Chapter 140 Do You Love Her?
out of the hall.

Xie Chengyi's pace became quicker.

Xiao Jiyao called from behind: "Xie Chengyi, stop!"

Xie Chengyi seemed to be trying to escape and grabbed Aying's hand.

Step up.

Aying felt a stir in her heart, feeling a little sour.

"Xie Chengyi!" Xiao Jiyao called out in a high-pitched voice.

Xie Chengyi didn't look back and wanted to move forward.

Ah Ying exerted a little force.

Xie Chengyi turned his head and looked at Aying in surprise, very puzzled.

"She's calling you, why are you hiding?" Aying said seriously.

Xie Chengyi's eyes wandered, "I didn't."

Ah Ying struggled to get rid of Xie Chengyi's hand, "Prince, I think you two need to have a good talk..."

Xiao Jiyao also caught up.

Ah Ying looked over and found that Xiao Jiyao was already in tears.

"You guys talk." Ah Ying said softly and left.

Aying knew that if they didn't resolve their misunderstanding, Xiao Jiyao would always be a thorn in Xie Chengyi's heart.

Xiao Jiyao looked at Ah Ying's departing figure, but she said to Xie Chengyi, "Is she that good? Is she someone you should protect even if you have to disobey the emperor's order in the palace?"

Xie Chengyi's expression changed slightly.

"Do you love her?" Xiao Jiyao walked down the stairs and stood in the same position as Xie Chengyi. She looked up at him like she did ten years ago, but there was no happiness and joy in her eyes anymore.

Xie Chengyi's eyes were slightly sore, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.

"Do you love her?" Xiao Jiyao wanted to know the answer.

Xie Chengyi slowly fell into Xiao Jiyao's sight, "I feel relaxed and happy when I am with her."

"Do you love her?" Xiao Jiyao asked persistently.

Xie Chengyi knew that there was no possibility between them. Perhaps, it would be good for everyone if Jiyao gave up.

"Yes."

When Xie Chengyi said this, tears suddenly fell from Xiao Jiyao's eyes...

Then, Xie Chengyi nodded and left.

Xiao Jiyao was left standing there alone, feeling hopeless.

The maid Fanggu said to Jiyao distressedly: "Princess, go back, the prince has gone far away."

Xiao Jiyao's eyes were filled with sorrow. "I have waited for this moment for ten years. I thought he would wait for us just like me. I didn't expect that in the end, I would become a joke..."

"This Miss Aying may just be the prince's temporary excuse. He has not agreed to so many noble ladies from aristocratic families, so how could he accept the daughter of a gambler?" Fanggu tried his best to comfort the princess.

"Yeah, he would rather marry a gambler's daughter than me?" Xiao Jiyao gradually felt jealous. Why couldn't she compare to Huo Aying?

***
Palace entrance.

Aying waited quietly, waiting for Xie Chengyi.

She could see that Xiao Jiyao still loved Xie Chengyi, and Xie Chengyi's performance was not as resolute as she had imagined.

But in the hall, Xie Chengyi bluntly said that he had proposed to her. Ah Ying was a little confused about this. She didn't know whether he did it to piss off Xiao Jiyao or just to save her.

Think carefully.

Ah Ying felt that most of her time and energy were spent on the brain-burning question of whether Xie Chengyi loved her or Xiao Jiyao.

It's really exhausting and useless.

In terms of power and status, she is completely defeated.

In terms of emotional foundation, she is completely defeated.

Okay, why are you still struggling? Just live your life as you should. You can't make fighting for men your main daily job, right? It's best for her and the prince to let nature take its course and follow their hearts.

After a while, Xie Chengyi came from afar.

Looking at him from this angle, Ah Ying really likes him. He is a young talent who values ​​friendship and loyalty. He is a role model for men in Northern Jin and he deserves the title.

The more he looked, the more the corners of his mouth turned up.

When Xie Chengyi walked out of the palace gate, he was feeling a little melancholy, but when he saw Ah Ying looking at him with her head tilted as if smiling, without saying a word and without changing her eyes, his heart gradually warmed up like the rising sun.

"What are you looking at?" Xie Chengyi raised his eyebrows and scratched Aying's nose.

Xie Chengyi gradually approached. Ah Ying looked at this man and couldn't help but frowned. She shook her head in confusion and asked, "Why are you attracting so much attention?"

Xie Chengyi was amused by Ah Ying's expression for a moment, "What? Are you feeling a sense of crisis?"

Ah Ying immediately returned to his normal expression, "A little bit."

Xie Chengyi felt hurt instantly, "Just a little sense of crisis?"

Ah Ying raised her eyebrows, "That's still not enough?"

The two men entered the carriage while arguing and laughing.

I don’t know if it was intentional, but both of them deliberately avoided the topic of Xiao Jiyao.

On top of the palace wall, the wind was cold and Xiao Jiyao was standing far away wearing a crane cloak.

"I haven't seen him smile like this in many years." Xiao Jiyao lowered her eyes and looked at Xie Chengyi and Huo Aying below.

Fang Gu didn't know how to comfort his master, so he just sighed, "It's getting cold."

"He used to smile at me like this before..." Xiao Jiyao seemed to be lost in some memories.

She went through all the trouble to become a widow from a simple young girl, and every step she took was to see Xie Chengyi. But now she realized that no one seemed to care about her every step, not even Xie Chengyi...

Inside the carriage.

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

"Your father, how should we deal with this?" Xie Chengyi asked cautiously.

Ah Ying's heart moved, and she finally brought up the topic.

She thought Xie Chengyi would handle it himself, but now that it was handed over to her, it seemed difficult and unspeakable to deal with it. What should she say?

"How about handing it over to the government?" Ah Ying looked calm.

"The government has not explicitly stipulated that there will be a sentence." Xie Chengyi analyzed the matter carefully.

"What if we kill him?" Ah Ying still had this expression.

Xie Chengyi took a deep breath and said, "Murder is against the law."

"Let them fend for themselves?" Ah Ying still had no expression on his face.

"There's a high probability that he'll die tragically on the street." Xie Chengyi told the truth.

"Then what can I do?" Aying raised her eyes and looked at Xie Chengyi.

When asked this question, Xie Chengyi was also a little stunned.

"I will never forgive him, not until I die. Because of him, I lost my mother, my brother, and the home that could have sheltered me as I grew up. It is a pity that I cannot kill him with my own hands." Aying said solemnly.

Xie Chengyi looked at Ah Ying and said, "Then send him back to Lin'an. There will be people to take care of him and let him enjoy his old age."

Aying didn't answer, but just lifted the curtain and looked outside.

When they returned to the Marquis' Mansion, Xie Chengyi instructed Wang Changyue, "Find a place for Huo Zhongqiao to stay in the capital."

"Capital? Miss Aying agreed to recognize him?" Wang Changyue asked puzzledly.

Xie Chengyi shook his head.

He understood Ah Ying's dilemma. She didn't want Huo Zhongqiao to live a good life, and felt sorry for her mother and brother, but she also didn't want to see him die tragically. Perhaps there was a moment in the past sixteen years that Ah Ying was nostalgic for, so let's arrange it in the capital.

However, as long as Ah Ying didn't give any clear instructions, they probably wouldn't have any contact with each other anymore.

If Ah Ying really regrets it one day, then if she wants to see him for the last time, she can catch up...