Pei Yuanjun came back fairly quickly. When Liu Jingyu saw him coming, he made an excuse to leave.
"Accompany me for a walk." Pei Yuanjun said.
Qu Moying nodded, stood up and followed Pei Yuanjun down the stairs. Pei Yuanjun slowed down his pace and waited for Qu Moying to come forward before walking with her.
"Did the Queen make things difficult for you?" Pei Yuanjun asked casually.
"I'm in a dilemma, because of the hairpin." Qu Moying smiled slightly, raised her watery eyes, and gestured to look at the hairpin on her head.
There were a lot of annoying things just now, but fortunately she knew what was going on and didn't suffer any loss.
Now I can only admire the usefulness of this hairpin, which prevented those people from trying so hard to find fault with me, and also allowed me to easily solve the matter...
The two of them walked along seemingly casually, and finally arrived in front of Changchun Palace.
When Pei Yuanjun was supervising the Ministry of Works, he was renovating this place. Now everything here seems to have been repaired, but the huge palace just feels deserted.
Although this is the main palace, and there are people who maintain it and keep it clean and taken care of, but it has lost its owner after all, and it can no longer be as prosperous as it was in the past.
There were two palace maids cleaning opposite the palace gate. When they saw Pei Yuanjun and Qu Moying, they quickly stepped aside.
The wide steps are similar to those in front of the Pepper House Palace, and are majestic. I went up step by step along the steps of the main entrance and finally stopped at the palace gate.
Qu Moying was already preparing to turn. There was no one else to be seen here. There were only the two of them and their entourage following them from a distance.
"Let's go in and take a look!" Pei Yuanjun said, pressing his slender fingers on the door of the hall and slowly pushing it open.
Qu Moying was silent for a moment, then followed him into the hall.
Everything in the hall was clean, as if people could live there right away. But in fact, it wasn't just the floor and walls that were clean; even the absence of people was equally clean.
The sudden appearance of the two of them here made the whole environment feel abrupt for a moment, but then it returned to peace.
After all, it is normal to have talents in a palace like this.
Compared to the Queen's Pepper Palace, everything here was not as gorgeous; even the chairs placed on it did not look overly large.
Turning into the inner hall, the palace was slightly dark, and there was no one in sight either.
"I came here more than once when I was young." Pei Yuanjun whispered.
Qu Moying's heart skipped a beat, "The prince came alone?"
Coming to this palace, having been to the dilapidated Changchun Palace, is not a big deal? Pei Yuanjun raised this matter so carefully, there must be another deep meaning.
"The emperor brought me here," Pei Yuanjun said calmly, a layer of deep coldness slowly rising in his eyes, revealing a sense of evil and strangeness. "I have been here when I first entered the palace, when I left the palace to go to the battlefield, and at other specific times, I always come here for various reasons."
"Your Highness, do you think the Emperor did this on purpose?" Qu Moying asked, standing beside Pei Yuanjun and looking at the inner hall.
Everything inside should be arranged the same way as when Empress Yuan lived there. It can be seen that the woman who lived here likes poetry and books. There are writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, and there are many poetry, calligraphy and painting scrolls in the big-bellied painting jar.
"Is it intentional? You'll understand after following him a few more times." Pei Yuanjun curled the corners of his lips, with a hint of mockery in his sinister eyes. "It's a pity that the Empress Yuan can't see the Emperor's painstaking efforts. I'm afraid she will have to guard this thing until her death."
I miss you so much, but this is not the place where I died in the end."
Qu Moying didn't know how to answer for a moment. He raised his eyes and looked at Pei Yuanjun carefully, but saw that his handsome eyes had also turned to him. They were deep and unfathomable, but with a kind of heart-pounding chill. Even though his face was still handsome and unparalleled, those eyes dragged people into the bottomless cold pond.
She reached out and tugged at his sleeve.
Her hand was held by Pei Yuanjun's slender big hand, which then gently stroked it and hooked her little finger.
"I was a person before, and I have always felt that I was a person. I don't think that this world cannot do without anyone. Even your biological mother who gave birth to you, the person she has in her heart is not you. What else do I want in this life?" Pei Yuanjun's gaze fell on the desk in the middle again, and his tone was extremely calm, as if he was talking about other people's affairs.
And he was just a passerby.
"Since no one cares about me, I don't need to care about anyone. Aren't all the good things in this world meant to be fought for? If others can do it, so can I." Pei Yuanjun narrowed his eyes. Qu Moying inexplicably sensed a sense of danger, as if Pei Yuanjun was on the verge of losing control. Except for the color of his eyes, everything else about him looked gentle and noble.
Subconsciously, he tightened Pei Yuanjun's hand: "Your Majesty."
"Don't worry, that won't happen now. I have you." Pei Yuanjun lowered his head, his eyes fell on Qu Moying's charming face, and stretched out his other hand to gently touch her soft cheek. "Before, I wanted to take it by force and overturn the whole heaven and man."
There was a cruel and sarcastic look in his brows, which made people know clearly that what he said was absolutely not false.
The man in front of him wanted to drag the entire world into war. He wanted to destroy the entire world, not just to gain.
