Qu Xuexin was taken to the side room to check her wounds, while Qu Qiuyan and Qu Moying sat at the stone table in the yard.
A big tree blocked the direct sunlight, and there were only faint, mottled shadows on the stone table and stone benches under the tree. People sitting under the tree felt both elegant and cool. There was a small pond on one side, with gravel filling the pond and fish playing in the clear water.
It’s a great place to escape the summer heat!
Two people sat in front of the stone table, seemingly watching the small fish hiding among the gravel, which would occasionally swim out and poke their heads out.
When it's just the two of us, there's really not much to talk about.
Qu Moying's eyes fell on the pond, but her ears were paying attention to the movements in the wing room. Her hearing has always been good. She heard a low scream from Qu Xuexin after she went in just now, and then everything returned to normal. She saw the old woman who led the way retreated to the door, with the corners of her lips curled silently.
Pei Luoan!
She was sure that Pei Luoan was here now.
That room should have a back door. If you come in from the back door, you can't see the front. Why did Pei Luoan go to so much trouble to meet Qu Xuexin
What happened last night
Not really. Qu Moying didn't think Pei Luoan would come and ask about this kind of thing in person. Was it because of Qu Xuexin
This thought was immediately shattered. Would someone like Pei Luoan fall in love at first sight? Impossible. He had pretended for so many years, and seemed to have deep feelings for Ji Hanyue, but in the end, it was just a false dream woven for Ji Hanyue.
After waking up from the dream, it was washed away with the blood of the eldest branch of the Ji family.
Who among the royal family members would really fall in love
Pei Luoan is like this, Pei Yusheng, and Pei Yuanjun are all like this. The so-called emotional connection is extremely weak!
Then let’s not talk about love. It’s better for everyone to tear off the veil of affection and talk about a deal, just like himself and Pei Yuanjun. This way, you won’t get hurt.
That's because... the sachet
After thinking about it, Qu Moying felt that it was unlikely, but if it was not this, she could not think of anything else. She stared at the fish swimming in the water with her watery eyes, watching how the situation would develop. Even if Pei Luoan did it perfectly, the result would be clear when Qu Xuexin came out!
"Your Highness... Your Highness the Crown Prince?" Qu Xuexin knelt down with a trembling voice. She never expected that the person sitting in the middle of the room was actually His Highness the Crown Prince.
As soon as the door opened, she helped Hongmei in, and then followed the maid into the inner room, only to see Pei Luoan in the middle of the room, looking shocked and panicked, but also secretly delighted.
"Get up!" Pei Luoan said gently, reaching out his hand to support her.
The maid of the East Palace helped Qu Xuexin up. Qu Xuexin did not dare to look up and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"This sachet was embroidered by you. Can I take a look at it?" Pei Luoan asked with a slight smile, as if he didn't notice Qu Xuexin's embarrassment.
"Okay... okay." Qu Xuexin said hurriedly, her face flushed.
Hongmei helped Qu Xuexin take off the sachet hanging around her waist and handed it to her. The maid took it and presented it to Pei Luoan.
Pei Luoan did not take it. His eyes fell on the sachet in the maid's hand, with a strange expression and silence.
Qu Xuexin calmed herself down a little, and took a peek, seeing a hint of sadness on Pei Luoan's handsome face. Then she slowly reached out her hand, gently pinched a part of the sachet, and then held it in front of her eyes and examined it carefully.
His movements were relatively slow, as if the sachet in his hand weighed a thousand gold. He moved gently, as if he was looking through the sachet.
Qu Xuexin happened to be standing opposite him. Sensing the tender affection in his eyes, she hurriedly lowered her head. Her heartbeat was so wild that it almost jumped out of her mouth. She subconsciously reached out and clenched the handkerchief in her hand. Her face almost burned.
Did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have feelings for me? Was that why he did this and deliberately let someone bump into me
For a moment, my heart was pounding, and I felt shy and happy at the same time.
Pei Luoan's eyes slowly fell on the sachet. He looked at the front and the back, then held the sachet tightly in his palm, as if holding something extremely precious. After a long while, he asked, "Did you embroider this?"
"Yes, it was embroidered by you... your servant." Qu Xuexin replied hurriedly.
"Did you really embroider it?" Pei Luoan asked again, his eyes darkening as he looked at Qu Xuexin below.
Sensing the icy aura, Qu Xuexin's face turned pale, and her feet felt weak again. But she thought that this opportunity might slip away, and if she slipped away, she would have no chance in the future, so she gritted her teeth and said with all her might, "This sachet was embroidered by me, and I drew the embroidery pattern myself."
"Is it really yours?" Pei Luoan asked again, as if confirming something.
"Yes... yes, it belongs to me." At this point, Qu Xuexin didn't dare to go back on her word.
There was no sound for a long time. Qu Xuexin had cold sweat on her vest and her throat felt dry and itchy, but she didn't dare to move. She stood there stiffly.
