Su Rong stepped out of the room, the sunlight at the moment was just right, warming the area in front of the door, not feeling like late autumn anymore.
She paused her steps, then descended the steps.
Ye Guixue followed her out from the room, speaking softly and gently, "Princess, please walk slowly."
Su Rong turned around, "My name is Su Rong.", she paused for a moment, "My family calls me Xiaoqi, you can call me that too."
"Xiaoqi." Ye Guixue softly called out.
Su Rong tilted her head, smiling, "Guixue, what a beautiful name."
Ye Guixue’s face flushed slightly, but this time he didn’t avoid Su Rong’s gaze, his eyes exceptionally bright, "We don’t have much time today, another day I will prepare some good tea for Xiaoqi to taste."
"Alright." Su Rong nodded, waving her hand, "Stay there!"
Ye Guixue stopped in his tracks, standing on the steps, watching Su Rong’s slender figure lazily walking out of the courtyard.
Lu Weiran and Lu Mingran were waiting at the door, seeing Su Rong coming out, Lu Weiran bowed slightly, "My sister will accompany Lady Su Qi home."
Su Rong nodded, "Thank you."
Lu Mingran led Su Rong along the same path, her figure quickly disappeared from sight.
Lu Weiran thought for a moment, and turned back to the courtyard. Seeing that Ye Guixue was still standing on the steps with a lingering smile on his face, he paused and bowed, "Cousin Ye."
Ye Guixue nodded, his gaze returning to normal, "Thank you, cousin."
Lu Weiran was about to speak, "Lady Su Qi, she..."
"She is my princess of Nanchu, I came to pick her up." Ye Guixue’s voice was mild, "In the future, she will be my queen, and also my wife."
Lu Weiran’s eyes widened instantly.
Ye Guixue smoothed out the creases on his sleeve, "The Duke Residence will eventually belong to you, cousin. As long as you don’t go astray, no one can take it away." After speaking, he turned and went back to his room, "You go and entertain the guests, cousin. I will go out to see them later."
Lu Weiran was at a loss for words for a while. It took him a while to remind him after Ye Guixue closed the door, "Cousin, don’t be too late. I’m going ahead."
On their way back, Su Rong and Lu Mingran ran into Duanhua who was looking for someone everywhere.
As soon as Duanhua saw Su Rong, she rushed over, complaining, "Su Rong, where have you been? I’ve been looking for you all over, but I couldn’t find you."
Su Rong held her arm, teasing her with a smile, "You missed me after not seeing me for a day?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Duanhua glared at her, "Where did you go to play without waiting for me?" After saying that, she looked suspiciously at Lu Mingran.
Although Lu Mingran had heard that after Su Rong came to the capital, she and Duanhua hit it off and moved into the Princess Residence, they became very close. But hearing is not the same as seeing. She didn’t expect that they were really close. She was surprised and quickly said: "My grandmother wanted to meet Lady Su Qi, so I brought her over."
Duanhua immediately understood, "Ah, the old madam, it is appropriate to go and see her."
After she finished speaking, she walked back talking to Su Rong, chattering, "Ever since you left the Princess Residence, I find everything I do is not fun, meals are not delicious, I can’t sleep well, even playing cards feels boring, and shuttlecock is not interesting either. Plus, after you left, there is too much quietness in the Residence. I’m bored to death without anyone to talk to..."
Su Rong thought to herself that this can’t happen, she is someone who has great things to do, she can’t be stuck playing with her every day. Although she also likes to play, but she is a player with dreams. She was a little too serious about not being able to adapt without her. She immediately began to think of a solution, soon, she had an idea, "Have you seen today’s birthday girl?"
"I saw her, she’s very cute, a beautiful little girl." Duanhua evaluated.
"Really? I haven’t seen her yet, let’s go, let’s meet her. Since she’s so cute, I suggest you go and kidnap her like you kidnapped me, and take her to your Princess Residence. Let her stay for a few days to play with you. Then you won’t be bored."
"Ah?" Duanhua was stunned, looking at Su Rong, "Can this... work?"
Not mentioning whether the Duke Residence would let her kidnap the girl, would Second Young Master Ye let her kidnap the girl? No, wrong. Could a girl that small be fun if she took her?
Su Rong was not certain either, "Can it? Why don’t you give it a try!"
Duanhua hesitated, "She is only five years old, four years old by Chinese age."
Su Rong thought it was a bit too small, "Kids are fun. Come on, let’s go take a look."
Duanhua could only nod.
Listening to the two of them talk about abducting the birthday girl without a care for anyone else listening, Lu Mingran was completely taken aback. Was this the twisted friendship between Duanhua and Su Rong? He could hardly imagine how they came to be friends.
