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Chapter 428 Knowing Each Other But Not Promising Each Other

Regardless of whether Yuan Qi could see it or not, Zhou Chang nodded in the dark, very honestly: "Yes, it is indeed a blessing in life, I envy you."

Yuan Qi smiled again, and said sadly: "If I were a man, I would be full of vigor and ambition at this time. Unfortunately, I am just a woman. Without my background and the Yuan family, what am I? Without this background and my father's support, what am I? Without the Yuan family and the business, what am I? Am I too greedy, too greedy..."

Zhou Chang remained silent, a question that had been hanging in his mind was finally resolved.

Why did Yuan Qi marry Prince Yi and break off her relationship with Wen Fei so decisively? She seemed to accept it so calmly.

It turns out that she married Prince Yi for the sake of the Yuan family and also for herself.

Choose between freedom and love, she chose career.

But Zhou Chang understood very well that that was also her choice.

Yuan Qi has always been her ideal, and it has never changed from beginning to end.

She walked silently to the bedside. She couldn't see clearly through the curtains, but she spoke from the bottom of her heart: "Those who have no heart have no desire. Unfortunately, how can people be without heart? You are not wrong. If you want to blame someone, blame fate. But don't worry, one day, I will satisfy you."

"Your Highness..." Yuan Qi seemed unconvinced. He stood up when he saw the figure and walked to the curtain, but he didn't speak to anyone else. "A long time ago, I thought that even if I didn't get married and lived alone like this, I could still live a good life. But if I get married, I will never give up the career I'm doing."

Zhou Chang couldn't see Yuan Qi's face clearly through the curtain.

When other women get married, they just want to have someone to rely on. If they are lucky, they can have food and clothing, and if they are not lucky, they can just make a living. But Yuan Qi is definitely different.

Yuan Qi said, "Your Highness, are you thinking, if this is the case, and the marriage is just a misunderstanding, why should I marry you? Even if I become a nun, I will be a rich nun."

"No, I didn't think so." Zhou Chang denied that she was thinking of Wen Qingyan.

"In fact, if I had married him earlier, it wouldn't have affected my business. That was agreed long ago." Yuan Qi also felt this, and did not shy away from talking about Wen Qingyan. "The shops and land in the dowry alone are enough to keep me busy for the rest of my life. It's just that I can no longer be willful and go out whenever and wherever I want. But there is no other way. I don't want my mother in heaven to worry, and I don't want my father to worry about me, so this is the only way."

"Yes, I understand." Zhou Chang nodded through the curtain.

It’s not that Yuan Qi doesn’t want to get married, she just doesn’t want to marry Prince Yi.

As for Wen Fei, he is both talented and handsome, and he is devoted to Yuan Qi. Such men are rare in the world. Yuan Qi has everything, and having a husband like him would be the icing on the cake. Why not?

"You don't understand." Yuan Qi pulled aside the curtain and looked directly at Zhou Chang.

The sky outside the window was bright, but Yuan Qi's eyes were brighter than the sky.

Feng Ming's heart stopped beating.

Zhou Chang was puzzled: "Do you feel that something is wrong and you are not free now?"

Yuan Qi Qiuhong's sparkling eyes seemed to contain thousands of words, but when these words came out, they were as cold as ice, and she stopped talking. She looked away and smiled alone: ​​"Very good, it's very good now. The prince treats me like this, which is a blessing for me."

After Emperor Lin granted the marriage, Zhou Chang had thought that Yuan Qi would definitely not want to marry Prince Yi because of her relationship with Wen Fei, but now it seems that she did not have such high expectations for marriage itself.

If that were the case, if she had a choice, she would not marry Prince Yi, and perhaps not Wen Fei either.

But if she were to get married, Yuan Qi married Wen Qingyan because of love; but if she married Prince Yi, she would definitely be forced.

There is a world of difference between them.

Zhou Chang felt guilty and Yuan Qi was speechless, and the two fell into silence again.

The room was dark and quiet, and one could hear the two people breathing as they faced each other.

Prince Yi Fengming spoke many of his inner thoughts tonight and listened to many of their inner thoughts, which made him feel much better.

Zhou Chang started out as a bystander and later got involved, but in the end he ended up with nothing.

So I took a step back and went to the table: "Are you thirsty?"

Yuan Qi shook his head and stood there without moving.

Zhou Chang sat down at the table, poured himself a glass of water, and made small talk: "Anyway, what happened tonight is also a reminder. You have to warn your people. Your dowry is too much, so you have to take good care of it."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will take care of this." Yuan Qi's tone returned to normal, and he never worried about his possessions from beginning to end. "Most of the dowry has been moved to the East Courtyard, and no one is interested there tonight."

Zhou Chang was not too worried, but she didn't know what else to say. No one was talking outside. She couldn't sleep and had nowhere to go, so she just continued chatting: "By the way, if you hear that our palace lost 100,000 taels of gold and 1 million taels of silver because of the fire, don't be surprised. They were all burned. Anyway, it's all burned, so we can't let it burn in vain. Look, is my idea good? Do you have any talent for business?"

"Puchi..." With this said, the depressing atmosphere was finally broken.

Yuan Qi finally laughed out loud and walked to the table and sat down: "Your Highness is really smart, I understand."

Yuan Qi had wanted to ask this question a long time ago, but seeing that Zhou Chang was always worried and sad about various things, he was afraid of disturbing his rest, so he never asked.

Zhou Chang poured a glass of warm water for Yuan Qi and handed it to her.

Yuan Qi took it, put it to his lips and took a small sip.

The jadeite teacup inlaid with gold exudes a deep metallic luster.

Zhou Chang suddenly thought of the "key" that Ma Feihu mentioned, and couldn't help asking, "By the way, does your Yuan family have any extremely precious or valuable keys?"

The assassination at the Hunting Palace, the thefts at the Yuan family and Prince Yi's mansion, may not have been aimed at just Prince Yi.

"Key?" Yuan Qi was puzzled. He searched his mind for a long time and shook his head. "I don't have any keys. There are many precious things in the house, but there is nothing related to keys."

Zhou Chang didn't hold out hope before asking.

As they were talking, the sky outside suddenly brightened. Dawn always comes suddenly.

Zhou Chang was feeling tired and sleepy, so he stood up and said, "You've been busy all night, so take a rest. I'm going back to the study to catch up on some sleep."

Yuan Qi put down the cup and stood up.

"Tonight, no..., it was already last night, thank you." Zhou Chang had walked to the screen and turned back to smile at Yuan Qi.

"What are you thanking me for?" Yuan Qi stared at him quietly, with no emotion in his eyes.

Zhou Chang's eyes curved and he smiled sincerely: "Thank you for listening to me. We can be considered to know each other better now."

"Knowing each other?" Yuan Qi murmured, and it was unknown what he said next.

Zhou Chang had disappeared behind the screen.