"I'm afraid you'll be bullied." Xie Jinyan glanced at the women in the hall, then quietly held her hand and said against her ear, "Are you bored? Do you want to go out for a walk?
"
The gentle voice, accompanied by the warm breath, enters the ear.
Yu Qingwu loosened his hand slightly. Seeing that Xie Jinyan refused to let go, he had to remind him, "Your Highness, it's probably not in line with the rules to go out now."
rule?
When did such a notoriously ridiculous prince behave himself?
Xie Jinyan's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and he asked her with a smile, "Awu, don't you want to go out?"
"Or are you unwilling to go out with Gu?"
He raised his eyebrows, with a trace of displeasure in his eyes, and hummed, "I know that you have been sulking about what happened that day, but you also have to understand Gu, Gu's situation. You know that many things are not what you want.
That’s it. If Gu Zhen is like that, wouldn’t that mean he is really stupid?”
So, is she still ignorant?
Yu Qingwu suddenly realized that she had never really known Xie Jinyan.
In the past, she thought that even if he was a little paranoid and cruel, at least he was still sincere towards her, at least he was still a good prince, and at least he might still have good intentions.
Even when he was young, he used such methods to gain his own ideas because of his naivety, but that was probably just because he was ignorant.
But now, she was shocked to realize that maybe he had always been like this.
We have always valued interests more than human life and more than justice.
Maybe there was nothing wrong from his standpoint, but it was never something she could accept.
At this moment, Yu Qingwu suddenly no longer felt like losing his temper.
She raised her head, looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar face, and suddenly felt weak. She replied to him very gently but without emotion, "Your Highness is overly worried. I am not angry."
"It's just... maybe, there was a mistake between us from the beginning."
Was it wrong from the beginning?
The implication is that being his wife is wrong?
Just because he failed to avenge her?
Or is it that, in her eyes, he is just a tool for revenge, and if he cannot, then it is wrong?
The tenderness in Xie Jinyan's eyes suddenly froze, and gradually turned into frost. He slowly withdrew the hand that held hers, snorted coldly, stared at the woman, and said word by word, "Yu Qingwu, so I can't help you."
Is revenge wrong?”
"In your eyes, Gu is just a tool for revenge. Once you fail to meet your requirements, it is wrong, right? You have to show off your face to Gu, right?"
Xie Jinyan became more and more excited as he talked, and his eyes turned red by the end.
Due to the occasion, he suppressed the anger in his belly again, looked at her silently, and asked again sternly, "Yu Qingwu, I am asking you a question!"
He grabbed the thin white wrist and unknowingly increased his strength.
Yu Qingwu was pinched so much that it hurt. She frowned, but she didn't cry out in pain as before.
He just raised his head, looked at him calmly, and said, "Go out and talk, it won't look good here."
After being reminded by Yu Qingwu like this, Xie Jinyan realized that he had lost his composure again.
He took back his hand, stood up and said, "I'll wait for you outside."
After saying that, he turned around and went straight out of the small door.
The queen glanced over and seemed to notice something, but she didn't ask any more questions.
Several concubines and ladies who were close by had seen the prince early, and now they also realized that something was not right between the prince and the prince. However, this was a matter of the Eastern Palace after all, and the queen was here again. They
They didn't dare to say anything, and everyone just pretended that they didn't see it.
Yu Qingwu arranged his clothes, stood up and saluted the queen, saying that it was a little cold and wanted to add some clothes to the East Palace, and then stepped out of Fengzao Palace.
As soon as she went out, she saw Xie Jinyan standing not far away, and she walked up quickly.
Xie Jinyan glanced at her coldly, said nothing, and just walked forward with a sullen face.
Yu Qingwu didn't say anything, and followed him carefully all the way, and didn't stop until he reached the East Palace.
Having not lived there for a long time, the East Palace was still neatly tidied, and there were several chambermaids and maids waiting in the courtyard. Seeing the prince and princess entering the inner room one after another, he felt suspicious and closed the door.
As soon as he entered the door, Yu Qingwu first lit the soothing incense.
Then she walked towards Xie Jinyan, but this time, she did not act coquettishly next to him.
She sat down beside him solemnly and calmly, and called him lightly, "Your Highness, I am not angry, nor am I using you as a tool of revenge..."
"only……"
"Just what?" Xie Jinyan turned his head and looked at her for a moment, with a hint of anger in his eyes.
Yu Qingwu was not surprised by Xie Jinyan's anger.
After all, he is the crown prince. Even though he is looked down upon because of his bloodline, he is now the emperor's legitimate son, and his mother is the empress of the world. He is often fawned over, and some of his tempers are quite normal.
Yu Qingwu was not surprised, but felt a little sad because she and Xie Jinyan were never the same person.
She took a deep breath, looked at him seriously, and said with a wry smile, "I just suddenly realized that Your Highness and I have never been on the same page. It's not that I can't understand His Highness's situation, but it doesn't mean that I can accept it."
"In the past, I thought we were siblings, not childhood sweethearts, but after all, we were taught by the same master, and our ideas are more or less the same."
"But now, I realize how wrong I was. You are the prince, and I am a commoner. Even if you were in trouble when you were young, you will always think about power and the world. And what I think about most is to survive, and then
Seek justice."
"You're not wrong, and I'm not wrong either. It's just that we probably shouldn't have a relationship beyond that of senior brother and sister in the first place. Two people with contradictory values may be able to be senior brothers and sisters, but if they are husband and wife, they are destined to have endless love.
Endless quarrels, resentment, and finally turned into a resentful couple."
"Just like you and me now."
Yu Qingwu curled his lips, with a sad smile at the corner of his mouth. He looked into Xie Jinyan's deep eyes and emphasized again with a wry smile, "I'm not angry, nor do I use you as a tool of revenge, nor do I want to slander you for no reason. I just
, suddenly I don’t know how to get along with you.”
"Should I be polite and polite? Or should I be a casual but caring wife?"
"You don't like the rules. If you talk to each other, there will only be endless quarrels."
Yu Qingwu smiled, his expression gradually becoming sad.
In the past, she would not have dared to do this, but now, perhaps because she felt that she still had an older brother, a very powerful older brother, she was able to not completely please Xie Jinyan and dare to tell him the truth.
Xie Jinyan, on the other hand, did not answer.
He just looked at her silently for a long time, then slowly looked at her and asked her dumbly, "A Wu, if the person in my position today was Xiao Fengyun, would you still feel that it was wrong from the beginning? I
If I remember correctly, Xiao Fengyun had a disagreement with you in the past, and you always listened to him in the end. Why can't you do it now that you are here with me?"
