Chapter 92 Heartache
Li Youwei stood aside and took in the silent undercurrent between the two.
She looked at Qin Xiu's eyes, which were focused on Jiang Qingning as if no one was around, and an indescribable pain suddenly gripped her heart.
Her fingers gripping the whip suddenly tightened, her knuckles turning white.
"Qin Xiu!"
There was a hint of grievance in Li Youwei's voice, breaking the delicate atmosphere between the two.
"When did you get here? What are you doing sneaking around behind the flowers?"
Qin Xiu seemed to have just noticed that there was someone beside him. He resumed his usual aloofness and indifference, and his tone seemed nonchalant: "Princess, I'm just passing by."
He glanced at the whip at Li Youwei's waist, and said meaningfully, "The princess is still as lively as ever, but it's best to keep the whip away. The peonies in Pingwang Mansion are so delicate, and if you damage them, the wife of Prince Pingyang will be distressed."
Li Youwei was choked by his cold attitude, and the nameless anger in her heart burned even more fiercely, but she couldn't vent it, so she could only glare at Qin Xiu fiercely.
"What do you care! You don't like me anyway!"
She stamped her feet in anger, left these words, then turned around and strode away angrily. Her fiery red figure quickly disappeared into the depths of the flower path.
Only Qin Xiu and Jiang Qingning were left at the scene. His gaze fell back on Jiang Qingning's face. Noticing her aloofness, he sighed softly.
Qin Xiu stretched out his hand, and gently grasped her cold wrist with irresistible warmth. When he touched it, he keenly noticed Jiang Qingning's instant trembling.
"Are you scared?"
Qin Xiu asked in a low voice, his voice as low as a whisper.
He soothed her with unprecedented tenderness, "Are you still blaming me for my actions yesterday?"
His palm was warm and firm, and it penetrated the thin clothes. Jiang Qingning was forced to raise her head and look into his eyes again.
Jiang Qingning lowered her eyes and looked at the wrist he was holding. The temperature was like a branding iron, burning her heart so much that it trembled.
When she thought she was isolated and had to deal with it alone, Qin Xiu appeared again.
"Forget it. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it. I'll take you back to Ning Pavilion."
Qin Xiu held her wrist with a gentle grip, yet with an unquestionable guidance.
Jiang Qingning was drawn to follow Qin Xiu's steps. His figure was in front, and his dark robe passed through the bright peonies, like the strongest city wall, guarding only her comfort.
Her eyes swept across Qin Xiu's stern profile and his straight shoulders. The burning emotion in her heart, which was about to burst through her chest, finally found an outlet to vent.
Step through the moon gate.
Jiang Qingning quickly regained consciousness, pulled his wrist back, took a step back, and said distantly, "Thank you, Lord Qin, for rescuing me. Qingning is deeply grateful."
"Jiang Qingning, do you want to cut off ties with me again?"
Qin Xiu lowered his eyebrows, his voice was lost, and he spoke in a questioning tone.
Jiang Qingning's heart choked, and he subconsciously wanted to refute: "No."
"Then you are willing to accept me. I know, Jiang Qingning, that you are actually very good at being soft-hearted."
Qin Xiu acted like a good boy after getting the advantage, with a smile on his face, which made Jiang Qingning feel that he had fallen into a trap.
She was speechless, and suddenly felt that she could not beat Qin Xiu.
After all, he is younger than her, which always makes her soft-hearted.
"Sister, I haven't seen you for a long time. It seems like you've been doing well recently."
A sharp female voice sounded from the side, causing Jiang Qingning to frown uncomfortably. She turned her head and looked over, meeting the pale-faced Jiang Ruyi's eyes.
"I'm doing pretty well indeed, but I heard that you, my sister, aren't doing so well. This puts my mind at ease."
Jiang Qingning sneered, his tone full of sarcasm, without any trace of the forbearance he had just shown.
Jiang Ruyi's face froze instantly, and she trembled with anger: "Jiang Qingning, how dare you laugh at me?"
"Now I'm pregnant with the legitimate son of the Anping Marquis's Mansion faster than you. It took you three years to have a child after you married the Marquis, but my child is already three months old. I am much more fortunate than you!"
Jiang Qingning was not affected and replied coldly: "An unloved child? Giving birth to him would only harm him."
"you!"
Jiang Ruyi was furious. She snarled, "Don't expect your son to have a foothold in the Bo Mansion after my son is born. My child will ruthlessly trample Xun Moli under his feet, forcing him and that bitch to languish in the ruined courtyard of the Bo Mansion for the rest of their lives!"
"It's up to you. If he chooses Xun Chen, he will be Xun Chen's son."
Jiang Qingning answered coldly, and under Jiang Ruyi's incredulous gaze, he turned around and walked straight out of Prince Ping's Mansion.
Jiang Ruyi pressed on, "Jiang Qingning, do you really not care about your own son? He's the flesh and blood you carried for ten months. I don't believe you don't care at all!"
Jiang Qingning stopped in his tracks. His eyes, filled with joy, turned cold as a pond. "Why do all of you think I must care about Xun Moli and always put him first?"
"Although he is my son, I am Jiang Qingning, a Jiang Qingning who lives for myself."
"I don't consider myself a tolerant and generous person, much less a loving mother, so to me he is just a piece of flesh that fell off in the past.
What's more, this piece of meat caused me so much pain during my pregnancy, nearly caused me to die in childbirth, and when he grew up, he was unfaithful and unfilial. Why should I care about such a son? "
Jiang Qingning's questioning left Jiang Ruyi speechless.
Even after she expressed herself clearly, he actually agreed with Jiang Qingning's words in his heart.
She couldn't help but think that if this was her own son, she would rather throw him into the pond and drown him than want such an existence.
The ladies around them listened to the conversation between the two and couldn't help but respond in unison: "Well said, that's how it should be."
"Who says that once you have a child, you can only revolve around the child?"
"They're already divorced, why are you still meddling in their family affairs?"
"Some people are just jealous because they can't eat grapes. Seeing that my sister is doing well and has a lot of outstanding men chasing after her, they feel jealous because they are not doing well themselves."
"What a ruthless person! What a jerk!"
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The scene achieved the effect Jiang Qingning wanted.
Jiang Ruyi was frightened by the scene and stepped back, her face turned pale, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and she covered her stomach in horror.
Jiang Qingning achieved the desired result and immediately turned around, intending to leave.
The next moment, she was stunned and met Qin Xiu's eyes that were full of heartache and he had no time to hide his emotions.
"Jiang Qingning, you have suffered." Qin Xiu's eyes turned slightly red and he looked away.
"It's just the past."
Jiang Qingning finished speaking in a low voice, then walked past him and headed out of Prince Ping's mansion.
She had already guessed Li Youwei's purpose today.
It was just as the rumors said. She had been pursuing Qin Xiu for many years without success. She just heard about Qin Xiu's attitude towards her and wanted to meet him.
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