Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

439 Hurting me

“The Crown Prince does not look good since yesterday. Is it because the mother got imprisonment?” Jin Yu asked Xiaoming, who had not eaten well the last night. He did the same now. He had not touched the breakfast meals before him.

Xiaoming was troubled by the truth that Lóng Wei told him on the last day. His mother tried to snatch her son’s happiness merely for the support of a powerful family. He could not tell Jin Yu about it because her chief fear was that she would be killed if she agreed to become Xiaoming’s wife.

What if she started to hate him? What if she decided to leave him? He had failed to protect her.

Jin Yu placed her hand above Xiaoming’s hand and caressed it. “Your Royal Highness, please do not scare me. What happened? At least, share with your Jin Yu. That will be better to relieve your stress,” She urged.

“I am upset because of my mother. Nothing more. I cannot even see her until my Father allows me,” Xiaoming stated. He again refrained from telling the truth to Jin Yu. He did not want her to get hurt or saddened.

He picked up the chopsticks and handed them to Jin Yu. “Let’s eat,” he said. Though he had no urge to intake food, for Jin Yu’s happiness, he forced himself to eat. In his mind, he questioned himself if he could even become the next King. He blindly put faith in his mother and failed to see that she was his enemy. Lóng Wei easily found that out and it made him inferior.

He had told his mother that he would acquire the power, then why she undermined his capabilities? His hold on the chopsticks tightened, which Jin Yu noticed. She found his jaw tightened as he chewed his food.

“Xiaoming!” Jin Yu pronounced his name and he looked at her. He looked dazed when Jin Yu took the chopsticks from him and placed them on the saucer. She took a deep breath and asked, “Will you tell me what has happened? Why are you acting strange? Before answering me, let me remind you. You have to be honest with me,” she affirmed.

Xiaoming again tried to lie when Jin Yu reprimanded him.

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“You are supposed to be honest with me, Xiaoming. Are you going to keep the matter inside you and die internally because of it? Don’t you think that I, your wife, need to know everything related to you? Do not make me beat you to put some senses in you,” Jin Yu got infuriated to see that behavior of Xiaoming.

Xiaoming lowered his eyes as if he was in extreme guilt. “Jin Yu, I do not want to hurt you,” he said.

“You are hurting me by not telling me the truth and hiding it from me? Do you think seeing you upset, I will remain happy? No! That is why tell me what is the matter? Why are you so troubled since the last day?” She requested as she got calm.

“Jin Yu, I promise you that I would never let you get harmed if you become my wife. I could not fulfill that promise. I am ashamed to say that my own mother fooled me to believe that she had accepted my love for you wholeheartedly. She never did that. It was all an act and the day, you went out with Li Hua, it was an attack on you not her. My Mother wanted to kill you, Jin Yu,” Xiaoming finally confessed the truth to her. His head had lowered with shame. He did not want to meet his gaze with hers as he failed to keep his promise.

Jin Yu curled her fingers and her brows came closer. She was shocked to learn that the attack was meant for her on that day. She was close to death that day.

But it was not Xiaoming’s fault, then why he took the blame? Why he apologized to her as if he was the culprit? The most important question was who told all this to Xiaoming?

“How did you find out this truth? It was revealed to everyone that-” she paused as she recalled it was Lóng Wei, who brought the truth in front of everyone. Did he lie to everyone? But, why?

“Brother Lóng Wei told me the truth yesterday. My Mother requested him to do so. I had assured you that nothing would happen to you, but your life had come to danger. Forgive me, Jin Yu. My mother does not trust my capabilities neither she trusts my choice. I am so disappointed in myself,” Xiaoming said. His entire morale had dropped down after the truth came before him.

“What kind of things are you blabbering? Is this way are you going to become our King? I did not love that Xiaoming, who loses his entire confidence because of such small things,” Jin Yu stated and he again met her eyes. “Disappointed in yourself?” she chuckled.

“Xiaoming, I understand your mother. She is the Queen and for her, I am not a perfect woman for you. However, her opinion never mattered to me. Had it bothered me, then I would have never married you. I trust my Crown Prince and his capabilities. Do you know more than me Prince Lóng Wei trusts you? Today, Prince Qiu Mu could have become the next Crown Prince if you were dethroned, but Prince Lóng Wei does not trust him. He trusts you and your capabilities. We all do and will always do.”

Jin Yu gave Xiaoming a good lecture. She did not want him to doubt himself. “I have always told the Crown prince not to lose his confidence in himself. He is in the seat of the Crown Prince because he understands its value more than anyone. Also, do not apologize to me for the things you never did. Jin Yu will never leave Xiaoming. She has promised her to be with him till her last breath,” she stated with a wide and bright smile on her lips.