"Your Majesty, I don't know." Li Quan answered cautiously.
"Is it the Queen or Concubine He?" the Emperor asked again, sounding more like he was talking to himself.
Li Quan's neck almost shrank. This was a fatal question and he really didn't dare to answer it.
"Tell me, who do you think it might be?" The emperor raised his hand and pressed his fingers twice between his eyebrows, causing a dull pain there.
"Your Majesty... maybe she is from the harem, otherwise... how could she know Prince Yun's temperament so well?" Li Quan hesitated for a few seconds before he had to answer.
He belongs to the Emperor, not to anyone else in the harem. No matter whether it is the Empress or Concubine He, he will definitely respond.
"I also think that someone... wants to deal with him." The emperor sneered.
Li Quan stopped talking again.
"Could it be that they have found out something?" The emperor asked again after a long while.
"I think... there is this possibility..." Li Quan continued to answer the emperor, his heart pounding wildly. If these words were to get out, even ten of him would not be enough to kill him.
"I thought... everything had calmed down, but I didn't expect he still wouldn't give up..." The emperor muttered to himself, and this time he didn't ask Li Quan to answer.
Li Quan lowered his head, with faint sweat stains on his vest. These words were suicidal, and he would rather not hear them.
"Do you think the position of Princess of Yun County should be given to us?" the emperor asked again. This topic was obviously lighter than the previous one, and Li Quan felt more powerful.
She hurriedly advised, “I think since it has come to this, and the Empress Yuan has seen it, it would be a good thing if you can agree to it. The Prince has not agreed to it for so many years. If he hadn’t been provoked, I’m afraid he wouldn’t have formally agreed to marry. Now that… the Emperor has agreed!”
"This status is a bit low after all!" said the emperor unhappily.
"If Minister Qu's status was a little higher, he could actually be worthy of Prince Yun." Li Quan said again.
"Does this status qualify you?" The Emperor snorted coldly, dissatisfied. "The Crown Prince had previously chosen the daughter of Ling Anbo, and now he has chosen the daughter of Minister Liu. No matter which one, their status is far higher than that of the fourth lady of the Qu family. Even if Qu Zhizhen is now a minister, his foundation is not strong."
Li Quan felt sweat stains on his vest again. No matter how powerful the Prince of Yun was, he was just a prince. How could he compare with the Crown Prince
But he didn't dare to say it directly, and could only laugh dryly: "Your Majesty, just show more favor to the Prince of Yun in the future. With you here, who would wrong the Prince?"
"What if I'm gone?" The emperor snorted in dissatisfaction.
Li Quan didn't dare to respond. After a pause, he said hesitantly, "After this... Prince Yun is also very powerful... There will always be a way."
"METHOD? What method? Does the prince really respect him?" said the emperor.
"The princes... all respect the Prince of Yun, right? The Prince is the same to the princes. I heard that he even transferred some of his military power to the Prince of Yan." Li Quan grunted twice and ended the conversation. If he continued, he was afraid that he would lose his head.
Prince Yan is the fourth son of the Emperor. He was not very favored in the past, but he got along best with Pei Yuanjun. Although he is older, he listens to his younger uncle Pei Yuanjun.
His mother's family was not prominent and she had basically no idea about the throne. He had two capable older brothers, so it was not his turn. He was also a martial man, so he followed Pei Yuanjun to the border and trusted Pei Yuanjun the most.
Speaking of Yan
The emperor's face improved a little after he sighed, looking up at a certain spot in the sky, and said in a deep voice: "Liquan, am I wrong?"
"Your Majesty is right. There is nothing Your Majesty can do about it." Li Quan said without hesitation.
The emperor nodded, "I will definitely think of a way. I will always think of a way."
If he cannot have the best of both worlds, he will definitely preserve it. As for the throne, he can actually consider it again.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"What? He really acted like this?" Concubine He's face turned pale with anxiety. Her hands went limp and the teacup in her hand fell to the ground in panic and broke into several pieces.
"Go away!" Pei Yusheng waved his hand, and several palace servants retreated cautiously, leaving only the mother and son in the hall.
"Mother, Pei Yuanjun is really crazy!" Pei Yusheng sneered. There were no outsiders around at the moment, so he said whatever he wanted to say, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his lips, "Does he really like the fourth young lady of the Qu Mansion?"
"Impossible, it's just a shield, but it can make the emperor angry at this time." Concubine He said angrily, "He angered your father. Even if your father punishes him, he will vent his anger on others."
"Are you talking about the fourth young lady of the Qu family?" Pei Yusheng asked. He didn't have any special impression of Qu Moying. The only thing that shocked him was that day when Qu Moying insisted on not letting him search her body. No woman had ever dared to do what Qu Moying did.
"She is nothing but an excuse. I'm afraid the emperor will reprimand me and say that Pei Yuanjun was punished because of the cat. If Pei Yuanjun hadn't killed the cat, would I have gone to the emperor to cry and complain?" Concubine He said angrily, "If I had known that Pei Yuanjun would be so easily provoked to anger, and would even lose control and drag the young lady from the Qu Mansion to the Great Compassion Temple, I... would never have gone to cry and complain to the emperor."
