Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Ridiculous! You are so ridiculous!
Never forget the mountains.
Shen’s housekeeper smiled and walked forward to watch Shen Rang get off the carriageway: “Second Young Master, the old lady’s birthday will be in five days. I invite you to return to the mansion for a banquet.”
"Isn't Grandmother's birthday next month? How come it's early?" Shen Rang frowned. "The Censorate is busy these days, so I won't be going. I'll definitely return home when Grandmother's birthday comes."
"Second Young Master, you may not know that the old lady has also sent invitations to several of your highnesses for her eightieth birthday."
"What's going on?" Shen Rang sneered. "Grandma never liked extravagance in previous years. What's wrong this year?"
The housekeeper's eyes intentionally or unintentionally swept over the scar on Chen Rang's thin lips and said: "Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Second Young Master have a close relationship..."
Shen Ran scolded: "How outrageous!"
After receiving a look from Shen Rang, Yu Shu immediately rushed forward, held the butler and kicked him on the knee, forcing him to kneel in front of his master.
Shen Rang stood under the moonlight, his eyes like a sharp blade falling coldly: "I remember that you have served in the Shen family for many years. How come you have become more confused as you get older after becoming the housekeeper?"
"Whether you are from the grandmother or the Shen Lai faction today, listen to me clearly," Shen Rang approached and looked down at the man's unwilling eyes, "If you dare to gossip about me again and destroy the reputation of the Runan Shen family, don't blame me for being too cruel and inhumane."
The man's legs trembled and he almost fell down, sweat pouring down. "I will follow the Second Young Master's instructions."
Not forgetting the mountain, Ling Feng asked, "Sir, are you going?"
"The birthday party is brought forward, I'm afraid the drunkard's intention is not to drink."
Ling Feng understood immediately: "Young Master, you mean that this birthday banquet is to invite you to meet the young lady?"
Seeing Shen Rang's acquiescence, he said, "Then... why did the old lady specifically ask the princess to do that?"
Chen Rang's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he stood by the pond with his hands behind his back. He lowered his eyes and looked at the lotus lying quietly on the water.
His thoughts drifted away, and he remembered the white wrist she had exposed, which was stained with pool water.
A heartfelt smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked at himself excitedly while holding the lotus.
And... the forehead-twitching rise and fall when it fell from his angle.
Suddenly, Shen Rang frowned. He didn't know why he had become so dirty.
The self-proclaimed upright and honest gentleman is now a playboy who can be easily seduced by beauty!?
How could it be her!?
How could it be only her?!
Shen Rang lowered his brows impatiently, with deep disgust in his eyes.
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After receiving the sudden reminder, Yuan Susu said: "...Ni Ma."
The late summer evening breeze was still hot and dry. Suddenly, Yu Shu received a message from Chuan Xin and said, "Sir, the secret guards have brought news from the Princess's residence."
Secret guard?
Shen Rang's eyes flashed, he almost forgot that he had placed secret guards beside Yuan Jiyin.
These days, the eldest princess's personality has changed a lot and she speaks very harshly.
This is completely different from the previous Yuan Jiyin, but it is inevitable that she wants to make a bigger move when everyone is taking her lightly.
But the eldest princess in the past was very careful in her work, and Shen Rang had never received any secret letters from the princess's mansion.
Shen Rang unfolded the letter, frowned suddenly and turned around: "Prepare the car."
A quarter of an hour ago, at the Princess's residence.
Yuan Susu had just taken a nap in the carriage and was not sleepy, but a little hungry.
While lying on the chaise longue waiting for dinner to be served, she happened to see Cuicui taking out a lotus lantern and about to hang it in front of the door. Su Su said, "This lantern is quite unique."
Cuicui smiled and said, "Your Highness, we have many lanterns in our house. If Your Highness likes them, Cuicui can bring a few more styles."
After a while, Cuicui brought more than a dozen styles of lanterns for Susu to choose from.
