Unexpectedly, Gu Ruobai was so sharp. Su Mingyu was caught red - handed. Embarrassed, she touched her nose and turned her face away. "Well... actually, I was thinking of winning Tang Yan over to our side."
Seeing Gu Ruobai's face turning darker and darker, Su Mingyu quickly explained, "Look, Tang Yan is so good at the art of mechanisms. And apart from his abnormal behavior when it comes to his parents' matters, he's a really excellent leader."
Seeing a glimmer of interest on Gu Ruobai's face, Su Mingyu pressed on, "Just think about it. If on the battlefield, you had someone so calm and so good at mechanism technology as your backup, wouldn't you feel much more at ease?"
Gu Ruobai looked up at Su Mingyu, his eyes flickering slightly. "So you were actually thinking about me?"
Su Mingyu nodded vigorously. "Sure. Everything I do is for you."
"Heh." Gu Ruobai gave a soft laugh and waved to Su Mingyu, motioning for her to bend down.
The moment Su Mingyu's face got close to his, Gu Ruobai directly grabbed the back of her head and kissed her on the lips.
This kiss was extremely lingering, so much so that Su Mingyu almost couldn't breathe.
Finally, when the kiss ended, Su Mingyu quickly gasped for fresh air.
Gu Ruobai didn't expect that after being with him for so long, Su Mingyu still didn't know how to breathe through her nose while kissing. There was a faint smile on his lips, and even his eyes were filled with gentle light. "Alright. Since you've been thinking about me, I won't pursue this matter."
Saying that, Gu Ruobai pointed to the wheelchair behind him. "Let's go. Push me back to the study."
After getting everything ready for Gu Ruobai, Su Mingyu finally had time to go to Sinnan Pavilion. She told Xia Mian that she was very busy recently and then left in a hurry.
The next time she saw Qi Yue, Qi Yue had lost a lot of weight from being so busy. Su Mingyu gratefully patted Qi Yue on the shoulder. "You've really worked hard these days."
"It's okay. I've learned a lot by following the Prince Ruixian." Qi Yue grinned. "But I heard that the poison in your body still hasn't been cured? I've already sent my men to look for the antidote, but there's still no news."
"You can't rush this kind of thing." Su Mingyu smiled. "Did you do what I gave you before?"
Qi Yue nodded. "I've already turned all of Zhang Wencai's stolen money into silver earned from legitimate business."
Su Mingyu didn't expect Qi Yue to be so fast. She looked at him suspiciously. "What method did you use?"
"Hehe." Qi Yue grinned. "I remember you once told me that the fastest way to make money is to use money to make money."
Su Mingyu gave a soft hum. She did say so.
"So I bought a gambling house in Zhang Wencai's name. There's no law in our dynasty banning officials from privately setting up gambling houses. So I secretly spent a lot of money to buy a gambling house. Today, I bribed the boss and told him to tell the inspectors that Zhang Wencai has always been the behind - the - scenes boss of this gambling house and he's just a shopkeeper hired by Zhang Wencai."
Su Mingyu didn't expect this guy to be so smart!
She gave Qi Yue an appreciative look. "With this gambling house, there's a source for Zhang Wencai's embezzled silver. In this way, the claim that he embezzled military funds won't hold water."
"However... Master, I don't quite understand. Zhang Wencai is a complete bastard. Why are we still helping him?" When Qi Yue was dealing with all these messes for Zhang Wencai, he got to know his character. This guy was just like a slippery customer, always going where the benefits were.
"We're not helping him. We're helping ourselves." Su Mingyu told Qi Yue about Xu Wencang and Tang Yan.
Qi Yue frowned and scratched his head. "So if we want to stabilize Tang Yan now, we can't let this bastard Zhang Wencai die at the hands of others?"
Su Mingyu gave a soft hum. "I'll trouble you with the rest of the things next."
Qi Yue patted his chest. "Yes! I guarantee I won't let you down, Master."
After leaving Wuwang, Su Mingyu felt a bit tired. Her physical strength had been much worse since she got pregnant.
On the way back to the Prince Ruixian's Mansion, Su Mingyu stopped by the Ye Mansion.
Since she found out that Tang Ziming was not a good person either, Su Mingyu was very worried and asked Gu Ruobai to send Zhizhu to the Ye Mansion.
When she arrived at the Ye Mansion, Zhizhu was just watering the plants. She suddenly turned around and saw Su Mingyu. Her mouth dropped open in surprise. "Mis... Miss!"
Zhizhu threw away what was in her hands and ran to Su Mingyu, hugging her tightly.
"Miss, I've been so worried about you these days. I asked Qingfeng and he just said you were busy and told me not to worry. But you've never sent me away for no reason. How could I not be worried?"
As she spoke, Zhizhu shed tears.
Su Mingyu was a bit helpless but also doting. She took out a wet wipe from her bosom and wiped away Zhizhu's tears, then asked playfully, "So, how are you and Qingfeng getting along here?"
"Miss!" At the mention of Qingfeng, Zhizhu blushed.
Seeing her like this, Su Mingyu knew that these two slow - warming people were getting along well.
A stone in her heart finally dropped. "Silly girl, although Qingfeng is not very good at expressing himself, I can see that he really treats you well. So you have to stay here for the next few days, okay?"
"I don't want to!" Zhizhu refused almost without thinking. "I want to go back to your side. Although everything is good here, I can't feel at ease without you."
"Zhizhu." Su Mingyu straightened Zhizhu's body, made her look into her eyes, and said very seriously, "It's very dangerous around me now. I can't put you in danger too. Although on the surface you're just my maid, I've long regarded you as my family."
Saying that, Su Mingyu tucked a wisp of hair behind Zhizhu's ear. "Zhizhu... I don't have many family members. I don't want anything to happen to you."
Zhizhu pursed her lips. Of course, she knew everything in her heart. "You're out there suffering and being threatened alone, but I can't help you. What kind of family member am I!"
"Have you forgotten I still have Gu Ruobai?" Su Mingyu ruffled Zhizhu's hair. "Alright, I came to see you today just to reassure you and grandfather. Now I'm going back. Be obedient and stay here. Don't go anywhere, okay?"
Although Zhizhu was very reluctant, she still nodded obediently.