The day passed, and only after making indirect inquiries did she learn that it was Song Guo who initially saw Miao Zhu waving, leading to their embarkation on the ship.
Song Guo, brazen-faced, asked, "Can't you and His Highness really reconcile?"
"It's not a question of reconciling or not," Leng Yu Yan shook her head indifferently, "Consider that he is the Crown Prince, and I am but a commoner. The engagement was decreed by the Emperor, and annulled by the Emperor. Just this fact is an insurmountable barrier for anyone."
"In the current situation, any other woman in the world could marry him, but I absolutely cannot."
The marriage granted by the Emperor himself, now cancelled, meant that there was no longer a possibility for any connection between him and her.
"Besides, you know that I've never wished to be the Crown Princess Consort."
"The way things stand now is good for him, and good for me as well."
Song Guo sighed, "Miss, His Highness likely holds you in his heart."