At this point, Xiao Qing caught her miss's icy gaze and dared not continue. In truth, she had already said what she wanted to express.
In Xiao Qing's eyes, Li Chaoxun was a good match for her miss. They came from families of equal standing, and both were exceptional talents among the younger generation.
She could also see that Li Chaoxun had feelings for her miss. In principle, nothing could have been better.
Yet she also knew that her miss had no such feelings for Li Chaoxun.
That was why Xiao Qing was rather worried for her miss.
Almost all the higher-ups in Bishui Palace would approve of her miss and Li Chaoxun getting together. On this matter, even the Palace Master, who doted on her miss, probably would not take her side.
That left her miss no chance to resist. Even as the Palace Master's most valued and favored disciple, even as the most outstanding disciple of Bishui Palace's younger generation, she could not defy the wishes of those above her.
When that time truly came, she could either resist, which certainly would not end well, or resign herself to her fate. But being with someone she did not like would mean spending her whole life in misery. Xiao Qing did not want to see her miss suffer like that.
So she did not want her miss to reach that point. She thought she ought to persuade her miss to try accepting Li Chaoxun.
Had Li Chaoxun not been outstanding, Xiao Qing certainly would not have done this. The problem was that he was exceptionally outstanding in every respect.
Xiao Qing lowered her head and said nothing more. She waited a while, but no scolding came from her miss. Cautiously raising her head for a glance, she discovered that