Chapter 012 Chapter 12

"alright."

Xu Duanyi's voice was heard again from behind, gentle, yet with an unquestionable majesty. It even made the arrogant Xiao Baozhu stop complaining.

Xiao Baozhu seemed unwilling.

But in the end, she still held Xu Duanyi's arm, pouting her lips and saying nothing.

Xie Qingya could hear footsteps behind him, getting closer and closer.

He lowered his eyelids and looked at his long, tense fingers frozen in mid-air without any emotion.

Those hands had once drawn a longbow, held a long spear, and also held her hand.

But the moment Xu Duanyi approached him, everything returned to the beginning.

His long fingers lightly rubbed the tent, as if he was shaking off some ashes.

Xie Qingya did not change at all because of Xu Duanyi's arrival, and even looked colder than before.

"My Lord."

Xu Duanyi led Xiao Baozhu to stop in front of Xie Qingya.

She lowered her thick eyelashes and bowed to greet him: "My sister is rude, please don't blame me, Your Majesty."

"cousin!"

Xiao Baozhu looked unwilling.

After being looked at by Xu Duanyi, he pursed his lips and stopped complaining.

When Xu Duanyi looked at Xiao Baozhu, Xie Qingya glanced at her, but only for a moment before looking away.

He is still that frivolous and unruly person.

Holding a folding fan.

Wearing a big red fox fur.

No one can surpass his handsome face.

But there were some things he could say to Xiao Baozhu and many other people, but he could never open his mouth and was disrespectful to Xu Duanyi.

He looked away, and said impatiently, "Forget it, I am a great man and I don't bear grudges."

Having said that, he turned around and left.

Xu Duanyi's voice came from behind again.

"My Lord."

Xie Qingya stopped walking but did not turn back. He still asked in an impatient tone: "What?"

Xu Duanyi was not affected by Xie Qingya's tone.

She just called out "Shi Yu" again.

When Shi Yu came over in response, Xu Duanyi took the heater from her hand, then he personally held the heater and walked up to Xie Qingya.

"It's freezing cold, Your Majesty, don't freeze your hands."

Xie Qingya looked at the hand warmer in front of him and frowned. He refused without thinking: "I don't..."

The last word "want" has not yet been uttered.

Then Xu Duanyi said softly, "Just think of it as me apologizing to the prince on behalf of my cousin."

What kind of compensation is this?

Besides, what crime did she have to pay for Xiao Baozhu?

If it weren't for that idiot Xiao Baozhu, why would she marry him? He was still the same as before, only thinking about others and not himself.

Stupid woman.

I had a lot of complaints in my mind.

But Xie Qingya just stared at Xu Duanyi in front of him in silence.

suddenly--

He saw Xu Duanyi raised his head.

Xie Qingya was startled, and before he could turn his head away, he bumped into Xu Duanyi's eyes that were as clear as spring water.

The words of rejection in my mouth suddenly became hard to utter.

Xie Qingya looked unhappy. He took the hand warmer from Xu Duanyi's hand and left without saying a word.

Hand warmers are used to keep out the cold and warm your hands.

He just carried it.

Xu Duanyi watched him walk away carrying the hand stove.

"Cousin, why are you so nice to him? You don't even know what this bastard just said!"

Xiao Baozhu's complaints were heard again.

She was unwilling to accept that Xie Qingya could get away so easily, and her face was filled with indignation.

Xu Duanyi withdrew his gaze.

She is not in the habit of making fun of herself.

There were still many people watching on the street, so Xu Duanyi said to Xiao Baozhu, "Let's go back to the carriage first."

She led Xiao Baozhu towards the carriage.

When they got into the carriage, Xu Duanyi personally poured two cups of tea and handed one to Xiao Baozhu.

How could Xiao Baozhu be in the mood to drink tea?

She is not happy yet.

He opened his mouth and yelled at Xu Duanyi: "Cousin, you don't know how bad that bastard is! Why did you block me just now?"

Xu Duanyi looked at her and said calmly, "Baozhu, the bastard you are talking about is my future husband, your cousin's husband."

