I simply lay down slowly, looked at her and said, "So what?"

“…”

Looking at me like this, Han Zitong seemed to be insulted, her face turned red. I could feel her hands hanging down and clenched into fists, and her knuckles were clattering lightly, but she still suppressed her temper and said slowly: "You also know that my sister is sincere to Yuan Xiu. After so many years, even if you marry him, she has never given up."

“…”

"Now, she is so injured."

“…”

"This is really possible, it's her last wish."

“…”

"Anyway, you have already married Yuan Xiu. Besides, your wedding was so grand that both sides of the Yangtze River knew that you had gained enough face."

“…”

I remained silent, just looked at me faintly.

Maybe it was my attitude or the words that made her embarrassed herself. After all, she was still an unmarried lady. The more she said that, her eyes became redder, but I didn't say a word and just waited for her to continue.

At the end, she gritted her teeth, as if she was a little broken, and said, "Besides, you are already in this situation now. Is it really that important to you, Madam?"

I thought about it and said, "This title is indeed nothing important to me."

Her face was happy, and she was about to say something, then I said lightly: "But it seems that it is much more important to you."

“…”

"My sister is the eldest lady of the Han family, of course she-" At this point, she stopped looking at the faint sneer that floated on my face, and immediately understood, and her face darkened: "You want to threaten me?"

"It's not a threat."

“…that’s just a dilemma?”

"Well, you can say that too."

Han Zitong's face immediately became ugly.

Instead, I smiled and leaned on the couch, looking at her leisurely. She was more and more angry with my attitude. I almost heard the sound of her biting silver teeth, as if I could rush over and bite off a piece of my flesh, but in the end I could only bear it, just looking at me with fire.

After a while, she said, "What do you want?"

I smiled faintly, and then said, "I just want to tell you, Han Zitong, don't use the Princess of Jiangxia, the eldest lady of the Han family comes to me to show off. You have to figure it out, my surname is Yan."

Her face froze.

"Your Han family has indeed been in Jinling for decades and is very powerful. Do you know how many years the Yan family has been in Xichuan and has stood firm?"

“…”

"The Han family's genealogy can only be traced back to the first seven or eight generations, but do you know how many generations of the Yan family's genealogy are?"

“…”

"The reason why I haven't been skeptical about you for so long is not because I'm really afraid of you two sisters, nor is it your Miss Han family. The title of Princess Jiangxia can really overwhelm me. The reason why I don't care is that my mother once told me that a true lady of a famous family should be generous and gentle, not mean, and not be vicious."

“…”

"But obviously, your family seems to have never taught you this."

“…”

Her face became increasingly ugly, as if she was slapped twice, and her cheeks on both sides became red with a burning redness.

At this time, I slowly stood up while stroking the edge of the bed, walked to her, and said, "Actually, I know everything you are thinking. It's not a day or two for your sister to want this lady. You are right. My current situation is actually not related to my wife, but there is a little bit-"

“…”

"My Yan Qingying is the eldest lady of Xichuan. It is impossible for me to marry into Jinling to be a concubine."

When Han Zitong heard this, he was also a little anxious and hurriedly wanted to say something. But before she could speak, I slowly said, "If I leave, then whoever is a wife will have nothing to do with me."

She looked at me with a look of astonishment on her face.

"You, you mean-"

"Don't you understand?"

“…”

"As long as I am still here, I will never give up the position of this lady. I will not be a concubine. But if I leave, I will not ask what you want, let alone who is the lady."

“…”

"Do you understand?"

I heard her gasp and gently curl the corners of her lips. Looking at her stunned expression, she seemed to be saying something. At this moment, I vaguely heard a sound of footsteps coming from outside, from far to near, as if she was about to walk to the door.

I said coldly: "You go back."

She stood for a while before slowly turning her head to the door. I didn't look back, but I heard her clanging open the door, and suddenly felt shocked again, and my breathing was suffocated.

Then, I heard Pei Yuanxiu's low voice sound at the door: "Zitong, why are you here?"

“…I, I’ll take a look.”

"Um?"

"It's okay, I'll leave first."

Then, her footsteps rang out and slowly moved away.

I half closed my eyes and quietly listened to the sound of her footsteps disappearing from the wind outside, and amid the trembling sound of bamboo leaves, Pei Yuanxiu walked to the edge of the couch and looked down at me.

I lowered my eyelids and watched his shadow hit me, as if he was also pressed by him invisibly. After two of them were silent for a long time, he said, "What are Zitong doing here?"

"Didn't she say it? Come here to have a look."

"Then what else did you say?"

I looked up at him and smiled faintly: "I heard you are going to take a concubine."

“…”

"Congratulations."

I said this sentence very plainly, and even had a faint smile on my face, but it seemed like a knife stabbed into his chest. I even clearly saw his eyebrows frowning and a hint of pain appeared on his face.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! After a while of silence, he didn't say anything. He slowly bent down and sat down next to me.

I subconsciously stepped back a little.

I was actually a little confused about his feelings. I knew very well that he would not hit me, or even scold me, and would never pop my fingernail at any time, but that fear was not from these beatings and scoldings. In a trance, it seemed that I was back to when I was still in the palace. I was the little palace maid who was in a difficult position, and he was the crown prince who was arrogant.

His calm and light sentence determined the life and death of so many people.

From that time on, that fear seemed to be rooted in my heart. Although I have gone through so many years and so many things, as if I have been buried by the dust of time, in the end, when it emerges again, all perceptions are still alive.

He seemed to feel my refusal. He looked at me for a while, supported one hand on the couch beside me, and slowly bent down to look at me.

"Qingying."

“…”

"I'm the same as before, and it hasn't changed."

“…”

"Even if I marry her, I won't change anything between us."

“…”

"You are still--" Before he finished speaking, I slowly turned my head and looked out the window. His voice froze, and then I felt a hand reaching out and pinching my chin, turning my face towards him, looking at him in the darkness, even with a hint of gloomy eyes: "You have always been my favorite woman, and you have never changed, and you will not change."

I gritted my teeth and slowly closed my eyes.

Although he closed his eyes, the other senses seemed to be sharper. I could even hear his breathing becoming heavier and hotter, as if he was suppressing something in his chest. Even when his eyes looked at me, it seemed to bring a burning feeling to my skin.

Then, I heard him say, "That day, the day you were leaving, because you knew that the officials in Yangzhou were coming. You hope they would take you across the river, right?"

“…”

"You want to find Pei Yuanhao?"

“…”

"Do you know who came that day?"

I slowly opened my eyes and looked at him, and said in a slightly dry voice: "Wu Yanqiu?"

His eyes flashed: "Then, do you know why he came?"

“…”

"Miaoyan has been sent to Pei Yuanhao by Su Su and Gu Ping."

Until I heard this, my heart trembled slightly.

Wonderful words!

They have really succeeded, and Miaoyan has been sent to Pei Yuanhao!
To be continued...