"Want to get it back?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows, curled the corners of his lips, and the earrings hanging on his ears swayed slightly, showing a hint of charm, as if they were alive and kicking, captivating and charming.
"No!" Qu Moying shook his head, a smile on his face but not in his eyes, "I just want to find out my mother's true life experience, I won't go back to find her."
Why go back? Cry? Since he was abandoned, he has been ignored for so many years. Whether he is worried about what happened back then or does not want to involve his mother, his mother's death has already shown this final fact. No matter what the reason was, the attitude of the Duke of Qi's Mansion shows everything.
"If you find it back, maybe you can be like Jingyu County Lady?" Pei Yuanjun seemed to find her calmness interesting and asked lazily, "Maybe everything Liu Jingyu has is yours now!"
There were too many implications in these words, but Qu Moying understood them. "What's past is past. The Yue family treated mother very well. Even if mother has fallen into such a state, it's not because of the Yue family's inaction, but because of the Duke of Qi's Mansion..."
Here he said with a bit of sternness, "It's just that Duke Qi's Mansion didn't do anything!"
If the Duke of Qi's Mansion was willing to lend a hand in my mother's affairs, Qu Zhizhen would not have ignored my mother like this, and the Yu family's descendants would not have killed my mother. If the Duke of Qi's Mansion was a little closer to my mother, there would not have been a need for the Duke of Qi to beat Qu Zhizhen at the palace gate. If they had just stepped in a little more, my mother's tragedy would not have happened.
Besides, my mother married into the capital, first to Minister Liu and then to my father. At first, they were just ordinary scholars without a solid foundation. The only characteristic they had was that they were young talents, and both were in the capital. From this point of view, my mother's marriage may not be related to the Duke of Qi's Mansion.
The Yue family may have considered this when they allowed my mother to marry into the capital.
The eldest daughter of the Duke of Qi's mansion snatched her own mother's marriage away, and would rather marry a lower-class man than not force the marriage. Then there was Liu Jingyu's hostility, which followed her like a shadow and had existed since she was a child.
If it wasn't taught by someone, how could it be like this!
"Do you want to meet Minister Liu's wife?" Pei Yuanjun looked at her meaningfully.
"No need to go see her specially, she will come." Qu Moying smiled coldly. What is coming will come eventually. When the cause and effect are connected, some things will surface.
The reply letter Yue Wenhan had sent to Jiangnan had also arrived. Qu Moying had read it before. He took a deep breath, and his chest felt stuffy, as if something was pressing down heavily on him. "Jingyu County Lord sent me a reply letter before."
"I have never seen a reply. How about giving it to me?" Pei Yuanjun played with these three words and smiled grimly.
"There are no extra notes. If Your Majesty wants to go, you can ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Qu Moying refused.
Although the banquet posters were only given to women, and the young ladies from aristocratic families would also prepare replies, in fact, the banquet was not attended only by women. There were also some other people who commented on these replies, and this required some talented and learned young men from aristocratic families.
Given Liu Jingyu's status, she would definitely ask Pei Luoan to support her.
With the appearance of the prince, the standards will be raised a bit.
"Well, I'll go and support you!" Pei Yuanjun said casually, with an indifferent look, "The daughter of the auxiliary general has come to the capital!"
This caught Qu Moying's attention, after all, this matter was related to her in the beginning.
Asked hesitantly
"The Miss Liu who has eye problems from General Fuguo?"
"Yes!" Pei Yuanjun glanced at her sideways and brushed away a long hair from her shoulder casually.
"I'll be careful!" Qu Moying nodded and agreed, "I won't conflict with her."
"Why do you say that?" Pei Yuanjun looked at her with his sleepy eyes raised. When his eyes were not raised, they were extremely gentle, as if harmless.
But after he started it, his aura was overwhelming, and his eyes looked sinister.
Qu Moying pursed her lips, sat up straighter, lowered her eyes slightly, and said calmly: "I know about the matter between the prince and Miss Liu, and I will be careful!"
"What's going on between me and Miss Liu? What's that?" Pei Yuanjun seemed to be interested, his eyes fell on her face, with an ambiguous meaning.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will fulfill my duties." Qu Moying said after a moment of silence.
"You don't need to follow any duties, just do it yourself. I will take care of anything." Pei Yuanjun looked at her and suddenly smiled. He reached out and took the veil on one side and tied it up for her personally. "Go back and rest early."
Qu Moying stood up and bowed to him, then retreated to the door under his deep gaze.
Yudong had been waiting at the door. When he saw her coming, he hurriedly followed her and went back to the previous shop from the archway.
Sitting back in the carriage, Qu Moying rubbed her brows with her hand. She knew her identity, the identity of a concubine, which meant that Pei Yuanjun already looked up to her.
With her identity and her situation, even if she was sent to Prince Yun's Mansion for free, Qu Zhizhen would definitely be willing to do so. But seeing Qu Qiuyan entering Prince Jing's Mansion like this, he said.
