Xie Jingrun paused, deliberately skipping the question, and said instead, "Prince Su has already petitioned the Emperor to grant you the title of Princess. At the same time, he also asked the Emperor to make the decision for the Xie family to release you. From now on, you are no longer the widow of the old Marquis of Weiyuan. You are free."
Upon hearing this, Rong Qingqing's heart pounded. She was filled with anticipation but also some apprehension. "But will the elders in the Xie family agree?" She still remembered the day she transmigrated. The domineering and unreasonable elders in the Xie family wanted her to be buried alive with them.
“Since the Emperor has already issued the decree, the Xie family cannot disobey even if they disagree. Moreover, you have not yet completed the wedding ceremony with the old Marquis, so the marriage is invalid,” Xie Jingrun said, frowning.
Upon hearing this, Rong Qingqing was both pleased and relieved.
From the moment she transmigrated, she was burdened with the title of widow, which left her feeling helpless and resigned to her fate.
Suddenly one day, she was able to get rid of this title and start a brand new life. How could she not feel happy and relieved?
Seeing the girl's overflowing joy, Xie Jingrun's expression softened, and in his dark eyes, there was a doting affection that he himself did not realize.
He cupped her face in one hand, his voice gentler than ever before, "Qingqing, stay, okay?"
Rong Qingqing stared at him blankly, as if bewitched.
Xie Jingrun at this moment was unlike anyone she had ever seen before.
He's so handsome; when he's gentle, I doubt any woman could resist him.
Rong Qingqing was a sucker for good looks, so naturally she couldn't resist Xie Jingrun's charm.
So when his lips touched hers, she instinctively closed her eyes.
She opened her eyes in surprise when the man's cool lips touched hers.
The man's strong arms were wrapped tightly around her waist, as if he wanted to pull her into his body, leaving her no way to escape.
Rong Qingqing finally regained her lost rationality.
She reached out and pinched his waist, intending to make him let go, but to her surprise, his waist was so sensitive that she couldn't bear to touch it.
When she pinched him, his legs went weak, and he pressed his entire body against her shoulder, almost knocking her to the ground.
"Hey, that's so ungentlemanly of you, get out of my way right now." All the romance was ruined, and Rong Qingqing pushed him away in a fit of anger.
Xie Jingrun glanced at her resentfully, then had no choice but to lean on a nearby tree trunk and shift his weight off her.
Looking at the man leaning against the tree trunk, Rong Qingqing's lips twitched, but she finally understood that his waist was sensitive and could not be touched.
The same thing happened last time; it almost aggravated the wound on her back.
She gave him a complicated look, straightened her disheveled clothes and hair, and said, "Your Highness, please calm down here. I need to go back to my father." Without waiting for his reaction, she turned and left.
Watching the girl walk away nonchalantly, Xie Jingrun's handsome face darkened considerably, but he suddenly said in a deep voice, "Get out here!"
A rustling sound came from behind the tree, and Xie Jingxuan walked out, laughing and saying, "I had no intention of prying into the Crown Prince's private affairs. I was just passing by and didn't see anything."
Oh no, will Xie Jingrun kill him to silence him?
He was really just passing by; how could he have known that Xie Jingrun and Rong Qingqing would be hiding here?
Thinking about what he had just heard and seen, he wished he could gouge out his own eyes.
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