Chapter 192 How do you know she won't choose me?

Fifteen minutes later, Gu Qianning emerged from the abbot's meditation room with red eyes.

This time, she didn't shake the divination sticks.

Her voice was extremely hoarse: "Second brother, A-Tang, let's go, let's go back."

Shen Wantang knew she was upset, so she stepped forward and patted her arm to comfort her, then walked out with her.

But they hadn't gone far when they bumped into Xiao Qingyuan, who was accompanied by Moji and Huayi.

Xiao Qingyuan looked surprised when he saw Shen Wantang: "What are you doing here?"

Shen Wantang never expected to see him at Fazhen Temple. She thought he had become a monk there before and would never come back!

It seems he doesn't take his decision to become a monk seriously; he's incredibly carefree.

Shen Wantang stepped forward with Du Juan, her tone calm: "I came to offer incense and pray for blessings. Why is the young master here too? Have you also come to pray for blessings?"

"Oh, I... just came to take a look around, and by the way, I'll ask the abbot for a peace charm for Huayi."

As Xiao Qingyuan spoke, his gaze fell on Gu Qianhan, and his tone became very impolite: "Gu Qianhan, haven't you always been averse to gods and Buddhas? What are you doing at Fazhen Temple? Why are you with Shen Wantang? You wouldn't be thinking of..."

Gu Qianhan interrupted him coldly: "Xiao Qingyuan, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. I'm here with my sister to offer incense, and it has nothing to do with your Crown Princess. Haven't you ruined my reputation enough? Now you not only want to continue ruining my reputation, but you also want to ruin your Crown Princess's reputation? I didn't know you were so fond of sacrificing your own family for the greater good."

Xiao Qingyuan then realized that what he had just said was indeed inappropriate. His face turned ashen as he stepped forward and lowered his voice, saying, "You don't need to make it sound so high-sounding. I may not know others, but I know you very well! You would never come to Fazhen Temple to burn incense for no reason!"

"You're clearly just trying to get back at me by deliberately getting close to my Crown Princess! You weren't satisfied with stealing Yan Luo before, now you want to steal Shen Wantang too. You're truly shameless!"

"However, I can tell you that it's no use for you to get close to her. She's doing very well as the Crown Prince's wife in the Ning Prince's mansion. My father and mother treat her extremely well. Unless she's gone mad, no matter what tricks you use, she will never go with you!"

A chilling light appeared in Gu Qianhan's eyes. Xiao Qingyuan only said that his father and mother treated Shen Wantang well, which shows that he himself knew that he, as her husband, did not treat Shen Wantang very well!

He glanced at Hua Yi behind Xiao Qingyuan and sneered.

He lowered his voice so that only he and Xiao Qingyuan could hear him: "I want to take another of your women, but not Shen Wantang. After all, you don't like her, so it's no use if I take her. I see that you seem to really like this maid. You've been taking her everywhere you go these past few days. If I take her, it should make you miserable for a long time, right?"

"You dare!"

Xiao Qingyuan was furious: "Who do you think you are? You think you can just take my person away like that? You didn't even ask Hua if she wanted to go with you! She's not Yan Luo, she would never choose you!"

Gu Qianhan's tone was full of sarcasm: "How do you know she won't choose me? Before Chu Yanluo came with me, didn't you always firmly believe that Chu Yanluo could never leave you? She's just a maid, it's easy to get her to come with me, right? Do you want to make a bet with me?"

Xiao Qingyuan opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

He glanced back at Huayi, who was looking down at him meekly, but in that instant, he lost confidence that she would stay with him steadfastly.

Xiao Qingyuan's initial fervor for the painting quickly cooled down, and he realized that he seemed to have trusted women too much.

Shen Wantang, who was standing to the side, couldn't hear what the two were saying, but she watched as Gu Qianhan made Xiao Qingyuan look at Huayi with suspicion in just a short while, and couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

Xiao Qingyuan has been so engrossed in painting these past few days that he has even neglected Chu Yanluo. He never expected that Gu Qianhan could bring him back to his senses so quickly.

He truly deserves to be called a genius; he's incredibly talented.

Seeing the two of them on the verge of conflict, Gu Qianning forgot all about the discomfort she felt from drawing four unlucky fortune sticks and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Your Highness, today I made an appointment with Atang to come here to offer incense and pray for blessings. My second brother was just worried that it was unsafe for this place to take in so many refugees, so he accompanied me on this trip. It has nothing to do with anything else."

"I know you and my second brother have some entanglements and misunderstandings, but you grew up together and there is still a bond between you as brothers. You must not let some unfounded things cause you to drift apart."

Xiao Qingyuan turned to look at her, knowing that she was referring to the unfounded accusation that Gu Qianhan had bullied Chu Yanluo.

He had always had a good impression of Gu Qianning, knowing that she was a true lady from a prominent family.

His voice softened: "Miss Gu, it's not that I want to distance myself from your second brother, it's just that he's gone too far in some things. I didn't want to argue with him about Yanluo's matter anymore, but he still tried to take her away..."

He glanced at Hua Yi. "He even tried to steal my maid! Tell me, is he crazy? He's afraid I'll have a single day of peace!"

Gu Qianning was taken aback. Huh?

It seems that Prince Xiao only guessed half of it correctly. Her second brother is indeed crazy, but why would he want to steal his maid? He clearly wants to steal his princess consort!

For the sake of her second brother's reputation, Gu Qianning explained very seriously: "This... the young master is probably mistaken. We have quite a few maids in our mansion. Although there are no maids serving my second brother in his room, my mother can arrange one for him whenever he wants. He really wouldn't be interested in the young master's maids."

Xiao Qingyuan sneered: "I think you still don't understand your good second brother. He's capable of all sorts of bad things. To get revenge for me ruining his marriage, he tried to steal my person without even asking any questions!"

Gu Qianning was even more surprised. She looked at her second brother. So that's what he said to Xiao Qingyuan.

However, my second brother was not willing to marry into the Liu family in the first place!

Although her mother liked Liu Nanshi, the daughter of Grand Secretary Liu, her second brother didn't. Every time Liu Nanshi came to the house, her second brother wouldn't even see her.

The marriage fell through, and everyone in the family felt it was a pity, except for the second brother, who was very satisfied.

Xiao Qingyuan grew up with his second brother, weren't they good brothers? He should know that his second brother didn't like Liu Nanshi, otherwise his second brother would have married Liu Nanshi long ago at the age of twenty, and wouldn't have waited until today.

Gu Qianning was still in a daze when she suddenly heard Xiao Qingyuan say again, "Shen Wantang, come here and stand over here. Stay away from some people with ill intentions. After I get the peace charm for Huayi, we'll go back to the manor together."