Xuyu's eyes swept across the scar on his forehead. Compared to the last time she saw him, the wound had shrunk somewhat, but it was obvious that he really didn't seem to care about it and didn't go to the Imperial Medical Bureau again as she had instructed.
She resisted the urge to speak again, met his gaze, and said, "Wanwan came to see me. She said that you... seemed to be discussing marriage?"
He showed a surprised expression, "When did she tell you?"
"Just these past two days. They said you went to her house. Prince Ning proposed marriage?"
"I did go to her house, but—"
Pei Xiaoyuan was surprised to hear her say such words and subconsciously denied it. But suddenly, he remembered the situation at that time and the subtle suggestions from King Ning, and suddenly he understood something and paused.
Xuyu secretly observed him. How could the subtle changes in his expression escape her eyes? She felt a slight chill in her heart.
"Wanwan doesn't want to get married yet." She smiled faintly, "She said that if the marriage really happens, she will never accept it. Anyone who marries her will never live in peace in the future."
She said one more sentence, then stopped and looked at him. The man's expression changed several times as she spoke, and finally he laughed in surprise.
"What are you laughing at?"
His reaction made Xuyu feel annoyed, but she suppressed it and didn't show it, and just asked back.
"She must have asked me to tell you that I have nothing to do at the moment, so I came here to tell you."
At this point Pei Xiaoyuan finally understood why the princess reacted like that when he met her at Prince Ning's mansion, and why Prince Ning said those words in a roundabout way.
He met her cold black eyes, stopped smiling, and immediately explained: "You misunderstood—"
"It's not me, it's Wanwan!" Xuyu immediately interrupted him and corrected the ridiculous mistake in his words.
He paused, looked at her, and nodded, "Yes. The princess misunderstood."
"I went to Prince Ning's mansion to do only one thing, which is to teach Li Hui some riding and archery skills. Nothing else, so how can we discuss marriage?"
"real?"
His eyes fell on her face and he nodded again, "Yes. Prince Ning did talk about marriage, but he never mentioned to me that he wanted to marry the princess to me."
Xuyu was silent.
He hesitated for a moment, looked at her again, and added a little more emphasis, and continued: "Even if Prince Ning really thinks highly of me and is willing to bend down to me, I will never agree to the marriage. Please tell the princess to rest assured."
Having said this, he shook his head slightly, as if this matter was so absurd that he could not believe it.
Xuyu suddenly felt a little hot in her ears, because his last words, shaking his head, made her feel very stupid. How could she believe Li Wanwan's words so easily and think that he really wanted to be the son-in-law of Prince Ning.
She threw away the broken leaf in her hand, which had been crushed by her, and put her hands behind her back. She no longer looked at him, but looked around and said, "Although you think so, what if King Ning went to find Pei Gong to discuss marriage? Last time..."
She had not forgotten that Pei Ji had chosen her as his fiancée without even asking her nephew a single question. Halfway through her words, she suddenly realized that something was wrong and stopped talking.
Perhaps he also thought of something because of her sudden interruption, and then fell silent. Xuyu couldn't help but look at him again, and met his two gazes.