Compared to Qingzhi's panic and uneasiness, Qin Rushuang showed a very calm look.
She even took advantage of this opportunity to order the maid at hand to put away the leftover snacks she had just eaten, and then made two more warm and tonic foods to bring them up.
Qingzhi watched in amazement as Qin Rushuang had no reaction to what she said, and even ordered the maid to do things with ease. She didn't understand for a moment.
"Princess, do you...don't you think you care?"
Qin Rushuang didn't answer. After the little maid who brought the snacks put the snacks away and quietly retreated, she sat down with Qingzhi.
"Don't worry, that day was probably prepared for me."
Qingchun was a little surprised and asked: "Princess, how do you know?"
Qin Rushuang smiled lightly and said: "Mr. Zhou of the Ministry of Rites has a small official under his command, and his family has some dealings with the Du Chamber of Commerce."
Qingchun understood the hurdles as soon as he heard it. He said that he was a relative of the small official. In all likelihood, the small official himself was not convenient for doing business, so he used the old method to get in touch with Qin Rushuang's Du Chamber of Commerce through distant relatives.
Got the line.
In this way, it also shows that the little official has most likely informed Qin Rushuang a long time ago.
"But..." Qingzhi glanced at Qin Rushuang with a complicated expression.
She didn't see surprise or worry in Qin Rushuang's eyes, nor... didn't see a trace of joy or excitement.
It was as if all this had been expected by her, so she was neither sad nor happy.
Qingzhi didn't speak for a long time.
Qin Rushuang only thought that she was still worried about things in the palace, so she explained: "Don't worry, when the prince ascends to the throne in the future and expands the harem and other matters, the courtiers will definitely report it, but now in this stall, no matter what the prince
They will not easily get involved with other women."
"Not to mention that I wish him to ascend to the throne of God, let me say that Rufeng, who fought victoriously in the east, still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands. In addition, the officials in the DPRK, big and small, are somewhat hostile to me. They all
Knowing the dangers of this battle for the inheritance and knowing the efforts I have made in it, naturally I will not get into trouble at this time."
Her tone was full of certainty and clarity, and she sorted out the powerful relationships to Qingzhi, but Qingzhi didn't feel happy, and the more she listened, the more uncomfortable she felt.
She felt that such a princess made her feel a little distressed.
Because she found that compared to before, Qin Rushuang was always affected by Xie Xun's every move, and now Qin Rushuang seemed too calm.
In her words, the relationship between two people, the relationship between two people as husband and wife, it seems that everything can be measured by various interests. It does not look like love, but instead seems like one transaction after another.
.
When did it start?
Since when did feelings become such a thing for the princess that she could analyze them one by one, list them one by one, and figure out her priorities?
Qingzhi didn't know if the princess had completely given up on her love affair with Xie Xun, whether she should be happy that the princess finally came out for real, or whether she should be sad...
The sad princess seems to have lost the ability to love someone...
She could only look at Qin Rushuang quietly, opened her mouth and asked: "Princess, do you... really not like the prince anymore?"
"Have you really given up and no longer love him at all...?"
Upon hearing Qingzhi's question, Qin Rushuang's eyes were confused for a moment.
Love...?
How should she answer Qingzhi's question?
She had loved and hated Xie Xun; she had expected and regretted him.
After everything Qianfan had gone through, she could no longer tell what kind of feelings she had for Xie Xun.
If it was said that she had tried so hard to marry Xie Xun because of the overwhelming love in her heart, then now she could look at Xie Xun's intention to marry her again so calmly...
It's like...
It seemed that her feelings for him were no longer as pure and passionate as before, and more, she began to think about the future, and began to care about gains and losses.
Start to regard this relationship as...a game.
If she loses the bet, be it love, fame or fortune, both she and Xie Xun will fall into a place of eternal destruction;
But now that she has won the bet, love, fame and fortune are all things she deserves.
But why?
Why can't she be happy at all?
She won the bet, Xie Xun loved her, and the height that most women in the world could never reach in their lifetimes was within her reach. Why couldn't she be happy at all?
Could it be that once feelings are tainted with other purposes, they will no longer be as pure and passionate as before?
…
The confusion in Qin Rushuang's eyes made Qingzhi feel distressed.
She has been serving Qin Rushuang since she was a teenager. She has seen her high-spirited and sad, and she has also seen her determination to take back everything she has when she dares to love and hate.
But she had never seen Qin Rushuang like this.
Qin Rushuang is so lonely and confused.
Qingzhi didn't dare to think deeply about what kind of things he had experienced that made the originally carefree and free-spirited person so confused and hesitant.
Qingzhi began to regret that he should not have mentioned this matter.
She could only quickly redress, "Since the princess already knows that this is a surprise that the prince has prepared for you, then just let it take its course. It seems that the prince still cares about you."
Qin Rushuang retracted her thoughts, smiled lightly, and said: "He did this to make me happy and to make up for the past. After all, when I got married to him... there was something..."
She did not make her words too clear, but changed another topic: "Besides, it is certain that he will ascend to the position of supreme leader in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, so there will definitely be no less Yingying Yanyan in the harem in the future, and it is the same now.
You want to stabilize me..."
Qin Rushuang wanted to say something more, but Qingzhi couldn't help but interrupt her: "Princess, you have explained the relationship between you and the prince so thoroughly and clearly, and analyzed the pros and cons so clearly. In the end,
Are you talking to me, or are you talking to yourself?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed in Qin Rushuang's eyes, as if someone was poking at the center of things. After being silent for a long time, she said, "Qingzhi, don't ask me this question, I don't know either."
"I only know that I used to devote myself wholeheartedly to relationships, but I lost so miserably that I was bruised and bruised. So now, I don't dare to get stuck in emotional matters. Besides relationships, I still have more things to protect.
"
Qingzhi couldn't help but said: "Then will the prince never have a chance to win your sincerity again?"
Qin Rushuang didn't answer, just looked into the distance faintly.
Qin Rushuang was silent for so long that Qingzhi thought she would not get the answer to this question today. She was about to stand up and leave when she heard Qin Rushuang's answer.
"The matter between me and him can only be left to time."
Yes, time is the best medicine. It can make the once vigorous relationship become as unrecognizable as it is now. Perhaps it can also make the relationship that is now unrecognizable return to its original purity.
But this time, she chose to stand in that passive position and leave everything to Xie Xun and time.
Three days later.
The chief eunuch of the palace came to Prince Huai's Mansion in person.
The eldest eunuch had been thinking about how to handle the matter that the prince had asked him to do and let the princess enter the palace alone without taking the child with her.
But before he could say anything, he saw Qin Rushuang standing alone at the door of the palace.
"Didn't you say that the prince has something urgent to do with me? Let's go quickly."
