A disheveled man was brought in. His clothes looked pretty good and he had been slapped hard on the face, but one could still tell that he looked pretty good and had a handsome appearance.
"Your Highness, we caught an assassin who broke into the inner courtyard." The guard stepped forward to report to Pei Yusheng.
When he entered the inner courtyard, he was sneaking around furtively and it was obvious that he was not a good person. After being discovered, he tried to escape but was pinned to the ground by the guards.
"I'm not an assassin, I'm not an assassin." When the captured man heard the word assassin, he became anxious, as this could cost him his life.
Qu Moying's eyes slid across the face of the "assassin", the corners of his lips curled slightly, and he listened quietly to what followed.
"If you are not an assassin, why did you enter my backyard?" Pei Yusheng looked the man up and down and felt that he did not look like an assassin. He looked very weak and had nothing to do with an assassin.
But he did not take it lightly. Not all assassins looked like assassins. Someone with his identity should be treated with caution.
"I... I came in to look for someone." The man rolled his eyes, and it was obvious at first glance that he was very cunning.
"Come here, send this man to the Ministry of Justice. He wants to assassinate me." Pei Yusheng really didn't want to care about this man at this time, so he said in a cold voice.
A guard came over and dragged someone away.
Seeing this, the man was really panicked. He turned his eyes and saw a maid with her head down. He shouted anxiously: "Crown Princess, help me, Crown Princess, help me, I am here to see you."
He pointed a finger at a maid standing next to Liu Jingyu, "She...she knows me. She's asked me to do things for her before."
"What do you want to do?" Pei Yusheng waved his hand, and the guards who had dragged the man down stepped aside.
“It’s something… something related to the Princess of England… At that time… At that time…” The man rolled his eyes and looked at Liu Jingyu hesitantly.
He had seen this Crown Princess from afar and knew her.
As for the Princess of England, I heard that her eye disease had healed. There were a lot of ladies and young ladies here, and he didn't know which one it was. At the beginning, Qu Moying had her face covered, covering most of her face.
"Where did this person come from? How could he talk nonsense like this? Did King Jing allow him to talk nonsense and frame me?" Liu Jingyu became furious when he saw that the assassin was staring at him.
"What do you think the Crown Princess wants?" Pei Yusheng asked Liu Jingyu coldly.
"You should send him to the government office. This kind of person sneaked into Prince Jing's mansion with ulterior motives. Prince Jing should send him to the government office. Otherwise, if something really happens, whether it's Prince Jing himself, Princess Jing, or other descendants of the emperor, it will be a big deal."
After Liu Jingyu finished speaking, he looked up at the man again and said lightly, "If King Jing feels that this matter has something to do with me, he can also send the person to the East Palace. The Crown Prince should be able to help King Jing find out the truth."
This means that Pei Yusheng is incompetent and cannot find out the truth, so Pei Luoan is trying to help him.
The two people had just clashed, and although they had not really fought each other, what they said was already not very pleasant.
"Things... must be clarified. This king hates to take human life lightly." Pei Yusheng coughed softly and turned his gaze to the man.
"Do you know the Crown Princess?" he asked as a matter of routine.
Liu Jingyu looked at him coldly without saying anything. She didn't think this matter had anything to do with her, but she suspected that someone
To harm her.
His gaze unconsciously turned to Qu Moying. Qu Moying and Princess Xiangrong were also watching the fun, whispering a word or two from time to time. Even when she was mentioned, she was not in a hurry and looked very leisurely.
Instead, Princess Xiangrong was secretly looking at Liu Jingyu. When she saw her gaze turned to her, she smiled slightly but did not retreat.
She is the daughter of the eldest princess and has had a higher status than Liu Jingyu since childhood. When she was interacting with Liu Jingyu, Liu Jingyu was also careful to please her. Later, when Liu Jingyu was granted the title of Crown Princess, Princess Xiangrong felt that this person was not the person she had imagined.
"The Crown Princess once asked me to harm Princess Ying. At that time, Princess Ying was only the fourth lady of Minister Qu's mansion, and the Crown Princess was still a county lady." The man said hurriedly, seizing the opportunity given to him by Pei Yusheng.
"How did it happen?" Pei Yusheng became interested and looked at Qu Moying on the side. He saw that the Princess of England was just standing there quietly, listening to their conversation, and was not in a hurry to come forward.
This is the look of a true royal lady!
"Does Prince Jing really want to listen to the nonsense of people who are plotting to murder the Eastern Palace?" Liu Jingyu couldn't help but speak again, waving her hand, and the two old women following behind her stepped forward to pull people away.
Since Pei Yusheng's men did not move, Liu Jingyu also brought his own people.
"I'm not talking nonsense. It was this maid who contacted me. She wanted to trick Princess Ying away. She used the eldest daughter of the Qu family. On the Qixi Festival, she made Princess Ying fall into the lake and asked me to save her. If Princess Ying fell into the water and lost her reputation, she would have to marry me. Then I could take Princess Ying away and sell her off."
