Chapter 806: Protect Aying for a lifetime!
Xiao Yao helped Xie Ying up and pulled him to sit down at the stone table. "Just now I saw you and Lord Qing walking together. It seems that you have a good relationship?"
Xie Ying's cheeks felt a little hot.
However, it was already dark, and even with the candlelight, I couldn't see how red her face was.
"Your Excellency is a man of great learning, and I am merely asking him for advice." Xie Ying said truthfully.
Xiao Yao nodded, "That's right. People with real talent and knowledge can be the top scholar or Jinshi, but not everyone can be the third scholar."
The third place in the imperial examination is a person who has both talent and good looks.
Xiao Chen picked up the teacup and took a sip, then stood up, "Then the emperor and Miss Xie can chat, I have something else to do."
Is there something wrong with him?
She approved all the memorials today herself, what could he do?
Besides, Aying is here...
Even though Xiao Yao tried to look at him, Xiao Chen acted as if he saw nothing and just walked away.
This……
Wait for Xiao Chen to go away.
Jian Wu also retreated far away, leaving only Xiao Yao and Xie Ying in the pavilion.
Xiao Yao said, "Your brother has been out of the palace for several days. He only came back the day before yesterday and has disappeared since then."
Xie Ying said: "Brother is an extraordinary martial artist, he should be fine."
Of course Xie Yunchu will be fine.
She just felt a little embarrassed. Her royal brother was too disrespectful to her by just leaving her and Aying here.
Xiao Yao approached Xie Ying and took her hand, "Will you blame my brother?"
Xie Ying seemed flattered. Even when her elder brother was not around, the emperor still treated her kindly. She shook her head slightly, "No."
Looking at Xiao Chen who had already stepped into Gezhizhai, Xie Ying felt a little bitter, "I have actually confessed my feelings to him, but the prince is not interested."
Xie Ying looked at Xiao Yao, "Your Majesty, do you think I should give up?"
Xiao Yao opened her mouth. It was indeed a bit difficult for a woman to pursue a man so boldly.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Yao said, "If I were you, if I liked him, if I pursued him but he didn't clearly say that he hated me and told me not to look for him in the future, then I would insist."
Xie Ying thought so too.
So, she still persists.
Thinking carefully about what Xiao Chen said when he rejected her, "The prince said that he is not a person who knows how to love."
Xiao Yao said happily: "That's right, my brother is afraid that if he rashly agrees to you, he won't be able to make you happy, so he uses these words to reject you."
"really?"
"Well, I suppose so, otherwise—"
Otherwise what? Xie Ying looked at Xiao Yao steadily.
"Although I don't know if my brother's personality is similar to my father's, I have heard from my mother that women who threw themselves into my father's arms were punished by him at best, or sold off at worst."
Xie Ying opened her mouth and said, "Your Majesty, what you mean is that the prince doesn't actually dislike me, but is just afraid that he can't give me what I want, so he keeps rejecting me?"
"Ah."
Xiao Yao nodded affirmatively.
Think about her and Xie Yunchu again, at the beginning, the scene when Yunchu confessed his love, "At the beginning, I made some mistakes in my feelings. When Yunchu confessed his love to me, I didn't feel disgusted, but I also severely rejected Yunchu."
She smiled at Xie Ying and said, "I didn't have any disgust in my heart, so later, under Yun Chu's insistence, I gradually realized that the person I liked and the person I had my heart moved on was actually Yun Chu."
"This is a process. If Yun Chu confessed his feelings at the beginning and I was disgusted, I would not reject or hesitate, but would severely scold, criticize and punish him!"
"Although my brother grew up with Master Changkong and Master Ding and has a kind heart, he has already stepped out of the Imperial Observatory. As for the Jinzhou Rebellion, my brother's compassion is for the public, not just one person. You are so close to him, and he did not severely criticize or punish you, which means he is indulging you."
To indulge her...
Xie Ying felt a little nervous as he thought about it.
Xiao Yao continued: "At least, what my brother said to you was not serious at all."
Yeah, not heavy at all.
For example, she wanted to break off the engagement with Qing Chang'an, and she mentioned it again and again, and her attitude was resolute.
And Xiao Chen...
What he said seemed unintentional, but some of his words and actions were actually indulging her, so what was he thinking?
"No matter what happens between you and my brother in the future, as long as you like him, I will definitely arrange a marriage for you, even if the man is not my brother." Her family is concerned about the emperor's lifelong affairs, and Uncle Rong also thinks that they are destined to be together, so everyone puts pressure on Aying.
Just as promised, no matter what the outcome is, if not for Yun Chu's sake, she would protect A Ying for the rest of her life!
"I would like to thank the emperor very much." Xie Ying bowed slightly.
Xiao Yao smiled and said, "If you need any help, feel free to come to the palace and find me."
As she spoke, Xiao Yao handed Xie Ying a badge.
Xie Ying said: "Brother has already given me a waist badge..."
Xiao Yao suddenly remembered that at that time, Xie Yunchu said that it would be convenient for Aying to enter the palace and go to the Imperial Observatory.
Now think about it...
"It's okay, this is given by me."
Xie Ying had no choice but to accept it, then said goodbye to Xiao Yao and left with the lantern.
Although Jian Wu was standing far away, he had been paying attention to the situation in the pavilion. He walked over and clasped his fists, "Your Majesty, I will take you back to the palace."
Xiao Yao shook her head, "No, I will stay in Gezhizhai tonight."
Jian Wu: "Your Majesty, living under the same roof with the prince?"
"Can't you?"
"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate..." Jian Wu said with a stiff face, "I will escort Your Majesty back to the palace."
Xiao Yao exclaimed, ignored Jian Wu, and went straight into Gezhizhai, "Royal brother, what kind of incense did you order today? Is it the incense I sent?"
Xiao Chen was sitting on the kang meditating. After hearing Xiao Yao's voice, he did not open his eyes but just said "hmm" faintly.
Xiao Yao had never lit the incense, so even though she smelled the scent of sandalwood, she couldn't tell what else it was.
This incense is used every day.
Why is the effect so poor?
"Royal brother, Miss Xie has gone back." She moved closer and looked at her royal brother intently.
Xiao Chen felt the woman approaching and opened his eyes to look at her. What else could he do?
Xiao Yao felt bored, "My royal brother really doesn't give me any face at all. He doesn't even talk to A Ying."
"Nothing to say."
"What do you mean there is nothing to say? I don't believe that my brother doesn't care about Ah Ying at all. She has been wearing the white jade peach blossom hairpin on her head. It belongs to my brother." She looked up and saw that her brother was also wearing it. "I don't believe that my brother has no thoughts."
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Yao speechlessly.
"I want to know what this love feels like," he smiled. It was because of Uncle Rong's peach blossom hairpin that he allowed Xie Ying to get close to him again and again. "I can't lie to her, can I?"
After that, Xiao Chen asked: "What do you think?"
Xiao Yao pursed her lips and said, "Brother Huang is right. If you don't love someone but pretend to love them, that will be a disaster for both of you for the rest of your life."
Xiao Chen deeply agreed with this.
"It seems that my brother really doesn't worry about hurting the girl's heart at all."
Seeing that he was silent, Xiao Yao thought about the time wasted today and said, "Forget it, I'm going back. It seems that everything is up to fate."