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Qixia Palace
Daji paced back and forth in Xingnan's room, complaining non-stop.
"Why are you so stubborn? There are so many good men in the world, why do you have to like a little guard? Even if you like him, you don't need to hang yourself. Do you want to scare me, your brother, to death?"
The girl looked at Xingnan without blinking, and she curled herself up in the quilt, crying with red eyes and gritting her teeth, yelling:
"What's wrong with the little guard? He's also a second-rank official in the imperial court. How many people are as lucky as you, born into the royal family? He's relied on himself to get to where he is today. Why do you look down on him?"
"I'm not looking down on him. I'm saying that you shouldn't degrade yourself for him. Is it worth it for you to seek death?"
"I just like him. I don't know why. The more he ignores me, the more I like him. At noon, I went to find him, but he said he didn't like me, not at all. I felt like my life was such a failure. Even he didn't like me, so what's the point of living? I might as well just die, umm..."
Daji shook his hands angrily and looked at her helplessly.
"I really don't understand. What's so good about him? Not only is he much older than you, but he's not as handsome as you and doesn't speak as directly..."
"You are not allowed to say that about him. In my heart, he is the most perfect man..."
"Xingnan, Xingnan..."
Yongping and Yongning rushed in at this time. When Xingnan saw them, he cried even louder.
"Big sister-in-law, little sister-in-law, Brother Ning is ignoring me, what should I do? I don't want to live anymore, I don't want to live anymore."
Yongping stepped forward, held her in his arms, and kept comforting her.
"Xingnan, don't worry. If he ignores you, the eldest sister-in-law will find you someone better, a thousand times, ten thousand times better than him."
"I don't want it. I don't want anyone else. I only want Brother Ning. If he ignores me again, I might as well die."
"Why are you so stupid? What will happen to us if you die? What will happen to your brother? And what about the sisters in Nanping Kingdom who love you so much? Xingnan, you can't do stupid things anymore. You will scare us."
Yongning also nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I just heard that something happened to you. My sister's legs aren't working well, and we helped her back. You can't do anything stupid again."
Xingnan shook his head vigorously as if he didn't understand.
"Brother Ning doesn't like me, so what's the point of me living? I might as well die. Big Sister-in-law, Little Sister-in-law, Brother Daji, you can stop me today, but you can't stop me tomorrow. Why not just let me die happily?"
Hearing her useless words, Daji angrily stepped forward, pointed his finger at her, and asked angrily,
"You really don't resemble someone from our royal family. You're weak, timid, and heartless. Do you think Ning will like you if you die? You're dreaming! If I were a man, I wouldn't like you, I'd hate you too."
Daji's words made Xingnan completely emotionally broken. She stared at him blankly, suddenly pouted and cried, then took out a pair of scissors from under the pillow and put it to her throat.
This scene frightened Yongping, who was closest to her, so much so that he looked at her with a pale face and tried to persuade her incoherently.
"Xingnan, don't do anything stupid. Put down the scissors..."
Yongning grabbed Yongping's clothes tightly and tried to stop her loudly.
"Xingnan, put the scissors down, put them down quickly, and don't do anything stupid."
Xingnan looked directly at Daji and asked hatefully:
"Brother Daji, am I really such a terrible person? If you were a man, you wouldn't like me, right? Now that you say that, I finally understand why Brother Ning doesn't like me. I'm just a disgusting person. I'm redundant in this world. I might as well die early. I'll go see my father and mother. They're the only ones who truly love me. They're the only ones who won't despise me..."
As she spoke, the tip of the scissors in her hand moved one step closer to her snow-white neck. With just a slight movement, it seemed as if they would pierce through her neck.
Daji was so frightened that he could not speak. He gestured for her to put down the scissors while shaking his head.
"Xingnan, Brother Daji was wrong. He just said that in anger. You are a very lovely girl. So, wait for me. Brother Daji will go find your brother Ning and ask him to come. Don't move, okay?"
When Xingnan heard that he was going to look for Xiao Ningzi, he bit his lip tightly and shook his head.
"He doesn't like me, what's the point of looking for him."
Watching the scissors in her hand move again, Yongping panted nervously and whispered:
"Xingnan, don't worry. Ask your brother Daji to go find him. Even if he dies, you should let him accompany you. Otherwise, it will be too lonely if you go on the road alone."
The words of the eldest sister-in-law seemed to give Xingnan hope. A clear and beautiful look suddenly flashed in her eyes, and then she nodded.
"Okay, then I'll wait here for him. If he doesn't like me, I'll make him die with me, and I won't let him go even if he dies."
Daji nodded and ran out.
Yongping persuaded again:
"How about this, put the scissors down first. It's too tiring to hold them like this."
Xingnan shook his head vigorously.
"No, I won't let go. I just want to show Brother Ning that either he marries me or he dies with me. Let's see what he chooses."
"Xingnan..."
"Big Sister-in-law, please stop talking. I don't want to see anyone except Big Brother Ning, and I don't want to listen to anyone else's words. Please get out!"
"Xingnan..."
"go out……"
Xingnan suddenly screamed loudly, frightening Yongping and Yongning so much that they trembled. Then they nodded in panic, retreating to the door while comforting her.
"Xingnan, don't move. Your brother Ning will be here soon. He will be here soon."
At this moment, Yongping felt like her heart was jumping out of her throat.
After leaving Xingnan's room, she suddenly shouted,
"Close the door..."
Yongping did not dare to delay and went forward personally to close her door. Then he squatted at the door, covered his face with his hands, closed his eyes tightly, and trembled all over.
Yongning squatted beside her and comforted her softly:
"Sister, don't worry, nothing will happen to Xingnan."
Yongping put his hand on his forehead and shook his head vigorously.
"How can I not be anxious? If something happens to her, not only will you and I die, but Xun'er will also be implicated. If I had known this would happen, I would have let her be with Ning. At least it would be much better than her committing suicide."
At this moment, the only thing she thought about was that as long as Xingnan was alive and well and returned to Nanping Kingdom safely, she would be thankful even if the marriage was not successful and even if she did not complete the task assigned to her by His Majesty.
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