0p0 Chapter 165 Warning
Chapter 165 Warning
Mu Qingchen let go of Qiao Shinian's hand, raised his hand and slapped Princess Yu'an on the cheek: "You are disrespectful to your elders and you deserve to be beaten."
After saying that, she slapped the other half of her face again: "As a princess, you should be spanked for your inappropriate words."
"You!" Princess Yu'an covered her face, unable to believe that Mu Qingchen would slap her in public in front of everyone. The humiliation was greater than the shame. She pointed at Mu Qingchen and said, "You dare to hit me? How dare you hit me! I'm going to tell my father and mother that this matter is not over!"
"Go ahead and tell me how I beat you." Mu Qingchen's eyes were calm as he looked at Princess Yu'an coldly.
Princess Yu'an was still a little scared when being stared at by Mu Qingchen, and didn't dare to look him in the eye for long.
"Hey, Your Majesty, you are here!" A shrill voice came, and a eunuch trotted over: "Your servant is ordered to come to the palace to find you. His Majesty has something urgent to summon you!"
When Princess Yu'an heard this, she raised her eyebrows and said, "Humph! You're done. I'm going back to the palace to complain too!"
Mu Qingchen looked down at Qiao Shinian, his eyes full of annoyance: "I'll be back soon. When you're tired, take Yingzhu and the others and find a restaurant to wait for me, okay?"
"Well, go ahead." Qiao Shinian let go of Mu Qingchen's hand and nodded at him with a smile.
Princess Yu'an originally wanted to pull Wen Jiu together, but unexpectedly Wen Jiu ignored her. She was so angry that she had to take Lan Sheng, who had coaxed and deceived her, back to the palace.
After the two people left, Qiao Shinian looked at Princess Youan and Mo Cheng, then at Wen Jiu, feeling a bit troubled for a moment.
It's not good to be too close to Wen Jiu, but it's also not good to be too distant from Wen Jiu.
"Miss Qiao, why don't you come with us?" Princess Youan spoke at the right time.
"Okay." Qiao Shinian agreed readily.
"Oh! My dear brother, you are here. It took me so long to find you!" With an exaggerated voice, Mo Lin came over and put his arm around Mo Cheng's shoulders. "Really? It's not easy to find you!"
Just like that, one more person was added to the tour group.
Faced with the excitement of the Lantern Festival, Qiao Shinian was as lively and curious as Wen Jiu had imagined.
This journey is relaxing and pleasant.
When Wen Jiu shifted his attention away from Qiao Shinian a little, he discovered the problem.
The look in Mo Lin's eyes when he looked at Qiao Shinian seemed very different. He had seen that kind of affection in Mu Qingchen's eyes, so he knew exactly what it meant.
After knowing Mo Lin's thoughts, Wen Jiu couldn't help but start recalling all the contacts between Mo Lin and Qiao Shinian that he knew of.
Mu Qingchen's reputation in the upper aristocratic circle was not very good, simply because his torture method was unacceptable to ordinary people, but Mo Lin...
Wen Jiu thought for a moment and came to a definite answer. He was not as good as Mu Qingchen. In every aspect, he was inferior to Mu Qingchen.
It was almost time to close the palace gates, and even though Wen Jiu and Qiao Shinian had thousands of things to say to each other, they had to separate.
He looked at Qiao Shinian, who smiled at him and motioned him to go back quickly, and his emotions were complicated.
When he got on the carriage and went back with Princess You'an, Qiao Shinian looked at Mo Lin who was still standing beside him and asked in confusion: "You're not going back? Your brother has already gone back."
"He answered his own question, and I naturally have my own place to go." Mo Lin raised his eyebrows and looked at Qiao Shinian, his voice couldn't help but be a little nervous: "Do you want to find a place with me to rest and wait for your prince to come and find you? I know a good place. The flower wine there is very good, and many ladies from famous families like it."
"Let's go. I'll go try it." Qiao Shinian nodded, then turned to look at Yingzhu and Hehuan behind him, "You two come closer. Don't get separated."
"Don't worry, young lady. We will follow closely." Yingzhu looked at Mo Lin, a flash of vigilance in her eyes.
In the private room of the restaurant, Qiao Shinian held the heater and looked at the crowd below.
It was time to disperse, and the late-night outing was gradually coming to an end.
Mo Lin seemed to be pestered by an acquaintance and did not come in for a long time.
"Miss Qiao." The door opened and the person who came in was Mu Qinglan. She waved away the maid who was following her and walked in alone.
Qiao Shinian looked at Mu Qinglan, surprised for a moment, then said with a smile: "Miss Mu, you haven't returned home yet. What a coincidence that we meet in the restaurant again."
Mu Qinglan smiled and said, "Would you like me to sit down and chat?"
"I think we are not familiar with each other and there is nothing to talk about. If we really want to talk, we can only talk about the virtuous king Mu Qingchen. I have said everything I should say when you visited me last time."
Mu Qinglan walked straight to sit opposite her, and after carefully looking at her, he spoke slowly: "You are indeed a beauty, but you can't stay in the Xianwang Mansion with just your beauty. Have you ever thought about what you should do if His Royal Highness Xianwang is tired of playing?"
"Tired of playing? I'm not tired of him for now. You don't need to worry about where I'm going. At least I have a place to stay and I won't starve to death on the streets." Qiao Shinian looked at Mu Qinglan in front of her calmly. After a long time, she spoke again: "Ms. Mu, the current situation is cruel to you, but he likes me, and I like him. There is no place for you between the two of us."
Mu Qinglan clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and she stared at Qiao Shinian: "Just now you said that you are not familiar with me. We are indeed not familiar with each other. After all, our status is different. The position of the virtuous princess will only be reserved for girls from our noble families, and according to your status, you can only be a concubine at most. Do you understand the gap between us?"
"I understand it completely." Qiao Shinian smiled, "So, I don't want his status as the virtuous princess, I want him to be handsome. It's his freedom to be with whomever he wants, I won't interfere or stop him.
Please consider this as the last time I meddle in other people's business, Miss Mu. You are a princess and the sister of Duke Suhe. Why do you have to be obsessed with him?
Mu Qingchen doesn't like you, this should be clear. He neither keeps you hanging with an ambiguous attitude nor shows any signal that you can get close to him, and he clearly rejects you, which is enough to show his attitude.
If he likes someone, he will really take the initiative. For example, he likes me now, and his behavior lets me know that he likes me.
Let it go, he doesn't have you in his heart. If you continue to cling to him like this, you will be the one who gets hurt."
Mu Qinglan tightly grasped her handkerchief. In her opinion, Qiao Shinian's advice was just showing off to her.
"Do you think he will always like you? He just feels new about you. Your existence has made him a stain for others to criticize. You are of no help to him, but will hurt him instead. If you really like the prince, you should leave him!"
Qiao Shinian placed her hands on the table with her fingers crossed and her chin supported. After hearing what Mu Qinglan said, she shrugged: "I don't know if he will always like me, but for now, he likes me very much. As for the other question you mentioned, I think he considered it when he decided to be with me, so he was prepared to endure these remarks.
As for the idea that if you love him, you should leave him, I don't agree. To love someone means to stay with him. He is already a prince, which is a very high starting point, so how can I help him?"
"I believe you will take the initiative to leave the prince." Mu Qinglan looked at Qiao Shinian who was making trouble, stood up and said coldly: "I hope your future experiences will make you so sure of your current thoughts."
"Then I won't see you off." Qiao Shinian stretched out a hand and waved to Mu Qinglan.