Concubine He regretted it so much. It was just a small plan before, but how did it turn out like this? She even had to confront Pei Yuanjun head-on.
Thinking of this, Concubine He felt that it was a wrong decision.
"Mother, what should we do now?" Pei Yusheng frowned, feeling that things were not going well. Concubine He had already told him about this matter. He originally thought that at most a few short-sighted censors would report mother tomorrow. The people on his side were not pushovers either, so they would report both sides.
They reported on the Concubine Mother, and the people on their side reported on the Empress and the Prince of Yun. Everyone muddied the waters and no one benefited!
I didn't expect that this matter would have a follow-up. Pei Yuanjun would not stop at this point.
"Go out of the palace to meet him and give him gifts." Concubine He gritted her teeth and said.
"Mother, why?" Pei Yusheng protested, "He was clearly wrong first, and now he has caused this kind of thing, making father furious. This is treason, father will definitely not forgive him."
"Your father will forgive him!" Concubine He said in a low voice.
"Why? I am father's prince, and you are father's concubine. Even if mother and I made mistakes, father would punish us. Why doesn't he need to?" Pei Yusheng was furious, gritting his teeth.
This is his dignity as a prince, and he doesn't want his dignity to be trampled under Pei Yuanjun's feet.
"I heard that... the old Princess of Yun..." Concubine He sighed, lowered her eyes, gloomy and jealous, "The emperor respects... the old Princess of Yun very much, and also respects the old Prince of Yun. Pei Yuanjun was raised in the palace since he was a child, not under any palace, but by the emperor himself. This kind of affection... is not something that ordinary people can have."
Concubine He's analysis was very calm. If she could have taken action, she would have done it long ago.
He tried, and it's not like he hadn't tried before. Once he almost succeeded, but in the end he watched Pei Yuanjun being rescued. Many people in the palace were dragged out that time, and even blood could be smelled in the air.
From then on, Pei Yuanjun had more guards around him.
"Old Princess of Yun County, could it be..." Pei Yusheng didn't know what was going on here, so he just guessed subconsciously.
"No... what you think it means, the emperor really respects the old Princess of Yun County... Although the old Princess of Yun County died early, your father has always praised this woman, always saying that she is a heroine, a generous and extraordinary woman, but it's a pity that she has a short life."
Concubine He sneered.
"Even if the old Princess of Yun was a remarkable woman, she is gone now. Why would the emperor still favor Pei Yuanjun for her sake? No matter how powerful he is, he is only a Prince of Yun, not even a first-rank prince."
Pei Yusheng said irritably.
The title of Prince of Yun was only of the second rank, which was lower than the first rank title of Prince of Jing.
But this low position was placed on the heads of these princes, forcing them to be submissive. Not only that, but now they would even be implicated in the anger because of the things he had caused. The more Pei Yusheng thought about it, the annoyed he became.
He is the emperor's bloodline, he is the successor of the dynasty, what is Pei Yusheng
"Sheng'er, when you leave the palace, bring gifts to him and apologize. Say that you are apologizing on my behalf. Say that I didn't know it would cause such a big incident. Ask him to bear more responsibility. He is your uncle in name only. Even if you give in politely, others will not say anything. As long as your father thinks that what you did is right, it's fine!"
Concubine He didn't want to talk about the old Princess of Yun anymore, and she instructed her son again.
Seeing Concubine He's serious expression and the serious meaning in her words, Pei Yusheng still resisted, but he still listened to Concubine He's words and nodded with a gloomy face: "Mother, I will leave the palace now to give him a gift. Since things have become like this, it is feasible for the emperor to charge him with the crime of deceiving the emperor."
He was still unhappy.
"Let's talk about this later. Let's get through this first. You can leave the palace." Concubine He said. Her son was outside the palace to deal with Pei Yuanjun, but she also had to find some ways to deal with it inside the palace. The Queen had always been keeping an eye on her, and this time she would definitely try her best to put the blame on herself.
The mother and son discussed the details again, then said goodbye in a hurry. Pei Yusheng returned home to prepare gifts and went to the Prince of Yun's Mansion.
When they were at the Prince of Yun's Mansion, they were stopped. The eunuch who stopped them was Ji Hai. "Your Highness, Prince Jing, after our prince returned to the mansion, he went to the study and ordered that no one should disturb him, otherwise he would be beheaded. Now the door of the study is closed, and the servants dare not go over. It would be great if the prince could go and persuade our prince!"
Ji Hai saw Pei Yusheng's face full of joy. He looked like he was trying to stop him, but he had already made way. He extended his hand to lead him in, nodded and said, "Your Highness, please come in. Your Highness, please come in."
He seemed impatient to invite Pei Yusheng in.
Pei Yusheng stopped and looked at Ji Hai suspiciously, his eyes examining him: "Uncle Wang doesn't want to see anyone?"
"Our master ordered this, but His Royal Highness Prince Jing is not an ordinary person." Ji Hai said, while leading him in, "Your Highness, please come in!"
"Since Uncle Wang said so, I will not disturb you!" Pei Yusheng turned around decisively. Pei Yuanjun even dared to disobey his father's order. If he did something excessive to him later, I am afraid his father would not ask about it.
Thinking of the extreme hatred, gritting my teeth...