"How dare you! This is County Lady Jingyu!" Seeing the guards coming to pull Liu Jingyu, the maidservant following her became anxious and scolded loudly.
But before he could finish his words, a guard slapped him in the face and sent him rolling out. His fair face immediately became swollen and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.
Pei Yuanjun stopped walking, turned around gracefully, and lazily looked at Liu Jingyu, who was so shocked that he couldn't say a word, and raised his eyes slightly: "Jingyu County Lord?"
"Yes... I... I... have met His Royal Highness Prince Yun."
Liu Jingyu stood up with the help of another maid, trembling and gritting his teeth, forcing himself to calm down and salute Pei Yuanjun.
"Why is County Lord Jingyu hiding behind the rockery and spying on me?" Pei Yuanjun's voice was neither loud nor low, revealing an elegance emanating from his bones. There was not a trace of anger in his expression, but there was a coldness that kept people at a distance.
"Your Highness, I... I didn't... I just walked here and ran into Your Highness by accident." Liu Jingyu took a deep breath, trying to steady his breathing, and explained.
"Are you really not hiding here on purpose?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows.
"Every young lady and palace maid I bumped into in the past said the same thing. It turns out that County Lord Jingyu's reason is the same as theirs!"
Ji Hai laughed strangely behind Pei Yuanjun and said.
Liu Jingyu's face flushed: "Your Majesty, I really didn't!"
She was a dignified future Crown Princess, but she was hiding behind a rockery and spying on Prince Yun. If word of this were to get out, it would be very unpleasant and would lead to even greater consequences.
Thinking of those consequences, Liu Jingyu's face turned even paler.
Pei Yuanjun had nothing to say. He just looked her up and down and said coldly, "If it's not you, then let's go!"
Liu Jingyu didn't expect Pei Yuanjun to be so easy to talk to. He breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Pei Yuanjun: "Thank you, Prince Yun!"
Pei Yuanjun nodded and turned to leave.
"Send all the others over there and punish them according to the old rules!" Ji Hai said, waving his hand.
Several guards went over and surrounded everyone except Liu Jingyu. Seeing this, Liu Jingyu panicked and shouted anxiously, "Your Highness..."
"What does County Lady Jingyu want to do now? I have important business to attend to with the Emperor, and I don't have time to talk with you here." Pei Junyu didn't even raise his head this time. After leaving these words, he walked away.
Several guards each grabbed one person and pulled over all the people who were left behind, including Liu Jingyu's two personal maids, Haitang and Dujuan.
When the guards led the people away, they didn't even look at Liu Jingyu who was shaking with anger...
"What? Liu Jingyu bumped into Uncle Wang, and Uncle Wang took everyone else away to be punished with a stick?" Pei Luoan stopped and said in astonishment. He had hurried into the palace after hearing that Prince Yun had returned to the capital.
He didn't expect that before he even met Prince Yun, he heard such an infuriating news. He felt somewhat angry towards Liu Jingyu, thinking that he was more of a hindrance than a help.
Even when he heard that Pei Yuanjun had entered the palace, he hurried over to meet him. What was Liu Jingyu doing? Wouldn't he just avoid him when he met him? Now that such a thing had happened, it made the Jingwang family laugh.
Although Liu Jingyu was not punished, everyone around her was punished, and it caused such a big commotion.
Needless to say, everyone in the palace knew about it. From then on, whenever someone mentioned this, they would feel ashamed. Not only Liu Jingyu was embarrassed, but he was the most important one.
If Ji Hanyue were here, this kind of thing would never have happened!
Of course, I would not peek at Pei Yuanjun. I really don't know why I was so curious about him. I knew that this person was an evil star, but I still peeked at him.
He reached out and pressed his eyebrows, only to feel them throbbing. Liu Jingyu had been in a lot of trouble recently. He was previously linked to Xu Lipeng, although it was vague, but this also made some well-informed people know about it, like King Jing. Pei Luoan was sure that Pei Yuansheng knew about it, and he didn't know how he was laughing at him in secret.
Now that he has been punished by Uncle Wang again, it seems that his mother is still a little short-sighted. From the very beginning, he had his eyes on Ji Hanyue, but his mother always said that Liu Jingyu was better. Now that Ji Hanyue is gone, his mother pushed Liu Jingyu out, but now it seems that he is not even a bit better than Ji Hanyue!
He snorted coldly and continued to walk forward: "Come here, tell the queen mother what she wants, and let Liu Jingyu go to the queen mother's palace and wait for her."
He had to go to the imperial study first and had no time to take care of Liu Jingyu. Uncle Wang had gone out of the capital this time to handle important matters and had just returned. He had to go there quickly to avoid causing displeasure to his father.
A eunuch nodded and turned to leave.
When Pei Luoan arrived at the door of the imperial study, he heard the emperor's laughter coming from inside. He sounded in a good mood, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he arrived in time.
The eunuch at the study door saw him coming and hurried in to report. After a while, he called Pei Luoan in.
Pei Luoan stretched out his hand and pulled his clothes, then walked in solemnly. When he got inside, he knelt down and saluted the emperor in the middle: "Your son greets you, father."
