Chapter 877: There is no destiny with His Royal Highness Prince Chen.

Chapter 877: There is no destiny with His Royal Highness Prince Chen.

"not good."

Xiao Chen vaguely felt that he must not agree to it. If he backed down on some things, a bigger crisis might arise.

Xie Ying acted like a spoiled child, "Didn't Brother Chen say that he would listen to A Ying no matter what?"

Xie Ying raised her head and looked at Xiao Chen, "Isn't that right?"

Looking at those eyes, even if she concealed it well, Xiao Chen could tell at a glance that she was clearly backing down!

But he believed that she backed out not because she chose Qing Chang'an over him, but because she was avoiding him.

What she may be avoiding is that she no longer believes in love.

"wrong."

Xie Ying puffed up her cheeks and didn't know what to say for a moment. Her heart ached. This idiot, she was giving him a chance!

Perhaps it was because everything went smoothly in Duke Xie's Mansion in this life, she envied her father, mother, the retired emperor, the empress dowager, and even her godmother Qingning and Master Zhou Yuqi for their monogamy.

She felt that she might not be able to be forced to allow her husband to take a concubine as she did in the fantasy.

In her previous life in the illusion, she had been tortured to the point of being covered in wounds...

"Humph!"

Xie Ying let go of Xiao Chen and hugged her chest angrily, as if she was ignoring him. "I have to wait for my father and mother to come back to discuss my marriage."

Xiao Chen saw that she was angry. He didn't have so many twists and turns in his mind. He just knew to respect her and said, "Okay, I'll agree to your request."

"Well, when will Brother Chen tell the Emperor and the Ministry of Rites about the wedding date?"

"I'll go tomorrow."

Xie Ying looked at the sky and it was indeed quite late. She kept him in her house for dinner, took a walk with him, and even took the opportunity to hug him. She was already taking advantage of him.

"Okay then." She smiled sweetly.

Xiao Chen felt a little uncomfortable, "Aying, no matter what you think, you must believe that I will only love you. I will never marry another woman in this life. You are my only princess."

Xie Ying opened her mouth, returned to his arms, and hugged him, "Yeah."

Don’t you want to get married?

As time goes by, he will slowly forget about himself.

Accompanied by the evening breeze, the stars and the moon, the two of them leaned on each other, becoming more and more comfortable, throwing all etiquette aside.

"Then tonight, I will protect you and help you sleep well." Xiao Chen said.

Xie Ying said: "No, goodbye, now that I know the truth, I shouldn't continue like this. If others knew, I..."

That’s right. If others knew that he climbed Aying’s window, even if the two of them did nothing wrong, it would cause people to speculate and affect Aying’s reputation.

Xiao Chen nodded.

After Xiao Chen left the Duke's Mansion, Xie Ying returned to her boudoir and lay on the bed, crying.

Mingzhu was so anxious that she turned around and around. "Miss, what happened to you? You were fine after coming back from the Imperial Observatory, Miss..."

“Mingzhu…” Xie Ying’s voice changed. She stood up and held Mingzhu in her arms. Various scenes from her past lives flashed back and forth in her mind, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings. “Mingzhu, wuwuwu…”

"Miss, woo woo woo..."

Mingzhu was so frightened that she started crying too, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Xie Ying did not answer, but cried loudly for a long time.

After calming down, the voice became hoarse.

"Miss, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me. Let me go and invite His Royal Highness Prince Chen back, okay?" Mingzhu said, wiping her tears and choking.

Xie Ying shook her head, "From now on, don't bother His Royal Highness Prince Chen anymore."

"Ah, why?"

"There's no reason, my dear Mingzhu. His Royal Highness Prince Chen and I are not destined to be together." Xie Ying said, feeling a huge pain in her chest. She covered her heart and cried again.

The sad atmosphere lasted for an hour.

After all, Xie Ying was tired of crying. She seemed to be unable to cry out any more and her tears were almost dry.

Mingzhu felt the same. She had never seen the eldest lady cry so heartbrokenly.

"But His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen has let down the eldest lady?" Mingzhu began to doubt, but it was clear that the eldest lady and His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen were both being nice just now.

Xie Ying shook her head, "There are some things I don't want to tell you right now."

She wanted to digest it by herself, but Mingzhu, she thought of her past life, Mingzhu stood up for her and hit the pillar to follow her, she hugged her in her arms again, "Good Mingzhu, I will treat you well in this life."

Mingzhu frowned slightly. What did the young lady say? "The young lady has always been very kind to this servant."

Xie Ying pushed her away and said, "Don't call yourself a slave anymore."

"what……"

"Others may not know, but I have heard from the prince that the emperor will gradually abolish slavery in the future. You will not be a slave in the future. Many people will have their own good status and will no longer be slaves."

"I don't want to. I want to follow the young lady all the time. I don't want to be separated from the young lady and the Duke's Mansion!"

Xie Ying laughed at her and called her a fool. "You can stay with me even if you are not a slave. The only difference is that you are a free person. Whenever you want to leave, you can just quit your job and leave."

Mingzhu understood.

As children born in wealthy families, they could also have good status and no longer be bound by indentures, but she felt that it was not important and she just wanted to follow the eldest lady.

As he spoke, Xie Ying stood up, found Mingzhu's indenture contract, and tore it up in front of Mingzhu. "From now on, you are no longer my slave. You can only be considered my little sister, or someone I hire."

"Slave..."

"First, stop talking like a slave."

"What does the servant say?"

"Just say 'I'."

Mingzhu remembered that she would scold me sometimes when she was too excited. Seeing that the young lady was so serious and even tore up the contract, if she insisted, the young lady would definitely be angry. "Okay, slave, I will listen to the young lady from now on."

"Don't call me Miss either."

Mingzhu: “…”

"Miss, what happened to you? What did you go through in the Imperial Observatory for a day and a night?" Mingzhu was panicked.

Xie Ying said: "It's just that I saw some truths of my past life. You don't have to be polite to Qing Chang'an in the future!"

Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief!

"Then what should I call you? You are the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion."

Xie Ying held her hand and said, "Call me by my name, Xie Ying, A Ying, or Sister."

Mingzhu opened her mouth and looked at Xie Ying's serious expression. After a long while, she said, "Sister."

How could she be worthy enough to call the eldest lady sister?

Xie Ying hugged Mingzhu in his arms again, thinking of her miserable appearance after hitting the pillar, her whole body twitching and refusing to die. It was Ada who ended her life with his own hands!

"Good sister, everything will be fine in the future."

"Oh."

Mingzhu's heart was like a roller coaster. She knew that the eldest lady must have been heartbroken because of His Royal Highness Prince Chen, and now, the eldest lady actually called her sister and didn't allow her to call herself a slave. This honor really made her happy to death!