Seeing the prince coming, Yu Dong quickly stopped talking!
Qu Moying calmed down and walked out from behind the tree towards the road. Yudong followed closely, as if they were going to the outside of the mountain gate.
The two met face to face.
Qu Moying was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to have just seen Pei Luoan. Naturally, he could no longer avoid him at this time, so he stepped forward and saluted Pei Luoan.
Pei Luoan waved his hand and said gently: "Miss Qu Si, please stand up!"
Because of Liu Jingyu's collision with Prince Yun, Pei Luoan was still very friendly to Qu Moying. He looked at her and asked casually, "Where are you going, Miss Qu Si?"
The mountain gate is not far away. This Fourth Miss Qu is followed by a maid. She looks like she is about to leave. Today is the Crown Princess Festival. Ji Youran told her that this Fourth Miss Qu is also coming. Is she leaving so early now
This is the extent of my love for the Crown Princess!
I felt inexplicably unhappy.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, just now the Concubine mentioned the lanterns, and it suddenly occurred to me that the lanterns the Concubine mentioned should be at my cousin's residence. Since Your Highness attaches so much importance to this matter, I came here specially to tell You." Qu Moying said.
"Lantern? What lantern?" Pei Luoan frowned.
"What the Concubine was talking about was the lantern that my cousin and her younger cousin made together. It was said that the items they used were sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It was used to worship my aunt." Qu Moying explained calmly.
Ji Youran took her aside to talk. The only people who could hear her were Ji Youran and her servant, herself and Yu Dong. This was actually no different from a private conversation between her and Ji Youran. The maid was of course speaking on the side of her master, and no one could prove anyone else.
Ji Youran can make Qu Moying speechless, and Qu Moying can do the same, but it depends on who Pei Luoan believes!
In principle, Pei Luoan certainly believed in Ji Youran. After all, Ji Youran was her concubine, and Ji Youran was sure of this, so she dared to act in this way.
However, Ji Youran felt that Pei Luoan must believe in her, but Qu Moying didn't think so. She now saw through Pei Luoan and understood him more clearly.
In the past, Ji Hanyue could not see Pei Luoan clearly because she was in the middle of the game.
"What's wrong with that lantern?" Pei Luoan asked with a gloomy face, looking displeased. After Qu Moying mentioned this, he really remembered the matter of the lantern. At that time, he did a lot of things to make Ji Hanyue closer to him and to make Ji Yongming stand more firmly on his side.
He didn't take it too seriously at first, as he could do more for his own cause.
But recently, some bits and pieces of past events always come to his mind, and seem to be clearer than when he did it at that moment. When Qu Moying mentioned the lantern, he immediately remembered it.
"The Concubine wanted me to ask Madam Duan for this lantern, saying that it is now in the Crown Princess's former residence, but I suddenly remembered what Nanny Zhou told me before, saying that after the worship was over, my cousin took it away, and it is not in the Crown Princess's former residence." Qu Moying continued, as if he didn't see Pei Luoan's expression.
"I heard the concubine speak anxiously, saying that it was His Highness's intention to place it in front of the Crown Princess's spirit. I was afraid that His Highness would be angry, so I came here to explain this matter to His Highness." Qu Moying said generously
The way.
So he didn't go back, but just came here to stop me and explain this matter
However, Pei Luoan did not think that this was something that needed to be explained specifically. His eyes slid across Qu Moying's face, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. He was a suspicious person, and he immediately had some thoughts in his mind.
Did this Fourth Miss Qu have feelings for him, or did Ji Youran use his name excessively, forcing this Fourth Miss Qu to come and explain the matter to him
If it was the former, he didn't think it was a good thing. There were all kinds of women in the Eastern Palace, so why bother looking for Uncle Wang's woman? Although he had an indescribable feeling for this Fourth Miss Qu, and even felt quite pity for her, for Ji Hanyue's sake, he would take care of her a little.
And when he saw the embroidery pattern on her music case that day, he even tried to stop her eagerly.
But then I thought about it, it was really ridiculous. This Fourth Miss Qu and Ji Hanyue didn't have much in common. Even though they were cousins, they were actually not as close as Ji Hanyue and Ji Youran, it was just that Ji Hanyue had taken care of this poor little cousin in the past.
Pei Luoan had some doubts, but he could barely convince himself.
His own Eastern Palace was naturally not comparable to his uncle's Prince of Yun's Palace, but he looked down upon women who coveted the Eastern Palace's wealth and glory.
But if Ji Youran took advantage of his power to bully others, I would dislike it even more.
He raised his eyes to look at Miss Qu Si. Her veil was still covering her eyes, and all he could see was her snow-white skin and light-colored lips. Her every move was graceful and elegant, without any trace of the shyness and hesitancy that a woman who was interested in him would show when she saw him.
