Su Mingyu, with her eyes closed, suddenly spoke languidly, "Your gaze is like you're about to devour me."
Gu Ruobai slowly curved his lips, "If I could, I'd like to devour you. Do you know how people outside see me now? I only accept gifts but don't let people meet me. I'm just like a Pixiu."
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows and opened her eyes, "Why not accept the gifts that are offered?"
"If they knew that the so - called seriously ill person you described is actually so lively, they'd probably vomit blood out of anger," Gu Ruobai said with amusement, looking at Su Mingyu's rascally look.
Su Mingyu didn't feel the least bit embarrassed about accepting others' gifts. Instead, she raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Speaking of which, we should thank Leng Ziyue. I didn't expect his medical skills to be so good that the imperial physicians couldn't detect any signs of poisoning. They only said you were physically weak."
"Although we were both poisoned, neither of us was affected, yet I've been reluctant to return to the Su Mansion. I guess some people must be getting desperate."
Just as she was speaking, Mu Yi walked in with a not - so - good expression, "My lord, the second young lady of the Su family and the Prince Yu are here to visit you."
It was really as they said. Su Mingyu and Gu Ruobai glanced at each other, and almost simultaneously said, "Don't let them in."
Mu Yi looked a bit embarrassed, "But the Prince Yu said that he didn't get to see you last time, and this time he's here by the emperor's order. He said he must see how the prince is doing to feel at ease."
He even brought the emperor out. Su Mingyu looked at Gu Ruobai helplessly, "Since he's said so, we naturally have to see them."
Saying that, Su Mingyu wrinkled her nose, then turned around and walked into the room beside them, closing the door behind her.
Mu Yi was confused, "My lord?"
"It's okay," Gu Ruobai looked in the direction of Su Mingyu with a half - smile, "Go and invite the Prince Yu and Su Yueyue in."
Although Mu Yi didn't know what was going on, he still nodded and walked away.
After a while, the arrogant Prince Yu and Su Yueyue walked in.
As soon as Su Yueyue entered, she looked around. Gu Ruobai took a sip of tea calmly and then asked casually, "Miss Su, are you looking for Mingyu?"
Caught right away, Su Yueyue didn't rush to explain. First, she curtsied to Gu Ruobai, and then said unhurriedly, "Yes. Since my elder sister returned with the prince, she hasn't been back to the Su Mansion. Everyone in the Su Mansion is very worried."
Saying that, Su Yueyue looked around again, "But I don't see my elder sister. May I ask, Prince Ruixian, where is my elder sister now?"
Gu Ruobai pointed to the house in front, "She was tired after lunch and is resting inside."
Su Yueyue bit her lips. Gu Ruobai only said that Su Mingyu was tired but didn't say to invite her out. Could it be that the news she got was true? Did Su Mingyu get poisoned and thus was inconvenient to meet people?
She looked at Gu Ruobai suspiciously and forced a smile, "Since my elder sister is resting, I won't disturb her. I'll just wait here for her to wake up."
"As you wish."
After throwing this non - committal remark, Gu Ruobai slightly raised his eyes and looked at the Prince Yu standing beside, "Prince Yu, did you come here to confirm Mingyu's safety too?"
The hostility in his words was even noticed by Su Yueyue. She quickly stepped forward to smooth things over, "Actually, the Prince Yu was worried about Prince Ruixian, so we came together to have a look..."
Before she could finish her words, Gu Ruobai gave her a cold glare, "When I'm speaking, is it your turn to interrupt?"
The coldness in his tone made Su Yueyue shiver all over, "S - sorry..."
Su Yueyue hung her head low, looking extremely pitiful. But Gu Ruobai completely ignored her and just looked at the Prince Yu with lowered eyes.
The Prince Yu took a step forward, shielding Su Yueyue behind him, "Since Prince Ruixian looks healthy, could you please find an opportunity to go to the palace to pay respects? Father is very worried about your safety."
This sounded very grand - sounding. Gu Ruobai raised his eyebrows, "My legs and feet are inconvenient. Father has already allowed me not to go to the palace to pay respects. If the Prince Yu really wants to relieve Father's worries, why not just report my safety to Father in the court tomorrow morning?"
After saying that, Gu Ruobai withdrew his gaze and looked at Su Yueyue with his dark eyes, "I'm tired and going to take a nap. If Miss Su and the Prince Yu have nothing else to do, you can stay here and wait for Mingyu to wake up, or you can go back first. When Mingyu wakes up, I'll take her back to the Su Mansion when I'm free."
Gu Ruobai's tone was extremely arrogant. The Prince Yu's eyes twitched, but he didn't dare to say much.
Gu Ruobai was injured on the battlefield, and the emperor had given him many special privileges, so he had the capital to be arrogant and willful.
"In that case, Yue'er and I will go back first. Please don't forget your words, Prince Ruixian. Minister Su is very anxious about his eldest daughter."
After saying that, the Prince Yu pulled Su Yueyue to leave. But Su Yueyue came here just to see Su Mingyu. Since she didn't see her, she was naturally reluctant to leave.
"Um... Prince Yu..."
Su Yueyue opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Gu Ruobai's few words stopped her, "If Minister Su is really that worried, why doesn't he come to the mansion himself to pick up Mingyu?"
After saying that, Gu Ruobai closed his eyes, looking like he didn't care about anything outside.
Seeing this, Su Yueyue was angry but didn't dare to say much. She could only be reluctantly pulled out of the Prince Ruixian's Mansion by the Prince Yu.
"Prince Yu! Isn't this Prince Ruixian a bit too arrogant?" Outside the Prince Ruixian's Mansion, Su Yueyue pouted, looking very unhappy.
The Prince Yu's expression wasn't good either, "Why didn't he let us see Su Mingyu? Did something happen to Su Mingyu during this accident?"
The Prince Yu turned to look at Su Yueyue, staring at her with his deep eyes, and asked word by word, "Do you know something?"
Su Yueyue couldn't raise her head under his stare, "W - what could I know? If I really knew why my elder sister didn't return to the Su family, why would I come here with the prince?"
Looking at Su Yueyue's lowered head, the Prince Yu narrowed his eyes, "I've always hated people with deep schemes."
Su Yueyue pretended not to understand and looked at the Prince Yu, "Yue'er doesn't quite understand."
The Prince Yu just gave her a deep look, then turned around, "Let's go. We obviously won't get anything here."
After saying that, the Prince Yu turned around and left, not noticing at all that Su Yueyue, who had just looked so pitiful, now had a terribly gloomy face.
Not long after the Prince Yu left, Mu Yi walked in, "My lord, the Prince Yu and the others have left."
Only then did Gu Ruobai cough lightly, "Come out. They're gone."