Chapter 123: I always feel something is wrong, and finally I understand after seeing Tianbao

Qiu Yueying is in love with Qin Huo. Everyone in the Qiu family knows it, but outsiders don't know.

Therefore, as the daughter of a cabinet minister, she would rather be Qin Huo's concubine than marry another prince as his principal wife.

In fact, she had only seen Qin Huo from afar a few times during the Chinese New Year at the imperial banquet and was struck by his beauty. To be disrespectful, she thought Qin Huo was even more beautiful than herself.

When the Regent's Palace sent her a letter inviting her to go boating the next day, she was so happy in her heart but nervous on the outside that she immediately started to match her clothes and jewelry, and tried out several hairstyles...

The next day, the autumn air was clear and the rippling blue lake surface was sparkling.

Qiu Yueying was dressed coolly, in a Xiangfei-colored skirt, which made the young woman look soft and tender. When the breeze blew, her delicate face was as beautiful as a flower.

Qiu Yueying is beautiful, but when she stands next to Qin Huo, she seems a little inferior.

She bowed gracefully: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Qin Huo had a fake smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with a distant look that kept people at a distance: "No need to be polite, just get on board."

The Dragon Boat Festival had long passed, but in order to expand their influence, the shop jointly opened by the Yao family and Xu Saipan organized a dragon boat race together. The winners received generous rewards, so many people came to the lake to watch the fun today, but very few people could charter a boat to cruise the lake.

Lord Qiu is an important official of Daqi. Qin Huo brought Qiu Yueying here to show his importance to the Qiu family. If he doesn't like her, he can always make excuses and say it's inappropriate to refuse her in the future, after all, they have had serious contact before.

Qiu Yueying walked beside Qin Huo, so nervous that she didn't even know how to take steps. In her panic, she even stammered without realizing it.

Qin Huo was absent-minded and didn't notice it until the maid beside Qiu Yueying couldn't help but remind him, then he turned his head to take a look.

The two of them were more than a foot apart. Looking down, he saw Qiu Yueying's gentle left hand and left foot move forward at the same time. Her originally graceful figure seemed somewhat stiff due to the uncoordinated movements.

Qin Huo couldn't help laughing. Just as he was about to make a joke, he looked up and met Qiu Yueying, who was blushing.

Seeing that unfamiliar face, Qin Huo stopped smiling and felt bored.

At that moment, he thought of Tianbao. The little girl had gotten drunk a couple of days ago and had been walking with her hands and feet tangled, asking him in a naive tone, "My hands aren't strong... No, it's my feet that are weak, isn't it? Humph!"

She stopped and stepped on her left foot with her right foot, then stepped on her right foot with her left foot.

Qin Huo couldn't bear to do that, so he quickly stretched out his foot to block it, so both of her steps stepped on him.

After stepping on it, she pouted and slapped her arms, muttering, "I told you not to listen!"

Her drinking behavior was not very good, and she was quite unreasonable, which made him laugh.

Just now, when Qin Huo saw Qiu Yueying's face, he suddenly became unhappy. For a moment, he had the illusion that Qiu Yueying had suddenly replaced Tianbao.

In just a moment, Qin Huo quickly put on a kind fake smile again.

He didn't like to smile much until he was six years old. It was Tianbao who taught him the principle of not hitting someone who smiles, and he couldn't help laughing whenever he thought of her. Naturally, he didn't know why he liked to smile.

"Prince? Prince?" Qiu Yueying found Qin Huo chuckling and thought he was making fun of her clumsiness just now. She couldn't help but want to change the subject, but she called out several times without getting a response from Qin Huo.

Qin Huo came back to his senses, turned his head and glanced at her face quickly.

The pointed chin and oval face make the face look a bit mean. It would be better if it were rounder.

Qin Huo disliked this face from the bottom of his heart, and suddenly felt bored again: "What do you want for lunch? Order whatever you want. Eat on the boat, and I'll have someone take you back."

Qiu Yueying was secretly delighted, her face still flushed: "I don't mind."

Qin Huo frowned, turned around and said, "Okay, I'll let them do it."

He had no intention of guessing what the woman was thinking. Tianbao was good just the way she was. She would tell him what she liked to eat and was extremely serious when eating, enjoying every bite with great satisfaction.

Qiu Yueying was immersed in shyness, and would secretly glance at Qin Huo from time to time.

The two of them walked to the bow and sat down, looking at the dragon boats preparing for the race in the distance.

Qin Huo still had a fake smile on his face: "Do you want to see it? I'll have someone bring the boat closer so you can take a closer look."

Qiu Yueying had no interest in dragon boat racing; her heart and eyes were filled with the young man beside her. But as long as he liked it, she nodded without objection: "Okay."

"What kind of fruit would you like to eat? Any pastries?" Qin Huo lacked experience in being alone with women, and his words and actions were exactly a replica of what he did when he was with Tianbao before, except for the incongruous fake smile on his face.

Qiu Yueying felt that he was extremely considerate and said shyly, "It's all fine."

Qin Huo frowned again and asked people to bring him various fruits and cakes. He ate them casually, his attention all focused on the dragon boats that were getting closer and closer.

Qiu Yueying was worried that the meal would look unsightly, so she finished the cake, which was half a finger long, in the time it took her to finish a cup of tea.

After finally finishing her meal, she couldn't wait to peel the grapes and shyly put them next to Qin Huo's hand, her eyes glued to his face.

Qin Huo looked at the dragon boats that were about to race and reached for some fruit as usual. When he touched the juicy peeled grapes, he was stunned.

Glancing sideways, he saw Qiu Yueying peeling grapes, and after peeling them, she put them next to him.

Qin Huo instinctively refused: "You don't have to do it."

Concubine Yao has always taught that men should take better care of women, and that men should do small things that can enhance relationships, such as peeling shrimps and grapes.

Qin Huo did not explain much. When Qiu Yueying looked up and met his cold and gloomy eyes, she was so scared that she quickly took back the grapes she was about to hand over, holding them in her hand, not knowing whether to throw them away or eat them.

She felt a little aggrieved. Qin Huo didn't seem to like her, and she didn't know what she had done wrong.

Maybe he doesn't like grapes?

Thinking gloomily, she ate the grape in her hand in small bites, but never touched the other peeled grapes.

Qin Huo glanced at the pile of peeled grapes and sneered in his heart: What a waste, Tianbao never wastes any food!

The cruise ship stopped at a place, and the dragon boat race began.

Qin Huo quickly stood up and walked to the railing to watch the game.

Qiu Yueying thought for a moment, then walked to his side, her heart pounding as she tried to get as close to him as possible, so close that her skirt would touch the hem of his robe when it fluttered in the wind.

The dragon boat race began, and several dragon boats paddled towards the finish line with all their might, creating a very exciting scene.

Qin Huo was so excited that he subconsciously said, "Sweet..." He turned his head but didn't see Tian Bao. It was that "mean" face that made him feel unfavorable, so he had to swallow his words.

“Come on! Come on! Come on!”

A familiar voice sounded on another ship. Qin Huo's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked in the direction of the voice.

The only one who likes to say "come on" to cheer others up is Tianbao. It is said that she learned this from a Western book.

Tianbao was seen waving her fists in the air with great elation, shouting at one of the dragon boats. Her expression was completely unremarkable, but her excitement and joy were contagious to those around her. For example, the Fifth Prince, standing next to Tianbao, was beaming with joy.

Qin Huo always felt something was wrong ever since he met Qiu Yueying, and when he saw Tianbao he finally realized it.