After the wrong flirtation, I became the villain's favorite

Inside the Empress Dowager’s Zichen Palace.

Princess Le Yi fell on the Queen Mother's knees, crying without saying a word.

"Master Xie is going to get married after the mourning period, but you still won't give up?" The Queen Mother scolded, "Now you don't want to marry anyone, what are you doing?"

Mr. Xie is Lord Xie, who served in the same court as his son before retiring. Although Mr. Xie has retired, the court still calls Xie Yunji "Little Lord Xie".

The bottom line is that Xie Yunji was too young. He won the top spot in the imperial examination before he was twenty and was appointed as an editor in the Hanlin Academy. Among that bunch of old guys, he was really too young.

The Queen Mother had heard of this young Lord Xie a long time ago.

The Queen Mother had already known about his plan to marry a girl from the Jiang family some time ago.

A princess of her stature cannot become someone's concubine. Since Lord Xie is already taken, the empress dowager will help Princess Le Yi arrange another husband.

Unexpectedly, Princess Le Yi's reputation for being infatuated with Xie Yunji was so great that even the most handsome men in the capital could not avoid her under the imperial power.

It is not easy for the emperor to force anyone to marry the princess.

After much difficulty, he found a declining noble family with only a title in name only, who were willing to marry the princess to change their fate, but she was unwilling.

"My queen, I will not marry anyone but Xie Yunji!" The princess' eyes were red.

"The emperor arranged a marriage for him on the spot, but he didn't even nod in the throne room. Why won't you give up?" said the empress dowager.

"You have been focusing on him all these years, and you can't see the others?"

"Do you really think I don't know what you've done these years? You used your reputation to create momentum and force him to marry you, but look at the result? If he doesn't marry you, you won't be able to find a good husband now!"

The princess was in a daze, and tears finally fell from her eyes. "I know I have become a laughing stock in the capital! I will not marry anyone, I will not marry anyone!"

"You're just joking. You're not so unmarried." The Queen Mother asked again, "Do you like him so much?"

The princess said with tears in her eyes, "I like him. I like him so much that the thought of him marrying someone else makes my heart ache like a knife. I just don't want to live anymore."

"Don't say such nonsense!" The Queen Mother hugged her in her arms with a look of heartache. "You are your father's only flesh and blood. Don't say such things to make me sad."

The princess was still sobbing. "When I thought about him getting married to someone else, I felt envious and jealous. I couldn't stop crying. Madam... why can't I get what I want? How am I worse than that girl?"

The Queen Mother sighed, how can people explain love in this world clearly? Many times it is not the difference, but that you are not the one.

Although you can't force a man to marry you, you can prevent the woman from marrying.

He has too many shady tricks, which are more than enough to deal with the daughter of a minor official.

"Don't cry, auntie will find a way for you."

*

After hearing the mother-in-law's report, Mrs. Wei looked annoyed: "She went to the Tanyuan?!"

"Yes, she rushed to get close to it even when others were trying to avoid it. But I was on duty that day and the door was locked tightly. There was no sign of it being opened at all."

"That means she climbed over the wall to get out. How shameless!" Madam Wei sneered, and then spoke up for Xie Yunji, "She doesn't like Zi Che?"

Xie Yunji was like jade, flawless and perfect. The close contact with him that day was still lingering in her heart, but the woman didn't cherish him?

When she thought about the trivialities of marrying someone else and living in a marriage between an older man and a younger woman, she felt so sad and jealous that she almost cried.

His hands were clenched tightly in his sleeves, and his well-maintained nails pricked his palms.

Since she doesn't cherish...

"The Shangsi Festival is coming soon." Mrs. Wei said to herself.

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere became inexplicably subtle.

The old woman didn't understand why. Ever since she got married, the lady no longer cared about such festivals where young men and women went out to have fun together.

Madam Wei looked calm and said, "Since she is a cousin living in Xie's house, she has to attend such gatherings. It is not common for her to stay in the inner courtyard all the time. The rules and etiquette she has learned must be put to use somewhere."

During the Shangsi Festival, people appreciate flowers and people.

It is inevitable that some dissolute young men will lose their sense of propriety when seeing a beautiful woman.

Who will want her then?!

*

When the sun sets, the servants in the mansion become busy.

Song Nihuan had nothing to do and always felt a sense of emptiness.

The Xie family has strict rules, and everyone here keeps a distance from each other. Xie Yunji is even more like the flowing clouds and bright moon in the sky.

She couldn't catch anything, the only thing she could catch was Xie Tan.

Only Xie Tan knows her background, and only he has the antidote to alleviate the effects of Yi Wang Chun.

It seems that I can’t leave Xie’s house for the time being.

This was the scene Xie Yunji saw when he came in: a beautiful woman was leaning against the railing, she was slender and thin, with a look of worry between her brows.

She was wearing a light-colored outfit similar to the color of his clothes, and her hair was also simple.

Such simple and elegant dress overshadowed her originally beautiful face, giving her an indescribable feeling.

The wives of the aristocratic families all dress like this, simple and dignified.

It seems to be the work of Mrs. Wei.

His stepmother really cares about his wife.

"What are you thinking about?" He walked over to interrupt her thoughts, his eyes falling on her pink earlobe, which was the pearl earring he had given her that night.

"This suits you very well." He smiled, and then asked Xie Ming to put the prepared books on the table, "I'm afraid you'll be bored."

Song Nihuan took a look and saw about eight or nine books. Some of them were serious books on top, and there were three storybooks underneath.

These three books were storybooks that he had collected and were loved by the young ladies in Beijing today. They were not serious books for scholars, but for a young girl like Song Nihuan who was waiting to get married, they were the best way to relieve boredom.

"Ahem..." Xie Yunji's beautiful eyes had a sly smile in them, "I've seen it all, it's quite interesting, you should like it."

Song Nihuan's eyes widened. He was a young man from an aristocratic family who looked like a fallen immortal. He was the top scholar in the imperial examination and the youngest imperial scholar. He was actually reading a storybook?!

"Why are you also reading these?"

Xie Yunji raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does my cousin think I'm a fool who only reads books of sages?"

"Of course I saw it, too, but no one knew about it. You were the first one. You should read it quietly. Don't let father and the lady know, and don't let Madam Huang see it either."

Looking at his slightly cunning eyes, she finally understood why she was so comfortable in front of Xie Tan, but so reserved in front of Xie Yunji.

Because she felt that Xie Tan and she were of the same type.

Xie Yunji is so perfect that people cannot bear to defile him or touch him.

At this moment, the floating clouds and the bright white moonlight in the sky seemed to have fallen to the ground.

There is a real and down-to-earth feeling.