12dz Chapter 242 How could this king be so unfaithful to him?
Chapter 242 How could this king be so unfaithful to him?
Chapter 242 How could this king be so unfaithful to him?
"Where did you hear these things from, and from whom?" he asked Ye Hongzhuang, "Are you sure it's reliable?"
Ye Hongzhuang nodded, "It's reliable. I overheard them talking about it when I followed Quan Qinglu to see the Regent. The three letters are now in the hands of His Royal Highness Prince Chen, but they are not in his house, but in Xuanqing Temple, ten miles outside the city. There is a secret compartment under the table below the shrine in the main hall, which was found by the Regent's people. Right now, there are not only the Fourth Prince's people in Xuanqing Temple, but also people from the Regent's House and Quan Qinglu's secret guards. Everyone wants to get that piece of evidence to bring down the Third Prince. Even if none of them is the emperor now, if there is a day in the future when there is a chance to seize the throne, it would be good to have the Third Prince less."
Ye Feizhou turned around and walked away when he heard this, but was stopped by Ye Hongzhuang: "Don't you care about me at all?" He stopped but didn't look back, "I killed someone for you, and I was almost imprisoned to death in Qihua Pavilion, and you didn't even ask me a question, so why should I care about you?"
After saying this, the person disappeared in a flash. Ye Hongzhuang was so angry that she wanted to overturn the table in front of her, but she had to hold back her temper to prevent the secret guards in the yard from noticing.
She can't fall out with this second brother. She doesn't have many people under her command, so she has to keep Ye Feizhou to work for her.
Ye Hongzhuang persuaded herself again and again in her heart, and after a long time, she finally calmed down.
After leaving Prince Su's villa, Ye Feizhou did not go to Xuanqing Temple immediately, nor did he go back to the General's Mansion directly. Instead, he walked and walked until he arrived at the gate of Prince Ren's Mansion.
The guard at the gate saw him and immediately stepped forward to salute, making a semi-respectful gesture of invitation. But Ye Feizhou did not go in. He stood at the gate of Prince Ren's mansion and looked inside through the open door, but his sight was blocked by the screen wall inside the gate. The guard was puzzled, "Second Young Master, go in! The prince is in the mansion."
He pretended not to hear anything and just stood at the door and watched. After watching for a while, he turned around and left without saying anything.
The guard was confused and immediately returned to the mansion to report the matter to the Third Prince Quan Qingyun.
At that time, Quan Qingyun was sitting in the flower hall having lunch, accompanied by his concubine named Meixiang in the backyard.
The inner city was being rebuilt today, and he had been busy outside all afternoon. He had only just returned less than half an hour ago.
The guard told the servant Pingyang about Ye Feizhou's visit. Pingyang immediately went into the flower hall to report.
After hearing this, Quan Qingyun asked, "He's already at the door, why doesn't he come in? What is he standing there looking at?"
Pingyang shook his head. "The guard said he had advised him several times, but Young Master Ye said nothing and just stood there looking inside. But what could he see? There is a screen wall at the gate of our mansion, and at most he would just look at it for a while. Later, perhaps he was annoyed by the guard's advice, so he turned around and left."
The meal Quan Qingyun was eating suddenly lost its flavor, so he simply put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at the concubine sitting opposite him. He snorted, "Go back to your yard, don't be an eyesore here!"
Meixiang knew his temper very well, so she didn't dare to say anything and just got up and ran away.
But after returning to his room, he flew into a rage and smashed four vases in the room before he felt relieved.
The maidservant didn't know what was going on, so she asked cautiously. Then she heard Meixiang cursing, "What kind of filthy thing is Ye Feizhou? What kind of freak did the second wife of the First-rank General's Mansion give birth to? He should have died and been buried and eaten by wild dogs. Why is he still alive and coming to the Prince Ren's Mansion every now and then to be an eyesore? He has made our place dirty for no reason!"
The maid was so scared that she reached out to cover her mouth, and tears rolled down her face. Meixiang wanted to break free, and even wanted to bite her hand with her teeth, but she heard the maid say, "If you still want to live, shut up! Walls have ears, who knows where the prince's secret guards are hiding in the mansion. If they hear this, not only will you die, but everyone in our yard will die with you! Please be kind, aunt, you can do anything, you can throw things and hit people, but don't scold the second young master of the Ye family, otherwise you will die without knowing how you died!"
These words did remind Mixiang, and she broke out in a cold sweat.
She was so angry that she started to curse without thinking. The prince hadn't seen her for a long time. Today, he finally remembered her and asked her to have lunch with him. She really tried her best to beg the prince to agree and asked him to come to her yard in the evening. As a result, after eating a few bites of lunch, the servant Pingyang came in and said that the second young master Ye had come and had not entered the mansion yet, so he stood at the door and watched.
Now, the prince didn't even eat, and he drove her away. Just based on the tone he used when he drove her away, she couldn't expect anyone to come to her room tonight. Who wouldn't be angry about this? It would be fine if she lost to a woman, but she lost to a man. How could she understand this?
