Chapter 196 I said it’s not okay
Seeing his wife's aggrieved look, Xiao Yulan comforted her: "Doctor Du said that this is what happens when a woman is pregnant."
"How about this, in a few days the King will take you out for a walk to relax, okay? As for now..." Xiao Yulan pointed towards the door and said, "You can just watch the fun for a while."
Sure enough, a few breaths later, Jin Congcong's fatal voice came in.
"Your Highness~Your Highness, Your Highness, are you here?"
Cen Nan had been guarding the study door and let the person in after getting Xiao Yulan's permission.
Jin Congcong wanted to say something as soon as he came in, but when he saw Bu Ruo, he shut his mouth tightly.
Seeing Jin Congcong's conflicted look, Bu Ruo didn't urge her, but sat directly on the rocking chair by the window, enjoying the breeze and eating fruit. This rocking chair was specially customized by Xiao Yulan to make her more comfortable.
Later, the housekeeper liked it and had many more custom-made and placed them in places where Bu Ruo often went. They were covered with thick cushions so that she would always have a place to sit when she was tired.
Not only that, hot summer was about to arrive, and Butler Qin carefully asked the servants to build a shade shed above each rocking chair, for fear that the sun would burn their princess.
Jin Congcong looked at Xiao Yulan, and hesitantly moved closer to Bu Ruo: "Um... Ruo'er, if you are tired, go back to your room and sleep, okay? I have something I want to tell the prince, it's urgent."
Bu Ruo didn't even raise her eyelids: "If you want to say it, just say it. There are no secrets between me and the prince."
Seeing that Bu Ruo had no intention of moving again, someone gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll tell you, I'll tell you."
Bu Ruo waved her hand: "You don't have to say anything, people are already chasing us."
Just as he finished speaking, Butler Qin's voice rang out from outside the door: "Your Highness, there's a Miss Cai at the gate who wants to see Dr. Jin."
Without waiting for Jin Congcong to refuse, Bu Ruo said with a smile: "Hurry up and bring the person over, otherwise it will be embarrassing if there is a commotion at the door."
Jin Congcong was so anxious that he kept spinning around. "Ruo'er, how could you let her in? How could you let her in? I'm telling you, just now I got to the clothing store on the next street, and Cai Zhu rushed over like crazy, hugged me and asked me to save her, saying that she was already mine and I had to be responsible for her."
"God knows, I really haven't even touched her, how could she be mine? Ruo'er, please save me. Didn't you say that my true love won't come until I'm thirty? It definitely isn't her, and I don't like her at all."
Bu Ruo threw away the fruit core in her hand and rolled her eyes: "If you don't like me, why do you go out for tea with me? If you don't like me, why do you accompany me shopping? If you don't like me, why do you take me to the clothing store to pick out clothes?"
At this moment, Cai Zhu was brought in. When she saw Xiao Yulan and Bu Ruo kneeling on the ground and crying.
"Your humble servant... greets His Majesty, and greets His Majesty the Princess."
Xiao Yulan walked over to Bu Ruo and gently wiped her hands. "If I remember correctly, Lord Cai was dismissed from his post and his property confiscated early this morning."
Cai Zhu's face turned pale. "Yes, it was a slip of the tongue. I came here today to see the Divine Doctor Jin, but the Divine Doctor Jin... please, Your Majesty and Princess, please help me."
Bu Ruo stood up and said, "Then tell me, what do you want the prince and this princess to do for you?"
Cai Zhu kowtowed to the ground and said, "Please, Your Majesty and Your Majesty, agree to my marriage with Dr. Jin."
When Jin Congcong heard this, it was as if a bolt of lightning had struck him on the head.
"You...what are you talking about? When did I ever say I wanted to marry you? Who said I wanted to marry you?"
Cai Zhu looked at Jin Congcong with tears streaming down her face: "Mr. Jin, how can you be such a person? You are obviously treating me like this... wuwuwu..."
Bu Ruo looked at Jin Congcong's aggrieved face and thought to herself that he deserved it, but she still asked, "Miss Cai, you'd better explain it clearly. What did he do to you that made you insist on marrying him? Did he touch you, kiss you, make promises to you, or take advantage of you? You should explain it clearly."
"Otherwise, if you just keep crying here, I won't be able to make a decision for you."
Cai Zhu looked up at Bu Ruo with red eyes: "Princess, a few days ago, before my father was dismissed from his post, Master Jin had a good impression of me. He invited me to have tea, bought me ready-made clothes, and even accompanied me shopping..."
"But after my father was fired today, he started ignoring me and ran away whenever he saw me. If he doesn't marry me, my reputation will be ruined."
Jin Congcong's eyes almost popped out of his head. "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you leave me a message saying you wanted to treat me to tea to thank me for helping you pick out herbs? After we finished drinking tea, you realized you didn't bring any money, so I ended up paying for it."
"Then you said your mother liked the clothes in that shop and asked me to accompany you to pick them out and return the money to me. That's when I went to see you again. But you said you didn't expect the clothes to be so expensive. I asked the shopkeeper to give you a discount before I bought them. But after buying them, you didn't have the money to return me."
"The third time you said you'd return my money, and this time you actually returned it, but you dragged me along for an entire afternoon of shopping, and then borrowed the money back."
"I didn't do anything, why do I have to marry you? Woohoo... Ruo'er, I'm wronged. I'm really wronged."
Cai Zhu looked at Jin Congcong and said, "Mr. Jin, didn't you agree to go out with me so many times because you liked me? The money was just my excuse. If Mr. Jin didn't like me, he could have just refused. Could it be that you really went out just for the few taels of silver for tea?"
Bu Ruo was very upset. She was sure that Jin Congcong was really after those few taels of silver.
Bu Ruo sighed, retracted her gaze from watching the fun, and looked at Cai Zhu coldly: "Shut up, stop crying, your thoughts are not worth mentioning in the eyes of this princess."
"And I'm telling you clearly that Jin Congcong went out with you just for those few taels of silver, and he really has no interest in you at all."
"The people of the Great Zhou are quite open-minded. It's not uncommon for a few male and female friends to go out together. Besides, he only went out with you a few times, and in places like teahouses, clothing stores, and the streets. It won't have any impact on your reputation at all."
"This princess is going to say something you don't want to hear. With what your father has done, how can you still have a good reputation? Today, you asked Jin Congcong to marry you in public. It's you who has tarnished his reputation."
Jin Congcong nodded continuously: "Yes, that's right, how could I possibly like you? I went out with you just to get you to pay me back."
"Growing up, I've only been around two women, Ruo'er and Bi'er. Even someone as beautiful as Ruo'er only has a brotherly relationship with her. How could I possibly fall in love with you?"
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