If he were to fall into this little girl's hands, he'd be either beaten to death or so infuriated that he'd lose his mind!
Gu Ruobai shot Mu Yi a sidelong glance, then lowered his eyes and looked at Su Mingyu.
"Your martial arts skills are quite good, yet you don't know lightness kung fu."
Su Mingyu was quite straightforward: "I've learned everything, but this lightness kung fu... I've never learned it."
Gu Ruobai's eyes were cold and piercing as he sized Su Mingyu up carefully.
After a long while, he spoke again: "Do you know that lightness kung fu has to be practiced from childhood? Without three to five years of hard work, it's absolutely impossible to climb walls and leap over roofs, let alone be as elusive as Mu Yi."
"Do you know how much hardship one has to endure during this period?"
Su Mingyu really didn't know about this.
She had only seen people flying on TV before. Every time she carried out a mission, she always sighed that it would be much more convenient if she knew lightness kung fu.
Now that Mu Yi was right in front of her, there was no reason not to learn it.
But if it required childhood training, wasn't it too late for her?
Frowning, Su Mingyu looked solemn: "Even if one isn't a child, it should still be possible, right?"
After all, weren't there male protagonists in novels who were ordinary people but achieved great success after obtaining secret manuals?
Seeing Su Mingyu's solemn expression, Gu Ruobai thought she couldn't bear the hardship and didn't want to learn it.
He didn't expect that she was actually considering her age.
This girl's train of thought was really different from others.
There was a smile in Gu Ruobai's eyes: "Didn't you understand what I said? This kung fu isn't easy to learn. You have to endure hardships that ordinary people can't bear."
Su Mingyu didn't even lift her eyelids and said indifferently: "Isn't it natural to endure hardships? There's nothing to complain about. The key is... with my age... won't it be too late and I won't be able to master it well?"
The last sentence was addressed to Mu Yi.
Mu Yi, being afraid of his master being there, could only answer awkwardly: "Miss Su is only sixteen. Her bones haven't fully set yet. She can learn it."
Only then did Su Mingyu remember that she was only sixteen now. Recalling what Gu Ruobai had said about marrying her before, she thought Gu Ruobai was so perverted. He didn't even let go of a sixteen - year - old girl.
But then she thought of Su Yueyue who was eager to get married. The customs in this era were really quite similar to those in ancient China.
"Then it's settled. I'll definitely inform His Highness the Prince of Ruixian when my clothing workshop opens."
"I'll also visit your mansion tomorrow. Please make preparations in advance, Mu Yi."
After saying that, Su Mingyu got up and was about to leave when Gu Ruobai called her back.
"Was there a guest at the Su Mansion today?"
The Prince of Yu had just left, and his news spread quite fast.
"The Prince of Yu came to visit my younger sister. So what?"
Gu Ruobai looked at her with a half - smile: "It's nothing. I'm just asking."
This expression didn't seem like just asking.
Recalling that Gu Ruobai and Su Zhengyi had appeared in the main hall of the Su Mansion together last time, and Su Zhengyi had said that he was investigating the imperial examination case.
This imperial examination happened to be presided over by the Prince of Yu. Su Mingyu would never believe that there was no connection between these two things.
But Gu Ruobai didn't seem to be trying to get information from her. Could he be reminding her?
Su Mingyu frowned slightly: "Although I don't know what exactly is going on between you and the Prince of Yu, but if you want to ruin the Su family..."
Su Mingyu stared at Gu Ruobai seriously and sincerely with her cold and clear eyes: "Please go ahead. I just hope that His Highness the Prince of Ruixian can spare me for the sake of our pleasant cooperation."
Gu Ruobai never expected that Su Mingyu would say such outrageous and extremely cheeky words. For a moment, he didn't know how to reply.
The corner of his mouth twitched as he sized up the woman in front of him carefully: "I've already got the method of making the musket. What else can you use to bargain with me?"
"Doesn't His Highness the Prince of Ruixian want to know how I made the small crossbow that injured Mu Yi last time? And I still owe you three hundred taels. Don't you want to get both the principal and the interest back?"
Gu Ruobai became even more interested in this calm and composed girl in front of him.
He squinted his eyes slightly and hooked his lips into a smile: "Do you know that if I raid the Su family, I'll get far more than three hundred taels."
Well...
That was true.
Su Mingyu pursed her lips and stared directly at Gu Ruobai. "If His Highness the Prince of Ruixian really has evidence to raid the Su family, he wouldn't be wasting his breath with me here."
"Anyway, I still hope that His Highness the Prince of Ruixian can spare me. If it's really not possible, I'll have to run away."
But...
Su Mingyu smiled slyly: "If I leave, disturbing the Su Mansion might alert the snake behind Su Zhengyi. His Highness the Prince of Ruixian will lose more than he gains."
Humph!
The arc of Gu Ruobai's mouth became even more pronounced. He didn't expect that this girl would turn the tables on him so quickly.
There was a smile in Gu Ruobai's eyes. He deliberately showed an ambiguous look, leaned towards Su Mingyu's delicate earlobe. The slightly warm breath brushed across her cheek, and her face involuntarily blushed a little.
"So my suggestion is for you to marry me for safety. What do you think?"
That magnetic voice and his handsome face would probably make anyone with a weaker will surrender on the spot.
However, Su Mingyu was a twenty - five - year - old, mentally mature woman who had seen countless popular young idols in the 21st century and had great self - control.
"No."
She quickly turned her face away and pushed Gu Ruobai away.
"The struggle for the throne has always been extremely fierce since ancient times. I don't want to jump out of one pit and immediately fall into another."
He was a noble prince, yet this girl actually called him a pit?
Gu Ruobai endured his anger and lazily leaned back on the chair: "You can rest assured and stay in the Su Mansion. Even if something happens, it won't involve you."
Hearing what she wanted to hear, Su Mingyu clasped her fists: "Thank you for your advice, Your Highness the Prince of Ruixian. I'll take my leave now."
Watching Su Mingyu's retreating back, Mu Yi looked a bit nervous:
"Your Highness, last time we didn't find anything in the Su Mansion when we went there to deliver silver. Now we've told Su Mingyu about the matter between Su Zhengyi and the Prince of Yu. Will it cause unnecessary trouble?"
"I just want to plant a seed of doubt in Su Mingyu's heart."
This girl was extremely smart. Gu Ruobai believed that before long, she would surely bear a satisfactory fruit for him.