Chapter 494 Destined but not destined
When Yuan Ying heard Ji Yunxie mention the prince, she naturally would not be so foolish as to think that he was the King of War. For this reason, the smile on her face paused for a second.
"So that's how it is. It's a good thing that the eldest young master's leg has healed. As for this birthmark, I think it's God's pity for the suffering that the eldest young master has endured over the years, so he blessed him."
Ji Yunxie pursed his lips and smiled faintly: "Maybe."
The atmosphere was a little cold, and Ji Yunxie changed the subject at the right time. He stared at Yuan Ying with his dark and clear eyes and asked with a smile.
"How come Sister Yuan has time to come back to Beijing? Isn't the military camp busy?"
Yuan Ying was slightly startled, her black eyes flickered, and she smiled and said, "There is no war on the border now, and the border camp in the capital has nothing urgent to do except for the previous training. I heard that the prince has returned from Nanping, so I came back to visit him."
After he finished speaking, he was silent for a second, then pursed his lips and said, "And I heard that... the eldest son and Prince Beichen are engaged, and they will be getting married soon?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Yunxie blushed on her beautiful face and nodded.
"Ah."
Yuan Ying looked at Ji Yunxie's shy face with complicated eyes. She tightened her hanging hands and forced a smile at the corners of her lips.
"Then I would like to congratulate you, my dear young master. I wish you and Prince Beichen will live in harmony and grow old together."
"Thank you, Sister Yuan."
Ji Yunxie smiled faintly, but did not notice the fleeting loneliness in Yuan Ying's eyes.
"The late king was kind to me, and it is my duty to take care of the eldest son."
Yuan Ying clenched her hands, stared at Ji Yunxie with deep eyes, and said slowly.
"If one day...she treats me badly, please tell me. I will take you away even if it costs me my life."
Ji Yunxie was stunned when he heard this, he looked up, his dark eyes met Yuan Ying's deep eyes, the tenderness in those eyes made his heart tighten, he clenched his hands on his sleeves, subconsciously lowered his eyes, his eyes flashed slightly, and a shy smile appeared on his thin lips.
"Sister Yuan is worrying too much. Ah Yue treats me very well and I trust her."
Yuan Ying noticed the evasiveness in Ji Yunxie's eyes, and because of that, she felt bitter in her heart.
"It's good that the eldest master knows what's going on."
Liang An noticed that the atmosphere was a little subtle and awkward, and said to Ji Yunxie with a smile, "Young Master, it's getting late. The medicinal food in the kitchen must be ready. Let's go back." Hearing this, Ji Yunxie looked up at Yuan Ying, blinked his long eyelashes slightly, opened his thin lips slightly, and spoke in a soft voice.
"Then Sister Yuan, I will go back first?"
Yuan Ying pursed her thin lips into a straight line. Even though she was reluctant to let the beauty leave, she was so calm and dull that she couldn't say a word to keep her.
Besides, what right did she have to keep him?
Yuan Ying's eyes darkened, and he spoke slowly: "Goodbye, young master. I won't see you off."
Ji Yunxie pursed her lips, bowed, turned around and left with Liang An.
Looking at Ji Yunxie's departing figure, Yuan Ying behind him clenched his fists, with a bitter smile on his lips.
In the end, it's too late.
She thought that she would slowly cook the relationship with warm water, wait until the eldest son came of age, wait until he became wise, and wait until she had the fame and achievements worthy of him, and then come to propose marriage.
But because of her inferiority complex and timidity, she dared not take that step.
Three years ago, the eldest son was forced to leave the capital and suffered insults and bullying. She was in the military camp at the time and had no ability to help him. She watched him being driven away.
Three years later, she came back.
But she was still a step too late, and saw King Beichen, the eldest son's fiancée, appearing out of nowhere.
She had also heard about that man's deeds. Such a noble person was actually engaged to the eldest son. What could she use to compete with him?
Moreover, judging from the eldest son's condition, that person seemed to be very good to him, and he also liked his wife very much.
Maybe she and the eldest young master really are not destined to be together.
It was good for her to watch him happy silently from behind. If that person betrayed the eldest son one day, she thought, she would never let that person go.
Her eldest son deserves better.
If King Beichen doesn't cherish her, she won't be polite!
Yuan Ying's eyes were sharp, her hands were clenched, and she swore secretly.
(End of this chapter)
