As soon as the carriage from the Prince of England's palace arrived, Qu Zhizhen sent someone to summon Qu Moying.
Qu Moying asked Yudong and Yuchun to each carry a lantern, which were the two lanterns that he had left behind last night. It was already dark outside, so they could light them after getting off the carriage.
In the spacious canopied carriage, Pei Yuanjun leaned lazily on the couch inside. The spacious space did not seem narrow because of the couch.
Seeing Qu Moying come in, he waved to her. Qu Moying went over, but before she sat down, she was pulled over and fell heavily into Pei Yuanjun's arms.
Qu Moying was about to struggle to sit up when he heard a voice in his ear: "Don't move!"
Suddenly I remembered that his wound seemed to be right here, so I stopped immediately.
The hand was held in a big palm, and the scars on the hand fell off layer by layer, finally revealing the scarred hand.
The wound was indeed not deep, but there were injuries in several places. The palms were swollen, and there were scars on the palms and backs of the hands, many long and short. Some were almost healed, while some were not yet fully healed.
"The one from Liu Mansion?" Pei Yuanjun's eyebrows turned cold, revealing a deep black color, like an icy valley shrouded in night.
"Madam Liu must have wanted to plot against me and destroy me there. She was rescuing the wife of the Duke of Qi at that time, and she was still unconscious afterwards. No matter how you blame her, it cannot be blamed on her."
Qu Moying had become immune to watching his own palms these days, so he said without much concern.
"What if Yudong was slow at that time, and was blocked by someone?" Pei Yuanjun asked gloomily. He sounded slow and leisurely, just like in the past, but Qu Moying felt that he was angry. She could tell from the moment he came up and pulled her over to look at her injured hand.
"No, I've calculated it well." Qu Moying smiled softly and shook the scarf on his hand, "If I hadn't calculated it well, I wouldn't have done it. I still want this life!"
Hearing her say this nonchalantly, Pei Yuanjun glanced at her coldly, turned around and took out another bottle of ointment from the secret compartment behind him, and carefully applied it on her palms and backs of hands. He applied it very carefully, and the cool feeling made Qu Moying's palms feel much more comfortable. Although she had applied it before going out, and the ointment she applied was also the ointment sent by Pei Yuanjun, she did not apply as much as he did this time.
After applying the ointment for her, he wrapped the wound with layers of towels and then tied it up.
"Should we deal with this woman?" Pei Yuanjun asked casually.
"No!" Qu Moying hurriedly tried to stop her. There were a lot of things going on behind Madam Liu's back, and just dealing with it like this was not the best solution.
"Why?" Pei Yuanjun hugged Qu Moying and leaned back, but was careful to avoid the top of her head to prevent her hair from being messy and impolite.
He never cared about this kind of thing in the past, but now he would unconsciously think about it a little more.
"Madam Liu... she should have some connection with the Northern Frontier. If such a person stays here, maybe she will be of great use." Qu Moying said with a smile, her eyelashes fluttering twice.
The carriage was silent. Qu Moying sat in front of him and could not see Pei Yuanjun's movements, but she could sense his displeasure. She reached out and held his hand that fell to the side: "It's okay. The current Madam Liu is no longer the Madam Liu of the past. Besides, she really doesn't want to get such a good deal!"
She also had to let this Madam Liu experience the feeling of having no help at all and trample all her plans for many years under her feet.
"A minister's wife is really not worth anything." Pei Yuanjun's lazy voice came from behind his head, with some casualness.
and inadvertently.
"I know it's nothing, but I'll still keep her! I have to avenge my mother myself, as for..." Qu Moying was silent for a while, feeling it was difficult to say for a moment.
"You want to restore your mother's identity?" Pei Yuanjun narrowed his beautiful eyes slightly and pointed out the truth in one word.
Although she knew Pei Yuanjun couldn't have been unaware of this, she was still shocked by his words. She bit her lips, and there was still some hesitation in her eyes. "I think... Mother wouldn't want to do this either!"
There was a trace of sadness in her eyes, she was not her mother after all, but she made such a decision for her.
"Your mother naturally didn't want to do that. There was no help at that time. It's too late to talk about it now. The person is gone. No matter how much guilt you feel, it is just to reassure the living." Pei Yuanjun reached out and held her uninjured hand, his voice sounding somewhat soothing.
"Mother, won't you blame me for the decision I made?" Qu Moying asked subconsciously.
"No!" He answered confidently, "No matter what decision you make, your mother will not blame you. She risked her life to give birth to you, and of course you are the one she values the most. If she were still alive, she would definitely give you the best of everything, and would definitely think that everything you say and do is right."
Pei Yuanjun said slowly.
The clear voice seemed to occupy everything in the horse compartment, flowing into Qu Moying's ears and into her heart. She grabbed Pei Yuanjun's hand with her backhand and leaned her head on it unconsciously.
In many things, she seemed to be moving forward with determination and without hesitation, but in fact she also had concerns, but those concerns were only in her heart. Others only saw her determination, her persistence, and her calm response and arrangement.
