Married To The Cruel Crown Prince

The carriage stopped in front of the market gates. Xu Wenhai stepped out of the carriage first and then extended his hand out for Yin Na. She grasped it and got out of the carriage.

Xu Wenhai let go of her hand and the two walked in. The night market was exceptionally crowder than the other days.

"Yin Na, the bridge looks beautiful in the nighttime," Xu Wenhai proclaimed. Yin Na hummed and followed him silently. However, she kept her gaze low since she did not want to get recognized by anyone known.

Xu Wenhai found it odd, so asked about it. Somewhere, he thought that Yin Na did not want to come to the market with him. Did he do wrong by inviting him? She probably felt uncomfortable around him. But he wanted to know the exact reason.

"You shall share with me because if you won't then how will I find out what you like or what you hate," Xu Wenhai stated.

"It is not that I hate coming to the market, but I refrain from going in the evening or night," Yin Na finally confessed.

"Why?" Xu Wenhai drew his brows together.

"Because a few days back, I encountered an official, whom I used to serve once in the Brothel house," Yin Na answered.

Xu Wenhai recalled his work which the Emperor had assigned to him. How could he forget what happened with Yin Na? He immediately apologized to Yin Na for neglecting it.

"Yin Na, but I would like you to not be scared by all this. You did nothing wrong. You are allowed to come to the market any time," asserted Xu Wenhai. Yin Na was impressed by his words.

"I try to," she replied when found Xu Wenhai's hand on hers.

He intertwined their fingers together and halted along with Yin Na. "From now on, you will not think about your past. Forget it because your present and future are bright. I know that it is tough for you, but I am sure it is not impossible. I will bring every kind of joy to you that you will never recall about those bad memories," Xu Wenhai promised her.

Yin Na's eyes flickered as she felt something strange. She got to see a new side of Xu Wenhai, which was lovely in her eyes. He was considerate of her despite knowing the fact that she once was an entertainer.

Xu Wenhai tucked the loose hair strand that had rested on her cheek behind her ear. As he leaned back, his eyes got locked with her.

Yin Na shook her head and pulled her hand back. "Let's go to the bridge," she said, pointing towards the riverside and started to walk. Xu Wenhai followed her.

Xu Wenhai purchased the red bean dumplings for them while looking at Yin Na, who was in the middle of the bridge. He walked to her and offered a stick to her. Yin Na thanked him and started to eat.

Xu Wenhai chewed the dumpling and said, "Yin Na, tell me something more about you." She glanced at him amusingly. "About your likes, dislikes, and other things which no one knows," he asserted.

"There is nothing in particular that I dislike," Yin Na said and ate the other dumpling. After chewing and swallowing it, she said, "I think I like everything."

"That's such a confusing answer," Xu Wenhai affirmed.

"I do not know. I never put any thought on it," she asserted.

"What about now? You can think now," Xu Wenhai stated.

"Why don't you tell me first?" She questioned him.

"I like to do calligraphy in my free time. It calms me. Reading literary works is also my hobby. Other than this, I like horse riding and sword fighting. It relieves my anger in a better way," asserted Xu Wenhai.

Yin Na gaped at him as it astonished her. "You like to do a lot of things. It truly surprised me," she praised him.

"Surprised you? It means you undermined me," Xu Wenhai stated.

Yin Na motioned her hands in the air to refuse. "I thought only the Princes had those kinds of hobbies. Huo Jin told me once about the Fourth Prince, who has similar hobbies," asserted Yin Na.

"After the Princes, we noble classes come. We are supposed to master such things to stand out from the other classes," Xu Wenhai stated.

"I think noble classes try to suppress the ones who are below them," Yin Na proclaimed. "Huo Jin lived his life as a slave, so he usually told me how the distribution of status has affected him," she affirmed.

Xu Wenhai did not like the way Huo Jin described the noble class.

"Slaves are supposed to agree to their masters in all the circumstances," Xu Wenhai said.

"He should blame his fate to be born as a slave, not the entire noble class. Because of His Majesty's favors, no one considers him a slave or a traitor," Xu Wenhai could not help but tell Yin Na what he truly felt about Huo Jin.

Yin Na wondered why Xu Wenhai talked this way about Huo Jin, so she defended him. "Huo Jin is not a traitor," she announced. Somewhere, she felt dejected that even Xu Wenhai thought bad about Huo Jin.

"Yin Na, I do not think that you know everything about Huo Jin. Do you know what he even did before surrendering to the Emperor? His sins are unforgivable," Xu Wenhai affirmed with a displeased expression.

"Huo Jin was not supposed to live. He did a heinous crime. The majority of the ministers think that he deserved a death sentence along with that woman, who fooled the entire royal family," Xu Wenhai said bitterly.

Yin Na snickered because she did not agree with Xu Wenhai.

"What kind of sins did Huo Jin do, Minister Xu?" Her tone became polite but at the same time, one could feel the anger in it.

Xu Wenhai furrowed his brows together as he found that Yin Na was unaware of Huo Jin's past crimes.