Chapter 416

Chapter 416

Looking at the other person's clothes, Qin Xin knew that this person was either a respected individual or a nobleman.

"Many thanks, Your Excellency." Qin Xin smiled faintly, looking generous but also no coyness could be seen.

The blue-clothed gentleman released Qin Xin's arm and retreated half a step as he gently asked, "The lady did not bruise herself; did she? It's all because I was too reckless." His voice was as pleasant as the clash of jade.

"This young master is too polite; it was I who was in the way." Qin Xin said with a smile, and secretly praised: what a handsome gentleman!

For a moment, Qin Xin remembered the gentle and refined Gu Jing of the past. Gu Jing used to be such a handsome and graceful gentleman, but now...

Thinking of the current temperamental Gu Jing, a haze flashed across Qin Xin's eyes and her heart felt heavy.

The blue-clothed gentleman took out a moon-white handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Qin Xin, adding, "Madam, your hand ......"

Qin Xin followed the other person's gaze and realized that her right hand had been stained with some dust and moss because she grabbed the fake mountain stone.

"Thank you, young master." Qin Xin took the handkerchief and wiped it gently on her fingertips, the handkerchief still had the temperature of the person. It was warm, causing an indescribable ripple in her heart.

She was about to return the handkerchief to the other party when Shu Xiang hurried over, as she shouted. "Miss..."

Qin Xin no longer cared about the blue-clothed gentleman, and immediately turned her gaze to look in the direction of the temple, and saw Qin Jiu coming out with Old Madam Qin.

She hurriedly said "Excuse me" to the blue-clothed gentleman, then quickly walked towards Old Madam Qin and the others, eagerly shouting, "Grandmother!"

However, this time Old Madam Qin did not even look at Qin Xin and walked past her without a single glance. When Qin Xin wanted to get closer, she was stopped by the Marquis of Zhongyi's maidservants, so she could only watch as Old Madam Qin and Qin Jiu got into the carriage.

Soon after, the Qin family's carriage drove away.

Qin Xin was left standing alone in the rustling autumn wind looking weak and pitiful as tears were about to fall down her delicate face, her slender figure looked like a delicate flower that was fragile and frail, attracting pity from others.

"Are you alright?" At some point, the blue-clothed gentleman walked to Qin Xin's side, his voice even gentler, "Don't be too upset, it will hurt your soul and your body."

"Letting the gentleman see something embarrassing..." Qin Xin whispered as she tightly clutched the moon-white handkerchief, and her body stiffened. "My grandmother disliked me for marrying poorly...and my third sister has misled her, but this marriage is a deal between my parents..."

Halfway through her words, Qin Xin bit her lip to silence herself again, as if she felt she had made a slip of the tongue.

She curtsied to the blue-clothe gentleman and shyly said. "Young Master, I'll take my leave now."

With the help of Shu Xiang, she entered the carriage and hurriedly left Jingxin Temple.

The blue-clothed gentleman neatly opened the folding fan in his hand and slowly fanned it, sighing, "Since ancient times, beauties have either had thin red faces, or their fates have been ill-fated."

A young servant in green silently walked to the blue-clothed gentleman and whispered. "Third Master, that is the second miss of the second house of Marquis of Zhongyi. The emperor once bestowed a marriage on her hand to the second prince, and then later..."

The servant explained Qin Xin's identity in detail.

The blue-clothed gentleman known as "Third Master" raised his eyebrows, and the hand folding the fan had stopped, revealing a bit of interest on his handsome face.

"Interesting." The Third Master smiled yet not a smile as he continued to fold his fan again.

The carriage ahead had already turned right at a fork on the road several feet away, and Qin Xin naturally could not hear the other party's words as she returned to the Second Prince's Mansion with a heavy heart.

As soon as she stepped out of the carriage, she saw a young chamberlain waiting a few steps away, the young chamberlain did not even curtsy to Qin Xin, and just said in a shrill voice, "Concubine Qin, His Highness has asked the concubine to come over."

Qin Xin's complexion slightly changed and hide the moon-white handkerchief in her sleeve pocket as she answered and followed the young chamberlain to the outer study.

"How did it go?"

There was neither a greeting nor deep concern that could be heard from Gu Jing, and his first question was this.

Qin Xin: "..."

Qin Xin felt anxious and uneasy at the same time and was feeling even colder. She could only put the blame on Qin Jiu, saying. "Your Highness, because Qin Jiu is there, I wasn't able to talk to Grandma..."

"Pak!"

Gu Jing grabbed a cup and threw it viciously towards Qin Xin, brushing against the side of her sleeve before falling heavily behind her, splashing tea and broken porcelain in all directions.

Qin Xin was so scared that she shrank but didn't dare to hide. Next, she heard Gu Jing coldly said.

"Useless!"

Qin Xin looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar man in front of her, making her heart as cold as ice.

Gu Jing had changed. He was no longer the noble and elegant Second Prince he once was, no longer the man she had once adored.

Qin Xin could not help but touch her sleeve pocket, remembering the elegant and noble blue-clothed gentleman she met in front of the temple gate, her eyes slightly drooping.

Meanwhile, the more Gu Jing thought about it, the more agitated and distraught he became, causing his heart to become restless.

Recently, he had trouble with everything.

This trip to Jinzhou to suppress the bandits cost a total of hundred thousand taels. In addition, as soon as the case of Taipusu came out, various accounts were involved which also means that since there was a slight change everything else may be affected. Gu Jing was now afraid that this matter would implicate him, so even if he had made meritorious services in suppressing the bandits this time, he dared not asked the emperor for credit.

And this Qin Xin could not help him at all. She used to have prophetic dreams in the past and used to have Marquis of Zhongyi behind her, but now, Qin Xin could only hinder him!

She was completely useless!

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