Seeing the Crown Prince so sad, the Emperor's expression softened, but his brows were still furrowed. The Queen had reported this to him at the time, saying that the Crown Princess was in danger and just wanted her cousin from her own house to go to the Eastern Palace to take care of her. She also said that she was worried that her cousin had no status, so she begged the Crown Prince to give her a status so that she could come to the Eastern Palace to take care of her without any worries.
The Emperor felt sorry for the Crown Princess because such a thing had happened to her right after she entered the Eastern Palace, and she was taking a sword for her own son, so how could he not agree? But now he feels a little confused when he thinks about it.
"I heard that the Crown Princess loves her younger sister the most. How come a cousin has become the one that the Crown Princess is obsessed with?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyes indifferently and asked casually.
One is her younger sister who is still young, and the other is her grown-up cousin. No matter how you look at it, the one she cares about the most is her younger sister.
The emperor's eyes narrowed.
"At that time, the only one who had to take care of the Crown Princess was the eldest daughter of the Ji family. Miss Ji San was still young after all, and the Crown Princess was also worried that she would be scared when she saw the wound, and not only would she not be able to help, but might even cause trouble. The Crown Princess died at that time... because of me... my son... my son..."
Pei Luoan started crying sadly again, and couldn't make a sound for a while.
Seeing Pei Luoan crying like this, I felt really sad.
The emperor sighed and waved his hand, "Get up! Although you have feelings for the Crown Princess, you can't let the Crown Princess and her family do whatever they want."
"I understand, I will reprimand you." Pei Luoan stood up, and then bowed deeply to Pei Yuanjun, "Uncle Wang, it's my fault."
"Your Highness, you are too polite!" Pei Yuanjun said with a smile, his face gentle, but his gloomy eyes made people know that he was not in a good mood either.
Pei Luoan could see it, and the emperor could see it too.
"Prince, please go down first. Your uncle and I have something to discuss." said the emperor.
"Yes, I'll take my leave!" Pei Luoan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, retreated respectfully, and when he reached the door, he glanced behind him calmly, gritting his teeth secretly.
Once again, he was filled with resentment! He was obviously the son of his father, the emperor, and the future king. Why did he have something to say to a traitor, but not to his father and son
But he dared not say anything, not even to reveal anything.
He bowed deeply to Li Quan, who was following behind him and seeing him off, and said in his usual gentle manner, "Please go back, eunuch!"
"Your Highness, please!" Li Quan said with a smile.
After watching His Royal Highness the Crown Prince leave, he reentered the room and stood behind the Emperor.
"When I went there, I saw the concubine from the East Palace beating the fourth young lady of the Qu Mansion. Her knee was pressing tightly against Miss Qu's skirt. If Miss Qu hadn't fainted, I'm afraid she wouldn't have been able to stand up even if she wanted to." Pei Yuanjun was telling the emperor what had happened before.
Very detailed, yet very indifferent.
There was a trace of annoyance on his face, and he said in a cold voice: "Fortunately, the fourth young lady of the Qu family is now of an extraordinary status. She is not only the daughter of Minister Qu, but also my fiancée. Otherwise, I don't know what will happen this time! Your Majesty, if I can't even protect a woman, what's the point of this position of King of England!"
The last few words were spoken with a hint of arrogance. They were spoken in a calm tone, making people inexplicably uneasy.
Li Quan looked at Pei Yuanjun uneasily and shrank his neck. This prince was not easy to talk to, and his words were hurtful, hurting the emperor's heart.
"It's just a small fight between women. It doesn't matter." The emperor advised gently.
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Although it was a small fight between women, the woman from Qu Mansion looked very weak. If she got pregnant one day, she might even die after kneeling like this." Pei Yuanjun's long eyelashes fell on his eyes, but he did not make people feel peaceful, and even had a kind of irritable atmosphere.
"If I can't even protect my own woman, I might as well not marry her!"
Li Quan was startled and glanced at the willful King of England in astonishment. Was he just going to not marry her if he could? The two were about to get married, but he actually said he didn't want to marry her at this time.
"What are you talking about? What do you mean you can't protect someone? You are a king of England, how can you not protect someone? Besides, if you say you don't want to marry at this time, how will people look at you?" the emperor scolded.
"What others think is their business. I don't have any affection for this Miss Qu Si now. If she marries me one day and I think she is a good match, but something happens to her suddenly, I may not be as calm as I am today." Pei Yuanjun's face darkened.
Li Quan began to sweat on his forehead. What does this guy want to do
But he didn't dare to say anything, nor did he dare to ask. He could only stand behind the emperor, looking at the prince tremblingly, his palms sweating.
"Your Majesty, if I don't marry her now, I won't feel anything. I can find a suitable one after a while. But if I fall in love with her in the future and give birth to a child, if I can't protect her, I will never let her go, absolutely not!"
Pei Yuanjun continued, his eyes slightly raised, with a hint of dark red, looking somewhat strange and sinister.
The emperor was silent for a moment. From where he was, one could see that his hands were tightly clenched and he couldn't let go. After a long while, he said, "That won't happen!"
"Your Majesty, to avoid future troubles, let's not get married!" Pei Yuanjun said, curling his lips.