Being held back by two old women, the man became even louder.
"Wait a minute." Qu Moying finally spoke and walked in front of Liu Jingyu. "Crown Princess, is this true?"
"How could I do such a thing? What is the connection between Princess Ying and me? Why would I do such a thing? I don't know where this person came from, but he actually entered Prince Jing's mansion like this. There must be someone secretly instructing him to plot against our East Palace. If I had known this, I would not have come today."
Liu Jingyu said angrily and immediately denied it.
Pei Yusheng alone is difficult to deal with, and now with Qu Moying coming, Liu Jingyu is also a little panicked.
This happened so long ago that she can no longer remember it. When the man disappeared, she asked people to look for him, but later there was no news. She thought he was really dead and didn't take it seriously.
How could she not be shocked to see this person now
"Dang!" Two maids passed by and saw the scene in front of them. They were so frightened that the fruit bowls in their hands fell to the ground. Their faces turned pale, and they staggered and fell!
"What's going on?" Pei Yusheng asked, looking up with cold eyes.
“I… I am a maidservant who came with the princess as a dowry, but… but I have heard about this matter.” One of the two maids knelt down hurriedly and said anxiously.
"You two are maids of the Liu Mansion? How do you know about the affairs of the Qu Mansion?" Pei Yusheng asked with a frown.
"Although I came with the princess as her dowry, the princess sent me to the Qu Mansion to learn etiquette and manners with the maids who came with the dowry. When I was in the Qu Mansion, I heard people around the eldest lady of the Qu Mansion talking about this matter. They said... that their eldest lady was also implicated and that someone had instructed them to do it."
The other one spoke more eloquently and explained the matter in a few words.
white.
No one believed this at first. Everyone thought that Liu Jingyu and Qu Moying had nothing to do with each other at the time, so it was impossible for them to do such a big thing. How great a hatred must they have for someone to do this
It is often the women in a mansion who would do such heinous things in order to compete for a man. After destroying the man's innocence, they would sell him off. This must be the most despicable thing. If this is true, Liu Jingyu would have no right to sit on the position of Crown Princess.
Even if the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince protected her, the King of England would not give up.
Everyone present fell silent, waiting for the development of the situation. This was originally just a matter that could have been a big or small matter, but now it has extended in a big direction.
"Your Highness, everyone in your mansion said this to me today, and accused me of this. Do you think this is normal? Who is behind this, allowing them to come and go so freely in the Jing Palace? An assassin who happened to show up, and two maids who used to work in the Qu Mansion, are they now saying that we...are trying to harm Your Highness?"
Liu Jingyu was panicking, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. She only showed a look of grief and anger. Her handkerchief was tightly twisted in her palm. The prince was not here. The only person she could rely on now was herself. She could only save herself...
Looking at the man kneeling on the ground, and then at the two maids, Liu Jingyu suddenly laughed in anger: "Okay... okay, since there is no room for me, I will die here today, and it will be a great gift to King Jing and Princess Jing."
As he spoke, Liu Jingyu's body crashed into a pillar.
The maids and old women around her hurried forward in panic.
She pulled and dragged him, and cried, "Your Majesty... please don't let it get to the point of being upset. Someone must be trying to harm you. You need to go to the palace and report this to the Empress, and let her investigate thoroughly."
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Good deeds will be rewarded, and evil deeds will be punished. There will always be retribution." Someone else said.
The people in the East Palace were in chaos. Everyone present looked at each other. This matter was unusual, and no one could express any opinions. They just waited quietly for what would happen next.
No matter how small the matter between the Eastern Palace and Prince Jing's Mansion is, it is a big deal, not to mention that this matter is a big one.
"What happened?" A steady voice came from outside the crowd. Everyone turned around and saw Pei Luoan and Ji Youran coming from a small path, surrounded by a group of maids and eunuchs.
"Your Highness, please save the Queen."
"Your Highness, someone wants to kill the Queen." As soon as the Crown Prince appeared, the people in the East Palace immediately became confident. Two maids rushed out, threw themselves in front of Pei Luoan, and cried loudly.
Pei Luoan was startled and took a step back.
The eunuch following behind him immediately stepped forward and shouted, "How dare you! Back off!"
The old woman was frightened and took two steps back on her knees, then kowtowed heavily to Pei Luoan and complained: "Your Highness, someone deliberately led the Crown Princess here, and then a man appeared to testify against the Crown Princess, and then two maids from the Qu Mansion. Someone can't tolerate the Crown Princess and deliberately set a trap in Prince Jing's Mansion. Please, Your Highness, save the Queen, otherwise... Otherwise, the Queen will die to prove her innocence."
The old woman was a good complainer, and she told the whole story in a few words. It sounded like someone had ulterior motives. It was originally just an accident, but now it seemed like a premeditated plan...
Pei Yusheng's face also darkened. This matter was too difficult...