After her rebirth, she always thought that she could do anything. She could even take on the task of revenge against Crown Prince Pei Luoan. So, what else could she not handle? What else could hit her
But in fact, she was just a girl in the boudoir after all, and she also needed someone to recognize and affirm her. There was a pang of sourness in her eyes, and she leaned obediently against Pei Yuanjun. Her long eyelashes fluttered twice, and then slowly closed, and she felt unprecedentedly peaceful.
She had never hidden anything from him, except the secret of her rebirth.
"Aren't you afraid of... the crime of deceiving the emperor?" Qu Moying asked suddenly with her long eyelashes half drooping. Her mother's life experience was actually the result of the Duke of Qi's Mansion deceiving the emperor. If it were really exposed, it would not only implicate the Duke of Qi's Mansion and Minister Liu's Mansion, but also herself, and might even affect Pei Yuanjun behind the scenes.
"I have committed crimes even greater than deceiving the king." A defiant voice came from behind, and the originally clear and bright voice seemed sinister.
Qu Moying's body stiffened for a moment, but then slowly relaxed.
"I will continue to investigate my cousin's matter. I think... there is something wrong." He said this again, with a similar meaning but in a different way.
This is the purpose of her rebirth, and also the biggest knot in her life.
"On the day your cousin married into the Eastern Palace, there was an assassin in the palace. It might not have been someone else's doing." Qing Qian's voice was right beside her ear, with a hint of laziness.
Qu Moying's heart was lifted up, and she squeezed Pei Yuanjun's hand with a little more force. Her breathing became faster and trembling. "You... you also think that my cousin is in trouble... not... not dead from illness? But... why, why did he do this? Isn't my cousin good enough? And there is the strength of Ling Anbo's Mansion!"
The words almost came out of my mouth.
She had thought about many questions that she had no one to discuss with, but now she unfolded them in front of Pei Yuanjun without hesitation.
She heard some hints in his words. Was it an answer she had never thought of
"The position of the crown prince is unstable!" Pei Yuanjun sensed the faint fragrance around the girl, and this fragrance made him feel inexplicably fond of it.
"The position of the crown prince... is unstable. Is it because... because of Prince Jing?" Qu Moying unconsciously lowered his voice and whispered. There was no one else in the carriage, only the two of them, but even so, Qu Moying's voice could not be any lower.
"King Jing is one aspect, but he also did it himself. He was a little self-righteous and caused some trouble before... and with the operation of Concubine He and King Jing, the emperor should want to depose the crown prince. As for Ling Anbo, after returning to the capital, Ling Anbo is no longer comparable to the general who assists the country."
Ling Anbo, who commanded the troops at the border, was the real powerful one. After returning to Beijing, many of his military powers were taken away, leaving only a few in figurehead status. The actual military power in their hands is no longer as strong as when they were at the border, which means that they can no longer provide that much help to the prince.
"I heard that the Crown Prince's dethronement was related to Ling Anbo, but I don't know what it was exactly, and Ling Anbo is dead." Pei Yuanjun whispered in her ear.
Qu Moying opened his eyes wide, almost unable to believe his ears. Not only did he know nothing about the Crown Prince being deposed, he was also unaware that his father was implicated.
How blind must I have been in my previous life to not be able to see or hear, and to concentrate on preparing for marriage and becoming a happy bride!
What a pity, my happiness was eventually covered by blood.
"So the prince hates Ling Anbo and also hates my cousin, and wants to get rid of my cousin? That's why the prince took a fancy to Ji Youran and let this concubine Ji enter the Eastern Palace in the name of taking care of my cousin, but in fact, the two of them have had a secret relationship for a long time?" Qu Moying's words burst out almost uncontrollably.
Even though I had my emotions under control, I was still shaking.
She was trembling softly. Holding Pei Yuanjun's hand, he could sense that she was suppressed and almost couldn't breathe. The end of her voice was a tiny sob.
"There may be other forces involved. I am not sure of the details. At that time, I was still at the border. I only know that there was chaos in the Prince's Mansion, assassins attempted assassinations, and changes in the Eastern Palace." Pei Yuanjun gently stroked her hair as if to comfort her, and interlocked his fingers with hers with his other hand.
It was actually difficult for her hands to move with the wound wrapped in a scarf, but he still carefully held her hand lightly.
"My cousin is dead, what good is there for him?" Qu Moying clasped his hands tightly, trying to calm herself down with anger.
There is a dull pain in my hand.
"If Miss Ji is gone, you can marry someone else, such as the daughter of the general who assists the country, or the daughter of the current Minister Liu, or even more. I heard that the prince has been deeply in love with Miss Ji for so many years, and there are no other concubines around him, all because he is waiting for Miss Ji. If you marry her, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for him to marry even more concubines!"
When people act too realistically, they sometimes suffer the consequences. How many people are genuine under such a great reputation
Pei Yuanjun whispered, his voice exuding a calming power, but it also made Qu Moying's heart tremble, and he felt a sense of empty chill and hatred in his back.
A word awakens the dreamer...
I see!
That’s just the way it is…