The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 65 Are you going to marry me?

The dishes in Lingxiu Pavilion are really lackluster.

King Xuan moved his chopsticks a few times and then put them down.

Liu Xiuyuan wondered, "I remember that you had a good autumn fish sashimi a few years ago, but why is it gone now?"

The shopkeeper lowered his head and whispered, "Our master doesn't like it."

Xue Qingyin blinked, "Big brother doesn't like it?"

The shopkeeper nodded nervously.

"Strange, if he doesn't like it, he won't allow it in the store." Liu Xiuyuan thought, it was really overbearing.

Xue Qingyin was not surprised at all.

This is very He Songning.

"Let's go, please ask Mr. Liu to eat something else." Xue Qingyin stood up.

She shouldn't stay any longer, to avoid embarrassment for everyone.

"What to eat?" Liu Xiuyuan asked curiously.

"Qingjing rice."

"Is it the one next to the Didian in the West Market?"

"No, it's in the East Market."

"That's because you haven't tried the one in the West Market. The Qingjing rice there is more refreshing."

"Really?"

Liu Xiuyuan seemed much more enthusiastic. He raised his hand and brushed the hair on his face again, saying, "I don't know where in the city the wine and food are good. I don't know them all by heart, but I know about them a little bit."

Xue Qingyin thought it was great.

This Mr. Liu can be reused.

She said politely, "Please teach me more, sir."

"I dare not, I dare not." Liu Xiuyuan stood in front of her and realized that his appearance was really not good, which was a bit polluted by the beauty.

Listening to the two of them getting more and more enthusiastic, Du Hongxue couldn't help but look at King Xuan's face again.

At this time, Xue Qingyin also looked at King Xuan, and she whispered: "Your Highness, please come with me?"

King Xuan first glanced at Liu Xiuyuan, and then said: "Yes."

Xue Qinghe was unable to get a word in from beginning to end, so she went to the back kitchen to check whether the dishes were ready.

Seeing that they were about to leave, she stood up and said respectfully: "Sister."

Xue Qingyin paused and said: "Just do your job."

As she said that, she glanced at Steward Xue: "What's the point of sending people to you?"

In front of King Xuan, Steward Xue didn't dare to refute at all.

After Xue Qingyin finished speaking, she followed King Xuan's steps.

Xue Qinghe looked up in a daze and accidentally discovered a detail.

The cold and taciturn King Xuan seemed to deliberately slow down his pace for a moment. He was waiting for Xue Qingyin to catch up.

After everyone had gone far away, Qiu Xin finally dared to breathe heavily.

She said, "The eldest lady did it on purpose."

When Steward Xue heard this, he also became suspicious.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Why did she come here today?

Xue Qinghe hesitated and said, "No way?"

"The eldest lady has taken all the limelight today." Qiu Xin said frustratedly, "She actually invited His Royal Highness Xuan Wang, and that Liu Xiuyuan... What can we use to compete with her?"

Steward Xue is also Xue Chengdong's confidant, and he knows too well what Xue Chengdong is going to do this time.

So he hesitated for a moment and said, "Second lady, don't worry, this is just the beginning. Now there are only two stores, and there will be many industries in the future, maybe they will all be handed over to the second lady."

Qiu Xin came back to her senses and quietly pulled Xue Qinghe and said, "Second lady, it seems that today may not be a bad thing. The weaker you are in front of the eldest lady, the more pitiful you are. In order to support you and the eldest lady, the master will give you more chips."

Xue Qinghe felt very uncomfortable when she heard this.

She stood in front of the railing and looked downstairs.

She could see the shopkeeper's dissatisfaction with her.

Is this what she wants?

Xue Qinghe thought in a trance.

She hoped that her father would sincerely care about her, rather than the cold balance of interests in Qiu Xin's mouth.

Liu Xiuyuan was also talking about Xue Qinghe.

"Is that Miss Xue's sister?" he asked.

Xue Qingyin responded casually: "Well, they are not from the same mother."

"No wonder, their personalities are really different. Is she here to take over the property here today?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't your father hand over this Lingxiu Pavilion to you?"

"Because I'm too busy." Xue Qingyin said perfunctorily.

King Xuan glanced at her.

Even Du Hongxue thought to herself that Miss Xue didn't even mention the injustice she suffered. It was clear that Minister Xue was deliberately "punishing" her.

"Don't eat Qingjing rice today." King Xuan suddenly spoke.

Liu Xiuyuan opened his mouth and closed it again, not daring to refute.

Du Hongxue also said, "Mr. Liu looks like this, so he should go back and wash up first."

Liu Xiuyuan blushed slightly, bowed and said, "Yes. Farewell to His Royal Highness Prince Xuan. And... Miss Xue."

