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

Chapter 44

She refused straightforwardly, and Pei Yuqing didn't say anything else. Instead, he ordered the servant to bring a chair over and said, "Don't squat for too long, or your legs will get numb."

Xie Wan Ning took a seat and glanced at him, asking curiously, "Where are you from?"

"It has always been here," he pointed to the depths of the greenhouse, "but you just haven't seen it."

Xie Wan Ning: “…”

When she came here, she had guessed that there might be something wrong with Pei Yuxuan pointing her in this direction, but she didn't expect that there really was a problem.

She smiled in her heart and said with a smile: "Did you ask Sister Xuan to bring me here specially?"

The peony branches nearby were in full bloom, gorgeous and beautiful, but in Pei Yuqing's eyes, such a beautiful scene was not as shocking as the slight smile she gave him with her head tilted.

The gaze that fell on her face was vaguely disturbed. Xie Wan Ning realized something was wrong. She paused for a moment and was about to speak when she heard the man in front of her say, "No."

He lowered his eyes, avoiding her gaze, and whispered, "It's just that I've been coming here more frequently in the past few days."

Xie Wanning understood.

She said that this man had clearly rejected her proposal last time and had clearly no intention of marrying her, so how could he let his sister bring her here to meet him.

Thinking of this, Xie Wan Ning said, "Today is the flower viewing banquet, you really don't want to show up?"

Both of them knew what to show.

Even the servants who were serving beside them knew it.

Pei Yuqing paused after hearing this, looked at her sideways, and said nothing.

After a long silence, he said, "I heard that you like Western Region roses. Here are some. Would you like to take a look?"

Xie Wanning's eyebrows moved slightly, and after thinking for a while, he stood up and said, "Then let's take a look."

This flower field covers a large area, and some of the Western Region roses are planted in it. Pei Yuqing is in front, and Xie Wan Ning follows behind. The road is narrow, and the servants did not follow them.

Soon they arrived at a bush of flowers.

The dark blue thorny flowers bloom beautifully, like a dream, endlessly and beautifully.

Xie Wan Ning's eyes were filled with amazement, "So beautiful."

"I'll give you one." Pei Yuqing stretched out his hand to break it, but Xie Wan Ning hurriedly stopped him.

"It's blooming nicely, why did you pick it off?" She glared at him and said, "I didn't realize you're such a ruthless person."

"..." Pei Yuqing looked at her speechlessly, then withdrew his hand after a while and said, "In that case, then move a few plants to your yard and plant them."

This person really always wants to send her something. Xie Wan Ning felt amused but still refused: "Forget it."

Pei Yuqing lowered her eyes: "You don't like it?"

“Of course I like it,” Xie Wan Ning shook her head, “but this flower looks so delicate, it would be a pity if I killed it.”

"How can it die so easily? You can build a greenhouse in your yard to raise it," Pei Yuqing said, "Don't mind the trouble. I will arrange everything for you. You just wait and watch the flowers bloom."

Xie Wan Ning fell silent again.

Being so enthusiastic, is he afraid that others don't know his feelings?
After she saw through his thoughts, he didn't plan to hide it anymore.

Can……

She thought for a moment and said softly, "I have a question for you."

At this moment, there were no servants around them, but Xie Wan Ning still kept her voice very low.

"You rejected me that day at the Qucheng Marquis's Mansion, but you have been treating me better and better these few times we have met.... Do you regret it?"

...Do you regret it?

Pei Yuqing was stunned and didn't speak for a long time.

Xie Wan Ning looked up at him: "Or do you have something to hide?" Pei Yuqing pursed his lips, looked at her, and said lightly: "What do you mean by this?"

"..." Xie Wan Ning was a little annoyed by the question, so she simply said: "What I mean is, you don't plan to get married, but you are so nice to a girl, isn't it a bit inappropriate?"

As soon as she said this, she felt a little annoyed.

Why does it seem like she is forcing me to get married?

She had finally called off the engagement, but she had no plans to marry again.

It was all because of this guy's weird behavior. Xie Wan Ning was so angry that she wanted to glare at him, but when she raised her eyes, she met his cold and deep eyes.

"Wanwan..." He moved his lips and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a noisy voice outside the glass window beside his ear.

——Maybe there are more guests coming.

"I've admired the flowers, I'll take my leave now." Xie Wan Ning didn't want to be caught alone with this man, so she walked out to look for Er Qing.

However, she didn't expect that this group of people walked so fast that she ran into them head-on just as she got out of the flowers.

I saw an acquaintance at first glance. It was Cao Ying'er, the daughter of the Minister of Personnel who I had just met. There were several people around her, both men and women, all of whom were guests attending the banquet today.

Before Xie Wan Ning had time to take a closer look, she heard her voice.

Seeing her come out, Cao Ying'er's eyes lit up and she said in a tender voice, "I was just saying that I saw Sister Wan walking this way. Look, she is here, isn't she?"

Xie Wan Ning: “…”

She walked over and asked, "Did you come here to look for me?"

"That's not the case," Cao Ying'er shook her head and said, "We heard that the glass flower fields in the Duke's Mansion are very beautiful, so we came here together to take a look."

Xie Wan Ning hummed, not wanting to say anything more. Just as she was about to take Er Qing to say goodbye, she heard a man holding a folding fan ask with a smile, "Miss Xie, what are you looking at here alone?"

Perhaps because he was worried about attracting criticism, Pei Yuqing never came out.

Xie Wan Ning knew the man who was asking the questions. He was Chen Ran, the nephew of Madam Lu and Lu Ziyan's cousin.

Seeing that it was him, Xie Wan Ning subconsciously looked around.

As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Lu Ziyan standing in the crowd, looking at him with burning eyes.

Her lips, which were still smiling, tightened instantly, and she said calmly, "What else can we see in the flower room besides flowers?"

"I'm curious about what kind of flowers are worthy of Miss Xie coming here alone to appreciate them without even her maid." Chen Ran lightly waved his folding fan, snorted and chuckled, then walked towards the direction she came out.

It looked like she was catching someone cheating. Xie Wan Ning, who had been pinching her palms nervously, suddenly smiled.

"Who said I'm alone?" She smiled and said, "Since I'm admiring flowers, of course I need someone to accompany me to enjoy it to the fullest."

As soon as she said this, a man as tall as jade came out from inside. He was handsome and had an elegant demeanor.

The noisy conversation stopped completely and there was silence all around.

The first one to react was Cao Ying'er. She bowed and said, "Greetings, Master Pei."

After she revealed Pei Yuqing's identity, everyone suddenly realized what was going on and began to greet him.

Xie Wanning raised her eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.

Pei Yuqing seldom went out for banquets. Even though she grew up in the capital and had many friends, she had only met him once recently.

Unexpectedly, Cao Ying'er, who had been exiled to Liuzhou with her father and had returned to Beijing less than a year ago, actually knew him.

On second thought, Cao Ying'er was good friends with Pei Yuxuan and often came to the Duke of Pei's mansion to play, so it seemed normal for her to have met him.

Thinking of this, she looked away.

(End of this chapter)