Chapter 40 Explanation

Qingzhi was shocked by Jiang Qingning's remarks and began to seek justice for Qin Xiu.

Qin Xiu pinched Qingzhi's waist, signaling him to let him go. The latter had no choice but to obey.

Jiang Qingning watched the interaction between the two, a look of understanding flashing in his eyes. He tilted his head and smiled, "Is Prince Qin feeling better?"

Qin Xiu coughed lightly and said seriously, "Thank you for your concern, Miss Jiang. I feel much better now after a long rest."

She was not an inexperienced person. Qin Xiu's actions each time might have seemed like deliberate harassment in the past.

But the hug just now proved that she had previously thought much worse of Qin Xiu.

This person is a few months younger than her, but he seems childish and stubborn in his words and deeds.

Now that he had guessed what he was thinking, Jiang Qingning actually had some understanding.

When you like someone, you can't help but want to get close to him or her even if he or she is very irritable.

Just like how she treated Xun Chen back then, she thought that with eight years of passion, even a pot of ice water could be made boiling hot by her, but Xun Chen turned out to be the exception.

"I would like to thank Prince Qin for taking the trouble to find me today, but now I have returned home safely.

Zi Su has already reported to the government office, so I believe everything has already been decided, so I won't bother Prince Qin with any help."

Jiang Qingning came back to his senses, stood up and looked at him.

Qin Xiu raised his head and looked at Jiang Qingning. From the angle he looked up at, he could clearly see the indifference in her eyes. It seemed like this person really didn't want to have anything to do with him.

He felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, as if all the snake gall in the world were churning in his stomach.

He couldn't bear it and wanted to spit out the bitterness, but after meeting Jiang Qingning's eyes, he swallowed it back, leaving him with a bitter taste.

"Thank you, Prince Qin and Qingzhi, for your righteous act today. However, I have important matters to attend to in the palace, so I will not force Prince Qin to stay for dinner."

Jiang Qingning's cold and distant salute did not give Qin Xiu the slightest hope.

Qin Xiu pursed his lips, stood up, and said, deliberately avoiding suspicion: "It was my fault that men and women should not touch each other. Qin Xiu solemnly apologizes to you here. Since Miss Jiang does not need Qin's help, Qin will return to the Dali Temple. If you need anything, please let Aunt Zhang or Zi Su come to me."

"No, I respectfully bid farewell to Prince Qin." Jiang Qingning refused without a second thought.

She took a half step back and bowed her head in a firm tone.

"Farewell, Prince Qin."

Although the people behind him didn't understand why, they still followed suit and bowed to see the guest off.

Qin Xiu moved his lips and smiled with a hint of self-mockery. There was a hint of helplessness and bitterness in his light and elegant voice.

"Okay, take care of yourself. No need to send me off."

Qin Xiu waved his hand, turned around and left with the people behind him.

Outside Ning Pavilion.

Qin Xiu walked down the steps, turned around and looked at the plaque of Ning Pavilion, and asked softly, "Who wrote this?"

The doorman bowed respectfully and said, "Your Excellency, this is a plaque that my eldest daughter personally wrote and specially commissioned by a craftsman."

"She is a very talented person, so why would she stop because of me?"

Qin Xiu said in a self-deprecating tone, jumped onto his horse, and seeing Qing Zhi hesitantly wanting to say something, he squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and rode away.

Qing Zhi looked at Qin Xiu's lonely back, turned around and looked at the plaque, and couldn't help but sighed: "Hey, what's going on!"

Ning Pavilion.

Jiang Qingning turned and looked at Uncle Fu: "Uncle Fu, you have been to the capital before, so why not take them around the capital first."

Uncle Fu nodded, breaking the awkward atmosphere and saying, "We will follow the arrangements made by the young lady. Don't worry, we will definitely be able to complete the task."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Wen Ziyi, who was full of gossip, and Wei Zhai, who seemed to be deep in thought.

The two of them immediately bowed respectfully to Jiang Qingning and Jiang Qingxi, and the three of them walked out of the mansion.

Jiang Qingning took them back home, his eyes full of coldness.

"Let's eat first. I've been swimming for a long time and I'm really hungry now."

Nanny Zhang and Zi Su heard that Jiang Qingning wanted to be quiet for a while, so they immediately ordered people to serve the dishes quickly, and then everyone left to eat, leaving the space for the two sisters.

Jiang Qingxi secretly glanced at Jiang Qingning, who was quietly dining, and hesitantly said, "Sister, you seem very unhappy. Is it because of that Prince Qin just now?"

Jiang Qingning came back to his senses, put away the depression in his eyes, and shook his head, saying, "No, it's just that listening to his words and attitude reminded me of my past self."

"If something has no outcome from the start, don't just keep banging your head against it and end up getting hurt all over."

"I didn't respond to him because I didn't want to leave any unnecessary sin."

"Sister, what you said is very profound. Although I don't understand it, I know that Sister is not happy at this moment. A man who can make Sister unhappy is naturally not suitable for me!"

Jiang Qingxi spoke in a firm tone. He raised his hand and picked up his favorite dish for Jiang Qingning, looking at her seriously: "In the future, we must find a man we like, not someone who is forced by the outside world or by our inner feelings!"

"It doesn't matter if you can't find it. For example, this dish is my favorite, but after eating it for a long time, I get tired of it. But if I eat too much, it will become tasteless and I won't want to throw it away. So I just stop eating in moderation from the beginning."

Jiang Qingning looked at the person who was talking about a bunch of profound principles and making clear statements with amusement, and couldn't help but raise her hand and pinch her chubby face.

"Only a clever guy like you can make my sister happy."

"Jiang Qingning! You vicious woman! Where are you! Jiang Qingning, get out here! Why wasn't you the one who died?"

A childish voice rang out, accompanied by a vicious curse.

Jiang Qingning paused while picking up the food, and almost instantly realized whose voice it was.

Jiang Qingxi was instantly furious. She threw the chopsticks out and nailed them into the door. She stood up angrily.

"What kind of child is so uneducated that he can just barge into someone else's house and insult the owner without any hesitation? Didn't his parents teach him well?!"

Nanny Zhang and Zi Su ran in quickly and saw a pair of chopsticks nailed to the door, and Jiang Qingxi holding a sword and about to go to see who was outside.

"No, Second Miss! This is the eldest lady's child, you can't chop it down!" Nanny Zhang hurried forward to stop her.

"What? This is my sister's child, how could he be raised to be such a bastard!"

Jiang Qingxi was stunned and instantly became furious.

"Why keep a child like this? He should be beheaded so he can be reborn as soon as possible and turn over a new leaf to become a good person!"

Nanny Zhang quickly snatched the sword from her hand and asked Zi Su to hide it under the bed along with the scabbard.

She anxiously pulled him aside and said, "Oh! My Second Miss, the person I feel most sorry for in my life, besides my family, is the young master. Please listen to my explanation first..."