These words were said in a willful and irresponsible manner, and even contained a hint of sarcasm. The emperor took a deep breath and glared at Pei Yuanjun, but Pei Yuanjun still looked unimpressed.
The emperor suddenly stood up and walked out. Li Quan hurriedly lowered his head and followed him.
When he reached the door, the emperor suddenly turned around and angrily said to Pei Yuanjun: "Why don't you come with me!"
Pei Yuanjun stood up, glanced at the emperor with a gloomy look in his eyes, and without asking any more questions, followed the emperor out.
As they walked along, the emperor did not speak, and Pei Yuanjun did not speak either. It was so quiet that the only sound was the sound of footsteps quickly landing on the ground.
Finally, the group appeared in front of the gate of Changchun Palace.
Changchun Palace has been renovated, and everything seems to be the same as it was that day. The emperor looked towards the gate of Changchun Palace and tried hard to calm his restlessness.
With a wave of his hand, Li Quanli ordered everyone to wait here, took out a key from his pocket and opened the side door.
"Come in with me!" the emperor said coldly, striding into the side door. Pei Yuanjun followed him, and Li Quan walked at the end. After giving a few special instructions to the guards, he followed him into the Changchun Palace.
There was no one in Changchun Palace. It was so quiet that only the sound of footsteps could be heard. It was very empty.
Like the Jiaofang Hall, there is a tall Danque in front of the main hall. Walk up and push open the half-open door of the main hall. When the door opens, you will see a spirit tablet enshrined in the center.
The owner of this palace has come and gone, and this palace has always been empty, but there is no practice of placing a spirit tablet in this palace...
The emperor strode in, his eyes fell on the spirit tablet in the middle, and he stopped. His originally excited face darkened, and all his previous anger turned into guilt and sadness.
superior
On the other side is the spirit tablet of Empress Yuan.
Taking the three incense sticks handed to him by Liquan, the emperor bowed silently towards the spirit tablet in the middle, and after a long while he stepped forward and inserted the incense in his hand into the incense burner in front of him.
"Kneel down!" The emperor's voice sounded empty and old.
Pei Yuanjun took two steps forward, knelt on the cushion in the middle, and kowtowed respectfully to the spirit tablet in the middle, his eyes unclear.
"You should know about Empress Yuan, right?" the emperor said, without letting Pei Yuanjun stand up, as if he didn't notice that Pei Yuanjun was still kneeling.
"I remember! When I was young, I liked to come here to play. There are few people here and no one will discover me." Pei Yuanjun said.
"Do you remember that I once beat you because of this place?" The emperor's eyes were fixed on the spirit tablet, and he asked slowly.
Pei Yuanjun was silent for a moment, then he thought of this incident, "I was still young at that time, very naughty, and would break things from time to time. A cat ran in here, and when I followed it in, it knocked over many things here. The emperor reprimanded me and beat me. That was the first time I was beaten by the emperor."
“Yes, you are still young, you don’t know how precious the things here are to me. Everything here is my memory, with the shadow of Empress Yuan. But you, this useless boy… have destroyed and damaged a lot of things for me…” The emperor’s eyes became red. There were some things that he would have thought were in the past unless he brought them up.
But it never actually passed.
He had always been too cautious about some things, and he couldn't think of a good solution no matter how he thought about it. He didn't expect that in a fit of anger, he actually brought Pei Yuanjun here.
Now that you are here, there are some things you need to say!
"I was young and ignorant at that time, and the cat seduced me, so I entered Changchun Palace. I didn't know how many taboos the emperor had here." Pei Yuanjun said frankly.
He was young and ignorant at that time, but there were many sensible people in this palace, so he came in and destroyed many things here.
"Maybe I called wrongly. You should have come here. Even if you broke it... it's not a big deal. If she were here, she would definitely not blame you." The emperor's words sounded like he was mumbling to himself, and also like he was speaking to Pei Yuanjun, revealing some sadness that was difficult to express in words.
Pei Yuanjun pursed his lips, with a hint of coldness in his eyes, but did not respond.
"You have always been a good person. It's my fault. If you find that I have done something wrong in the future, will you forgive me?" The emperor said slowly, his voice trembling slightly, and turned his head to look at Pei Yuanjun.
Everyone standing here could sense the emperor's excitement at the moment, an excitement he could not control.
The emperor was deeply hurt by the King of England's previous unconscious words and now urgently wanted the King of England's forgiveness.
Li Quan lowered his head, his eyes reddened. He was a servant, but he was a servant who watched the emperor go through such a tragic event. There was nothing he could do about this kind of thing.
All he could do was to try to stop the emperor from recalling that past, but today he suddenly exploded...
He glanced at His Royal Highness the King of England again, hoping to hear the word "forgiveness" from his Royal Highness the King of England's mouth. He knew what the emperor was worried about.
"Your Majesty, what's the point of your minister forgiving or not forgiving? If Your Majesty blames Empress Yuan, then make amends. What's the point of blindly blaming yourself? When the amends are made, Empress Yuan will know about it and will feel that everything Your Majesty did is forgivable!"
Pei Yuanjun said calmly, as if he was discussing someone else's business, without much emotion...