“If the princess hadn’t appeared, wouldn’t you have married someone else anyway?” Su Xuerong interrupted him.
Although marrying the daughter of the King of Chu was Xiao Yuan's scheme, Ling Qingxue was not innocent either.
A look of shame appeared on Ling Qingxue's face: "My mother said..."
He couldn't quite bring himself to say what came next.
The reason he hastily agreed to marry Xiang Rulan was because his mother had promised him that if he married his cousin, she would allow Arong to enter the household as a concubine.
But he knew perfectly well that Arong would never become a concubine...
Looking at his frustrated expression, Su Xuerong sighed deeply: "Mr. Ling, perhaps we are destined to be apart."
She felt somewhat guilty because Xiao Yuan had taken advantage of Ling Qingxue's absence to meet with her in secret.
But seeing his awkward expression, her guilt lessened considerably.
"Arong!" Ling Qingxue suddenly mustered her courage and stepped forward, grabbing her hand tightly. Her bloodshot eyes were fixed on her. "Mother said that as long as I marry the princess, you can also enter the family..."
Be a concubine!
Su Xuerong's face gradually stiffened: "What did you say?"
"I want to say that I don't like either my cousin or the princess. In my heart, there is only you!" Ling Qingxue was afraid that she hadn't expressed herself clearly. "I can marry other people, but I won't touch them after marriage. When the opportunity arises, I will make you my official wife, and then..."
"etc!"
Su Xuerong immediately interrupted him, forcefully pulling her hand away and taking a few steps back. She looked at him in disbelief, a mocking smile playing on her lips: "You've come up with such an absurd and ridiculous excuse just to enjoy the bliss of having two wives!"
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