"Gone?" Liu Jingyu stood up, his face ashen.
"Miss Qu Si said she had something else to do, so she left first." The palace maid reported softly.
"Has he already left and can't be caught up?" Liu Jingyu still didn't give up.
"He may have left the palace by now." The maid thought for a moment and said.
"Bitch!" Liu Jingyu bit these two words between his teeth without making any sound.
Why did this bitch just leave? She wanted to have some "intimate" time with her, but this bitch just left without stopping, even without her mentioning the title of the queen.
She came here on purpose to stop Qu Moying.
It is said that Qu Moying's coming-of-age ceremony was disrupted by Liu Jingyu. Although everyone thinks that Liu Jingyu was also harmed by someone, the fact that he disrupted Qu Moying's coming-of-age ceremony cannot be faked.
When Liu Jingyu thought of these rumors, she wanted to tear Qu Moying to pieces. In her heart, she felt that this matter was related to Qu Moying, and that Qu Moying had plotted against her, but she couldn't find any evidence.
There was no evidence to prove that she was harmed by that bitch. Not only was there no evidence, but on the surface it looked like she was the one who ruined the most important coming-of-age ceremony in her life.
"You go back first. There's no need to tell the Queen about this!" Liu Jingyu exhaled forcefully, and the anger on his face gradually subsided. His mother said that they should not panic at this time.
She must follow the Crown Prince's arrangements in everything and not disobey in the slightest. She must be more docile, more submissive, and more submissive to the Queen and the Crown Prince than before.
My mother has already gone into the palace and explained everything to the Queen Mother in detail, and is still in the Queen Mother's palace now.
She entered the palace with her mother, but later the prince brought her here and only told her to send someone to invite Fourth Miss Qu over and to make peace with her, and then left.
Until now, there has been no sighting of the prince.
There were only her and a maid in the pavilion, and even the palace maid who was called over to summon them just happened to pass by.
"My Lady, there is nothing to do. I will go back first. The mission assigned by the Empress has not been completed yet." The maid said cautiously when she saw that her expression had softened.
Liu Jingyu felt depressed again. Even a palace maid dared to speak to her like that. If she were in control, she would definitely drag this maid down and beat her to death. But now she knew clearly that this was the palace and this was the Empress' maid. She could not do anything, not even show her dissatisfaction with the Empress.
He waved his hand and said, "Go back!"
Liu Jingyu sat down at the stone table again and watched the palace maid leave in a hurry, with a sinister look in her eyes, as if something bad was chasing her from behind.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the pavilion.
"Lady, the Crown Prince is here." The maid behind her reminded her in a low voice.
Liu Jingyu immediately suppressed the anger on his face and wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief. Immediately, the corners of his eyes turned red and tears flashed in his eyes. He looked extremely pitiful. He just sat there with his head down, and it seemed that he was crying.
Such a scene is originally very distressing. The beautiful girl sits in the pavilion, alone, shedding tears by herself. It makes people feel pity no matter how they look at it.
But when Pei Luoan saw this, he was filled with impatience, frowned tightly, and strode into the pavilion.
As if he had just noticed Pei Luoan coming, Liu Jingyu hurriedly stood up, bowed deeply to him, and whispered, "Your Highness!"
There was a bitterness in her voice from sobbing, and you could tell she had just cried.
"Miss Qu Si didn't come?" Pei Luoan seemed not to notice Liu Jingyu's grievance and pity. He sat down opposite her and said in a cold voice.
"I just asked her, and she said she had to leave for something urgent." Liu Jingyu said aggrievedly, but he didn't say a bad word about Qu Moying. He took all the responsibility on himself, being generous and decent, and considering the overall situation. "Maybe it was because of the coming-of-age ceremony that made Fourth Miss Qu feel wronged, so she is a little displeased with me. I will find another opportunity to apologize to her later!"
"Are you leaving for an urgent matter?" Pei Luoan snorted coldly with an ambiguous tone.
"Yes... It looks very urgent. I sent people over but couldn't get anyone. I heard that His Royal Highness the King of England personally brought Fourth Miss Qu to the palace today." Liu Jingyu bit the corner of her lip, leaving a white mark on the corner, making her look even more bleak.
"Do you know what Concubine He said just now?" Pei Luoan said coldly.
Liu Jingyu couldn't stand any longer, and knelt down with a plop. He said in a trembling voice, "This matter... If it really implicates Your Highness, please put the blame on me. I... I am willing to take responsibility for everything, and I just hope that Your Highness is fine... It's all my fault."
She bowed her head heavily and sobbed softly.
Seeing her like this, Pei Luoan's expression improved a little, but he didn't help her up immediately: "This matter ends here for now. The maid in Qu Mansion, the one who bumped into you, has not been found. All the maids in Qu Mansion are here, except this one."
"This... Isn't this the maid from Qu Mansion?" Liu Jingyu raised her head with tears in her eyes and looked at Pei Luoan sadly.
"She shouldn't be a maid from the Qu Mansion, but there is one more thing in this matter. Where did the phoenix pattern on your clothes come from? I heard that it was drawn with the juice of a grass from the northern border, but this dress is yours. Even if someone bumped into you on purpose, the phoenix pattern on the dress is always related to you."
