Everyone in the capital knows that the relationship between the King of Yu and Gu Ruobai is not that simple.
But Su Yueyue deliberately brought up such a topic. Did she want the King of Yu to recall how much he disliked Gu Ruobai and then take this opportunity to drive the two of them away?
Su Mingyu never thought that Su Yueyue would go to such great lengths to win the King of Yu.
Su Mingyu rolled her eyes inwardly and simply stepped forward to pull Gu Ruobai aside. "I think the dishes should be served by now. How about we sit down and talk at the table?"
"Since our last parting on the lake, I've often thought about the fish we caught together. So today I've specially ordered the chef in the mansion to make a grilled fish. Miss Su must taste it carefully later."
The King of Yu was obviously provoking Gu Ruobai. He didn't mention any other topics but only the time when he was alone with Su Mingyu.
Su Mingyu felt her heart sink to the bottom.
She turned around a bit awkwardly to look at Gu Ruobai to see if he was angry. Fortunately, there was still a faint smile on Gu Ruobai's lips, and his eyes were not too cold.
Seeing that Gu Ruobai didn't take the bait, Su Mingyu let out a sigh of relief inwardly. "Your Highness is joking. Didn't the three of us eat that fish together later?"
Saying that, Su Mingyu hooked her lips into a smile at Su Yueyue, whose face was ugly. "The grilled fish that day was really delicious. It's a pity that my sister didn't experience the fun of grilling fish by herself. I wonder if my sister will want to go fishing and grilling again next time?"
Su Yueyue twitched the corner of her mouth and forced out an ugly smile. "Sister had a great time fishing with His Highness that day. It's a pity that I don't know how to fish. When I learn it, shall we go again next time?"
Su Mingyu nodded. "Of course."
So the meal began with such verbal sparring.
Since Gu Ruobai had a lame leg, the King of Yu specially assigned a maid to help him pick up dishes.
However, Gu Ruobai didn't even look at the maid and chased her away. Then he turned to look at Su Mingyu.
Su Mingyu immediately received the signal. Well, this lord wanted her to pick up dishes for him.
Thinking that the King of Yu had just used those words to provoke Gu Ruobai, if Gu Ruobai settled the score later, it would be bad. So she had no choice but to nod obediently and turn back to grin at the King of Yu. "Your Highness is so considerate. But the preferences of the King of Ruixian are unpredictable. I'll pick up dishes for him. Please spare this little girl."
The King of Yu raised his eyebrows. "I didn't expect there to be such a tacit understanding between the King of Ruixian and you."
Su Mingyu forced a smile and nodded on the surface, but in her heart, she had scolded Gu Ruobai several times.
Why did he have to act so high - minded? Now it was all right. Everyone thought that she was afraid of him and didn't dare to resist him. Now in others' eyes, she was a real little daughter - in - law.
Although she was indeed a little afraid of Gu Ruobai's unpredictable temper.
"Rather than saying it's a tacit understanding, it's more like a habit. After all, we've been together for quite a while." Su Mingyu blushed a little and touched her nose.
Just as she was about to pick up her chopsticks to start eating, Su Mingyu suddenly remembered that there seemed to be someone else. So she asked suspiciously, "Your Highness... Didn't you invite Miss Mei Qing to have dinner?"
Before the King of Yu could say anything, they heard Su Yueyue say coldly, "She's just a brothel girl. What qualifications does she have to sit at the same table with His Highness and have dinner?"
Su Mingyu's face immediately fell. "Sister just said that I looked down on Miss Mei Qing. But do you know that your words are really demeaning to Miss Mei Qing?"
Su Yueyue had just spoken out of impulse. After she said it, she also realized that her words were inappropriate.
Being scolded by Su Mingyu like this, Su Yueyue immediately covered her mouth and then explained, "No, I didn't mean that. I just think that since Miss Mei Qing comes from a brothel, if she sits at the same table with His Highness and the King of Ruixian to have dinner, and if it gets spread out, it will stain the reputations of the two Highnesses."
This was really a fake excuse.
Everyone knew that both Gu Ruobai and the King of Yu had been to brothels. For Su Yueyue to talk about the brothel background now was really ridiculous.
But Su Mingyu was too lazy to expose her. Anyway, the more this woman talked, the more mistakes she made.
Seeing that everyone's faces were not looking good, Su Yueyue still wanted to explain something, but the King of Yu interrupted her impatiently. "All right, stop talking. I naturally sent someone to invite Miss Mei Qing, but she said that there was another client waiting for her, so she won't have dinner here."
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows. "I see. It seems that Your Highness is quite satisfied with Mei Qing's dancing. Otherwise, you wouldn't have specially invited her to dinner."
The King of Yu was extremely smart. He immediately knew what Su Mingyu meant.
He gave Su Yueyue a deep look and just smiled without answering.
Su Mingyu naturally saw his action, so she didn't dig deeper. She hooked her lips. "This grilled fish is really delicious. Your Highness can have more."
The King of Yu also smiled and picked up a piece of grilled fish and ate it.
Their mutual understanding was seen by Su Yueyue and Gu Ruobai. Su Yueyue's face turned pale with nervousness, while Gu Ruobai calmly picked up a chopstick of fish for Su Mingyu.
Su Mingyu was just about to say that she had just eaten and didn't need it when she heard Gu Ruobai say in a cold voice, "Pick the bones for me."
Su Mingyu almost thought her ears were playing tricks on her. "What did you say?"
Gu Ruobai said coldly again, "Pick the bones."
Su Mingyu: ...
All right, all right. She wouldn't be angry with Gu Ruobai. At least in front of the King of Yu, she had to save enough face for Gu Ruobai.
Moreover, she knew why Gu Ruobai was acting like this. Most likely, he was unhappy about her interaction with the King of Yu.
But there was nothing she could do. Since they were invited to the mansion, if she didn't say or do anything, it would seem as if she was afraid of them.
So Su Mingyu could only smile and obediently pick the bones for Gu Ruobai. "Yes."
Seeing Su Mingyu's obsequious look towards Gu Ruobai, Su Yueyue curled the corner of her mouth into a vicious smile.
It seemed that Su Mingyu didn't have as good a life with Gu Ruobai as the rumors said. Judging from the way Gu Ruobai disliked her, he must be very unhappy about her relationship with the King of Yu.
Gu Ruobai was already unhappy, but this Su Mingyu continued to flirt with the King of Yu. It was simply like openly cuckolding Gu Ruobai.
Thinking like this, Su Yueyue's eyes suddenly became bright. She deliberately leaned forward to pick up the dish in front of Gu Ruobai.
Su Yueyue was dressed extremely lightly today. As she leaned forward to pick up the dish, her fair skin was completely exposed, and one could even faintly see her more prominent chest than ordinary women.