After I died, the scumbag prince cried down the city wall

"You really know how to take advantage of the situation. Are you trying to use this favor to get me to agree to let you join the sect?"

However, Cui Rongrong shook her head and looked directly at the eldest lady with clear eyes: "I hope the eldest lady can allow me to leave Xie Mansion."

When the eldest lady heard this, she was stunned, as if she couldn't believe her ears.

"What did you say?"

Cui Rongrong reiterated, her voice firm: "Please allow me to leave Xie Mansion."

"Are you going?"

The lady confirmed again.

"Yes."

The eldest lady looked at the girl in front of her with a calm face but an extremely determined look. The muscles on her face twitched unconsciously. After a long moment, she asked, "Why are you leaving?"

Cui Rongrong, a woman born in a merchant family, has been well aware of the limitations of her identity since childhood. She dared not have any improper thoughts, especially not to easily imagine stepping into the threshold of the Xie Mansion, which symbolizes power and status and is out of reach of her world.

One day, facing the eldest lady's sarcastic remarks, "If you really don't dare to marry someone above you, why would you secretly seduce the young master and do those shameful things?"

Every word was as cold as ice, and it struck the ground with such force that the air in the entire room suddenly dropped to freezing point.

Cui Rongrong looked calm, but her voice was somewhat helpless: "In the past, I was indeed blinded by the dazzling power of the Xie Mansion. All I could think about was becoming a phoenix in one day, but now..."

There was a hint of exhaustion and relief in her words.

"You've changed your mind now?"

The lady's face was full of disbelief, as if such a change was nothing short of a fantasy to her.

Cui Rong pursed her lips lightly and said firmly: "Now I have someone else in my heart."

Once these words were spoken, it was like throwing a huge rock into a calm lake, causing ripples.

The lady's face instantly changed from blue to white. As a noble lady who had strictly observed etiquette all her life, she could hardly imagine that someone could admit the change of feelings so frankly in front of her!

"Are you talking about that poor scholar?!"

There was disdain in his words.

Cui Rongrong nodded slightly, with a firm and gentle light flashing in her eyes, "Yes, he really wanted to marry me and promised to be with me forever. The warmth in that moment made me want to spend the rest of my life with him."

The eldest lady had mixed feelings. She didn't know whether she should be pleased with the woman's straightforwardness or angry at her betrayal of her eldest young master. She just felt suffocated and unable to express herself. "Since you have made up your mind, just go ahead. Anyway, you have no chance to be with the Xie Mansion. Who can stop you?"

Cui Rongrong showed a hint of hesitation on her face: "Although I am eager to leave, I dare not offend the young master easily. I dare not say these words to him directly."

When the lady heard this, a hint of surprise flashed across her brows, "Then why do you dare to say that to me?!"

Cui Rongrong's eyes were clear and innocent. "That's why I beg you, Madam, to consider this as a favor from you, as I saved Miss Five before."

The eldest lady was secretly amazed at the woman's cleverness and almost lost her composure. "If you really want me to help you leave and sever your relationship with the Xie family, I will help you. But you must know that once you leave, there will be no turning back."

Cui Rongrong's eyes were extremely firm, "If I leave the capital, I will never set foot in Yanjing again in my life."

The eldest lady took a deep breath and said one word in a cold and hard tone: "Okay."

For her, as long as this woman didn't marry into the Xie family, everything had nothing to do with her.

"Thank you, madam."

Cui Rongrong responded gratefully and turned to leave.

When Cui Rongrong returned to Songhe Garden, Song Yanyi had been waiting in the garden for a long time. He had a solemn expression and was obviously in a bad mood.

Cui Rong accidentally made eye contact with Qing'an, who quickly lowered his head, pretending not to notice, as if in this mansion, no matter what she did, she could not escape his attention.

Cui Rong nodded slightly, confirming her actions, "Yes, I went to see the eldest lady."

"Why are you going to see her?"

Song Yanyi asked.

Cui Rong sat beside the couch, holding his hand, a bitter smile on her lips, "I went to see the eldest lady to ask her to allow me to stay with you."

Hearing this, Song Yanyi's eyes flickered slightly, and his brows furrowed again, "Didn't I tell you not to care about what the eldest lady thinks? Why are you looking for trouble?"

He knew his mother's feelings very well, but this was not enough to stop him from taking her as a concubine. There was nothing he couldn't do once he made up his mind.

Cui Rongrong's eyes were clear and full of sincerity. "You have given so much for me, and I also want to share it with you. I don't want to see you in a dilemma. After all, the eldest lady is your mother, and I hope she can accept me."

A soft feeling surged in his heart, and his fingers gently stroked her hair. "So what did you say to the Madam?"

Cui Rongrong's lips curled up into a sly smile. "I explained to the Madam the misunderstanding between Lin Han and me, and promised that even if I enter Songhe Garden, I will be humble and self-restrained, and will not be arrogant because of being favored. I will definitely abide by the responsibilities of a concubine, and will never let you break the rules of the mansion because of me."

The words sounded reasonable, but they were somewhat harsh to his ears.

He admired her gentleness, but didn't like her being too submissive in front of outsiders.

His face darkened, "Don't go there again, I will take care of the other things."

Cui Rong smiled and shook her head, "No need, the Madam has already agreed. You also said that the Madam prefers people who follow the rules, not to mention that I am the Fifth Miss's savior. The Madam feels guilty about me, so she agreed to let me stay. The fifteenth of this month is an auspicious day, and the Madam suggested taking me in on that day."

He stared at her smile as bright as a flower, feeling a little dazed.

Since he was injured, she seemed to have grown up overnight. She no longer delayed taking a concubine, and stayed by his side every day. She even took the initiative to solve the problems with the first lady, just to make him worry-free.

He stroked her cheek gently, "Why do you have to do this?"

Cui Rongrong snuggled in his arms and whispered softly, "You risked your life to save me, and I should repay you."

Although she told many lies, this sentence came from the bottom of her heart.

There was really little she could do. She just hoped to do her best to be good to him in the remaining years.

However, he was not very happy. "Is it just because of repaying a favor?"

Cui Rongrong looked up in confusion, not understanding why he was unhappy.

He stared at the innocent confusion in her eyes, and the unhappiness in his heart inexplicably dissipated a lot.

Forget it, why bother about everything? After all, she has decided to stay with him for the rest of her life. The future is long, and no matter whether this companionship comes from gratitude or other reasons, she is willing to do it.

The angles on his face seemed to be melted by tenderness at that moment, and his eyes flashed with an unprecedented soft light.