She had always felt that marriage was a matter that needed to be decided by herself.
If he did not like her, he should reject her.
No one could force him.
Now that Murong Qing kept looking at her, could it be that he wanted her to help him make a decision?
Nan Chiyou placed her hand on her cheek and seemed to be in deep thought.
‘Father will kick any girl who dares to get close to him away…
‘But Mother… She’s gentle to girls.
‘Murong Qing is a man. He should be the same as Father. He would only keep the girl he likes for life.’
Nan Chiyou did not understand Murong Qing’s gaze, but the young man standing next to her clearly understood what was on Murong Qing’s mind.
‘This guy has a feeling for Xia Xia.
‘I’ll never allow him to get what he wants!’
“Xia Xia, it’s still early. Let’s go back and continue sleeping?”
The young man smiled stunningly.
Nan Chiyou yawned. “Indeed… I have woken up too early in the morning. Let’s go back to sleep.”
After she said this, she stood up from the stool, held the bowl of fruit in her hand, and walked toward her room.
Liu Qingqing sneered. “Fourth Prince, did you hear that? Does it mean that they are sleeping together?”
Murong Qing’s heart fiercely seized, and he glanced at Liu Qingqing coldly. “Shut up!”
“I don’t understand. She obviously doesn’t like you. And now she’s even having an affair with another man. Why do you have to be so bitter? Now that they are sleeping together. Don’t you have any dignity?”
‘Dignity?’
Murong Qing sneered and looked at Liu Qingqing with contempt in his gaze. “What about you moving in here?”
‘Dignity? Ridiculous!
‘Liu Qingqing has even ignored her reputation and moved to my manor. Now she’s still talking about dignity?
‘And Nan Ming is just a wolf. He can’t be with Maiden Xia Xia.’
Murong Qing comforted himself, and it made him feel a lot better.
He did not look at Liu Qingqing again. He simply turned his back to her. “I hope you can consider leaving the imperial family. I will never marry you in this life. They can force me to let you get into my manor, but they can never force or urge me to bring you to my bridal chamber. If I do not want to touch you, then no one can do anything. If you have to marry me, it will only be a lifetime of widowhood.”
After saying that, Murong Qing walked away.
He did not even so much as glance at Liu Qingqing, leaving her standing alone in the courtyard.
Liu Qingqing stared at Murong Qing’s back as he left. Her fists clenched tightly, and her breathing grew heavy with pain.
She had come this far, and there was no turning back.
She had to continue moving forward; there was no room for her to turn back.
She slowly opened her hand and stared at a packet of medicine powder.
Liu Qingqing seemed to grow more determined…
***
In these two days, Liu Qingqing kept trying to find ways to approach Murong Qing, but Murong Qing refused to see her, shutting himself in the study room and never wanting to come out.
If she could not get close to Murong Qing, she could not give him the medicine. Then, there was no way to get him completely.
In contrast to the anxious Liu Qingqing, it had been boring to Nan Chiyou these past two days.
With her hand placed on her cheek, she sat on a tree while looking down at the young man who was standing under the tree and asked, “Ah Ming, has the flower bloomed yet? It’s too boring here. I can’t wait any longer. I want to leave.”
