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Shi Ying frowned slightly: “What do you mean?”

“I mean,” Zhu Yan gritted her teeth and said with a fierce heart, “what happened today was my own recklessness in the first place, I ran away on my own, I can’t blame anyone else… I will not tell anyone about what happened today, not even my father or my mother. You have nothing to worry about.”

Shi Ying shook slightly and spoke coldly, “Then I must thank you.”

His words carried a mockery, and Zhu Yan’s face turned white, as if she had been punched in the chest, and only after a long time she managed to whisper, “I… don’t know what happened to me, I originally promised to go separate ways. But as soon as I heard the news that you were going to appoint a consort this morning, my brain got hot and I ran here without thinking about anything else…”

Halfway through her sentence, she stopped speaking, feeling as if her heart was in a tangled mess of shame mixed with bitterness and sorrow. After a moment of silence, she gritted her teeth and continued, “Anyway, it’s already done. Let’s pretend it never happened! Father and mother have been worrying about me for so long, I can’t let them down again this time.”

Shi Ying fell silent for a while before saying, “You actually have become so reasonable now?”

She didn’t know whether he was being scornful or appreciative and muttered, “As a princess, the daughter of a royal household, I can no longer be inconsiderate – that’s what you said, isn’t it?”

“Right.” A slight smirk appeared at the corner of his mouth as he nodded, “So, you just barged in here and did this regardless?”

Zhu Yan’s face instantly flushed red, and her ears burned hot.

Shi Ying gave her a cold look, as if he didn’t want to talk to her any further, but Zhu Yan gripped his sleeve: “But you shouldn’t marry Xue Ying no matter what! It’s really preposterous! You’d be hurting Xue Ying and yourself! You know very well that she doesn’t like you, don’t you?”

“Yes.” Shi Ying replied faintly.

She questioned defiantly, “You knew she was pregnant with Shi Yu’s child, didn’t you?”

“Yes.” Hearing such words, he still remained impassive.

“Then why did you still want to marry her?” Zhu Yan was exasperated, unable to believe that this could be his choice, “This is ridiculous… This marriage is clearly wrong!”

“What does it matter if it is right or wrong.” Looking at her anxious expression, his tone remained apathetic and calm, as if he was talking about someone else’s life, “The judgment of right and wrong varies from person to person: for ordinary people, of course, marriage is purely a free choice; but I am the Crown Prince of Kongsang, so I must marry a Princess of the White Clan – where is the right and wrong in that? How can this be considered right or wrong?”

Zhu Yan was dumbfounded, completely speechless for a moment.

“As far as I’m concerned,” Shi Ying’s voice sounded deep and monotonous, “if I have to pick one of the White King’s daughters, why shouldn’t I pick one that I think is a bit more suitable?”

“Suitable?” Zhu Yan was stunned, “You… you think Xue Ying is suitable?”

“That is right.” Shi Ying glanced at her, “She is your good friend. You also want her to be able to pull through this, right?”

“Of course!” She replied bluntly.

He nodded lightly, “Then by doing so, I have at least fulfilled this wish of yours.”

Zhu Yan was stunned for a moment, and her heart turned painfully bittersweet, but she continued to argue, “But there are so many other ways to make her overcome this hurdle just as well! A way that doesn’t cost her and your lives! Why do you have to do this?”

“Because there are other considerations, for example, the future of the child in her womb.” Shi Ying looked up at the starry sky and suddenly sighed, “I owe Shi Yu, and I hope to make up for him through his child… If there was no such posthumous child, when I die, the Imperial blood of Kongsang would also die with me.”

“How?” Zhu Yan faltered, “You will have your own child sooner or later in the future!”

“There will be none.” Shi Ying’s voice sounded distant and cold, saying one word at a time, “In this life, I am prepared to die alone, and will never have a wife or any children.”

His tone was unperturbed, but made her freeze in place.

“So, I need a nominal empress – wouldn’t it be perfect if there was also a nominal heir?” Shi Ying raised his head and looked blankly at the sky, “So why can’t I marry Princess Xue Ying? By all accounts, she’s the most suitable one for me out of all the White King’s daughters, isn’t she?”

Zhu Yan was stunned in place, unable to answer, and even gradually felt like her breathing was going to stop – his tone was flat, yet there was an extremely deep weariness and despair in it, causing her entire body to shiver as she listened, but she was unable to rebut. Yes, even in such a desperate situation, he was still so calm!

“No!” She couldn’t help but shout, “You can’t live like this for the rest of your life!”

“Then what else can I do? All I can do is to choose the slightly better one, among the various bad options.” His eyebrows twitched slightly as he looked at her, but his eyes were calm, “I have no other choice – because, you are not giving me that choice.”

“I…” Zhu Yan’s body swayed violently, the sudden stinging pain causing her to collapse instantly, and some tears that could no longer be controlled escaped her eyes and rolled down her cheeks one after another, her entire body began to shake violently, but she could not speak a single word.

“You are crying?” He looked at her expression, with a hint of confusion in his eyes, “Why?”

“I…” she choked out, not knowing where to begin, only shaking all over with unbearable distress.

Shi Ying stared at her, and his tone became deep and meaningful: “Ah-Yan, I told you a long time ago that if you did not want to marry the White King’s son, I would try to cancel the marriage for you, but you insisted that you were willing to join the marriage. Even now, you only have to say one word, and I can set you free – but why do you refuse to say anything, and repeatedly deny it?”

“Because…” For a moment, her heart shook so hard that she was almost about to blurt out the truth out. Yet the words rushed to the tip of her tongue, only to freeze stiffly – great emotion and great responsibility were wrestling in her heart, and for just a moment, they almost tore her alive.

Shi Ying waited for her answer, and all he got was the sound of the wind howling high in the sky. After a long time, he finally shook his head and let out a bitter laugh.

“All right.” He stood up, and his tone already changed subtly, “Since this is your last choice, I respect it – go back to the Red King’s house while there is still no light! Let’s pretend we haven’t met today.”

“I… my…” she shivered all over, fighting a conflict of life and death in her heart.

“Chongming!” Shi Ying turned around and summoned the divine bird, “Send Ah-Yan home.”

Chongming cooed, flapped his wings lazily and rolled up his four eyes to look his way, but actually turned his head around, ignoring his call altogether.

“Chongming!” Shi Ying snapped.

The divine bird rolled its eyes again and finally flew over, but turned around in mid-air and morphed into the size of a harrier eagle, resting on his shoulder as he gurgled and whispered a number of words into his ear. Shi Ying was about to say something when his face froze and his eyes instantly became terrifyingly wide.

“What?” He glanced at Chongming, “Are you telling the truth?”

Cooing, Chongming Divine Bird lazily flipped his eyes, looked at Zhu Yan on the other side, swished his wings and soared up, leaving the top of the White Tower without looking back, actually abandoning the two of them to their fate.

“Wait a moment!” Shi Ying snapped, pulling Zhu Yan, who was about to turn around and walk down the White Tower, by the hand.

Zhu Yan was startled and turned around to look at him – in that instant, his eyes suddenly became extremely weird, with a bright glint of lightning faintly surfacing inside, alternating with an extremely complex emotion, almost with anger. Zhu Yan had no idea what Chongming just told him and subconsciously took a step back.

“Is it possible that this matter has something to do with the Grand Master?” Shi Ying gazed at her and suddenly asked, “What did he say to you?”

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