Concubine Chen's face looked a bit ugly. She frowned and whispered to the maids beside her, "You may leave first. I'm going to breastfeed the baby."
When most of the maids had left, Concubine Chen turned to look at Su Mingyu. Her long, peach - blossom - like eyes showed no emotion. "I don't know any Leng Ziyue."
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows. "Really? But he said he knew you. Moreover, he claimed that he had known you since Pingshi County."
Concubine Chen's face turned even uglier. "I've already said I don't know him. Maybe Miss Su really met a swindler. There are all kinds of swindlers these days. You should be careful."
Seeing that Concubine Chen was so reluctant to admit it, Su Mingyu didn't press further. "Then I'll have to look into this Leng Ziyue's background when I get back. After all, the baby in my belly is, in any case, the emperor's bloodline. I can't afford any problems."
As she said this, Su Mingyu reached out and gently touched the baby in Concubine Chen's arms. She said in an ambiguous tone, "After all, His Majesty values bloodlines the most. Am I right, Your Highness?"
Concubine Chen shivered. She took a step back and held the little prince out of Su Mingyu's reach.
"Miss Su, I'm going to breastfeed. If you have nothing else to do, you may leave."
Su Mingyu could tell that Concubine Chen was quite shaken. Her purpose for this visit had been achieved, so she nodded. "I won't bother Your Highness then."
Concubine Chen didn't say a word. Her face still looked unpleasant.
Not long after she left Concubine Chen's palace, Su Mingyu unexpectedly saw a familiar figure standing in the pavilion.
Originally, Su Mingyu wanted to quietly bypass the person, but just as she was about to turn around, she heard the cold voice. "What? Does Miss Su not even want to talk to me now?"
Su Mingyu pursed her lips and walked forward. "Your Highness the King of Yu isn't at the front - courtyard banquet. Why are you here enjoying the cool?"
"Aren't you absent from the banquet either?" The King of Yu turned around and looked at Su Mingyu. "What were you and His Highness the King of Ruixian doing in Pingshi County after traveling all the way from the capital?"
Su Mingyu was suddenly stunned. How did he know about her and Gu Ruobai's whereabouts?
Moreover, since he knew it was Gu Ruobai who was with her in Pingshi County, didn't it mean that he knew Gu Ruobai's leg injury was fake?
Su Mingyu's eyes darkened. After a long while, she suddenly knelt on the ground. "Please, Your Highness the King of Yu, don't tell His Highness the King of Ruixian."
"What are you talking about?" The King of Yu's face looked a bit gloomy. "I don't understand what you mean. Get up and talk."
Su Mingyu still knelt on the ground. "Since Your Highness the King of Yu could detect that I left the capital, you must also know that I left with a man..."
The King of Yu nodded. "Of course I know, and I also know who that man is. But I don't know what you're up to."
Su Mingyu lowered her eyes, frowned, and after a long time, as if making up her mind, she bit her lips and whispered, "Since Your Highness the King of Yu already knows, I won't hide it anymore."
"Actually, I know that if this matter is discovered, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor. But... I have no other choice."
The King of Yu frowned and looked at Su Mingyu in front of him. His handsome face was tightly drawn. This was the first time he had seen Su Mingyu look so flustered. He knew that although Su Mingyu looked weak, she was actually a tough - minded person.
But Su Mingyu was very strange today. Did she lose her composure just because he discovered that Gu Ruobai's injury was fake? Was Gu Ruobai that important to her?
Thinking of this, the King of Yu felt a strange feeling in his heart.
"Get up first. I won't tell others about the fact that you and Gu Ruobai deceived the emperor. After all, his current situation is more beneficial to me."
As he said this, the King of Yu reached out his hand to help Su Mingyu up.
But Su Mingyu looked at the King of Yu strangely with her watery eyes, as if he had said something strange.
The King of Yu felt a bit creepy under her gaze. "What's wrong? Do you want others to see and spread the word that I'm bullying you if you don't get up?"
"No..." Su Mingyu looked a bit tangled.
After thinking for a long time, she spoke again. "Your Highness the King of Yu... What do you mean by saying that I and Gu Ruobai deceived the emperor together? I don't understand. Did you come to me because you discovered that I had an affair with Mo Wenyuan?"
"What?" The King of Yu's face suddenly darkened. "Mo Wenyuan?"
Su Mingyu was a bit stunned by his roar, but she still nodded. "Yes, Mo Wenyuan."
"Wasn't Mo Wenyuan captured by me?" A look of surprise flashed across the King of Yu's black eyes.
Su Mingyu bit her fingernails. She also seemed very tangled, but after a long time, she still spoke. "Mo Wenyuan always showed his face wearing a mask. The person Your Highness the King of Yu captured was just a substitute."
The King of Yu frowned. "You said that the person who went to Pingshi County with you was Mo Wenyuan. Why did he go with you? And according to my information, your relationship with Mo Wenyuan doesn't seem to be ordinary."
Su Mingyu's cheeks turned a bit red. She felt ashamed as if her dirty secret had been exposed. "Since Your Highness the King of Yu already knows that I went to Pingshi County, you should also know that Sinan Pavilion was opened by me."
Unexpectedly, Su Mingyu was so straightforward. The King of Yu nodded. "I do know."
Su Mingyu's black eyes sharpened. He really knew. A bad premonition welled up in her heart. Su Mingyu continued, "Since you know about Sinan Pavilion, you must have heard the rumors among the common people that there is a special relationship between Sinan Pavilion and His Highness the King of Ruixian, right?"
"I've indeed heard about this." The King of Yu patiently continued to listen.
Su Mingyu had been helped up, so she simply sat on the stone bench beside the King of Yu and then continued, "If Your Highness the King of Yu is more observant, you can find that Mo Wenyuan's figure is somewhat similar to that of His Highness the King of Ruixian. Maybe it was a misunderstanding when people saw me and Mo Wenyuan together, which led to such rumors."
The King of Yu lowered his eyes and looked at Su Mingyu, waiting for her to continue.
"Actually, I knew Mo Wenyuan even before I met His Highness the King of Ruixian. It was Mo Wenyuan who gave me the silver to open Sinan Pavilion. We were in love with each other, but neither of us dared to break the ice. Everything changed after the appearance of His Highness the King of Ruixian."
Su Mingyu told lies without blushing or heart - beating. "His Highness the King of Ruixian is a very good person, and I like him very much. So later, I gradually broke off with Mo Wenyuan. You can say I'm snobbish or a vulgar person who only cares about money and power. Anyway, I rarely contacted Mo Wenyuan later."
"Until the first 'Most Fragrant Beauty' pageant. I think Your Highness the King of Yu should have noticed that all the clothes of the girls in the pageant were provided by our Sinan Pavilion. After Mo Wenyuan knew about this, he suddenly showed up. And the subsequent things, Your Highness the King of Yu, you should also know..."