This is more than enough to open a lantern shop! The style is indeed exquisite, and even in modern times, the craftsmanship of this lantern should be worth a lot of money.
Su Su immediately fell in love with an exquisite lotus lantern, her eyes lit up: "This, I'll hang it outside my courtyard. It makes me happy just looking at it~"
"Yes, Your Highness." Cuicui saw the lotus lantern. It seemed that Your Highness had only hung it once, but she didn't expect that he would remember it today.
After Cuicui hung up the lantern, she came back to prepare to serve His Highness dinner. Unexpectedly, the doors and windows were suddenly closed, and all the servants were driven out by Susu.
"What's going on? Why don't you go in and serve?" Cui Cui said in surprise.
A little maid said, "Her Highness said no one is allowed to enter without her permission."
The man in black in the bedroom kept covering Su Su's mouth: "Sister, it's me."
Su Su was terribly frightened. She had just seen a man in black climbing in through the window when she was completely unprepared.
“You you you you you…”
Seeing Su Su was a little frightened, the man seemed a little frightened as well, but he reacted quickly and dragged Su Su aside with her hand covering her mouth: "Your Highness, it's me!"
Damn it, you came to my room in the middle of the night, either to rob me of my money or to rape me, I don’t care who you are!
Su Su stepped down hard, and the man gasped in pain.
Suddenly, the maid outside the room noticed the movement in the hall and was about to come in, but suddenly the man held a dagger to Su Su's neck and said, "Don't let them in."
The enemy has knives, but I only have one life. Su Su cried, "Wuwu... Get out of here!"
Because the wind blew through the pavilion, stirring up the water in the pond, the maids heard the voice, except for being a little soft, as if there was nothing unusual with it: "Yes."
Su Su made a bitter face and didn't even dare to look down at the cold dagger: "Brother... I did everything I was told, but please don't hurt me... Wuwuwu."
"Sister...it's me." Yuan Lin was a little surprised. He never thought that it was Yuan Jiyin who came to find him, but he had this reaction.
"Cousin? What are you doing in my house so late at night?" Su Su said with tears still hanging on her eyelashes. She turned around and saw Yuan Lin put away the dagger.
Yuan Lin was speechless...
He hissed and crossed his arms over his chest. "Your Highness, why don't you tell me the truth? Have you lost your memory?"
Su Su felt a chill on her back. Although this prince's appearance could not compare to Chen Rang's stunning talent, charm and abstinence, nor was he as gentle and graceful as Lin Zhuo.
He had a pair of sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and he looked even a little scary when he looked at Yuan Susu.
Su Su licked her red lips, the scent of rouge slowly spreading from the tip of her tongue. "I...naturally lost my memory. Many things are blurry and I can't remember them, but the prince hasn't answered my questions yet."
Yuan Lin was half-believing and half-doubting: "Didn't His Highness summon me here?"
"Me?" Su Su pointed at herself with a black question mark on her face.
"Yes," Yuan Lin stood up and looked towards the window where the shadows were swaying. "The lotus lantern is the signal for the summons."
Ugh… my damn hobby, from today on, lotus flowers are on my life blacklist!!
Su Su cleared her throat and glanced at the figure from the corner of her eye: "My memory is fuzzy, I have forgotten some of it. Now that I have nothing to do, please go back, my lord."
"Don't worry, Your Highness," Yuan Lin turned around, a smile on his lips that didn't reach his eyes. "Now that Liangzhou is about to win a great victory, Your Highness should not have forgotten what we need to do after my father returns to the capital in triumph."
Even a fool can’t forget it!!
You guys are courting death, and you must court death severely!
"I haven't forgotten..." Yuan Susu's eyes were vague and her voice was trembling.
Yuan Lin saw that the current A-mei was completely different from the former decisive and ruthless princess, but... at this critical juncture, they were all in the same boat.
