Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

“If you have to say this to me, then you can leave,” Lin Jiao said and focused her attention on the novel she purchased yesterday from the market. She giggled to read the scene from the novel when Ye Xin snatched it from her.

“Ye Xin!” Lin Jiao got annoyed.

“Lin Jiao, this is wrong. You are hurting yourself and also the Fourth Prince. Can you not go and see His Highness?” Lin Jiao inquired her.

Lin Jiao didn’t speak anything.

“Xiwan met my parents. Tomorrow we both will get engaged privately. You have to come, or else I will not take to you,” Ye Xin asserted with a smile and sat down on the mattress across from her.

“I will come,” Lin Jiao said. “You didn’t even wait to know about Xiwan. Who proposes a marriage in just one day?” She muttered.

“I couldn’t let him find someone else. Moreover, the day he got sick, I was worried for him. He had no one to take care of him. Only a few servants. Also, he respects me a lot. He is one in a million for me. That’s why I asked him to marry me,” Ye Xin asserted with a wide smile.

“That is good. I am happy for you,” Lin Jiao said and looked out of the window.

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“You should do the same. Why are you not admitting your feelings for the Fourth Prince?” Ye Xin questioned her.

“I don’t like him. I am happy that he will not come and see me,” Lin Jiao said. Indeed, that was a harsh statement, but Mingquan had hurt her. She didn’t want to be with a man, who would even try to understand her once.

“Lin Jiao, at least don’t lie to me. I know what you feel for the Fourth Prince,” Ye Xin stated.

“I should go out,” Lin Jiao ignored Ye Xin’s words and stood up. “We will celebrate for you. My best friend will get engaged tomorrow,” she muttered with a wide smile.

Ye Xin realized there was no use to make Lin Jiao understand. Still, she wanted to ask her once more. “Will you not go to the Fourth Prince anymore? You are already betrothed to him. Lin Jiao, Prince Mingquan cares for you that’s why he told you not to drink too much,” she said and stood up from her place.

“Did Xiwan get angry at you or scold you badly? Did he ask you not to come to him until you realize your mistake?” Lin Jiao asked.

Ye Xin shook her head.

“That’s what happened with me. Prince Mingquan and I cannot be together ever. I have even thrown away the bracelet he gave me. I won’t marry him. If he thinks that I’m an easygoing girl, then he is wrong,” Lin Jiao affirmed.

Ye Xin gently grabbed her arm. “Why did you throw that bracelet away? Lin Jiao, maybe Prince Mingquan’s intentions were not to hurt you,” she said.

“If you will keep preaching about him, it will annoy me more,” Lin Jiao stated.

“Okay, I will not speak about the Fourth Prince. Should we head out?” Ye Xin asked.

Lin Jiao nodded her head and they both went to their favorite restaurant. However, as they stepped out of the room, the servant who just had come, informed Ye Xin about her brother’s message.

Lin Jiao gazed at Ye Xin and told her to go home. “But we were supposed to celebrate,” Ye Xin said.

“We can celebrate tomorrow,” Lin Jiao asserted. Ye Xin hugged her before leaving for her house. Lin Jiao, on the other hand, left her house. She was suddenly infuriated to think about Mingquan. He didn’t come to see her. He made big promises to her earlier and now, he was acting like a jerk.

Lin Jiao got into a local carriage and reached the market. After going through a few shops, she stopped by a street-side sweet seller. She took out two coins and handed them to the seller before taking the sweets from him in a paper envelope.

Sitting on the bench, she enjoyed the sweets when two kids came to her.

“Sister! Sister! Please give us some sweets too,” the kids said. Lin Jiao asked them to wait and purchased two varieties of sweets for them. The kids thanked her and left from there.

Her eyes fell on Mingquan, who was accompanied by Li Tian and Chang Shi. S few soldiers were also behind them when she turned her back to them.

“He looks happy. Idiot!” She gritted her teeth and resumed eating.

“Isn’t she Miss Lin?” Chang Shi said and looked at Mingquan. He looked in the direction where Chang Shi was and snickered.

He thought she would come to him. But, she didn’t. Mingquan clenched his fists when he saw a young man going to her.

‘She is happily conversing with him. But with me, she would always argue,’ Mingquan thought.

“I think they are close friends,” Chang Shi said and gazed at Mingquan. He was well aware of their fight and wanted Mingquan to make up for it.

“Is she the one, who will marry Prince Mingquan?” Li Tian asked Chang Shi.

“Yes. After a month when Prince Lóng Wei returns, they decided to get married,” Chang Shi replied. Li Tian smiled to hear it.

“It has not decided yet,” Mingquan said with a cold voice.

He saw Lin Jiao sharing sweets with the young man and was going somewhere with him.

“I have to go,” Mingquan said and told them to do the remaining work. Chang Shi and Li Tian complied with his command. They watched Mingquan go behind Lin Jiao.

“Is something going on between them?” Li Tian asked.

“A lot of things,” Chang Shi replied and smiled. He wanted Mingquan to make up with Lin Jiao instead of remaining upset for more days.