The eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Prince Yu... Your... Your Majesty wants to see you! You'd better come with me to the palace quickly."
It was really like the saying "Speak of the devil and he appears." Prince Yu raised his eyebrows and gave Su Mingyu a deep look. Then he squinted his eyes and pretended to be puzzled. "What's the hurry for Father to call me over?"
"What else could it be?" The eunuch sighed. "It's all because of Prince Ruixian's matter! His Majesty hasn't had a good rest for many days."
When the words "Prince Ruixian" came out of the eunuch's mouth, Su Mingyu finally couldn't bear it anymore. Her vision went black and she fainted.
Fortunately, Prince Yu was quick - witted and caught her in time, preventing her from falling to the ground.
The eunuch was a bit stunned when he saw this scene. "Isn't this the Princess of Prince Ruixian?"
"Yes." Prince Yu directly bent down and picked up Su Mingyu horizontally. "She came to me to ask about the situation because she was too worried about Prince Ruixian."
The eunuch let out an "oh". "Please hurry up, Prince Yu. His Majesty might get impatient waiting."
Prince Yu responded with an "um". Although he agreed to go immediately, his feet didn't stop. He carried Su Mingyu into the bedroom and laid her on the bed properly before turning around and following the eunuch into the palace.
Su Mingyu might really be too anxious. Coupled with the fact that pregnancy had already made her weak, she fainted for a whole day. When she woke up, it was already the next day.
Su Mingyu propped her head up and got out of bed. Her throat was so dry that it felt like it was on fire.
She walked to the door. Just as she was about to ask someone to pour her a glass of water, she suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the whole mansion seemed a bit different.
Her heart sank. Ignoring her dizzy head, Su Mingyu directly grabbed a servant and questioned her. "What's going on in the mansion? Why does everyone have such a strange expression?"
The maidservant was so frightened that her legs went weak. She knelt on the ground and cried. "Princess... Princess... I'm just a servant who serves tea and water. I don't know anything."
"Don't know anything?" Su Mingyu frowned. "Do you really think I'm a fool? If you really don't know anything, why would you react like this?"
The maidservant lowered her head and just kept crying, not daring to say a word.
Su Mingyu was extremely annoyed seeing this. Just as she was about to ask something else, Xia Mian walked over.
As soon as she saw Xia Mian, Su Mingyu didn't bother with the maidservant anymore. She directly ran in front of Xia Mian, grabbed her and asked. "Is something wrong with Prince Ruixian? Are all of you hiding it from me?"
Xia Mian looked at Su Mingyu's anxious and red - rimmed eyes and gently comforted her. "No... No, don't be so nervous."
"Don't say these useless things. I just want you to tell me what exactly happened to Prince Ruixian." Xia Mian was the person she had saved, and she knew her facial expressions and habits very well.
If there was really nothing wrong, Xia Mian's eyebrows wouldn't be wrinkled so tightly. It was obvious that Gu Ruobai was in trouble!
Su Mingyu felt a fire burning in her heart at this moment. She anxiously grabbed Xia Mian and asked in an almost pleading tone. "What exactly happened to Gu Ruobai? I want to know! If you don't tell me, our friendship is over."
Xia Mian looked at the extremely nervous Su Mingyu. She frowned and bit her lower lip for a long time. Finally, she couldn't resist and said. "I can tell you, but you have to promise me not to be too anxious. You're still pregnant. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your child, okay?"
Looking at Xia Mian's serious eyes, Su Mingyu instantly felt her heart sink to the bottom. Gu Ruobai must have had a big problem.
Swallowing hard, Su Mingyu took a deep breath. "Tell me. I promise I'll protect the baby in my belly well."
Hearing what Su Mingyu said, Xia Mian then reluctantly said. "Yesterday... His Majesty issued an imperial edict. Prince Ruixian, Gu Ruobai, privately raised an army with the intention of rebellion. People and evidence were both found. Considering his past contributions to the country, he was spared the death penalty but still had to be punished. From today on, he was deprived of all his titles and wealth and exiled to a desolate place. He was never allowed to enter the capital again."
"What..." Su Mingyu stared at her in disbelief with wide - open eyes. "No, this is impossible. You must be lying to me, right?"
Xia Mian felt a pang of heartache looking at Su Mingyu like this. "My lady... Prince Ruixian is really going to be exiled this time... He left early this morning..."
"I want to see him. I want to see him!" Su Mingyu rushed out regardless. But as soon as she reached the courtyard, she was stopped by the guards.
Without thinking, Su Mingyu raised her hands and used two hand - strikes to knock the two guards down. Then she ran towards the front gate without caring about anything.
After dealing with all the guards who tried to stop her, Su Mingyu snatched a horse. Ignoring the rule that riding horses was not allowed on the streets of the capital, she rode the horse straight to the city gate.
As soon as she arrived, Su Mingyu saw Gu Ruobai in prisoner's clothes.
Su Mingyu's nose twitched and her eyes turned red. She dismounted from the horse and rushed to Gu Ruobai's side in a few steps. Regardless of the fact that there were so many people watching her, she directly stepped forward and hugged Gu Ruobai. "I don't want you to go."
Gu Ruobai didn't seem to expect that Su Mingyu would come to find him. He was stunned for a moment. He raised his trembling hand and was about to touch Su Mingyu when a horse's neighing in the distance pulled him back to reality.
Feeling the warmth of the person in his arms, Gu Ruobai reluctantly closed his eyes. Then he raised his hand and pushed Su Mingyu away. "What are you doing here? Aren't you going to be with Prince Yu?"
Unexpectedly being pushed away, Su Mingyu was stunned at first. Then her eyes turned red and tears welled up in her eyes. "I don't want to... We're husband and wife. I'll go wherever you go!"
"We're no longer husband and wife." Gu Ruobai said as he took out a letter of divorce from his bosom and handed it to Su Mingyu. "I asked Father for this. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other. You go your own way and I'll go mine!"
Su Mingyu raised her trembling hand and took the letter of divorce in disbelief. It was clearly just a thin piece of paper, but it felt as heavy as a thousand pounds to Su Mingyu. It was so heavy in her hand that she could hardly hold it.
Looking at the content on the letter of divorce, Su Mingyu bit her lower lip and stared at Gu Ruobai. Her small face was so pale that it was heartbreaking. "You don't really want to divorce me, do you? You just don't want to implicate me, right?"
Looking at Su Mingyu like this, Gu Ruobai's heart ached terribly. He could only bite his lower jaw tightly to barely control himself from showing a heart - broken expression.