He suddenly turned his head, his eyes no longer showing the usual dandy laziness, but the sharpness of a chess player:
"There's still no trace of Shen Rang's whereabouts since he left the capital. Your Highness has been in frequent contact with Master Shen, so why not investigate?"
Shen Rang?
Should I visit him?
He almost saw through my thoughts at a glance.
While she was still complaining in her heart, she suddenly heard Yuan Lin say in a deep voice:
"Your Highness, are you choosing a husband now? Do you want to leave Shangjing?"
He was half a head taller than Susu, but Yuan Lin's sense of oppression at this moment emanated from his bones. He glared at Yuan Susu, his eyes dark and unclear.
As soon as these words came out, Su Su felt as if her throat was being strangled.
Isn't her action this time just to leave Kyoto and get rid of King Anyang, hiding in her fiefdom and not going out?
The purpose of this action is really easy to be discovered...
She pursed her lips, turned around, and suddenly sat on the chaise longue to hide her trembling legs. With her delicate hands, she peeled a crystal clear lychee and brainstormed:
"I have controlled government affairs for years, earning the dissatisfaction of all the civil and military officials. Why not take this opportunity to pretend to leave the capital and use the marriage to further our grand plans? Isn't that... even better?"
Yuan Lin looked at the plump lychees on the fruit plate handed to him by Yuan Susu, and suddenly curved his lips as he walked towards Susu and took the plate. "Your Highness is indeed very thoughtful. When would you like my father to return to the capital?"
Su Su was addicted to acting. She raised her eyebrows slightly, and her narrow, bright, fox-like eyes lowered slightly: "There is no rush for this matter. I will make a decision after His Majesty grants me the marriage."
Yuan Lin saw Su Su's current appearance, and his eyes seemed to have returned to the former Princess who once dominated the government and ruled from behind the curtain. He was a little nervous and bowed, saying, "Yes, I will take my leave."
After Yuan Lin climbed out the window and left, Yuan Susu suddenly fell down, her hands resting on the table beside her. After catching her breath for a while, she found that she was covered in cold sweat.
"Cui Cui...I'm hungry."
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, the evening wind grew stronger, and footsteps were heard suddenly, but a little different from usual.
The footsteps of the maidservant serving Susu were so light that one could hardly hear them unless one listened carefully.
But this time...it seems different.
The sound of footsteps landing was a little heavy, and even the breathing became a little heavier.
Su Su looked at the lychees placed on the fruit plate beside her. The branches above were a bit sharp.
She broke it off and quietly put it into her sleeve. When she stood up and walked towards him, she wanted to make him relax: "Cui Cui, what are we having for dinner tonight?"
Suddenly, the layers of bead curtains were shaken by the wind, and a face appeared in the backlight.
When Su Su suddenly closed her eyes and quickly tried to stab the branch in her hand into the man's neck...
The hands were very hot, and they suddenly grasped Yuan Susu's somewhat cold wrist, and with a force the branch fell from her hand.
"Yuan Jiyin," the man said coldly, pinching Susu's chin and forcing her to look up. "Why didn't I realize before that you're so good at pretending?"
This sound...
Is it Shen Rang? !
Su Su raised her eyes slightly and looked at Chen Rang's pair of cold eyes. The corners of her eyes were slightly red and her face did not look good.
Why are all of them here tonight?!
Blacklist the lotus lantern again!
"Master Chen...Master Chen, why are you here so late?" Su Su raised her eyes and stood very close to him. Her eyes randomly swept across the incredibly handsome face, and finally landed on the bite marks on his lips that were cracked and bleeding.
Su Su swallowed, and as she licked her lips, an unrealistic thought popped into her mind... She really wanted to moisten his lips.
Tsk…ridiculous! Yuan Susu, you are so ridiculous!
The author has something to say:
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Big Iceberg: It’s quite lively tonight.
Susu girl: You should have said, if I had known he was coming I would not have come~
Big Iceberg: I come here to ask for an explanation because my mouth hurts.
Susu girl: [pill] Yes, I’ll give you the medicine~
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