Chapter 138 If he doesn’t break the contract, he will have to go against his will. I think he has been attracted to you for a long time.

Qin Huo raised his eyelids and looked at Tianbao with a smile, thinking: What do you think, you are the mistress here.

The maids in the Prince Regent's Palace were used to watching Qin Huo's expression, but seeing that he looked normal, one of them replied, "Princess Yongle will soon be the mistress of the palace. The prince's favorite is Princess Yongle, and the prince will certainly respect the princess's opinion."

The three words "female master" made Tianbao's heart tremble.

She lowered her eyes, suppressing the strange feeling in her heart, and when she looked up again, she was calm as usual: "Not yet, you still have to listen to the prince."

Although he seemed fine on the surface, his mind was in a complete mess and he completely forgot to plead for the maids.

Qin Huo looked at her intently: "I can listen to you."

Tianbao's face flushed red, and he could no longer remain calm. What nonsense was he talking about in front of so many people?

The girl stared at the remaining half bowl of rice helplessly, even forgetting her usual principle of not wasting food. She stood up and hurriedly fled the scene: "I... I'm full. I have something to do. I'm going back to the palace first."

The Fourth Princess looked at Qin Huo and said, "I'll go after him, you can do whatever you want!"

Qin Huo sighed only after the two beautiful girls ran out of his sight.

There is still a long way to go. Is it because he has said too many times in his novels that he treats Tianbao as his sister, so she subconsciously only sees him as her brother?

"Prince...Prince..." All the maids were still kneeling on the ground, trembling with fear.

Qin Huo came back to his senses and waved his hand: "Pack your things and go home. You have nowhere else to go. Ask the housekeeper to help you write a letter and find a job at the Yao family shop."

Everyone burst into laughter, kowtowed to express their gratitude, and then left with a smile on their faces.

The Yao family is the richest merchant family in Daqi. Not everyone can enter the Yao family shop. The jobs in the shop may be more profitable than those in the palace!

Over there, the fourth princess caught up with Tianbao and complained breathlessly, "I haven't eaten yet, why are you running?"

The heat on Tianbao's face had not yet subsided: "Sister, do you feel that... Qin Huo is not right?"

"Something is wrong. You didn't even quarrel with me today." The fourth princess muttered as she got on the carriage and asked the driver to go to the nearest restaurant.

Tian Bao shook her head and lowered her eyes, saying, "He's not quite...right with me."

"You are his fiancée, and maybe you will get married soon. What would be right?" The fourth princess' heart skipped a beat, and she tried to persuade Tianbao to open his heart.

Tian Bao hesitated and said, "Sister, you don't understand. He...he actually only treats me as his sister. I have always treated him as his brother."

"What do you mean by brother and sister? Men always say one thing and do another. If he doesn't say he treats you as his sister, how can he be close to you? Look at my fourth and fifth brothers, they didn't say they treat you as their sister, right? Who can be so close to you?"

Tian Bao was stunned for a moment, and after careful consideration, she said, "He wrote a written contract, promising that he would only treat me as his sister. Only my third brother, Brother Huo, and I know about this. Now that you're involved, I can't let anyone know."

"Contract?" The fourth princess was overjoyed.

No wonder Qin Huo looks so charming, but can't win over the innocent girl in front of him. It turns out that he has brought this upon himself!

Despite her happiness, the Fourth Princess still had to suppress her gloating and said seriously, "When was it written? Didn't your third brother leave Daqi a long time ago?"

When she mentioned Xu Laiqing, she missed him very much. She didn't know what he looked like now, but he was definitely no worse than Qin Huo.

"I wrote it the year I came to Daqi."

"Isn't he still young? Children say nothing, and you believe it? Look at how much he cares about you. Do you think he's like a normal brother and sister? Look at how he treats me, how he gets along with my three sisters, and then look at how he treats you."

Tian Bao was a little confused: "You mean, he broke the contract?"

The Fourth Princess curled her lips. "If he doesn't break his promise, then he's going against his heart. I think he's been attracted to you for a long time. Just now, when you said the maids in the palace were pretty, he immediately wanted to drive them all away. And what happened on your coming-of-age ceremony? Obviously, nothing happened, but he directly wiped out the Duke's Mansion... This isn't love, who would believe it?"

"Love?" Tianbao was startled.

She just thought about it randomly, thinking that she had read too many storybooks, and never dared to put it into practice.

"Isn't this love?" The Fourth Princess poked her forehead and leaned over to whisper, "You've read the storybooks for nothing, haven't you? I said Qin Huo is just like the men in them. Everything he says and does to you shows love."

Tian Bao originally wanted to clear her doubts, but after a while of talking, she felt even more anxious and excited, "Sister, stop talking! He's not... I, I don't have it either..."

"You are trying to cover up your mistake. You don't have anything... Tianbao! You are not coveting Qin Huo like I covet your third brother, are you?" The fourth princess looked as if she saw through her.

"No! Not at all!" Tianbao jumped up in shock, his evasive look showing his guilty conscience.

The fourth princess twitched her eyebrows. "Why are you reacting so strongly? It's only natural for you to covet your fiancé!"

"..." Tianbao didn't say anything else. Explanation is concealment, and concealment is the truth.

The Fourth Princess rattled off a bunch of justifications for Tian Bao and Qin Huo. Turning back, she noticed the girl lowering her head and frowning, looking troubled. She nudged her arm and said, "Don't you like Qin Huo? Is it necessary to be so gloomy?"

Tian Bao subconsciously shook her head, then hesitated and wanted to nod, then paused halfway: "You said you loved me just now, and now you like me."

"So you like him, but you don't know if it's love?"

Tian Bao looked up blankly, staring blankly into the void: "Of course I like him, just like I like my dad and my brothers."

The Fourth Princess held her forehead with her hand. "That's family affection, not love. Let me put it this way, if you were given a bunch of men to choose as your husband, would you choose any other man?"

She didn't know what love was, but ever since she came of age and decided to get married, every man she'd met had been inferior to Sulai. If she hadn't married him, she wouldn't have considered marrying anyone.

She felt that this was love.

He is the only one.

Tianbao shook his head almost without thinking: "There is probably no man in the world who is more handsome than him." Especially the fairy sister in women's clothes, she is so beautiful!

"What if he wants to hold your hand, hug you or kiss you? Would you agree?" The Fourth Princess helped her analyze the situation bit by bit. After all, she herself also wanted to understand what love was in this way.

Tianbao's face instantly turned red as the morning glow, and she glared at the Fourth Princess coquettishly: "Sister, what are you talking about!"

She didn't deny it, but her panicked eyes revealed some thoughts that she herself was not aware of.

The Fourth Princess raised her eyebrows proudly. "Oh, Qin Huo! Now it's up to you. If you can't help me marry Xu Laiqing, I'll ruin your relationship with Tian Bao! Just wait and see!"

Xu Laiqing, who was far away in Nanqiao, sneezed several times.

The new king’s first three tasks after taking office were to personally visit Beilin Prefecture to check things out, as he did not want the heavy snowstorm of a few years ago to happen again.

The carriage rumbled forward, and Xu Laiqing, who was on a secret visit, stared at the scenery outside the window in a daze. The carriage suddenly stopped, and Xu Laiqing almost fell down.

The driver opened the carriage curtain in panic and was about to speak when a cold and gentle voice floated in: "I'm so sorry, I meant to block the road. Please save my mother!"