âWellâŚâ Xu Tianyou felt a little awkward, âAfter all I am not the master here. Itâs inappropriate for me to make the decision for themâŚâ
âThen go ask Ye YichenâŚâ Murong Xue gave him a suggestion: Ye Yichen degrading her to a concubine in front of everyone was insulting her, so it was quite reasonable for her to cancel the engagement. She bet Ye Yichen dare not say no!
âBut he is taking care of Old Prince Jing now. Iâm afraid he doesnât have time to talk to me.â Xu Tianyou smiled awkwardly.
âReally?â Murong Xue raised her eyebrows and said casually, âThen Iâll leave them here. You can tell Ye Yichen when he is free. He will ask the servants to take them backâŚâ With guards watching outside the mansion, those boxes wouldnât get lost.
âPeople come and go in the street. What if someone accidentally breaks things inside?â Xu Tianyou protested and then raised his voice, âLady Murong, I suggest you take them back with youâŚâ
âIf someone breaks it, I will compensateâŚâ Murong Xue interrupted him: Though every gift from Prince Jing was valuable, but the Marquis Mansion also had numerous pricey things. Even if all the stuff in those boxes were broken, she could still compensate them allâŚ
Of course she wouldnât leave the love token from Prince Jing Mansion here, because that was the eye of Prince Jing Mansion, only one in this world. If it was broken, nothing could replace it. Thus she would never cancel the engagement thenâŚ
âItâs late. Old Prince Jing is badly ill and Yichen is taking care of him. I guess you are also occupied. I wonât bother you then. Bye!â After saying these words, Murong Xue turned around and walked awayâŚ
A cool breeze was blowing. The dazzling light that the gold-rimmed buttons on the sandalwood boxes reflected under the sun suddenly woke Xu Tianyou up. He ran after Murong Xue, âLady Murong, Lady Morong, waitâŚâ
It were all the betrothal gifts Prince Jing had gifted Murong Xue in the boxes. Of course he couldnât leave them out of the mansion. If so, it meant he failed Prince Jing.
Murong Xue turned a deaf ear to him and got into the cart and left.
âLady Murong!â Xu Tianyou called her. And the moment he came before her cart, the guards of Marquis Mansion stopped him.
And the moment he was stopped, the cart had already set off and ran away along the flat and smooth roadâŚ
The moment the cart made a turn, Murong Xue pulled the curtain open and looked back, seeing that Xu Tianyou was standing there watching her cart. But when she saw those sandalwood boxes, raging fire was burning under her eyes againâŚ
Murong Xue hummed: Those things belonged to Prince Jing Mansion. It was reasonable to give them back. She never wanted to take them back. So they had to accept them whether they wanted it or notâŚ
The sun was rising higher and higher. After coming back home, Murong Xue took a walk on the bluestone road in the mansion, with her lips curled at a perfect angle: She left the betrothal gifts at Prince Jing Mansion, which meant that the engagement was half canceled alreadyâŚ
After she found an appropriate chance to exchange the love tokens with Ye Yichen, she would get rid of him once for all and become free again. For all her rest life she wouldnât want to have anything to do with himâŚ
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Some harsh sound was heard in the air!
Murong Xue was startled. And the moment she tried to throw a palm, some guards in black appeared from nowhere and threw a pile of boxes before herâŚ
Those were all sandalwood boxes, with gold-rimmed buttons on them, shining brightly under the sun.
Murong Xue was caught in a trance, âIsnât it the betrothal gifts she has just sent back to Prince Jing Mansion? They send them backâŚâ
The raging fire was burning under Murong Xueâs eyes. She glared at them and said, âYou take them back! NowâŚâ
Those guards in black all turned a deaf ear to her. With a light flip on their tiptoes, they disappeared in the dark nightâŚ
The clop-clop was gradually going far away. Only Murong Xue was left in there, with all the intact sandalwood boxes on the ground, like a kind of mockery to herâŚ
Murong Xue was furious. She kicked all those boxes one by one. All those precious treasure and silk fabrics fell to the ground. She gritted her teeth and howled, âYe Yichen!â
Ye had sent a few random guards, broken into her mansion and thrown those boxes in front of her. So he thought she had no bodyguards to take down those burglars? She was pissed off. She was so so pissed off!
âSince the betrothal gifts are already sent back, itâs no use to be angry.â A silvery sound was heard above. Murong Xue raised her head, finding Ouyang Shaochen was reclining on the lounge under the viburnum tree, who was enjoying a glass of wine, with his snow white robe down onto the ground, spotlessly clean.
It smelled pretty good when the fragrance of black bamboo and viburnum were mixed together, which also implied that Ouyang Shaochen had been here for quite some time.
âSince you were here, why didnât you give me a hand to beat those guards and let them take those boxes away? Then Ye Yichen would never send his people to break inâŚâ
Murong Xue walked to him angrily. She sat beside Ouyang Shaochen and pinched his face with her small and white hand, leaving red marks on that charming face immediately.
Pains were felt on the face. A slice of helplessness flashed under Ouyang Shaochenâs eyes. He seized her small hand which she was using to pinch him and lowered his voice, âYe Yichen would never accept them. Even if I kicked those guards out of here, they would use other means to send them back.â
On hearing that, Murong Xue frowned. Actually his words were quite reasonable. Since Yi Yichen didnât agree to cancel it, he would try every means to send back the betrothal gifts. First time failed, heâd try the second time. And if the second time failed, he would try the third timeâŚuntil he succeeded. Anyway he had countless guards.
âSince you already knew the result, why didnât you remind me?â
âDidnât I tell you that Old Prince Jing wouldnât agree you canceling your engagement last night? Donât you remember?â Ouyang Shaochen glanced at her, with all despise in his eyes.
âIâŚâ Murong Xue became speechless. She did remember his words. But she never expected that Ye Yichen would send them back in this way. All the things she had done the whole morning were in vainâŚ
Ouyang Shaochen looked at that sad face, with a smile flashing on his face. He held that cup of good wine and started to enjoy it.
Murong Xue darkened her face. She snapped the wine from his hand and said angrily, âNo time for a drink now. Help me figure it out. Since Old Prince Jing is back, I want to cancel the engagement as soon as possible. No delay.â
âOld Prince Jing is your elder. If he doesnât want you to cancel it, he will set a lot of obstacles for you. So even if you want to get rid of Ye Yichen, you shouldnât jump the gun. You should consider it in the long runâŚâ Ouyang Shaochen lowered his voice, with kind of craftiness flashing in his eyesâŚ\n