However, the maid was right. She could do anything except scold Ye Feizhou. She was lucky that the secret guards didn't hear her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to dodge the sword and her head would have been chopped off.
Meixiang was sulking in the room, while Quan Qingyun stood up in the flower hall and walked out with his sleeves rolled up.
Pingyang chased after him and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, are you going to the General's Mansion?"
Before he could answer, he saw a secret guard appear in front of him.
He immediately stopped, stared at them for a while, frowned and asked, "People from the manor? Why are you here?"
The man glanced at Pingyang, and Pingyang stepped back slightly, but he was just pretending and didn't retreat very far.
Quan Qingyun waved his hand, "No problem, go ahead."
The man said, "Master, Young Master Ye went to the manor this morning."
"Huh?" Quan Qingyun was stunned. "Why is he going to the manor?" Although he gave that place to Ye Feizhou, Ye Feizhou never paid attention to it in these years. He was still in charge of the manor's affairs, and only the silver from the harvest was kept in his name. Why did he suddenly get up early and go to the manor?
Calculating the time, he should have just returned from the manor not long ago, right? Why did he stand at the door of his mansion as soon as he returned to the city? What's wrong with him? Why did he suddenly get angry?
After hearing his question, the secret guard hesitated for a moment before saying, "My lord, the second young master brought a pregnant woman to the manor. The two of them...they behaved very intimately. He also told us to take good care of the woman and hire a maid to take care of her until she gave birth to the baby safely and smoothly."
"What?" Quan Qingyun almost thought he was hallucinating! Ye Feizhou brought a pregnant woman to the manor? And they were acting intimately? What a joke, when did Ye Feizhou develop such a skill? His emotions fluctuated, and his thoughts were in a mess. In just a few breaths, he actually sorted out everything that happened to Ye Feizhou from childhood to adulthood. The more he sorted it out, the more he felt that he had heard it wrong.
But he didn't ask if it was true or not, instead he asked: "How can you behave intimately?"
The secret guard replied, "The Second Young Master drove the carriage to the farm. When he got off the carriage, the woman asked the Second Young Master to hold her, so he did."
"Hold her?" Quan Qingyun took a deep breath and tried his best to calm himself down. Ye Feizhou never approached women. Except for his mother and sister at home, he hardly looked at other women. How come a pregnant woman suddenly appeared and asked him to carry her out of the carriage? He asked again, "Just carry her out of the carriage?"
The secret guard shook his head. "She carried him all the way into the house. The woman even grabbed the Second Young Master's hand and put it on her face. The Second Young Master seemed to be disgusted by this and immediately pushed her away. As a result, he used too much force and the woman hit the wall. He then immediately asked if she was hurt. It sounded like he was very nervous about the woman."
Quan Qingyun felt like he was going to die of anger. He loudly questioned the secret guards: "Didn't you ask who the child belonged to?"
"I asked, but the second young master didn't say anything. Then I asked the woman again, and she...she admitted it."
"What did she admit? Explain it clearly!" Quan Qingyun almost squeezed out these words from between his teeth.
The secret guard said stiffly, "She acknowledged the child as the Second Young Master's, and said that the Second Young Master was afraid that someone would harm her, so he sent her to the manor to be raised. The woman spoke very confidently, and it sounded... it sounded like it was true."
Quan Qingyun was so angry that he was about to die!
Afraid that someone would harm her? Was she on guard against him? Afraid that he would find out and harm the woman? But how could he not know after sending her to the manor? Ye Feizhou was deliberately trying to anger him and challenge him!
Seeing that his master was extremely angry, the secret guard immediately asked, "Do you want to kill the woman and the child together?"
Quan Qingyun didn't say anything, but Pingyang was so scared that he quickly said, "Don't do that! You absolutely can't do that!" After he finished speaking, he saw Quan Qingyun glaring at him fiercely. He was scared, but he still advised earnestly, "Your Highness, please think twice. If this really leads to two deaths, I'm afraid the Second Young Master will never care about you again in this life."
Pingyang waved his hand to order the secret guard to retreat while speaking. The secret guard thought about it and felt that Pingyang was right, but he was also afraid. What if the Third Prince listened to him and nodded to let him kill the man? Then the Second Young Master Ye would really ignore him when he got angry. The Third Prince would have nowhere to vent his anger, so he would have to kill him.
Pingyang saved his life, and he must remember this favor.
The dark guard disappeared after a few flashes. Pingyang was still trying to persuade Quan Qingyun: "Your Highness, think about our backyard and what the second young master saw last night. What else can you not swallow? I said something I shouldn't have said. It was you who provoked him first. He didn't say anything for so many years. It's not easy for him to endure until now."
"Isn't it easy?" Quan Qingyun's eyes turned red. "I provoked him? You still want to say that I feel guilty towards him? Humph! But for so many years, not a single child has been born in my palace! Do you still feel guilty about this?"