Gu Ruobai's eyes were full of sincerity. "I don't want to deceive you," he said.
Wu Yurou stood there for a long time. Then she let out a deep sigh, and finally hooked the corner of her lips self - deprecatingly. "I understand. My long - distance journey here is just a joke in your eyes, right?"
Gu Ruobai looked at her. "If you want to be my friend, then we can be friends. But other than that, I can't give you anything."
"Gu Ruobai! You're so heartless, extremely heartless!" Wu Yurou stared at him with wide, unblinking eyes. "Actually, I should have known what kind of person you are a long time ago. Pitifully, I even thought that if you were willing, I could be your concubine."
Saying that, Wu Yurou glared at Su Mingyu. "But now I think you're not worthy. You're a heartless and ungrateful person! You don't deserve me!"
Seeing Wu Yurou with red - rimmed eyes, on the verge of crying, Gu Ruobai nodded without a trace of pity. "I'm really not a good person. I'm not worthy. You're a good girl. You deserve someone better."
Wu Yurou was so angry that her little face was tense. She gritted her teeth hard. "I'll remember today's humiliation! I'll surely return it one day!"
After saying that, she turned around and left the place without a single backward glance.
Su Mingyu watched her leaving back and raised an eyebrow at Gu Ruobai. "What should we do now? You've made her angry."
Gu Ruobai gently squeezed Su Mingyu's fair and tender hand, then shrugged. "I can't just sit back and watch her bully my wife."
He said "wife" so smoothly.
Su Mingyu touched her nose. "Alright. Since you've made your stance clear, I'll call back the people I've placed there."
"I knew my wife is magnanimous." Gu Ruobai reached out and pinched Su Mingyu's fair and tender cheek. "But how come I didn't know you've placed your people in my mansion?"
Su Mingyu raised an eyebrow at Gu Ruobai. "Didn't you say your mansion is my mansion? What's the problem if I want to place a few people in my own mansion?"
Gu Ruobai spread his hands. "Everything in the Prince Ruixian's Mansion depends on the madam's management. I'm grateful."
Seeing Gu Ruobai being so glib - tongued, Su Mingyu pouted. "Come on, if you act any more, it'll be overdone."
While bickering with Gu Ruobai, Su Mingyu pushed him back to the bedroom. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The chirping of insects and birds made the atmosphere quiet and pleasant.
But in contrast, as soon as Wu Yurou returned to her courtyard, she was so angry that she knocked over all the things on the table. Still not satisfied, she picked up everything within reach and smashed them on the ground.
Seeing this, Xiaodie quickly stepped forward and asked with concern. "Princess, what's wrong with you?"
Wu Yurou gritted her teeth in anger. "Good for you, Su Mingyu! Good for you, Gu Ruobai! How dare you treat me like this!"
Hearing these two names, Xiaodie roughly knew what had happened. She moved closer to Wu Yurou and tentatively said, "Princess, since this Gu Ruobai is so ungrateful and he's of no use in the capital now, why don't we find someone else?"
Wu Yurou turned around and glared at her fiercely. "Are you saying that I've completely lost to that Su Mingyu?"
Seeing that Wu Yurou was even angrier, Xiaodie quickly explained. "No, Xiaodie didn't mean that."
Xiaodie knelt on the ground as she spoke. "Xiaodie just thought that the princess has been in the capital for quite a while. Wasting all this time on this hopeless Gu Ruobai is a waste of the princess's precious time. Now, the third prince, the princess's elder brother, is in a difficult situation in Linfeng and everything depends on the princess. The princess can't act on impulse at this moment."
Looking at Xiaodie on the ground, Wu Yurou took a deep breath. Her red eyes calmed down a bit. "Get up. I know what you mean."
Xiaodie stood up and continued to persuade. "Princess, I found the people you asked me to look for today, but they seemed to have been scared away by Su Mingyu. After all, she's a person who dared to hunt a bear. Her methods are extraordinary."
Actually, without Xiaodie's words, Wu Yurou could tell from Su Mingyu's safe return that those small fries were no match for her.
Wu Yurou rubbed her temples irritably. "Xiaodie, send someone to the Prince Yu's Mansion later and tell them that I agree to their plan."
Hearing this, a flash of surprise crossed Xiaodie's eyes. "Xiaodie will go and do it right away."
Watching Xiaodie's leaving back, Wu Yurou tightened her fists. Her little face was tense. "Su Mingyu! Gu Ruobai! I'll make you two cry and beg for mercy!"
Since there were people guarding the Sinan Pavilion, Su Mingyu had to temporarily stay away to avoid revealing her identity.
According to Gu Ruobai's secret agents, Wuwang's business, managed by Qi Yue, was doing well. So Su Mingyu was relieved to leave it to Qi Yue.
Then, Su Mingyu was at leisure.
Although Gu Ruobai was a care - free prince, he still occasionally participated in court affairs, so he couldn't always be with her.
One day, when Su Mingyu was extremely bored, Tang Ziyan walked up to her. "Your Highness."
Su Mingyu glanced at him. "Mr. Tang is as charming and elegant as ever today."
Tang Ziyan touched his nose. "Your Highness, don't tease me. I see that your Highness hasn't gone out for several days. Do you want to go out for a walk?"
"Go out?" Su Mingyu was first stunned, then understood. "You mean, you want me to take Zhizhu out to relax, right?"
After all, in the past few days, Qingfeng hadn't come to the Prince Ruixian's Mansion. Zhizhu had quarreled with Qingfeng before, and now that they weren't seeing each other, Zhizhu must be in a bad mood.
Tang Ziyan nodded accordingly. "Let's go to the lake. Although the fish don't bite the bait very much at this time, it's still a kind of fun."
Su Mingyu thought for a while. Indeed, Zhizhu was already in a bad mood. If she was cooped up in the mansion, her mood would probably get even worse.
"Then you go and call Zhizhu. I'll make preparations." Su Mingyu said and was about to leave, but Tang Ziyan stopped her. "Since it was my suggestion, I've naturally made all the preparations. You go and invite Zhizhu. I'll wait for you at the carriage at the back gate."
Unexpectedly, this person was quite thoughtful. Su Mingyu raised an eyebrow. "Okay."
Actually, there wasn't much to see or do by the lake in autumn. Su Mingyu rented a boat and took Zhizhu onto the deck. "I see you've been staying in the yard all day and are bored to death. I'm taking you out for a walk. Weren't you quite interested in my fishing last time? This time I'll teach you."