After becoming a concubine, she lived a miserable life every day.

Chapter 166 Who Really Believes

"Prince, if you stay here so often, the other sisters will be annoyed with me." After saying this, Qiao Rongjin began to whimper again. She felt sore all over and really wanted to get rid of this burden as soon as possible. She shouldn't have let him stay that day. It made her suffer.

Hearing this, Qi Heng paused playing with the black hair in his hand, lifted the fair chin of the woman in his arms, and said lovingly with deep eyes, "Why, Ajin, are you annoying me now?"

Hearing this, Qiao Rongjin rolled his eyes cruelly.

Now you realize that you are annoying!

"Well, I'm just annoyed with you. So what? What are you going to do?" Qiao Rongjin glanced at the handsome face of Rui Wang, without any emotion in her heart, while her fingers were dishonestly circling on his chest.

Seeing her like this, Qi Heng smiled, hugged her, and said with his head against hers, "It doesn't matter. Even if Ah Jin annoys me, I will stick to you."

Qiao Rongjin was no longer surprised when she heard this. These past few days, this man seemed to have his Ren and Du meridians opened. He spoke sweet words without blinking, which was completely different from the Prince Rui she first knew.

However, she didn't believe a single word of these sweet words. It didn't matter what nice words he said, she never took them to heart anyway.

"Then you have to treat them equally. There are so many people waiting for you in the backyard. If this continues, I will become a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh. My mother and I are alone in this palace, without anyone to rely on. What if they team up to deal with me and You'er, what will we do?"

"Who said you are helpless? Don't you still have me?" Qi Heng looked at the beautiful face of the woman in his arms with greedy eyes, unable to take his eyes away.

Hearing this, Qiao Rongjin said nothing, but just looked at him with a smile.

Seeing this, Qi Heng felt a little guilty and thought about Chen's matter.

He knew that this matter could no longer be gotten over in Ajin's heart, it was a knot. In fact, he already regretted it a little. Perhaps he should not have brought the person back in the first place. The reason why Ajin was like this now was because he did not give him enough sense of security.

What he had to admit was that Ajin had never trusted him.

"Ajin, don't worry. From now on, I won't let anyone hurt you and Xiaowu again. I'm sorry for what happened before, Ajin." No matter how much more he said, he felt powerless.

Looking at Qi Heng's serious expression, Qiao Rongjin nodded perfunctorily, not taking it to heart.

"Go to sleep, my lord. I am sleepy."

This is just for listening. Who would really believe it? That would be stupid.

Seeing this, Qi Heng didn't know what to say, but his eyes were always on her.

He knew that it would be difficult for him to gain his trust now, but what he said today was true, he would not let anyone hurt them and their child.

The next day, the nanny and maid that Prince Rui found for Qiao Rongjin arrived.

There were four or six people in total, plus a nanny.

This nanny is nearly 40 years old now. She looks gentle and easy-going, but gives people a sense of alienation. She is a very clean person and her etiquette is impeccable. Her surname is Wu, and everyone calls her Nanny Wu. After chatting with her for a few sentences, Qiao Rongjin was very satisfied with her.

She was a flexible person, and her ideas were very much to her liking. She did not have the same ideas as most women nowadays. Before she was sent over, King Rui told her about her life.

Aunt Wu was also a pitiful person. Before entering the palace, she was married, but she had never gotten pregnant after marriage, which despised her in-laws. However, she and her husband, a scholar, were very much in love. After her husband died of illness, her in-laws became even more excessive, so she schemed to escape from them. Then, by chance, she entered the palace and stayed there for nearly twenty years.

It would be impossible to survive in the palace for so many years without some strength. The maids in his own courtyard still need some training, such as etiquette, so that they will not be afraid of attending big occasions in the future.

There were also five maids, all of whom were assigned to do the cleaning.

When the princess found out about this, she was in a very bad mood.

Not to mention the others.

Luoyanju.

Chen looked at the dish in front of her which was obviously not as light as before, her eyes calm, she looked at the maid beside her and said calmly, "What's the matter? I said, I want to drink chicken soup today, didn't you tell the people in the kitchen!?"

Seeing the storm in her master's eyes, the maid knelt down with a plop and said, "Master, I went to ask for it yesterday, and the kitchen lady agreed. But when I went to ask for it today, the kitchen lady didn't admit it."

Hearing this, there was nothing that Chen didn't understand. The lady in the kitchen would not dare to do this. There must be someone behind the scenes instigating her. She subconsciously thought that it must have been done by that vixen Qiao Rongjin. She had used this method before.

These days, his living standard has plummeted. Without even thinking about it, he knew that the people in the palace were taking advantage of him again. The news that he had been turned away when he requested to see the prince had already spread throughout the Rui Palace. The servants who had looked at him with respect before had also changed their attitude. This was really too much!

With a loud clatter, all the food on the table was swept to the ground by Chen. Her eyes seemed to be filled with poison. "Qiao, you won't be so proud for long, humph!"

The maid kneeling below was already trembling with fear, but when she heard her master talking about Qiao, she was confused but did not say anything. She just trembled and waited to be beaten and scolded.

Since her master returned home, she has become more moody. She is really scared. Several maids who have some power in the mansion have already used their connections to work in better places in the past few days. Only those of them who have no background have no choice but to stay.

"You are also a waste! You can't even do this little thing, what use are you, get out!"

After Chen finished yelling, she finally calmed down for a while, and her originally distorted face returned to normal. Thinking that Prince Rui had never seen her, but had been staying at that bitch Qiao Rongjin's house for the past few days, she felt as uncomfortable as if her heart was being eaten by ants, and her resentment towards Prince Rui grew stronger.

At the same time, she also knew clearly that Prince Rui was probably already in love with Qiao Rongjin, otherwise he would not have stayed in her yard all the time. Whether it was out of guilt or something else, Qiao Rongjin had already left a place in his heart. As time went on, it was obvious that the balance in Prince Rui's heart would tilt towards that side, especially now that she had become like this, and there was a world of difference between her and Qiao Rongjin.

She couldn't sit still and wait for death.

So, when Prince Rui was returning home from his duty, he saw Chen coming to block him again.

Qi Heng hadn't seen Chen for a long time and was shocked when he saw her.

Chen looked much older than before. No matter how thick her makeup was, it was difficult to cover up the fatigue on her face. She looked even paler. She always liked to wear plain clothes. Now she looked scary in this color. She was so thin that she seemed like she would fall down if the wind blew. Qi Heng asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

"I have something to tell you. Why don't we go inside and talk?" Chen looked at Prince Rui, and her eyes turned red when she heard his impatient tone.

"If you have anything to say, just say it here." He found himself becoming more and more impatient with Chen, and even didn't want to see her.

Hearing this, Chen's fingers turned white from pinching into her wide sleeves. She suppressed the urge to cry or go crazy, and said with a forced smile, "Can you not stand seeing me now? Is it because of Qi You, or because of Qiao Rongjin? You were not like this before, you..."

"What do you want to say? If that's all you want to say, then go back." Qi Heng interrupted her directly.

Chen forced herself to suppress the crazy hatred in her heart, and looking at the increasingly impatient Prince Rui in front of her, she couldn't help but shed tears.

In fact, she knew that she could no longer bear to be cruel to him ever since she had someone assassinate Qi You and the plot was exposed, but he still chose to rescue her and bring her back to the mansion.

Seeing that he was about to leave, thinking about the purpose of coming to see him this time, Chen hurriedly said, "I have a recipe that I want to work with you on."

Hearing this, Qi Heng paused and looked at her deeply, "Come in."