After being reborn, he was doted on by his scumbag brother.

It made sense for Lin Qingyao to say this, but what happened to that maid Qiuyue? She had been following Lin Qingyao, so logically she shouldn't have stopped him.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jingyi said displeased: "That's just the new girl, why did Qiuyue come with me to stop me? Is it possible that there is someone else hiding in Yao'er's house?"

After Xiao Jingyi finished speaking, he kept observing Lin Qingyao's expression, but he didn't catch any of her flaws.

Lin Qingyao made an innocent expression, "Your Highness, you have wronged Yao'er. You can take a closer look to see if there is anyone hiding in my room. That girl Qiuyue has always been timid, but loyal. She got me before. I told you that when I saw you coming again, I must have been in a dilemma and a little bit at a loss."

Xiao Jingyi was very disdainful when he heard this. No wonder Rouer chose to bribe Lianxiang instead of Qiuyue. It seemed that this maid was useless at all.

The previous Lianxiang was smart and helped them a lot, but unfortunately she was dealt with by Lin Qingyao.

He heard from Rou'er that she had bribed a new maid from Lin Qingyao. He hadn't seen her yet, but she was definitely not the one who stopped him outside just now.

Now that Lin Qingyao had explained it to her maid, he couldn't hold on to her and had to follow Lin Qingyao for now.

"I see, it's not their fault."

Lin Qingyao nodded quickly, "Yes, Your Highness, so don't blame them."

Xiao Jingyi's tone softened slightly, "Since Yao'er said this, I won't be angry."

Lin Qingyao said softly: "Yao'er knows that His Highness is the most reasonable. But why is Your Highness here at this time?"

Xiao Jingyi coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment, and started lying, "Today is Yao'er's big day, so naturally I want to come over and have a look, and I also want to talk to Yao'er alone."

Xiao Jingyi deliberately emphasized the last sentence, and Xiao Qingning naturally heard it. This was a signal to her to know better and leave quickly.

Even after Xiao Jingyi said this, she had to leave. It was better this way, so that he would not have to think about her and Fifth Brother coming to the Hou Mansion in advance to question her.

Xiao Qingning stood up quickly and said with a smile: "I understand, fourth brother, I'll leave now."

It's just that Xiao Qingning did not escape this disaster after all. Xiao Jingyi still remembered this matter when he saw Xiao Qingning's hurried look.

"Wait a minute, I haven't asked you yet, why did you and fifth brother come here first without waiting for me to join you today?"

Although he was still caught, Xiao Qingning had already thought of an excuse in advance and did not panic at all.

"I haven't seen Yao'er for a long time. I naturally wanted to come over early to talk to her on such an important day, so I dragged Fifth Brother over with me."

Xiao Jingyi did not doubt Xiao Qingning's words, but just raised another question.

"Where's the fifth brother? I didn't see him just now."

Xiao Qingning had expected this question from Xiao Jingyi, and calmly said the prepared answer: "The Queen Mother asked me and the fifth brother to bring gifts, and the fifth brother should go and deal with them."

There were no loopholes in Xiao Qingning's words, and his expression was very calm and composed, not like he was lying.

Xiao Jingyi was satisfied and nodded.

Seeing that Xiao Jingyi stopped asking questions, Xiao Qingning hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, if you don't have any more questions, I will leave first and won't disturb you to talk alone."

Seeing that Xiao Qingning was quite sensible, Xiao Jingyi waved his hand with satisfaction and said, "Go ahead."

Xiao Qingning had already left, but Xiao Jingyi did not take the initiative to speak. Lin Qingyao wanted to send him away early, so she spoke first.

"Does Your Highness have something to tell Yao'er?"

Jamel Xiao smiled when he heard this, "There is something, and it is something I have been looking forward to for a long time."

Lin Qingyao had a bad feeling as soon as she heard this, and quickly thought about how to deal with Xiao Jingyi.

When Xiao Jingyi saw that Lin Qingyao didn't respond, he continued: "Yao'er, I couldn't bear to mention you before when you were still young. Today you are finally old enough, can you marry me?"

Lin Qingyao's heart thumped, and it turned out to be exactly what happened.

Xiao Jingyi was so impatient that she came to ask for marriage even before the hair extension ceremony was held.

Lin Qingyao thought for a moment and said softly: "Your Highness, you know Yao'er's feelings for you, and I also hope to become your Highness's wife as soon as possible. It's just that there is an order of growth. My eldest sister and fourth brother are not married yet. Yao'er can't go past them. So I can only aggrieve Your Highness and wait patiently."

Lin Qingyao couldn't find a better reason for a while, so she could only bring out Lin Qingwan and Lin Yingyan to shirk the blame.

Xiao Jingyi was a little unhappy when he heard this. He had been feeling that Lin Qingyao's attitude toward him was no longer as enthusiastic as before. Now that his marriage proposal had been rejected, his plan had hit a bottleneck.

Seeing that the power behind Lin Qingyao was about to take control, he would never allow anything to go wrong at this juncture.

Xiao Jingyi did not dare to show his displeasure, so he could only persuade her and discussed: "Since Yao'er is in such a difficult situation, how about I inform my father first and make an appointment for our marriage? My Yao'er is so Okay, what if I don’t make a decision early and someone else takes it away?”

Lin Qingyao heard that Xiao Jingyi was retreating in order to advance. If he really entered into a marriage contract with him, it would be like being on his pirate ship, and it would be difficult to break it off.

Xiao Jingyi also tried his best to get Lin Qingyao to agree, so that he could ask the Holy One for marriage.

The forces behind Lin Qingyao were too complicated, and her marriage was naturally not something that could be decided at will.

Unless Lin Qingyao agrees, if Xiao Jingyi asks the Holy One to marry her, he will definitely be jealous of the Holy One.

After all, if any prince gets help from the Lin Qingyao family, he will have a powerful boost.

Facts have proved that this worry is not unreasonable. In his previous life, Xiao Jingyi relied on Lin Qingyao's family to successfully ascend the throne.

Although others don't know, Lin Qingyao knows it very well.

In her previous life, Lin Qingyao was deceived by Xiao Jingyi. When Xiao Jingyi asked the Holy Emperor for a marriage, she agreed.

Since she is willing, the Holy Spirit naturally has no doubts.

In addition, Xiao Jingyi always disguises himself very well, so the emperor only thinks that the two of them are in love and a good couple.

Who would have thought that all this was Xiao Jingyi's conspiracy and that he had deceived everyone.

Lin Qingyao gradually came back from her thoughts. She could not agree to Xiao Jingyi's request to make a marriage contract no matter what.

Could it be that Lin Qingyao acted for this reason: "Your Highness, please forgive Yao'er for not agreeing. The eldest sister has already reached the age of marriage but has not made an engagement because she wants to find the person she really likes like Yao'er. If Yao'er had decided first, Dear, big sister, she must be under a lot of pressure."

Lin Qingyao held Xiao Jingyi's arm and said softly: "Yao'er is so happy now, and she wants her eldest sister to be like me. So Yao'er wants to give her eldest sister enough time to find her own happiness. His Highness loves Yao so much. Son, will you fulfill Yao'er's wish?"