Situ Xingchen flung Rong Jin's hand away without even thinking.
"Xingchen?" Rong Jin was shocked. Wasn't she smiling very happily and gently toward me previously? Why did she suddenly become so cold in the blink of an eye? I could even… see a flash of disgust in her eyes.
Situ Xingchen smiled in disguise and said softly, "Your Highness, don't misunderstand. It's not that I don't want to help, but this matter implicates a lot of people. His Majesty might not be willing to let other people know about it… If I suddenly ask my father to put in a word for you, it might even anger His Majesty even more and make matters worse."
Upon hearing this, Rong Jin started to hesitate.
