"Do you feel wronged to marry this king?" The King of Yu gave her a cold, sidelong glance. Wang Manwen was so frightened that she dared not say a word.
Seeing this, Su Mingyu stepped forward. "Greetings to the King of Yu."
As soon as the King of Yu turned around, he saw Su Mingyu and Gu Ruobai. He lowered his eyes. "It seems that the King of Ruixian is quite idle."
"I'm just accompanying Mingyu back," Gu Ruobai replied calmly, as if the farce before him had no effect on him at all.
"King of Yu... You're here..." Su Yueyue looked at the King of Yu timidly, seemingly a bit shy and a bit scared.
Looking at her blushing cheeks from the beating and her watery eyes, the King of Yu bent down to help Su Yueyue up. "Get up."
Su Yueyue bit her lower lip. She seemed very happy but dared not show it.
That hesitant look stirred a touch of pity in the King of Yu's heart.
Putting his big hand around Su Yueyue's waist, the King of Yu looked coldly at Wang Manwen kneeling on the ground. "For Yue'er's sake, this king won't argue with you this time."
Wang Manwen nodded in agreement, her eyes full of fear.
Seeing this, Su Mingyu curtsied to the King of Yu. "Since the King of Yu is here and the matter is resolved, Mingyu and the King of Ruixian will take their leave first."
With that, Su Mingyu pushed the King of Ruixian towards the door. During this time, she didn't even give the King of Yu a single look.
The King of Yu narrowed his eyes and said to Wang Manwen in a bad tone, "This king has something to say to Yue'er. What are you still standing here for?"
"Yes, I'll leave now." Although Wang Manwen was very reluctant, she still stood up and walked out, closing the door behind her.
Seeing that everyone in the room had finally left, Su Yueyue let out a long sigh and collapsed into the King of Yu's arms as if all her strength had left her.
The King of Yu quickly held her and gently touched her swollen cheek. "I've made you suffer."
"I'm not suffering," Su Yueyue quickly shook her head. "It's good enough to be with the King of Yu. Yue'er doesn't care about the position of a concubine or not."
Seeing how sensible she was, the King of Yu's black eyes darkened. "Don't worry. This king will give you an explanation."
Su Yueyue nodded obediently and then carefully leaned her head on the King of Yu's body. Listening to his strong heartbeat, a flash of malice passed through the depths of her eyes.
So what if Su Mingyu had helped her? She still wouldn't be grateful to Su Mingyu.
Others might not have noticed the look in the King of Yu's eyes when he looked at Su Mingyu just now, but she knew it clearly.
If Su Mingyu wasn't eliminated, she couldn't smoothly become the future queen. So once she became the Princess of Yu, she would surely make Su Mingyu pay with her life!
As soon as Su Mingyu came out of Su Yueyue's courtyard, she saw Zhizhu, who was very worried about her.
"Miss... How's it going inside?"
Su Mingyu and Gu Ruobai exchanged a look and smiled knowingly. "It's okay. You go back to the courtyard first. The King of Ruixian and I still have something to do."
Zhizhu felt a bit creepy seeing their smiles, but she still nodded obediently and walked back.
Su Mingyu pushed Gu Ruobai to Su Zhengyi's room.
As expected, Wang Manwen was already waiting there.
As soon as Su Zhengyi saw Su Mingyu, his face beamed with joy. "This old official greets the King of Ruixian."
Gu Ruobai nodded slightly. "Minister Su, there's no need to be so polite. We're all in the same boat now."
Su Zhengyi's face was full of wrinkles from smiling. "This time, thanks to the King of Ruixian and Mingyu. Otherwise, this old man really wouldn't know what to do."
The King of Yu insisted not to marry Su Yueyue as his concubine. Even though Su Zhengyi had specially arranged people to remind the King of Yu in the court, the King of Yu still firmly said that since the flood in the south of the Yangtze River hadn't been eliminated and the horse bandits in Xizhou hadn't been cleared, it wasn't the time to establish a concubine yet.
Everyone knew that the King of Yu simply didn't want Su Yueyue to be his princess.
But the emperor pretended not to hear and agreed, so no one dared to say anything more.
Su Zhengyi was still thinking about how to console Su Yueyue. After all, she was arrogant and might not think about the long - term. He was afraid that Su Yueyue would do something stupid.
Fortunately, Su Mingyu was a sensible person. She knew that as long as Su Yueyue married into the Prince of Yu's mansion, the position of the princess would be hers sooner or later.
"Fortunately, you managed to calm Yue'er's emotions. Otherwise, if the King of Yu saw her acting so unreasonably and saying she wouldn't marry, it would really be a disaster."
Hearing Su Zhengyi's praise, Su Mingyu pursed her lips and smiled. "Helping my sister marry into the Prince of Yu's mansion is also helping myself."
"She and I both know what's more important. It's just that my sister was blinded by the temporary humiliation. Give her some time. She'll understand."
Wang Manwen, who was standing by, was almost stunned.
She had come just to confirm whether the reason why Su Mingyu helped Su Yueyue was really because Su Zhengyi had said something to her.
But as soon as Wang Manwen arrived at the study and before she could say a word, she was scolded by Su Zhengyi.
Before Wang Manwen could refute, Su Mingyu pushed the King of Ruixian into the study without even knocking on the door.
Wang Manwen had been with Su Zhengyi for so long. She knew that there were countless secrets of Su Zhengyi in this study. He valued it more than anyone else. When she wanted to enter, knocking on the door was a must, and she wasn't even allowed to go behind the desk.
But Su Mingyu just openly pushed Gu Ruobai to the area in Su Zhengyi's study that she had never set foot in.
Moreover, she was talking to Su Zhengyi in such an equal - footing tone.
How much had Su Mingyu grown during the time she didn't know?
And what on earth were she and Su Zhengyi planning? Why was the King of Ruixian also involved?
Noticing the confusion on Wang Manwen's face, Su Mingyu looked at Su Zhengyi. "Father, should we tell Second Aunt about this?"
Su Zhengyi didn't even lift his eyelids. "What can a woman like her understand?"
Then he turned to look at Wang Manwen. "You go out first. You've already seen what you wanted to ask, haven't you?"
Then Su Zhengyi said in a proud tone, "It was I who told Mingyu to save Yue'er. She has only good looks but no brains. Go back and discipline your precious daughter well. Let her learn from Mingyu. She doesn't have the dignity of a proper young lady at all."
Wang Manwen's face turned black from being scolded, but she didn't dare to argue with Su Zhengyi. She could only nod reluctantly. Then she took another look at Su Mingyu before turning away.
Watching Wang Manwen's back, Su Zhengyi sighed. "Ah, Mingyu, don't argue with your Second Aunt. After all, she's just a woman."
Su Mingyu lowered her head obediently and nodded. "Mingyu wouldn't dare. Second Aunt is doing this for Mingyu's good. Mingyu is grateful."
"That's good." Su Zhengyi patted Su Mingyu's shoulder in satisfaction. "This family will depend on you in the future. Your sister only knows some petty tricks of women. I'm afraid she'll suffer in the fight for favor. So, Mingyu, you have to take more responsibility."