Lu Mingran had a clear memory of what Duanhua was like before. She always held her head high, an image of pure nobility, indifferent to everyone else except Zhou Gu. Unless someone had a connection with Zhou Gu, they would never catch her eye, regardless of their gender. Seeing her laughing and chatting while holding hands with Su Rong now was something that would have anyone who saw it uttering in disbelief that she had undergone a complete change.
When they reached the women’s quarters, the birthday girl, Ye Qiuying, was indeed dressed in magnificent clothes, with her hair styled in double bunned curls, large, grape-like eyes, and cheeks as soft and tender as little buns, giving her an irresistible adorable appearance.
Turning her head towards Duanhua, Su Rong remarked, "Isn’t she so cute? I want to take her home and raise her with all the good food and drink. Don’t you agree?"
Duanhua: "..."
She only thought about bringing her home like that on average, right?
Arriving in front of Ye Qiuying, Su Rong handed her a pair of gold bracelets, saying with a smile, "Little miss, my name is Su Rong. Here is my gift for you."
The bracelet was beautiful and was picked up from a shop by her secret bodyguards yesterday. While it wasn’t extremely valuable, it was an appropriate gift from someone of her status attending today’s feast. Moreover, its design was not available publicly yet.
Upon hearing Su Rong introduce herself, Ye Qiuying’s eyes lit up instantly. They opened wider and wider, and after a moment, she blushed, shyly smiled, lowered her head and accepted Su Rong’s gift. Holding the bracelets in her tiny hands, she immediately put them on her wrists, swinging her hands around before raising her head and telling Su Rong sincerely, "Sister Su Qi, you are so beautiful. Thank you for the gift. It is very beautiful, too. I love it."
Su Rong beamed, "You are adorable, and I love you too."
After saying that, she pulled Duanhua forward and asked the little girl, "Did this lady give you a present too?"
Ye Qiuying, who had a good memory, recognized Duanhua and nodded, "Yes, she did. Her gift was put away by my maid."
Su Rong chuckled, "She just told me that she wants to take you to stay at her home for a while, will you go?"
Once again, Ye Qiuying widened her eyes, looking at Duanhua.
Originally, Duanhua didn’t like children, but looking at the little girl’s irresistibly cute, blinking grape-like eyes, she felt her heartstrings were suddenly twanged. Suddenly, she thought Su Rong’s idea wasn’t too bad, so she quickly nodded, "Yes, I used to have this sister living with me, but she left yesterday. I’ve been feeling so bored. Would you like to go to the Princess Residence with me?"
She tried using the same techniques as Su Rong to entice the little girl, her words seemingly honey-coated, "My residence has comfortable rooms, a fabulous chef who cooks delightful meals, and lots of fun things. You can play however you like."
Ye Qiuying blinked her eyes rapidly, an intense sparkle of interest in them, but she took a step backward and answered softly, "I can’t decide on my own. I need to ask my little uncle."
Duanhua asked, "Where is your little uncle then? Go ask him!"
Ye Qiuying hesitated for a moment before asking, "Will I be going alone? Will you invite my little uncle too?"
Duanhua hadn’t met Ye Guixue yet, but even if she had seen him, she couldn’t invite a man to stay casually in the Princess Residence. She immediately replied, "Not inviting him, only you."
Ye Qiuying hesitated.
Duanhua asked, "Why? Are you afraid to come with me?"
Ye Qiuying struggled with her words, "No, it just doesn’t seem right for me to go to your house alone after only meeting you once, right?"
"What’s wrong with that?" Duanhua latched onto Su Rong’s arm, "Take a look at Sister Su Qi whom you just called out. Upon seeing me for the first time, she was lured by the Hibiscus Cake made by my chef and followed me home."
Ye Qiuying once again widened her eyes to look at Su Rong.
Su Rong nodded with a smile.
Ye Qiuying bit her lip, "Then I will go ask my little uncle."
With that, she turned around and walked off in a ladylike manner. The maid serving her quickly followed her.
Duanhua pulled Su Rong a few steps before turning to look at her with suspicion, lowering her voice to ask, "Tell me, are you encouraging me to kidnap the niece of the Second Young Master Ye for a particular reason? Have you met the Second Young Master Ye and have some idea about him?"
Su Rong touched her nose, thinking to herself, wouldn’t she have some thoughts? She had accepted his engagement gifts and was ready to marry him. Afraid to scare Duanhua by saying so, she chuckled quietly and replied vaguely, "Indeed, I’ve met the Second Young Master Ye. He certainly is good-looking. I can’t possibly run to the Duke Residence every day just to see him, and I don’t have a reason to... However, if his niece is staying at your house, wouldn’t that connect me to him? Then I could invite him out together, under the pretense of visiting his niece."
Duanhua was shocked, "You are really..."
She wanted to say, just how great is this Ye Guixue? You’ve just rejected Zhou Gu’s marriage proposal, and now you’re already fancying him?
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