"Your Highness, we are truly not suited for each other."
Seeing how resolute Qi Yanjing was, Meng Yihuan felt an inexplicable surge of panic and oppression in her heart. He was of imperial stock, noble in status, and still unmarried; he could freely choose any woman in the world, no matter how fine, while she was merely a widow who had given birth to two children.
The gap between them was vast, and she genuinely felt that she was no longer worthy of him. Especially as she witnessed more and more of Qi Yanjing's fine qualities, she felt all the more inferior—unaware that this was the very prerequisite for a person beginning to love. When love grew deep, it turned into the ultimate self-deprecation.
Chapter 177