Then, a smile uglier than crying appeared on her pale face. This smile seemed to not care about anything, as if she just said casually: "Do you still remember what you said last night? (You also said last night.)
As long as I)... I never knew you could be so fickle and so... cruel..."
Even if he doesn't care about last night, even if he no longer misses her, but...does he have to be so heartless? Does he have to be so ruthless to prove that he is the mighty Dragon King...that he can play with women in the world without being merciful?
last night……
A scene of their entanglement flashed through Ao Chenye's mind, but it was just entanglement, that's all.
There was no ripple in my heart.
He frowned, looked at her calmly and ruthlessly with his black eyes, and said ruthlessly - "What happened between you and me last night has happened countless times before. I really don't understand what happened to you today, again and again.
I mentioned it again and again, if you are worried that I will treat you badly after marrying Yang Xi, then I can make you a promise now. I will be responsible for you to the end, and I will give you the status you deserve.
Can you feel at ease now?"
Responsible for her? Ha, just responsible... responsible for giving her a title?!
Ke'er couldn't stand his indifference anymore. She shook her head, smiled sadly, and said coldly: "I didn't say that I want you to be responsible, let alone care about your status. You should keep it for you in the future."
The beautiful ladies who enter the palace."
"Bai Ke'er!" Ao Chenye whispered sharply, unable to bear the sarcastic remarks she made to him over and over again.
Leng Rui's scolding tone made Ke'er's eardrums buzz and made her freeze there.
He actually called her by her first and last name so harshly...
Ke'er's lips were trembling, and the sobs in her throat were almost uncontrollable.
However, what he said next completely broke her heart - "Stop making trouble unreasonably. I think you have a special status and are not suitable for this place, so I have never asked you to follow the cumbersome palace rules like others. If
If you continue to do the following offenses in the future, then I will have to consider ordering someone to teach you the rules."
Ke'er clenched her fists tightly until her joints turned completely white due to excessive exertion, and even became so tight that she felt pain, but she didn't feel anything at all.
Smiling sarcastically, she said stubbornly: "Yes, I don't understand those rules, and I don't bother to understand them. I don't want to be one of your harem beauties like other women. You have always wanted me.
Of course! You’re just now saying that I don’t understand the rules. Why did you do it in the first place if you already knew about this?”
After yelling at him sadly and angrily, no matter how ugly his face was, she turned her head and ran out of the study.
The moment she turned around, the tears she had held back for a long time finally fell uncontrollably and disappeared into the passing airflow, leaving no one paying attention...
…
Ke'er rushed all the way back to Chen Palace. Cui'er was watching. When he saw her figure, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Miss, you are finally back. I just heard some rumors that the king wants to enthrone Yang Xi."
The princess is the queen..."
Unexpectedly, before she finished speaking, she saw tears glistening on Ke'er's face.
"Miss, why are you crying?" Kerr worried and anxiously took out her handkerchief, trying to wipe away her tears.
But Ke'er turned her face away, and at the same time wiped away the tears on her face with her sleeves, and secretly took a deep breath to stabilize her emotions, which were about to collapse.
"Tui'er, I'm fine. Don't be so loud. Don't let others know."
She didn't want others to see her in such a miserable state.
"Others? Miss, did you... quarrel with Wang? Is it because of the matter between Wang and Princess Yangxi? Could it be... are those rumors true... No, no, how could it be possible that Wang loves Miss so much?
..." Cui'er was so sad that she couldn't continue talking.
Ke'er bit her lip tightly to prevent more tears from falling. Now that she cried, no one would feel sorry for him.
Because Ao Chenye no longer loves her, and will never love her again...
She held back her tears silently and walked into the room silently. She was in a state of confusion. She thought of the marriage between Ao Chenye and Yang Xi over and over again in her mind, and her ears... echoed over and over again.
In a word - the only woman I want now is Yang Xi...
She finally followed this path... fell out of favor...
Such facts kept hitting her, and the heartbreaking pain spread throughout her body, so painful that even her fingertips tingled.
"Ao Chenye, did I mistrust you from the beginning, or... I was too stupid to believe that you... are a sentimental person..."
She murmured sadly, her mind went blank, unable to think from the extreme pain, and even recalling the beauty between them became... powerless...
Cui'er heard her talking to herself, and then looked at her such a sad expression, she gradually said with a sad face and a little choked with sobs - "Miss, are what the people in the palace said true? The king really wants to confer the title of Yang.
Is Princess Xi the queen?"
Ke'er trembled all over, her neck turned a little stiffly to face Cui'er.
