Qin Quexi’s expression remained unchanged, "If Changge is willing to sacrifice her image a bit, I would naturally be willing to play the hero who rescues the beauty."
The two of them whispered with their faces close together, making the envoys from Da Qin look on with anxious hearts.
Could it be that His Royal Highness Prince Yong has taken a liking to this Crown Prince of the Heavenly Phoenix Dynasty?
Although the Crown Prince had an extraordinary demeanor and his beauty was rare, he and Prince Yong made a pair that could be described as perfectly matched.
But, after all, he is the Crown Prince of Heavenly Phoenix!
Heavenly Phoenix would never let their own Crown Prince marry off to another country, could it be... The ministers were suddenly struck with alarm: could it be that His Royal Highness Prince Yong intends to marry into Heavenly Phoenix himself?
No matter how uneasy the envoys from Da Qin were, Gu Shengyin and Qin Quexi appeared very enthusiastic and full of smiles, looking very harmonious together.
In the following days, Gu Shengyin led the envoys around every day to appreciate the sights in Phoenix City. After several days, the envoys from Da Qin had greatly improved their impression of Heavenly Phoenix.
It seemed strange to see women in charge, but over these few days, they saw that the citizens of Heavenly Phoenix lived in abundance, and the women earned money to support their families, no worse than the men of Da Qin. The envoys from Da Qin gradually got used to it.
It was just that their own Prince Yong was a little too intimate with the Crown Prince of Heavenly Phoenix, which was really bothersome.
But the envoys had no way of dealing with His Highness. Prince Yong was the youngest child of the Emperor and Empress of Da Qin, and with an older brother nearly ten years his senior already set to be the future monarch, the three highest-ranking people of Da Qin doted on him immensely. They were almost always accommodating, fostering a willful nature in him.
If he made a decision, the envoys could not persuade him otherwise.
Gu Shengyin, however, felt that while there had been some flirtation between them these days, there was no substantial progress.
She was certain that Qin Quexi wasn’t indifferent to her; given enough time, she was confident they could naturally come together.
But Qin Quexi was after all a person of the Da Qin Dynasty, and he was in Heavenly Phoenix only on a diplomatic mission; he would eventually have to return.
As the day of the Da Qin envoys’ departure approached, Gu Shengyin felt she needed to take drastic action.
Gu Shengyin, avoiding the Palace Attendants, came to the palace where Qin Quexi resided.
"To come uninvited in the dead of night is not quite the style of a Crown Prince," said Qin Quexi with a smile.
Gu Shengyin did not smile.
Qin Quexi felt puzzled; he turned around and saw Gu Shengyin’s serious expression.
"What’s the matter?" He instinctively straightened his own expression.
Gu Shengyin stared at him unblinkingly, "Quexi, you do understand my feelings for you as Huang Changge, don’t you?"
Qin Quexi was speechless; he had not expected her to be so forthright.
But then he thought about it, and it made sense; the women of Heavenly Phoenix were not as reserved as those from his own land.
He didn’t answer but instead replied nonchalantly with a smile, "What is it that Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince would like to say?"
He saw a flash of disappointment in her expression when he asked this question.
It caused a stir in his heart, a subtle unease spreading quietly within.
Gu Shengyin eyed him, asking seriously, "Quexi, if I were to ask for your hand in marriage with the rites of a Legal Spouse, would you accept?"