Ying Ning was a little confused. They had already paid homage to the emperor and empress, so why were these two still hanging around in the palace?

Not going back to Prince Xuan’s Mansion?

She thought to herself and slowed down her steps.

Gu Changyuan walked very slowly, with his eyes lowered. It wasn't until he got closer that he saw Yingning standing on the roadside.

The snow was falling heavily, and the expression on his face could not be seen clearly.

Ying Ning quickened her pace.

"stop."

Gu Changyuan suddenly spoke.

Ying Ning turned around.

Princess Anqing also stopped. Her face, which was slightly red due to the wind, had an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and looking like crying but not crying.

Gu Changyuan put his hands in the pockets of his large cloak, stepped on the snow, walked up to her, and reached out to pull out the phoenix hairpin on her head.

Ying Ning immediately took a step back and avoided his hand, "Your Highness, King Xuan, please do not touch him if you are not polite."

Gu Changyuan said calmly: "As an elder brother, I saw snow on my sister's head and wanted to clean it up. My sister thought too much."

Ying Ning thought to herself, neither of our brothers know how to touch my hairpin, so please stop doing this.

"Why don't you bow to me when you see me?" Gu Changyuan said again.

Ying Ning immediately blessed herself: "I've met His Highness King Xuan, I've met Princess Xuan..."

"She is a concubine." Li Fucheng corrected her.

"I've met King Xuan's concubine."

"Yin and yang are weird!" Princess Anqing sneered, "Li Yingning, don't pretend, you must be extremely happy now, right?"

"I am indeed very happy." Ying Ning said seriously, "I had a dream last night that you became the concubine of King Xuan. I actually woke up laughing."

"you--"

Princess Anqing almost lost her breath and pointed at her, "It's all you who hurt me! You still have the nerve to smile!"

"Princess, does this count as a villain to file a complaint first?"

"It was you who told me in the teahouse that His Highness the Sixth Prince might be able to become a prince. You regretted not agreeing to his marriage proposal! That's why I -"

"So you want to marry His Highness Prince Xuan, not because you like him as a person, but because you think he can make you a crown princess?" Ying Ning asked back unhurriedly, "Like the deposed crown prince before?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

"You are talking nonsense! I never said those words. You are probably crazy."

"Li Yingning! You are simply... so hateful!" Princess Anqing's pretty face turned pale with anger, her eyes full of hatred and murderous intent, "It's you who brought me to this! I'm going to kill you!"

Her whole body was filled with angry flames, and she could no longer control her emotions. She pulled out a hairpin from her head and rushed towards Ying Ning.

Gu Changyuan stretched out an arm, blocked her way, and said coldly: "She is a princess. If you commit any of the following, it will be a death penalty."

"What kind of princess is she? I'm still Princess Xuan!"

"She is the princess named by the emperor, and you are the concubine designated by the emperor!"

Gu Changyuan emphasized the last word "concubine".

Unexpectedly, this aroused the regret and hatred of Princess Anqing even more.

She shouted like she was losing her mind: "Why are you still protecting her! I am your wife now!"

"You are not my wife." Gu Changyuan said calmly, "And I don't want to be implicated by you."

Princess Anqing stared at Ying Ning for a moment. Finally, she slowly threw away the hairpin and sat slumped on the snow, her head lowered, her eyes unblinking, and her expression dazed.

Gu Changyuan looked at Yingning: "Did you really say those words?"
Chapter completed!