Chapter 66
For several days, Yue Qingning asked Que Ming if there was anyone trying to get close to him in a roundabout way, but he just shook his head and mentioned some insignificant names.
Yue Qingning knew very well that the prince's covetousness for him would not fade away in this lifetime, but he couldn't understand what Xiao Yan was thinking since he had remained silent from the day he went to the palace until now?
Summer was gradually approaching, the temperature was rising slowly, and the willow trees on the street were sprouting tender new buds. Que Ming had been working as an editor in the Hanlin Academy for more than two months. It was the Dragon Boat Festival, and he had already made an appointment with Qingning to visit Her Royal Highness the Princess.
In fact, this was Yue Qingning's personal selfish desire. She always thought that no one knew her thoughts, and only the eldest princess saw through it a little, so she also wanted her to meet the person she chose.
Before entering the mansion, Que Ming suddenly felt a little nervous. In Yue Mansion, everyone treated him as a family member, and he had not suffered much trouble from his father-in-law's family. It was only when Qingning mentioned him to the Princess's Mansion by chance that he realized that it was not all smooth sailing, and there was someone waiting to test his character!
The two of them walked into the garden. This year, spring came early, and there were gusts of warm summer breeze. The eldest princess could also come out for a walk in the yard.
Seeing the two of them walking hand in hand, she waved her hand to signal the maids to go back, and waited alone for the young couple to approach.
"I'm finally back!"
Yue Qingning didn't want her to say anything, so she quickly interrupted, "Grandma, the sun is too hot. I'll push you under the shade of the tree."
The eldest princess didn't say much and just looked at her and teased her with her kind yet clever eyes.
"I can't even move! Everyone is rushing to serve me. I've already turned your mother down several times. How can such a grown-up wife of a minister come to me every day?"
Yue Qingning replied, "Yes! Mother misses you the most! That's why, if she wasn't allowed to come, she would have asked us to come."
As he spoke, he led Que Ming to the eldest princess under the shade of a tree, pushed him, and whispered.
"Hurry up and meet Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
Que Ming was stunned and just followed what the young lady said. Just when he was halfway through bowing, the eldest princess suddenly held his arm and helped him up.
"I heard he's quite courageous. The newly crowned number one scholar dares to ask for someone in front of the emperor?"
Que Ming never felt ashamed of this, but instead laughed openly and cheerfully.
"Yes! My first wish after passing the imperial examination was peace and tranquility, and my second wish was to be a noble and honored."
Seeing him so open-minded, the eldest princess also thought of her own husband. Brother Xi was the same back then. He never concealed his worries and fears, and always put the word "love" clearly in front of everyone.
It seems that Qingning has also met her "Brother Xie".
She said, "Good! That's what a good man should be! Much better than those who are always hesitant and cautious!"
The two people present knew who she was referring to, but the one involved was confused.
"No matter what date you choose for your wedding, I'll prepare a generous dowry for you, so you won't have to worry about anything."
Queming and the other two looked at each other and said in unison, "The eighth day of the sixth lunar month. Six and eight together mean eternity."
After saying that, Que Ming stretched out his hand from behind and clenched her fingers in his sleeve. Because of the obstruction of their positions, no one could tell that there was anything unusual between the two of them, but Yue Qingning's face flushed.
Baibai made the eldest princess laugh. She was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling like Maitreya Buddha. Qingning was so embarrassed that she kept pulling her hand back, but he refused to give in. He held her palm tightly, and passed the somewhat cold temperature to the gap between her fingers.
The two of them sat for a while longer. When the eldest princess wanted to take a nap in the afternoon, she wanted to stay with Qingning for a while longer, but when she saw her young husband following her like a tail, she couldn't bring herself to separate them.
After bidding farewell to the eldest princess, Yue Qingning was just about to settle accounts with him, but when he walked to the gate of the courtyard, he saw the man who shouldn't be there standing abruptly at the door, without even a servant by his side.
Yue Qingning followed Que Ming trembling with fear, knowing that he could not escape this disaster. He walked to the front and bowed to him respectfully.
"His Royal Highness is well!"
She waited for a long time with her head down. She knew that the prince was focusing all his attention on Que Ming, who was only a few feet away from him. She already knew what Que Ming's feelings were, but she still felt nauseous for no reason.
After a long time, the man finally had enough and said, "Get up!"
Yue Qingning felt a churning in her stomach. Thinking of how he wanted to grab Que Ming and hold him close to her, she couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in her stomach.
Finally, the man didn't say anything. He just asked some meaningless questions and walked past them into the door. But Yue Qingning quietly bent down and turned around to look, and the man clearly turned back when he passed through the door.
When they walked outside, the carriage was waiting in front of them. Que Ming didn't understand why her face turned pale, and wanted to help her get in the carriage quickly.
Yue Qingning hurriedly took a few steps, leaned over behind the stone lion and vomited violently.
She felt so sick to her stomach that she felt uncomfortable just looking at him, not to mention that Que Ming was right beside her at this moment. She wanted to turn into a tall armored guard so that she could cover Que Ming and prevent anyone who coveted him from looking at his beauty.
Que Ming thought she was feeling uncomfortable because she had caught a cold, so he quickly took a towel to wipe her mouth.
Yue Qingning pushed him away, not wanting him to see her like this. However, Que Ming refused to leave no matter what. Instead, he didn't seem disgusted by her embarrassment at all, and his concern was evident in his words.
