“Even if you change your surname to Qin now, you will still be Li Erya. You are my son’s betrothed who has yet to passed the door, and these are clearly written in the bride price, I also have the Geng Tie. Don’t try to renege on it!”
Madam Zhang had made a scene at the Qin Mansion before, and since this was her second time, she already has the experience. So, this time she howled louder than the first as she urged her son Xu Jinpeng to call his wife repeatedly.
The people who parade with her as they walked toward to the second prince’s residence were watching with excitement, all of them had this bright glint in their eyes, after all, it hadn’t been so “lively” in the capital for a long time.
“Qin?” A middle-aged woman in the crowd muttered thoughtfully, and curiously asked a young woman next to her, “Sister, is the Qin that woman and her foolish son mentioned, the same Qin that we know?”
“Who else could it be unless that one?” The young woman curled her lips mockingly at the middle-aged woman.
The people around them who heard this also smiled meaningfully.
The scandalous stories about the Second Prince and his newly appointed concubine spread widely in the capital, and even they had heard of them.
A man with a mustache touched his beard and spoke convincingly, “I just mentioned it at the Qin Mansion, and I will again, this mother and son must have found the wrong person. They must be looking for the Second Prince’s concubine. That amorous lady was said to have done the deed with the second prince before she was even carried through the door!”
“Think about it, the second prince has just left the palace and opened his own mansion, so why would he be so eager to carry someone in, there is only most likely one reason…”
He didn’t say anything further, but most of them understood his meaning. Obviously, the second prince wouldn’t be able to hide the stomach from growing, so he couldn’t wait for his concubine to be carried into his residence.
Meanwhile, when Qin Zeyu arrived, he saw the Zhang mother and son already making trouble so he didn’t go any further and just watched from a distance.
The great commotion outside the mansion naturally alarmed the people inside, and the gatekeeper immediately sent a servant to report the matter to Gu Jing.
As the servant reported the ruckus outside, she didn’t dare to look at her master’s face at all. It would always be unbearable for any man to know that their woman was having entanglements with other men.
“……” Gu Jing’s complexion was cloudy and vague, as his right hand tightly gripped the armrest of the chair.
Qin Xin on the side, also naturally heard the servant’s report which widened her eyes in disbelief, and froze for a moment.
“!!!”
How did the Zhang mother and son find her?!
Qin Xin tightly clenched her handkerchief as her eyes flickered.
Since she entered the Second Prince’s Mansion, others have watched her lead a luxurious life, but in fact, she knows to herself that she was like a canary confined in a bird cage, bound from freedom.
She could only be trapped in the second mansion without any eyes and ears outside, disabling her from all the information and happenings, so obviously this came as a shock to her when she heard that the Zhang mother and son arrived at the capital but why were they coming for her, and even kept talking that she was betrothed to that fool!
Qin Xin looked at Gu Jing, whose face was as heavy as water, with a thumping sensation in her heart, she felt unusually panicked.
She subconsciously hid her hand on her sleeves as she bit her lower lip, she wanted to speak but didn’t dare to say anything at the end.
Her silence in Gu Jing’s eyes seems to be like pouring fuel on the fire, and this evil fire in his heart suddenly rushed straight to his brain, burning him out of his reason.
He grabbed the teacup in his hand and threw it at her fiercely, questioning, “Have you ever been engaged to someone?”
The teacup brushed against Qin Xin’s sleeve and hit the wall behind with a “clang” sound, the cup shattered, and the hot tea inside splattered everywhere, splashing along the tea on Qin Xin’s skirt and shoes.
“……” Qin Xin shrank in fear, her pretty face was tragically white as she looked at Gu Jing in front of her, simply not recognizing this man. Was this still the second prince who used to be so considerate to her?
Gu Jing added: “Speak!”
Qin Xin was startled, like a frightened little rabbit.
She bit her lower lip again and shook her head, saying, “Your Highness, the one who is engaged to that fool is not me, but that Qin Jiu.”
Gu Jing: “…”
Qin Xin’s hands, hidden in her sleeves, clenched into fists in fear. “I really can’t stand the fact that Chenjun has been ostracizing His Highness, so I want to teach them a lesson for the injustice he had done to Your Highness.”
“I heard that Qin Jiu was engaged to the Xu family in her hometown before, so I managed to call that fool and his mother to the capital and want them to go to the Qin mansion to make a scene. Qin Jiu is the future Princess of Chenjun, if she lost her face, then Gu Zezhi will be criticized by others.”
“Your Highness, I’m doing this all for you.”
“I was thinking that if this scandal gets bigger, it can attract the attention of the common people and they will stop staring at you. Your Highness, this is also killing two birds with one stone.”
Qin Xin’s hands hidden under her sleeves were clenched even tighter as her body also tenses up, and felt the scalded foot was burning and hurting more making her want to scream but dare not to.
Gu Jing: “…”
Gu Jing stared at Qin Xin silently, his eyes darkened like a vulture staring at its prey.
Qin Xin shrank back, feeling a bit scared.
Not only she was afraid but so were the servants who were around them, the servants who serve them closely knew that since the second prince was stabbed, he was like a different person.
A young maidservant carefully served another cup of tea to Gu Jing, then retreated again silently.
“Then how did this happen?! Why are this mother and son here?!” Gu Jing asked every word colder than the first as he stared at Qin Xin.
Qin Xin: “I don’t know.”
Her voice gets softer and softer.
Qin Xin really doesn’t know. She could only guess her parents had brought the wrong news to the Xu family.
With this in thought, Qin Xin looked at Gu Jing with a hint of fear and pleading in her eyes.
