Under the lamplight, Su Rong’s little face was serene, although her brows were furrowed. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Madam Shen patted her head, "Alright, time to sleep! I spoke to you because I was afraid you didn’t see your own heart clearly. Since you understand everything, I have been worrying too much. You recognize what you’re doing and don’t regret it, then do as you like! There are countless roads to take in life, the key is to stay alive."
Such was her beloved daughter, becoming Queen of Nanchu was fraught with dangers, so they had to take advantage of every opportunity.
She must take a rest now. If the Second Young Master Ye from the Ye Xiang Residence knew she was staying at Shen Residence, he would surely come to see her tomorrow. She needed to rest and prepare herself to meet her future son-in-law.
Seeing Madam Shen walking around and patting her own face, approaching the bed and then turning around to look in the mirror, she cried out, "Go to sleep, go to sleep. Don’t let me be still half asleep when Second young Master Ye comes over tomorrow, that would be very impolite."
Su Rong chuckled, "Alright, alright, sleep."
And so, the mother and daughter quickly doused the lights and crawled into bed. Both had a good habit of being able to sleep just like that once they say it.
The next morning, Madam Shen woke up, and she could see the sky brightening. Seeing Su Rong still asleep, she nudged her, "Stop sleeping, it’s almost time. Hurry up and get up."
Su Rong was impossibly sleepy, "Mother, you get up. I need sleep."
She didn’t need to accompany her mother to meet Guixue Ye.
Madam Shen was adamant, continuing to nudge her, "No, you keep me company."
Su Rong, too sleepy to keep her eyes open, simply pressed down on her, "Mother, let’s sleep a little longer. Your sleeping posture is truly too poor, arms and legs flailing, I highly suspect that’s why my father took so many concubines. He couldn’t get a good night’s sleep because of your sleeping posture, hence the need to have several concubines, providing a reasonable excuse not to sleep with you too often a month."
Madam Shen scolded while laughing, reaching out to twist her ear, "You naughty girl, you’re blaming me now. Get up."
"No, no. You get up." Su Rung dodged her hand, turned around, pulled up the quilt over her head.
Madam Shen stretched out a foot to kick Su Rong’s exposed foot.
Su Rong used the blanket to roll up like a column, covering herself from head to foot.
Madam Shen gave up, reaching out to yank Su Rong’s blanket away but couldn’t. She stared wide-eyed.
Su Rong mumbled from under the blanket, "Mother, Guixue is a very considerate person. He knows you didn’t get to rest until late yesterday. He won’t come too early today. You can get up about an hour before noon. He will probably come around that time."
Madam Shen was skeptical, "Really?"
"Really, if he comes early, you can blame me." Su Rong was too sleepy to accompany her mother getting up early to wait for someone.
Seeing Su Rong affirmative, Madam Shen reluctantly believed it. In fact, she was also very sleepy, and she crawled back under the blanket, compromising, "Alright then, I’ll sleep a little longer with you."
Seeing that her mother had taken her advice and stopped making a fuss, Su Rong heaved a sigh of relief, revealed her face and continued sleeping.
And so, Madam Shen slept another half unit of time before she woke up again. The sky was bright, she cried out in surprise, hurriedly jumped out of bed, put on her clothes while pushing Su Rong, "Hurry up, it’s time to wake up, isn’t it? It’s almost midday."
Su Rong had also slept enough by now, she nodded while yawning, leisurely sitting up.
Madam Shen was annoyed at her slowness, and hurried her again.
Su Rong gave in, and once again emphasized to her, "Guixue is indeed a wonderful person, trust me."
Madam Shen replied indignantly, "Still, even though he’s wonderful, I shouldn’t be impolite by making him wait for long, he might think that I’m not satisfied with him."
"That won’t happen." Su Rong was talking while dressing up, "I told him about some of the terrible things I’d done, my elder brother even cruelly told him about all the outrageous things I’d done since childhood. He knows what I’m like, and also knows that you, as a mother, are not a demanding person, a kind hearted person."
Caught off guard by the praise, Madam Shen scoffed, "I’m not kind-hearted."
After scoffing, she continued, "Are you and your elder brother idiots? Why did you tell him those things? Were you trying to scare him off? I heard that Second Young Master Ye of Ye Xiang residence in Nanchu, he’s unique, not only in Nanchu, but also well-mannered. The Ye Xiang Residence is very prestigious, with people like you, who tell him about all the naughty things you’ve done, do you think he’ll be impressed?"
"Impressed." Su Rong giggled, "We get along very well."
Madam Shen chuckled in exasperation, "Alright, hurry up, don’t delay."
The mother and daughter were ready. At this moment, someone came to pass a message that Second Young Master Ye had arrived. Lady Shen asked Madam Shen if she had rested enough? Whether she would go to the front hall to meet him or, if she felt too lazy to walk, she could let Second Young Master Ye come to pay his respects.
Madam Shen hurriedly said: "I’ve rested enough, I’m going right now, no need for him to come here."
The messenger acknowledged her response and turned to leave.
Madam Shen turned to look at Su Rong, "You were right, Second Young Master Ye is truly a considerate person. He arrived just as you said, perfectly."
Su Rong laughed, "So, you should trust me."
Madam Shen commented, "You are finally reliable for once."
Su Rong: "..."
The snow that had been falling for several days finally stopped. It was clear outside and Shen Residence’s servants were all diligent, cleaning the paths in and out of the courtyard.
After a few steps, Madam Shen noticed the white fox-fur cloak Su Rong was wearing, surprised, "Where did you get this cloak?"
She had good eyes, knew such good things were hard to come by.
Su Rong said, "The Crown Prince gave it to me."
Madam Shen took a closer look, and felt the cloak, "Why did the Crown Prince treat you so well?"
"Of course, because I helped him a lot." Su Rong was used to the attention drawn by the white fox fur cloak, "It’s just a cloak. He gave it to me, so I accepted."
Madam Shen thought about it, made sense. Su Rong went to the capital and became a target because she helped the Crown Prince. The humanoid target attracted everyone’s attention, would definitely attract the hatred from many people. Receiving a precious white fox-fur cape, it really wasn’t much of a big deal.
The two arrived at the front hall. They saw that Lady Shen was accompanying Guixue Ye. Zhou Gu, who said he would come over to meet Madam Shen today, did not come. He probably knew that his presence wouldn’t be appropriate today.
Madam Shen spotted Guixue Ye at once and took a deep breath. She had heard of Guixue Ye’s talents and fame, and that he was also good-looking. But, who would have thought that in person he would have such a charming and attractive appearance?
At this moment, she understood Su Rong’s feelings completely. Anyone who had such a man presented to them, along with the support of the Ye Xiang Residence and 100,000 soldiers, not being moved would be foolish.
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