Chapter Ten: There's a Beauty in the Snow
Qin Yan's face darkened little by little, "Really?"
Xin Rou'er was happy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She nodded timidly: "Yes, and my sister saw Rou'er and His Highness together the day before yesterday. She asked Rou'er to persuade His Highness, hoping that His Highness could help her and follow her.
She broke off the engagement."
Qin Yan's face, which had been gloomy just now, softened because of Xin Rou'er's last words.
Did Xin Nianyan see him and Xin Rouer together yesterday?
If that's the case, then it's very possible that she just said these words to make him angry.
He was a dignified prince, and the future emperor had to have a good life and good looks, so he didn't believe there could be anyone better than him.
It was just to attract his attention and let him coax her.
Oh, woman!
Xin Rouer was a little confused when she heard Qin Yan chuckle.
Just now, I wanted to kill Xin Nianyan. Why did his expression change now?
"Your Highness~ Why don't you and your sister break off the engagement, so that you can get Rou'er engaged~" Xin Rou'er twisted in his arms and said coquettishly.
Qin Yan rubbed her head and comforted her gently: "Rou'er, I can't break off the engagement with her."
Xin Rouer pouted: "Why? Now my sister has said that she doesn't like this marriage. If you go to cancel the engagement, she will definitely agree. As long as she agrees, the Duke's Palace will definitely not say anything."
Qin Yan pushed her away: "Anyway, I can't. Don't worry, even if you get married to her, you will still be Gu's concubine. Why rush? Go back. Gu will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion later."
"What are you doing in the Prime Minister's Mansion for your Highness?" Xin Rouer asked in confusion.
Qin Yan didn't hide anything: "See your sister."
Xin Rou'er became even more unhappy. She stepped forward and grabbed his arm and said coquettishly: "Your Highness, do you not like Rou'er anymore? Why are you unwilling to break off the engagement even though you can break off the engagement? As long as you break off the engagement with your sister,
Rou'er can ask her father to change the marriage to Rou'er, and then Rou'er will be your fiancée~"
Of course, Qin Yan would not say in front of the woman he liked that he insisted on getting engaged to Xin Nianyan in order to gain the support of the Duke's government. In that case, where would he put his face as a man?
Therefore, Qin Yan turned cold and said in a deep voice: "If you say you can't, you can't. You go back first!"
Xin Rou'er was frightened, froze for a moment, slowly let go of her hand, and slowly exited the private room under Qin Yan's calm expression.
"Rou'er...resign."
After waiting for others to go out, Qin Yan picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
None of these women have peace of mind.
What the two of them didn't know was that in another hollow private room in the restaurant, Chen Jinge and two official ladies were sitting here drinking tea.
This private room is not a real private room because it has no door and you can see the street below and the lobby.
Naturally, you can also see the private room where Qin Yan and the others are. Although you can't see what's going on inside, you can clearly see Xin Rou'er and Qin Yan entering and then coming out one after another.
"Strange, how come His Highness the Crown Prince and Miss Xin Er stayed in the same private room for so long?" one of the ladies in green asked in confusion.
"Isn't His Highness the Crown Prince engaged to Miss Xin? They are..." Another young lady in blue also frowned slightly, her eyes seeming to have guessed something.
She asked Chen Jinge tentatively: "Jinge, the Miss Xin who is engaged to His Highness the Crown Prince seems to be your cousin, right?"
Chen Jinge was still chatting and laughing just now, but now his face has darkened.
"Well, maybe...they are talking about something."
The lady in green frowned and sneered coldly: "What can a man and a woman do? I think it's probably a tryst. Jinge, you have to remind your cousin, remind her not to let her sister steal the man."
Chen Jinge tugged at his lips and stood up: "Well, I will remind my cousin. Let's go back first."
The two ladies looked at each other, thinking that she might have seen her cousin's fiancé in the same room with another woman, and felt uncomfortable, so they didn't say anything more.
After breaking up with Chen Jinge, the two started talking:
"I didn't expect that Miss Xin Er would be like this. I really didn't see it before."
"But no, our good young lady has been living in the same room with a man for so long. That man is still my sister's fiance. Tsk tsk."
"Oh, by the way, I heard that the eldest lady of the Xin family fell down in this restaurant the day before yesterday. Did you hear that?"
"Of course I've heard about it. I heard that he fell down from that side and was in such a miserable state. I wanted to ask Jin Ge about it just now, but I didn't have the nerve to ask."
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In Yanyun Courtyard, Xin Nianyan recovered a little today and sat in the courtyard to enjoy the snow.
Looking at the falling snowflakes in the sky, it was very similar to the day when her eyes were gouged out. The small piece of sky she saw through the window was also like this, with snowflakes falling one after another.
The only difference was that what she saw now was a wide courtyard, and there was a red plum tree in the corner of the courtyard. It was not like a window, it was just a small side with nothing, which made her heart feel depressed.
Chen Jinge came from outside. Before he could get closer, she paused and looked at Xin Nianyan in confusion.
At this time, Xin Nianyan was wearing a red fur-collared cloak. She turned her head slightly to look at the snow falling outside the pavilion. Her dark hair was tied casually behind her back, and the gauze on her forehead did not affect her delicate appearance at all.
There is a beautiful woman in the snow, her beauty is beyond compare.
Chen Jinge couldn't help but think of this sentence, but coincidentally, this beautiful woman looked sad.
Just one glance seemed to be able to infect her.
"Cousin." Chen Jinge said softly.
Xin Nianyan came back from her thoughts and saw Chen Jinge with a faint smile on her face: "Cousin Jinge."
Chen Jinge came to sit next to her and asked softly: "Cousin, what were you thinking about just now? You were so absorbed in your thoughts?"
Xin Nianyan shook her head slightly: "Nothing, why is cousin Jinge here?"
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Chen Jinge stopped asking and replied: "Yesterday you sent a letter asking me to call two friends to have tea at Baiyun Restaurant today. You want me to see Xin Rou'er and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, right?"
"Yes, did your cousin see it?"
"I saw them. They entered a private room one after another and came out after a long time." Chen Jinge said. After a pause, she asked again: "Cousin, did you already know that they were having an affair?"
Xin Nianyan nodded: "Well, I saw it at Baiyun Restaurant the day before yesterday. After you left yesterday, Xin Rou'er came to see me again. After some talk, I guessed that she would meet with the prince today, so
I want you to go take a look."
Xin Nianyan looked very calm, but Chen Jinge felt distressed and felt that she must have spent a lot of effort to convince herself to calm down.
After all, no one can accept their fiancée having a tryst with another woman.
"Then what does my cousin want me to do?"
Xin Nianyan shook her head: "Cousin, you don't have to do anything, as long as someone knows about it."
Chen Jinge understood: "Okay, cousin...have you really thought about it clearly?"
Chapter completed!