The arrogant and fiery voice was all suppressed in such a sentence. Qu Moying's heart couldn't help but hang in his arms. He took two steps forward, hugged Pei Yuanjun's strong waist, patted him soothingly, and leaned his head over.
She could sense the cruelty and sinisterness in Pei Yuanjun's heart, a dark feeling that could destroy the world. Thinking of the rumors about him in the past, she was afraid that they were not just spread intentionally by others, but that he was originally heading in this direction.
However, she was not afraid and even felt safe.
Pei Yuanjun's hand fell from her cheek, and he pulled her into his arms. The other hand holding her slowly relaxed. There was a hint of gentleness in his originally cruel eyes, and a smile at the corner of his lips reached his eyes. Pei Yuanjun reached out and touched Qu Moying's delicate eyebrows and smiled: "But fortunately, I have you."
Fortunately, you are here, so I won’t do such a thing that goes against the will of heaven.
Fortunately, you are here. I feel alone when you are not here.
Fortunately, you are here. I found that there are people in this world who I can care about...
The original "robbery" can be replaced by another gentle method, at least a gentle method that others can accept, so he even let go of Xiyu...
It’s right to never regret your move, but you can take a roundabout way, right
When the two men came out of Changchun Palace, they met the eunuch who came to look for them. After seeing Pei Yuanjun, he hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, the emperor wants you to come over."
"Am I alone?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows and asked lazily.
"The princess has also been summoned. It so happens that the prince and the princess are together, and I have looked for many places." The eunuch smiled and led the way.
When the two of them arrived at the imperial study, Pei Luoan came out and saw her
The two of them stopped and bowed respectfully to the two people: "Uncle Wang, Aunt Wang."
Pei Yuanjun nodded lazily, and Qu Moying bowed sideways.
The two passed each other, and Pei Luoan subconsciously looked at Qu Moying's back with unclear eyes.
In the imperial study, Qu Moying greeted the emperor again.
"No need for formalities!" said the emperor.
Qu Moying stood up and stepped aside, waiting with her head down. She felt the emperor's burning gaze fall on her. Qu Moying frowned slightly. Feeling her nervousness, Pei Yuanjun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if your Majesty has something important to tell me that I am here again?"
"Is this the hairpin that caused the trouble just now?" The emperor's gaze was still fixed on Qu Moying's bun.
"It's this one. I heard that the Queen almost got arrested and punished just now." Pei Yuanjun said with a smile, not really caring.
"This...can I have a look?" The emperor's hands trembled twice.
Pei Yuanjun reached out and gently pressed Qu Moying's bun, took the hairpin off for her, and presented it to her. He even had the mood to tease her, "Your Majesty, you won't think that this hairpin is also a violation of the law and a treasonous item, right?"
The emperor excitedly took the hairpin from Li Quan's hand and touched it with eyes almost unable to believe it. In fact, it really was a seven-phoenix hairpin, but the phoenix feathers on two of the hairpins had been removed, so it looked like an ordinary five-phoenix hairpin.
The Five-Phoenix Hairpin is inconspicuous. Even if someone sees it, no one will say anything. Many princesses in the royal family wear it, and it is very inconspicuous.
"Go and get it." The emperor said in a deep voice, ignoring Pei Yuanjun's teasing.
Qu Moying took a peek and saw the eunuch go to a cabinet on the side, open a locked drawer, and take out two golden silk ornaments that looked like flowers. He couldn't tell what they were at first glance.
It was only when these two things appeared in the emperor's other hand that Qu Moying suddenly realized.
These two things turned out to be phoenix feathers. The phoenix without the two phoenix feathers, after inserting these two phoenix feathers, became a complete seven-phoenix hairpin.
A perfect match!
Qu Moying was not surprised by this result. Since Pei Yuanjun did this, there must be a reason. It seems that this is also one of his purposes.
She glanced at Pei Yuanjun with some worry, and saw that his eyes turned towards her as if he realized something and smiled at her with a calm expression. Her heart pounded hard, and then slowly calmed down, as if as long as she saw him standing next to her like this, she would not be so panicked.
"Your Majesty, this is... the phoenix hairpin." Li Quan said excitedly.
"Yes, it's true. I thought it was gone." The emperor said in a low voice, his eyes trembling slightly, and it was obvious that he was shocked.
The emperor noticed Qu Moying when she came in before, but he was still not sure. After all, it was the hairpin on Princess Ying's head, and the emperor could not let Qu Moying take it off for no reason.
However, the news that came later confirmed that the hairpin was related to him, and he could not help but summon Qu Moying again, just for this hairpin. The phoenix feather on it was taken off by him personally, just because she said at the time that she did not want to be too conspicuous, so she just wore a five-phoenix hairpin.
The emperor didn't have a five-phoenix hairpin ready at the moment, so he suddenly had an idea and directly plucked the feathers of the two golden phoenixes.
"Where did this come from?" The emperor calmed down and looked at Pei Yuanjun. This thing couldn't possibly belong to Qu Moying, it could only have belonged to Pei Yuanjun.