"Your Highness, everything has been made clear. Please forgive me and tell the Concubine." Qu Moying lowered his head and bowed to Pei Luoan again, and it seemed that he was about to leave.
She behaved appropriately, knew when to advance and retreat, and could say everything she needed to say clearly and neatly. He had only seen this kind of feeling in one woman, and that was Ji Hanyue.
Pei Luoan looked at Qu Moying deeply and nodded. Qu Moying turned and stepped aside to make way. When Pei Luoan walked past her, he deliberately looked at her slightly lowered face. From this angle, the little face bound by the veil showed a different kind of delicacy and fragility.
It can really make people feel a bit of pity, but even though the two people are relatively close, Miss Qu's face is still calm, without a trace of shyness.
From then on, Pei Luoan was certain that this Fourth Miss Qu had not come to him on purpose to attract his attention.
Thinking of this, he suddenly smiled, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, and the two passed each other.
The last time I stopped this Miss Qu Si, didn’t she treat me badly
In fact, I shouldn't have doubted her at all.
But the next moment, the smile froze. Since this Fourth Miss Qu had ulterior motives, then it must be Ji Youran? Ji Youran has been making a lot of small moves recently.
He had taken a liking to Ji Youran before because Ji Youran was gentle, obedient, and capable. He could get everything he wanted to know about Ji Hanyue from Ji Youran, even more than he had found out himself. But the current Ji Youran made Pei Luoan feel uncomfortable.
this
What's the point of the so-called lanterns? He didn't think he had ever talked about this with Ji Youran. This worship was a summary of the previous marriage, and it also allowed people to see his love for Ji Hanyue. After that, he could let go and marry Liu Jingyu.
Let people see that he had no choice but to remarry. At his age now, the Eastern Palace cannot be without a Crown Princess.
Therefore, there cannot be any mistakes in this worship!
What did Ji Youran want to do? What trouble did she want to cause? Did she not want to get this done smoothly? As expected, her own East Palace still needed a mistress. Before she even met Ji Youran, Pei Luoan was already a little annoyed.
Qu Moying waited until Pei Luoan and his men left before he raised his head and looked at Pei Luoan's back with a gloomy face. He curled his lips and smiled coldly.
She could guess what Pei Luoan was thinking at this moment.
The calmer and more controlled she appeared, the more Pei Luoan doubted Ji Youran. This was not difficult. It was difficult for her to pretend to be interested in Pei Luoan. It was not difficult at all for her to appear calm and indifferent towards Pei Luoan, without any romantic thoughts. She wished to tear Pei Luoan to pieces, so how could she have any feelings for him
Next, it all depends on what Ji Youran says. One thing is certain, no matter what Ji Youran wants to say, Pei Luoan will doubt her...
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came over, and the onlookers were driven away by the guards. Ji Youran hurried to the door of the hall, and when she saw Pei Luoan, she bowed to him and said, "Your Highness!"
He came out in a hurry, and the maid behind him was holding three incense sticks in her hand, which showed that she was originally going to offer incense to the Crown Princess.
Pei Luoan looked at her sullenly, raised his head and motioned for her to excuse herself.
Madam Qu and Madam Ji also brought Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Duan to come over and pay their respects to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince politely asked the two madams to dispense with the formalities.
Pei Luoan walked into the hall, took a few incense sticks from the eunuch on the side, and faced Ji Hanyue's spirit tablet in the middle, silently. After a long while, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, then stepped forward and personally inserted three incense sticks into the incense burner in front of him.
"Your Highness, please sit aside!" Ji Youran said softly.
Pei Luoan nodded and turned to the chair on the left.
As he walked over, he suddenly saw a lantern placed in front of the cushion next to him. It was a very simple lantern, and it looked like it was not finished yet. It looked like it was still being made, and the craftsmanship was not very good. Pei Luoan stopped.
“I tied this in my house before, but I didn’t tie it properly. I wanted to finish the last part in front of the Crown Princess’ spirit, so I just put it here... But I’m too stupid, and I haven’t tied it properly yet.” Ji Youran said softly, embarrassed.
"Why do you suddenly want to get this injection?" Pei Luoan asked gently.
"It's nothing, actually. I just suddenly remembered that when the Crown Princess was in the mansion, she once made lanterns to worship my aunt. I remember that it was Your Highness who sent the materials. Can Your Highness remember it?" Ji Youran's eyes were full of reverie, as if she missed the scene very much. "At that time, the Crown Princess was still fine, and my third sister was still there."
"Remember." Pei Luoan said calmly, looked at Ji Youran, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes. He didn't want to cause any talk about anything, but what did Ji Youran want to do