Su Mingyu gave her a half - smiling look, then turned around and walked towards Su Zhengyi's study.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw Wang Manwen, who had been waiting for a long time.
Su Mingyu frowned slightly. "Second - stepmother? Were you waiting for me here too?"
Wang Manwen gave Su Mingyu a cold look. "Our eldest young lady is finally back. I thought you were having so much fun that you forgot about home."
Su Mingyu was taken aback by her words. "What do you mean, second - stepmother?"
"What do I mean?" Wang Manwen's face darkened. "As an unmarried young lady, you should stay in your own room instead of always running outside. If others see this, they might say that our Su family has no manners."
Su Mingyu raised an eyebrow, thinking it was nothing serious. "It was just that the King of Ruixian invited me out when he was idle and asked me to accompany him around the capital."
"I was with the King of Ruixian all day today. I'd like to see who would dare to gossip about me behind my back."
"You!" Wang Manwen glanced at Su Zhengyi. "Sir, look at this eldest young lady. She's becoming more and more unruly. I'm just doing this for her own good, so that she won't be gossiped about before she gets married."
"I don't expect her to thank me. After all, I'm her step - mother, but she shouldn't talk to me like this."
Su Mingyu looked at Wang Manwen's performance helplessly. "What do you mean, second - stepmother?"
"I was just answering your question. But you suddenly said such things to slander me. I'd like to ask, except for not being at home today, have I ever done anything to offend you?"
Wang Manwen didn't expect that Su Mingyu would still be so argumentative in front of Su Zhengyi.
Just as she was about to say something, she heard Su Zhengyi say in a low voice, "That's enough! Everyone in the capital knows about the relationship between Mingyu and the King of Ruixian. I'd like to see which blind person would dare to gossip about the King of Ruixian!"
After being scolded by Su Zhengyi, Wang Manwen became silent.
Seeing Wang Manwen lowering her head without saying a word, Su Zhengyi turned to look at Su Mingyu. "Mingyu, although Manwen has only been in the mansion for a short time, she's still your second - stepmother. You should be more polite when talking to her. Do you understand?"
Su Mingyu was very obedient. She nodded very cutely. "Daughter understands. But... daughter just returned to the courtyard and heard the servants in the courtyard say that father was looking for me?"
Su Zhengyi nodded. "It won't be long before the autumn hunting. According to my official position, for such a grand event as the autumn hunting, I can only take one daughter. But considering the special relationship between you and the King of Ruixian, I asked the emperor for an extra quota. You and Yue'er will go with me to the autumn hunting then."
So it was for this? She thought it was something really serious.
Su Mingyu rolled her eyes secretly, but there was a grateful smile on her face. "Mingyu thanks father. I've heard that the autumn hunting is an annual royal grand event. It's really a blessing from my previous life that I have the opportunity to participate in such an activity."
Seeing his daughter admiring him so much, Su Zhengyi's expression softened a lot. "We are father and daughter. Why be so polite? There will be many royal relatives that day. You must pay attention to your words and deeds and don't disgrace our Su family."
Su Mingyu nodded. "I understand. If father has nothing else to say, may I leave first? After all, I've been out with the King of Ruixian all day and I'm a bit tired."
"Okay, there's nothing else. Go and rest well." Then Su Zhengyi glanced at Wang Manwen before continuing. "Your second - stepmother has contributed a lot to this matter. So after this, you can learn more about etiquette and upbringing from your younger sister. And be nicer to your second - stepmother. Do you hear me?"
Su Mingyu agreed on the surface, thanking her second - stepmother, but she rolled her eyes in her heart.
Since he was so worried that she would disgrace him, why did he have to let her go? Was it just to do her a favor so that she would be obedient to him?
After coming out of Su Zhengyi's room, Su Mingyu pursed her lower lip.
As soon as the autumn hunting was mentioned, there was an unusual look of pride on Wang Manwen's face. Coupled with her abnormal support for her to participate in the autumn hunting, if Su Mingyu couldn't see the problem, she would have lived in vain for the second life.
It seemed that Wang Manwen and Su Yueyue were very likely to take action against her on the day of the autumn hunting.
When Zhizhu saw Su Mingyu coming back with a strange look in her eyes, she couldn't help but worry. "Miss, what happened?"
Su Mingyu waved her hand. "It's good news, but you may not be able to go."
Zhizhu pouted and thought for a while. "I haven't heard of any big events happening recently. What's the good news that the miss is talking about?"
Su Mingyu pursed her lips and smiled. "The autumn hunting. Do you know it?"
After hearing Su Mingyu's words, Zhizhu suddenly realized and said "Oh". "This is an annual grand event for the officials and the royal family in the capital. I've heard it's very lively. In the past, the miss was in poor health and couldn't go. Later, when the miss got a little better, the second young lady entered the mansion."
"With the master's favor for the second young lady, the second young lady has been going to the autumn hunting every year. In other families, it's the eldest legitimate daughter who goes, but in our mansion, it's the second young lady."
As soon as Zhizhu mentioned this, she seemed a bit indignant. "I've never been to the autumn hunting. Every time I hear other maids say how wonderful the autumn hunting is, I feel envious."
Seeing her jealous look, Su Mingyu playfully poked her between the eyebrows. "Then you can go to this autumn hunting. I've heard that at night, people will cook the prey they hunted. Some will roast it and some will boil it. You'll surely have a good meal."
"Really?" Zhizhu almost jumped up from the bed with excitement.
"But..." After the excitement, Zhizhu thought of a problem. "A high - ranking official like the master can only take two female relatives. Every year in the past, the master only took the madam and the second young lady."
Then Zhizhu pursed her lips. "Although I really want to go to the autumn hunting with the miss, the venue of the autumn hunting is the royal park. Outsiders are not qualified to enter casually."
"Sometimes you're so simple, but you think a lot." Su Mingyu tapped Zhizhu's head. "I have the King of Ruixian. For such a small autumn - hunting event, do you think I can't go?"
"Right!" After hearing what Su Mingyu said, Zhizhu immediately thought of the King of Ruixian. "So we can really go to the autumn hunting together?"