Another accident happened in the Liu Mansion. The son born by the concubine who had not yet married into the family was injured by something falling on his doorstep. It was said that after he was treated, he looked unwell.
I couldn't even walk for a moment!
The Liu Mansion was originally going to welcome the noble concubine, so they would have at least prepared a few tables of wine and invited old friends and acquaintances. But now, because of the matter of the child, the plan was cancelled, and that evening, the women packed up and brought the concubine and her two children into Minister Liu's residence in a few sedan chairs.
Minister Liu invited many doctors to his mansion, and I heard that it was all about this child.
Some people say that Minister Liu also suffered retribution for being unfaithful to his wife and keeping a mistress. Seeing that the mistress's daughter has grown up so much, it is obvious that Minister Liu's infidelity happened a long time ago. Thinking about the incident of Xiao Yue before, the so-called deep affection is actually a cover-up.
Now, he has a mistress who is not only mean and unpresentable, but also stupid.
Her previous behavior was also exposed.
It was just a concubine who was transferred from a mistress to a concubine, but they made a fuss about it as if it were a wedding, sending cakes and candies to people left and right, as if it was a serious marriage.
Madam Liu was still lying on the bed. How could this mistress have the confidence to do this
Now, after making such a big fuss and acting as if she was getting married seriously, the consequences have come to haunt her own son.
Minister Liu's residence was once again pushed to the forefront of public opinion.
In the past, Minister Liu was decent, loyal, and had a bright future.
Minister Liu is now a joke, a hypocritical man who made his fortune by relying on women and has deceived others more than once. His future is really not good!
However, fortunately, he still has a good daughter, and the prince is not the kind of person who would kick someone when he is down. Or based on what he has done, even if the prince cancels the engagement, what does it matter
Talking about this incident, everyone couldn't help but feel deeply moved towards the prince.
The prince had two princesses before and after. The first one was his beloved, but she ended up like that. Even if the prince tried to keep her, he couldn't. Now this one is in such a state. It's hard to say what the situation is.
It seems like if you marry one, you will be unlucky!
Pei Luoan was in his own East Palace. When he heard such rumors, he was so angry that his face turned blue. He was just sitting at home peacefully, but he didn't expect that the trouble would happen to him again.
He has tried his best not to let anything happen to the Liu Mansion, and tried his best to suppress the matter of Liu Borui. Something happened to his Yue family before, and nothing can happen to the Yue family again this time. He can't let people remember Ji Hanyue and the matter of Ling Anbo's Mansion again.
But the Liu Mansion had become so chaotic. He didn't want to make it public, but they had a mistress. If there was any trouble, he could just bring the mistress into the house. What's the point of having a concubine or a marriage
Pei Luoan called Liu Borui over angrily and scolded his future father-in-law harshly, which made Minister Liu furious. He kept saying that she was just an ordinary concubine, not a noble concubine, and that the rumors outside were wrong. He also repeatedly stated that he would reconcile with Madam Liu.
Pei Luoan thought that the main reason why Duke Qi's Mansion had not been interfering in the affairs of the Liu Mansion recently was because Minister Liu seemed to have been driven crazy by someone and had even started having a mistress.
Without the support of the Duke of Qi, a small
I am really nothing in the Mansion of the Minister, and am even inferior to Qu Zhizhen. After all, according to my father's intention, Qu Zhizhen is the next Minister of Works.
Minister Liu came out of Pei Luoan's study with a humiliated look on his face, and happened to meet Ji Youran who was bringing Pei Luoan boiled candied pears.
They did not take the same route, one went to the outer courtyard and the other came from the inner courtyard. After looking at each other from a distance, Minister Liu bowed to Ji Youran before leaving.
Ji Youran walked to the door of the study and asked the eunuch beside the door softly, "Is His Highness resting in there? Go and report that His Highness had a severe cough before. I made him some rock sugar and snow pear water."
The eunuch said, "I will go in and report this."
As he said that, he hurried in, and after a while he came out and said to Ji Youran, "Your Majesty, please come in!"
Ji Youran breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that the prince would not see her. The smile on her face became more gentle. Since she had a new goal in her heart, her behavior slowly returned to the way it was before she entered the East Palace. At that time, she was the prince's confidant.
The prince would tell Ji Hanyue about anything he was dissatisfied with, and she would respond one by one, saying that her cousin was actually good, but had some minor flaws, such as some things that seemed to be true on the surface, and that her cousin praised King Jing...
But everything will be fair.
Looking back on this period of time, Ji Youran finally found out the reason why she was not favored by the prince recently. She wanted to be the same as before. At that time, she was the apple of the prince's eye.
Ji Hanyue can't compare!
Now that Ji Hanyue is dead, she can no longer compare with herself! What she needs to do is to see her situation clearly and stop being self-righteous.
"Your Highness!" As soon as he entered the door, Ji Youran bowed and said softly.
"What's the matter?" Pei Luoan's face looked unhappy and he asked in a cold voice.
