The three of them actually had something to do today, so they left the emperor's study together, or even left the palace at the same time, each got on their own carriage, and then went their separate ways.
Unexpectedly, the three people who had just separated at the palace gate and said they were about to go back to their homes to do their work, actually met on the street an hour later.
The carriage is still the same carriage, the people are still the same people, and the clothes they are wearing have not changed. The only thing that has changed is the solemn words they said when they left.
"Uncle Wang, I came here specially to take a look because I thought of a related matter." Pei Yusheng explained.
"Now... have you discovered it?" Pei Yuanjun smiled slightly, raised his eyes and looked at him, but there was no smile in his eyes.
"Now I realize I was wrong, Uncle Wang, I'm going back too." Pei Yusheng said hurriedly. After bowing deeply to Pei Yuanjun, he got on the carriage and left.
After both of them left, Pei Yuanjun looked up at the shop in front of him and walked in. However, when he was about to go in, he turned his head and met Qu Moying's little face, who was looking up slightly to see if he had already gone in.
Even through the veil, he could still sense Qu Moying's peeping. He stretched out his slender finger, hooked it at Qu Moying, and then turned and went in.
After he went in, people on both sides of the street finally relaxed. They had been tense and stiff until now.
“All…all gone?” Even Qi Xiangyu relaxed a bit at this moment. It was not like she had never met the Crown Prince and Prince Jing before, but the atmosphere just now was not right, and she did not dare to make any sound for fear of disturbing them.
Each of them is the kind of person who stomps around and wanders around the capital, especially the last one.
"They're all gone!" Qu Moying nodded and said indifferently. Her eyes fell on the shop opposite and her brows furrowed slightly.
Pei Luoan had just walked out from inside. Seeing Pei Yusheng's intention, he also wanted to go in and take a look, but now Pei Yuanjun had gone in.
"What's in this shop?" Qi Xiangyu also looked at the shop opposite. There was a plaque in the middle of the shop, and there was no indication around the shop what was sold inside.
Qu Moying shook his head: "It's not a store."
"It's not a store?" Qi Xiangyu repeated in surprise. She looked around. Both sides of the street were busy stores. Such a piece of land was worth every penny. How could it not be a store? "It can't be a place to live, right?"
"No, this is a chamber of commerce!" Qu Moying still shook his head.
"So small?" Qi Xiangyu had obviously never been to such a place. She looked across in surprise and said, there was only one store front and it did not look big.
Qu Moying narrowed her watery eyes slightly and looked up at the tall building behind the storefront. The one in front was just a small storefront, and in fact, everything was behind it.
The Chamber of Commerce's clubhouse is a place with many people and eyes. Of course, it can also be said to be a good place to inquire about things. How could a place that Pei Luoan, Pei Yusheng, and even Pei Yuanjun have their eyes on be simple
"Let's go!" This was not something she could get involved in. Qu Moying turned around decisively, but her sleeve was gently pulled by Yu Dong. She looked in the direction of his finger and saw Ji Hai, who was dressed as a servant, looking at her with a smile. She remembered the action that Pei Yuanjun took when he was leaving just now.
"Miss Qi, I feel a little unwell.
Sit here, it's inconvenient for me to accompany you any longer." Qu Moying covered her head with her hands and pursed her lips slightly. Her lips were always a little lighter than others, and she pursed them slightly, revealing a bit of fragility.
"Are you okay? Do you want to go to the clinic?" Qi Xiangyu asked worriedly.
"I'm fine, just sit for a while. I'll go back when I feel a little better." Qu Moying pointed behind him. There was indeed a place to sit down and rest, next to the window.
Qi Xiangyu felt a little embarrassed that she had made an appointment with Qu Moying and now she was leaving him behind to go shopping alone. However, the opportunity was rare and she had finally gotten her grandmother's consent to go out. The reason she had this chance to go out was because her grandmother wanted her to help ask Qu Moying.
Now that everything is done and I can hand it in, I should go shopping and pick out some nice accessories and materials.
Although there was no shortage of hers in the mansion, they were still not as good as the ones I chose myself.
Seeing her hesitation, Qu Moying advised: "Miss Qi, I'm fine. I'll just sit for a while and then go back. In the past, my grandmother would let me go out for a walk. It's okay even if I can't go out today. I just can't accompany Miss Qi."
Qu Moying reached out and pressed his head again.
"It's not possible that Miss Qi can't go shopping just because of me!" she said softly.
These words touched Qi Xiangyu's heart. Seeing that Qu Moying really didn't mind, Qi Xiangyu gave her a few more instructions. She and Yudong helped Qu Moying sit on the stool. She asked about her situation again. Only after Qu Moying repeatedly said that she was fine did she leave with her maid.