"Get up!" The emperor glanced at his eldest son and said indifferently.
Pei Luoan stood up and bowed deeply to Pei Yuanjun who was sitting next to him: "Uncle Wang, thank you for your hard work!"
"Your Highness is too polite!" Pei Yuanjun said with a smile.
"Brother, you are a little late. Did something delay you?" Another voice came from the other side of Pei Luoan. Pei Luoan turned his head and saw Pei Yusheng bowing to him. He quickly reached out to help him. "Second brother, you are really early!"
He didn't expect that Prince Jing arrived earlier than him. Does this mean that Concubine He knows more about her power in the palace than his mother does
Thinking of this, my mood immediately became depressed.
"I heard that Uncle Wang had returned to the capital, so I hurried over to listen to his lecture. I thought that Big Brother had already arrived, but I didn't expect that I would be the first one to arrive." Pei Yusheng smiled and stood up straight, with a gentle face and a bit of curiosity. "Big Brother is not in the house? Or is there something wrong? Uncle Wang has been here for a while."
Pei Luoan gritted his teeth secretly after hearing this. He didn't believe that Pei Yusheng didn't know about Liu Jingyu. These words pierced his heart.
"I have been here for a while, but I just heard that County Lord Jingyu accidentally bumped into Uncle Wang, so I asked a few more questions, which delayed me for a while. But my second brother came really fast. When I heard that Uncle Wang was coming, I hurried into the palace, but I was still not as good as my second brother."
Since this matter could not be hidden, Pei Luoan simply opened it up and let everyone open it, so that he could appear open and honest and make his father trust him more.
It also implicitly indicated that Pei Yusheng came too quickly and was too well-informed.
He won't
I believe that my father doesn't care. Sure enough, after saying this, the emperor's face darkened. He looked at his two sons, then turned his gaze to Pei Yuanjun who was sitting on the side, and also looked at him with a bit of scrutiny.
"Prince Yun, what happened?" asked the emperor.
"It's nothing. I just met Lady Jingyu and a few palace maids when I was passing by. I thought they were the people who had secretly spied on my ministers in the past, so I had them punished. Lady Jingyu was of course an exception." Pei Yuanjun picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, slowly put it down, and said slowly.
"The people in the palace should indeed be strictly disciplined. Such things actually happen." The emperor snorted in dissatisfaction and his eyes fell on Pei Luoan.
This is dissatisfaction with Pei Luoan.
The emperor naturally knew Liu Jingyu's next identity. It can be said that everything was ready for this matter. It only needed a suitable opportunity to make it public. At this time, Liu Jingyu rushed in front of Prince Yun. Even the emperor felt embarrassed and even wondered if he had made a wrong choice for the future Crown Princess.
Although Pei Yuanjun didn't say anything, those who could rush in front of him were basically women with ulterior motives.
This had happened in the palace before, and it could even be said that it had happened quite a lot. It was only after Pei Yuanjun punished some of the people and the emperor asked the empress to strictly control them that this had happened. Regardless of whether these women were eyeing the position of the mistress of the Prince of Yun's Mansion or had other intentions, the emperor would not allow it.
In this palace, the person the emperor least wants people to spy on is the Prince of Yun!
Although he was worried about Prince Yun's marriage, he still didn't want a woman with ulterior motives.
"My queen mother should have called County Lady Jingyu over to reprimand her!" Pei Luoan said, lowering his head.
"That's the best!" The emperor snorted coldly and waved his hand, motioning them to sit down.
Pei Luoan and Pei Yuanjun sat on the emperor's left and right respectively. After Pei Yusheng took a look, he sat down next to Pei Yuanjun.
"Your Majesty, since the Crown Prince and Prince Jing are here, I will tell you what happened." Pei Yuanjun said leisurely, looking at the emperor in the middle.
"Okay!" The emperor nodded.
Pei Yuanjun told most of what he had gained during this period, and after he finished speaking, he waited quietly for the emperor to speak.
The emperor frowned, looking unhappy. It was certain that there would be changes in the Northern Frontier, and these changes were not what he wanted to see.
"What do you think?" The emperor finally spoke and looked at his two sons.
"Father, there have been changes in the northern border, but these changes have little to do with us. What I mean is to wait and see first, and then take action when the right opportunity comes. This will always give you the greatest benefit!" Pei Luoan was well prepared. When he heard the emperor's question, he stood up calmly and said.
Pei Yuanjun didn't say anything. He picked up the teacup beside him and took another sip. His smile was as elegant as jade, but his eyes were a little cold and heart-pounding, and he seemed to be thinking about something.
"Do you think we should wait a little longer?" the emperor asked, frowning.
"Yes, what I mean is that we should wait and see how the situation develops." Pei Luoan nodded.
"Father, I disagree with what my elder brother said." Pei Yusheng also stood up, saluted to the emperor in the middle, and spoke.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately suppressed Pei Luoan's words.
Pei Luoan's eyes looked ugly, but he still kept a smile on his face, "Second brother, please speak!"