Su Mingyu gave her a disdainful look. "Is there something I forgot to tell you?"
"What... what?" Wu Yurou was a bit afraid of Su Mingyu. Unconsciously, she took a step back.
Clearly seeing the fear in her eyes, Su Mingyu squinted her inky black eyes. "That is, the royal family has no shortage of useless offspring. If you can't even handle the marriage alliance well, it's only natural for Linfeng to replace you."
Every word Su Mingyu said hit Wu Yurou's sore spot.
She was an unfavored princess. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been sent all the way here for the marriage alliance. The only motivation for her to agree to the alliance was that Gu Ruobai was here.
Wu Yurou trembled with anger. Subconsciously, she shifted her gaze to Gu Ruobai.
But Gu Ruobai just sat there calmly, showing no intention of coming to help.
Wu Yurou's face turned extremely gloomy. "Gu Ruobai! You liar!"
Saying that, Wu Yurou angrily drew out the whip from her waist and was about to lash out at Su Mingyu. Su Mingyu didn't even dodge. She just let the whip come down. But just as the whip was about to land on Su Mingyu's face, a flying needle and a big hand suddenly appeared in front of Su Mingyu to block the whip.
The flying needle was naturally from Gu Ruobai, and the big hand belonged to the King of Yu.
The King of Yu threw away the half - broken whip cut off by the flying needle. Then he glanced at the red mark on his palm. A faint haze flashed across his handsome face. "Princess Furong, you've already injured my concubine. Now you still want to hurt the princess of the King of Ruixian?"
"You still say there's nothing between you two!" Wu Yurou pointed at Su Mingyu's nose and shouted. "Last time I thought your way of getting along was strange. Now it seems there really is something going on between you two!"
"Gu Ruobai! Open your eyes and take a look! If there's really nothing between them, why didn't the King of Yu react when I injured Su Yueyue? But now, as soon as I was about to hit Su Mingyu, he immediately came to stop me?"
Saying that, Wu Yurou threw away the whip in her hand. "Su Yueyue is clearly pregnant with your child. Why weren't you so nervous when Su Yueyue covered her stomach and cried out in pain just now?"
These words were addressed to the King of Yu.
The King of Yu raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "The princess is just seeking justice for Yue'er. If I just let you hit her, people would think I'm so incompetent. Moreover, I'm actually helping you."
"Nonsense!" Wu Yurou was so angry that she was a bit out of control. She took a fighting stance. "Su Mingyu! I want to have a fair fight with you!"
Su Mingyu didn't even look at her. She just turned around and walked back to Gu Ruobai's side. Then she lowered her eyes and said, "I think I've made myself clear just now. And."
Su Mingyu looked at Wu Yurou coldly. "You should know that the King of Yu was really helping you just now. If that whip had really hit me, it would have been solid evidence of assaulting a royal relative.
"Our emperor is always very protective of his own. And because I won the first place in the autumn hunt, my reputation is quite well - known at the moment. If you injured me when you're clearly in the wrong, I think you would be punished before you even had the chance to go back to Linfeng for help."
Before coming to the capital, Wu Yurou had been repeatedly warned not to anger the emperor. After all, Linfeng still needed their support. Now, after being told this by Su Mingyu, Wu Yurou suddenly felt a bit scared.
Clearly sensing the change in her mood, Su Mingyu pursed her lips. "The princess must be tired today. Go back and rest early."
Then she ordered the servant beside her, "Hurry up and call the imperial doctor! If something happens to Lady Su, how can you bear the responsibility!"
As if to prove Su Mingyu's words, not long after, an old - looking man walked over. "Greetings to the king and the princess."
Su Mingyu waved her hand. "Hurry up and examine Lady Su."
The imperial doctor took the order and stepped forward to feel Lady Su's pulse. "Your Highness, Lady Su is probably just frightened. She'll be fine after a rest."
Then the imperial doctor squatted on the ground and wrote something down. "This is the anti - miscarriage medicine. Have someone decoct it and let Lady Su take it later."
Su Mingyu nodded and asked the maid beside her to take the prescription and go grab the medicine quickly.
After everything was done, Su Mingyu saw that Wu Yurou was still standing there. She couldn't help but lower her eyes. "Why hasn't the princess left yet?"
Wu Yurou had just been a bit scared by Su Mingyu. Now, with just one look from her, Wu Yurou reflexively felt afraid. She let out a feigned snort and then turned around to leave.
Su Mingyu watched her leaving back and squinted her eyes. "The guest room is right across the yard. Since my sister has been frightened, rest here for a while before leaving. I have some matters to discuss with the King of Ruixian, so I'll take my leave first."
Saying that, Su Mingyu pushed Gu Ruobai out of the yard. When passing by the King of Yu, Su Mingyu said in a voice only audible to them two, "Wait for me at the entrance of the tea garden later. I have something to talk to you about."
The King of Yu's lips curled slightly. Dark tides surged in his black eyes. "Okay."
After getting out of the King of Yu's sight range, Su Mingyu called Mu Yi. "Where's the princess?"
"She's already returned to her room. Although she threw a lot of things, she doesn't seem to have the intention of self - harm." Mu Yi thought for a while and then asked, "Your Highness... um... should we record the things damaged by the princess and ask her to settle the bill later?"
Su Mingyu didn't expect that Mu Yi had become so understanding of her recently. She nodded. "Of course, but not from her. We'll ask her future husband's family. Just record these things there for now. I'll make her pay it back slowly later."
Seeing the determination in Su Mingyu's eyes, Mu Yi couldn't help but shiver.
This incident told him that he should never provoke Su Mingyu.
Su Mingyu could tell what Mu Yi was thinking, but she didn't blame him.
"Alright, you can go. I want to talk to Gu Ruobai about something."
Watching Mu Yi's leaving back, Su Mingyu told Gu Ruobai everything about Sinnan Pavilion. Of course, she also told him about how she designed to kill a killer who was following her.
Su Mingyu propped her chin and looked at Gu Ruobai. "Do you think it could be the King of Yu who did this?"
"I don't think it's very likely." Gu Ruobai propped his chin, his tone very certain. "According to what you said, those people wanted to force you to take off your veil. Coupled with the fact that they followed you later, I guess this person really wants to know your identity as the manager of Sinnan Pavilion."
Su Mingyu nodded. "As soon as I went there, they asked me to take off my veil."
"The King of Yu already knows that you're the manager of Sinnan Pavilion, right? Since he knows, why would he go through so much trouble?" Gu Ruobai lowered his eyes and looked at Su Mingyu, asking rhetorically.