C324 How much courage does it take

Her gaze, stared at Liu Ruo Qing's calm and indifferent side view, her heart tensed up.

"Mm, I know. I heard about the engagement between Imperial Mother and the late emperor."

There was a faint smile on her lips. When she spoke of this matter, she was so calm, as if it had nothing to do with her.

"Then you …"

"Rong Er."

Yan Shuo, who was seated above, had already arrived in front of her and called out to her before she could even open his mouth.

Yun Jiao Rong looked up at Yan Shuo. Ever since that day at the Hundred Blossom Meet, and after that incident at the west wing's courtyard, the Kaiser had said that he wouldn't let her live outside the palace no matter what.

Since Yun Jiao Rong was unable to change Kaiser's mind, he could only stay in the palace.

Only, for the sake of avoiding suspicion, she got the Kaiser to arrange a side hall for her that was far away from the Chengde Palace and even from any other main hall.

Yun Jiao Rong looked at the soft light that shone from Kaiser's eyes, and his heart softened. "What's wrong, your majesty."

"Let's go back as well."

Hearing Kaiser's words, Yun Jiao Rong felt a bit uneasy as he looked at Liu Ruo Qing's face. At the same time, he happened to hear Liu Ruo Qing say: "Jiao Lian, I'm fine. You go back with the emperor, I'm also a little tired, so I'm going back to rest."

With that, she put down her chopsticks, stood up and stretched her body. Her gaze swept across Yan Yuan's deep face, and then turned to leave.

After Liu Ruo Qing left, Yan Yuan looked at Yan Chang with a bit of warning. His icy cold gaze no longer contained the affection and love that he had as a brother.

"Yan Chang, you asked for this yourself."

As Yan Yuan said this, a cold light flashed past his eyes.

These words caused Yan Chang's originally pointless expression to suddenly tremble, and a hint of fear surged into his heart.

At this time, everyone had left, and only and Shen Wu Yun Ai remained at the scene.

Although Yun Ai was a little angry that Yan Chang pulled her into his trap, at this moment, she was secretly happy in her heart that Yan Chang had magnified the matter to such an extent.

The marriage between her and the King Jing's older brother was set by the Queen Mother and the late emperor all those years ago. Although the late emperor didn't issue an official decree at that time, the Kaiser's dictum was still effective.

But now, she could not do as Yan Chang did. With her King Jing's older brother's attitude, even if she destroyed his relationship with her, she would not be able to get her hands on King Jing's older brother.

Yun Ai looked at the startled Yan Chang fawningly and said: "You, what's the point of this? You clearly know that King Jing's older brother has a good relationship with Crown Princess Jing, yet you want to make him angry, aren't you just making yourself feel bad?"

Yan Chang snapped back to reality, and a cold snort came out of his resentful face, "If it wasn't for Liu Tian Xin, why would Ninth Brother treat me like this? That bitch must have said bad things about me in front of Ninth Brother."

As she spoke, she brushed away the chopsticks on the table with one hand. Crackling sounds came from the floor, and in the blink of an eye, it was a complete mess.

The resentment in Yan Chang's eyes became even stronger, "In short, even if Ninth Brother does not marry you, Liu Tian Xin will not be able to hold the position of Crown Princess Jing."

Facing Yan Chang's stubbornness, Shen Wu Yun Ai smirked. A strange expression flashed past his eyes, and then, he said: "What's the point of it? Since King Jing's older brother likes Crown Princess Jing so much, I won't get involved. I don't want to ruin the relationship between him and Princess Hua-Yang."

Hearing her words, Yan Chang was immediately flustered and exasperated, "Yun Ai, what's going on with you, my Ninth Brother is yours to begin with, that Liu Tian Xin is the one who destroyed your third party. If you're not angry, why are you still helping them?"

Yun Ai smiled faintly. Yan Chang's anger was already within her expectations.

Since she already hated Liu Tian Xin so much, she didn't need her to help him shout for him anymore. All she needed to do was to beat around the bush and say a few words to help increase Yan Chang's hatred towards him.

"Actually, you can't blame King Jing's older brother for being so fierce. Since Crown Princess Jing is here tonight, no matter what you say, it would make Crown Princess Jing feel uncomfortable. Since King Jing's older brother loves Crown Princess Jing so much, of course he would stand on her side and scold you."

Sure enough, after hearing what Shen Wu Yun Ai said, Yan Chang's face immediately became even darker and more terrifying than before.

"Don't try to persuade me anymore. In short, as long as I, Yan Chang, am in Easternum, I won't let Liu Tian Xin live a peaceful life, unless Ninth Brother really kills me."

The depths of Yan Chang's eyes hardened. Recalling the resolute and vicious gaze that Yan Yuan had given his when he left and the warning that he had given her, her heart became cold and hateful at the same time.

On the other side.

Not long after Liu Ruo Qing left the Lixiang Pavilion, she was stopped by Yan Yuan who chased after him.

"The marriage between Yun Ai and I …"

"I'm not interested to know."

The words were just about to come out of his mouth when Liu Ruo Qing interrupted him.

Yan Yuan looked at her silently. His calm eyes revealed a hint of helplessness and a hint of injury.

"Even now, you still don't want to believe me?"

His tone was calm as he looked at Liu Ruo Qing, and his eyes were calm as he stared at her.

Liu Ruo Qing smiled faintly. She initially wanted to make it seem like she did not care about anything, but she realized that it was extremely tiring for her to even raise the corners of her mouth to smile.

After a long while, she met Yan Yuan's gaze that was filled with helplessness, and said: "Do you think there's any reason for us to continue living like this?"

A hint of panic flashed past Yan Yuan's eyes, and then, his pupils darkened, "What are you trying to do now?"

"It's not what I want to do. What are you doing?"

She took a step in front of Yan Yuan, her voice slightly hoarse. "Originally, when we were at royal sister-in-law and I saw you apologizing to me, I thought to give the two of us another chance. But Yan Yuan, do you know how much courage it would take for me? But why did you still disappoint me? "

A layer of mist covered her eyes. It took a lot of effort for her to control the crystal light and prevent it from falling down.

"The marriage wasn't my intention. How many times do you want me to tell you?"

Yan Yuan was a little anxious. He realized that the more anxious he was to explain himself, the more he felt that his words were useless.

"Did you tell me?"

Liu Ruo Qing raised her eyebrows and laughed, "If it wasn't for what Yan Chang said today, would you not have planned to tell me?"

Yan Yuan was unable to refute Liu Ruo Qing's question.

He hadn't told her, but it wasn't that he wanted to conceal it, but that he felt there was no need to mention it.

He wasn't planning to marry Yun Ai, so wouldn't mentioning this cause her to have even more wild thoughts?

At this time, in Yan Yuan's heart, he had never been so agitated or so powerless before.

Facing the current Liu Ruo Qing, he realized that any explanation was simply too pale, it was simply not convincing at all.