Chapter 218 Silent Changes
"Rouxi, stop making trouble." The prince's tone was filled with suppressed anger, but Song Rouxi seemed to be unaware of it and was completely immersed in her own thoughts.
"Where did I make trouble?" Song Rouxi stood up and dusted herself off, staggering. Her eyes seemed to be looking at an enemy. "In the past, you always protected me and wouldn't let anyone or anything bother me. Now! You are no longer the prince you used to be. You have changed. What about you and Huan Yingsi? Do you dare to say that you have never crossed the line with her?"
As soon as the words came out, the prince's eyes darkened and darkened, making Song Rouxi's heart tremble.
She suddenly felt a little regretful. The scene before her seemed not to be like this, but why did it become like this? What was wrong?
"So, this is how you think of me." The prince breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes filled with indescribable complexity.
"Isn't it!" Song Rouxi said in an aggressive tone, staring at the prince without blinking, expecting him to coax her like before, and then explain that she was not like that, and how much he loved and cared about her.
Only he didn't.
After a while, the prince leaned back against the table, his body leaning and lazy, his tone cold, "Just now, I was talking to the Queen Mother about you and your family. The Queen Mother said that you have a bad reputation. At this point, if I insist on letting you sit in the position of wife, I am afraid that the court officials who have always been inclined towards me will be shaken. Prince Yu might take this opportunity to win over these people.
But do you know how I answered?" Zhou Tianyi's face flashed with sarcasm.
"I said, I promised you that I would give you the position of the first wife. In this life, no one else is qualified to sit on it except you. The relationship between Huan Yingsi and me is nothing more than brother and sister. In this life, I will never allow anyone to surpass you. Mother said I was crazy..."
His eyes were indescribably cold, and Song Rouxi trembled all over. If the prince really said that, then everything she had just done was a joke.
"You, you really said that... I heard that Miss Huan invited you to her birthday party, but you didn't mention it to me. Plus, she's been coming to your place so often lately. I, I always feel that your relationship is not that simple."
Zhou Tianyi tugged at his collar, and the robe he had just put on neatly was torn askew, and he looked dejected.
He sounded a little tired.
"Rouxi, ever since I've been with you, there have been constant rumors. I've always believed that you're not what others say you are. I only believe what I see. But what about you? How did you do it? A word from an outsider, a little noise, and you came to question me, even losing your composure in front of the Queen Mother. I'm working hard for both of us, but you let me down."
Song Rouxi was so struck by disappointment that she almost lost her balance. She took a deep breath to steady herself, stepped forward, and grasped the prince's sleeve to explain, "I, I'm doing this because I really care about you... I don't want to do this either. I know our status and honor are vastly different, and I'm just afraid that I can't be with you."
Seeing her tears falling one by one, the prince did not show any mercy this time. He just looked at her almost broken tears indifferently, and slowly pulled his robe out of Song Rouxi's hands.
"I only agreed to go to Huan Yingsi's birthday party to give her a gift and then leave. My relationship with her is not as bad as you say, and Huan Yingsi is not that kind of person."
After experiencing a series of blows, Song Rouxi's spirit and state had long been on the verge of collapse. When she heard Zhou Tianyi say that Huan Yingsi was not such a despicable person, she immediately became furious.
"You're still speaking for her! She's not a bad person, why would she take advantage of each other's opportunities to get close to you! Isn't she dreaming of becoming the Crown Princess? I don't believe it!"
The prince's eyes were filled with disappointment again, and he even felt hopeless. The hysterical Song Rouxi in front of him seemed to be the same woman he had met in the palace at this moment.
The emperor's concubines were all so crazy, and the expression on Song Rouxi's face was no different from theirs. The woman he loved was so unbearable.
"My mother did bring us together, but she told me privately long ago that she was just putting on a facade, fulfilling her mother and the Huan family's wishes without hurting anyone else. She also said that she envied the relationship between you and me and didn't want to get involved. With such strictures, she'd be just as happy if someone could escape."
The more Zhou Tianyi talked, the more Song Rouxi collapsed.
Because she noticed that Zhou Tianyi himself seemed to have not noticed that the tone he used when talking about Huan Yingsi was the same as when he talked about herself before, so free of grudges and full of tenderness.
This discovery made her angry and annoyed.
Anger was like a raging fire, almost burning away all her rationality. But she couldn't continue like this, she knew that the prince's heart had already tilted towards Huan Yingsi, and the more she said now, the more mistakes she would make.
Fortunately, she still has a chance.
"Yes, maybe I misunderstood her and you. But have you ever considered me..."
Looking at the prince's indifferent eyes, she continued to speak aggrievedly, "I don't know anything. I can only look forward to everything you promised me every day. When will it be fulfilled? I am very panicked and afraid. I also know that my family has caused you a lot of trouble. I feel guilty. I am afraid that you will abandon me and no longer love me..."
The panic and sadness in her eyes were about to overflow. If Song Ci were here, she would definitely say that Song Rouxi was indeed a master at acting, and perhaps even actors were not as good at acting as her.
The prince opened his mouth, but only managed to utter a few weak words, "Okay, stop crying."
Although he didn't comfort her, nor did he bow his head, he did ease the atmosphere between the two of them.
Song Rouxi then stepped forward and hugged the prince's waist, pressing her soft and boneless body tightly against the prince's, and the body temperature of the two was transmitted at this moment.
The prince swallowed hard, managed to regain some of his sanity, and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you still crying?"
"I'm afraid you don't want me anymore." Song Rouxi replied with sobs.
After she finished speaking, every cell in her body was observing the prince's reaction, and soon, the prince did not disappoint her.
A gentle hand touched her back, "No."
"Really?" She looked up, staring with a pair of red eyes from crying, her voice soft and weak.
"Yeah." Zhou Tianyi's voice was indescribably hoarse, and he was trying to suppress the movements of his body.
Song Rouxi gently scratched his back and said, "I want to stay tonight."
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"Miss, Miss." The little maid pushed open the door and hurried in.
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