Xiao Baozhu was stunned by these words.

When she came to her senses, her eyes widened and her reaction became even more exaggerated: "I don't have such a cousin-in-law!"

Xu Duanyi was not angry.

She drank her tea leisurely, and then continued to talk to Xiao Baozhu: "Then what do you want? My marriage to him is a gift, and it has been clear to all officials and ministers. Even the people in Kyoto know about it."

"Don't joke."

"Or do you plan to leave your Liu Xun and remarry him?"

Xu Duanyi only said this one sentence and stopped talking, but these words were enough to wake Xiao Baozhu up.

She naturally didn't want to marry Xie Qingya. If she did, she wouldn't have broken off the engagement.

Although she is not a person who can read people's expressions.

But it doesn't mean that I am completely insensitive to other people's emotions.

She looked at her cousin beside her.

Although her cousin's expression remained the same, she could still feel that she was unhappy.

"Cousin, are you angry with me?" she asked in a low voice.

Xu Duanyi didn't say anything, she just continued to keep her eyes closed and drink tea from the cup.

She did not criticize Xiao Baozhu out loud, but her attitude was enough to scare Xiao Baozhu.

She has never seen her cousin angry!

"cousin--"

How could Xiao Baozhu care about being angry with Xie Qingya at this moment?

Thinking that her cousin was also unhappy with the marriage, Xiao Baozhu hurriedly stayed close to Xu Duanyi, trying to use the methods she used to coax her mother and sister-in-law to comfort Xu Duanyi so that she would not be angry.

"I just want to vent my anger for you. That bastard is not a decent guy at all!"

"I thought if he were the one to cancel the engagement, you wouldn't have to suffer this injustice."

As she spoke, she reached out and gently tugged at the corner of Xu Duanyi's clothes, with a humble and pitiful look on her face: "Cousin, don't be angry with me."

Xu Duanyi looked at her.

After a while, she looked at Xiao Baozhu, sighed lightly, and put down the teacup.

"Baozhu, do you think that marriage is just a game? If you don't want to get married, you don't have to marry. If you don't want to marry, you don't have to marry."

Xiao Baozhu is indeed not that sensitive about these things.

She only knew that her father was the Duke of Protectorate, her two elder brothers held important positions in the court, and her aunt was the Empress Dowager!

Well, she didn't want to marry Xie Qingya. Although her family was angry, they didn't say anything.

She wanted to marry Liu Xun, and her family would help her plan.

She just thought this matter was a little difficult, but she didn't know how difficult it was.

Besides, she wanted Xie Qingya to bring it up, and it wouldn't affect her cousin in any way.

But when she looked at her cousin's face, she didn't dare to say these words for fear of making her angry again.

But how could Xu Duanyi not know what she was thinking?

Sometimes being too naive can hurt others and yourself.

If the person Baozhu was engaged to was not Xie Qingya, but someone else, how would she deal with it now?

Is she going to marry anyone just like that?

Xu Duanyi felt a little tired and weak.

"I know you're doing this for my own good, but some things are done and cannot be changed."

"Prince Nan'an's current situation... does not allow him to reject this marriage." Xu Duanyi said this a little lightly.

Xiao Baozhu didn't hear clearly, and couldn't help but blink and asked, "Cousin, what did you say?"

"Nothing."

Xu Duanyi didn't say it a second time.

Instead, he looked at Xiao Baozhu seriously and said, "Baozhu, this is the first time I am telling you this, and it will also be the last time I am telling you this."

She rarely takes it so seriously.

Xiao Baozhu couldn't help but be dazed for a moment.

She stared at Xu Duanyi, waiting for her to speak.

Xu Duanyi looked at her and said, "The Prince of Nan'an and I will be married soon. He will be my husband soon. I don't ask you to treat him the same way you treat me, but in the future, if you still remember that I am your cousin, remember not to conflict with him again."

"We are husband and wife. If he loses face, I lose face as well."

"Or do you want everyone to laugh at me?"