wife of the former Duke of Qi is the daughter of one of the three kings?" Qu Moying asked. Since the Duke of Qi's Mansion was mentioned, she naturally became more cautious. Besides, she had never heard of this matter. She only knew that the former Duke of Qi died because of being implicated in the affairs of the three kings.
"The daughter of the King of Qin, Princess Xian'an, married the former Duke of Qi. But later, because she married the former Duke of Qi's mansion, the entire Duke of Qi's mansion was almost destroyed. Although the current Duke of Qi saved the rest of the people in the mansion, he could not save the former Duke of Qi's family. The whole family was executed, including Princess Xian'an, who was of royal blood."
Pei Yuanjun spoke leisurely, as if he was not talking about the tragic incident of property confiscation and family extermination.
"Princess Xian'an didn't stay either?" Qu Moying asked subconsciously.
"Of course not. Princess Xian'an is not familiar with the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother only saves those she likes. She never spares those she doesn't like. Whether Princess Xian'an lives or dies has nothing to do with the Queen Mother." Pei Yuanjun's purple brocade robe fluttered in the wind, and he said indifferently, "Tell me what happened just now?"
"Just now... nothing happened!" The words changed so quickly that Qu Moying paused for a moment before understanding what Pei Yuanjun meant.
"What is this?" Pei Yuanjun turned his head, glanced at her, pointed at a place and asked with a smile...