Su Xuerong gave him a sincere smile: "If Your Highness doesn't mind, I will personally cook a meal of noodles another day to express my gratitude."
"No need to postpone it, let's go now!"
Xiao Yuan glanced at Cui Shi and said, "Most of the guests I invited have been driven away. What are they staying for?"
Everyone was horrified and looked at Cui with pity.
Cui's face was contorted with rage.
She regretted it a little. Why did she deliberately take advantage of Ge's incident to kick Su when she was down?
Seeing Cui's angry but speechless face, Su Xuerong immediately laughed loudly, "Alright, Your Highness, please!"
They've already stepped on her face, why should she back down?
In that instant, she suddenly realized something.
So many people in this world can't stand to see her doing well, why should she pretend to be nice to them?
Since Xiao Yuan is willing to protect her at all costs, why should she refuse?
If we can't be husband and wife with Xiao Yuan, can't we at least be siblings?
Su Xuerong gave the man in the opposite pavilion a beautiful and sincere smile: "Your Highness, could you accompany me to do some shopping later? I heard the crabs in Yangcheng Lake are very plump these days..."
"Of course, no problem." Seeing her smiling face, Xiao Yuan's anger gradually subsided.
Cui Yun'er suddenly raised her hand: "Me, I'll go too!"
Suddenly, everything went black before Cui's eyes, and she fell backward—
"Madam—"
...
Xiang Shi and Xiang Rulan remained bystanders, but their hearts were filled with turbulent emotions.
Xiang couldn't help but feel relieved. Fortunately, she had forced him to agree to the marriage with her niece before Ling Qingxue left for a long trip. Otherwise, if she had asked Xiao Yuan for help, she would have had no choice but to accept the marriage!
Xiang Rulan also maintained a tense expression throughout.
She never imagined that the woman her cousin liked would be so favored by the prince...
Xiao Yuan ultimately couldn't accompany Su Xuerong out, but he personally escorted her to the gate of the Prince's Mansion. In full view of everyone, he helped her onto the Prince's carriage and said, "Remember what you said, you owe me a meal."
Su Xuerong looked at the man gazing intently at her, sighed softly, and smiled, "Alright, sworn brother."
Xiao Yuan's gentle gaze froze slightly, and he suddenly regretted his decision to take her in as his sworn sister.
Su Xuerong returned to the Su residence in a high-profile manner in the Prince's carriage, and Xiuchun couldn't help but look at her again and again.
Back in the backyard, Su Xuerong changed her clothes and said, "Speak your mind!"
"My wife, I think the prince is... a pretty good person."
"While it would be nice if you could marry Mr. Ling, but..." Xiuchun said somewhat frustratedly, "That Madam Xiang clearly knew about your verbal engagement with her son, yet she brought her niece along, and Mr. Ling didn't explain this to you..."
Su Xuerong fell silent.
She had to admit that the scales in her heart had begun to tip slightly at this moment.
I used to think that Ling Qingxue was an upright and kind person with strong abilities, and that she would definitely be able to achieve great things by Xiao Yuan's side in the long run.
Her initial purpose wasn't entirely innocent; this was exactly what she was after.
But as time went on, she realized that many of her achievements were actually accomplished independently, and that Ling Qingxue's role in them was not as significant as Xiao Yuan's...
Yes, when Xiao Yuan approached her under the guise of Ge Erlang, wasn't he initially after her beauty?
But later, especially today, a string in her heart was plucked...
Xiuchun was still muttering to herself.
"Back in Yangzhou, you were kidnapped, and the Prince was even injured while saving you... Later, when we arrived in Hangzhou, the Master and Master Lin were captured by the rebels, and it was the Prince's men who rescued them; even when Madam Chen tried to poison our whole family, it was the Prince's men who helped us..."
Xiuchun said, "To be honest, I still think the Prince is better than Mr. Ling!"
A sense of melancholy welled up in Su Xuerong's heart.
Yes, Xiao Yuan is indeed very good, especially towards her.
But it is precisely because of this that she cannot be ungrateful and presumptuously try to marry him.
He will one day become the ruler of the Southern Dynasty, and the most beloved monarch among the people of Jiangnan.
If someone of her status were to appear in his life, she would only bring him endless scorn and ridicule...
“Xiuchun, I understand everything you’re saying, so I can’t cause him any trouble…” Su Xuerong said with a smile, “Now that I’m the prince’s sworn sister, isn’t that good enough?”
Xiuchun looked at her and sighed, "My wife is still so young..."
Su Xuerong smiled and said, "Didn't I already say that I would find a husband to marry into my family in the future?"
"But what if the prince doesn't like it?"
Xiuchun wasn't blind either; she saw it clearly today. Xiao Yuan's gaze towards his wife was exactly the same as Ling Qingxue's.
But Xiao Yuan was willing to stand up to his aunt in public for his wife, while Ling Qingxue...
Forget it, what a coward!
Su Xuerong was slightly taken aback: "Since I am his sworn sister, he has no reason to stop me from remarrying... He wouldn't."
In order for her to gain Madam Xiang's approval, she even devised a scheme involving self-inflicted injury at Hushan Hall.
All things considered, no one could match what Xiao Yuan had done for her.
Xiuchun sighed: "My lady, why didn't you meet the prince before you got married?"
Seeing her distressed expression, Su Xuerong couldn't help but tap her forehead: "What are you thinking about? Things have come to this, how can you go back to the past..."
She suddenly froze.
Yes, even if God gave her a second chance, even if she went back to before she got married, she might not have met Xiao Yuan!
In truth, it's all fate.
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