Chapter 196 We can't let her run away secretly.
"I'd rather die than marry Ning'an."
When Prince Yong heard Qin Yalin's words, his eyes were filled with disappointment. This was the daughter he cherished and doted on, who would say such things to him for the sake of a man.
“Qin Yalin,” Prince Yong said, looking at Qin Yalin who was crying uncontrollably, “You’ve been pampered like a king since you were a child, and in the end, I’m not even as good as a man, am I?”
Qin Yalin shook her head, crying, "No, Father."
"Then what are you doing now?" King Yong asked coldly.
Qin Yalin knelt on the ground with a thud. "Father, I beg you, I beg you, please don't annul the engagement, okay?"
"If your marriage will ruin our entire royal family, will you still insist?" Prince Yong asked again.
Qin Yalin was stunned. "How could this be?"
"What if it would?" King Yong asked.
Qin Yalin gritted her teeth and said, "Then I want to marry Ning'an too."
Prince Yong closed his eyes briefly. "Alright, now you have two choices. One is to break off the engagement with Xie Ning'an, and I will find you a good family later. Two, do not break off the engagement, but you will no longer be a member of my Prince Yong's mansion."
Qin Yalin was shocked again. She never imagined that her father, who had always doted on her, would do something so cruel to her. She looked at Prince Yong with disappointment, then stood up: "Fine, I sever all ties with the Prince Yong's mansion."
"Fine, fine, fine, fine." Prince Yong said with a pained expression, "Now pack your things and get out!"
Qin Yalin angrily threw the scissors on the ground and turned to pack up her valuables.
"What are you doing?" Princess Yong shouted at Prince Yong. "Can't you talk to your daughter properly? If you let her go now, where can she go? You're going to kill her!"
Upon hearing these words, Qin Yalin stopped packing and turned to look at Prince Yong. She felt that what Prince Yong had said earlier was just said in anger, and that he definitely didn't want her to leave.
But then King Yong looked at his wife and said, "And you, if she tries to stop you, go with her."
"You..." Princess Yong was trembling with anger. Prince Yong stopped looking at the two of them and strode away.
Qin Yalin dropped what she was packing and sat on the bed, bursting into tears. Princess Yong went over and hugged her, saying, "Listen to me, let's break off this engagement. Your father went to the palace, and when he returned, he made you break off the engagement. He must have found out something. He's always doted on you; would he ever harm you?"
Qin Yalin sat there with tears streaming down her face. After a while, she said, "But Mother, if I can't marry Ning'an, I really will die."
Hearing this, Princess Yong was also angry. She looked at Qin Yalin for a while, then stood up and walked out. When she reached the door, she said to the maids and servants guarding the door, "Lock the door. Don't let her leave this door even for a moment. If she disappears, I will take your lives."
"Mother!" Qin Yalin shouted loudly upon hearing this, but Princess Yong seemed not to hear her. She watched as the maids and servants locked the doors and windows, and then strode away.
She hurried to Prince Yong's study and asked him, "What happened? Why are you suddenly like this?"
"How is she?" Prince Yong asked.
“I had her locked in the room.” Princess Yong sat down next to him and asked, “What exactly happened?”
Prince Yong sighed, “I went to the palace to see the Emperor not to ask him to stand up for us, but to sound out his opinion.”
Princess Yong frowned. "What's going on?"
Prince Yong: "Ya Lin insisted on marrying Xie Ning'an before, which I disagreed with, but I couldn't persuade her otherwise, and we got engaged in the end. These days I have been observing what is happening in the court, and thinking about the Emperor and the Empress Dowager's attitudes, I feel that the Xie family is probably a trap."
Princess Yong frowned deeply. "How could this be? The Xie family is a powerful family that has ruled two dynasties."
Prince Yong: "Is it precisely because they are a family that has ruled two dynasties that they are in danger? I fear that the Xie family harbors rebellious intentions."
Princess Yong's expression grew even more serious. "We must keep a close eye on Ya Lin."
Prince Yong nodded, "Keep a close eye on her, she should be fine after this period."
Princess Yong pressed her temples; she too had worried herself sick over this daughter. Everyone in the capital knew she was in love with Xie Ning'an; now that the engagement was called off, what would become of her future marriage prospects?
Prince Yong knew what she was thinking and said, "Let's save her life first, and protect our Prince Yong's mansion first."
Princess Yong nodded; that was the only option. She got up and walked out, saying, "I'll find a few more people to guard outside her courtyard so she can't sneak away."
Prince Yong waved for her to leave, and Princess Yong quickly departed. She then found several burly old women and personally led them to guard outside Qin Yalin's courtyard. Feeling that everything was in the right place, she stood outside the window for a while and persuaded her before going back to rest.
Qin Yalin sat blankly on the edge of the bed in the room, thinking about the love her parents had given her since she was a child, and then thinking about how they treated her now, she felt even more wronged.
She recalled the flutter in her heart when she first met Xie Ning'an, and all the little moments they shared afterward, and tears streamed down her face again. She picked up the scissors and placed them on her abdomen...
"Princess!" The maidservant saw her action and immediately came over to stop her.
"Don't come any closer." Qin Yalin said to the maid in red, "I don't want to live anymore. After I die, tell my father and mother that I couldn't be filial to them in this life, but I will repay them in the next."
As she spoke, she was about to stab herself in the abdomen. Her maid, Hongyi, immediately knelt on the ground, crying, "Princess, please don't do this! Let's think of another way."
Qin Yalin's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said, "Hongyi, let's change our clothes. I'll go out wearing your clothes. My father and the others are still angry. I'll come back after they calm down."
The woman in red was stunned. "Princess, where could you possibly go if you leave?"
Qin Yalin gritted her teeth, "I'll go find Ning An. He's so smart, he'll definitely be able to come up with a solution."
Hongyi glanced at the scissors in Qin Yalin's hand, and then thought of Xie Ning'an's reputation as a talented young man in the capital. She nodded and said, "Princess, you must come back quickly, or the Prince will take my life."
Qin Yalin nodded, "Don't worry, Ning'an will definitely have a way. I'll be back soon."
She put down the scissors and began to undress. The woman in red had no choice but to give her her own clothes, and the two of them changed quickly. They checked the time and waited in the room for a long time, until late at night. When they thought everyone outside was asleep, Qin Yalin went out wearing her red clothes.
As soon as the door opened, the old woman who had been dozing at the door opened her eyes and asked, "Red Robe, what are you going to do?"
As Qin Yalin walked out, she said, "The princess is hungry. I'll go get her something to eat."
The old woman was already extremely sleepy, and with the dim lighting, she didn't notice anything amiss. She peeked into the room and saw "Princess Yalin" sitting by the bed with her head down, then closed the door with peace of mind.
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