In the Prince of England's palace, Qu Moying and Pei Yuanjun were having dinner.
Qu Moying didn't use much. After taking a sip of the soup brought by Yuxiu, he lost his appetite.
Seeing that Pei Yuanjun was still eating, he was not in a hurry to put down the soup in his hand. He skimmed the mushrooms in the bowl with a spoon, took another sip, and then slowly put it down.
Pei Yuanjun had also finished his meal by this time and had the food removed. After the two of them washed their hands with wet towels, they sat down again.
A few maids withdrew with good eyesight, and seeing Ji Hai waiting outside with a smile on his face, they also stood outside properly.
Pei Yuanjun sat down in front of the couch. Qu Moying wanted to sit opposite him, but he pulled her to sit beside him.
Pei Yuanjun leaned back, narrowed his eyes slightly, put his arms around her slender waist, and pulled her down slowly.
"Is the matter of Yu Qingmeng just Xu Lipeng's business?" Qu Moying fluttered her eyelashes twice, pushed Pei Yuanjun and asked.
"What do you think?" Pei Yuanjun asked back, looking at Qu Moying with a gloomy gaze. His fingertips slid across her tender face and finally landed on her light cherry lips. His eyes unconsciously became a little softer.
"I think he looks more like the prince." Qu Moying thought for a moment and reached out to hold his rebellious hand.
Pei Yuanjun let her hold his hand, and then he held her hand as well: "Why not King Jing?"
"My cousin used to be the Crown Princess, so she must have told the Crown Prince about Master Xu. At that time, Master Xu and I were engaged. Given my cousin's personality, she must have wanted to help me." Qu Moying said after a pause.
She is Ji Hanyue. She really thought so and did so at that time. Pei Luoan also said that he would observe for a while, and if he is really good, he would find a good real job for Xu Lipeng.
Afterwards, Ji Hanyue died and she was reborn. Many things happened after that. Xu Lipeng had never been well, but now he is about to have a real job. This would have been impossible if there was no one behind the scenes.
"Of course it could also be King Jing... or..." Qu Moying continued, "King Wei?"
Qu Moying was unsure about the last name. If it were in the past, she would never have suspected King Wei. The frail King Wei was in such poor health, how could he be related to such a thing.
But this time, she had some doubts. If it weren't for what King Wei said to her, she wouldn't have thought of checking it out. Of course, Pei Yuanjun's intention was also involved.
Is this really just a casual remark
She has always been cautious and had to think twice before speaking.
"The most likely one is the prince." Pei Yuanjun's voice was very calm, without a trace of emotion, but one could sense the certainty in his words.
Qu Moying frowned slightly and nodded. In fact, she also thought so. King Wei was relatively the least likely person to do so. Moreover, even if King Wei had ulterior motives, it would not be kindness towards her!
This reason doesn't make sense.
"Aren't you going to investigate further?" Qu Moying asked, no longer considering the matter of Wei Wang Pei Qingmin.
Pei Yuanjun's deep eyes darkened a little. It was the darkest scene in the cold night, which made people feel palpitations for some reason: "No need to investigate further. It's useless to investigate further. This matter has not caused any substantial harm."
Qu Moying was silent for a moment, knowing that this was indeed the truth. To say that it was an assassination attempt on Pei Yuanjun was already an exaggeration.
Xu Lipeng only said that it was Yu Qingmeng's intention. Yu Qingmeng wanted to take revenge on Qu Moying and felt that it was Qu Moying who destroyed everything she had. That was why she agreed to help him.
He had no idea about her entering the mansion and other things.
As for how she was able to sneak into Qu Moying's dowry, it was because although the maid came with her family, the family served their masters separately, and after entering the mansion, they never lived in the same place. Moreover, this girl had a birthmark, and she usually kept her head down, making it impossible for people to see her face clearly.
People like this are the easiest to pretend to get in.
All he had to do was kill that maid. When the maid came back from outside, Yu Qingmeng entered Qu's mansion in her place the night before Qu Moying married into Prince Ying's mansion, without anyone noticing.
"I'm afraid my father is not completely ignorant!" Qu Moying laughed coldly, but his tone was very indifferent.
There had been repeated incidents with her dowry, and several people had been replaced. It was understandable if it involved the Queen's people, as no one could go against the Queen's wishes. Now even people from Pei Luoan's side had mixed in, and it was Yu Qingmeng. It would be easy to find excuses after the incident. She didn't believe that her adopted father knew nothing.
She could choose not to pursue Xu Lipeng's case, but she didn't plan to not go home and investigate...
"I will accompany you to Qu Mansion." Pei Yuanjun said lazily.
Qu Moying held Pei Yuanjun's slender hand and shook her head: "No, I can do it myself!"
Too many people were watching Pei Yuanjun's every move. Besides, no matter how bad Qu Zhizhen was, he was now his biological father. Pei Yuanjun could neither be too lenient nor too harsh with him.
This incident helped Pei Yuanjun's reputation to improve a little. She didn't want to cause new trouble at this time and ruin Pei Yuanjun's popularity.
There are some things she can do on her own.
"Can you?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows and smiled with a trailing tone.