“I just went to make some rock sugar and snow pear soup. Your Highness is not in good health, so you must take care of yourself. If Your Highness feels unwell... I... I am willing to take care of you with my body?” Ji Youran said in a tender voice, tears in her eyes.
"No need to be so polite, I'm fine!" Seeing her like this, Pei Luoan's expression eased a little.
Ji Youran stood up, took out a bowl of rock sugar and snow pear from the food basket in the maid's hand, placed it on the desk, took off the lid, and a faint sweet fragrance filled the air.
“Your Highness, whenever you were not feeling well in the past, I would always make you a pot of stew, even if we were still at the Ling Anbo Mansion at that time.” Ji Youran said softly, with tears in her eyes, “At that time… it must have been so beautiful!”
Pei Luoan lowered his eyes and looked at Ji Youran with a sinister look, but did not respond.
Ji Youran naturally knew that these words made Pei Luoan uncomfortable, especially since these words came from her own mouth, so she immediately smiled and said, "Look, what am I talking about? I'm talking nonsense again. It's all my fault... If I could have... hesitated a little longer, slowed down a little longer... The main thing is that the man is your highness's confidant..."
"Okay, stop talking!" Pei Luoan slapped his hand on the table.
"Yes, Your Highness, I am wrong!" Ji Youran said hurriedly, as if forcing a change of subject. "Let's not talk about these things. I saw Minister Liu just now, and he looked like something had happened. Could it be that something happened in the Liu Mansion again?"
Her words reminded Pei Luoan of
As for Liu Jingyu's affairs, he had even less patience for Liu Jingyu.
His brows furrowed fiercely, and he was very annoyed: "Minister Liu's mistress caused some trouble, and I heard that his son fell and became stupid!"
"What a coincidence to encounter such a bad thing?" Ji Youran exclaimed. She had people watching Minister Liu's house, so how could she not know about this? But now she had to pretend to be surprised and subconsciously asked, "Who... who did this to be so cruel and clever?"
After hearing these words, Ji Youran immediately realized that she had said something wrong. She knelt down with a plop and begged for mercy in a tender voice, "Your Highness, I was wrong. This... This was an accident, an accident. It was not someone who wanted to make a profit!"
Pei Luoan stared at Ji Youran gloomily, "What do you know?"
“I… I don’t know anything. I was not feeling well before and stayed in the manor the whole time. It was… I met the fourth young lady of the Qu Mansion…” Ji Youran seemed to be frightened. She stammered and even mentioned some irrelevant things.
Pei Luoan looked at her coldly again and said in a cold voice: "Go down!"
"Yes, I'll take my leave. Your Highness must remember to drink the soup and don't hurt your body because of other things." Ji Youran knew that the soup was almost cooked and the prince had already suspected Liu Jingyu, so she quickly stood up and said softly.
Then he retreated to the door and looked at the prince reluctantly before leaving.
This was the sweet and gentle way she used to speak to the prince when she was the eldest daughter of the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion. Now she brought it out again. She didn't believe that she, who could push the high and mighty Ji Hanyue down from the Lin'an Pavilion and put her to death, would be defeated by Liu Jingyu.
The prince wanted to marry Ji Hanyue, not Liu Jingyu...
Pei Yuanjun leaned lazily on the large nanmu chair, slightly narrowed his sleepy eyes with a hint of charm, and elegantly put down the secret report in his hand.
"Someone from Northern Xinjiang is coming over?"
Ji Hai nodded hurriedly: "That's what the Second Master said. The battle is almost over and the pain must have spread. Duke Yu, the Second Master, and the Auxiliary General have joined forces. The Northern Frontier can no longer resist and may negotiate for peace."
The so-called Second Master is Pei Yuanjun's younger brother, the second son of the old Prince of Yun, and Pei Liuyi, who was named Duke of Xing. Although he and Pei Yuanjun did not grow up together since childhood, they got along very well after growing up together. Even on the battlefield, Pei Liuyi followed Pei Yuanjun.
Pei Liuyan has great respect for his elder brother, and now he still holds some military power and stays at the border, corresponding to the northern border, forming a pincer attack with the auxiliary general to help each other.
"Negotiation?" Pei Yuanjun reached out and touched his tall nose, his handsome eyes smiling sinisterly, "Negotiation is fine, but they can't just negotiate peace whenever they want."
"I also think this makes sense. When do you think you should let them come over to discuss it?" Ji Hai asked with a smile.
"Let's talk about it after I get married!" Pei Yuanjun said lazily, "Is it easy for me to get married? If you want to make trouble, you have to wait until I get married!"
"Your Highness is right! We can't let those people scare the Fourth Young Lady." Ji Hai understood and smiled with his teeth showing.
"You said... What will happen if I don't agree to the peace talks?" Pei Yuanjun sighed, supporting his chin.
"If Your Majesty says we don't want to negotiate peace, then naturally there will be no peace!" Ji Hai said with his eyes rolling.