His pale and trembling lips moved slightly: "Yes, Ao Chenye told me personally... yes..."
She kept repeating the word "yes" in a daze, and her voice was so bitter that it made people feel distressed.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu." Miss!" Cui'er couldn't hold back her inner cry any longer, so she rushed over and hugged Ke'er's unusually fragile body tightly, crying loudly.
Ke'er was so sad that she stiffened her body to be held by Cui Er, her eyes were empty and her expression was calm, as if nothing in this world could enter her consciousness.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
Do it, otherwise the king would not treat the young lady like this, no..."
Cui'er shed tears while speaking random words to comfort Ke'er.
The words of crying were vaguely conveyed to Ke'er's dazed mind. She blinked her red, tearless eyes, and a glimmer of dawn poured into her dark eyes.
She pushed Tweety away gently and said with eager eyes: "Tweety, what did you just say? Say it again."
Cui'er was a little confused by her nonsensical question. She sobbed and asked in a hoarse voice: "Miss, I just said a lot of things, which one do you want to listen to?"
"You think it was because of Princess Yang Xi's tricks that Ao Chenye became so fast?" She tried hard to recall what she had vaguely heard in a trance.
Raising her hands to wipe away her tears, Cui'er hesitated for a moment, then nodded firmly.
"Yes, it must be because Princess Yangxi used some shameful means in their country, so the king suddenly treated the young lady like this, or...or could it be because Princess Yangxi threatened to be detrimental to the young lady, so the king did so
He temporarily agreed to marry her to buy time to think of a way to deal with it. Miss, think about it, if there was nothing special, how could Wang suddenly change his attitude towards the miss? This is not in line with common sense at all, so it must be
Princess Yang Xi relies on her to cause trouble in the Dragon Kingdom!"
The more Cui'er spoke, the more energetic she became. The more she spoke, the more she felt that her guess was correct, and her tone became very indignant, as if Princess Yang Xi had really done that.
Ke'er fell silent, closed her eyes, tried to regain her sense from the chaos of grief, and thought about a series of things that happened last night.
Cui'er said that Princess Yang Xi might use her to threaten Ao Chenye...
Suddenly an idea flashed in her mind. Ao Chenye seemed to know some clues about the last time she was kidnapped by Princess Yang Xi and almost insulted outside the palace. Although he had no evidence, she was sure that he was suspicious of Yang Xi at that time.
Princess Xi, she is still alienated from Princess Yang Xi because of that incident, maybe...
She stood up suddenly, and the darkness in her eyes suddenly lit up.
Maybe what Cui'er said was right. Princess Yang Xi might have really done something shameful. Didn't she doubt it before? It was all because Ao Chenye's words were so hurtful that she was so sad that she forgot about them.
I need to investigate something.
"Tui'er, what you said is really what I have thought about. I shouldn't just accept my fate like this. I want to investigate clearly."
She was so impulsive that she wanted to go out again. Unexpectedly, she took a step forward, raised her eyes, and saw Ao Chenye walking in from the door.
She looked at him with surprise and joy, her heart that had just died seemed to come to life again.
"Ao Chenye..." she called softly, with a suppressed and faint hope in her eyes, hoping that he was here to tell her that he had his own reasons?
However, Ao Chenye just looked at her indifferently, then turned to Cui'er and ordered: "You go down first, I have something to say to Ke'er alone."
The obvious indifferent expression on his face made Cui'er look back and forth at them with some worry. Her eyes lingered on Ke'er anxiously for a while before she had to obey the order, bow and leave.
There were only two of them left in the room.
A suffocating silence spread between them...
It was so quiet that Kerr's slightly rising hope sank into the darkness little by little, and her eyes, filled with hope and light, slowly lowered their eyes.
Ao Chenye broke the silence first, walked over, and said in a cold voice: "I heard what you just said to Cui'er."
I heard it all...
So...his calm and cold attitude is...
The weak hope was destroyed bit by bit, causing Ke'er's chest to start to twitch painfully again.
She forced herself to muster the courage to face it, and slowly raised her eyes, her eyes so silent that no one could see any vitality.
"Now that you heard it, then..."
In the end, she didn't say anything anymore. Maybe she had the courage to say it again.
Ao Chenye stared into her eyes, his eyes darkened sternly, and he answered her words with a hint of cold anger in his voice - "Then I can tell you the answer, don't slander Yang Xi with doubts, she has no
She has done anything excessive. If she marries me and is humiliated like this by you, I... will not let you go, let alone that girl Cui'er. You'd better understand what I say!"