Nangong Xuan had not thought about what to say when he met Yan Yiming in advance, he just felt that he wanted to see her. Now that they met again, some words had already come out of his mouth.
Yeah, actually I just can’t help it.
I used the name of my mother to trick him out of the Yan family. After being estranged for so long, I felt more attachment to him than I expected when they met again.
Her face, her figure, the faint scent on her body, and the tone of her voice were all more nostalgic than he had imagined.
Nangong Xuan's eyes never left Yan Yiming. Nangong Xuan did not miss a single bit of Yan Yiming's momentary shock and disbelief after hearing his words, which suddenly made him feel at ease.
After learning that Yan Yiming and Nangong Ye were so close that day, he couldn't sleep all night. The next day, when Jian Yuyan came to the East Palace, he was shocked and asked what happened. Nangong Xuan was extremely annoyed and didn't want to say anything, but Jian Yuyan was so smart that he guessed the point as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Let me guess, is it related to Miss Yan?"
Nangong Xuan didn't like others prying into his thoughts. He frowned when he heard that. "Too much talk!"
Jian Yuyan was very smart and understood him best. He knew that he was being stubborn and smiled, "Your Highness, don't worry about this. No matter what others say, in my opinion, Miss Yan still only has Your Highness in her heart."
This sentence completely extinguished the anger in Nangong Xuan's heart. He raised his narrow eyes slightly, turned around and sat at the table, "Tell me about it."
"People are talking about the affair between Miss Yan and the Fifth Prince. There is no smoke without fire. I think it is true. I also think it is true. Your Highness, please listen to me slowly. Your Highness does not like the closeness between Miss Yan and the Fifth Prince, but you have never thought about why Miss Yan and the Fifth Prince could develop a friendship so quickly?"
Nangong Xuan thought carefully about Jian Yuyan's words, and suddenly raised his eyes as if he had figured it out, and asked happily, "Are you talking about me?"
Jian Yuyan nodded and said, "That's right. I don't need to say much about Miss Yan's affection for Your Highness. If she could have ended it right away as she said, she wouldn't have wasted so many years. Now Miss Yan is disheartened, and the Fifth Prince just happened to show up at this time. The Fifth Prince and Your Highness were both born by the Empress and look nine points alike. How could Miss Yan not be moved? But this also shows that the person Miss Yan really cares about is only Your Highness."
If it was someone else, it would be fine, but if it was really the fifth prince, everything would be explained. Yan Yiming might have regarded Nangong Ye as the prince from the very beginning.
Nangong Xuan had never thought about it this way.
Now, hearing Jian Yuyan's words, his heart was suddenly filled with waves.
Just like he couldn't understand why Yan Yiming suddenly fell in love with Nangong Ye, but if this was the explanation, everything made sense.
The reason he left and said he wanted to give up on himself was because Yan Yiming liked him too much, but now he is with Nangong Ye because of his own reasons.
Miss Yan still only has herself in her heart.
This sentence lingered in Nangong Xuan's mind for a long time, and the irritability and jealousy in his heart these days gradually dissipated because of this sentence.
Indeed, if it was someone else, it would be fine, but why had it to be Nangong Ye who looked so much like himself? The fact that Yan Yiming was increasingly showing his liking for Nangong Ye just proved that the person he liked was himself.
Jian Yuyan glanced at Nangong Xuan who was lost in thought, and raised a hard-to-see smile on his lips, as if he had just remembered something, "Your Highness, do you remember when you met Miss Yan in Fuyu Mountain? That day, I was ordered by Your Highness to send Miss Yan back home. Miss Yan said something to me before she left."
Nangong Xuan was slightly surprised, "What are you talking about?"
"Miss Yan thanked me for the pearls. I was very surprised at that time. Then I realized that Miss Yan knew that I was the one who gave the pearls to you, but she never told Your Highness."
When Nangong Xuan heard about this again, he felt as if he had come into another world.
Maybe it was because Yan Yiming had been following him for too long, he had actually forgotten that Yan Yiming was actually an extremely smart woman. She was just afraid that he would dislike her, so she often pretended to be stupid, but in fact she understood everything in her heart.
What was Yan Yiming's mood when he accepted the pearl that day, how he walked up Fuyu Mountain alone, and saw himself and Jian Yuer together.
Thinking of this, Nangong Xuan's handsome features showed some guilt as he said, "It was me who broke her heart, and Ye'er swore to marry only her in this life..."
Jian Yuyan knew that Nangong Ye liked Yan Yiming, but he was also shocked when he heard this. The Fifth Prince actually refused to take a concubine or a concubine in his life just for a woman. Even a heartless person would be moved when hearing this.
"Zi'an," Nangong Xuan called Jian Yuyan and said slowly, "I have never regretted anything in my life, but now I really regret giving up Ah Ming. I want to find her back."
Jian Yuyan suppressed the joy in his eyes and looked up at Nangong Xuan, "That's right, but I still want to ask you a question. Since Your Highness is going to bring Miss Yan back, what about Yu'er?"
Yuer?
Jane Yuer.
Nangong Xuan felt ashamed again.
Yu'er.
Nangong Xuan once thought about why he liked Jian Yuer in the first place. He fell in love with Jian Yuer too quickly and at first sight. The reason for this is probably because Jian Yuer is exactly what the person he likes should be like, gentle and virtuous. Sometimes he didn't understand and couldn't explain why. It was as if someone was constantly telling him in his ear that he should like Jian Yuer, as if someone had determined their fate from the very beginning.
At the beginning, Nangong Ye asked him why he still wanted to provoke Yan Yiming since he already had Jian Yuer? At that time, it was clear that he just couldn't bear to part with Yan Yiming, but for some reason he said something that both of them wanted. Thinking about it now, Jian Yuer doesn't have many thoughts left in her heart. Even those sweet memories that she thought were sweet can only be counted on ten fingers.