"Can you give it to me?" It seemed like a long time had passed before Pei Luoan's gentle voice was heard. The cold aura around him disappeared immediately, and Qu Xuexin felt like she was almost fainting.
"Okay... okay." Qu Xuexin said in a panic.
"Here's a reward!" Pei Luoan held the sachet in his palm and said slowly, then stood up, walked around the screen and strode away.
The maid smiled and brought a brocade box over: "Miss Qu, this is a reward from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Qu Xuexin said hurriedly, her face flushed again, and she was very shy.
Hongmei took out the brocade box, which was not big and could fit into her sleeve.
Qu Xuexin changed her clothes. She fell hard and her knees were rubbed. There happened to be a set of clothes here, so she changed into new clothes.
Qu Xuexin didn't let the maid call a doctor, and she walked out holding Hongmei's hand.
In the yard, Qu Qiuyan saw Qu Xuexin coming out and changing into another set of clothes. She stood up disapprovingly and said, "Sister, can we go back now?"
This contemptuous attitude made Qu Xuexin angry and annoyed. She gritted her teeth secretly. Isn't it that Qu Qiuyan relied on the power of King Jing? When she entered the East Palace in the future, she would definitely return all this to him.
"Let's go!" She gathered her thoughts and said lightly.
Unfortunately, she was too excited just now, the blush on her face was hard to fade away, and her eyes were more watery than usual, looking watery and very pleasant.
Qu Moying stood up calmly. She was now certain that it was Pei Luoan who had been in the room just now. Only Pei Luoan could make Qu Xuexin so moved that she lost her normal state and couldn't recover until now.
His eyes fell and he saw that the sachet that was originally hanging on Qu Xuexin's waist was gone.
Mocking, Pei Luoan thought this was the sachet he embroidered
Of course it is impossible to recall someone by seeing the object. The most I could do is to use my own sachet to act out another scene. I didn't expect that my carelessness would lead to such a scene today.
Judging from the looks of it, Qu Xuexin must not have given herself away.
However, it is certain that seeing that wealth and glory are about to be within her grasp, there is no way Qu Xuexin would give in now.
For Qu Xuexin, it can be said that now there is a ray of hope, and it is a great fortune.
Although this sachet was indeed not embroidered by herself, the pattern on it was always drawn by herself. It made people feel inexplicably disgusted. Pei Luoan was really enough. It was obvious that she died in his hands, but he still pretended to be affectionate to Ji Hanyue, which made people feel ridiculous.
If he was so affectionate, why did he plot against me that day? All his kindness was just a mask to cover up his falsehood.
She looked outside the gate and noticed someone peeking at the gate. It must be Ji Youran's people who knew about it.
The Eastern Palace is becoming more and more interesting. Every woman around Pei Luoan is troublesome. But it’s also good. If they all enter the Eastern Palace, it will be convenient for him.
The three of them walked out together. This time Qu Qiuyan walked in front. She was already a little anxious and didn't want to care about Qu Xuexin at the moment. She always looked down on the two people in the East Mansion. Even though Qu Xuexin was the eldest daughter of the East Mansion, in Qu Qiuyan's eyes, she didn't care much.
Originally, Qu Xuexin was inferior to her in every way.
But after walking a few steps, she stopped again and waited for Qu Xuexin to come over with Hongmei.
"Sister, was there anyone in there just now?" Qu Qiuyan asked directly.
Qu Xuexin was startled and shook her head hastily, "There's no one inside, how could there be anyone? My leg is injured and I have to go back to the mansion to deal with it. I just changed my clothes."
"Really no one?" Qu Qiuyan looked her up and down, and seeing her lustful look, she felt that it was really not the case.
"It's true. If you don't believe it, you can go back and look." Qu Xuexin also knew that Qu Qiuyan suspected her, so she pretended to be calm.
She glanced at Qu Moying on the other side of her, only to see that Qu Moying pursed her lips tightly, said nothing, and had a calm and natural expression. She probably had no suspicions about anything.
But think about it, with Qu Moying's knowledge, what can he know? It is possible that Qu Qiuyan will discover something.
Thinking of this, Qu Xuexin's focus was on Qu Qiuyan.
As they walked out, Qu Qiuyan asked Qu Xuexin some questions from time to time, which made Qu Xuexin very nervous. In the end, she said she was not feeling well and did not answer Qu Qiuyan's questions.
As they were talking, the three of them had already arrived at the gate of the East Palace. Qu Qiuyan and Qu Moying got on the carriage first. Qu Xuexin had a sore foot and was going to be the last one to get on. Now that both of them were on, Qu Xuexin held Hongmei's hand and was about to get on the carriage slowly, but she saw a maid running out from inside.
While running, he looked around and saw Qu Xuexin and the others. His eyes lit up immediately and he shouted loudly: "Miss Qu, please wait a moment, our master has something to say."
Upon hearing this, her pretty face, which had originally returned to its original color, immediately turned red again. Her feet could no longer move. She looked at the maid approaching her shyly, her heart beating faster. Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had something to say to the maid