The concubine's favorite? Break off the engagement and marry another prince, please respect you

Chapter 25

"Why are you here?"

Afraid of being discovered by the two people over there, Xie Wan Ning pulled the people around her to hide behind a tree and spoke very quietly.

Pei Yuqing followed her stiffly, and only when he got closer could he hear her words clearly. He said softly, "I like quietness and don't like to go to crowded places. This place is just right."

...So he just happened to meet him.

Xie Wan Ning nodded in response, but she leaned over the tree trunk with her hands and stuck half of her head out, her eyes unconsciously looking in the direction of her brother.

She hadn't noticed anything before, but now, why did she feel that her brother was blocked by the princess?
Look, it's just a narrow path, and Pei Yuxuan is standing in front blocking it. Her little mouth opens and closes, and she is chattering something with her head tilted back. Although her brother can't see her expression, he can see that she hasn't spoken a word.

"Hey," she nudged the person next to her with her elbow and whispered, "My sister is blocking a stranger like this, and you, as her brother, are just watching from afar?"

Pei Yuqing was pulled by her to hide behind a big tree. He was already a little stiff when he peeked over there furtively. Hearing this, he asked back, "What else should I do?"

--How to do?

Xie Wan Ning thought of her brother.

If it were her brother, he would have called her back home and nagged her for ten days or half a month, right?
Pei Yuqing said: "Xuan'er is old enough to distinguish her own likes and dislikes. I don't want to restrict her with etiquette and rules."

Xie Wan Ning was slightly startled when she heard this, and subconsciously raised her head to look at him. Coincidentally, he also lowered his eyes to look over. She blinked and whispered, "Aren't you afraid that she will get hurt?"

Pei Yuqing smiled: "She has secret guards around her."

"..." Xie Wan Ning felt like she was talking to a cow.

She hooked her finger at him.

Pei Yuqing was stunned for a moment, then slowly bent down and moved closer.

Xie Wan Ning spoke word by word, whispering: "What I mean is, aren't you afraid that she will be bullied, a bully that even the secret guards can't help."

Pei Yuqing's eyes fell on her face and he said gently, "Your brother is a true gentleman and will not do anything beyond the rules."

Xie Wan Ning was speechless for a moment.

She opened her mouth and tried to defend herself: "That's not what I meant."

She wouldn't worry about her brother being disrespectful. It's almost the other way around...

But it was so impolite to say this in front of someone's brother. Xie Wan Ning turned her face away awkwardly and leaned over to look over there again.

But I found that the two people over there were gone.

She stretched her neck to look for a long time, and asked in confusion: "Where are the people?"

Pei Yuqing said with a smile: "...I've been gone for a while."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Xie Wan Ning immediately recovered from her furtive peeping state and returned to the dignified demeanor of a noble lady. She dusted off her hands and was about to walk out openly, but she stepped on empty air.

"Be careful," Pei Yuqing held her arm from behind to steady her, and reminded her, "There are no blue bricks here, the road is uneven, watch your step."

Xie Wan Ning raised her head from his arms and was about to say thank you, but was dazzled by the person in front of her.

It was a bright spring day. He stood with his back to the light, speaking in a soft tone. He looked over with his eyelashes slightly lowered. His eyes were warm, like an immortal standing in solitude from the world, shining brightly.

The word "thank you" that was about to come out of his mouth stopped. After a long while, Xie Wan Ning moved his lips, "You should have seldom gone out for banquets in recent years, right?"

Pei Yuqing's eyelashes flickered slightly, and she said softly, "Well, rarely."

Xie Wan Ning secretly said, "As expected, otherwise she wouldn't have met him for the first time in the teahouse some time ago." Thinking about it, she wondered, "So you like to be lively these days?"

First, she went to their family's coming-of-age party, and then to the birthday party at the Qucheng Marquis' Mansion. The frequency of these events is quite high.

Pei Yuqing paused when he was asked, and was about to speak when he heard a creaking sound. He tilted his head and looked over, his pupils suddenly shrinking.

Xie Wan Ning noticed something was wrong and looked in the direction he was looking.

When he looked up, he saw a broken branch coming through the air, passing between the two of them and piercing straight into the tree trunk next to them.

Pei Yuqing frowned slightly and clenched his hands to protect the girl beside him more tightly.

The next moment, two guards who had been secretly accompanying him appeared.

Xie Wan Ning finally saw who was doing it, and her expression changed: "Lu Ziyan! What are you doing?"

Lu Ziyan was wearing a green robe with narrow sleeves, and his slender figure stood quietly under a peach tree. As the spring breeze blew, pink petals slowly fell, and occasionally a few of them fell right between his cold brows, making his cold and stern eyebrows even more gloomy.

"Is this why you 'don't like it'?"

His eyes fell on...her arms.

Xie Wan Ning finally realized how close she was to Pei Yuqing now. She subconsciously shook off the hand on her arm and took two steps back.

After completing a series of reactions, she felt a little annoyed.

Whoever she wants to be close to now has nothing to do with him!
Why do you look so guilty as if you were caught?

But her reaction made Lu Ziyan's expression even colder, with anger evident between his brows, and he walked towards this side step by step.

His imposing manner was so terrifying that the two secret guards wanted to draw their swords to stop him, but Pei Yuqing raised his hand slightly to stop them: "You retreat."

Seeing the person getting closer, Xie Wan Ning pursed her lips nervously, and then she heard a gentle voice beside her.

Pei Yuqing said: "Don't be afraid, just say whatever you want to say, I will protect you."

Xie Wan Ning's heart moved slightly.

Lu Ziyan, who was already close, sneered when he heard it: "Prince Pei, are you trying to snatch this person from me?"

"I'm not yours!" Xie Wanning frowned and retorted, "Our marriage is no longer valid. I won't marry you."

This place was remote, a relatively desolate corner of the Qucheng Marquis Mansion. Apart from the three of them, even the two secret guards who had just appeared had disappeared.

The girl's voice was light but firm.

Lu Ziyan froze for a moment, his eyes slowly fell on her, carefully examining her features, and finally confirmed that she was telling the truth.

She had said many times that she wanted to cancel the engagement, but it was not until this time that he completely believed her.

He thought of what his mother had said.

The anger that suddenly rose in his heart suppressed the slight fear. His eyes suddenly became sharp and he stared at her with gritted teeth: "Have you really found a buyer?"

He raised his hand and pointed at Pei Yuqing who was standing quietly beside him, with a half-smile: "Him? An old man who is eleven years older than you, and you don't even know how many years he can live. You just want to piss me off. Can you find someone else?"

It was the first time that Xie Wan Ning saw that beneath his taciturn appearance, he had such a poisonous mouth.

"Speak!" Lu Ziyan took a step forward, veins popping out on his forehead and a faint sound of clenching his teeth: "Tell me, what are you and him doing here?"

He was as ferocious as a wild animal on the verge of losing control, and his words showed that he didn't care about the 'old man' at all.

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