This old guy! Su Yueyue hasn't officially married into your family yet, and he's already trying to steal your affection?
Su Mingyu rolled her eyes mentally but replied with a smile, "Don't worry, Father. I'll surely do my best to help Sister. After all, only when Sister succeeds can we share in her glory."
"Good. As long as you know that," Su Zhengyi said. Then, he flattered Prince Ruixian with a smile, "I'm really sorry for making you witness this embarrassing scene of our Su family. Please don't be angry, Your Highness."
"It's okay," Gu Ruobai placed his hand on Su Mingyu's hand and said calmly, "Mingyu has been running around for me. I won't blame her for being scheming."
Seeing that Prince Ruixian was so understanding, Su Zhengyi's face beamed with joy.
The three of them chatted about some court affairs. Then, Gu Ruobai said that he had something to attend to in his mansion and had to leave first.
Su Zhengyi naturally wouldn't stop him. He personally escorted Gu Ruobai to the back door. Su Mingyu originally wanted to see Gu Ruobai off, but Gu Ruobai told her not to bother.
She had been busy all day and must be tired. He told her to have a good rest in the mansion.
Seeing his insistence, Su Mingyu finally agreed.
However, just after seeing Gu Ruobai off, Prince Yu suddenly appeared behind her.
Su Mingyu was startled. "Prince... Prince Yu?"
Prince Yu coldly stared at the direction where Gu Ruobai had left, then raised his eyebrows. "Can we have a chat?"
Su Mingyu looked at Su Zhengyi, and Su Zhengyi nodded. "I still have some matters to attend to. I'll take my leave first. Your Highness, please chat with Mingyu at your leisure."
After Su Zhengyi left, Prince Yu grabbed Su Mingyu's wrist and pulled her out of the Su Mansion.
Su Mingyu was shocked by his sudden action. By the time she reacted and wanted to shake off Prince Yu's hand, she had already been taken by him to a private room in a teahouse not far from the Su Mansion.
Su Mingyu looked at Prince Yu suspiciously. "Is Your Highness going to discuss Su Yueyue's matter with me?"
"Why did you send your maid to invite me?" Prince Yu looked at Su Mingyu and got straight to the point.
He had just played a trick on Su Zhengyi. Originally, he planned to leave Su Zhengyi alone for a while to dampen his arrogance.
But when he saw Zhizhu, he finally followed. This was so unlike him, so Prince Yu felt a bit annoyed.
Su Mingyu tilted her head and looked at Prince Yu with her beautiful, confused eyes. "My stepmother disagreed with Sister's matter. I just thought that if Your Highness could step in, it might suppress her."
"Just for this reason?" Prince Yu stared at her intently.
Su Mingyu nodded. "After all, I'm just a junior. It's not appropriate for me to argue with her. But Your Highness is a prince. You have the final say."
Hearing her praise, Prince Yu felt as if there was a fishbone stuck in his throat.
"How did you get back yesterday?"
Speaking of yesterday, Su Mingyu seemed to have a lot of doubts. "I remember I was thanking you. I don't quite remember what happened after that. I only remember waking up in my own mansion. Zhizhu told me that Gu Ruobai sent me back."
"Ah!" Su Mingyu covered her mouth. "Gu Ruobai won't know that the person who met me in the room was you, will he?"
Just thinking about it, Su Mingyu's face turned pale. "Oh no. No wonder he didn't let me see him off today. He must have known."
Seeing how worried Su Mingyu was, Prince Yu felt the fishbone stuck even deeper. "Calm down."
Prince Yu squinted his peach blossom eyes. "If Gu Ruobai really knew that you were with a man, how could he have sent you back safely?"
After being reminded by him, Su Mingyu suddenly realized. "I just don't know what kind of sleeping incense it was that day. After I woke up, I felt so weak that I had to lie in bed until the next morning."
Seeing Su Mingyu looking so innocent, Prince Yu unconsciously tightened his hand. "I don't want Su Yueyue to be my princess. What do you think of this?"
Su Mingyu was puzzled by his question. "With Your Highness's current status and position, I think my sister is not good enough for you."
"Although Su Yueyue is extremely beautiful, she is only the daughter of a minister, and a concubine's daughter at that. It's actually reasonable that she can't be a princess."
Prince Yu watched her talking eloquently and suddenly lowered his voice. "Then what kind of woman do you think is worthy of being this king's princess?"
"Well..." Su Mingyu pretended to think. "I think it should either be a princess from another country or the daughter of a higher - ranking official. This will be helpful to Your Highness in the future."
"Then will your marriage to Gu Ruobai be helpful to him?" Prince Yu asked and then realized how stupid his words were.
Su Mingyu didn't get angry but smiled. "Gu Ruobai and I like each other. Of course, we don't think about these things."
"Like each other?" Prince Yu chewed on these words in a low voice and then smiled self - deprecatingly. "Can't I marry a girl I like?"
This time, Su Mingyu didn't flatter Prince Yu anymore.
She raised her eyes and looked at Prince Yu with her bright eyes, then smiled beautifully. "Your Highness, both you and I know this is impossible."
He had ambition. Anyone could see that.
But Gu Ruobai was a disabled person. He didn't want anything but to protect himself.
Su Mingyu didn't say these words, but Prince Yu knew them clearly in his heart.
It turned out that without realizing it, Su Mingyu had seen him so clearly.
Suddenly, Prince Yu let out a low laugh, with a touch of sarcasm in his laughter. "So, this is how you see me."
Su Mingyu didn't seem afraid of annoying him. She just nodded matter - of - factly. "Actually, I roughly know why Your Highness doesn't want to marry my sister. Although Your Highness is quite unrestrained in matters of men and women, you wouldn't go so far as to perform in public."
"So, Your Highness suspects that you've been set up, and the one who set up the trap is Su Yueyue."
There was a smile on Su Mingyu's face, but there was little real amusement in her eyes. "But Your Highness, have you ever thought that if even I can think of this, can Su Yueyue and Su Zhengyi not think of it? So instead of suspecting Su Yueyue, it's better to investigate other people around you?"
"Why are you telling me all this? Have you forgotten that only you and I were present at that time?" Prince Yu's eyes suddenly turned cold. "Are you trying to make this king suspect you as well?"
Facing his questioning, Su Mingyu wasn't afraid. "I have no motive. Su Yueyue and I have never gotten along. What good would it do me if I let her marry you?"
"Then who do you think it is?" There was a cold glint in Prince Yu's black eyes, as if he was about to devour someone the next second.
Su Mingyu curled her lips with a half - smile. "I wonder if Your Highness still remembers that Mo Wenyuan, whom you've never liked?"
"Although Mo Wenyuan said that he went to the brothel to find his future wife, he only chose Mei Qing. And after the beauty contest, he disappeared without a trace."