Pei Yin recalled the Emperor's earlier words.
He couldn't help but ask probingly, "Princess, did the Emperor perhaps say something to you?"
"No," Shen Ningning denied swiftly.
Pei Yin tried to find a crack in her composure, but the young woman's eyes were dark and bright.
She was looking into the distance at Lu Shaoyuan, who was running toward her.
Shen Ningning's voice was placid. "Perhaps because my brother and I had many opportunities to be together since we were young, everyone assumed we should end up together."
"But regardless of what you all think, the person I like is Lu Shaoyuan. Marrying him is my own choice, and no one is forcing me."
"Lord Pei, you'll have to excuse me."
After speaking, Shen Ningning went to meet Lu Shaoyuan. The two of them, talking and laughing under the sunlight, truly looked like a perfect couple.
After that conversation with Pei Yin, Shen Ningning decided to buy the house.