Qu Qiuyan is still Qu Zhizhen's most beloved daughter, and has been held in the palm of his hand for so many years. So what am I? I guess now she is only worth being given away.
If Pei Yuanjun had not been behind him, Qu Zhizhen would not have cared about him.
Qu Moying had already made up her mind about what to do in the future. No matter who Pei Yuanjun's future wife would be, she had no right to say anything.
As the daughter of a general who assists the state, such an identity is indeed worthy of the Prince of Yun. As for other people, she shouldn't think too much about them...
Thinking too much and wanting too much is sometimes just a waste of time!
The carriage of the Qu Mansion slowly left. In the carriage, Qu Moying closed her eyes and was lost in thought. She did not notice the handsome figure at the upstairs window who was watching her carriage leave.
"Master, it's time to go to the palace!" Ji Hai came in and saw Pei Yuanjun at the window and whispered.
In fact, it was already past the time to enter the palace, and the emperor had asked me to go there earlier.
"Let's go!" Pei Yuanjun turned around, and the light from the window slid across his profile, leaving half of his face hidden in the darkness, making it eerie and indistinguishable.
The carriage had been prepared long ago, so we got on and headed towards the palace gate.
The carriage did not stop at the palace gate. Instead, it went around a side door, entered from the side door, and drove some distance inside before finally stopping in a yard.
This is a parking lot in the inner palace.
Pei Yuanjun got off the carriage and took Ji Hai to the emperor's study. It was relatively close to the study and only took a few turns to get there, but there were guards at every turn. When they saw Pei Yuanjun coming, they saluted respectfully and stepped aside without coming forward to ask any questions.
They walked all the way to the Imperial Study, where an eunuch had already gone in to report.
When Pei Yuanjun arrived at the door, the chief steward Liquan was already waiting there. Seeing Pei Yuanjun, he hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has been waiting for you for a long time. If you don't come back, the Emperor will have to send someone to summon you!"
"Are you angry?" Pei Yuanjun straightened his clothes and said disapprovingly.
"Yes, I'm angry." Li Quan said helplessly.
"I am here to apologize to the emperor!" He said this politely, but the meaning behind it was not too polite, and it even had a hint of joking in it.
"Your Highness, you are joking." Li Quan said helplessly and led Pei Yuanjun into the house. As soon as they entered the house, a wooden pen washer was thrown at them.
Pei Yuanjun tilted his head and just avoided it.
Li Quan was well prepared and had already seen the opportunity and hid aside.
"Why are you here at this time? You turned a deaf ear to my words." The emperor sat behind the desk with an angry look on his face.
"Your Majesty, I have important matters to attend to and cannot leave for the moment." Pei Yuanjun stepped forward and saluted with a smile.
"There is an important matter. What important matter is there? Is it more important than my business?" the emperor shouted angrily, reaching out to grab the teacup in front of him again.
He is in poor health and usually pays great attention to self-cultivation. It is rare for him to be so angry. He would smash anything he could find, which shows that he is really angry.
"Your Majesty, I really have something to do this time. Minister Qu asked me to leave the palace to handle something. He said that there is a place in the palace under renovation that is not in good condition. If it needs to be restored to its original state, some special materials are needed. So I hurried out of the palace to look for it." Pei Yuanjun said lazily, with a bit of grievance in his expression, as if he was really wronged.
"Missing materials?" The emperor put his hand on the teacup and did not move. The anger on his face slowly faded away.
"Yes, I originally thought that the Imperial Household Department had it, but the Imperial Household Department said that there was no original one, so I went out of the palace to look for it myself." Pei Yuanjun bowed.
The emperor waved his hand impatiently, "Have you found it now?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. It has been found. I have already asked someone to send it to Minister Qu." Pei Yuanjun said.
Knowing that he had made the mistake unintentionally, the emperor calmed down a lot. He leaned back a little and ordered the eunuch beside him in a bad mood: "Please take a seat!"
Ji Hai personally brought a chair over and asked Pei Yuanjun to sit down.
"What do you think about what I told you last time?" The emperor asked impatiently when Pei Yuanjun sat down.
"Your Majesty, this matter is not urgent! I am still young!" Pei Yuanjun pulled his robe and refused leisurely.
"You are still young? When I was your age, the prince was already born!" The emperor was furious. "You are still young, who else is older?"
"The Crown Prince and Prince Jing are both older than me. The Emperor first appointed a queen for the Crown Prince and Prince Jing before it was my turn." Pei Yuanjun said as if it was a matter of course.
Although he is of a higher generation, he is younger than the Crown Prince and King Jing, and even younger than King Wei and King Yan.
Each of the emperor's four princes is older than him.
"You..." The emperor was so angry that he wanted to find something to throw at him again, "Look at you, you don't act like an elder. They are older, but you are the elder. You should set a good example for them."
As he spoke, he picked up a few memorials. It looked like if Pei Yuanjun couldn't give any answer, these memorials would be thrown at him.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Jing request to see you!" A eunuch hurried in from the door to report.