Chapter 127: Rare Confusion

  Thank you to Xiaodao Junzhu for the reward of fragrant sachet, thank you to Hot Love ^^ two, Fengguo Liuxiang 01, dsl1227_mami each one's reward of peace amulet...

  Watching Long Han Yan leave from Liu Yun Yuan, Qing Jin closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

  She had just heard Long Han's words and thought that the relationship between them was not so easily reconciled, but she didn't expect Long Han to suddenly change the subject and agree with her.

  Qing Jin sat paralyzed on the round stool closest to her in the room, after she said such insulting words to Long Han Yuan, and yet he could still let her live, what a huge irony.

  But thinking carefully about Long Hanshan's character and habits, it's not that hard to understand why she's still alive. Long Hanshan has always been proud and arrogant, even if he was offended by her, he wouldn't deign to lay a hand on a woman. Not hitting her doesn't mean he'll let her off scot-free. From what Long Hanshan just said, it seems he understands the rules of survival for women in the harem, and knows that in this era where women exist by attaching themselves to men, without a man's favor and protection, it would be extremely difficult for a woman to survive in the harem.

  She just said so many embarrassing and disdainful words to him, he was telling her that he would wait for the day she came to beg him!

  Thinking of this, Qingjin smiled self-deprecatingly. It seemed that her future days would be filled with hardships, but compared to letting her do those things again with Long Hanshan, she would rather choose this difficult path. She had also said before that she would accept her fate, but on the wedding night when she knew that Long Hanshan was also reborn, how could she accept her fate? So, it's like this then!

  Yuanyang hastily ran in from outside, saw Qingjin sitting there, and quickly walked to the front of Qingjin, with red and swollen eyes, grabbed Qingjin's arm, and carefully examined her. Facing Qingjin, she said: "Master, are you okay? Did the prince do anything to you?"

  "I'm fine, don't worry." Qingjin held onto Yuanyang's hand.

  Hearing Qingjin's expressionless words, Yuanyang obviously didn't believe what Qingjin said and continued to carefully examine if Qingjin was injured anywhere. With tears in her eyes, she said: "Master, don't endure it, how could nothing be wrong? The prince's anger was so great that even I felt the intimidating atmosphere from outside the room, I wanted to rush in but was stopped by someone. Master, Yuanyang didn't protect you well...

  Looking at the tears that were about to fall, Qing Jin couldn't help but sigh and say: "I'm really fine, do you think Wang Ye is the kind of person who hits women?"

  Yuan Yang was taken aback by Qing Jin's words and shook her head uncertainly at him.

  Qing Jin let out a snort and laughed, then turned to Yuanyang and said: "You don't have to doubt him, after all he is a dignified prince. No matter what, he wouldn't hit a woman..."

  "But the aura emanating from that room is terrifying, even if Jing Wang doesn't hit women, the icy chill on his body is still unbearable for Master. Has Master been frozen by the cold air?"

  Qing Jin shook her head at Yuanyang and said: "It's just the momentum that scares people, I wasn't hurt."

  "Hmph. Jing Wang is still decent, after all, Master wouldn't easily lay a hand on a weak woman like you." At this time, Yuanyang also carefully checked Qingjin's body and found nothing out of the ordinary, muttering to herself as she spoke to Qingjin.

  "By the way, Master, why did Jing Wang come to our Liuyun Academy today? He was fine when he came in, so why did he get so angry with you?" Yuanyang asked Qingjin.

  Upon hearing Yuanyang's words, Qingjin's face sank, and after a brief moment of silence, she spoke to Yuanyang: "......He wants me to attend him in bed."

  "What's that, Master...?" asked Yuanyang in surprise.

  "I refused." Qing Jin replied faintly to Yuanyang.

  "Oh." Yuanyang heard Qingjin's words, lowered her head, and from the previous matter, shouldn't she have thought of Master's answer long ago? But unexpectedly, Master really dared to refuse Jing Wang to his face.

  "Don't you agree with my approach?" Qing Jin asked, looking at Yuanyang's expression, as if chatting casually. When Yuanyang heard Qing Jin's words, she raised her head and wanted to say something but stopped herself, looking at Qing Jin's expression, ultimately saying nothing, but her face showed that she somewhat disagreed.

  Qing Jin looked at Yuanyang without saying a word, but her body language clearly showed her disapproval. Her eyes turned cold as she spoke to Yuanyang in a detached tone: "You don't agree with what I'm doing, and I won't force you. Everything I said to you before my marriage, everything I gave you, still counts. You can leave!" After finishing speaking, Qing Jin stood up from her seat, turned her back on Yuanyang without looking at her again, and walked towards the inner room, her silhouette cold and stubborn.

  Yuanyang saw Qingjin's cold words, "Plop" sound knelt down behind Qingjin, facing Qingjin's sorrowful cry: "Master, Yuanyang won't leave, don't drive Yuanyang away."

