Although he said that, Xiao Cen still looked back every few steps as he left. That scene made Lin Chunhuan feel that it would not be bad if he could live like this in this life.
With Butler Yu around, she didn't need to worry about all the items needed for Guining. Lin Chunhuan just went through the motions with the gift list, silently estimating the time in her mind.
"Oh, it seems that the prince is back."
Butler Yu beside him suddenly spoke, and Lin Chunhuan subconsciously turned his head to follow his gaze, and saw at a glance the luxurious carriage that was parked in front of the palace gate.
It is truly luxurious, requiring four horses to pull it, and the rear compartment is spacious enough to accommodate four or five people lying down.
In the Prince of Pingyang's Palace, only the Crown Prince Xiao Jinan could afford such luxurious things.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Xiao Jinan walked out. Looking at the familiar face, Lin Chunhuan's hands holding the gift list slowly clenched uncontrollably.
It wasn't until his long nails scratched her palms and left blood that he came to his senses.
After all, they are not biological father and son, and Xiao Jinan and Xiao Cen really don't look alike at all.
Xiao Cen is tall and has a cold and stern temperament, but he is not a cold person. Especially when dealing with people close to him, he seems to be unusually easy to talk to, calm and gentle.
Xiao Jinan, on the other hand, looks like a typical scholar. His face is well-made, but it has a bit of a masculine and feminine look, lacking some masculinity. He is too beautiful.
Not only that, Xiao Jinan always has a cold face, and the indifference between his eyebrows makes him seem unkind.
Of course, Xiao Jinan’s indifference can sometimes be unexpected, like now.
After he got off the carriage, he stretched out his hand again and led a woman out from inside with extremely gentle movements. She was dressed in flowing white clothes and looked gentle and quiet.
However, the woman's grace was too superficial. When she looked at Xiao Jinan, the greed and materialism in her eyes could not be concealed at all.
Lin Chunhuan suddenly realized that she had trapped herself in the past. She regarded Qingcheng as a serious threat in her mind and heart. She was jealous and resentful that Qingcheng had stolen her husband, and was completely blinded by anger.
Now that I have taken myself out of the situation and look at Qingcheng again, I realize that this woman is not as ethereal and pure as before. She is clearly just an acquaintance.
Lin Chunhuan smiled and shook her head. Looking at Xiao Jinan's doting and complacent expression, she knew that she guessed right.
I don’t know what’s going on with Xiao Jinan. Maybe he was afraid that Qingcheng would be unhappy, so he deliberately didn’t go to listen to about the wedding and didn’t let people around him ask about it.
Perhaps it was the person who could talk to Xiao Jinan, but he didn't know what his mentality was, so he didn't say a word in front of him.
In short, Xiao Jinan and Qingcheng probably don't know about the changes in their marriage yet.
"You are Lin Chunhuan."
Xiao Jinan walked forward, and when he saw the face of the person in front of him clearly, his originally arrogant tone unconsciously slowed down a bit. It seemed that he had not expected that his replaced Crown Prince's Consort would be so beautiful.
After a pause, he cleared his throat and said, "Forget it. Since you have already married into the palace, the matter is done. As long as you promise to get along well with Qingcheng from now on, this prince will not refuse you."
When Lin Chunhuan heard this, he didn't react at all.
After all, she had heard it once in her previous life.
However, Qingcheng's expression changed slightly. According to their original statement, Xiao Jinan should have driven the woman away, but now they are coexisting peacefully.
Qingcheng is definitely a smart person. She understood Xiao Jinan's thoughts in an instant, and even tightened her hand that was holding the corner of his clothes.
Lin Chunhuan found it funny, "I am Lin Chunhuan, yes, but..."
Looking past Xiao Jinan and towards Qingcheng behind him, Lin Chunhuan gave a somewhat malicious smile, "Is this girl the Qingcheng that the prince mentioned? But who is she? And why should I live in peace with her?"
She deliberately did not call herself a princess, and was happy to see Xiao Jinan misunderstand her.
Things turned out just as Lin Chunhuan had expected.
Xiao Jinan had been kind to Lin Chunhuan before because of her appearance, but after hearing that Lin Chunhuan was unwilling to acknowledge Qingcheng's identity, his expression turned completely cold.
His affair with Qingcheng caused a sensation in the capital.
Xiao Jinan himself knew that the reason why the Lin family was unwilling to let the favored Lin Chunuan marry in and replaced her with the unfavored Lin Chunhuan at the last minute was mostly because of Qingcheng.
Therefore, he never considered that Lin Chunhuan didn't know about Qingcheng's possibility, and just regarded it as Lin Chunhuan's deliberate humiliation.
He immediately held Qingcheng in his arms and said, "I am willing to let you and Qingcheng live in peace. I am giving you face. Since you don't want this face."
Xiao Jinan glanced at the carriage outside the gate and sneered, "Since you don't want this face, I, Xiao Jinan, will not acknowledge your identity as the new bride of the palace."
"Today is your return home, so you can go back by yourself."
It is a huge joke for a woman to return home alone. If such a thing really happens, not only the bride but also her entire family will be implicated. They will say that the girl was not taught well and that is why the new son-in-law is unwilling to marry her.
Everyone in the family will be criticized.
In this world, it's too easy to control a woman. Xiao Jinan was sure that Lin Chunhuan wouldn't want such a thing to happen, so he raised his chin proudly and said, "There's more."
"Since this prince doesn't recognize you, you are not allowed to take anything prepared by the palace."
As soon as Xiao Jinan finished speaking, he took Qingcheng's hand and pretended to go into the palace. However, he had only taken two steps when he bumped into Xiao Cen who was walking out.
Xiao Jinan obviously didn't expect that Xiao Cen would be in the mansion at this time, and subconsciously let go of Qingcheng's hand. Seeing this scene, Lin Chunhuan just felt funny.
It's funny that in her previous life, she invested almost her entire life in such a thing.
A man who has no sense of responsibility at all!
"Father!" Xiao Jin'an was obviously a little nervous when facing Xiao Cen, his whole body tensed up. "Aren't you fighting bandits in Qishan? How come..."
Seeing this useless adopted son and remembering how much humiliation he had brought upon Ah Huan, Xiao Cen felt quite angry. He took a few deep breaths before he refrained from calling for punishment from the family law on the spot.
"You've done so many shameless things, and yet you still care about me."
Xiao Cen's tone was very serious, which frightened Xiao Jinan again, "No... No, that's not what I meant, son."
"That's all."
Xiao Cen exhaled, "We'll talk about your business when you get back. Have you met your mother?"
Mother?
What mother?
Seeing Xiao Jinan's bewildered look, Xiao Cen became even more furious. "I raised you to this age, hired famous teachers and learned from you, yet you can't even learn the basics of filial piety!"
"Don't be angry, Your Majesty."
Seeing that the time was almost right, Lin Chunhuan stepped forward and gently patted Xiao Cen on the back, narrowing his eyes and blatantly watching the joke, "The child is young, he will learn it after some teaching."
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