Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

“Is Miss Kang stepping back from the marriage because I brought the real face of her father in front of the king?” Qiu mu questioned and placed the teacup on the table.

“No. The reason is that my family needs me. My elder brother has been given life imprisonment while my father will not be able to prove his innocence because of what he did all these years. I do not want the Kang Family name to go down for which I have to stay with my family. Currently, I cannot marry Prince Mu,” Cha Ying explained her situation to him. “I apologize if I have hurt him,” she kept her gaze low.

“I understand. I will wait,” Qiu Mu said.

Cha Ying lifted her head to look into his eyes in astonishment.

“I can wait for Miss Kang. I want her to become my wife,” Qiu Mu pronounced.

“It may take a year for me or even another year. Will he keep waiting for me? Also, His Majesty may ask Prince Mu to someone else, who does not make him wait,” Cha Ying answered.

“I will wait for you, Cha Ying,” Qiu Mu stated. “You understand me better. After knowing Miss Kang, it is impossible for me to look at another woman,” Qiu Mu stated. He was honest with his feelings.

Earlier, he would get swayed by any beautiful woman, who attempted to seduce him. However, after he got a deep lesson, his attention was totally diverted away from the women. If his father had not asked him to meet Kang Cha Ying, he would have missed knowing a pragmatic woman.

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“I do not want His Highness to wait for me. The Kang family name is already destroyed. I do not want because of me, he has to hear anything wrong. Our feelings are not either strong for each other, so it would be better if we stop here,” Cha Ying stated.

Last night, her father told her to do anything to get the throne along with Qiu Mu. That was the only way to make the Kang Family once again stronger in Kang Xi’s eyes.

However, Cha Ying did not want to do that. For the selfish acts of her father, she did not want to become a way. Also, she knew after she would marry Qiu Mu, her father might try to manipulate the prince, which she did not want to happen.

“Why is Miss Kang saying this? She is hurting my feelings,” Qiu Mu asserted and clenched his fist which was on his knee.

“Forgive me for hurting His Highness. I did not intend to do that,” Cha Ying again apologized and bowed to him.

“Cha Ying, look at me,” Qiu Mu demanded.

Cha Ying looked straight into his eyes.

“You are my betrothed. I will wait for you to get ready to marry me,” Qiu Mu repeated his words.

Cha Ying removed the silver bracelet that Qiu Mu gave her as the amulet. She placed it on the table and said, “Prince Mu, I return this to you.”

“Cha Ying, do not do this. Are you telling me that you will no longer marry me even if I wait for you?” Qiu Mu frowned as his voice turned sadder. He was unable to understand what went wrong that Cha Ying acted this way.

“Your father if will stay as the Prime Minister, he will not stop,” Qiu Mu stated. He thought Cha Ying was angry with him because he rose the matter to remove Kang Xi from the highest ministerial position in the state.

“Prince Mu, I have mentioned the reason. I hope Prince Mu will move ahead. I am happy that he is working toward a prosperous nation,” Cha Ying said and rose to her feet. “Thank you for having the last tea with me,” she said and bowed to him.

Qiu Mu kept staring at her face and found it was neutral. He watched Cha Ying leaving the pavilion and she soon vanished from his sight. He looked at the silver bracelet on the table and leaned forward to take it.

His grip tightened around the bracelet and he chuckled. He remained seated on the chair in the pavilion while continuing to stare at the bracelet. He did not realize when his mother came there until she tapped on the table.

Qiu Mu got dumbfounded to see his mother and stood up from the chair. The servant came forward and cleaned the table while Qiu Mu greeted his mother.

“I heard Kang Cha Ying no longer wants to marry Prince Mu,” Xiuying stated.

“Did she tell the mother?” Qiu Mu asked with a perplexed expression.

“No. I got informed twenty minutes ago,” Xiuying said and took a seat. He gestured to her son to take a seat, who settled on the chair again.

Qiu Mu was going to tell his mother that she should talk with Cha Ying and make her understand. However, before he could express that thought, Xiuying spoke.

“Prince Mu, do not marry Kang Cha Ying.”

That mere statement from his mother stunned Qiu Mu. “Why did Mother say that? She knows well that we both look good together,” he asserted.

“My son looks good with any woman. The Kang family has no future. I am happy that Kang Cha Ying herself stepped back from the marriage,” Xiuying said with a bright smile. “I will find a better family’s daughter for Prince Mu. He should wait and focus on getting a new position. I am so glad that he will become the Prime Minister tomorrow.”

Xiuying told Qiu Mu how she would go to the Buddhist temple to pray for him. She continued to talk about many things, but Qiu Mu had no interest in them. He was devastated by Cha Ying’s decision.

“Mother, would you please stop?” Qiu Mu finally spoke in a loud voice. Xiuying knitted her brows together to hear this tone of Qiu Mu.

“I will marry Kang Cha Ying. Do not even try to look for another woman for me. It is a request of your son,” Qiu Mu said.

He stood up while holding the bracelet in his hand tightly and left the pavilion in anger. The light rain shower had started but did not care for it. He walked away in that rain while getting drenched.