  Qing Jin heard the sound of Yuanyang kneeling behind her and stopped in her tracks, not turning around to speak to Yuanyang: "Yuanyang, between me and Jing Wang... my choice, you may not understand, but I have a reason why I must do this. You all may think I'm being foolish, but I don't regret it. I just refused Jing Wang. You've been following me since childhood in the Anji Houfu, where there aren't many people or concubines. But there are some things you should see too... a woman in the inner courtyard, if she doesn't gain the favor of this household's man, will be like Liu Niang, without children or love. Fortunately, my mother is not a cruel mistress, so even though Liu Niang has no children and no love, my mother won't cut off her allowance. As long as she behaves herself, I believe my mother will ensure she has food and clothing for the rest of her life. However, not all wives are like my mother... the imperial harem is the most corrupt place under heaven, and in this place, it's not enough to just behave yourself and not fight or compete to be safe... so, you should leave tomorrow!" After finishing speaking, she was about to take a step away.

  "Master... Master..." Seeing Qingjin wanting to leave, Yuanyang shouted loudly and crawled to Qingjin's back, wanting to grab Qingjin's sleeve, but ultimately didn't dare, and instead spoke to Qingjin: "Master, since you know, why do you still refuse King Jing's offer of lodging?"

  Qing Jin didn't respond to Yuanyang's words. Did she need to tell Yuanyang about the entanglement between her and Long Han that had lasted for a lifetime, and how miserable it was? Whether or not Yuanyang believed it, Qing Jin knew it herself, so why would she say it out loud? Even if that person were her flesh-and-blood family member, she would be too ashamed to speak of it, because this was Qing Jin's pride.

  "Master, Yuanyang isn't disagreeing with you, she's worried about you. Maybe she shouldn't say these things, but she's being sincere and thinking of your well-being. You're not willing to accept Jing Wang, Yuanyang knows that, but now that you're already in the Jing Wang Fu, whether you admit it or not, in the eyes of the world, you are Jing Wang's concubine. Yuanyang thought you hadn't considered this, but your previous words made her realize you see things clearly. Miss, since you see things so clearly, why do you still insist on doing something that can't be done? At least you shouldn't have refused Jing Wang so explicitly, not giving him face and making it impossible for him to save face. This way...in the future, how many open and secret attacks will you have to face? Yuanyang is afraid for you, worried about you..."

  "I understand." Qing Jin replied calmly after hearing Yuanyang's words.

  When Qingjin said this, Yuanyang thought that Qingjin had taken her words to heart and spoke again: "Master, it's good that you can listen to what I have to say. The old lady once said that your temperament is too straightforward, easy to break, but the things of this world are not so black and white. Sometimes it's necessary to be a little muddled..."

  "Rare foolishness?" Qing Jin turned around and asked with a seemingly bewildered tone.

  Yuanyang saw Qingjin's vague expression and hastily nodded towards Qingjin, saying: "These are all what Old Madam wants me to tell you."

  "Oh, I see. You can go now!" Qing Jin said expressionlessly to Yuanyang, it's rare for her to be muddled, she could understand the reason, but if she had to do it, sorry, she couldn't!

  Yuanyang heard Qingjin's words, and after Qingjin agreed with them, she was about to open her mouth to bid farewell, leaving space for Qingjin to think. However, Qingjin suddenly looked up at her and said: "…Tomorrow morning, you can leave the Jingwang Fu early, I will let someone inform the gatekeeper."

  Yuan Yang suddenly froze in place, and at this moment, she finally understood that Qing Jin had not taken her previous words to heart. Her legs, which had just stood up, knelt down again with a thud. "Master, Yuan Yang won't leave, Yuan Yang was wrong, Yuan Yang will never say such things again. Whatever you want to do, it's because Master has his reasons for doing so. It's Yuan Yang who is foolish and talks too much. Yuan Yang will never say such things again, Master. Don't make Yuan Yang leave you." Yuan Yang hugged Qing Jin's legs and spoke incoherently.

  On the other hand, when Long Han Yan walked out of Liu Yun Ting with an endless cold aura, his usual personal guard retreated a short distance, not daring to approach within ten feet of him. Until Long Han Yan completely left Liu Yun Ting and slightly retracted the cold aura on his body, he expressionlessly headed in the direction of the study room.

  Walking into the study, walking to the desk, it's as if nothing has happened, taking out a book, carefully flipping through it. If you ignore the book he's holding upside down and the chill emanating from his body several times colder than usual, he really is a diligent young man who studies hard... no, who reads books seriously.

  Long Han finally returned to normal after staring at the book in his hand for a long time, put the inverted book upright, gathered the cold aura on his body, and began to read seriously. The personal guard standing outside felt the decrease of the cold air coming out of the study room and finally let out a sigh of relief, standing seriously outside to keep watch.

  “…Go tell the queen, just say that the side concubine is entering the mansion, let the queen... handle it!” A long time later, the personal guard standing outside thought that Long Han would not say anything else, but Long Han's cold and low voice came from inside the study.