Du Hongxue thought to himself, you are so talkative, you even said goodbye to Miss Xue!

But think about it carefully, this is out of courtesy, and there is nothing wrong with it.

After Liu Xiuyuan left, Xue Qingyin sat back in the carriage. She asked curiously, "Is Mr. Liu unlucky? Why does he always fall?"

Prince Xuan looked at her without saying anything.

Xue Qingyin blinked: "Can't I ask?"

Prince Xuan said, "Yes." "He took the wrong medicine when he was young, and his mind is not very clear, so it is inevitable that he will bump into things and fall."

Xue Qingyin's eyes flashed with suspicion: "Really?"

Why does this sound like scolding someone who has a problem with his brain since childhood?

For a moment, Du Hongxue even suspected that their prince did it on purpose.

King Xuan: "...Really. The Liu family is a large clan, and there are many conflicts. When Liu Xiuyuan was young, his appearance was too eye-catching. The wrong medicine was delivered to his bedside by his clan members."

Speaking of this, King Xuan could not help but pause.

Xue Qingyin was born with poison.

Liu Xiuyuan was drugged when he was young.

It sounds like the two have similar life stories... King Xuan could almost imagine that Liu Xiuyuan would say something like "We share the same fate" to Xue Qingyin.

"Is it that Liu family?" Xue Qingyin suddenly remembered, "That day in the palace, the Miss Liu who was chosen as the Queen of Wei..."

"Yes, she is the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Liu family."

I didn't expect that there was a relationship here.

Xue Qingyin sighed in her heart.

"Miss Xue cares about Liu Xiuyuan?" King Xuan suddenly said.

"Everyone has a curious heart." Xue Qingyin smacked her lips and answered generously.

This topic was revealed.

"Where else are you going today?" Xue Qingyin asked.

King Xuan asked her, "Miss Xue, where else do you want to go?"

Xue Qingyin paused and said, "Will Your Highness accompany me wherever I want to go?"

King Xuan looked at her and said, "No."

Xue Qingyin nodded and said, "I know Your Highness is busy with military affairs..."

King Xuan followed up with, "But if you only pick one place, you can go. Two or three won't do."

Xue Qingyin swallowed back all the unfinished words.

The carriage was very quiet for a while.

Xue Qingyin took a deep breath and couldn't help it.

She asked the biggest doubt in the past few days: "Your Highness treats me like this and doesn't care how others speculate about our relationship. Is it because Your Highness...plans to marry me?"

Du Hongxue outside heard the voice vaguely, but she didn't dare to listen any more. She deliberately fell behind a few steps and kept a distance from the carriage.

In the carriage.

A little light flashed across King Xuan's eyes.

She didn't ask, "Does Your Highness like me?"

Instead, she only asked, "Are you going to marry me?"

She was obviously very sober.

King Xuan moved his lower lip: "Miss Xue, are you willing to be a concubine?"

Xue Qingyin was shocked.

He actually meant that!

The current emperor does not have many children. He only has one adult and promising son, King Wei and King Xuan.

When the emperor chooses wives and concubines for them, he certainly will not make a decision casually.

Given the current status of the Xue family, it is not surprising that the position of the main wife is not theirs!

It would be too naive to talk about monogamy with the ancients, especially with the royal family.

At that moment, Xue Qingyin thought a lot.

She raised her eyes and looked at King Xuan and said, "Can I ask your highness who the main wife is?"

King Xuan was about to speak.

The carriage suddenly stopped.

It turned out that they had returned to the front door of the Xu family.

At this time, another carriage also stopped in front of the Xu family.

The noble in the carriage lifted the curtain and asked, "Where is your cousin?"

"My cousin said she went to deal with the matter on the farm." The servant answered and turned his head to look. After seeing this, he immediately said, "She's back! This carriage just took my cousin away!"

The carriage looked inconspicuous, and there was no special mark on it.

"Come closer." The noble in the carriage whispered.

The coachman drove the carriage and immediately approached.

"Qingyin." He called in a low voice, his voice was suppressed and painful.

Xue Qingyin in the carriage was startled.

It sounded like... the voice of the King of Wei?

"These two days, I have been tossing and turning, unable to sleep day and night, and I don't know how to face you." The King of Wei's tone was difficult.

Xue Qingyin opened her mouth to say, why not just say goodbye?

But the King of Wei didn't give her a chance to interrupt.

He immediately said, "I never thought that in the end, my father would point out the daughter of Qiao and the daughter of Liu to me. I knelt in front of my father and couldn't get up, but I couldn't ask you for help."

Xue Qingyin: "..."

It's so embarrassing, brother.

You are talking outside.

I just talked to King Xuan about whether he wanted to marry me. Are you deliberately ruining my business?