Standing beside Xi Ying, Li Rui heard him saying many things. My Wangfei this….My Wangfei that…. But her heart didn't stir even a bit. It was calm. It was her mind who was trying to solve the puzzle the clever Prime Minister was trying to create for her.
It never came to her that whatever he was saying really came from his heart. All of it was his own feelings.
How could it be?
On their first night, she has seen his eyes. Full of anger and pain which he had hidden instantly under his cold face. But even though it was for a fleeting second, she was sure that it was there.
Anger was reasonable. But why the pain?
She had gotten her answer soon. Very soon.
Since her first morning in Xi Manor, she had been hearing from those maids' mouths that Lord Xi and First Princess were meant for each other if it was not her who suddenly came in between them.