"Miss, I think I saw Qingmei just now!" Yu Dong whispered hurriedly as soon as Qi Xiangyu left.
Qu Moying nodded. She now remembered that the familiar figure was Qingmei. So Qingmei is now in the Prince's Mansion, following Pei Luoan
She had only suspected it at first, but after hearing what Yu Dong said, she was immediately confirmed. She was a little late when she went out, but she also secretly saw a few maids beside the prince's carriage just now.
"Of course she is. Just now I saw maids serving in the back of the prince's carriage, and one of them was Qingmei." Yudong looked more carefully.
"You're really capable!" Qu Moying curled the corners of his lips. To be able to be squeezed into the Eastern Palace after such a big thing happened in the Qu Mansion, this ability is indeed great.
It was just like when he forced the matchmaker to sell Qinghe to the Prince's Mansion, but Qinghe's situation was different. The matter of the Qu Mansion was suppressed, and in the end, the person was just sold. Yu didn't want anyone to know, and he didn't want anyone to know either.
Besides, it was Qinghe's family that was sold, and other members of her family were sold along with them. It looked as if someone in her family had committed a crime and implicated her. If we really investigate further, we won't find anything serious here.
Qingmei is different. She could "intentionally" publicize Qingmei's affairs. She is single, and most importantly, this maid used to work for the Duke of Qi's Mansion. With this line of evidence, it would be easy to find out what happened if investigated carefully.
Of course, if you don’t check it carefully, just like Qinghe before, no one will suspect it.
Someone sent Qingmei to the Prince's Mansion, and they didn't seem to be worried about finding her out. Her watery eyes narrowed slightly. This, combined with some of her original speculations, made it almost certain that it was Liu Jingyu.
Liu Jingyu is really a scheming woman. Before she even
As soon as we entered the Prince's Mansion, we had already put nails inside.
However, what Pei Luoan hates most is when others try to make trouble for him...
"Greetings, Fourth Miss." Ji Hai finally came over from behind the crowd and saluted Qu Moying with a smile. He was dressed like a servant and was not conspicuous.
"Is there something?" Qu Moying gathered his thoughts and said lightly.
"Miss Fourth, please follow me!" Ji Hai said with a smile, and stretched out his hand to lead her forward. This direction was not the door, but rather inside.
Qu Moying didn't care and followed the direction of Ji Hai's finger and went straight into the store. A shop assistant wanted to come over to stop him, but another shop assistant held him back and prevented him from following.
Enter the store, walk through a small alley, there is a small staircase, then go upstairs, and then turn and go out.
There is actually a passage here. The situation outside cannot be seen, but looking at the appearance of this passage, it actually connects the shops on both sides of the street.
Are these two places connected? I seemed to have seen the archway just now!
As if seeing Qu Moying's confusion, Ji Hai smiled and said implicitly: "These two places have been connected for a long time, but few people know about it."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince knows?" Qu Moying asked after a moment of silence.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness Prince Jing probably don't know." Ji Hai explained with a smile, "When the two houses were first built, they each had a platform. Then when the two places were connected, an archway was built outside. Originally, it was thought that it would be a passage, but later the two sides could not reach an agreement, so they built a wall in the middle."
As they were talking, they had arrived at the wall and could see a small door on the side of the wall.
After Ji Hai led Qu Moying over, he continued, "Looking from the outside, you would think this is just a memorial archway, just a little bigger than other places. But the street here is wide, so even if it is bigger, it won't arouse suspicion. Besides, if there are many similarities, there won't be much."
Qu Moying nodded, she understood what this meant.
The original purpose was to build a memorial archway, and the two families built it separately. Later, there were rumors of discord, and it was not of much use. If you want to go to the other side, you can just cross the street. Why take such a road? So although this road may look connected from the outside, many people think that it is not actually connected.
Or this can also be said to be a case of the darkest place being the darkest.
After passing through the wall, the passage on the opposite side was indeed different from the previous one. It was not only much bigger, but also much more spacious. The style was different from the previous one. It turned out that it was not built by the same shop.
"Aren't all archways built by the government? Why are these two shops building their own?" Qu Moying thought of another question and raised it as he walked.
"At that time, the two shops belonged to different people, and both of them had official status, but they had a bad relationship, so they asked for their own part and repaired their own things. Now naturally, they all belong to our prince!" Ji Hai explained with a smile, not caring that he had exposed some secrets of his own prince.
So, this was originally planned by Pei Yuanjun? Qu Moying pursed her lips, finally tasting a bit of the flavor, and suddenly looked up as if she had sensed something. Opposite her was a flower hall. In the half-open door, Pei Yuanjun put down the teacup in his hand, raised his handsome eyes slightly, and looked noble and elegant...