"This... I really don't know..." Liu Jingyu's tears fell in a string, and he looked at Pei Luoan helplessly, begging in his eyes, but he still looked like he was defending Pei Luoan, "Your Highness, I really don't know about this. If... If Concubine He said that I was the one who led this, I... I am willing to take the responsibility... Even if I die, I will not refuse!"
"Take responsibility? Even at the cost of one's life?" Pei Luoan stared at her coldly. He didn't know what he was thinking of. He suddenly became furious. A teacup on the stone table was smashed in front of Liu Jingyu. "How are you going to take responsibility? How are you going to take responsibility? Your clothes really have nothing to do with me? Everyone is staring at me, but you are so good. You are not clean in your own house, and you also messed up other people's coming-of-age ceremonies. I have to pay tribute to Uncle Wang when I see him, and everyone in the capital city has laughed at me. Liu Jingyu, you really deserve to die!"
These words were spoken mercilessly, as if Liu Jingyu was not his future Crown Princess, but an ordinary concubine and plaything.
Liu Jingyu was frightened. He stopped pretending and didn't even care about the broken porcelain pieces at his feet sliding across his knees and wrists. His hands trembled, his eyes were wide open, and his face turned pale.
She wasn't pretending to be pale, she was really scared.
I never thought that the usually gentle prince would utter such a furious roar. This is His Royal Highness the Prince with the best temper!
"Your Highness..."
Liu Jingyu murmured.
Pei Luoan exhaled forcefully, and the red color on his face that had risen in anger slowly faded away. He looked at Liu Jingyu with a gloomy gaze, and after a long while he stretched out his hand to pull Liu Jingyu up.
Pei Luoan held Liu Jingyu's hand, and he felt his palms trembling.
I can't help but smile, but it's uglier than crying.
"County Lady, you must remember that you are my Crown Princess now. What you do will implicate me. I don't need to repeat this again. If something like this happens again in the future, I will not be able to keep you as the Crown Princess. There are many people who want to sit on the position of Crown Princess. If you don't have my favor, you will be pulled down even if you sit on it."
Pei Luoan smiled and looked at Liu Jingyu with strange eyes. The corners of his lips moved slightly and he said something again, but Liu Jingyu only heard his previous sentence clearly.
But she vaguely heard a little of the latter sentence, and her whole body stiffened immediately, her face pale without a trace of blood.
The last sentence sounded to her as if it was: "Same as... Ji Hanyue!"
So Ji Hanyue is...
Concubine He investigated the matter relatively quickly and seemed very fair. At least everyone felt that she had no intention of deliberately targeting the Queen's lineage, which made many people very satisfied, and the rumors about Concubine He became less popular throughout the court and the public.
The cat incident had caused such a big stir before that Concubine He's reputation was ruined a lot, but with the help of this incident, she actually gained some good reputation.
In this incident, Liu Jingyu was framed. There was grass juice from the northern border on her clothes. There was no such person as the maid in Qu's mansion, but since this incident was related to Liu Jingyu's clothes, she had a reputation for poor supervision.
Because this matter might even involve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the entire Liu Mansion was thoroughly investigated, and it was said that those who had doubts were directly cleared out.
The Qu residence was also checked and some of the eyesores were cleared away, regardless of whether they existed or not, as long as they were suspected, they were cleared out directly.
The people from the Ministry of Justice took action so quickly that the Qu and Liu residences could not react. As soon as the Emperor heard any news from Concubine He, he issued an edict.
I heard that at that time, the wife of Minister Liu was still at the Empress's place in the Pepper Palace, and Lady Jingyu and Miss Qu were also summoned to the palace for questioning. As for Minister Qu, he was repairing the palace in the palace and was not in the mansion either, and Minister Liu was in the yamen.
After the cleanup, several servants from the Liu Mansion were taken away, saying that they had some connection with Northern Xinjiang. No one from the Qu Mansion had any connection with Northern Xinjiang, but a few people whose information was incomplete were also taken away.
Once the person is taken away, other things will be put on the back burner.
This matter can be described as a lot of noise but little results. It involves a future Crown Princess and a Princess of England. There is also the possibility that the Crown Prince and the King of England may be involved. There are also many suspicious points. After investigating to this point, we will give everyone an open explanation, and the rest of the matters will have to be investigated secretly.
As for the servants taken away by the two mansions, no one took it seriously, thinking that they were just a few servants.
Of course, these are the thoughts of outsiders. This matter has temporarily stopped here. As for what will happen next, of course it will be the same as before. If there is any follow-up to this matter and it is brought up again, it will probably be a earth-shaking event, not as simple as a woman's coming-of-age ceremony.
Of course, seeing as how watertight this matter seems, it would be difficult to find evidence.
So, why did this happen? If there really was a phoenix robe incident, who would be so desperate? Or who would be so stupid
But one thing is true, the fourth young lady of the Qu family’s coming-of-age ceremony was disrupted…
This is an insurmountable fact...
Everyone thought that the matter had come to an end for the time being, and that it was just a few servants who were unlucky, but in fact... it was not over yet...