Chapter 654

The Su family returned to Cuiwei Residence. Su's father looked worried, and Su Zhengyu's expression was equally unpleasant.

"Father, the Huo family is the Prince of Yunnan. Do we really want to go up against them?"

Father Su glared at her: "What do you mean by this? Didn't you see how your sister is?! What, you don't want to take care of her?!"

Su Zhengyu hurriedly said, "Father, that's my own sister. How could I not care about her? What I mean is that we can't be too forceful. Otherwise, if we make things worse and offend the Huo family, not only will all our efforts over the years be wasted, but it won't be a good thing for my sister either."

"That makes more sense," Mr. Su nodded. "So, you already have a plan in mind?"

Su Zhengyu nodded: "I was thinking, why don't I go see her first, try to reason with her and appeal to her emotions? If I can get through to her, that would be great. If not, we can think of another way."

After a moment's thought, Su's father nodded and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to you."

Su Zhengyu quickly agreed, and after leaving his father's place, he personally wrote an invitation and delivered it to the Huo family.

The post was delivered directly to Shanshui Residence. Yunxi opened it and frowned.

Ji Xiang and Le An also came over to look, and they all frowned.

“Jixiang, I remember you used to work for Madam Yun. Do you know much about the situation with the Su family?”

"This servant only knows that the Su family are merchants in Lingnan, and that Madam Yun is the eldest daughter of the Su family and is very much loved by her father and brothers. As for the rest... I don't know anything else."

Le An curled her lip: "You weren't exactly doing well before, how come you don't even know about your own master's affairs?"

The two are quite familiar with each other now, and such bickering is a common occurrence for them.

Jixiang retorted, not to be outdone: "What, do you know about the Lady of the Marquis? Tell me about it!"

"I--"

Yunxi helplessly stopped the two of them and asked, "Has the person who delivered the invitation left?"

Le An shook his head: "I heard they're still waiting at the door. It seems you'll have to give them a reply in person."

Yunxi nodded and handed the invitation to her: "Just say I'm busy and won't see you."

What does the Su family have to do with her? They have absolutely nothing to do with her, so why would she go to see them?

Le'an responded and left.

Le'an relayed Yunxi's message to the servant who had come to deliver it, but to her surprise, the servant became relentless: "Miss, my master has given a strict order that you must invite Miss Yun to dinner. I would be grateful if you could make this extra trip and put in a good word for my master to persuade her! Otherwise, I'll be in for a beating when I get back!"

As the servant spoke, he stuffed a heavy purse into Le'an's hand.

Le'an refused to accept the money, saying, "My daughter said she won't see you, and that's final. If you're afraid of getting beaten, then take this money as travel expenses and run as far away as you can!"

After saying that, Le'an turned and left.

In his haste, the servant reached out his hand directly to Le'an.

But Le'an was a martial arts practitioner. As soon as the servant's hand landed on Le'an's shoulder, Le'an instinctively threw him over his shoulder.

The servant lay on the ground, groaning and crying.

Seeing that Le'an ignored him and was about to leave, the servant quickly crawled on the ground a few times and hugged Le'an's leg tightly: "Miss, please don't make things difficult for me. If I go back like this, I will be beaten to death! Please have mercy on me!"

He looked so disheveled, and his voice was trembling with tears, as if he had been bullied.

But Le'an just sneered and said, "You made things difficult for me first, and now you say I made things difficult for you? Let me tell you, if you just let go, we'll naturally be at peace!"

The guards standing in front of the Prince's mansion were not just for show; knowing that Le'an was Yunxi's trusted maid, they all stepped forward to help.