But Yan Yiming, this woman, this woman who had followed him for so many years, so many days and nights, what had she done and what had she done for him? Nangong Xuan couldn't think clearly anymore.
Too many.
If it is impossible to have both of them at the same time, Nangong Xuan already has the answer in his mind.
He missed even more the straightforward woman who always followed him and shouted that she wanted to marry him.
At this moment in the carriage, Yan Yiming seemed to be shocked by his own words and couldn't say anything for a while, but his hands were still struggling. Nangong Xuan suddenly remembered the bruises on Yan Yiming's hands when he tried to break free from him. He felt heartbroken and finally let go.
Yan Yiming lowered his head and quickly sat opposite Nangong Xuan.
Neither of them spoke. After the carriage had gone a long way, Yan Yiming finally asked him, "Your Highness, where are we going?"
Nangong Xuan smiled softly, "A Ming already knew that it was not what the Queen Mother meant."
"The Queen probably doesn't want to see me. Besides, there are so many eunuchs and maids in the palace. Even if the Queen really has an imperial decree, it will be Your Highness' turn to come in person."
She was indeed an extremely smart woman. Nangong Xuan looked at her softly with a smile on his lips, "Since you guessed it, why didn't you expose me?"
Yan Yiming pursed his lips and chuckled, "I just don't want to alarm others, so as to avoid the Fifth Prince misunderstanding."
Nangong Xuan suddenly lost his smile, and a layer of frost appeared on his handsome face. "Don't you want Nangong Ye to misunderstand? Misunderstanding of what? Nangong Ye is not here. Yan Yiming, who are you saying this for?"
"Why do I have to show it to someone? It's just that the Fifth Prince promised me that he would marry me when he returns to the capital, so I will agree to it and have nothing to do with other people from now on, including the Prince. From now on, we will go our separate ways..." At this point, Yan Yiming raised his eyes to glance at Nangong Xuan, smiled and said softly, "Maybe soon I will have to call the Prince my royal brother."
As expected, Nangong Xuan was immediately angry again because of this sentence, but he smiled in anger, staring straight at Yan Yiming and said word by word, "Don't even think about it."
Ignoring Yan Yiming's furious look, Nangong Xuan mocked, "Want to marry Ye'er? Do you think the Queen Mother will agree? Do you think the Emperor will approve of this marriage? Ah Ming, you and Ye'er are really thinking too simply."
Yan Yiming leaned against the wall of the carriage with a blank expression, "So, what exactly does Your Highness mean?"
Nangong Xuan leaned forward and approached Yan Yiming and whispered, "So, marrying me is the only correct destination for you."
Xiao Pingguo began to warn Nangong Xuan frantically again. His favorability was rising steadily. Yan Yiming glanced at Nangong Xuan calmly and signaled Xiao Pingguo to shut up first. He lowered his voice as if he was extremely tired.
"Your Highness already has Miss Jian, why are you forcing me like this? Your Highness knows that only one of the Duke Dingguo Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion can survive. Will Your Highness give up Miss Jian and allow me to be the Crown Princess? You won't." At this point, Yan Yiming showed an extremely sweet smile, and his voice softened, "But the Fifth Prince will."
When Nangong Xuan heard this, he sneered as if he heard a joke, as if he was mocking the naivety of Yan Yiming and Nangong Ye, "It is not up to the Fifth Prince to decide on his marriage. No one else will agree except him. So, Ming, what he promised you is nothing but falsehood."
"Your Highness, it is you who does not understand, not me." Yan Yiming sighed and said slowly, "Even if this matter is difficult, even if it is possible that it cannot be done, he has indeed thought about it, but Your Highness, you have never even thought about it."
After Yan Yiming said this, he turned his face away as if he never wanted to say another word to Nangong Xuan again. He leaned against the wall of the carriage exhausted and closed his eyes.
Nangong Xuan finally understood what Yan Yiming meant. He suddenly realized that Yan Yiming actually understood everything, but she didn't care. What she cared about was just a true heart.
It was unknown how long it had been, so long that Yan Yiming almost suspected that he had spoken too harshly and had hit Nangong Xuan too hard, before he heard Nangong Xuan speak in a low voice,
“I have thought about it.”
Nangong Xuan reached out and stroked Yan Yiming's cheek, with unprecedented affection in his eyes.
"I have never regretted anything in my life. It was only after you left that I began to regret why I let you go. I... I really miss you. Come back, A Ming. Without Jian Yuer, I will not marry her. I promise you the position of Crown Princess. The position of the Eastern Palace's principal wife is only for you."
Yan Yiming looked up suddenly, and his beautiful eyes were instantly filled with surprise.
She looked up at him, her lips parted but no words came out. Maybe it was touching, maybe it was sad, or maybe it was excitement, but in the end it all turned into vanity.
Nangong Xuan's heart softened, and he was about to say something else, but he didn't expect the stunned woman in front of him to still brush his hand away and said softly, "But there's no going back."
Nangong Xuan's hand suddenly froze in the air.
"If Your Highness had said this to me before, Ah Ming would have felt that there would be no regrets in this life, but it's too late now." She smiled calmly on her delicate face, as if she remembered something, "I already have someone I like."
"The one you like? Nangong Ye?" Nangong Xuan could no longer bear it and said what he didn't want to say. "Yan Yiming, when you look at that face that looks so similar to Gu Dan, are you looking at him or me? Why do you have to deceive yourself like this?"
"Self-deception?" Yan Yiming's voice was a little vague. She looked up at Nangong Xuan, "I have never deceived myself. No matter how similar they are, I have only seen Nangong Ye. The person who only cared about His Highness has disappeared long ago."
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