“Even if you change your surname to Qin now, you will still be Li Erya. You are my son’s betrothed who has yet to passed the door, and these are clearly written in the bride price, I also have the Geng Tie. Don’t try to renege on it!”
Madam Zhang had made a scene at the Qin Mansion before, and since this was her second time, she already has the experience. So, this time she howled louder than the first as she urged her son Xu Jinpeng to call his wife repeatedly.
The people who parade with her as they walked toward to the second prince’s residence were watching with excitement, all of them had this bright glint in their eyes, after all, it hadn’t been so “lively” in the capital for a long time.
“Qin?” A middle-aged woman in the crowd muttered thoughtfully, and curiously asked a young woman next to her, “Sister, is the Qin that woman and her foolish son mentioned, the same Qin that we know?”
“Who else could it be unless that one?” The young woman curled her lips mockingly at the middle-aged woman.
The people around them who heard this also smiled meaningfully.
The scandalous stories about the Second Prince and his newly appointed concubine spread widely in the capital, and even they had heard of them.
A man with a mustache touched his beard and spoke convincingly, “I just mentioned it at the Qin Mansion, and I will again, this mother and son must have found the wrong person. They must be looking for the Second Prince’s concubine. That amorous lady was said to have done the deed with the second prince before she was even carried through the door!”
“Think about it, the second prince has just left the palace and opened his own mansion, so why would he be so eager to carry someone in, there is only most likely one reason…”
He didn’t say anything further, but most of them understood his meaning. Obviously, the second prince wouldn’t be able to hide the stomach from growing, so he couldn’t wait for his concubine to be carried into his residence.
Meanwhile, when Qin Zeyu arrived, he saw the Zhang mother and son already making trouble so he didn’t go any further and just watched from a distance.
The great commotion outside the mansion naturally alarmed the people inside, and the gatekeeper immediately sent a servant to report the matter to Gu Jing.
As the servant reported the ruckus outside, she didn’t dare to look at her master’s face at all. It would always be unbearable for any man to know that their woman was having entanglements with other men.
“……” Gu Jing’s complexion was cloudy and vague, as his right hand tightly gripped the armrest of the chair.
Qin Xin on the side, also naturally heard the servant’s report which widened her eyes in disbelief, and froze for a moment.
“!!!”
How did the Zhang mother and son find her?!
Qin Xin tightly clenched her handkerchief as her eyes flickered.
Since she entered the Second Prince’s Mansion, others have watched her lead a luxurious life, but in fact, she knows to herself that she was like a canary confined in a bird cage, bound from freedom.
She could only be trapped in the second mansion without any eyes and ears outside, disabling her from all the information and happenings, so obviously this came as a shock to her when she heard that the Zhang mother and son arrived at the capital but why were they coming for her, and even kept talking that she was betrothed to that fool!
Qin Xin looked at Gu Jing, whose face was as heavy as water, with a thumping sensation in her heart, she felt unusually panicked.
She subconsciously hid her hand on her sleeves as she bit her lower lip, she wanted to speak but didn’t dare to say anything at the end.
Her silence in Gu Jing’s eyes seems to be like pouring fuel on the fire, and this evil fire in his heart suddenly rushed straight to his brain, burning him out of his reason.
He grabbed the teacup in his hand and threw it at her fiercely, questioning, “Have you ever been engaged to someone?”
The teacup brushed against Qin Xin’s sleeve and hit the wall behind with a “clang” sound, the cup shattered, and the hot tea inside splattered everywhere, splashing along the tea on Qin Xin’s skirt and shoes.
“……” Qin Xin shrank in fear, her pretty face was tragically white as she looked at Gu Jing in front of her, simply not recognizing this man. Was this still the second prince who used to be so considerate to her?
Gu Jing added: “Speak!”
Qin Xin was startled, like a frightened little rabbit.
She bit her lower lip again and shook her head, saying, “Your Highness, the one who is engaged to that fool is not me, but that Qin Jiu.”
Gu Jing: “…”
Qin Xin’s hands, hidden in her sleeves, clenched into fists in fear. “I really can’t stand the fact that Chenjun has been ostracizing His Highness, so I want to teach them a lesson for the injustice he had done to Your Highness.”
“I heard that Qin Jiu was engaged to the Xu family in her hometown before, so I managed to call that fool and his mother to the capital and want them to go to the Qin mansion to make a scene. Qin Jiu is the future Princess of Chenjun, if she lost her face, then Gu Zezhi will be criticized by others.”
“Your Highness, I’m doing this all for you.”
“I was thinking that if this scandal gets bigger, it can attract the attention of the common people and they will stop staring at you. Your Highness, this is also killing two birds with one stone.”
Qin Xin’s hands hidden under her sleeves were clenched even tighter as her body also tenses up, and felt the scalded foot was burning and hurting more making her want to scream but dare not to.
Gu Jing: “…”
Gu Jing stared at Qin Xin silently, his eyes darkened like a vulture staring at its prey.
Qin Xin shrank back, feeling a bit scared.
Not only she was afraid but so were the servants who were around them, the servants who serve them closely knew that since the second prince was stabbed, he was like a different person.
A young maidservant carefully served another cup of tea to Gu Jing, then retreated again silently.
“Then how did this happen?! Why are this mother and son here?!” Gu Jing asked every word colder than the first as he stared at Qin Xin.
Qin Xin: “I don’t know.”
Her voice gets softer and softer.
Qin Xin really doesn’t know. She could only guess her parents had brought the wrong news to the Xu family.
With this in thought, Qin Xin looked at Gu Jing with a hint of fear and pleading in her eyes.