"I'll ask someone to go get some water from the palace for you to rinse your mouth."
Yue Qingning hurriedly called him, "No! Don't worry grandma! There's ice in the sedan chair, I'll just take two."
She really didn't want to stand on the same land with the prince. Seeing him here, she didn't want Que Ming to hang around in front of him, so she asked the coachman to drive back more anxiously.
Sitting in the sedan chair, she stood tall and far away, as if she didn't want to affect him because of her embarrassment just now, but Que Ming was more cautious. He once guessed that she had caught a cold, but after seeing her subsequent behavior, she didn't seem to be sick at all, but seemed to dislike him.
He didn't understand what he had done to make her so disgusted. It was the same before. Whenever he touched that inexplicable string, the lady would start to push him away, and he still hadn't figured out what that string was.
The last time he was angry was a long time ago, when she made things difficult for him for the first time without any reason. What was it because of?
Que Ming moved forward slightly, watching her close her eyes to dispel the evil expression on her face, and reached out his hand to wipe away her sweaty hair, but she opened her eyes before he touched her. When she saw him reaching out his hand, she chewed ice in her mouth, puffed out her cheeks, smiled and shook her head.
She dodged his hand.
They had already come to this point, about to be husband and wife, but she still pushed him so far away because of a small thing.
Que Ming stared at her back and couldn't laugh anymore.
He thought slowly and carefully about the connection between the two, but after racking his brains, he could only think of something related to the prince.
Whenever the Crown Prince and he were present at the same time, a certain alarm bell in her heart would begin to ring non-stop. What was she afraid of? Was she afraid of the Crown Prince? Or was he siding with the Crown Prince?
The car had already arrived at the gate of the mansion. When Que Ming reached out to greet her, she didn't even look back.
He hurried back to his yard with half of his face covered. He got out of the car and stood there, suddenly feeling that he had nowhere to go.
Under the sunshine, the afternoon drizzle sprinkled a layer of rain for no reason. His blue robe was hit by the drizzle for a while, and the color became darker, making him look more intense.
He was always more alluring than usual when he was suspicious of love. When his emotionless eyes were filled with suppressed emotions, they became as deep and complex as a well, drawing people to ponder further.
But he is not the kind of person who likes to talk much. He thinks a lot but says very little, so he suffers a lot.
They stood like this for about half the rain. When Minister Yue returned from his duty, he saw the disciple standing stupidly at the gate of the mansion, and he knew that this silly boy was getting stuck in a rut again.
He got out of the car holding an umbrella and held it above his head. Seeing him smile at him with relief, he patted Que Ming's back hard, feeling disappointed in him.
"You're always worrying about your daughter's family. You're wasting your brain!"
Que Ming staggered after being slapped, but he knew that the teacher was right, so he walked home with him holding an umbrella.
"If we're not going to the Princess's residence, does that mean the Princess doesn't agree with you?"
Que Ming shook his head and forced a comforting smile to the teacher.
"It's not Your Highness. It's my fault, but I can't figure out what I did wrong."
Yue's father saw this clearly. These women always have little thoughts that they don't say out loud, and ask men to guess. If they guess wrong, they will get angry. He is not a worm in their stomach, so how can he understand all their thoughts?
Sometimes, if his wife dreams of something bad, she will wake him up and give him a beating. In short, she will not tolerate it!
Minister Yue passed on the experience he had accumulated over most of his life to his son-in-law, saying.
"If you can guess a woman's thoughts, you might be able to predict the storms of the next year! Just think she's in a bad mood, comfort her, talk to her more, and she'll figure things out on her own. You don't need to rack your brains to figure everything out!"
Queming didn't know whether it was true or not, but it seemed that the teacher never made mistakes in saying anything, so he did the same to Qingning.
Seven days had passed since the Dragon Boat Festival, and Que Ming had coaxed her for seven days. Even when the colorful rope on her wrist had broken, her resentment seemed to have not dissipated.
The day of moving out is coming soon, and the two cannot see each other again until the wedding ceremony is over.
Que Ming was worried that she might get angry and not want to get married. He also thought about his meager monthly salary and his lack of property in Beijing. Even if he married a beautiful woman, he would have to let her temporarily live in the smaller three-story house bought by her father-in-law.
After all, it was still no match for the Yue family mansion where she had lived since she was a child. Although the teacher was an upright and honest person, he was a Shangshu after all, and his family had quite a lot of property, with five houses in Beijing. She was a rich lady who had lived in such a mansion since she was a child.
And now she is still far away from him because of an inexplicable reason. Thinking of this, Que Ming couldn't even sleep. He tossed and turned and got up again. For the first time, he boldly avoided the maid and sneaked into the young lady's boudoir.
Yue Qingning was sleeping uneasily and dreamed that Que Ming was hugged by that disgusted man and looked at her helplessly. She woke up suddenly and saw Que Ming climbing in through the window and kneeling at the head of her bed waiting for her punishment.
"Miss, please slap me!"
Yue Qingning wasn't even fully awake yet. Hearing him say that, she seemed to really think that he had gone to see the prince again, and she slapped him in anger.
However, after being lightly swept by a palm, Que Ming was not angry about the humiliation. Instead, he leaned towards her with more excitement and enthusiasm.
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