"So, you don't want to accept her gift and want to return it to her? That's why you want to eavesdrop and then walk out?"
Chu Jiaoli nodded: "Yes."
Beigong Tengxiao smiled lightly and said, "No wonder you didn't mention her name from the beginning to the end."
Chu Jiaoli raised her head and looked at him with serious eyes, and said: "Your Highness, this slave did not mention her not because of selfish motives, but because she offended Concubine Ling today. No matter how good she is, she is still a loser."
"Oh?" A slight smile appeared in Beigong Tengxiao's eyes. This girl was thinking of him everywhere. He gently stroked the warm jade hairpin with his fingertips and said, "Since Sun Wanwan is no longer in use, this hairpin has nothing to do with her.
Yes, it looks pretty, you can keep it."
Hearing this, Chu Jiaoli shook her head and said: "This is just for His Highness to see. Since His Highness also thinks it looks good, I believe that everything should have its maximum value. I don't need expensive hairpins. This thing...
… I would like to borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha, and Your Highness can give them to Miss Xiang.”
Beigong Tengxiao raised his eyebrows in confusion and said: "Why should I give it to her?"
"Because..." Beigong Tengxiao's question made her speechless for a moment. Shouldn't he accept it happily? Or...
Her eyes darkened slightly and she said: "This servant is just being smart. Miss Xiang has a distinguished status and will definitely look down on such a hairpin. It will bring shame on His Highness..."
Beigong Tengxiao sighed softly and said: "No, you are wrong. I have no good impression of her."
Chu Jiaoli's heart unconsciously felt a trace of pleasure, but she still gritted her teeth and tried her best to remember the cruelty of reality, and said: "Isn't it that the emperor left His Highness behind just now to discuss the marriage between His Highness and Miss Xiang?
"
Bei Gong Tengxiao was a little surprised. This girl's perception was sharper than he thought. He chuckled and replied: "Yes, my father has already discussed the wedding date."
Hearing this, Chu Jiaoli couldn't help but trembled in her heart. It was just their first meeting, so they talked about the wedding date. Their wedding day must not be far away...
Even though this matter made her extremely uncomfortable, she was still full of curiosity, and after thinking about it for a while, she opened her lips and said: "Then, Your Highness...when will you plan to arrange a marriage to marry Miss Xiang?"
Hearing this, Beigong Tengxiao raised his long eyebrows slightly and said: "Why do I want to marry her?"
Chu Jiaoli was slightly stunned and said: "Hasn't the Emperor already decided..."
Beigong Tengxiao chuckled and said: "I refuse."
Chu Jiaoli raised her eyes, her nails dug hard into the flesh of her palms, and the intense pain still made her surprised by what he said.
Refuse? How could he refuse?!
How dependent he is on Xiang Yanni! Chu Jiaoli, wake up quickly and don’t let this moment of joy sink in...
She stared at him blankly, her confused eyes a little hollow: "Your Highness...why do you refuse?"
"As I said just now, I don't have any good impressions of her," he said with a smile, "but if I hadn't met you today, maybe I would have agreed."
As soon as these words came out, Chu Jiaoli's heart beat as fiercely as a hammer, and there was still an unbelievable look in her eyes.
Why is it because of her? She didn't interfere with Beigong Tengxiao much today, right?
She swallowed nervously and said, "Your Highness...what do you mean?"
Beigong Tengxiao recalled the scene when he first met her and said: "I know that you spent a lot of effort and took a lot of risks in order to escape from your marriage today.
"If you fail to get out of the sedan chair, or seek help from a noble person with bad temperament, you will definitely be more miserable than if you just keep to yourself, but in order to get rid of your fate, you still have the courage to do it. For this reason alone, I admire you.
"What a coincidence today, I was also forced to get married by my father. But when I thought that a little girl like you has such strong courage, I rejected my father. I also have to make my own decision about my marriage.
"
Hearing this, Chu Jiaoli's eyes widened in shock. She never thought that her self-rescue behavior would ruin the marriage between Beigong Tengxiao and Xiang Yiyi.
She slightly frowned with worry and said: "Your Highness, you think too highly of this slave. How can Yuan Zhao be compared with Miss Xiang? What if my father is looking for a man of outstanding temperament and gentle character?"
If a good husband is a good husband, then the servant... will happily marry him. How can he be unwilling to accept his fate?"
Bei Gong Tengxiao chuckled and said: "When you love someone, you don't need external evaluation, let alone compare her with others. You only rely on your own feelings. As long as you like her, she is perfect."
A trace of emotion flashed in Chu Jiaoli's eyes. She lowered her head, blinked her eyes that were about to turn red, and said, "But, can Your Highness make the decision on your own regarding the marriage of the royal family?"
Beigong Tengxiao glanced down at the transparent light green hosta, showed a faint smile, and said: "Of course there is a way to do it."
Chu Jiaoli was a little confused when she heard this, but even though Beigong Tengxiao didn't say it bluntly, she also understood that she was of a low status, so it was enough for her to choose a good son-in-law with good conditions and live her life peacefully, but he was different, he was the prince.
, naturally he lacks nothing but the love in his heart.
It's no wonder, Beigong Tengxiao has no intention of becoming emperor, and he doesn't think about the stakes in the court now.
Just like that, how should she continue to persuade Beigong Tengxiao and Xiang Yini to get married?
While she was thinking, she saw Beigong Tengxiao raising his hand to insert the hairpin into her hair.
She was suddenly startled and immediately dodged away.
Beigong Tengxiao was stunned for a moment, his hand stayed in the air for a while, then he put it in the box, closed it, put it on the shelf next to him, and said coldly: "Forget it, since you don't like it, just don't want it."
Chu Jiaoli bit her lip in confusion. Was he... angry?
She just subconsciously didn't want to touch Sun Wanwan's things...
Beigong Tengxiao glanced at her who was slightly nervous, slightly raised the corners of his lips, and said: "In a few days, I will give you something better."
Chu Jiaoli raised her eyes and looked slightly stunned. Before she could think about it, she saw Beigong Tengxiao raising his arms slightly and said: "Get dressed."
Hearing this, she quickly recovered her thoughts and said, "Yes."
Xianghou Mansion.
In the majestic mansion, above the hall, a middle-aged man dressed in fine clothes was sitting in front of the hall. He looked at the girl in pink clothes walking slowly towards him, his eyes without any joy.
Xiang Yinli, who was standing behind Xiang Qanting, pursed his lips nervously as he looked at his sister who was approaching with a serious face.
She has never seen her father show such anger towards her sister...
Xiang Yini nodded slightly, her usual calm expression changed slightly, and her beautiful eyes darkened.
Both father and daughter understood each other that although she performed well and was deeply loved by Bei Gong Lie, Bei Gong Tengxiao never looked at her.
