"Actually, I bought you to my mansion because I have something I'd like you to help with," Su Mingyu said, looking at him with downcast eyes. "If you do it well, I can buy your freedom."
"Miss, you might as well tell me what it is first so that I'll know if I'm capable of doing it," Tang Ziyan replied calmly.
Su Mingyu touched her nose. "Actually, it's a maid in my mansion. I've always treated her like my own younger sister. She's recently troubled by love, and I'd like you to go and counsel her."
"I can give it a try," Tang Ziyan said without being polite. After all, one should do the job after taking the money.
Seeing that he was so sensible, Su Mingyu nodded. "You don't need to flatter deliberately. Just get along with her normally."
As they were talking, they arrived at the Prince Ruixian's Mansion. Tang Ziyan got off the carriage before Su Mingyu and then naturally reached out his hand to help her down.
Su Mingyu looked at his fair hand. Just as she was about to put her hand on it, she felt a cold stare. So she retracted her hand as if electrocuted and then jumped out of the carriage by holding on to the side of it.
As soon as she landed, a cold voice came. "I heard you rushed out early this morning. So you went to Nanyuan?"
Hearing Gu Ruobai's voice on the verge of an outburst, Su Mingyu quickly stepped forward and whispered an explanation in his ear.
"Then why didn't you tell me yesterday?" Gu Ruobai stared at Su Mingyu with his dark eyes without blinking. The thick mist in them seemed about to surge out.
Su Mingyu felt a chill run down her spine under his gaze. "I... I was just too busy and forgot yesterday. It's still not too late to tell you now."
"Now?" Gu Ruobai gave Tang Ziyan a cold look. "You've already brought the person back, and now you're saying this? Su Mingyu, I find you're really good at acting first and reporting later."
Su Mingyu quickly waved her hands. "No... no... it's not like that. Can we talk inside later? Here... Qingfeng might come back soon."
Seeing Su Mingyu looking at him with her bright, pleading eyes, Gu Ruobai finally relented. "Settle the person first. We'll have a good talk later."
Hearing the emphasized "have a good talk", Su Mingyu touched her nose nervously. She could already imagine how angry Gu Ruobai would be later.
Tang Ziyan had been watching the interaction between the two from afar. A hint of envy flashed in his clear, black eyes.
When he first arrived, he saw the plaque of the mansion - Prince Ruixian's Mansion.
So the person who just bought him must be Su Mingyu, who had recently caused quite a stir in the capital. Rumors said that Gu Ruobai seemed to dislike Su Mingyu because of her somewhat bad reputation in the past.
But in Tang Ziyan's view, although the two seemed to quarrel, their relationship was actually very strong.
Gu Ruobai, a high - ranking prince, could actually tolerate his princess suddenly bringing back a male companion. Such courage and trust were beyond ordinary people.
Looking at Gu Ruobai's angry back, Su Mingyu awkwardly touched her nose. "I'll take you to your residence first. Remember, you're not a young master from Nanyuan. You're someone I met on the road who helped me out of trouble."
Tang Ziyan nodded. "I understand."
To avoid provoking Gu Ruobai when he was angry, Su Mingyu deliberately took Tang Ziyan for a tour around the entire mansion.
Just in the garden, they saw Zhizhu with red eyes like a rabbit. So Su Mingyu introduced them to each other.
"Mr. Tang, this is the younger sister I told you about," Su Mingyu said as she pulled Zhizhu in front of Tang Ziyan.
Tang Ziyan looked at Zhizhu's delicate face, slightly raising his thin lips and naturally complimenting her. "Miss Zhizhu is really delicate and charming. That man who doesn't know how to cherish such a beautiful girl must be blind."
Zhizhu didn't expect Su Mingyu to find such a good - looking person to help her. She was a bit stunned for a moment. "M... Miss, this young master... he wasn't snatched by you, was he?"
Su Mingyu was speechless at Zhizhu's question. "What are you talking about? How could I have snatched him? I met him on the street. He came to the capital to find his relatives, but his relatives moved without telling him. He has nowhere to stay for the time being. And I happened to need a good - looking man, so I invited him here."
Then Su Mingyu winked at Zhizhu. "Mr. Tang Ziyan knows about your situation and is willing to help you act. So you have to handle the following things well."
Looking at Tang Ziyan's good - looking face, Zhizhu blushed and still couldn't quite believe it. "You're so good - looking. It's a pity to be with me."
Seeing Zhizhu's innocent look, Tang Ziyan showed a gentle expression. "I'm just using my appearance to help the miss. Miss, you don't need to be so polite. You can just call me Big Brother Tang or Ziyan in the future. There's no need to be so formal."
It had to be said that Tang Ziyan was really good at his job. With just a few words, he coaxed Zhizhu into calling him "Big Brother Tang".
Seeing that they got along well, Su Mingyu didn't want to disturb them anymore. "Zhizhu, you take Tang Ziyan around later. I have something to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying that, Su Mingyu left without waiting for Zhizhu's consent.
But before she could go to find Gu Ruobai, she saw someone from Wu Yurou's courtyard running over in a hurry.
Su Mingyu stepped forward suspiciously and asked, "What's going on?"
"That... the princess seems to have caught a cold," the maid said with a pale face.
She was specially selected to serve the princess. Now that she hadn't taken good care of the princess, she was sure to be in trouble.
"You go and invite a doctor first. I'll go and take a look," Su Mingyu said. Seeing the maid's nervousness, she didn't want to make things difficult for her and waved her away.
When Su Mingyu walked into Wu Yurou's bedroom, she smelled a strange fragrance. She frowned, stepped forward and opened the window. "What are you doing?"
Wu Yurou's face looked bad. Biting her pale lower lip, she said weakly, "It's an old method in Linfeng. When you have a fever, smoking this can make you recover faster."
"You're almost like a roasted duck. It's a wonder you'll get better," Su Mingyu said without hesitation. She stepped forward and touched Wu Yurou's forehead. She really did have a fever.
Su Mingyu frowned. "You've been well - fed and well - housed in my mansion. How come you still have a fever?"
"I came to the capital for the first time. I'm not used to the climate here. How would I know it's so hot in autumn here?" Wu Yurou pouted. She didn't want this to happen either.