Chapter 280 The Prince is Not Innocent
When she broke off the engagement, she was most afraid that he would mistakenly think that she wanted to get close to the emperor and cut off ties with him. Unexpectedly, he still thought of that.
Shen Qingyi sighed and defended herself.
"That's not the case, Your Highness. Believe it or not, when I broke off the engagement, I never thought of clinging to the Emperor."
Before this, she never knew that the emperor liked her, and she had never thought about anything happening between them.
What stood between them was never the emperor, nor power or status, but this damn plot.
It's a pity that he will never understand.
"In other words, you think so now? Shen Qingyi, do you really want to be with my brother?"
He looked at her with gritted teeth, his brows furrowed, his eyes cold and gloomy, with deep rage suppressed in his eyes. His expression was sinister and terrifying, as if he wanted to devour her.
Shen Qingyi had never seen him look so terrifying. She was so frightened that her heart trembled. She lowered her head and shrank into the corner of the carriage, her voice trembling.
"I, we've already broken off our engagement, who should I be with..."
"You still dare to mention this?"
Before she could finish her words, he was interrupted harshly. He sneered and said angrily, "Shen Qingyi, I will ask you again, why do you want to cancel the engagement?"
"Stop talking nonsense about wanting to help me be with someone else. I don't need you to help me be with anyone I want to be with."
"Today, if you cannot give me a satisfactory answer, I will never let you go."
Who does she think she is?
A god who controls love?
Is it her turn to arrange his feelings?
There is a saying that goes "Even if you die, you should die with a clear mind", so Shen Qingyi understood why he was so persistent in wanting to get to the bottom of things.
Put yourself in her shoes. If she were dumped for no apparent reason, she would probably be crazy and tormented. She would be forever entangled and would never be able to get over this hurdle.
But the truth cannot be told to him.
If she told him that the world they lived in was just a book, he was the male protagonist and Su Haitang was the female protagonist, then they would be a destined couple.
If she keeps pestering him, not only will she die, but many others will as well. I'm afraid he will think she's crazy, right?
After a moment, she came to her senses and decided to test him with a plot.
"To be honest, Your Highness, I've been having a dream for a while now. In the dream, Su Haitang's personality changed drastically overnight..."
"She changed her ways and no longer pursued the prince relentlessly. Instead, she sneered and ignored him every time they met."
"The prince was very uncomfortable with the change in attitude, and he couldn't help but start paying attention to her."
"Then, he gradually discovered that she was completely different from the Su family's legitimate daughter that the prince had known before, and even different from all the noble ladies in Gaojing."
"She is not unlearned and illiterate as the rumors say. On the contrary, she knows everything and possesses many unheard-of skills."
"For some unknown reason, she suddenly approached the prince and offered him an olive branch. The prince took the bait, and after a few interactions, their relationship became close."
"After that, you became inseparable, infatuated with each other, and became a legend, the envy of the world."
"And I have become a joke among the teahouses in the market."
"Watching you two being so affectionate every day, I became jealous and went crazy. I lost my mind."
"In order to win back the prince and keep the engagement, I used all kinds of despicable means to sabotage you. In the end, I was despised by everyone and ended up being killed tragically..."
Having said this, she stopped, buried her head in her arms, and felt an indescribable sadness lingering around her.
"So, you broke off your engagement with me just because of a dream?"
There was a moment of silence. Xiao Yelin rolled his throat and opened his lips. His voice was low and dry, filled with disbelief.
He never imagined that the reason she unilaterally broke off the engagement with him was... a dream?
And how could this dream be so consistent with what happened between him and Su Haitang?
This is simply unbelievable.
"Yes, it's because of this dream, but this dream is too real. How can I dare to continue to be with the prince?"
Shen Qingyi raised her head and looked at him with red eyes, tears flashing in her eyes.
Without waiting for him to speak, she continued, "I want to know, after hearing this dream, Your Highness, is your heart not moved at all?"
"Don't you think that many things in this dream are consistent with the prince and Su Haitang?"
"To be honest, Your Highness, the last time I was able to accurately predict your private dealings with Su Haitang, it wasn't because my family sent someone to keep an eye on you. It was because I saw it in this dream."
"If my family really was targeting you, I would never be so foolish as to mention it to the prince openly."
Xiao Yelin was silent.
He could not tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes and would never tolerate anyone secretly monitoring him, so after he returned that day, he sent people to investigate.
The secret guards had been watching for a long time, but they never found anyone with suspicious behavior near the palace.
It is certain that the Shen family did not send anyone to monitor him.
In this case, it is rather strange that Shen Qingyi knows about him and Su Haitang.
If this is really a dream...
Why did she dream these things?
Xiao Yelin frowned, his heart filled with huge doubts, and he couldn't figure it out.
But he understood one thing, that is, Shen Qingyi's statement in the dream, regardless of whether it was true or not, could explain her unilateral cancellation of the engagement.
Because she dreamed that he and Su Haitang would fall in love with each other, and she would interfere and end up in a bad situation. Therefore, after waking up and finding out that he and Su Haitang were really having an affair, she wanted to completely avoid this risk.
"Shen Qingyi, you can't just abandon your engagement and this prince so decisively because of a dream. How innocent is this prince?"
"Dreams are false and cannot be counted. Why didn't you explain this to me before you broke off the engagement?"
Before this, Xiao Yelin had been eager to find her to get things clear. Now that he finally got the answer, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.
His engagement was defeated by a dream!
"Is the prince really innocent?"
Shen Qingyi was so angry that she almost laughed.
The reason why these things did not happen was because of the arrival of the younger sister. Because the younger sister knew the plot, and they could hear the younger sister's voice, it was not because he was innocent.
If it weren't for my younger sister, then all these things would be true.
"But the private relationship between the prince and Su Haitang is not fake. If I don't let go in time, things will develop as I said."
"If I don't break off the engagement soon, do I have to wait until you two are in love and find me a stumbling block and an eyesore before I get rid of you?"
"The prince said that I shouldn't explain it to you before I break off the engagement, but how can I explain it to you?"
"If I explain, will the prince agree to cancel the engagement?"
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