"Of course you can. Your Majesty, please don't underestimate me." Qu Moying said unconvinced.
"Okay... okay, my princess is naturally different from other women, so this is naturally possible." Pei Yuanjun followed her words.
Qu Moying heard the teasing in his words and gritted his teeth secretly: "Your Majesty, don't you believe me?"
"Believe it, how could I not believe it? If you can't, forget it, I'm still here." Pei Yuanjun laughed and reached out to rub the top of her head.
Qu Moying didn't say anything else. She leaned on Pei Yuanjun's chest, one hand holding his collar, the other hand held in his hand, and her watery eyes slowly closed.
She should go back home and ask...
Liu Jingyu returned to the Liu Mansion. After meeting Minister Liu, he exchanged a few words with him and then went to meet Madam Liu.
Attendant Liu originally wanted to stop it, but after seeing the rude and cold face of the old woman from the East Palace, he realized that his daughter was no longer just his daughter.
Even if he wanted to stop her, he couldn't. He felt inexplicably angry and simply turned back to his concubine's yard, no longer paying attention to Liu Jingyu's affairs.
Seeing that Minister Liu no longer cared about her, Liu Jing breathed a sigh of relief. Even though she was now the Crown Princess, she didn't dare to go against her father's wishes.
Originally, her biggest backer was not her father, but now her only real backer is her father.
Thinking of this, she no longer dared to force herself on Liu Shihou. It would be best if her father could take a step back. She was not going to release her mother, she just wanted to discuss things with her.
When the gatekeeper saw Liu Jingyu coming, she naturally didn't dare to stop him.
Inside the main house, I heard
Liu Jingyu came back. Mrs. Liu had already washed and combed her hair again. Although she still looked thin, she was still in good spirits.
Before Liu Jingyu married into the Eastern Palace, she had repeatedly told her father not to deprive Madam Liu of her food and clothing, and things seemed to be getting better than before.
"Mother." Liu Jingyu stepped forward and saluted.
Mrs. Liu looked her up and down, nodded, pointed to the chair beside the bed, and motioned for her to sit down.
Everyone else left, leaving the mother and daughter alone to talk.
"Mother, I have something to ask you." Liu Jingyu said directly.
"What happened in the Eastern Palace?" Madam Liu looked Liu Jingyu up and down and asked.
"Mother, I suspect that Concubine Ji of the Eastern Palace... is pregnant..." Liu Jingyu did not hide it from Madam Liu and told her everything in detail.
Including the process of her suspicion.
After she finished speaking, Madam Liu took a moment to reflect, then raised her gloomy eyes and said, "Concubine Ji must be pregnant, otherwise there is no reason to prevent a concubine from seeing the queen. Now it is just delaying the day until the most appropriate time."
Liu Jingyu slammed his hand on the table and gritted his teeth: "I knew this bitch, mother, what should I do now?"
"Think of a way to get rid of this child. We can't keep this child." Madam Liu said decisively.
Liu Jingyu panicked, holding the handkerchief tightly with her hands, and her voice unconsciously lowered a few notes: "Mother, I can't even see him. He has been hiding in his yard for so many days, saying that he is sick and can't get up."
"Concubine Ji, the eldest daughter of the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion?" Madam Liu smiled coldly, "Since she is from the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion, if something happens to someone in the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion, she has to go and take a look!"
"Mother, do you mean to ask the people from the Ling Anbo Mansion to invite her back?"
Liu Jingyu's eyes lit up, but then she shook her head: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate. Even if someone from the Ling Anbo Mansion invites her, she will definitely not go. Besides, it's not just her involved in this matter, there's also His Royal Highness the Crown Prince... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is biased."
Speaking of Crown Prince Liu Jingyu's eyes became red. She had just married into the Eastern Palace, and she had been criticized repeatedly. This might be because the Crown Prince treated her poorly.
She had always wanted to marry into the Eastern Palace, but she had never thought that one day she would marry into the Eastern Palace and it would be such a situation. If she had known the current situation would be like this, she might as well have married King Jing.
"So what if the Crown Prince's heart is biased? Besides, the Crown Prince's heart has never been unbiased. That concubine is not so easy to deal with. She had a private affair with the Crown Prince behind the back of the former Crown Princess. If it was simple, how could she have hooked up with the Crown Prince? The Crown Prince only said that he was deeply in love with the Crown Princess of the Ji Mansion. I'm afraid the one who really has deep feelings for him is this concubine."
Madam Liu sneered coldly.
"Is she the one the prince loves?" Liu Jingyu became more and more uneasy. A favored concubine and an unfavored concubine have completely different meanings.
"That's not necessarily true, but it's very likely! But no matter how favored you are, this child should not have been born in the first place, and you were conceived before you entered the mansion. Don't you want the dignity of the royal family?" Madam Liu said coldly, stretching out her hand and waving to Liu Jingyu.
Liu Jingyu nodded in understanding and hurriedly moved his head closer, nodding as he listened. The viciousness on his face was exactly the same as the one on Madam Liu's face.
Suddenly, Liu Jingyu screamed "Ah" and looked at Madam Liu in shock...