Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Cui Qiyan looked at Lao Ge with a firm gaze across from him, knowing that if he was determined not to speak, no matter how hard he forced him, it would be useless.

"Please tell me the whereabouts of Yun Ling, this is really important to me." Cui Qiyan suddenly cupped his fists and bowed deeply to Lao Ge.

Lao Ge finally lost his composure and stretched out his hands to help him in panic.

"Your Majesty, it's embarrassing to be so generous."

Cui Qiyan straightened up and waited for him earnestly.

Lao Ge sighed, "I really don't know her whereabouts, but please rest assured, Your Majesty, she is safe and sound. Please forgive me for not saying anything else."

"Thank you for informing me. I won't make things difficult for you. Please go back." Cui Qiyan raised his hand.

"Retire, little one."

Cui Qiyan looked at Lao Ge's straight back thoughtfully. What he said was "can't say", which meant someone had warned him. It's actually easy to guess who this is. There are only two people who can order him to do this, his father and his mother. If the father doesn't care about this, only the mother will.

Ji Bai came back from outside and met Lao Ge.

"Your Majesty, have you asked?"

Cui Qiyan shook his head, "He refused to say."

"Everything is obvious, what is he still hiding?" Ji Bai was very puzzled.

"It seems that I need to ask in person." Cui Qiyan walked out with his hands behind his back.

Ji Bai turned around and said, "Where are you going, Prince?"

"You don't have to follow."

It was already dark at this time, and Cui Jun and the eldest lady had just finished their meal.

After hearing the servant's report that Cui Qiyan was here, the eldest lady hurriedly wiped her mouth and came over.

"Qi Yan, have you eaten?"

"No."

"Then eat something here, and I'll ask someone to go to the dining room to bring some dishes." The eldest lady said and was about to give orders.

"Mother, no need

. Cui Qiyan stopped him, "I have something to ask my mother." "

His overly solemn expression made the eldest lady uneasy, "What's going on?"

"Yunling...did her mother ask a coachman named Ge from the mansion to send her away?"

Since Yunling was okay but couldn't come back, all he could think of was that she was under supervision.

Hearing him say Lao Ge, the eldest lady couldn't deny it even if she wanted to. In the past few days, he had been searching everywhere for Yunling's whereabouts, but in the end he found it on Lao Ge.

"it's me."

Cui Qiyan saw hope, with a long-lost smile on his face, "Where did the mother send her? My son wants to take her back."

"You can't." The eldest lady forced herself to be cruel.

"Why?" The smile disappeared in an instant, and Cui Qiyan asked sadly, "Why did mother send her away? If she did something wrong, mother would punish her, so why should she be expelled from the house? You clearly know that I like her. Why did she hide it from me and watch me search for her everywhere?"

At this time Cui Jun also came out and scolded unhappily: "Why are you talking to your mother?"

The eldest lady pulled Cui Jun's arm, shook her head gently at him, and then said to Cui Qiyan, "It was Yunling who begged me to let her out of the house."

At this point, the eldest lady can only tell him the truth selectively.

Cui Qiyan was stunned when he heard this, "I don't believe it, how could she..."

"Yunling originally intended to leave the house when she reached her age, and you also know this. She doesn't want to be your concubine, and you know this better. But you insist on taking her as your concubine, and she has no choice but to beg me. Come."

These words made Cui Qiyan's face suddenly drain of blood.

Color, "Even if she really begged, why did the mother agree to her? Have you never considered your son's feelings?"

"How dare you question your mother over a maid?" Cui Jun frowned angrily.

"Don't worry about this matter." The eldest lady pulled Cui Jun behind her and looked at Cui Qiyan calmly. "It was for your consideration that I agreed to her. You can't keep someone who doesn't have this heart, and force her to If you keep her tied to you, it will only make the house uneasy in the future. Let it go, now that she has left as she wished, you should return to your normal life."

Seeing that Cui Qiyan seemed to have had his soul taken away, leaving only a shell, the eldest lady stepped forward and patted his arm distressedly, "Before she came to the house, you were always very good. Now just pretend that you have never been. Forget about her. You still have a long way to go. The Duke's Mansion, your father and I, and your younger brothers and sisters, we all need you."

"Mother," Cui Qiyan's red eyes were full of deep sorrow, "you have been here. Some people have really been here, so it is impossible to just forget. I have never forgotten a moment since I was a child. Regarding my responsibilities, I studied, practiced martial arts, restrained myself and observed etiquette, and I have never slacked off in the past twenty years."

The corner of Cui Qiyan's mouth curved in a self-deprecating arc, "Everyone envies me for having a good background and thinks I should be like this. I have indeed done so. I will even marry a wife who can make you, my grandmother and the whole family happy." Satisfactory, suitable person to be the wife of the Crown Prince of Dingguo. Only Yunling, she is the only person I want to keep by my side as a living person. Why even this

Do you want to be deprived too? "

Every word he said was like a knife gouging out the eldest lady's heart. The eldest lady covered her chest with tears flowing out unconsciously.

Cui Jun quickly held her in his arms and wanted to scold Cui Qiyan, but he couldn't say it at the moment.

Some of what Qi Yan said was right. He was also a man, and he could probably understand his feelings best.

He and Minghui fell in love at first sight, and they were in love with each other, and the two families were considered well-matched. Even so, as King Kang's favorite legitimate daughter, Ming Hui had to go through a lot of effort to marry her.

Now Qi Yan's heart is a maidservant, and it is absolutely impossible to marry her as a real wife. Not only the palace, but also the Holy Emperor will not allow the future Duke Dingguo's wife to be born as a servant, let alone the opinions of outsiders.

These are not things a maid can bear, and they will only harm her in the end.

Fortunately, Qi Yan was still sober and only planned to take her as his concubine, so they could accept it and fulfilled his wish.

But the bad thing is that he shouldn't be too affectionate towards that maid, and even ignore his own safety. This is a big taboo even for ordinary officials, not to mention that he will be the one who will support the entire Dingguo Palace in the future.

The eldest lady lowered her head and wiped her tears, then slowly left Cui Jun's arms.

"The matter has come to this, if you want to blame, blame me. I gave the body deed to Yunling, and she is now free. No one knows where she has gone. If you can't find her, don't force her anymore. , if it is really good for her, let her live peacefully."

Cui Qiyan shook his head and backed away step by step, "Since mother refuses to tell me where she is, then I will find it myself. I can't let her

She didn't even leave a word for me, she just disappeared from my life. "