Chapter 18: Su Xingyan, That Crooked-Headed Tree!
There’s also Su Xingyan...
Han Jing felt she must emphasize: "Mother, I’ve already decided not to marry Prince Ling, so you don’t need to think about it any further."
This time, the usually aloof Eldest Princess truly couldn’t hold back, her eyes wide with disbelief as she looked at Han Jing: "Jing, Jing’er, you, you said what?"
Han Jing...
"I said, I want to annul the engagement!" Really, she didn’t know how bad Han Jing’s brain was before. Even if she was judging by appearance, she couldn’t have picked Su Xingyan! It’s so obvious that Prince Yu is much better looking than him!
Su Yaogeng looked worried, cautiously probing: "Jing’er, is it, is it because of last night’s events that you still have a knot in your heart... Mother told you, you don’t need to feel that way at all. That boy doesn’t dare not marry you, and he won’t dare to treat you poorly! As long as I’m here, he definitely won’t dare to wrong you! You like him so much, don’t give up just because of this little thing."
Although Su Yaogeng couldn’t quite appreciate Su Xingyan as a son-in-law, Han Jing liked him far too deeply. If she wanted to annul the engagement because she felt she wasn’t pure enough to match Su Xingyan, there was no need for that at all! What is he, Su Xingyan, really? His birth mother is just a Noble Consort! If he dared to dislike her Jing’er, she’d ensure his mother wouldn’t even be a Noble Consort!
Han Jing rubbed her forehead; she felt explaining this situation was really difficult. After all, the former Han Jing really did like Su Xingyan.
But if she didn’t clarify, she was truly worried her mother would storm the Imperial Palace tomorrow and have the Emperor force them to marry, which would make annulling even more troublesome!
"Mother, listen to me, you saw the palm print on my face, right? You know who hit me, right?" Han Jing sighed: "It was then that I realized, Su Xingyan truly doesn’t like me. If I really married him, he might not openly hurt me, but if anything happened behind the scenes, my life might really be at risk! At that time, even if mother sought responsibility from him, if he evaded cleanly, mother couldn’t possibly make him pay with his life!"
Su Yaogeng slapped the small table fiercely, saying coldly: "Why not! As long as he causes you trouble in his mansion, I’ll demand his life!"
Han Jing...
Mother is so domineering!
"Mother, this is what I think; since he doesn’t like me, forcing ourselves together won’t make us happy, and I won’t truly be happy either. I used to think that getting him would make him mine, but now I’ve realized, if he doesn’t like me, even if I got him, it would be meaningless. So, I’ve figured it out; I don’t want to marry him anymore. If I were to marry, it should be to someone who truly likes me, only then can I be happy. Mother, what do you think?" Han Jing felt that in two lifetimes, she had never been this reasonable.
But, compared to her unreasonable mother, she was just too sensible!
Su Yaogeng looked at Han Jing for a while before nodding: "Jing’er truly has grown up."
Then she said, "Well, if that’s the case, let the engagement be annulled! I’ll go into the palace tomorrow and inform Brother. Rest assured, there are plenty of fine men in Nanyao Country, and among the young talents of Han Jing, you can pick whichever one you fancy and marry them! There’s no need to be hung up on that crooked tree, Su Xingyan!"