At the mention of Gu Ruobai, Su Mingyu finally showed some emotion. She stared coldly at the King of Yu and asked, "Do you really like me this much?"
The King of Yu nodded. "I believe you can tell."
"If you like me, then divorce Wu Yurou. I want to be your principal wife," Su Mingyu said, raising her eyebrows and speaking in a coquettish tone.
The King of Yu was taken aback for a moment. Then he suddenly laughed softly, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Su Mingyu. "If you're trying to test me, you can stop. You should know what kind of position Wu Yurou holds in my heart. At least for now, I will never do anything to her."
Su Mingyu pursed her lips and shrugged. "If you can't do it, then there's no point in saying all this."
With that, Su Mingyu closed her eyes again.
The King of Yu stared at her with a sinking look in his eyes. Suddenly, a sinister smile curled up on his lips. "If I really divorce her and you're willing to stay by my side willingly, it might not be a bad idea."
"Let's talk about it after you're willing to divorce her," Su Mingyu said without even raising her eyes.
For the rest of the journey, Su Mingyu didn't say a word. The atmosphere inside the carriage was extremely strange.
As soon as they returned to the Prince Yu's Mansion, Su Mingyu went back to her own courtyard. The King of Yu knew that she must be in a bad mood, so he didn't follow her.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, Su Mingyu called out habitually, "Zhizhu, Xiamian, are you there?"
To her surprise, as soon as her voice faded, a pair of delicate hands suddenly covered her eyes. Before Su Mingyu could react, she heard a cheerful voice behind her say, "Miss, don't move!"
Recognizing Zhizhu's voice, the stone in Su Mingyu's heart finally dropped. "What are you guys doing?"
"Just don't move. Open your eyes only when I tell you to, okay?" Zhizhu's voice sounded very happy. Su Mingyu suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and reluctantly cooperated. "Okay, okay, I'll wait for you."
After waiting for a short while, Zhizhu stepped forward and took Su Mingyu's hand. "Miss, let's go..."
With that, Zhizhu led Su Mingyu carefully through the courtyard. After walking a short distance, Zhizhu stopped. "Miss, stand still here and then slowly open your eyes."
The first thing that came into view was a thatched cottage that seemed to have been unoccupied for a long time. As her gaze shifted downward, Su Mingyu finally saw what was there.
There was a wooden chair in the middle of the cottage, and a small cradle was placed beside it.
Judging from the workmanship of the wooden chair and the weaving method of the cradle, both of these things must have been made with great care by the owner.
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows and looked at Zhizhu, as well as Xiamian, who had been hiding in the corner without saying a word. "So this is what you two have been keeping from me?"
Xiamian emerged from the shadow shyly. "Actually, we didn't really keep it from you... Zhizhu thought you seemed to be in a bad mood recently, so we wanted to give you a surprise. We made these two things ourselves. Do you like them?"
Su Mingyu stepped forward and carefully examined the two items. Her eyes were filled with tenderness. "Thank you. You've worried about me."
Finally seeing the frown on Su Mingyu's face relax, Zhizhu and Xiamian exchanged a look, and the tension in their eyes dissipated.
"I really underestimated you two. You were still able to find materials to make such a gift for me under these circumstances," Su Mingyu said, but her hands kept stroking the wooden chair, clearly showing her fondness.
Seeing her like this, Xiamian couldn't help but laugh. "Although the King of Yu has forbidden us to go out, he's still willing to provide us with some things when we need them."
Su Mingyu had been fine, but as soon as she heard the name of the King of Yu, her face darkened. "I haven't had breakfast yet today. You two have been waiting for me all morning, right? Have you had breakfast?"
They had forgotten about it until Su Mingyu mentioned it. As soon as she did, their stomachs growled.
Seeing this, Su Mingyu smiled beautifully. "Look at you two. You were so focused on me that you even skipped breakfast."
With that, Su Mingyu held out both hands. "Come on, let's go out and eat something delicious."
Perhaps because Zhizhu and Xiamian's gift really made Su Mingyu a little happy, she ate a little more for breakfast than usual. However, she also took a nap earlier than usual.
As soon as she returned to her room and closed the door, the innocent look in Su Mingyu's eyes suddenly turned sharp. "Come out."
"Master... It's me..." Qi Yue scratched his head and jumped down from the roof. "Master, I was really careful about the traps in your room. How did you find me?"
Su Mingyu slowly walked to the table, crossed her legs, and raised her eyebrows at him. "You still have a lot to learn. Didn't I tell you not to come to me if there's no substantial progress?"
"Gu Ruobai has gone to the wilderness," Qi Yue said the thing Su Mingyu least wanted to hear.
Seeing Su Mingyu's face getting darker and darker, Qi Yue quickly added, "I didn't mean it like that. I just thought that going to the wilderness shouldn't require passing through Cangzhou, right?"
"Cangzhou?" Su Mingyu frowned. "Gu Ruobai's exile was personally ordered by the emperor. Moreover, there are so many eyes on him now. How dare he disobey the emperor's order?"
"Actually, it can't really be considered disobeying," Qi Yue scratched his head. "My people heard that the Prince Ruixian asked the emperor for permission to go and apologize to Tang Yan. After all, his family ended up in such a tragic state partly because of him."
Su Mingyu let out an "oh." "Is that all you came to tell me?"
"No..." Qi Yue continued scratching his head. "My people found out that Tang Yan returned to Cangzhou after the Prince Ruixian left."
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows. "Cangzhou is his hometown. It's not surprising that he went back to his hometown."
Although she said so, Su Mingyu also secretly thought that this was too much of a coincidence.
"Master, I also want to say that although Tang Yan went back, Tang Ziming didn't. Their relationship as brothers is so good. Why did only one of them go back for such an important thing as going back to their hometown?"
Qi Yue's words suddenly woke Su Mingyu up. "I told you to keep an eye on the movements in the water dungeon. Have you found anything?"
"Nothing," Qi Yue said, but there was a shrewd smile in his eyes. "It's just that the old man who used to deliver swill to the water dungeon suddenly fell ill a few days ago, and he asked his nephew to take his place."