The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 615: This King Doesn’t Agree (3)_1

Chapter 615: Chapter 615: This King Doesn’t Agree (3)_1

This surge of emotion was only a fleeting moment. Lin Ziyin, who had been with him for the past two months, was quick to catch it. Additionally, she could subtly guess why Chu Suifeng was upset.

"Come in, it’s cold outside." Chu Suifeng avoided her, allowing Li Yanran to kneel there. Indeed, he was upset. From the moment Li Yanran greeted him only, ignoring Lin Ziyin standing by his side, Chu Suifeng had been in a foul mood.

"Okay." Lin Ziyin cheerfully agreed, without casting a glance at Li Yanran. How people treated her, she would treat them in return. It was a principle that Lin Ziyin relied on in social interactions.

Being ignored and overlooked, Li Yanran stood aside feeling aggrieved. She had come out to welcome Chu Suifeng with great joy just moments ago. She had even got up early to dress up in hopes of pleasing Chu Suifeng. Yet the moment they met, her cousin not only did not show her any affection, but he gave her the cold shoulder instead.

Li Yanran was convinced that Chu Suifeng was treating her poorly because Lin Ziyin was speaking ill of her behind her back.

Marquis Li, standing behind Chu Suifeng, saw everything clearly. He was extremely annoyed. His daughter was naive, couldn’t she see that the Prince was cherishing Lin Ziyin like his eyeball? Li Yanran actually dared to behave petulantly and demonstrated resentment towards Lin Ziyin - it would be strange if Chu Suifeng treated her well.

As Chu Suifeng and Lin Ziyin entered the house, Marquis Li glared at Li Yanran fiercely and signaled her to quickly go in and ingratiate herself with Lin Ziyin.

Unfortunately, Li Yanran was deep in frustration and totally misunderstood his intentions.

Chu Suifeng was already in the house, and the father-daughter pair at the door didn’t dare to exchange whispers behind his back. They glanced at each other and hurried into the house.

Inside the house, the old lady was half-lying on the heated brick bed, leaning against a pillow. Seeing Chu Suifeng and Lin Ziyin come in, she excitedly tried to get up to greet them.

"No need to get up." Chu Suifeng led Lin Ziyin to sit down on a stool by her bed.

"You’ve lost weight again." The old lady kindly looked at Chu Suifeng, and then warmly held Lin Ziyin’s hand, "I heard that both you and the Prince went to Border City."

"Yes," Lin Ziyin replied softly, somewhat unsure how to respond to the old lady’s affection. She was not good at interacting with strangers, especially in front of elders; she always felt at a loss of what to do.

Seeing the old lady’s glowing face, Lin Ziyin felt a pang of sorrow. The old lady looked well, perhaps it was a show of strength at her last gasp? Looking at the elderly woman in front of her, Lin Ziyin found it hard to believe that she didn’t have much time left.

"You poor girl," The Old Lady saw her calm demeanor and her fondness for Lin Ziyin grew. "Battles are deadly, it’s rare for a woman like you to be willing to accompany the Prince in such hardship. The Prince did not choose wrongly."

Speaking this, the old lady’s eyes even became slightly moist.

Chu Suifeng saw her constantly praising Lin Ziyin, his face softened as he listened quietly, his eyes full of pride.

"It’s not tough," Lin Ziyin replied with a smile.

""Grandmother, Miss Lin." Li Yanran listened on the side, feeling a surge of jealousy, "I heard the Tatars attacked Border City this time, and the battle was extremely intense. I wonder if Miss Lin was scared? The Prince is busy with military affairs, I guess he can’t take care of you, can he?"

In the face of Li Yanran’s provocation, Lin Ziyin was still smiling, "I wasn’t scared, the Prince was always with the soldiers, mostly living in the camp. I reckon my presence there must have been a trouble to him."